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All Styles All Smiles w/ Arsenii 020821

Last mix of the year 2021 comes from long time friend of the label Alex Ho (@j0-j0armani) out of Los Angeles who has just released his debut album 'Move Through It' with us. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Alex, you're known for being deeply involved in LA's party scene through your Moony Habits events for quite some years now. How did you roll into the music scene?

AH: Some friends of mine in college were doing parties at this smaller, 200 capacity club in Glendale. I was hanging around these nights, sort of helping out, and eventually decided to do some events of my own at this spot. Eventually I was doing parties at this other place 333Live in DTLA - Prince used to own the spot but then it ended up in the hands of ex-Chinese mafia guys. My last event there, we got shut down because the owners of the venue didn’t have a valid alcohol license and were missing a number of other permits. From there, I just started doing warehouse parties like a lot of other promoter friends were doing, and it became a regular thing. 

MFM: So you've been a promotor and DJ at first, yeah? When came the first steps into producing music?

AH: In college, I learned how to DJ first, yeah. At the time, I had the software for production but didn’t really know what I was doing - still don’t. But I started making some tunes that I actually liked in maybe 2017/2018, and that’s around the time I passed some stuff over to Jamie.  

MFM: Did the Covid situation affect your productivity?

AH: I had my ups and downs with Covid for sure. Isolation didn’t necessarily increase my productivity, it gave me a lot of time to think about my life and I think I just came to the conclusion that I need to be doing more. When Jamie brought up the idea of doing a 7 inch or an album, I didn’t want to just settle for the two songs so I went for the album.      

MFM: On a few songs you've collaborated with other artists too. Those guitar and percussion parts for example. How did that process go?

AH: On those ones I was actually feeling a bit stuck - I knew I had some good ideas but didn’t know where to take them. I passed the sketches to some friends and thankfully they were supportive enough to send back some nice elements that I wouldn’t have been able to produce on my own.  

MFM: What's the story behind the album cover? 

AH: For the cover, Jamie had the idea of using a photo of the city at dusk. I reached out to my friend Kaleb who’s an incredible photographer and he was able to make it happen. We originally had the idea to use a nice, vintage car along with a number of other props in the shot. We got a bunch of different shots on 2 shoots, but ended up narrowing it down to the simpler ones. 

MFM: Is there a masterplan now that you've got your debut LP out? 

AH: No real plan. I just know that I want to make more music. I’ve had a lot of help on this record - from additional instrumentation to extra mixdowns from friends. I want to be able to do it all on my own but still have similar results - I guess that’s a goal, to be a better producer. This doesn’t mean that I don’t want to collaborate with homies - I’ll likely be doing that more as it’s more real and rewarding, and it’s not just one big fantasy in my brain.

MFM: Let's talk about the mix. It actually took a while for you to, as you put it, “get in the DJ mood” and record it. How come? 

AH: It’s not that I need to get in the mood necessarily, I just haven’t been digging or thinking about DJing as much lately. I think a lot of people spent the pandemic/quarantine getting dope records and working on their DJ skills in preparation for this big reopening. And for me, despite being a party promoter, I think I got really comfortable being together with only close people in the last couple of years - being in the party feels a little foreign and crazy to me now. Hoping to catch the party bug again, but I’m trying not to force it!

MFM Mix 035: Alex Ho

ARSENII @ The Lot Radio 09 - 21 - 2022

Greetings! We're excited to share one last Pacific Spirit session in 2022. This time around we're taking an uplifting cruise through foundational and under the radar deep house from the golden era stitched together by NYC's @arsenii aka Bliss Street Queens. Arsenii released an incredible record with us a few months back called the "Deep Hows EP" and this mix is evocative of the sound he explored on that essential 12". If you haven't secured a copy there's still a handful floating around at the finer record stores on the Planet E. 

Enjoy the sounds everybody. Catch you on the other side!

Tracklist: Night Trains - Miles Away 
Slam Mode – Clouds 
Wamdue Project - Get High On The Music 
The Mackenzie – No Promises 
E-Culture - Tribal Confusion (Inhalation Mix) 
Fortran 5 – Crazy Earth (L'essence De Syd) 
Sandmen - Thelma (Fallout Mix)
Ambassador Of Love - A Love Song 
Zanga Zanga – Oh Ciolili (The Continental Club Mix) 
The Love Tribe – Garden Of Delights (Triumphal Edit) 
Propaganda – Your Wildlife (Wilderness Mix) 
Genus – The Island (Ocean Mix)

Pacific Spirit No. 83 | Bliss Street Queens

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Chee Shimizu - Guest Mix

A genre-spanning show focusing on rare grooves, classics, new productions and obscurities with a worldwide perspective and a spotlight on soul, synth pop and leftfield house. All curated with love by Javybz - Anya and Julia.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/all-styles-all-smiles/episodes/all-styles-all-smiles-19th-november-2024

All Styles All Smiles w/ Gero 191124

A genre-spanning show focusing on rare grooves, classics, new productions and obscurities with a worldwide perspective and a spotlight on soul, synth pop and leftfield house. All curated with love by Javybz - Anya and Julia.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/all-styles-all-smiles/episodes/all-styles-all-smiles-17th-december-2024

All Styles All Smiles 171224

The new mix of the year comes by talented Dj, selector and producer from New York – Arsenii, also known by his Bliss Street Queens project.

His mixes we've listening a lot, and now we're excited to share his new brilliant mix recorded in funky-love-way mood. 

Shit and covers,
For Night Lovers.

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Night Lovers +23 w/ Arsenii

A genre-spanning show focusing on rare grooves, classics, new productions and obscurities with a worldwide perspective and a spotlight on soul, synth pop and leftfield house. All curated with love by Javybz - Anya and Julia.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/all-styles-all-smiles/episodes/all-styles-all-smiles-14th-january-2025

ALL STYLES ALL SMILES w/ Heels & Souls 140125

A genre-spanning show focusing on rare grooves, classics, new productions and obscurities with a worldwide perspective and a spotlight on soul, synth pop and leftfield house. All curated with love by Javybz - Anya and Julia.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/all-styles-all-smiles/episodes/all-styles-all-smiles-11th-february-2025

All Styles All Smiles w/ Kyle Hall 110225

Jazzopédie is a new jazz mix series curated by Vallès in collaboration with the talented painter Carlos Herraiz for Stepbystep Collective.


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Jazzopédie | 1

hello hello,
here is a selection of songs recorded for my friends (javybz - anna & yulia) "all styles all smiles" radioshow on nts. 

we went on a roadtrip together in november with sam and this was a little musical remembrance of that trip - excuse my nasal voice-overs, it's been cold in berlin!

wish u all lots of time to breathe deep, think clearly, read good books, walk often, dance a lot and love, always.

Hunee for All Styles All Smiles (NTS) - Xmas Special!

Saulk channels his eclectic taste spanning “chic’n’dark electro-funk, avantgarde and 90s ambient style” into 3 distinct labels: Mélodies Souterraines, Musiques Electroniques Actuelles & Hybride Sentimento. Preview ‘La Passion Du Bourdon’ (bit.ly/2Rz502k) - the anonymous release from parent-label/manufacturer Late-Night Rec. Highly Recommended -->  (http://melodiessouterraines.bandcamp.com)

Saulk Regurk (Mélodies Souterraines) - SANPO 133

The sound of a saxophone coming through the open window. A warm morning breeze comes along. The candles went out hours ago but the odour has not left the room. An open city map lies on a table in the darker part of the room, next to a book about romanticism. Is it sunday yet?
Welcome to the room of Daniel - collector of romantic moments on record. If this breeze feels right you should check out the forthcoming album of Daniels band Unhappybirthday here: https://orcd.co/unhappybirthday

Daniel Jahn - The Green Ray (Guest Mix, 2020)

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All Styles All Smiles w/ Arsenii 020821

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