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1. Thank you for the amazing mix! We heard quite a lot of great new music in your mix and wanted to ask, what are your biggest influences?

Thank you, I‘m glad you like it. My biggest influences as a DJ are definitely clubs I went to and their DJs, that is Stammheim / Kassel with the late great DJ Pierre, Robert Johnson / Offenbach with a lot of underrated boss DJs like Thomas Hammann, Paul David Rollmann and (the of course well known but imho mis-categorized) Ricardo Villalobos. And then Panoramabar obviously with Ryan Elliott, Oracy and my personal hero Boris. 

I gotta say though that this mix does not contain anything new. It entirely consists of Disco tunes from 1976…1980 that are unavailable in digital form and will not be picked up by Shazam. This music would be lost if no one would play it out on vinyl. It's really the aura of a good Club and a dj that understands, nurtures and boosts it that is my biggest influence. That's the essence of a Club. The spirit!


2. Considering your incredible collection, how do you go about the digging process? Is there a particular way you find and organize your records?

I developed various ways of digging. Maybe the most important one is listening to old DJ sets from clubs and DJs I like and pick out the gemstones that really shine. I stopped going to record stores to be frank. The “Discogs pricing scheme” prevents you from making any lucky finds. Some stores wouldn’t even price or clean records so in fact you’re doing their job.

Another digging mode is just digging through my own collection. There’s so much stuff I’ve never played, some I’ve never even listened to, so there’s always a surprise round the corner…

Last thing is, I copy a lot. If one of my guest DJs plays a bomb, I never hesitate to adopt this tune. Most music enthusiast DJs do this. For many of my favorite tunes I remember whom I heard playing this first!


3. We’ve been a big fan of your “Smile For A While” label, with superb releases by Move D, DJ Duke and more, and were wondering, how did that get started?

in 2013 me and a friend heard a lot of nice house tunes on bandcamp that friends of ours from Frankfurt did. There was no way though they could get through to the well known local labels like Perlon, LARJ, etc. Thus we decided to put two four trackers out by ourselves. The rest came just naturally over the years.

Paradisco 016 // Mr. Fonk

Six hour live recording taken from a sweaty sell out show at Soup Manchester 23.07.22

An early holiday gift for you all. 
Back in July Hidden Spheres and Bradley Zero went back to back for a sell out sweat sesh in Manchester's soup basement. Having played together multiple times before and since, we soon settled in ﻿to the flow of things. Going one for one for six hours! From doors open empty room, to lights﻿ up walls dripping! ﻿Anyone who was there knows it was one for the books. 
And now you can listen back for yourself anytime and relive that night with us... There's even a play of some forthcoming Rhythm Section Hidden Spheres newness in there to boot! 

﻿Picture by Neel Gupta taken from our most recent B2B all nighter at Public Records NYC this November (which we also have recorded)

Hidden Spheres B2B Bradley Zero: Manchester Soup 23.07.22

Paula Tape's monthly residency on WWFM episode 27
broadcasted on Oct 2022

An hour of odd rhythms and organic dance, from leftfield to electronica, plus some rarities.

more episodes: worldwidefm.net/show/paula-tape/
www.instagram.com/paula.tape/
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Astral Jam With Paula Tape [27] Worldwide FM

I:CUBE special mix for the "get a room" show on Radio Nova, Paris, 19/2/2023.
Some upcoming unreleased tracks, some classics and rarities, for your listening pleasure.

i:cube special mix for the "get a room" show on radio nova, Paris, 2023

I:CUBE special mix for the "get a room" show on radio nova, Paris, 2023.

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2023-04-30 Live At Bananas (Akirahawks, Hideto Omura)

As you would expect of someone called Lovefingers, American DJ and producer Andrew Hogge has a very special touch when it comes to making, playing and releasing emotionally involving, blissed out music. Hailing from LA, he runs the magical ESP Institute label and is also half of The Stallions as well as being a self-proclaimed hippie. That always comes through in the organic, loved up music he works with, and visual aesthetics always seem just as important to him as musical ones. 

The romantic and intoxicating mix he serves up is dedicated to Red Light Records owner Tako Reyenga and Mule Musiq affiliate Kuniyuki Takahashi. It is a loose-limbed, love-fuelled and fully horizontal delight made up of underlapping grooves, oriental motifs and gluey pads. The second half touches on more physical drums but also offers up yet more heavenly ambiance, bird song and jumbled percussion that will have you reaching for your shades and dreaming of summer. 


Dekmantel Podcast 061 - Lovefingers

Skatebård is finally back in the mix at Trush. Skatebård hasn't been visiting Trush since mix number six. So we thought it was time to get the good friend with the big red beard back. This time it is a mix live recorded during a party at Platform 4 in Aalborg, the mix was recorded during Skatebårds appearance the 26th of August 2016.

In the mix you can expect some 80's italo infused house, techno to rave and of course some smashing italo classics. Get ready for a real party mix by mister Skatebård!


Enjoy!

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Trushmix 92: Skatebård

Avid digger or fancy dancer, nightcrawler or daydreamer? These dilemmas seem null to a free spirit such as Lauren's, as she handles the lore of funk and the lure of folk across a myriad of rhythmic influences and a plethora of harmonic destinations. All elements that make her selectoral approach a perfect fit for our purposes.

Gop Cast 024 - Lauren Hansom

Recording of @kamma's set at Lente Kabinet Festival 2019.

Lente Kabinet Festival 2019

Kamma at Lente Kabinet Festival 2019

We discovered Massimiliano Pagliara ten years ago with his slow and sexy number "Sometimes At Night", featuring Molly Nilsson's gorgeous vocals, released on "Live At Robert Johnson".
Since then, the italian dj/producer based in Berlin unleashed an impressive array of records on Rush Hour, Ostgut Ton, Cocktail D' Amore, Correspondant or Uncanny Valley. 
Massimiliano's idea here was to start a new series of mixes under the name "Love, Sex, Dreams", not being necessarily club music.
Rather slow, leftfield, balearic, ambient, b-sides.
Something very chill, mostly like a compilation of cute tracks.
We're glad to receive the first journey, enjoy !

LYO#135 / Massimiliano Pagliara

I was very happy to contribute a mix to the Stamp the Wax Diggers Directory series! I did a more relaxed all vinyl mix with LA memories in mind - hope you enjoy x

full interview: http://www.stampthewax.com/2019/12/18/diggers-directory-alison-swing/?fbclid=IwAR28Hzh7-hEP-KhDT5JwKrkEZgz9L3jOk-awTEsxa77Xg6b5YaYNs6lM5f8

Stamp the Wax Diggers Directory: Alison Swing

Quality underground mixes from Norway and the world. Est 2011

Trushmix 92: Skatebård

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