'unknown track' will there be lyrics? @roman-wafers

Tranquilamente wavey with a mix of ambient dance, balearic house and breezy downtempo before the tide goes up. 

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Tranquilamente Radio with Yibing @ The Lot Radio 03-16-2024

Swedish musician Moonilena has been a familiar face amidst underground circles for several years now having released poignant, emotive, sometimes dance focussed music on the likes of Belters and Studio Barmhus amongst others. In fact she actually recorded a mix for us previously.

However, around a month ago we were prompted to explore her new material by a good friend. Music which is removed from the club and explores the deeper, more pensive, fluid tendencies of her musical persona. Her new album ‘Minnet’ is forthcoming on Moloton and sees the Stockholm based audiology student focus more on the intricacies of sound design as she explores ambient textures across the LP.

So, this mix sits somewhere alongside that – an ode to the influences which have helped formulate a new musical perspective if you will.

Lose yourself this Monday in an array of thoughtful sounds.

Moonilena: The 'Monday Is OK' Mix

Old friends and hapless mavericks Ivan Smagghe and Nathan Gregory Wilkins present a fortnightly window into their ramshackle musical world. A show with absolutely no rules (as they'd only break them). We love the unmixable, old & new. We are oddballs and we love you. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/channeling/episodes/channeling-23rd-april-2024

Channeling w/ Ivan Smagghe & Nathan Gregory Wilkins 230424

This is the fourth volume in my Geography of the Mind Series, focusing on private-issued Canadian music. For this instalment I gathered a mixed bag, but tried to sustain a pensive, melancholic mood throughout. The mix weaves together psychedelic downer folk, emotive electronics, environmental ambient, tape collage, and dank & dubby new wave into a blue-hued tapestry for despondent dreamers.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 73 - Geography Of The Mind (Vol. 4)

Here is part of the recording of our instore session at @apartmentacht on 13 April 2024. Contains 4 hours of mostly 90s ambient stuff. @ae-ida for the first 2 hours and myself after that...

ida&mike

Andrea Ida & Mike Burns - Apartment Acht In-Store Session - 13.4.2024

Continuing the series is Mancunian producer, dj and music teacher Tom Burford who just released his LP 'Elevations' with us as Contours (@contoursmusic). Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Tom. You just returned from a big hike, how was it?

TC: Hey! Yeah, we were able to get out on some beautiful hikes around the Anaga national park in the north of Tenerife. It’s a stunning landscape and a nice change from the overbearing grey we get in Manchester for half the year. 

MFM: Does nature play an important role in your life and music?

JC: Definitely in life, and then I guess that just seeps into my music. I grew up in a pretty rural part of Cumbria. It was very beautiful landscape but with very little to do from an entertainment perspective, so getting out in the landscape or jamming with friends always felt like the two most freeing things to do. 

MFM: About jamming with friends... Your new album Elevations includes a lot of collaborations with other musicians, of which you did the recordings yourself. Can you highlight one special moment from those recording sessions?

TC: When recording Pots, I had initially written and recorded the percussion and synth parts at home and hit up Abraham to see if he wanted to add some Trumpet parts. He is based in London and so he recorded initial takes remotely and sent them through. They sounded great, but I really wanted to transform and process his parts for the track to manipulate them into sounding more synth like at points. Doing, that without him in the space felt like there was dialogue missing. In the end I went down to London and we recorded and dubbed them out in the same space at the Rhythm Section studio (shouts to Mali on engineering duties). Being able to respond to his playing and him in turn being able to respond to the dubbing of his parts felt like it was able to capture some really special elements.  

MFM: The A side of your new LP has Elevations 1, 2 and 3. Was it intentional for these tracks to end up separately or did they used to be one larger piece?

TC: When I started writing Elevations 1, 2 and 3 it just began as a series of jams and recording sessions in my flat bouncing ideas back and forth between myself, Beka, Abel and Simmy. These sessions were always just me and one other collaborator at a time, partly down to schedules, the size of the flat, but also the chance to not have to rush the process and to really dig into how we worked together. I continued building out the same project over multiple sessions so that I could have access to all the material collated in one place. Specific sections and ideas started to come together, but I liked the idea of them forging part of a wider piece. I’d previously worked in a largely self-contained track basis but had been listening to a lot of pieces like Six Marimbas, Music for 18 musicians and Tehillim by Steve Reich that build over a long period and loved the scope this gave to get completely lost in the music. I love the hypnotic nature created when polyrhythms morph over each other for a long enough period, shifting emphasis and eventually melting away.  

MFM: What can you tell about the mix you've made?

TC: I wanted to create a mix that was able to showcase the variety of sounds that influence me, both as a DJ and Producer. I love listening to mixes and radio at home and the best club experiences I’ve had have always been when a DJ is able to surprise you and really take you on a journey. The album makes heavy use of strings through the violin and cello, but also the Guzheng, a Chinese Zither and the Clàrsach a Celtic Harp. The initial three tracks of the mix focus on these sounds before skirting into more percussive and jazz focused influences and then into some deeper acid-tinged downtempo tracks and sub heavy club sounds. Hopefully this mix takes people on a journey and is something for people to get lost in.

MFM Mix 051: Contours

Leftfield selections on the Voice Notes Records Show as Toby Tobias was joined by Gatto Fritto - together they ran through two hours of spaced-out dub, deep house and experimental ambient cuts.

Voice Notes Records Show w/ Toby Tobias & Gatto Fritto - May 2024

NEW MIXX! And what a midtempo spectacle. 

Helsinki-based dj & producer DENZEL https://soundcloud.com/denzelmyman jumped in the HRD booth one Friday night, equipped with an FX unit and an inspired selection of heavy midtempo jams. 

Running underground clubs & festivals keeps the man busy, but he is a selector at heart – and you can hear that. The outcome here is trippy in the best possible way – bordering psychedelic at times. Effects are dubby, rhythms are chuggy and the tempos stay south of 110 throughout.

Press play & tune in!

https://www.instagram.com/ddenzeel

#18 /// DENZEL /// Trippy, chuggy, dubby midtempo extravaganza 🪐

Prolific producer + DJ from Melbourne, Australia - Bell Towers presents his Dance Music Show. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/bell-towers/episodes/bell-towers-14th-may-2024

Dance Music Show w/ Bell Towers 140524

System Olympia joins us for an hour a month. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/system-olympia/episodes/system-olympia-roisin-murphy-15th-may-2024

System Olympia w/ ROISIN MURPHY 170524

DJ and digger for over two decades, Sacha's musical culture taps into a wide spectrum of influences.  He is one of those special DJs that manages to find the links between completely disparate kind of music to weave them together and create life changing moments with rich narratives to make you live a special experience on the dance-floor while keeping a proper color.

Dance Music Show w/ Bell Towers 140524

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