Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

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The Return

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RetroVolt

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Smooth And Sentimental

City Pop meets Modern Funk on the newest Austin Boogie Crew release by intergalactic artist Saucy Lady!

Originally from Japan and based in Boston, singer-songwriter/DJ/producer Saucy Lady has released stellar singles across notable imprints like Star Creature, Soul Clap, and Midnight Riot. Her genre-fluid music exudes an attitude of confidence and sensuality, channeling the free self-expression celebrated in the Disco era.

Saucy Lady’s newest single on ABC, 星の砂 | Hoshi no Suna (Stardust), is a catchy mid-tempo dancer sung in Japanese with alluring Boogie influences. Given City Pop’s tremendous resurgence in the States and Japan, this lovable record has strong international appeal.

We are cosmically thrilled to welcome Saucy Lady, the space goddess of funk herself, to the ABC recording family!

Saucy Lady - 星の砂 | Hoshi no Suna (Stardust)

From Oakland with love comes the 50th submission in the mix series comes by the hand of prolific producer and deejay Space Ghost (@space-ghost-1). Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Sudi. How's life in California, what's been keeping you busy?

SG: Hey, not much! Just trying to enjoy the summer with friends and get in the studio when I can.

MFM: Looking at your discography it seems that you favor the LP over the EP format, having released well over a dozen albums. How come?

SG: I can’t say that I favor one over the other, just seems that as a musician you strive to write full length LPs. I enjoy LPs for home listening and it feels good to create a nice body of work that flows through a journey. Writing dance singles and eps are trickier for me. It feels harder to write 1-4 really good stand alone songs.

MFM: With such a prolific output, does writing music come easily to you? Can you tell us a bit about how you go about writing and recording, is there a certain flow or method?

SG: Hmm I wouldn’t necessarily say it comes comes easy but I’ve definitely gotten a lot better at getting ideas in my head out into my recordings. It’s still a process of getting into the studio and spending time on it. Sometimes I can spend a whole day or two just spinning my wheels and not being able to get my ideas out. But once I get that perfect dose of creativity and I’m in the right mood, then things can definitely start flowing out. When writing music I often need to start with a very specific idea based on a song I’m listening to at the time. It’s helpful for me to start out with that initial inspiration, whether some chords, style of drums, bassline or a tempo or something. Once I get a few elements working around that idea the song can start to morph and move in any direction, but I really need that specific direction to start. I find that I can often make a rudimentary idea fairly quickly this way and then if it’s inspiring me, I’ll start to try a little bit harder and flush out more of the idea.

MFM: How do you cope with not being inspired or motivated when in the studio?

SG: Honestly it can be a bummer to be in the studio and the ideas aren’t flowing. I’ll just have to step away and do something totally unrelated for a few days.

MFM: Your sound overall has a very soft and melodic touch. The mellow part may be from living close to the Pacific and nature, but where does the melodic part come from? Did you ever learn how to read and play notes?

SG: You know I’m really not sure if I can pinpoint my melodies and where they came from but ya I grew up taking music lessons of all sorts. Piano, drums, guitar, band class, all that stuff. I wasn’t the best at reading music, I learned basic stuff but eventually didn’t progress much farther. Now everything I do is by feel.

MFM: Is there some kind of masterplan for Space Ghost? Like, do you have certain goals to achieve or dreams to chase?

SG: I think my master plan would involve me getting to focus on writing music full time. Honestly I’m not really sure how to get there specifically, seems like everyone gets there on their own path so hopefully mine will end up there as well.

MFM: Tell us about the mix. How did you go about selecting and recording it? Does it have a certain theme or idea to it?

SG: I’ve been wanting to put out a nice lil ambient sort of electronic mix for awhile. Really soft deep introspective vibes. I’ve been holding on to a lot of these tunes for awhile and just listening to my playlist of ambient tunes while traveling or relaxing with friends. After coming back from my NZ/Australian tour, I was ready to play some non dance music for a sec and listen to some other stuff. This mix is just a nice break from DJing a party. I also really want to make an ambient album soon if I have the time, so there are a lot inspirations in this mix.

MFM Mix 050: Space Ghost

Lucid Moment

WATCH THE EPISODE HERE: https://youtu.be/_Moy3kntvMg

TOTINOS PIZZA ROLLS

The Great Escape with a New twist adding The 808 Drum Machine to 
compliment The Groove by celebrating 808 Day.

If You like the groove, You Can Buy This Track at My Bandcamp Page.
Thank You.

-Solo

https://solo86.bandcamp.com/track/the-great-escape-808-remix

Åhnej

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