"Blair Sound Design is an Orlando DJ, Producer, Artist, and legend. Being one of the founders of his own label French Press Lounge, he has been able to create a community of eclectic producers and artists from all over. Delivering a mix from under the disco ball of the Discotheque, he brings a great selection of house, breakbeat, and more goodies to make you feel great. Be sure to check him out everywhere and also check out the other episodes of In The Box, where genre doesn't exist."

- Extraa

[ITB009] In The Box : Blair Sound Design

scalymoth | QUIVR | 07-03-21

La Raffinerie - Malouane (Mars 2021)

This next installment of Moods features the one and only, all time Coffee Enthusiast himself - Gil A.D. (@ggranot), curated by Miguel Cisne. Gilad takes on a tour of jazz records he's gathered over time from many influential sources such as: Dad, record shops, and local radio by the likes of WJRC and WCBN. 

For the full interview and tracklist, head here: https://moods.substack.com/p/moods-37-gil-ad

The Questions
-Where, geographically, did you grow up? Was it a single place or many places?
 I grew up in a very small suburb of Detroit called Huntington Woods, at 11 Mile & Woodward. I never really lived anywhere else, though I did move within Huntington Woods a couple times until my parents settled in their current home. Huntington Woods is a well-off town. Very Jewish (like me). It’s comprised mostly of houses, a small elementary school, a library, a rec center, a small city hall, a few parks, and 2-3 businesses on the border roads (no restaurants). I feel an urge to say more but that pretty much says it all.

-Can you pick one song in the mix and explain where you first listened to it?
The Sonny Rollins track was a find from my Dad’s CD collection. It’s off the album saxophone colossus, an album I would later find on vinyl at a shop in Chicago. When I first started driving I’d often snag CDs from our living room and listen to them on repeat in the car. So the first time I heard that song was the first play through of that album in my 2002 Toyota Camry. It was the first jazz ballad I fell in love with. The conviction with which he plays the saxophone on that song is really heart wrenching.

- Who "introduced" you to these songs? Was it a person, a radio station, a CD?
Hard to point to any one thing, person, or music platform that introduced me to these songs. Since the mix was all-vinyl, some of the albums (like saxophone colossus) were ones I knew about and felt I needed to have a physical copy of. The rest I discovered from shazaming songs off of Jazzy Nights sets, connecting with records from my parents’ collection, being lectured about jazz music by the old hippies at PJ’s Records (RIP) in Ann Arbor, hearing stuff from the WCBN library, or going down discogs rabbit holes. Honestly, my collection is old enough (~10 years) at this point where it’s starting to feel unclear to me how exactly I discovered these pieces of music — they’ve just been in my cabinet for a long time. I do remember in particular someone telling me the story about Miles Davis’s Four and More (the album that has the song “Four” on it), how it was recorded live from the New York Philharmonic Hall, and how Tony Williams was 16 years old playing standards at 2-3x speed like a pro. But I don’t remember who told me that story, I just remember finding the record and being really stoked.

- Where and when did you first hear techno?
I think I first heard something that could be described as Techno back in late 2000s/early 2010s: Hardstyle, UKF Dubstep stuff, Deadmau5, etc. I never thought much about who it sounded like it was for, probably Eastern European ravers and/or gamers. Honestly, I was never really interested in Techno (as a snot-nosed kid, actively anti-electronic music) until I learned about the history/connection to Detroit 4 years ago.  

- Where can we find more of you?
Would just like to promote my weekly internet radio show Finjams and remind people to tune in every Sunday from 10am-noon on 8ballradio.nyc & say hello in the chatroom - archive: https://www.mixcloud.com/8ballradio/playlists/finjams-with-jordan-and-gilad
If you want, check out my house EP under the moniker coffee enthusiast https://coffee-enthusiast.bandcamp.com/releases
Here’s an ambient album I did over a year ago wow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5el_VfN95c&t=1s

And always know you can support Moods by donating $1, $4, or $20 a month to continue paying artists, our SC, and archive maintenance: https://substack.com/@moods

Moods 37: Gil A.D.

MV002 Sophie Forrest

Bridging the gap between untamed techno hues and nostalgic recollections of ultimate electro worlds, fused with jazz and soul notions, South African born artist, label owner and promoter SOPHIE FORREST lands her spot with finesse. Applying a musical palette that grasps varying influences, the air from Melbourne based Sophie Forrest is welcome, whether it be in the studio, before a dance floor or in the kitchen as a small-batch hot sauce aficionado. As one of the nation’s few transgender DJs and producers, she too champions trans-representation across the Australian dance community, celebrating equality, ambition and talent in music.

Mid 2021 delivered Sophie Forrest’s well-crafted, two track EP ‘Potato’ on her self curated record label Body Positive Music, one of the first in Australia to focus entirely on supporting the GNC/trans/POC and femme community of producers. Earlier in the year her ‘Don’t Touch My Booty’ EP dropped, shortly after the debut release on her label coming from fellow artist Yokelust. Exploring untouched corners on dance floors throughout the electronic circuit in Melbourne and beyond, Sophie Forrest has taken her catalogue and pinned guest spots across the map, while also having supported the likes of global tastemakers including Honey Dijon, Ben UFO, Boris, Roi Perez and DJ Sprinkles.

Socials
https://www.facebook.com/minimalife
https://www.instagram.com/sxphie.forrest/?hl=en

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Gvd0Zc6eLLTXAmdKyFNB1?si=3dpNcL-HQymj_MUP2ClZvA

Bandcamp
https://bodypositiveaus.bandcamp.com/

Tracklist
Hedchef – Kinetic Depth Effect 
Dark Vektor – B3. B_ass State Of Mind
Go Nuclear – Mystify Ur Mind
Sophie Forrest ft Detroit’s Filthiest – Big Girl Shake That*
Varum – Serial Nova
Sophie Forrest – Body Rock Bxtch*
Assembler Code – Architects
Rico Casazza, Detach – Chthonic Process 
Jani Ho  – Funk in Space*
Salome & Unklevon – Telepathic Dance
Detroit’s Filthiest – Most Expensivest
Sophie Forrest x Go Nuclear – Party UFO*
Prid Prod – POWER
Shedbug – The Chase*
X-Truder – Glow Go Nuclear Remix
Wachita China – Dark Pleasures
SAMOH – Lost In The Forest
Sophie Forrest & Jensen Interceptor – Bang Bang Bang*
Sophie Forrest – Trans Erasure Census 2021*
Sempra – Dreaming

*VICTORIAN ARTISTS

Special thanks to DJ HMC for his track Cum On used in the intro and outro of this episode xo

Mix Series

MV002 Sophie Forrest

Mastered by: Matt Davis
EP release date 11/25/25

Different Paces

Far from Boring. Energetic UK Garage with vintage vibes. Deep, rolling  Reese bass with a drum groove that will get you moving! 

Boring

3XTAS3 - Nimma Garage (Extended) (Free Download)

Linnéa Beramand (03/11/20)

We are back once again with our podcast series and are thrilled to announce the launch of our 3rd season here at Kulture Lab. 

We would like to begin by thanking you all for the support of our 'Periodic Index 1' EP. Through sales on this we have actively been raising money for The Haven Night Shelter everyday thanks to you and we will be making our first donation to the organisation soon. 

Starting off our year is none other than the talented @Odous who delivers an exceptional mix for his inaugural appearance on our show. It's a true pleasure to have episodes curated by such proactive members of our community.

Amongst the vast ocean of DJs that exist in Cape Town there are a few talented artists who stand out above the rest based on their musical contributions - not only to the global electronic music industry but also those who bring interest from the rest of the world back to Cape Town.

Over the course of this year we hope to shed some light on players in the scene that have much to offer. Thank you to Odous for kicking things off with a bang. We recognise and appreciate your hard work when it comes to creating and enhancing the richness of our music culture here in Cape Town and South Africa <3

Head on over to Bandcamp to purchase his music and support Odous directly. 
https://odous.bandcamp.com/

KL018: ODOUS

The La Cheetah Show (25/2/21)

An open genre community channel for DJs
Located: Magandjin/Brisbane, Australia

scalymoth | QUIVR | 07-03-21

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