Scott Grooves - Synth Part: Inspiration Sound

B.C.P.A. = BIG Crimbo Pressie Alert: 

Ok, this is a special one we have been holding on to for over 10 years. Yes that's right this mix was recorded over ten years ago but only came out on Good Morning Tapes last year... Only a few people heard it before, can you believe it? 
Now things are coming even more Full Circle as it was aired live for the first time last week on Crimson's "Pink Eyed Blue" show on https://radiozora.fm/ I thought this was fitting as I will also be playing with him this summer at THE Ozora Festival! Those who know, know ;-) 
Anyways hope you will enjoy and have a great Christmas and New Year Celebration.

Some lovely words below from my great friend TC aka The Ch... for those that wish to read further! Enjoy...



The empty longings of nostalgia exist as a far cry behind taking from the past with a view to understanding a new place it might hold in the future. Now - with the 90’s revival in something of a full swing - Good Morning Tapes finally gets the chance to release a pivotal 10 year old mix that didn’t just ignite a curious wave of reflection and appropriation, it marked a culmination in the shifting sonic sands for its creator Mr. Alexis Le-Tan. His name needs little light trust upon it in these hallowed cosmic halls, with his enduring and ever present mixes being a staple for those that know. Back to Disco Valley is arguably his most important mix - it both recontextualised a dirty and forgotten sound of the past, and facilitated a wave of new freedoms for those wishing to look backwards in order to move forwards. Most importantly it planted the seed for everything Full Circle to come.

Back to Disco Valley is above all else a personal reckoning for Alexis and Joakim, it marked a moment when many problems inherent in a trapped older sound - with a sublime yet dated history of its own - could breath fresh life in the present day; a new slower realm was born. The slowing down of dance music is nothing new, and certainly where peak time beats have existed a spiritual shadow that revels in a slower ethereal space to dance has never been far away. Stylistically on one level, Back to Disco Valley might seem to build on what Baldelli or Loda were doing many years ago, and it certainly has that effortless charm, but it goes much further, not just in its re-appraisal of the frenetic fast paced sounds of Goa, but as a signifier of where many wanted to head on the dancefloor - towards a slower oasis - incorporating new releases and modern sounding rarities along the way. Indeed, in selecting the 33rpm dial rather than that marked 45, Full Circle at once opened up the new space inside a music some of us went bananas to 30 years ago, and at the same time made sense of a crucial yet forgotten heritage; a confession became a badge of honour.

Coming back to Full Circle and its genesis: it was only a matter of time before the old Goa records would come back down from the racks and spawn a new life, and perhaps whilst Le-Tan cemented something a lot of us knew, Disco Valley somehow liberated many of those early records from their stylistic shackles initiating a creative project that - along side the collaborative work with Joakim - has released a wave of inspirational edits and re-imaginations. Full Circle - in all its conceptual & metaphorical majesty - really has come to represent the most stylish of takes on past sounds, both in the realm of selection and re-working. It is certainly true that Back to Disco Valley - sounding now as it did then (to the select tuned ears that got to listen) - reflects a perfect meeting between an off-tempo past, present and future, being more than a functional assemblage, it revives many a lost memories, inspiring a new batch of ideas. There is nothing wrong with looking back, as long as it has a purpose.

Tom Colebrook

Full Circle - Back To Disco Valley (GMT 52)

Anthony Naples - Live @ Waking Life 2023

Études Mix N°63 by Call Super @call-super
Curated by Aimée @am-agency

A few words from the artist:
1/ How would you describe your personal connection to music and how it influences your creative process?
Very difficult because my life is very much lived "in music", in that the separations between my engagement with music and the rest of my existence are very indistinct. I need some silence every day to continue. For the rest of it I am pretty much consumed.

2/ As an artist, how do you see the intersection between fashion and music? 
Generally I am not a genre person. This extends to disciplines as a whole as much as it does to genres within disciplines. Every creative outlet is very much a space in which ideas are interchangeable and so on. So if you trained in pattern cutting and you also trained in an instrument then you would be able to work on the same idea in both fields. 

3/ How did you curate this musical sequence/audio journey?
Having said that about genres I wanted to make something that spliced a trip-hop mood and DIY/no wave songs. Trip-wave. A Simply Red dub mix had to be the heart of the thing, everything else extends from this centrepoint.

4/ Three words to define your mix for Études?
Massive Red Area.

Tracklist:
John Tchicai - Lied
Dunn - Vision
Gina X - Kaddish
Phil Lynott with Huey Lewis - One Wish (Demo)
Kincaid - 71122.0 (Stone Remix)
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Jah Wobble - Blow Out
Burnt Freidman & João Pais Filipe - 22-105
Simply Red - Thrill Me (Steppin' Razor Ambient Instrumental Mix)
Simply Red - Thrill Me (Steppin' Razor Mix)
Barbie Bertisch - Taking My Time (Gavilan Rayna Russom Remix)
Aksak Maboul - L'Adieu A L'Histoire (Tolouse Low Trax Remix)
The Advanced Cookbook of Mr Selig and Kanzler Z - Pink Rhythm
Pugilist - Symbiosis
Susumo Yoko - Penguin on Desert
Harmon Eyes - Sensaesa
Laura Michele - You Always Hurt The One You Love

Call Super Mix N°63

Read our interview with @8salamanda8 and check out this mix's track list here: bit.ly/SalaPod

Groove Podcast 399

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Groove Podcast 399 - Salamanda

Cousin is the founder of Moonshoe Records and is a talented producer who tends to focus on creating delicate soundscapes reflective of abstract environments and worlds.

His music is deep and pensive, at times club focussed yet at others anything but.

Over the past few years he has self released material on Moonshoe alongside records on the likes of Mood Hut and Well Street Records. His music has been supported broadly and his dj sets are versatile and multi faceted in respect to style and genre.

Cousin’s remarkable discography and dedication solidify him as a trendsetter in ambient techno and electronics. This mixtape offers a brief insight into his own taste and outlook when it comes to dance music – dubby, dusty and atmospheric throughout it really is quite the trip and is perfect as we approach the cold nights of winter and those dark early rises.

Cousin: The 'Wednesday Alternative' Mix

Recording of Nosedrip's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

Dekmantel Festival 2023

Nosedrip at Dekmantel Festival 2023

Lena Willikens and Moopie at A Colourful Storm, Berlin

IBU 600 from Imaginary Friend crew - very special guest mix and refuge debut. check out more bits here: https://soundcloud.com/user-785368649

PLO_radio // drizle.FM - Ep:003 PLO man, IBU 600 - 13.12.23

White Material Records crew members Galcher Lustwerk, Young Male, and Morgan Louis  reunite ahead of their evening later at Paragon with Sybil Jason and Baltra

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https://www.instagram.com/morgan_louis111/

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White Material Records: Galcher Lustwerk with Morgan Louis, Young Male @ The Lot Radio 12-29-2023

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Basic Paradise - livwutang - 25 Jan 2024

Here's two and a half hours of ambient, chuggers and classic house, as UK visionary Actress took to the decks in Globus as our surprise guest.

@actress1
@tresorberlin

White Material Records: Galcher Lustwerk with Morgan Louis, Young Male @ The Lot Radio 12-29-2023

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