"like a dog that's good at swimming" lol great interview too

Can't get enough of this mix! Anyone know this track?? 

Long time dear friend Jonny Rock (@jonnyrock) from London up in the mix for the 33rd in our MFM Mix series. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Thanks for the mix and for taking time to answer these questions Jonny. Whatsup? 

JR: It is an absolute honor to do the mix and thanks for twisting my arm for the interview. Surfin’ the wild waves of the times at the moment… hanging tight on the board, but like water.. finding my way, with huge amounts of entertaining falls.

MFM: I once read you saying wanting to go “...fucking off from London, moving to LA or somewhere else”. Why would you want to trade London for another place?

JR: London is an addiction. been here since ’91 so hard to get it out of the system. working on a sunnier outlet to share the time which on its own puts a smile on my face but still enjoying London for its dirt and being versatile. LA is still and always in my heart for its sun and people.  

MFM: Looking at your discography your studio outcome is an almost equal balance of your own works and edits. Would you say other people's music is a major source of inspiration and motivation? Do you have a steady pace/rhythm of producing or...?

JR: Other peeps music I listen to is of course a huge inspiration or motivation. Even with ‘original‘ works I always have a trigger point. An inspiration from a record.. a dusty loop from somewhere. I play guitar but I am not an analog machine man (burn him burn him). I love samples, loops, rolandcloud on the go… but no particular pace tbh. sometimes a random focused period comes out fruitful. Sometimes it just doesn’t work so I leave it. It’s a sign that I need to have a break in my head. Edits come up as I find songs so the balance must be coincidental. 

MFM: You're the first guest on the mix series who actually requested to keep the comments off. Does it have to do with the 'music like water' principle these days?

JR: Well this idea also came out of the lost year. I was away from mixing for a while and podcast to-do pile had grown. And thought maybe one can try to rebalance listening to music and the way music is shared and searched. While the world is taken over by clicks and likes and online hangouts, thought maybe we push the talks and search back on real people interaction. From my side I asked kindly to the people I did the podcasts for, as an experiment…. let’s try it. Move away from ‘track id’s’ etc.     

MFM: You seem to be a romantic kinda guy with an old school approach when it comes to exploring and experiencing and valuing music. Does the '2021 way' offer only downsides from your point of view, or...?  

JR: I try to hang on to my own journey with belt and braces, so not to lose my values, and mind. A daily exercise sometimes to stop time and re-align to keep on staying true. Like all artforms there is controversy bubbling up in the speed of light everywhere with ‘kind’ help of the ‘social media’…  

MFM: Word on the street is that you've got a new thing coming up, a new label. Tell us all about it!!!

JR: Yessss its true … ‘Jonny Rock Orijinal’. A label for me by me featuring me. ‘Not an edit’ will probably write at the back of a t-shirt at some point. I felt it was the right time to have an outlet for the various explosions of my mind. Hopefully out in the wild by January. Hamam series is also branching out to a ‘Hamam Originals’ imprint too. 

MFM: Thanks too for the mix! Any specific theme or records or vibe you had in mind before or while recording it? 

JR: Not really to be honest. Tako is a huge influence and a great bud so when he asked, woke up instantly from my cosmic hibernation and wanted to do a dj mix with some of the grooves I found lately. I don’t think I played any of those records out yet so was also an excitement of playing them for the first time. I hope to get a few 👌's 🤟's 🔥's 💥's. Ah wait …comments are off so probably not.

MFM Mix 033: Jonny Rock

We are celebrating the launch of our new Lifetones website - https://lifetones.world - with a personal and heartfelt musical journey from our friend Ilan (Night City Life).

Please read more about the mix, and have a peek at the tracklist here:
https://lifetones.world/posts/lifetones-mix-001-by-ilanlifetones-mix-001-by-ilan

And get to know Ilan a little bit more in our 3x3 feature with him:
https://lifetones.world/posts/three-x-three-with-ilan

Ilan also wrote the first feature for Lifetones "Tears on a dancefloor. On the happy/sadness of Italo Disco":
https://lifetones.world/posts/tears-on-a-dancefloor-the-happysadness-of-italo-disco

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Lifetones

Lifetones Mix 001 by Ilan

Apiento, a.k.a Paul Byrne runs the invaluable Test Pressing blog and releases music on World Building, World Unknown and more. His show has that esoteric techno thing and whatever suits the mood…

https://www.nts.live/shows/test-pressing/episodes/test-pressing-30th-july-2022

Apiento w/ Nancy Noise 300722

Mixes by DJ City and Alison Swing on DJ Citys bi-monthly show Blue Monday on Radio 80000.

Next episode airs 23/1 2023

Blue Monday 28 Nov w Alison Swing on Radio 80000

I:CUBE special mix for the "get a room" show on Radio Nova, Paris, 19/2/2023.
Some upcoming unreleased tracks, some classics and rarities, for your listening pleasure.

i:cube special mix for the "get a room" show on radio nova, Paris, 2023

I:CUBE special mix for the "get a room" show on radio nova, Paris, 2023.

Next one for our new Podcast series is our good friend Finn Johannsen. He is regular customer at OYE and booker from Paloma Bar, where we have the opportunity to hold our regular OYE events.

Finn Johannsen is a DJ and writer for numerous print and web publications. He also co-runs the label Macro Recordings, and is an impresario at the clubs Paloma and Monarch.  He lives in Berlin.

Tracklist:

Mr. Fingers – On My Way (Pinky Blue Mix)
Sensory Elements – Explain It
Sensory Elements – You Say, They Say (Feeling Beige Vocal)
Ideal – The Atmosphere
Helen Sharpe – Got To Have Your Love
Love Tempo – Change For The Better (Alternate Mix)
G4 – Who Loves You
The Associates – Fire To Ice (House Of Ice Mix)
Baby Ford – The World Is In Love (Dub)
ABC – Love Conquers All (Extended Version)
Dr. Robert – A Simpler Place And Time (Surgery Vocal Mix With Kids)
Jamie J. Morgan – Why (Extended Club Mix)
Valerie Harley – Kiss This Love Goodbye (Smooth Kiss J.A.M.)
The Beatmasters – Make Me Feel
Yohan Square – Love Of Life (Genesis Mix)
Mark Rogers – Twilight For Some (LP Mix)

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/finn_johannsen
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/2421098-Finn-Johannsen
RA: https://ra.co/dj/finnjohannsen
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/johannsen.finn/

OYE Podcast #3 Finn Johannsen

https://soundcloud.com/twitch
https://soundcloud.com/optimo-music
Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/greta-motif
🔊 https://youtu.be/POMQe3EZzwQ

JD Twitch began his journey into music and djing in 1987, just in time for the arrival of Acid House and Rave. He started two legendary Scottish clubs - Pure and Optimo, the latter a duo with Jonnie Wilkes which recently celebrated 25 years of global touring, outrageous parties, and communitarian activism. He produces, remixes, promotes, presents radio shows, music supervises for films and runs the hard to pigeonhole Optimo Music label.

Play on YouTube

LAYER #335 | JD Twitch (Optimo Music)

Recording from Orpheu The Wizard and Jamie Tiller's set at Dekmantel's Lente Kabinet Festival 2016

Orpheu The Wizard & Jamie Tiller at Lente Kabinet Festival (28/05/2016)

Lauer's Laucast aka 100% overground mix to make you buy his up and coming album on Running Back. Top trick!

Lauer - Laucast - 100% Overground

COCKTAIL D'AMORE COSMIC HOLE - Nemo & Castro - August 6th 2018

We are delighted to be able to present an exclusive mix from one of the most intriguing producers and disc jockeys in electronic music at present...

Yoshinori Hayashi has established a singular sound following releases on the likes of Smalltown Supersound, Going Good, JINN Records, Gravity Graffiti, Jheri Tracks and Disco Halal. 

Hayashi has studied under Japanese avant-classical composer Mica Nozawa. When not DJing, he works in a record store in Tokyo. The Japanese producer does well to blend and integrate intriguing elements of ambient, eastern soundscapes alongside an eclectic take on house, techno, krautrock and industrial music.

Far reaching and forward thinking, this is the future of electronic music.

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Yoshinori Hayashi: The Ransom Note Mix

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.

Yoshinori Hayashi: The Ransom Note Mix

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