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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

Long time PT family and one half of Symptoms of Love, Detroit based don of all dons, Ryan Spencer lacing us 2 hours of mellow deepness, prime time for a mid afternoon arm chair melt. 

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Trushmix 209 presents Tarjei Nygård! Long time producer, DJ and promoter from Stavanger, Norway. With several releases under his belt on labels as Full Pupp and ESP Institute, and a driving force in Stavanger's club scene, with his Perkapella and Maskindans parties. Inviting local and international acts and DJ's on a regular basis.

For Trushmix he has made a one hour and forty min mix. A joyfully compiled mix of 80-disco, street soul, fun edits, space disco and house in various forms! A mix to enjoy in these warm summer days and nights! 

Music from the top! Roll it!

Enjoy!

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Trushmix 209  - Tarjei Nygård

The final third of ddwy's set at Helsinki's Post Bar.

New ddwy music out very soon via @publicpossession

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ddwy @ postbar, helsinki (17.06.23)

With the release of their self-titled debut album, Berlin-based Australian duo a.s.o. – made up of DJ and producer Tornado Wallace (AKA Lewie Day) and singer-songwriter Alias Error (AKA Alia Seror-O’Neill) – fleshed out their nostalgic, dreamy and trip-hop-skewing sound across 11 emotive tracks described as “torch songs for club freaks”.

Across their Sunday Mix, the pair untangle their knot of influences for an hour-long mix that features a selection of music they’d choose to listen to while “trapped inside on a rainy Berlin Sunday”.

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Sunday Mix: a.s.o.

Dynamo Dresen is back again on Trushmix for the 211th edition!
The Acido Records label head, one half of the production duo Dresvn and an amazing DJ got to it and recorded a mix!
And what a burner of a mix he has sent us! Pure underground sounding house, techno, with some leftfield elements. But a mix for the dance floor!
Recorded direct on tape, sounding raw direct and pure energy from a superb DJ doing his thing! 

Raw skill and energy in the house!

Enjoy music from the top!

Trushmix 211 - Dynamo Dresen

Hot and sticky for Customs’ fourth Outsiders show of the year. Tom and Guy pack the pressure with late summer club gear, from electro bleeps to UKG basslines and blissy DnB. Recorded live in a basement in North London.

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Bill Spencer shares weekend recordings from his living room studio in Detroit, Michigan, from where he brings a range of soulful jazz rock, and ambient sounds, spanning to electronica and psychedelic dub.

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A Month of Sundays w/ Bill Spencer 060823

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Banging mix by Vancouver boys Pender Street Steppers alongside Noise in My Head for Soul Crane Radio.

A Month of Sundays w/ Bill Spencer 060823

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