electronic sets (2020) house.. techno.. etc. Part 7

Doddi’s August 2020 DJ Mixes Selection

plastic/vibes x summer/season mixes [2K20]

plastic/vibes

Houuuseee

Inspiring DJ

The French Dj, musician and producer offers i-D a custom-made mix to celebrate the release of his new EP, Innervision, on Rhythm Section Records. In "Innervision", Neue Grafik develops a bit further his hybrid house, inspired by jungle staccato beats, afro-house' solar energy and the rhythmic imbroglio of jazz. For i-D, he builds a huge bridge between the Uk and France, broken beat and acid jazz, Peckham and Barbès.

Tracklist : 

- Neue Grafik Ensemble - I Really Miss Something (Live @ TRC) 
- Caprice - 100% 
- Evelyn Champagne - Get Loose 
- James Rudie - Port Funk 
- Fred P - Reap Love 
- DJ Rels - Universal Peace 
- Aso Kere - Lekan Babalola (IG Culture Mix) 
- Pulkone - My Crazy Feelings 
- Hanna - Twombleys Glen 
- Hugo LX - Aoi 
- James Brown - It’s A New Day 
- Neue Grafik - To Peckham Rye

i-DJ: neue grafik

Classic deep house from an Edinburgh favourite.

Interview with @telfort:

melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/telfort

"For this it’s a mix of some nice deepness leaning into a few different areas, from warmer more upbeat stuff to more full on rippers in the middle somewhere and back to the uplifting gear again. Selecting for this happened quite quickly, with new and older favourites in there, recorded at home on a Taula 4 mixer, two 1210s and Pioneer XDJ700s. It’s hard to pick out any particular special tracks as I love them all but I should mention ’Impulse’ by Phran, featuring Ivy Barkakati. That’s out on Rhythm Control Barcelona, which I stumbled across recently and had to grab both releases urgently! Love this tune and keep getting people asking what it is. Also really had to include a new DJ Soch track on the mix — Jason Grove’s version of ‘Dance Night Away’, out on Skylax! Big big big."

www.melbournedeepcast.net

MDC.193 Telfort

Honey Soundsystem Potcast

HNYPOT 283: Mike Starr's Makings of a Gemini Mix

Deep and dreamy selections flowing with sublime smoothness by soundcloud.com/philipbudny. The Berlin-based producer is known for his breezy yet melancholic productions and melodious DJ sets, often infused with balmy and jazzy vibes, that are said to have palliative properties. For our last podcast of 2018 he delivers a delightful dose of deep house that will warm you up with soothing sounds of yesteryear and a few forthcoming tunes to look forward to. We hope you transition into the new year as smoothly as Phil blends his tracks.

ZeeZout Podcast 095 | Philip Budny

Love Stories w/ Carly Foxx & Fred P - 8.2.19

IMVU @LEEVISA
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/602682741
https://www.instagram.com/nu.cenosis

Twitch Live

LEEVISA 30MIN SET 4.25.2020 WWWF STAGE @ NU:CENOSIS

~ Borrowed Identity [Germany] ~

In order to celebrate plastic/vibes 1-year anniversary, we are handing to you on a silver platter one of the finest and most consistent house dj in the game: Borrowed Identity. Romanian native Chris first earned his stripes as a hip-hop producer at the age of 13 before being prettily brainwashed by techno waves in his late teenage years. His productions are undoubtedly reminiscent of timeless 90s house sounds from Larry Heard, Robert Hood or Moodymann, to name but a few. He is not the kind of artist you could easily pigeonhole as his musical upbringing has been filled with a smorgasbord of different genres. As a versatile chameleon, his sets never look alike, and you can rationally expect the unexpected, from groovy house and tasteful disco to dynamic techno and anything in between. He has now been playing worldwide for more than 10 years in the greatest clubs (fabric, Panorama Bar or Concrete), and has left his mark on the most prestigious dance labels (Mistress Recordings, Ostgut Ton or Quintessentials). To recap, he is merely one of the most talented artist around at the moment, but also a genuinely and unpretentiously music enthusiast.

His mix totally does way more than credit to our birthday as he stupendously combines insatiable jams from Bobby Analog, Cody Currie or Four Tet. Not everybody understands house music but you will definitely feel the vibes of this one deep down in your heart.

Borrowed Identity’s latest crush: Millsart - Every Dog Has Its Day VI [Axis]

Our team’s recommendations: Conscious Of My Conscience (Borrowed Identity Remix) [Rebirth], Need Somebody (Borrowed Identity Remix) [Hardgroove], Mental State [Fina Records]

s. // @borrowed-identity
f. // www.facebook.com/Borrowed.Identity/
b. // www.borrowedidentity.bandcamp.com

018 ~ plastic/vibes 1-year anniversary x Borrowed Identity 🎂 🇩🇪

Nu:tone:
Nocturnal Sunshine - Gravity ft. RY X (Calibre Rmx)
LSB - Destine
Emba - Move Steady ft. DRS
Mozey - I Can Be Your Future ft. Shady Novelle
Whiney - No Good
Serum - Trident
Voltage - Mood Swings
Bop - Searching The Truth
Workforce - Your Moves
Mark System - Break Glass
Nu:Logic - Sun Goes Down
Total Science - Killa
Misanthrop - Short Stop
High Contrast - Return Of Forever
Need For Mirrors - Sushi Flake
Workforce - Heart Crossed
Zero T - Jazz Tone
Robert Surace - Joys (Unglued Rmx)
Keeno - Fall Beneath You ft. Etherwood
Halogenix - Tekina
Taelimb - Cork Screw
Phentix - Back In Those Days
Break - Valve
Metrik - Automata
Whiney - Guernsey Airport Bubbler
Metrik - Parallel ft. Grafix
Lemon D - City Lights
MIST - How You Make Me Feel
Mitekiss - Matter ft. Vonne
Hiraeth - The Swift

— Kimyan Law mix —

Calibre - Same Ole
MIST - Warp 1
Logistics - Bounce
Roni Size - It’s Jazzy (Nu:Tone Rmx)
Marky & XRS - Real Good (Nu:Tone VIP)
Influx Datum - Forever
Digital - Deadline (SPY VIP)
Logistics & DKay - Notes From Da Block
Calibre - Second Sun
Break - Let It Happen
Logistics - Together
High Contrast - Global Love (Calibre Rmx)
Influx UK - Shine
Logistics - Westcountry
Calibre - Highlander

Rinse FM Podcast

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Hospital Records with Nu:tone & Kimyan Law - 24 June 2020

Part 1 - Heidi Sabertooth, USA, interview and selections

T/error & 4th Genome - Bass Agenda Intro
Heidi Sabertooth - Crack on the D
Heidi Sabertooth - Maximum Pressure
Heidi Sabertooth - Weeding Through Distortion
Heidi Sabertooth - Neu U
Heidi Sabertooth - Eyes Are Watching
Heidi Sabertooth - Dark Adaptation
Heidi Sabertooth - Makin Cutz
Bjork - Pluto
Boards of Canada - An Eagle In Your Mind
Sepehr - Coup D'etat
De Bons En Pierre - Caholess Zone
IBM - La Zone Morte
Dr Dre - Let Me Ride

Part 2 - RXmode, The Netherlands, guest mix

Moken - Space Indigenous
Foreign - Split
Umwelt - Shadow Entity
Interviews - Run, run, run
Rhyw - IRL
Datawave - Magnetron
Bintus - Reincarnated Savage
Assembler Code - Simulant
Lagware - XRXC
Scape One - Startide
South London Analogue Material - A Philistine Like You
Phase Fatale - Velvet Imprints
Insektoid - Uncalculated Motion In Space
Dez Williams - Carkrash Vikdim
Gamma Intel - Fata M
Hardfloor - The Trill Acid Theme (ERP remix)
Heuristic Audio - A Chemical Deficiency
WT Records - Bernie Knows
Deemphasis - Illusion
Adam Jay - Triacus
Animistic Beliefs - Resequenced DNA
Kromatones - Xank

BassAgenda 192 Heidi Sabertooth & RXmode

Elevate Mix 002 - Pusher / Indicate

~ Lis Sarroca [Spain] ~

Interestingly inheriting from a cross-cultural heritage between her native Mexican roots and her mature Spanish upbringing, Lis Sarroca falls into the wave of young local artists who vividly embodies a captivating, forceful and underground house. As a passionate digger endowed with both an inflexible attention to detail and exquisite tastes, her musical undertakings totally exude freshness, inventiveness and aptness. Back in 2013, she rationally felt drawn to music production and sound engineering, so that putting production theory into practice will have taken about 3 years, but will have worth the wait. Consequently, in 2016, she made her debuts and quickly found her hallmark in tech house vibes, before recently experimenting and daringly moving into sophisticated deep house spheres. Given the quality of her recent releases (Hot Haus, House Cookin’ and Mobilee), no wonder she has promptly been getting warm support from big house names like Demuja, Disclosure or The Black Madonna. Consistently striving hard to achieve flawless quality both in her productions and mixes trivially led her play in Spain’s best parties (Nitsa or Brunch in the Park) as well as overseas. 

Be mentally prepared; this is the kind of mix you’re going to come back to again and again. Lis meticulously delivers a catchy house mix tainted with acid notes from DJ Haus, DMX Krew or V.I.C.A.R.I. Expect her to bring the vibes through an obsessive deal of warm, riveting and glowing grooves. 
 
Lis Sarroca’s latest crush: Luke Vibert presents Modern Rave [Hypercolour]

Our team’s recommendations: Stroopwafel [Eclipse Chaser], Sisters [House Cookin' Records], Saved By The Bell [Hot Haus Recs]

s. // @lissarroca
f. // www.facebook.com/lissarrocamusic/
b. // www.lissarroca.bandcamp.com/

019 ~ plastic/vibes x Lis Sarroca 🇪🇸

5h of virtual gathering with The Black Lodge! The streaming will be co-broadcasted on both media channels: MutantRadio.net / + https://www.facebook.com/MutantRadio/

The Black Lodge L.A. began in 2015 in a dank/dark dive bar as an initmate monthly gathering and ritual organized around exploring, sharing, and experimenting with diverse forms of electronic music and other esoteric arts. It has since become a record label and a global family of artists who exist on the margins yet are at the forefront of the underground electronic music scene.

Broadcast Order:

SIMONOWSKY
Resident DJ at The Black Lodge LA and one half of The Belligerents. Originally from Chicago, now based in the city of Angels.

FORCE PLACEMENT
Co-founder and Resident DJ at The Black Lodge LA. He has a number of releases on labels such as Material Image, Vanity Press Records, 100% and most recently on Clave House, among others.

KOSMIK
Founder, resident, and head spirit of The Black Lodge, raised and bred in the fires Midwest rave scene of the 90’s in Ohio, somewhere in between Chicago and Detroit. He was also a resident DJ and co-founder of the infamous Foundation Team/Trü Skül event series in NYC starting in 1999.

EXPERIMENT ZERO
Experiment Zero is the product of Dona, aka Dj Plant Texture (Creme Organization/Illian Tapes/Unknown To The Unknown) and Mike Tansella Jr. (1/2 of Sons of Traders and The White Lines). The crazed duo comes from the ancient mercantile city of Bari, in Southern Italy.

19:00 BILL CONVERSE & FUTURE BLONDES
[Live Set]/

FUTURE BLONDES [Vj Set]: Bill began DJing at a young age in Michigan, immersed in the early days of the 90s midwest rave scene. In 1998 he moved to Texas, where he still resides, and became involved in the weirdo analog electronics scenes, performing and producing on labels such as Dark Entries, Fantasy 1, Fit Sound, T.R.U. and most recently on SF’s Immortal Sin label. Bill is also 1/2 of the BALANCE ANGEL project, released last year on Black Lodge, alongside FUTURE BLONDES aka DOMOKOS.

FUTURE BLONDES / DOMOKOS is an institution in his own right, founder of the Fantasy 1 label, and has been involved for many ye

EXPERIMENT ZERO  [The Black Lodge Takeover]

Sailors of Alcatraz

ASC & Sam KDC (Auxiliary)
Segue (SIlent Season)
Mike Schommer (Primary Colours)
Toki Foku (Avant Roots)
cv313 (Minimood)
Bovill (Meanwhile)
Van Bonn (Kontakt)
Sibling & Heavenchord (Cymawax)
Cyspe (Oblique)
Wavescape [Russ Gabriel Remix]  (Murge Recordings)
Ohm & Kvadrant (Kontakt)
Octal Industries [GRIT remix] (Vertex)
Delano Smith (Mixmode)
Ohm & Kvadrant (Kontakt)
J Zeiter (Styrax Leaves)
Wata Igarashi  (Delsin)
EBI (Space Teddy)
Tarik Hensen (Appian Sounds)
Forest Drive West (Mantis)
Donato Dozzy (Pallinoia)
Vril (Delsin)
Artefakt (Delsin)
Artefakt [Mora Remix] (Delsin)

Sailors Of Alcatraz

Logeshen Moorgan, aka Fourmï Rouz, is a groundbreaking DJ/broadcaster/curator from the multiethnic subtropical island of Mauritius. 

With recent publications on Trax Magazine, The Ransom Note and Ninja Tune’s Solid Steel, Logeshen recently toured Europe and his home East Africa with portentous performances at the 39th edition of Trans Musicales festival(France), Fusion Festival (Germany), Les Electropicales (Réunion) and Nyege Nyege Festival (Uganda).

Besides sharing the creative duties of Croatia's most revered 'Goulash Disko Festival', Logeshen is one half of production duo 'Moisk' with Vilnius-based rising star Pletnev.

Just how far is Fourmï Rouz into his quasi-messianic global musical exodus? He has recently warmed-up the masses for Nightmares On Wax, Coldcut, Carl Craig, Lefto, Mop Mop and Simple Symmetry, to name a few. He also actively collaborates with other ‘propagartists’ such as Nickodemus, Auntie Flo, Victor Kiswell and Multi Culti for the curation of trend-setting festivals across a wide range of musical genres and geographical locations.

With Logeshen, comes the promise of warmth, surprise, discovery, camaraderie and future cross-cultural adventures - All over and above the love for soul-shaking, nerve-firing and hypnotising music. Have a listen :)

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/fourmirouz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fourmirouz/

Hypnotic Groove Mix #322 - Fourmï Rouz

Berlin-based DJ, producer, label head and Elevate record shop owner Cinthie joins us for the 74th edition of the Phonica Mix Series. Coming in at just under two hours, Cinthie’s mix is a pumpin’ and thumpin’ journey through all things HOUSE. Check out the full feature and interview over on Off The Record 🙌 bit.ly/phonicamix74

Full Feature

Phonica Mix Series 74: Cinthie

Mister Twister started collecting vinyl and dj-ing in 1993. Originally a Hip Hop-Head, his love for music led him to venture into different musical fields and tempos within all things Breakbeat & basslines, eventually being bitten by the Drum&Bass bug in the early 2000s. Together with his brother Simstah he released a varied palette of tracks as Konfront.Audio on different labels such as Fokuz or Soul Deep to name but a few, whilst DJing at major Swiss events. 
In 2018 his old love for a more chilled out, more headnod sound got him back to experiment in the studio and on the turntables to get back the vibes that got him onto this in the first place. In this special edition he‘s showcasing a wide spread selection of current favorites. From downbeat and hip hop to electronica and soul.

https://mistertwister.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/twist_berne 

TRACKLIST:
01 - Frenic: Supernatural Aid (skit)
02 - Hanne Adam: Trust Hope - Trippin Jaguar Remix
03 - Peace Orchestra: Meister Petz
04 - Jimi Jules feat. JAW: Too Young for Me
05 - Tosca: Ananas
06 - Leifur James: Red Sea
07 - 24-Carat Black: Good Love Gone - Jeremy Sole Edit
08 - Eddie Kendricks: Keep On Truckin' - Paul Nice Potown Reflip
09 - Emapea: B-Boy Theme
10 - Kill Emil: Transformations
11 - Dojo Cuts: Out Sounds From Way In - Instrumental
12 - Dojo Cuts: Ain't Got No Reason
13 - DJ Cerk & Adel Toumi: Breath
14 - Kjell Anderson: Mercer St.
15 - Gummy Soul: 93 Til Infinty - Remix Instrumental
16 - Channel Two: Jazz Move
17 - Donald Byrd: Wind Parade - King Most Redirection
18 - Rae & Christian: Divine Sounds
19 - The Mouse Outfit: Repeat (feat. Dubbul O, Sparkz & Ellis Meade)
20 - Thievery Corporation: Bario Alto
21 - Emapea: Roundabout
22 - Sola Rosa: Don't Leave Home
23 - Ash Walker: Bongo Legs

soundcloud.com/bern-bass-podcast

Bern Bass Podcast 66 - Mister Twister - Swiss National Day Special (August 2020)

Schematic Sound LIVE from Almonte, Ontario on Bassdrive.com - Every Saturday 5PM - 7PM EST

Tracklist:
1. Rafau Etamski - Arechin
2. Break - Between The Lines (feat Sp:Mc)
3. Alix Perez - State 808
4. DLR - Sense of Wanting
5. Creatures & Defex - Low Rider
6. Raiden, Meth - The Bob Nudd Project
7. Section - Stepping Stone
8. HeadRead - Ghost
9. Chris Lake - I Want You (1991 Remix)
10. Friction & K Tee - Set It Off (Icicle remix)
11. Gridlok, Keaton - Move On
12. Jon Rolodex - Connector
13. Shy FX - Bambatta (Break Remix)
14. Mr. Frenkie - Tire Fire
15. Xample - Lowdown
16. A.I., Command Strange - Broken Ground
17. Calibre - Beat Goes On
18. Commix - Be True
19. Fly Paper - Hit The Door
20. Flava D - Mesmerise
21. Phaction - If Only feat. Hugh Hardie
22. Kitcha, North Base - Eastern Promise
23. Logistics - The Trip
24. Nu:Tone - Heaven Sent
25. Phase, Villem - Thru My Soul feat. Steo
26. Naibu - Turn Me Down (Hiddenwave Remix)
27. Concord Dawn, Need For Mirrors - Surrender All
28. Autumn - Cut Away
29. Redeyes - Midnight Marauders
30. The Jazzassins - Edu
31. Calibre - Do Not Turn On
32. Commix - Japanese Electronics
33. D Bridge, Artificial Intelligence - Odesa
34. DJ Marky X Pola  Bryson - Into The Blue
35. Foreign Concept, Halogenix - Waiheke Wine Club (Circuits Remix)
36. Gydra - No Kidding
37. High Contrast - Tutti Frutti
38. Jubei - Little Dubplate
39. Nickbee - Third Entity
40. Quadrant - Whisper
41. S.P.Y - Termination
42. Ulterior Motive - Sideways
43. Optiv, BTK, Cold Fusion - Void
44. Noisia, The Upbeats - Dead Limit
45. MRSA - Nail Out
46. Misanthrop, Synergy, Misanthrop & Synergy - Slap the Ghost
47. Mind Vortex - Hotbox
48. Mefjus, Zoe Klinck - Blame You feat. Zoe Klinck
49. Matrix vs. Goldtrix - It's Love (Trippin')
50. London Elektricity - Power Ballads
51. Break - Unification
52. S.P.Y - Rudeboy Step (ft. Shadow Child)
53. Lewis James - Triangle
54. Bop - Skeptikos
55. Centaurus B, The Mord - Minimalism

Schematic Sound LIVE on Bassdrive 07-25-2020

~ Esteban Adame [USA] ~

Esteban Adame is not your daily average bedroom dj but a seasoned and respected producer who has been in the game for more than 20 years now, and has already stroked the decks of the most prestigious clubs (Moog, fabric or Berghain). Still doesn’t ring a bell? Remember the spotless podcast he recorded for Resident Advisor two years ago, which made everyone unanimously agree on his talent including Spencer Parker and Byron The Aquarius. Hailing from the strong Latino community of East Los Angeles, he began his career playing in local backyard parties before expeditiously establishing influential and lasting connexions with the Motor City. 2004 was a watershed year when his phone abruptly rang with “Mad” Mike Banks from Underground Resistance (UR) on the line asking him to lend a helping hand to Galaxy 2 Galaxy and Los Hermanos live acts as a keyboardist. His musical imprint brilliantly oscillates between jazz, latin, house and techno jams with specific know-how. You might also know him as “Frequencia”, the alias under which he indulges in his darker side producing delicious fast-banging techno, or as half of the smoking-hot “El Coyote” project with his longstanding UR mate DJ DEX / Nomadico.

People, listen very carefully; this is house music done very properly. During fifty minutes, Esteban immerges ourselves in a gripping and nostalgic trip, digging timeless 90s house vibes from Rick Wade, Kerri Chandler or Jovonn. His set definitely corroborates that house music will never die.

Esteban Adame’s latest crush: “Recording to 4-track. I forgot how much fun that is!”

Our team’s recommendations: Unofficial Discourse (Los Hermanos Remix) [Dolly], I’ll Never Give Up [Underground Quality], Mayan Basement [Mister Saturday Night Records]

s. // @estebanadame
f. // www.facebook.com/esteban.adame/

020 ~ plastic/vibes x Esteban Adame 🇺🇸

Edges start to sharpen, grooves start to deepen and we go underground. Some underrated and underplayed UK & US slices from 1991 - 1994.

Live All-Vinyl Mix - House Gets Tough - Early 90's House & Garage

Able - 23 August 2020

~ Low Tape [Russia] ~

The Russian electronic music scene falls within the ones that have hastily been flourishing and gaining recognition over the past years. Representative of an endless willingness to experiment and boundless creativity, we invited an artist who immaculately embodies this versatile and underground mindset: the hometown boy from Nizhny Novgorod a.k.a. Low Tape. As a producer, he has been unbelievably unstoppable lately, building a solid catalogue of underrated jams. First embracing the lo-fi house wave 5 years ago, his current sound has evolved into a leftfield lo-fi/electro crowned with a dusty acid signature. Always on a quest to push boundaries and deliver forward-thinking beats, he has his very own secret formula that makes his interpretation of dance music truly unique. No surprise that his productions have rapidly been appraised by top labels such as Nerang Recordings or Neoviolence.

As usual, his mix magically brings us in a mind-altering and hypnotic trip filled with nostalgia and intensity. The well-crafted vibes from Trinidadian Deep, Gemini or Daisy Glow are aiming to do colossal damage on both sweaty dance-floors and early night build-ups. Disclaimer: we’re not liable for potential restless leg syndrome.

Low Tape’s latest crush: /

Our team’s recommendations: East Dancer [Nerang Recordings], Untitled 17 [Echovolt Records], Detroit Drugs Don't Work [Unreleased]

s. // @low-tape
f. // www.facebook.com/lowtape/
b. // www.lowtape.bandcamp.com

021 ~ plastic/vibes x Low Tape 🇷🇺

You may be feeling quite home sick right now - we certainly are. As none of us get to return to the dust this year, we figured now is a good time to remember some of the magical experiences that we have shared together. Over the next few weeks we will release some of the music recorded sets from last year. First up, Carl Cox - 4 hours of house music glory - sunrise at the Disco Knights, Burning Man 2019.

Carl Cox at Disco Knights - Burning Man 2019 - 4 hour sunrise set

~ Mike Sharon [Israel] ~

It all started out when he first heard house music at the age of 10. Being exposed to the eclectic universe of electronic music at such a young age, the prodigy from Israel quickly had the opportunity to develop his own perception of dance music and be involved locally in the scene. As soon as he reached the age of majority, he released his two first vinyls and promptly gained huge approval by techno representatives Sven Väth and Magda. Back in 2012, he started to officially produce under “Mike Sharon” cooking up the timeless “I Feel You EP” bomb we have been voraciously listening to at plastic/vibes. Later in the same year, he co-founded his own record label Ultra Knites with his like-minded UK-based pal Sem Marini. The mission has been crystal-clear since day 1: promoting artists that bring true chord-driven and authentic underground deep house & garage sounds. Today, Mike keeps exploring house beats and releasing fresh material on top labels such as Local Talk Records, Traxx Underground or Plastik People. His subtle raw house style has been getting warm support from house masters Kerri Chandler and Move D, among any others.

Stop what you are doing people; Mike has supplied us with an hour of inspirational and massive deep house jams, flowing effortlessly from one track to another. His atemporal style brings delightful vibes from Ultra Knites, Lucio Agustin and Thomas Wood. Geez, the man never disappoints.

Mike Sharon’s latest crush: Eva Lansberg

Our team’s recommendations: Can You Feel It [Local Talk], Thank You House Music [Plastik People], Roc Soft Raw (Mike Sharon Remix) [Rough Recordings]

s. // @mikeakachrom
f. // www.facebook.com/MikeAkaChrom
b. // www.mikesharon.bandcamp.com

022 ~ plastic/vibes x Mike Sharon 🇮🇱

~ Ruff Stuff [Germany] ~

Coming from the South of Italy but now Berlin-based, Gianfranco “Nanni” Barnaba is the genius house mind behind the Ruff Stuff alias since the shared decision to split with his former sidekick François Le Roy. Growing up during the game-changing 90s era, the dance music advent has definitely had a direct impact on his current style. Like all of us, he first went from one dancefloor to another as a clubbing enthusiast before shifting interests to DJing and production. His electronic journey surprisingly first began with IDM and ambient melodies, which is the total opposite of what he has been brilliantly producing over the past decade. His sound epitomises powerful deep house cuts based on rough samples, groovy basslines, and warm pads. Besides unwaveringly dropping stunning releases on well-renowned labels like Madhouse Records, Shall Not Fade or Haŵs, he co-founded his very own one in 2015, logically baptised Ruff Stuff Music LTD. If you travel around Berlin, expect his name to be featured on Watergate, Sisyphos or IPSE line-ups along with the likes of Demuja, Dan Shake or Chaos in the CBD.

The 100% vinyl mix he is serving today sits at the intersection of rawness and delicacy. It is absolutely a treat for the house connoisseurs as he ingeniously brings first-rate jams from Grant Nelson, St. David or 100 Hz. Guys, you are clearly not ready for this.

Ruff Stuff’s latest crush: Olav Basoski

Our team’s recommendations: Faster Buster [Sculptures Records], Who Is [Rough Recordings], Can’t Help Myself [Berlin Bass Collective]

s. // @ruffstuffcrew
f. // www.facebook.com/ruffstuffcrew
b. // www.ruffstuffmusicltd.bandcamp.com

023 ~ plastic/vibes x Ruff Stuff 🇩🇪

~ PADDY [United Kingdom] ~

In the ever-diversifying UK house landscape - and more specifically in the iconic city of Manchester - you can find the hometown whizkid PADDY. Although he has been in the game for only 2 years now, he has already made a name for himself thanks to mad releases in the local house and disco scenes. Actually, we cannot count how many times we have danced to his “Costa Rica” tune; a hard-hitting disco gem sampling Santa Esmeralda’s classic track “Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood”. Since 2018, he has been guarantor of a soulful and fearless house with smattering of trippy electro vibes in the UK and Australia. His very own way of doing music unsurprisingly led him warm up the decks and closing stages for house honchos such as XXXY or Mella Dee. He even was lucky enough last year to set the Warehouse Project on fire after Patrick Topping. Besides those early achievements, he also runs United Dance Club, an unconventional emerging record label aiming to feature high-energy club music from fast-rising artists.

Switch on the speakers, amplify the volume and get loose dancing to this transcendent electronic house mix. The good ears among you will probably recognise jams from Jex Opolis, Skatebärd, or Roman Flügel for the enjoyment of everyone!

PADDY’s latest crush: Señor Chugger ‎– One More Tune & One More Pint [Moustache Records]

Our team’s recommendations: Costa Rica [Not On Label], XXX [Rhythm Department Records], Soul Seek [My Name Is Records]

s. // @paddyholly
f. // www.facebook.com/PaddyhollyDJ/

024 ~ plastic/vibes x PADDY 🇬🇧

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)

founded, curated & designed by @brother-in-crime