Stay With the Rhythm

Nocturnal Grid - Minimal Techno

De La Calle EP

MartinoResi, Saavedra, Hacker - WTF (Original Mix)

~ Regularfantasy [Canada] ~

Vancouver stalwart Liv Carmen a.k.a Regularfantasy has come a long way; from singing in a choir, being part of a R&B band, getting her hands dirty with plethora of musical instruments, to founding her first comfort zone in rock music, she finally experimented the playful Canadian underground dance scene during her early 20s. Her borderless creativity stems from her eclectic music tastes, which helps her feel like a fish in the water when effortlessly producing devastatingly dance-driven leftfield house for maximum club effect as well as balmy vocal-driven deep house. Influenced by timeless 90s house jams from MK, Ian Pooley or Daft Punk, her evocative productions have been warmly welcomed by top quality labels such as Mood Hut, Heart to Heart or Pear. Besides, multifaceted Liv has been fluttering around between solo projects, Plush Management Inc. where she shares mental vibes with most in vogue producer D. Tiffany, and Ciao where she plays wacky and energetic live sets with her collaborator Void Mirror.

We are ardently convinced she is an artist to keep an eye on in the coming years, and this catchy and vibrant set filled with fresh material is living proof. Grab your headphones and feel the lively house vibes from Adeva, Saint Etienne and The Opious Project.

Regularfantasy’s latest crush: DJ Tonka

Our team’s recommendations: MSN (w/ D.Futers) [Pear], Party Girl Theme [Pear], Baby's First Track (Club Da Bong Extended Mix) [Heart to Heart Records]

s. // @regfant
f. // www.facebook.com/regularfantasy/
b. // www.regularfantasy.bandcamp.com

017 ~ plastic/vibes x Regularfantasy 🇨🇦

Fold On NTS Radio (2.7.20)

Pre-order the LP here: https://fanlink.to/LITPLP003

Shanti Celeste is a vibe. She’s got that magic lightness of touch even when things are getting Jacques Cousteau deep or panel beating heavy. This makes her the perfect candidate for the Sound of Love International 3, channelling the spirit of both those after-hours sessions and the more frivolous daytime boat parties. This is serious music for serious music heads but, after all, everyone is still on holiday. It’s linear and cohesive but plays with the emotions - carnivalesque fun, psychedelic flow-states, heads-down rhythm trax, playful skipping garage, and more abstract moments. Deep joy to deep space and back, often in the space of 3 or 4 well-selected records. 

There’s a deep musical and personal connection to the festival - as she says of her first time playing at the Beach Bar, “there’s a heavy Bristol crew there and it all feels easy and nice. It was just good vibes all round”. And she does make it sound easy too, which belies a DJ with some very serious skills and an ear for a killer tune that others might well overlook. And it’s this that makes the 3rd instalment of the Sound of Love International such a joy - a welcome panacea to all of us suffering from the Croatian blues this year. 

To which end, we get a cheeky exclusive collaboration between Shanti and her sister-in-arms Saoirse in the shape of ‘Solid Mass’. Persian’s uniquely British paean to the post-rave Sunrise ‘Morning Sun’, cavernous dub runnings outta the Bokeh camp from Seekers International. These are the lift- off tunes, setting the mind-state for the journey ahead. 

Things tighten up with cult underground hero Lucas Rodenbush under his E.B.E alias giving us the taught, grooving, dubby tech-house and Gideon Jackson’s ‘Taj Mahal’, crisp, spatial, mystical and criminally slept-on. We go deeper into the night with Perpetual’s Awakenings’, one of those records that is so much more than the sum of its parts. And who knew that Mark Seven was such a dab hand with the dank machine funk? Check 1998’s ‘Crank’ for the skinny. By the time Paco Pack’s rubberised ghetto house reimagining bounces into play it’s GAME OVER. 

The final side leaves us with the soft landing - Cari Lekebusch ‘Output 2’ is both pacey and drifting and Pauline Anna Strom’s ‘In-Flight Suspension’ does what it says, whips away the drums and leaves us floating in space. Will we ever touch down? 

To overuse a phrase, this compilation arrives in strange times but is a glorious reminder of what brought us all together and will again. The music and dancing under the stars. See you in 2021. 

TRACKLIST
2X12” vinyl LP
A1. Shanti Celeste & Saoirse - Solid Maass
A2. Persian - Morning Sun feat. Hannah Small
A3. Seekers International – FurdaMurda
B1. E.B.E. – Thinking
B2. Gideon Jackson - Taj-Mahal
C1. Perpetual – Awakenings
C2. Mark Seven – Crank
C3. Paco Pack - Slap That Bass
D1. Cari Lekebusch - Output 2
D2. Pauline Anna Strom - In Flight Suspension

Digital Album
1. Gideon Jackson - Taj-Mahal
2. Perpetual – Awakenings
3. Dark Matrix - A3
4. E.B.E. – Thinking
5. Seekers International – FurdaMurda
6. Persian - Morning Sun feat. Hannah Small
7. Fade 2 End - Feel The Magic
8. Mark Seven - Crank
9. Paco Pack - Slap That Bass
10. Shanti Celeste & Saoirse - Solid Maass
11. Cari Lekebusch - Output 2
12. Pauline Anna Strom - In Flight Suspension

Pre-order

Shanti Celeste - The Sound of Love International 003 [clips] (Released August 7th)

FH's first hour from Saturday night's show with Subb-an. 

Music played from the likes of Lord of the isles, John Dimas, as well as a handful of unreleased tracks from Nathan Micay & Jeigo forthcoming on London imprint: @airmilesrecordings

FOUR HEADS - Balamii [October]

Jimbo Jones in for Primer Mix 013 packed full of UKG and 2 Step grooves. Full track list as follows -

Goldie - Believe (M.J Cole Vocal Mix) [Swing City Renegade]
b0n - The Big Blue Sky [4TM]
Soundboy Cookie - You’re The One [ec2a]
Max Casebolt - Silver Bubble [Equal People Records]
Alec Falconer - Seven Below Groove [Entity London]
Krush Groove - The Fear [Dr Banana]
The Delinquents - Fares Please [Mint Condition]
PINDER - Automatic 
DJ Perception - So Good [Moodswing]
Main Phase - Move This Way [DimSum Records]
Phuturistix - Deepdown [Locked On]
Sully - Don't Get Better Than Me And You (ft. Luke Benjamin) [Hardline Sounds]
Interplanetary Criminal & Daffy - On Call [Dansu Discs]
Sky Juice - Garage Bunnies [Practical Rhythms]
SPD - Platitude [Cut Records]
Peaky Beats - Twizzle Me This [Fraise Records]
Bakey - FAST FORWARD (DUB) [199]
Interplanetary Criminal - Nobody [Time Is Now]
Bluetoof - Sulker [BBS]
2 Bad Mice - Limit Of Paradise (FaltyDL Remix) [Sneaker Social Club]
Horsepower Productions - Stranger [Sneaker Social Club]
Bluetoof - Visceral Connections [BBS]
Herb LF - Payday (Shift Mix) [International Extraterrestrial]
Pugilist - Heavy Lies The Crown [Trule]
0113 - Hard Lines [INSTINCT]
Loefah - Five Elements 
Jubley - Old Tricks [Gather]
Zac Stanton - Stop Tellin Me [INSTINCT]
K-Lone - MC [Dr Banana]
Simon Bassline Smith - Midnite [Deep Jungle]
Folklore - 165 Jazz [Folklore Séries]
Wax Doctor - Heat [R&S Records]
Dom Perignon - You Know How [Slippery Sounds]

Primer Mix 013 - Jimbo Jones

Chuffed to welcome the next guest to venture Down The (not very) famous Stairs - Balamii Radio  @balamii) monthly resident, Patrisha!(@saoirsepatrisha)

Patrisha first came to our attention via her consistently enjoyable shows on Balamii, both her own mixes and quality of guests - blissfully blending a mix of acid, breaks, house, techno, trance, garage; and anything and everything in between each month.

Patrisha has worked behind the scenes at Boiler Room, Worldwide FM and The Pickle Factory and, despite expertly crafted mixes and shows, has only been DJing since 2018. She is also a resident with the Fade to Zaire (https://soundcloud.com/fade-to-zaire) crew.

You could choose worse ways to spend yer time than checking out Patrisha's back catalogue of Balamii shows - so get on it. But first, enjoy this cracker of a DTS instalment.

The kind of stuff Patrisha would play at a forest stomp if we weren’t mid pandemic, there are bits from Bliss Inc (@bliss_inc), Anderson (@andersonmusik) and Planet Euphorique (@planeteuphorique) in here, along with many more belters.

Down The Stairs Mix Series 030 - Patrisha

R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings releases their yearly 2412 compilation this year featuring music from Bufiman, Roza Terenzi, Carmel & Salomo and DJ Detox.

https://randmuzikrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rm241220

RM241220 - Bufiman/Roza Terenzi/Carmel & Salomo/DJ Detox (Full Preview)

Holding Hands alumnus @gallegos_1991 comes through with a roaring hour of euphoric goodness to set you straight on this fine Tuesday afternoon. Sit back, close your eyes and see how long you can last before you have no choice but to get up and move those feet: current record 0.22 seconds!

Holding Hands Mix 009 - Gallegos

plastic/vibes saw the light of day as your 100% house-oriented - in every shape and form - inspirational podcast channel, which features fast-rising djs from all over the globe.

through high-quality guest mixes, we aim to showcase upcoming and game-changing house selectors we instantly had a crush on.

enquiries/love messages to theplasticvibes@gmail.com 
(we do not take mix submissions)

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