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Right when you thought the 80's had been mostly dug out, the "Night City Life" compilation hits the shelves. 
Ever since we heard his compilation for Spacetalk we were blown away: one of the best curations of early MIDI dancefloor/radio oriented productions we'd heard in a while. Truly refreshing to the human ear, not to mention the heavy research behind it. As such, we've wanted to book Ilan ever since but then COVID happened. Still a wet dream to see him do his thing live but for now here's this amazing bit of aural goodness to get you in the right mindset. 

Ilan is a London-based record collector. He can often be found posting the artwork of 80s vinyl from his collection on Instagram; a patchwork of nostalgia from musical days gone by.

Check him out on IG and listen carefully - your discogs wantlists will never be the same.

H.A.N.D. MIX 027 - Ilan (Night City Life)

As part of our celebration of 21 years of club culture, we're featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties and clubs most important to their lives in dance music. 

The Loft is one of the most storied and sacred spaces in dance music history. Founded in Manhattan in 1970 by the late David Mancuso, The Loft was a party unlike any other: relaxed and gently psychedelic, with pristine audiophile sound played at a medium volume level kinder to the ears. You didn't need to blast the music to appreciate the sonic perfection of the music and the system it was played on. Over the decades, Mancuso invented his own influential style of DJing, letting the records breathe rather than mashing them together. Mancuso, who died in 2016, had many acolytes over the years, perhaps none more prominent than Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, who provides our final 2122 birthday RA Podcast: a tribute to The Loft.

Murphy has an impressive resume without The Loft: she's a long-time radio DJ, founded the Classic Album Sundays series and started her own Lucky Cloud Loft Party in London, in collaboration with Mancuso. Her DJing style, slow, steady and respectful of the music, channels those years spent at The Loft, and her RA Podcast embodies the disco-influenced sounds that define the party, played with care, love and reverence.

RA podcast

RA.859 Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy

Big thanks to Rainbow Serpent Festival for having me for another year. And to Ben and Adam from Full Throttle Entertainment for the recording.

Tracklist:
01. Vangelis Katsoulis - The Slipping Beauty 
02. Taro Tokugawa - Here My Dear 
03. Tornado Wallace - Circadia 
04. Old School Rider - Spirit Of An Edit
05. Hashman Deejay - Sandfish
06. Theo Parrish - Cypher Delight 
07. Floating Points - Nuits Sonores 
08. Mark E - Emergency 
09. Mind Fair - Ceremony (Velvet Season and The Hearts of Gold remix) 
10. Tantra - A Place Called Tarot (Idjut Boys Re Edit) 
11. Fela Kuti - No Possible (Joystick Jay Vulgar Distractions Edit) 
12. Coober Pedy University Band - Kookaburra 
13. Tornado Wallace - Kangaroo Ground 
14. Dude Energy - Renee Running 
15. Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - Turkish Delight
16. Tornado Wallace - Bit 1 
17. Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis

Tornado Wallace At Rainbow Serpent Festival 2015

A live recording of David Moufang at Brussels club La Cabane last month. 

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Deep house with heaps of soul to guide spring into summer.

"House music to me is about emotion… it's about how it moves you," says Suze Phaff, better known as Suze Ijó. Emerging from a thriving Dutch scene, Ijó belongs to a generation of DJs reshaping dance culture from the ground up, restoring soul and musicality to the centre of house music. It's a conversation happening not just in her home town of Rotterdam, but globally, among kindred spirits like MUSCLECARS and Dee Diggs in New York, Errol and Alex Rita of Touching Bass in London, and OMOLOKO in Belo Horizonte.

You could call Ijó a deep house DJ, but it's much deeper than that. Her sets embody house music in its most musical sense, rich in nimble percussion, woodwinds, calypso drums, gospel vocals, and romantic string sections. They channel the jazz-inflected heartbeat of the East Coast, the breeze of Balearic shores, and the light-footed rhythms of the Caribbean.

As Ijó explains in her Q&A, her RA Podcast "hopefully feels like a loving embrace." Opening with Key Trunks Ensemble's "Calypso of House (Paradise Mix)," she sets a buoyant, life-affirming tone that carries through the next 90 minutes. As the mix unfolds, her affinity for timelessness is clear, with selections that hark back to the golden age of house, from Lonesome Echo Production's "Sweet Dream (Shrine Sweet Mix)" to the euphoric swell of Blaze's "Klubtrance."

Listening to RA.986, it's no surprise that The Loft—David Mancuso's legendary, much-missed New York party—serves as a key influence for Ijó. "He wasn't confined to just one genre but would just play 'good music' in the right context," she explains. "He allowed the music to breathe."

If ambient music is defined by its ability to breathe in and reflect its surroundings, then Ijó's RA Podcast is ambient in the truest, most human sense: a deep, enveloping soundscape that feels like sunrise, like community, like home—wherever you may choose to listen.

@suze_ijo

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/986

RA.986 Suze Ijó

Vinyl journey recorded live at the Beach Stage on the last day of Love International Festival 2025 @ The garden, Tisno, Croatia (15.07.2025)

Tracklist:
Nicola Cruz - Individuality Riddim [Rhythm Section International]
Bawrut – tano [Ransom Note]
Dreems - Ahead Temper [Power Cuts]
Snacks – Purdie [Magic Jams]
Roger Taylor - Two Sharp Pencils (Get Bad) (Jamie 3:26 Punk Funk version) [Music For Freaks]
N-Gynn - Fire On Fire  (Luca Lozano Remix) [Gottwax Recordings]
Baby Rollen – Whatuwant [M.A.D Records]
YSE Saint Laur'ant - Gone Fighting [Whiskey Disco]
Kasso - Brazilian Dancer (Bottin razorblade edit) [Magick Edits]
Nicola Cruz - Barretto (Tienes Algo) [Rhythm Section International]
Tanzlife - Cold Fire [Local Talk]
Love Athletics - All of My Love [Whiskey Disco]
YSE Saint Laur'ant - What's -My Name? [Whiskey Disco]
Carl And Carol Jacobs - Robot Jam (Nick The Record & Dan Tyler Rerub Remix) [Emotional Rescue]
Acid Charlie - Everything Counts [Coqueto Records]
Gab Jr. - Body Connection [Automatic Writing]
Joaquin Joe Claussell - Break Free [Rekids]
Cole Medina - We Call It Good 2 Me [Whiskey Disco]
Dennis Cruz - Time Out [Crosstown Rebels]
Moodymann – It's 2 Late 4 U And Me (youANDme Edit) [Ornaments]
Buckley - I Like [Upgrade]
Dashiell – Speakerphone [Tancido]
Chrissy - Nothing (Eli Escobar Remix) [Cool Ranch]
Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band - Bukom Mashie (JKriv 7 Inch Mash) [Razor-N-Tape 45]
Javonntte - White Wing Dove (Main Mix) [Makin' Moves]

MIMI @ Love International 2025

LYRICS

THERE IS NOTHIN' TO BY AFRAID 
ONLY FEAR MAKES COWARDS OF US ALL

YOU NEED TO BE LIKE A WILD ANIMAL
CAUSE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING INCREDIBLE
IMAGINE YOU'RE LIKE A SUPERMAN
IF YOU LET YOU DOWN JUST TRY AGAIN

There is no fear

Recording of Pender Street Steppers and Beautiful Swimmers's back-to-back at Dekmantel Festival 2016.

Dekmantel Festival 2016

Pender Street Steppers & Beautiful Swimmers at Dekmantel Festival 2016

@joseyrebelle

Digging for music is as much about instinct as it is about understanding. If you hone your gut instincts, your senses and subconscious sensibilities you will come across the good stuff, seemingly from thin air but in fact meant for you all along. Sometimes a DJ discovery happens to us the same way as finding a record. Sure internet algorithms and well placed editorial helps a dane music lover find their next favorite dj mix or jockey, but in the end you are the one that has to click play. Compelled by an honest smile in every photo and the endorsement of UK's most respected formerly pirate radio station, I got hooked to the sounds of our latest potcast guest: Josey Rebelle. I also must have smelled the oddly American vibe about this British selector. It is almost as though she is workshopping a hybrid, a bed and breakfast on the road between Croydon and Bellville that caught my eye from the road. But, if the web she is spinning in her sets speaks to me correctly, this bed and breakfast is a cooperative, it is female owned and operated, open to all, but not for everyone. Josey will spin you a bit of beats in the morning, but the rest of the time she lives there too and so it is up to you to respect the space and find your way to fit in, blend in, and add to the vibe. Don't get me wrong, this isn't your grandmothers idea of a B&B, when the sun goes down and it is time to put the needle to the record, the fireplace will be dancing, naked revelry in the vegetable garden, and MDMA embraces on the front porch. But when all is said and done, instead of feeling depleted, Josey wants you feeling completed. You will sign the guest-book that sits below a framed Drexciya poster, thanking her for sharing her space, stories, and delicious beats. 

We are honored to get this mix from such a busy player on the scene and are sure it will have you asking us the address to that vacation spot soon. Maybe we can make a road-trip out of it and go together.

Honey Soundsystem Potcast

HNYPOT 235: Josey Rebelle's Stone Through A Window Mix

Music For Poolsides II

► Midland making a glorious return to our screens for AVA Festival.
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Midland | Boiler Room x AVA festival

my last allnighter at moog. thanks to everyone that came for another fun night full of friends and heavy dancing.

John Talabot - Allnighter @ Moog (Barcelona, 21-08-19)

High-octane outlandish obscurities of decades past, courtesy of Berlin’s Nemo & Castro.

This power duo are the masterminds behind several creative outlets; from soundcloud.com/sound-metaphors - the renowned record shop, label, and its sub-labels (THANKYOU, MISSYOU, BLESSYOU) - to the infamous H.A.N.D. (Have A Nice Day) parties in Berlin. Their undying love for music and passion for digging up rhythmic masterpieces lost in time has manifested itself in their Kreuzberg record shop, which has become known for its exquisite selection of hand-picked releases. Their unique unfiltered style has earned them regular slots playing for esteemed steaming dancefloors like Cocktail D’Amore and Panorama Bar.

This 70-minute mix is jam-packed with fun fast-paced percussive selections, self-made edits, Hi-NRG guilty pleasures from Canada to China, and upbeat synthesizers. Dig in!

ZeeZout Podcast 142 | Nemo & Castro

Tornado Wallace recorded live at Platforma Wolff, Bucharest. 17.08.2019.

Tornado Wallace at Platforma Wolff • 17.08.2019

La Boum De Luxe-SAT-05-22

La Boum De Luxe - 21.05.10

2 hours playing together with my dear friend @tornadowallace :) 

We forgot to write down a tracklist, sorry!

Kinda w/ Tornado Wallace (September '20)

Bookings
Worldwide: sam@klsbookings.com
Asia: samy@mihn.hk

Tornado Wallace At Rainbow Serpent Festival 2015

Tornado Wallace

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