Southern Californian DJ & Producer @teakmakai spins together a loose selectors mix of tantalising curiosity, flexing his quirky and cool taste in tunes. ID crew listen up.

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What’s your ideal breakfast?
Strawberries, Blueberries, light toast with peanut butter, and a ton of water.

What was the first record (or CD) you ever bought?
My first record was GEN-Y - Saturn Flow

What’s your musical guilty pleasure?
I am in a serious bluegrass phase, exclusively practicing harmonica and banjo

Does your alias have a backstory?
No alias, my dad was a carpenter in Hawaii for many years and he used Teak wood a lot. Teak Makai Zachary is my full name.

What’s the best thing you’ve ever got for free? (not a gift/present)
Advice on seeing the bigger picture from a cab driver in Croatia

Do you have a party trick?
I can spin a ball on almost anything (my finger, pencil, spoon, etc)

What’s your current rotation of non-dance music?
Lots of 90’s boom bap with some late 70’s trippy rock, like The Police, Blue Oyster Cult, Rush

Where's your current favourite place(s) in the world (and why)?
There is still a lot of world for me to explore, but Peru was an amazing place to experience. Berlin will always be special as well, of course.

Any other passions besides music?
I am a crafty guy, I love to make things. I like to skate and snowboard, but it is all in the spirit of music. I rarely think of anything else

What’s something you’re proud of about yourself?
I was lucky and found out what I want to do for the rest of my life at a very young age, I have been doing it ever since.

Describe your Earworm mix
I have been wanting to do a mix like this for a long time. It is very experimental and abstract in transitions and BPM, which allows me to showcase different techniques than normal. There is a lot of mashing, scratching, and jumping between two turntables and two CDJs. This is a story I haven’t been able to tell yet, very humbled and excited for a chance to share.

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Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Night Creature (Second Movement): Stalking Monster
Lulu Mushi - Moon Funk
Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Earth Leakage Trip - The Awakening
Radio Trip - Schoolmaster’s Theme
Greyboy - Greys Groove
Vakula - Untitled
Unknown - Riders on the Storm
Thomas J., Krichen O. - Confidence
Teak Makai - (Unreleased)
S. Moreira - Empty Your Mind
Jimpster - Bad Hair Blues
Morcheeba - On the Rhodes Again
Esthero - O.G. Bitch
Frederic Chopin - 24 Preludes op. 28
Fila Brazillia - Heil Mickey
Teak Makai - The Dining Room

earworm027 ~ Teak Makai - 'Specifications'

Meet Will Freeth, the DJ cooking up beats hotter than a pot of boiling pasta. Over 5 years, he's fine-tuned his sound, mixing deep house, prog, trance, electro and all things to ignite the dance floor.

From gracing Newy parties like Lass Bash and 404 to Sydney's stages—SASH, Sutra Sunrise, Ripples—Will's journey is as tasty as a plate of lasagna. 

Formerly throwing parties with Motive Music, Will is now whipping up ‘Abundance’ with local talent Jono Xidias. 

Catch Will’s warm-up mix—it's the seasoning your day needs.

Favourite pasta: Homemade pesto spaghetti
Next gig: SASH By Day - 27 Aug

AS #042 - Will Freeth

After a 7-year hiatus, Mauritian techno producer Mutecell is back in action with his first full-length LP, ONAC!D. Releasing on his brainchild, Mutewax, the album fuses Mutecell’s trademark style, greatly inspired by Berlin, with nostalgic memories related to the Mauritian club scene.Although Mutecell’s soundscapes are usually driven by a mixture of analog sounds and repetitive robotic rhythms in the golden 130-140BPM range, he does not limit himself to 4/4 peak time bangers and showcases his range through tracks like the slow-burn breakbeat track “Gris Gris”, the rhythmically syncopated “Orion’s Fear” as well as dub-sounding harmonics on the closer, “Kas Poz”. Rest assured as the album is still filled from front to back with what Mutecell does best: dark hypnotic slappers.

Mutecell reminisces his path through the Mauritian scene by naming the songs after emblems of the local culture such as names of iconic nightclubs
and venues. This represents the crux of the album: the symbiosis of Berlin techno and Mauritian club culture is the identity of this producer.

Dive into Mutecell's imaginative music, connecting cultures and experiences through techno creativity.

https://mutewax.bandcamp.com/album/onac1d

https://soundcloud.com/kevin-okeeffe-labels

PREMIERE: Mutecell - Kas Poz [Mutewax]

@thepressgroup long term friend and homeboy Ben Oyefeso pulls out a trio of double-jointed cuts for the club and not, the German producer's debut EP ‘Lagerfeuer’ packs that left-of-centre house punch that’s come to define the label throughout the previous ten releases and certainly more than just that. 

Cutting his lane at the junction of oddball party music and deconstructionist boogie, Oyefeso’s maiden sortie floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. A weird, buzzing slab of body-jacking electronics that doesn’t play by the book.

An off-road bouncer of a track, the opening number ‘Matt’ has us nodding our heads to a high-in-vitamin mix of jacking house programming and erratic acid patterns gone astray

@thepressgroup
Bandcamp: https://thepressgroup.bandcamp.com/
Vinyl: https://www.deejay.de/Ben_Oyefeso_Lagerfeuer_EP_TPG011_Vinyl__1031107

PREMIERE: Ben Oyefeso - matt [The Press Group]

After several months, we land with the ninth edition programmed by Morgana Parel, a Peruvian artist who brings us acid and introspective sounds designed for moments of hypnosis in the club, two original tracks with a lot of intensity that are added to a reconstruction by Inés Duarte, who from Portugal brings us a spacey and spicy version such as chimichurri.
Happy to connect with female artists on the planet and bring them once again an eclectic release musically, useful for different track moods.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

AKSH009

Cover Art by Zarem.
Original tracks by Morgana Parel.
Remix by Ines Duarte.
Mastering by Dani Labb.

https://akasharecords.bandcamp.com/album/morgana-parel-sinapsis-incl-ines-duarte-chimi-reconstruction

https://soundcloud.com/morganaparel
https://soundcloud.com/inesduarte

https://soundcloud.com/akasha_records

PREMIERE: Morgana Parel - Polvo Cósmico (Ines Duarte Chimi Reinterpretation) [AKASHA RECORDS]

To celebrate 5 years since our launch in April 2018, we are extremely proud to introduce our latest release, The Growth VA. 🪴

The VA compilation comprises six tracks from three of the baddest in the game, Ease Up George, Soundboy Cookie and Arfa; each offering a different flavour of Underground U.K. Garage. Early support from the likes of Jeremy Sylvester, Riz La Teef, Highrise, Yosh, Paul French, Ollie Rant, T Dunn, DJ Listener and more.

We’re absolutely delighted to finally share the release with you all and to celebrate 5 years of Growth. Outs to everyone who’s been on the journey with us - it’s been a ride! Here’s to the next 5 years. 🚀

All tracks available for purchase now via our BandCamp page which can be accessed via the link below. Big love ❤️

ukhunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/u-k-hu…he-growth-va

Ease Up George - Word Up (Easy Mix)

London’s rising star Scarlett O’Malley joins the roster of Kerri Chandler’s Kaoz Theory this November with ‘The House Joints’ EP. 

West London born and raised Scarlett has become a highly praised purveyor of soul-infused sounds in recent years through her contributions to the music industry as a DJ, radio presenter on the likes of Rinse, NTS, Balamii and the BBC, podcaster, journalist and voiceover artist. 

Here though, we see O’Malley’s production career come into focus as she joins the roster of the prestigious Kerri Chandler’s helmed Kaoz Theory imprint. 

‘Scorpio Swinger’ then embraces a UK bruk aesthetic with up tempo, choppy breaks, bubbling arpeggio lines, soft chord sequences and an amalgamation of vocal lines. ‘Eyes Wide’ then rounds out the release, employing classic house tropes through the merging of strings, brass licks, sirens, delayed diva vocals and robust drum workout.

Buy: https://www.beatport.com/release/the-house-joints-ep/4318267

PREMIERE: Scarlett O’Malley - Scorpio Swinger [Kaoz Theory]

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