The smoother and deeper side of music. This episode embraces the flavors of electronic soul, disco, afro, latin, and minimal - all at a medium tempo. Enjoy!

Hot Toddy (Glitterbox Recording, March 2023) // Soul II Soul (Funki Dred Records, March 2022) // Rawson & Jackson (Local Talk, March 2023) // L.M. Deep (Deep Resolute PTY, January 2023) // Belabouche (FKR, July 2017) // Corbi (Fina Records, May 2019) // Lyric Christian (Toucan Sounds, March 2023) // Junktion (Outplay, May 2016) // RoneeDeep (Selville Records, June 2022) // DJ Mpumza DHWL (Diptorrid Recordings, January 2023) // Deelicious (Boutade Musique, May 2018)

Smooth Quest Essentials airs at:
- www.mfmbrabant.live Fridays 8PM CEST / 11AM Pacific
- www.starguardz.com Saturdays 6PM CEST / 9AM Pacific

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European/German with Japanese ancestry is born, raised, lived and worked in Düsseldorf, Germany, Nobu Furukawa a.k.a NOBU DUS started buying music since the age of 12. 
By the late 80s, he got heavily involved in House Music due to the greats like Tony Humphries, Frankie Knuckles, Larry Levan, David Mancuso and CJ Macintosh, just naming a few who inspired him much. 

His DJ sets are often soulful, warm that bolsters out smooth vocals, bouncing bass, and vibrant layers of percussive beats, that are sparking big smiles when he stands the decks. 

Currently, he resides in Kyoto, Japan, where he hits the local scene demoing the crowd with the latest underground gems. 

Peace.

DJ / Producer

Michael Caffin, better known by his artist name Soul Jawa, is an American Afro & Deep House producer based out of San Diego, California. He is a Dutch native with family roots tracing back to the Dutch Colonial era of the East Indies - now known as Indonesia. Both of his parents originated from the Indonesian island Java, or Jawa, by locals. 

He studied music at a young age while also producing mixtapes with multi reel-to-reels and turntables. When moving to San Diego, he took a much needed break. Thereafter, he explored remixing instead and surprisingly received a welcoming response from established artist—such as, The Shapeshifters, Dutchican Soul, and DJ Chickawowwow of StreetSoundsRadio (UK). 

With guidance from industry expert—Oscar P, Soul Jawa is dropping his own tracks on record labels such as Kolour Recordings (Detroit), Open Bar Music (NYC), and HEAVY (NYC). It also allowed him to produce "Deep Quest Essentials", which airs weekly on Starguardz Radio, Amsterdam and Brabant Mfm Radio, all available on Soundcloud.