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We welcome Tornado Wallace (@tornadowallace), long time friend of the label and whose record 'Falling Sun' we released through Second Circle back in 2016.  Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Lewie, how have you been lately?

TW: I dipped out to East Asia and Australia for the infamous Berlin winter and now I’m back ready for the euro warmth. Though it’s in no hurry to arrive here just yet.

MFM: There's a new record coming on Basic Spirit, the label you run with Jamie Tiller, and it all looks rather secretive... Can you tell us more about it Lew E? :) 

TW: I made these tracks when I was holed up sick for a week. Not being able to go to the studio I relied strictly on samples and software, which was fun to change the workflow up a little bit. I wanted to make some very club ready tracks, without any intention for a release. They (rather obviously) sample two well known tracks, but there’s a lot of new ideas too. I use a different name as it felt like a different style and approach to how I usually go about things. I think there will be more Lew E things on the horizon though :D.

MFM: Previous releases on Basic Spirit also had this '90s touch to it. What is it that you like about (music from) that era?

TW: I grew up in the 90s so a lot of the music coming out then really hits the nostalgic feels. But also, really interesting things were happening with technology, and it became a lot more affordable to put together a record. So there were a lot of - for lack of a better term - laymen releasing electronic music. Some of which had very new and out-there approaches to processes like sampling, mixing and arranging. But trends and technology all moved along so quickly that some of these sounds and ideas never had a chance to get fully fleshed out. Which is why it’s nice to pick up where some left off. People are currently very responsive to this late 90s/early 2000s sound, which is great for me because that’s a time when I really fell in love with electronic music. As a DJ, I’m playing these really personal tracks that I discovered as a teenager, and for the first time since I began playing parties/clubs 18 years ago, people seem to really understand them. It’s a very cool feeling.

MFM: You've also started a new more pop oriented project called a.s.o. together with vocalist Alia Seror O’Neill. Has it always been a dream or goal of yours to start a more band kind of project? Does it require a different writing/recording approach compared to when making dance music for the clubs?

TW: I like making music that I like listening to. And with the pandemic in full swing in 2020, I was having a little break from club music, and diving deeper into other styles of music I enjoy. Both from a listening and producing perspective. I found it to be a very different approach. It’s more melody/hook driven and focuses on getting ideas down quickly as they’re forming. A lot of the time I would use a basic keyboard and guitar to record, and Alia would add vocal melodies and harmonies on the fly. Sometimes it could get difficult when we would both want to put our fleeting ideas down at the same time! On that note, collaboration is never easy for me as I like to have full creative control of whatever it is I’m working on, and sometimes the creative paths divide and compromises have to be made. Sometimes the compromised path is thick and thorny, and sometimes it is paved gold and smells of roses.

MFM: How did you go through the selecting and recording process, any specific record or mood you had planned?

TW: I came across a bunch of really nice tracks all in a relatively similar downtempo/shoegaze style, and wanted to make a mix of music like that. For moody home/car/train etc listening. I also included a forthcoming Cousin remix of an a.s.o. single which I love and wanted to share early!

MFM Mix 049: Tornado Wallace

Ahhh finally a new Safe Radio episode. 

Safe Radio S07E02 is the longest so far in the series - more specifically 5 hours and 31 minutes. It consists of 78 tracks that i've been listening to and playing out since last episode. As per usual we're riding from ambient over downtempo to club/dance music.

I've been wanting to put some of the tracks from this episode in my other mixes, but somehow couldn't crack the code until now. I'm obviously super excited about finding a way to finally get [ some of ] these tracks into one of my mixes. 

Big shout out to everyone who are sending messages and showing interest in my music and what I do. I hope you like this one too ;-)

Enough yapping.... I guess there's not much more to say than buckle up and let's get stuck in. 

C.K - Safe Radio S07E02

An episode that feels well overdue yet thoroughly worth the wait! A titan of the Naarm underground music scene, Pjenné has been a kindred spirit and longtime pal since the early days of MDC, and it's no surprise that her contribution is packed full of gloriously deep and immersive feels, bassy and driving in parts and light as a feather in others, speaking to a palette that has been meticulously explored and continues to evolve along with her incredible weekly radio show on PBS, Passing Notes. 

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Q. What sounds of feelings did you draw upon when gathering inspiration for this mix, and what listening environments could you imagine it being best enjoyed in?

A. For this mix, I wanted to channel the energy and sounds that I associate with Melbourne Deepcast rather than drawing on the darker side of my sound palette that has been at the fore of my radio and club sets of late. MDC means so many things to me, but there’s definitely an energetic, grooviness that comes to mind and this is what inspired the mix. Although the mix does showcase parts of me (heavily atmospheric, emotive and a few downtempo tracks for good measure), I’d say this is more of a mix for you. :) I imagine this mix being listened to outside, on a sunny day, but when you might also need a little extra pep in your step. 

Q. Are there any songs in the mix that are especially close to your heart, and what is it about these tracks that resonate with you so much?

A. The first that came to mind is a track by Sean Cusick and Medway (Jesse Skeens) - It is an incredibly beautiful and emotive breakbeat track from 2002 on Saw recordings, there’s just something about how the vocals and the pads wash over you - although its upbeat there's also a sombreness to it and I just think its the whole package. 

Towards the end of the mix there’s also a very very classic ambient trance number, Lazer Worshippers by Damon Wild & Tim Taylor from 1993 - Not the most deeply dug track but it's a classic for a reason.

Q. You have been lovingly broadcasting your weekly radio show Passing Notes on PBS for six years running, which is a serious achievement! Tell us what you did for your sixth anniversary on International Women's Day, and what keeps you inspired to broadcast the show week in week out?

A. It’s been a wild ride that’s for sure! I really appreciate that International Women’s Day marks each yearly anniversary of Passing Notes - it reminds me to stop and reflect on each year as an achievement that I would probably otherwise forget in the chaos of life. This year I enlisted the help of Syrian DJ and Harmony Rec affiliate Zeynep, who provided an excellent, playful and sassy celebratory guest mix. 

As for my inspiration to keep going, I’d say that I draw from the collective power of electronic artists locally as well as internationally. There’s just so much good music to share, and Passing Notes enables me to provide a crucial connection between ‘underground’ electronic music and the wider music community. I'm also inspired by live radio as a format - it provides a sanctuary for me from the highly curated nature of music today and allows me to be more playful in the way that I explore different sounds. To me it is a place free of judgement.

MDC.308 Pjenné

Next up at Edwin Music channel is Berlin-based producer and DJ @benediktfrey and his close friend @menqui with whom he co-runs the label R.i.O.

For EDWIN MUSIC CHANNEL, he joined forces with his friend Menqui, who is overseeing the administration for the R.i.O. label, is part of the Berlin-based Muting The Noise Record Store and Distribution crew, runs a radio show for Cashmere Radio and plays regular in all those small, but delicate Berlin bars and little dancefloor venues. Together they prepared an epic mix, created live and direct in Menqui’s living room, featuring all sorts of music from pop, Trip-Hop, and Hip-hop to free-tripping electronic grooves. Check the groove and read below what Benedikt Frey and Menqui told us about their history, work, label, and future plans.

Follow the link for the full interview: https://edwineuro.pe/mix137

N° 137 – R.i.O – Benedikt Frey / Menqui

rev lon & jo 
june 2025
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meltdown 75 - rev lon & jo (live @ slow bump!)

12th Isle co-founder Fergus Clark runs a monthly session through chaotic record shelves, tascam nightmares, label related tracks and unreleased music from the global sphere.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/fergus-clark/episodes/fergus-clark-1st-july-2025

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passing it clockwise is good luck,
anyone can join the joy of joint, just choose a time and post !

blissed out wake 'n bakers or lullabies for insomniacs -- choose your own adventure

Passing it clockwise (07:30 - Nico Tobón)

Vessel - Skylab Radio 01 w/ Norachi

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TRACKLIST:
Bernard Fort: Brain fever
Arv & Miljö: Växtlighet i Asfalt (Punkens Heliga Skrift)
Curtis Roads: Pictor Alpha
Reload: Loop0068
Hiele: Encounter CDM
Move D & Thomas Meinecke: East St. Louis
Vanligt Folke: ‘NTE
RS Produções - Futuro
Big Flite & Velkro: Littleslip
An Gleann Dubh: Valley Falls Deep (Remix)
Yata DSP: Trope
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2029070
Jay Daniel: Dew
OL: Block24
Hoavi: Cyclones (Tape)
VamilienFather: Ver 2
Seven Orbits: Ganglion
Zeki 808: Present
Gooooose: Resort
AceMo: Track 2 Recording 11
DJ Lycox: Red Lights
UNBE: Vector Milk
Grimescapes: Balance
Drome: Hinterland, Kassler Kessel
5 Gate Temple: Stem The Tide Ov Malice
Finn Loxbo/Karin Johnsson: Passage
Luft: Collapsing Time
Maggi Payne: Fizz
Mechatok: Flee
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ELARA.FM: "2Bridges" w/ J. Tripp

listen on dublab : https://www.dublab.com/archive/peak-oil-tipping-point-w-guest-cong-burn-07-24-20

tracklist

Howes – Untitled
Monolake – Gobi (The Long Edit)
Haddon – Weems Around Mount Kailash
REQ & Smudge – Smudge’s Coffee (The Fear Ratio Remix)
Sepher – Contamination
Loop LF – IZ 200
Lack – Untitled
Machine Woman – Have You Been To Salford Shopping Centre, Have You Seen Argos?
Piezo – Blue Light Mama Magic
Muslimgauze – Dugga Signal
Ryoji Ikeda – data.reflex
IC Lander – Groto
Duckett – Dem Panic
Lux – Data
Viola Klein – B
Dan Habarnam – A Major Blinks
OL – Skepsys
Tonto – Circle
Ivor Cutler & Linda Hirst – Women Of The World

Peak Oil — Tipping Point Guest Mix(07.24.20)

Mix that went live on twitch 9/3/20 

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Tracklist

  1.Writhe in Solitude ( acoustic unplugged version)- Ben Bondy
2. Soak- Ulla
3. Tissue Boxes- Felt Body
4. La plage sous les Arbres
5. Melt in my heated hands- Upsammy
6. trust is a response- Mistareez
7. Dented aloe- Ben Bondy
8. Where is - Space Afrika
9. Sealeg Garden- Ju Ca
10. Shade- Warm Body
11. Nematic Phase- JJ + JS
12. Thermal Mix- IC Lander
13. Creature Feature Spinoza Verison- Kallista Kult
14. Citrine- Opheliaxz

Intensive Care Mix

Six hours of uplifting B4B madness with P Relief, C3D-E, Flørist and myself on a sunday night in September straight outta Lankwitz.
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EstimuloShow w/ P Relief, Flørist, C3D-E, Estimulo (06 September 2020)

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