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Nice uptemp listening

Original Funky (raccolta mix )

Long time pal and driving force behind Invisible City it's Gary Abugan (@invisible-city) from Canada serving up the 29th mix in the series. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hey Gary. How's life in Toronto today? Did you manage to do some more gardening? :)

IC: We have a really nice garden in front of the shop and also at home in my backyard, both get some nice sun and shade and are where I spend all my time. So yes, gardening everyday ;)

MFM: (Before the pandemic hit) You've seen quite a few bits of the world by now while touring. How would you describe Toronto as a city if you had to promote it to the readers who haven't been there yet? 

IC: It’s summer here now in Toronto and we’re in the middle of a heatwave. We’re lucky to have an island with nice beaches as a nearby getaway via ferry. Toronto is a very large sprawling city compared to most European cities. Our multiculturalism definitely sets us apart. We have heaps of reggae and island music here along with lots of record shops, and the variety of food here can’t really be beat. I miss giving guided Invisible City tours of the city to any traveling DJs passing through.

MFM: Would you say it's a good place for an artist to be, whether being a young upcoming talent or professional and all in between?  

IC: Sure you can make it here if you’re skilled/talented and not overbearing, the problem is that there isn’t that many music venues to play. Between the crazy expensive visa you need to play the USA and the costs of flights to Europe, we are kind of isolated musically. Rent is crazy expensive here and most artists have another job, but I’m not sure if Toronto makes it specifically harder or easier compared to other cities. 

MFM: People may know you as the driving force behind Invisible City, the record store and label. How much time do you spend with the one compared to the other? 

IC: I would say pre-Covid more focus was on the shop and getting that to a sustainable level and stocking the store. We didn’t even have a sign for years until recently. During Covid, when the shop was closed for about a year and a half, a lot of focus was on development and signing artists paying advances and getting back into production. I learned alot about Music Publishing too… Laura helps me a lot with organizing everything, label and shop, I would be lost without her.

MFM: Looking back on running a record store and label for over 10 years now, what would you say are some key changes that took place over time?

Back then there were not that many reissue labels and it wasn’t as competitive or extensive, now everyone has a reissue label. I only wanted to put out records that I was strongly connected to or somehow found on a whim. If someone showed me a record, I would ask them if they were planning on reissuing it, now people just go ahead. It’s crazy how many reissues there are so it’s challenging now as a label to dig even deeper. The record shop also was really niche and specialized in the past and now there’s just more in each genre. It’s still pretty curated, but I am finding that I didn’t know a lot of good common records, so we like having “high end cheapos”. I like that most people can just come off the street and buy records now, although we still have some niche stuff too. It feels overall more balanced and varied and for the people.

MFM: The label seems to run at a nice and slow pace. Is it on purpose to not have a heavy and steady output? 

IC: I like to only do a couple records a year, it’s only me and Laura who do it all and it takes me ages to figure out artwork, I’m very picky. The shop, DJing, and occasionally throwing parties also takes up a lot of our time. We always have a lot on the go. I also like to focus on one or two artists at a time, but also it costs a lot of money to make a record! Now things are totally slowed down and our plant says I can’t get pressings out till next March!

MFM Mix 029: Invisible City

While dropping their self-titled debut LP with us in August, Anya and Izaak from Loveshadow (@loveshadowdjs) were kind enough to also record a lovely mix and answer a few questions. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Izaak and Anya, nice to have you on board. Both living in Bay Area, how would you describe your daily surroundings? Is it a nice place to be as an artist?

LS: Right now we live in SF. We grew up one town away from each other near the airport, though we didn’t meet until much later. The landscape is inspiring for sure- we spend as much time as we can out in the parks and wild areas and draw a lot from that. The art and music scenes here run deep, though the cost of living and of course covid have made things tougher.
 
MFM: The songs on your debut album as Loveshadow -which will be out in August- sound incredibly fresh where they also remind to certain pop, boogie, funk and even house from the mid and late '80s. What were some of your main influences for this project? 

LS: Thanks! We have to mention the UK act Fashion after whose song we named the group, but our tastes range all over. You could say that Loveshadow is kind of a lap around the 80’s prehistory of today’s dance music, when things were still firmly rooted in pop songwriting but had a simultaneously psychedelic and funky sensibility- one that grew out of dub/disco/punk counterculture. Getting more serious about learning the records at the roots of the whole thing allowed us to see how we might contribute something new to it in a way that was more than a style exercise.

MFM: Of course also the use of specific instruments ad up to that flavor - it seems that for example the Linndrum plays an important role. Did you aim for that sound and gathered the instruments around it, or the other way around maybe?

LS: We had an overall idea in mind that definitely informed the instrumentation but we’re not purists. A lot of the sounds on the record are replications of or deviations from the iconic originals. Those famous drum sounds in particular are like symbols, they impart a particular meaning and we use them to set a mood.

MFM: What's the dynamic between the two of you like in the studio? Is there a certain steady structure or does this change all the time? Maybe you could tell a little about your writing and recording process?

LS: It changes all the time- we’ve lived and worked in so many places separately and together since we started recording. Either one of us might come up with an idea that we’ll design sounds around, demo, arrange, and then throw it all in the trash and start again. Most of the songs on the record have had a few lives.

MFM: It feels that the music from the LP could work really well live on a stage too. Are there any plans for you to go touring? 

LS: We’re going to play a gig in Detroit later this summer that will be sort of a test run! After that, we’ll see. The project started out as an interest in records and recording, but anything’s possible.

MFM: Thanks a lot for contributing! It seems you quite regularly record a mix. Have you both always been busy collecting and sharing records? 

LS: Our pleasure, thanks so much for asking us! We’re always looking for new music. Sharing mixes online has helped us organize our favorites but playing parties is the best. We were gigging around before covid and we’ll hopefully get back to it as things continue to open up. This mix is definitely on the hype side of things- new digs, old favorites, some edits, tunes pals graciously sent our way, and what we’ve been dancing around our apartment to while we were stuck inside.

MFM Mix 030: Loveshadow

We're happy to welcome Munich's digger-extraordinaire and Schatzi Musik head honcho: Le Discoboulet. He's taking us on a two hour trip through his record collection for Bordello Radio: Camp Cosmic Fever Part 7. Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/le_discoboulet
https://soundcloud.com/schatzimusikrecords

Camp Cosmic Fever Part VII

Bordello Radio #80 - Le Discoboulet (Camp Cosmic Fever Part 7)

Big Sleep guest mix for Noncollective 2011

Bye bye winter and hello spring, we welcome you in. Please share and like as you please :)

SPRING MIXTAPE

Raphaël Top-Secret at Solstice 2022

Dark Science Electro founder and good friend @dvsnme brings the 24th episode of Science Cult Radio!

Tracklist:
Cygnus - The Laser Lounge
Alonzo - Animal Control
Carl Finlow - Downstream
Krypton 81 - Kein Lebenszeichen
Larionov - System Error
Legacy - Aqua Assault
RX-101 - Trip To The Unknown
Steffi & CYRK - Lublaby
Darkatek - Shades Of Brighton
TV.OUT - No Good
Bochum Welt - Saint (Heinrich Mueller remix)
Sentient State - Sentient Machine
Cliff Dalton & Lloyd Stellar - Verbindingspunten
Blast Attack - Dictator
Zeta Reticula - Out Of Range

www.soundcloud.com/dvsnme

Science Cult Radio 024: DVS NME

Recorded live at GGHQ / SW2.

**MINIMUM EFFORT / MAXIMUM VIBE**



GGHQ Mix #1 : Brian Not Brian

GGHQ Mix #2 : Brian Not Brian

Recorded live at GGHQ / SW2 (2011-ish)

**MINIMUM EFFORT / MAXIMUM VIBE**



GGHQ Mix #3 : Brian Not Brian

GGHQ Mix #4 : Brian Not Brian

AAJA

Distant Worlds - Aaja Channel 1 - 31 10 23

Recorded live at GGHQ / SW2 

**MINIMUM EFFORT / MAXIMUM VIBE**



GGHQ Mix #5 : Brian Not Brian

Hard to choose 30 tracks to represent a legend who's mastery of a higher vibration spanned 5 decades. Forever grateful to have walked this earth while Amp was here to bless us. Thank you for everything Amp.

Forever Amp

Recorded live somewhere in Berlin
2x Technics Mk7, 1x XDJ 1000 and 1x XONE 96

2024

Fresh Roots United podcast straight from Yekaterinburg. Our friend Andrey @shine-grooves is a member of Ryabina and X343, owner of the label and record shop Hanagasumi, and simply one of our favorite Russian producers.

100% vinyl, house music as it is, enjoy 🎺

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Свежий подкаст Roots United прямиком из Екатеринбурга от Андрея @shine-grooves — одного из наших любимых российский продюсеров, участника проектов Рябина и X343, и владельца лейбла и рекорд-шопа Hanagasumi.

100% винил, хаус мюзик as it is, enjoy 🦧

Roots United Podcast: Shine Grooves

A real pleasure to host one of my favourite djs in the Animix series, the ever-charming and immensely talented @playvlada, with her distinctly recognisable signature sound.

With a style deep, but somehow oozing with equal parts crunch and groove, Vlada is a master of blending her wide and eclectic old-school record collection into undulating journeys of bassy, hypnotic grooves, telling of her longstanding passion to the craft. 

The Russian born, but Berlin based mainstay balances touring with running mix series/party collective speLL in Berlin & beyond, with @vaahzer. One of my favourite parties in town :) 

Thanks again for the mix Vlada <33

Downloads enabled

Animix One Hundred & Sixty One: Vlada

~ Deep Breakfast 267 by ASIP aka Ryan Griffin, founder of the wonderful A Strangely Isolated Place label https://soundcloud.com/astrangelyisolatedplace ~

Tracklist:
1. swanasa - AHO (A Strangely Isolated Place, Forthcoming)
2. Hiemal - Pays D'en Haut I (Self)
3. Thomas Koner - Nuut (Night) (Force Inc)
4. Markus Guentner & Abul Mogard - While Hunting Nightmares And Dreaming For Peace (A Strangely Isolated Place, Forthcoming)
5. Ayaavaaki & Purl - Einstein-Rosen Bridge (Passage II) (LILA)
6. LF58 - Utopia  (Northern Electronics)
7. Avsluta - It's Always Lonely Being Free (Self)
8. Pete Namlook & Bill Laswell - Angel Tech (Subharmonic)
9. STBL - Carousel Of Light (Self)
10. Mikkel Rev - Lauryl (A Strangely Isolated Place, Forthcoming)
11. James Murray - Grace (Home Normal)
12. Robert Rich - Summer Thunder (Self)
13. OKRAA - Canto Luminoso a la Luna (A Strangely Isolated Place, Forthcoming)

ASIP
Website: https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/
Bandcamp: https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrangelyisolatedplace
X: https://x.com/asip
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrangelyisolatedplace

Deep Breakfast Series
Instagram: www.instagram.com/deepbreakfastseries/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DeepBreakfastSeries/

Deep Breakfast 267 ~ ASIP

Hailing from Brooklyn's electronic music scene, Moon Patrol stands out as a compelling collaboration between Irina Kotik and Gilles Wasserman. As the visionary co-founders of the Brooklyn-based webzine Delayed, the duo brings a wealth of influences to their joint venture, Moon Patrol.
Their style fuses soft, delicate melodies and evolving ambiances with rumbling grooves and intricate percussion, taking listeners on unique journeys through their DJ sets and original productions.
Moon Patrol has released music on labels like Oslated, Huinali Records, On Board Music, Lost In Translation, Lossless, and Accents Records. Their mixes have found homes on platforms like Deep Breakfast Series, Orb Magazine, Oslated, Deep Space Series, Pregnant Void, Mirror Tapes, Cellar Door, and Delayed.

LINKS:
https://soundcloud.com/irina-kotik https://soundcloud.com/gilleswasserman
www.instagram.com/kotikplus/ www.instagram.com/gilleswasserman/
linktr.ee/irinakotik linktr.ee/gilleswasserman

Phonons Podcast 099 Moon Patrol

Read the cover feature: bit.ly/twoshellmixmag

To accompany their debut magazine cover, @twoshell share a playful 90 minute mix packed with bassweight, pop deconstructions and unknown bangers.

Read the cover feature

The Cover Mix: Two Shell

Cachet is a Los Angeles-based, multidisciplinary artist and DJ from Chicago. Known for their genre-bending style, they mix house, soul, funk, disco, afro, Latin, and breakbeat music. Cachet held a long residency at Smart Bar Chicago and performed at Charivari Detroit Music Festival. They have radio residencies with Djoon Paris, Playasol Ibiza Radio, House Nation Music Bari Italy, and 313.FM Planet Funk Detroit. In Los Angeles, they have DJed at Ysabel, Margot, The Proper, and Bar Funke. Cachet founded Sashay Records, a queer Chicago-based label celebrating warehouse music and supporting independent artists.

Deep South Podcast 159 Cachet

Massive thank you to DJ, label owner, top selector and general enthusiast Brian for putting together this effortlessly loose, trippy mix ahead of our Spirit of Eden 3 day gathering in September.
Skipping through off kilter house and techno, with ample use of dubby effects he creates a hypnotic and slightly psychedelic journey but always with a solid groove and one eye on the dancefloor.
@spirit_of_eden_bridge
https://spiritofeden.uk/

Brian Not Brian - Prelude To Eden

Afro beats, percussion excursions, deep swing and more... Sunset vibes at Calaveras, funkiest beachbar in Sardinia!

♫ Tracklist ♫
• Zambo Swing ~ Ewan Hoozami
• Dame Agua ~ Captain Planet
• Homenaje a Justino (Uproot Andy RMX) ~ Grupo Socavon
• Un Poquito Mas ~ Captain Planet feat. Chico Mann
• High Life ~ The Gaff
• Shuffering (Beatsy Collins Edit) ~ Fela Kuti
• Pa'lante (Thykier remix) ~ Los Chicos Altos
• Pomba Giro ~ Sabo & Zeb
• Bakwetu ~ Papa Wemba
• El Genneyya (The Djinni) ~ Hossam Ramzy
• Beija-Flor Suite ~ Chalo Eduardo
• Waste Of Money ~ Mario's Tuna
• The Chocolate Butterfly (Solo Moderna Remix) ~ [dunkelbunt]
• Believe ~ Big M
• Mercybeats ~ Big M
• Storm Take RE Worked ~ ?? 
• Shotgun (Nufunk Mix) ~ Dirty Dubsters
• Sahib Balkan b y Buscemi ~ DJ Russ Jones and Felx B
• The Password ~ DJ Bottles

Live@Calaveras ~ Afro Beatz n Beyond

FUNKY SIMON: JAZZY FUNKERS

Selection of ex Yugoslavian reggae mostly from period from 1977 to 1991.
There is no playlist for this selection.. you have to discover and dig that beautiful scene by yourself. You can always write questions on positive.reality.sound@gmail.com

Yugoslavia Reggae VA. (1977-1991) selected by Haris Pilton

Trushmix 115, last mix of this year of 2017! Ending on a high balearic note with 
the guys from Soundmetaphors. In the with the Soundmetaphors boss mix Nemo with good friend Castro. Expect some balearic and 80’s vibes combined with some house tempo grooves,  add some percussions, high energy and emotional soulful guitar, and you got a mix to end this year, and enter the new one with loads of positive energy.

Enjoy and enjoy.

Happy new year from the Trush crew!

Trushmix.com

Trushmix 115: Castro & Nemo

COCKTAIL D'AMORE COSMIC HOLE - Sound Metaphors DJs (Nemo&Castro) - August 6th 2018

Recorded live from Cocktail D'Amore's winter garden on October 6th 2019.

COCKTAIL D'AMORE GARDEN Sound Metaphors DJs (Nemo&Castro) - October 6th 2019

A 100% italian obscure disco selection recorded exclusively for the 5th birthday party of the Overfitting Disco blog (http://overfitti.ng-dis.co/?p=15685).

Fellow participating DJs: FWCTRL, Benjamin Hanoben, M.E. Lemcio, Jussi Kantonen, Nixxon, Chris Kontos, how_beezar, Mystic Rock, Mark Boon, Rob'n'Zoopsie, SpAceLex, The Robot Scientists, Andrè Pahl, David Tomic, Audio Can, Gordy Zola, okay_awright, Vomatron, Ana Log Hdesc.

Gusto Italiano vol. 3 - 5th Overfitting Disco birthday edition

DJ Biscuit https://soundcloud.com/goodmorningtapes for https://soundcloud.com/the-trilogy-tapes.

'Mushroom' Mixtape – Side A (2017)
Shoutouts + big thanks to DJ BISCUIT & WILL BANKHEAD 🙏💚💚💚

A contribution to P.A.M.'s new online resource POSITIVE MESSAGES. Visit https://perksandmini.com/positive-messages for more...

Image :
Ghislane Leung 'SHROOMS' (2016)
Chinese night lights and adaptors
Installation view, Galerie PCP

POSITIVE MESSAGES #3 : DJ Biscuit 'Mushroom' Mixtape (Side A) - The Trilogy Tapes

Good and longtime friend and frequently collaborator is back again on Trushmix, for our 162 installment. Telephones! Now a familiar contributor to our ever growing list of great mixes. And as usual Telephones delivers 100%!

This time, an over three hour mix, bit slower in pace, packed with great jams!. A vibe mix par du style! Deep balearic, early nineties hip hop  street soul, hip house, old-school house music and UK sounds from end of the eighties and early nineties.

Perfectly crafted mix for this time of year, when the summer still is hotter than hot, and when the music can take us to the place we as DJ's and party people all love!
The good kind of party with the right vibes!

Enjoy! 
Music from the top!

Brian Not Brian - Prelude To Eden

Tropical Traffic / Spirit of Eden