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Purified #349

☆Grooves that transcend you into heaven with legend @eliescobar at House of Grooves☆
Recorded live at House of Yes on 4.7.23
Find out more at houseofyes.org | @houseofyesnyc

HOY Opening Set 4/7/23

Eli Escobar @ House of Yes 4.7.23 ☆ House of Grooves

Reece Spooner ran through 60 minutes of headsy acid and techno rattlers this month.

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Reece Spooner - May 2023

Scott Hutchinson is one third of The Fabulous Hutchinson Brothers, a DJ trio from Guildford / UK. He began his career in 1989 and was one of the resident DJs at the notorious WOK club, which initially started life on the top floor of a three storey Chinese restaurant, serving up an eclectic mix of sounds along side free prawn crackers. With a queue that used to snake through the restaurant it soon had to find a new home. Over the years, he has shared the stage with some of the most renowned DJs in the world from Andrew Weatherall to Boy George and most recently warming up for the Orb & Wolfgang Fluer.
Scott has discovered his ideal musical niche as the host of “Feed Your Head” on Kane FM. The show airs every Sunday morning from 11am to 1pm, featuring wonky acid house disco beats with a touch of echo, and guest mixes by some of the finest selectors from all over the globe. Follow:
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SCOTT HUTCHINSON: SPÆCIAL MIX 280

We welcome Tornado Wallace (@tornadowallace), long time friend of the label and whose record 'Falling Sun' we released through Second Circle back in 2016.  Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Lewie, how have you been lately?

TW: I dipped out to East Asia and Australia for the infamous Berlin winter and now I’m back ready for the euro warmth. Though it’s in no hurry to arrive here just yet.

MFM: There's a new record coming on Basic Spirit, the label you run with Jamie Tiller, and it all looks rather secretive... Can you tell us more about it Lew E? :) 

TW: I made these tracks when I was holed up sick for a week. Not being able to go to the studio I relied strictly on samples and software, which was fun to change the workflow up a little bit. I wanted to make some very club ready tracks, without any intention for a release. They (rather obviously) sample two well known tracks, but there’s a lot of new ideas too. I use a different name as it felt like a different style and approach to how I usually go about things. I think there will be more Lew E things on the horizon though :D.

MFM: Previous releases on Basic Spirit also had this '90s touch to it. What is it that you like about (music from) that era?

TW: I grew up in the 90s so a lot of the music coming out then really hits the nostalgic feels. But also, really interesting things were happening with technology, and it became a lot more affordable to put together a record. So there were a lot of - for lack of a better term - laymen releasing electronic music. Some of which had very new and out-there approaches to processes like sampling, mixing and arranging. But trends and technology all moved along so quickly that some of these sounds and ideas never had a chance to get fully fleshed out. Which is why it’s nice to pick up where some left off. People are currently very responsive to this late 90s/early 2000s sound, which is great for me because that’s a time when I really fell in love with electronic music. As a DJ, I’m playing these really personal tracks that I discovered as a teenager, and for the first time since I began playing parties/clubs 18 years ago, people seem to really understand them. It’s a very cool feeling.

MFM: You've also started a new more pop oriented project called a.s.o. together with vocalist Alia Seror O’Neill. Has it always been a dream or goal of yours to start a more band kind of project? Does it require a different writing/recording approach compared to when making dance music for the clubs?

TW: I like making music that I like listening to. And with the pandemic in full swing in 2020, I was having a little break from club music, and diving deeper into other styles of music I enjoy. Both from a listening and producing perspective. I found it to be a very different approach. It’s more melody/hook driven and focuses on getting ideas down quickly as they’re forming. A lot of the time I would use a basic keyboard and guitar to record, and Alia would add vocal melodies and harmonies on the fly. Sometimes it could get difficult when we would both want to put our fleeting ideas down at the same time! On that note, collaboration is never easy for me as I like to have full creative control of whatever it is I’m working on, and sometimes the creative paths divide and compromises have to be made. Sometimes the compromised path is thick and thorny, and sometimes it is paved gold and smells of roses.

MFM: How did you go through the selecting and recording process, any specific record or mood you had planned?

TW: I came across a bunch of really nice tracks all in a relatively similar downtempo/shoegaze style, and wanted to make a mix of music like that. For moody home/car/train etc listening. I also included a forthcoming Cousin remix of an a.s.o. single which I love and wanted to share early!

MFM Mix 049: Tornado Wallace

AFROBEAT - SPRING  EDITION -  MAY 2023

Live From Nkrumah Krom EP

Ade Akye (Prod. By Jay Fyn x KaySo)

Woara (prod. by shottoh blinks)

“Effyzie Music superstar diva Yemi Alade takes it up another notch with the release of this sultry highlife tune titled “Oh My Gosh”.

The DJ Coublon produced track follows up her previously released banger “Elele”. Oh My Gosh was co-written by Klem, mixed and mastered by Swaps.

AFROBEAT - SPRING EDITION - MAY 2023

Deejay Unstoppablee