Recordings

"The thing about deep is..."

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Shanti Celeste - Days Like This
Afrika Soul - Trouble
Hyenah - The Wish (Dub)
DRC Music - Lingala (ft. Bokatola System & Evala Litongo)
Jumping Back Slash - Kumoshakele (ft. Spoek Mathambo) (JBS Deeper Dub)
The Professor - Imoto (ft. Characta)
Groovestyle - Freedom Train (D Boogies 4 Change)
Freerange - Close Your Eyes
Milton Jackson - See The Light
Greg Stainer - Children of Africa
Agev Munsen & Roland Clark - That Thing About Deep (Munsen's Main Mix)

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Bookings: hello@urban-essence.net

Afreaqa Deep

Just when Summer finally hits these shores Honey-K and Lexx welcome you to a musical journey for all free spirits and hopeless romantics. 

selected & mixed June 2014©

Art Work: @evavanjensen / www.vanjensen.jp

01 Beach Boys - Til I Die (Alternate Mix) (Capitol, 1998)
02 Khruangbin - A Calf Born In Winter (LateNightTales, 2014)
03 Eric Relph - Pretty Darlin’ (Eric Pollen, 1978)
04 Robert Lamm - A Lifetime We (CBS, 1974)
05  Michael Franks - The Lady Wants To Know (Warner Bros, 1977)
06  Steve Kuhn - The Meaning Of Love (Buddah, 1971)
07 Laura Nyro - Light-Pop’s Principle (Edit) (Columbia, 1978)
08 Laura Allan - Opening Up To You You (No Sax Version) (Elektra, 1978)
09 Michael Clark - You’re In My Heart (Capitol, 1979)
10 J.D. Souther - Midnight Prowl (Adjusted) (Asylum, 1976)
11 Bobbie Gentry - Thunder In The Afternoon (Curb, 1992)
12 Country Joe McDonald - Breakfast For Two (Fantasy, 1975)
13 Janne Schaffer - Kulan Vaexer (Europa Film, 1974)
14 Batteaux - Livings Worth Loving (Columbia, 1974)
15 David Wiffen - Never Make A Dollar That Way (Fantasy, 1971)
16 Hollins & Starr - Cry Baby Cry (Ovation, 1970)

Lexx & Honey-K: Mountain Dew

N-R-G

On Friday 27th October, I'll be playing at the Opening Gala of this year's Film Africa at the BFI Southbank. The festival opens with a screening of new South African drama 'The Wound (Inxeba)', featuring Nakhané Toure in his first screen role.

I'll be delving into the sounds of South Africa by night, so here's a little teaser mix for a taste featuring Black Motion, Bhizer and V.O!

Tickets are available here: http://www.filmafrica.org.uk/opening-gala-after-party-the-wound/

Film Africa Live! 2017 Teaser Mix

We are happy to announce our next release coming out at the end of February. The second part of the Lovely 5 series with tracks from Replika, Evan Michael, Hannes Heisster, Jeff Fader and Quadrakey.

Lovely 5.2

Buy now

Quadrakey - If You

Sweet (feat. AYLØ & Paula. B)

A soft somnambulation through soul, for someone special and all the world. 

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Gigi Masin - Snake Theory [Music From Memory]
Gaussian Curve - Ride [Music From Memory]
Henry Wu - Intro (Rhythm & Rice) [Rhythm Section]
Lonnie Liston Smith - Summer Nights [Flying Dutchman]
Weldon Irvine - Morning Sunrise [Saucerman Records]
The Stylistics - People Make The World Go Round [Digital]
Roy Ayers - Liquid Love [Rapster Records]
Marcia Aitken & Trinity - I'm Still In Love/Three Piece Suit [Lightning Records]
Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going [RCA]
Khruangbin - Mr. White [Night Time Stories]
Hiribae - Coffee & Cigarettes [Self-released]
Pete Josef - Colours (Potatohead People's Lights Off Remix) [Sonar Kollektiv]
Finley Quaye - Even After All [Epic]
The Internet - Go With It (ft. Vic Mensa) [Odd Future]
Francis Inferno Orchestra - Oasis (Erotikk Mix) [Superconscious Records]
Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus [Brownswood Recordings]
Lord Echo - I Love Music (ft. Lisa Tomlins) [Soundway Records]
Sonya Spence - Let Love Flow On [High Note]
Leon Vynehall - Midnight on Rainbow Road (Beat Edit) [Rush Hour Music]
Oko Ebombo - Naked Life [Self-released]
Samthing Soweto - Kwamampela [Self-released]

Echo Chamber Dreams

So often, I never get around to actually releasing the mixes that I've recorded. Perfectionism is a trait I'm slowly trying to eradicate. But I've flirted a lot with ego death this year, and sometimes we just need to be our Self Less. 

Giorgio Luceri - Love Is A Storm (Jenifa Mayanja Remix)
Natural Rhythm - The Jive
Darque, Black Coffee, Kaylow - Ready for the World
Kenny Dolo - She Missed It
Jullian Gomes - 1000 Memories (ft. Sio)
Zaki Ibrahim, Kid Fonque & DJ Whisky - Be (Atjazz & Jullian Gomes Remix)
Arthur Miles - Deep Think, Straight Talk
Pal Joey - Party Time
André Leiria - Raining Sun (Steve O'Sullivan Drifting Dub)

Self Less

Outer South.

A distant sonic utopia. Some called her the shapeless world. Transmitting frequencies frozen in time from the depths of the cosmos. Sounds free from the constraints of borders and genre, birthed from the nexus between cultures, where beautiful fusions are formed.

These are the first signs of life from the fabled planet in aeons.

This is Transmission • One

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Tracklist
pariah - seed bank [here from where we are]
gigi masin & jonny nash - interstellar [melody as truth]
fatima - take it all (ft. roc marciano) [eglo records]
steve spacek - plain site (ft. natalie slade) [eglo records]
lex amor - transits [independent]
sio - could you [sty tru bts]
aylø - paris [independent]
homeshake - (secret track) [royal mountain records]
strange new generation - trippy love letter [independent]
santi - sparky [monster boy]
siimba selassie - bad for the soul (ft. brother kamau) [wats us]
ezra collective - chapter 7 (ft. ty) [independent]
ltj bukem - cosmic interlude [earth records]
robin thirdfloor - gibela [bhotela republic]
b4bonah - kpeme (ft. mugeez) [moves recordings]
caltonic sa - internal [kasi musiq]
killer kau - sandton (ft. jazzidisciples) [independent]
atjazz - track 3 [atjazz record company]
atjazz & jullian gomes - love me (kaytronik’s difibrillator dub) [atjazz record company]
thee legacy - thando (ft. mlindo the vocalist) [sound african recordings]
lone - blue tree [r&s records]
skee mask - routine [ilian tape]
jitwam - later [cosmic compositions]

Transmissions from Outer South

transmission • one

Transmission One

aintgonpiccup

for reflection,
for restoration,
for a return to organic,
For Noa.

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tracklist
tochigi canopy - ivory tower
mr. yt - morning
pacific coliseum - hotel
gigi masin - magic touch
ayota - sabor
okmalumkoolkat - bayavuma
ariel pink's haunted graffiti - baby (ft. dam funk)
khruangbin - friday morning
michael white - the blessing song
michael kiwanuka - tell me a tale
homeshake - like mariah
m.i. abaga - love never fails (ft. tay iwar & patrickxxlee)
gina jeanz - tropic city (ft. mumbi kasumba)
jai paul - all night

for noa

more

For Noa

NRG.NRG.NRG

Tracklist
Sven Weisemann - Let’s Swing (Oracy’s Kamikiri Edit) 
Francis Harris - Living Lips (Kate Simko Remix)
Frank & Tony - Worked (Kai Alce Remix)
Butch & C.Vogt - Desire
Christopher Ledger - The Ninth Cloud
Jovonn - Pianos of Gold (Ian Pooley Mix)
Fela Kuti - Shakara (Ossie’s Bump Edit)
Blaze - Lovelee Dae
Project Pablo - Sofware
Dusky - Calling Me
Roman Flügel - Juke City
Trevino - Lag
Pedestrian & Jasperdrum - Kalakuta (PEDit)
Rowl - Egipto
DjRUM - Arcana (Do I Need You?)
Pépe - Life Signs (Roll Mix)
KG - Sensei
Dolo Percussion - DOLO 5
Santi - Jungle Fever (ft. Odunsi The Engine)
Tobias - Schism
Joy O - Burn (ft. Infinite & Mansur Brown)
Roska - Giving It Up (ft. Ruby Wood)
Herb Rhythm - Take You Higher
Industry Standard - Justify

NRG 9000

Over the past 5 years, South Africa has developed into a thriving hotbed for Drum & Bass and Jungle music, pulsating through the country's collective consciousness and creating a bustling underground filled with top music, exciting new talent and pitch-perfect crossovers with labels, artists and listeners from all around the globe. This track is no exception. SA talent Dopplershift has linked up with the big boss Melinki's enigmatic Four Corners Music imprint for an exhilarating, breakbeat-infused effort, with a deep, pulsating sub that's akin to a deep-sea submersible, and a warm vocal that fuses lovingly with the stirring, jungle-tinged wobbles and bounces of yesteryear. Thoroughly refreshing.

Release Date → 04/05/20

Follow Dopplershift:
→ @dopplershiftdnb
→ www.facebook.com/DSDNBSA

Follow Melinki/Four Corners Music:
→ @dj-melinki
→ www.facebook.com/4cmusic
→ www.facebook.com/djmelinkiofficial

Follow On The Wax:
→ @onthewax
→ www.onthewax.com
→ www.facebook.com/onthewaxmag
→ www.twitter.com/onthewaxmag
→ www.instagram.com/onthewax

Queries/Contact/Demos:
→ onthewaxblog@gmail.com

Dopplershift - Getting Wavey feat. Skulla [Four Corners Music] [OTW Premiere]

꿈 Kkum 15 - Acronym (Live PA recorded at Salon Ambientu, 2018)
@4cr0nym
2020년 4월의 마지막 주,
15번째 꿈 Kkum 이야기는 스웨덴 출신의 세계적인 테크노/앰비언트 아티스트 Acronym의 특별한 라이브 세트와 함께합니다. 깊고 서정적인 아름다운 꿈 이야기가 48분동안 펼쳐집니다. 이 라이브 세트는 2018년 Salon Ambientu에서 녹음, 발췌되었습니다.

The last week of April 2020,
The 15th 꿈 Kkum episode is accompanied by a special live set from Swedish world-renowned techno / ambient artist Acronym. Deep and lyrical beautiful dream stories unfold for 48 minutes. This live set was recorded & extracted from Salon Ambientu in 2018.

cover artwork by Yoojun

꿈 Kkum 15 - Acronym (Live PA at Salon Ambientu)

A stunning ambient display by Astral Industries founder Ario. Enjoy.

Read more: https://mnmt.no/magazine/2020/04/30/mnmt-256-melancholic-psychedelic-ambient-by-ario/

https://soundcloud.com/astralindustries

MNMT 256: Ario

They Be Talking Remix

They Be Talking Remix - PatricKxxLee x Lil Durk x King Von

Exploring outernational soul.
@fromoutersouth
@urbanessence
Bookings: adam@outersouth.net

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Adam Tiran is part of a new wave of intrepid DJs and record collectors searching out deadly rhythms from far-flung corners of the globe. 

Whether hunting down bossa 45s in Rio, kwaito tapes in Johannesburg or deep house cuts in his hometown of London, Adam digs deep to unearth hidden gems from generations past, present and future - with eyes fixed firmly on the dancefloor.

As founder and editor of Urban Essence, Adam has over the past six years helped establish one of the UK’s vital voices of the underground, on a quest to explore outernational electronic soul.

From Boz Scaggs to Brenda Fassie, Roy Ayers to Rhythm and Sound, Jorge Ben to George Clinton, Adam's wide-spanning selections have seen him grace some of London’s top venues (Egg, Scala, Cable) and radio stations (NTS, Radar Radio, Soho Radio). 2016 saw him perform a trio of sets at Glastonbury Festival with Urban Essence.

Through his work with digital distributor Africori, Adam has a direct line to the freshest music coming out of the African continent. A keen journalist too, he's penned words for Resident Advisor, The Ransom Note, and Pulse Radio.

Afreaqa Deep

Adam Tiran

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