intro track has me flying - thank you Finn !

Playlist: http://finn-johannsen.de/2021/06/02/finn-johannsen-trushmix-177/

"I just got a bit inspired and had a free day.. so got very quickly into the vibe of imagining a chill summer night with friends and good drops in the glass :) .. ..so this is all about breezy bubbly and easy funky pleasures in the good life. Indulgent ambient, funky pop, wave and a bit of Japanese vibes. Even threw in some decadence with the master of just that, Serge Gainsbourg, in the end hehe.” - @telephones

B.P.T. Radio 016: Telephones

For Trushmix 177 Finn Johannsen is back in the groove, with another excellent soul jam mix. Good over three hours of enjoyment!
A perfect mix to welcome the summer, and hopefully again some real fun times!

Music from the top as always, handpicked and selected by a true music lover!

Enjoy!

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Trushmix 177: Finn Johannsen

008 Earl Grey

DJ Earl Grey aka Nik Thorup takes us beyond the dancefloor and into the realm of the cerebral. During his month-long residency at Waxflower, Nik spun a cornucopia of captivating and unique records that always left us hungry for more.

We’re still not sure how Nik managed to intertwine so many polarising genres so effortlessly. Few DJs can stroll from ambient to jazz, from folk to dub, making it sound so organic. Maybe there’s a link to be drawn between this kind of musical curation and some of the more adventurous wine-making processes we’ve come to love at Waxflower. Skin-contact wine often leads to bolder, more intense, and less predictable palates. 

Shady wine-making comparisons aside, it was an honour for us to have Nik play for the whole month. We’ve spent plenty of time listening to his recorded sets, so it was a treat to experience his talent live at Waxflower.

Recorded live @Waxflowerbar

008 Dj Earl Grey

Good news! Copenhagen's @djheadset returns to Pacific Spirit for his second session and to warm up our new Saturday night slot on @worldwide-fm with a breezy selection of street soul, weirdo boogie, dubby gems, and everything in between. Enjoy the sounds!

Tracklist: Ambient Warrior - Cajun Dub [Lion Inc.]
Cracy Coconuts - Rubberdub Dance [Bellaphon]
Sandii & The Sunsetz - Dub Flower Night [Eastworld]
Georgie Red - Help The Man [Dum Dum Records]
Playa G - Something To Ride To [East Wood Recordings]
Gigi Flag - Nymphomaniac (Instrumental Version) [Bleu Blanc Rouge]
Hi-Bias - More, More, More [Bigshot Records]
Cote K. - Θέρος [FM Records]
Thomas Esterine - Do You Still Really Love Me [Angel Town Productions]
Accura - JaZZ Maiden (Jazz Mix) [Accura Sound Productions]
Elysa - Irresistable (Dub) [BB Productions]
Giovanni T. - Balla Mozzarella (Radio Stazione Mix) [Columbia]
Isabelle Antena - La Vie Est Trop Courte [Les Disques Du Crépuscule]

Originally broadcast on @worldwide-fm on March 5, 2022

Pacific Spirit No. 73 | DJ Headset

Listen back to Saturdays DJ set by the one and only Samo DJ. Expect the best from genres like reggae, hiphop, electronic, beats and underground. Tuck in!

@samo_dj for IDs

Nitty Gritty Store Hours - Samo DJ

020 John Ross

Over the years I've bumped into John here and there, all over the place. At one point, by chance, I even worked on an IT project with him, we never actually spoke, and I can only remember John being the guy who wore the large fancy headphones (probably an early sign of his passion for music). We'd continue to cross paths on those niche Facebook music groups too ('Rotation' for example). 

When we were opening Waxflower, he stuck out in my mind as someone who'd be great to have play through their no-doubt thoughtful collection. I knew he had spent time in Brazil and we'd talked about Bossa Nova collections, so I'd only hoped that we'd get to here worldly and carefully selected gems. That's exactly what happened! John has a truly wonderful trove of music, and this brilliant mix only begins trek his long path of digging.

Surfing in with rhythmic waves of Brazilian Bossa Nova, slowing it down into street soul-esque jams, and picking the tempo back up to close things out – There are only jams here, with Portuguese vocals and musing melodies trending through the whole mix.

“Some, may say,
I'm wishing my days away, no way!”

Recorded live @waxflowerbar with @johnross020

John Ross live at Waxflower 21st June 2022

020 John Ross

Sanctuary doing it right for an hour and a bit of smooth as butter selects. For anyone that has followed their molto bene Life Classics mix series, high qual dancefloor focused edits under the same banner or lucky enough to roll through to an Altered Soul Experiment party over the years you already know, if you don't get familiar.  

ID Requests ~ @sanctuary3

1800 triiip - Sanctuary - Mix 048

For Merchant's 11th edition of the podcast they welcome Evie Weily. A Sydney based collector and writer who has an exceptional ear for downtempo treats.

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Merchant w/ Evie - December 2022

Last mix of the year 2022 comes from Rotterdam based Suze Ijó (@suze_ijo) who has been making heat across dance floors world wide. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Suze, welcome to the series. You used to work at Clone. Do you believe working in a record store has helped you as a DJ and the other way around?

SI: I think that the type of person that gets attracted to working in a record shop are usually music geeks(like I am). So it was wonderful being surrounded by only music geeks for three years and sharing with each other our influences, hearing all the records coming in and finding out about some cool releases on labels you would never even think of listening to if it wasn’t for it being played in the store. I did get a discount but in the end my salary was basically being spent on new records. I think as a DJ working there it did inspire me to dig deeper because you need to advice all different kinds of people about what’s in store. As for benefits for the record store, I guess having qualified music lovers is a good thing to have around.

MFM: By sticking to the more soulful sounds, such as gospel, soul, disco, broken beat and house, and also being outspoken in championing the black community, it seems like you're expressing a message through music. Could you please share your thoughts on this?

SI: Being a black Dutch-Caribbean woman is definitely a big part of my musical identity. I like to weave Afrodiasporic sounds together mostly because they have so much in common, whether it’s House music, Salsa, Boogie, Broken Beat or Techno. I can hear the connections so clearly. Each time I might have a different message but a lot of them have to do with: losing and finding love, letting go, finding community and expressing joy. 

MFM: With playing so many shows at different places on this planet, how do prepare for your gigs?

SI: Sometimes it’s hard to prepare because you won’t know where you’ll end up playing or for what kind of crowd. I usually bring a variation of new finds and old classics with me. Also I try to make a playlist per event in Rekordbox. I kind of see it like puzzling, you want to make sure the pieces fit together. It usually starts with me overpacking and then slowly taking out the records that aren’t necessary or most likely won’t be played. I used to spend a lot of time preparing but because I play so much these days, I am almost always in a state of preparation and that takes away the stress that used to come with it. It allows for more spontaneity.

MFM: Please tell us about this mix, was there a certain vibe or idea you wanted to capture?

SI: I wanted this mix to be slow paced and imaginative, to almost make it feel like a movie soundtrack when closing your eyes. I don’t want to say too much about it because I want every listener to have their own interpretation but the transmission of intergenerational trauma and memory is something that I had thought about a lot lately. Then I found a poem by Brazilian Maestro Milton Nascimento which is the guideline of this mix. The Poem “Era Rei e Sou Escravo” (translation: I was a king and I am enslaved) tells the story of an enslaved person, being taken from the African mainland and no matter how badly he is treated or wherever he is taken, he says that the memory of his country and the memory of the music of his people stays and never goes away. It keeps him hopeful, he ends the poem with: Sou Escravo Serei Rei(I am a slave, I will be a king). From that moment on we travel.

MFM Mix 046: Suze Ijó

just-us records is a collaborative dig, online shop, and sometimes record label by Bill Spencer, who lives in detroit and Izaak, who lives in San Francisco. the two of them dj frequently in their respective cities and occasionally elsewhere. their mutual obsession with and love of all kids of sound has catapulted them, together, through the vastness of recorded music and the possibilities of sharing it with others. this particular mix is put together from a multi-year effort to explore the worlds of independently-produced R&B, Soul, Jazz, Hip Hop, etc. etc. from the CD/PC era of the early 00’s. We hope you enjoy just as much as we did!

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