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Kier & Sid Man were live with some woozy folk and jazz in the first hour, before moving into some footwork and electro selections in the second. Sounds from Duke Ellington, Us and It, DJ Earl, and more feature throughout.

3 Swords Republic - May 2021

Methods of Mellow's Fergus kicked off the week with a mixed bag of mellow shoegaze, downtempo, and dream pop, featuring music from Slowdive, The Zenmen and The Kinks.

Methods Of Mellow - May 2021

momo delves into old and new synth music, inspired by the release of the recent indie film Sisters with Transistors. The film tracks the often overlooked significance of women whose radical experimentation with machines - from as early as 1930 - shaped electronic music as it is known today. Tracks from Kali Malone, Caterina Barbieri, amosphère and more.

momo: Sisters with Transistors Special - May 2021

Fistbumps was live with Me, Charles and Rarelyalways. They ran a two-hour mixed bag with music inside from El Michels Affair, Potter Payper and Magma. Everything from sweet soul to experimental beats and electronica inside.

Fistbumps w/ Me, Charles and Rarelyalways - May 2021

The gorgeous simplicity of the Studio Ghibli universe shines through in this immersive mix compiled by Toronto-based Ghibli buff, Ciel. Get the full tracklist: https://crackm.ag/studio-ghibli

Studio Ghibli – Mixed By Ciel

This Sunday, settle in to an ethereal mix of neo-classical, ambient and minimal music made by Belgian clarinetist and composer Ben Bertrand.

See the full tracklist here → crackm.ag/2wXDX7g

Sunday Mix: Ben Bertrand

Trujillo - SANPO 164 (Lockdown Series)

Inner Totality was live, running a full 60 minutes of guitar driven new wave and laid-back downtempo gems.

Inner Totality - October 2020

Piercing classical sonics, blissful dream-pop and indie from the Bristol trio, Jabu. Featuring Mica Levi, A.R. Kane, Dean Blunt with Inga Copeland and more. This one's for those who are "feeling a bit worse for wear".

Check out the full tracklist on crackaud.io: https://crackm.ag/3dZ092u

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Sunday Mix: Jabu

For episode seventeen we are joined by our new friend, Sophia Zhuravkova. Sophia recently released her debut album ‘Unseen’ with Prins Emmanuel’s new Malmö-based label Ny Agenda. ‘Unseen’ is an immersive listening experience and a delight for fans of field recordings and warm tones. Sophia also featured on Best Effort’s most recent Stay in Bed compilation, where she contributed ‘Tears Falling While Spring Comes’ – a most suitable remedy for the end of a challenging day.

Her words: “My mix is dedicated to magical forests and island seas that I have met recently. They initiated feelings of healing closeness with nature and the deep contact we can have in the warm arms of it.”

@zhuravkovasophia

Tracklist
Kajsa Lindgren - Trio for Cello, Piano and Violin
Maxwell Sterling - Loud-Speaker
Wayne Phoenix - Reserve
Fia Fiell - At The First Clear Word
Nexcyia - Red Water
Phil Struck - Klint
Isorinne – Synlig gestalt
Sonja Tofik, Mar-llena - Ilona's Lament
Vindkaldr - Rainforest Alchemy
Sarah Davachi - Mordents
Sophia Zhuravkova - Forest (unreleased) 
Endurance - Elapse
FH HF - Become One With Me
Autechre - Altibzz
Oneohtrix Point Never - Ouroboros
Nikolay Kozlov - Maths

The Best Effort Show - Episode Seventeen (Sophia Zhuravkova)

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ML581: x.y.r.

Originally planned as a series of in-store-style events just as the first waves of lockdown hit, Club Rooted launches as a new podcast series dedicated to non-floor focussed club music. Riding the line between warm-ups, messy after-party sets and the golden era of dubstep, when the dance makes way for something else.

The mix series follows a new wave of labels and artists pushing a non-floor focused sound + tapping into a lineage that can be traced back through various scenes, from recent slow or
kickless techno, abstract UK bass music, to autonomic DnB, knackered house, Detroit Beatdown, & various strands of electronica or IDM.

Club music for listening may be a contradiction in terms, but it’s certainly club rooted.

tracklist:

Deadbeat - Walls & Dimensions (A) (BLKRTZ)
Alexander Kowalski - Voices (Kanzleramt)
2562 - The Times (Tectonic)
London Modular Alliance - Harnessed Black Holes (Applied Rhythmic Technology (ART))
Frak - Bleeder (Börft Records)
Alex Cortex – Laconic (A2) Source Records
3 Chairs - Blackbone Waltz (Three Chairs)
Seekers International - RunComeTest (Bokeh Versions/No Corner)
natural/electronic.system. - Scirocco (Tikita)
Vainqueur - Elevation II (Reprise) (Chain Reaction)
Elgato - Zone (Hessle Audio)
SnP 500 - Reduce Something (Doo)
Andy Stott - See In Me (Modern Love)
Bruce - Before You Sleep (Hemlock Recordings)
Mind Over MIDI - Habitat Debris Part 1 (Rohs! Records)
Mala - Miracles (Deep Medi Musik)
Shed - The Bot (Ostgut Ton)
Pinch - Qawwali (Planet Mu)
8Ball - Sepia (Grade10)

Club Rooted #1 / Milo Bragg

ML588: Little Vanya

The first motion cast of 2021  comes from SSIEGE. The mix he shared features a handful of unreleased originals / music from friends. Refreshingly sparse and evocative sounds put together with a very gentle touch. Well suited for wandering around mentally or physically.

https://soundcloud.com/ssiege

Artwork by @saborsavon

leo - cosiallinfinit
mattia onori & hanna maria - ekalimba
pavel milyakov - kyiv blues
yips - v4 (unreleased)
michele mandrelli - luogo-suono
polido - montanha mágica
ssiege - faro rosso (unreleased)
presente - in liquidi pozzi di bisogno riflesso
ssiege - virgo oscura (unreleased)
sebastiano carghini - emotional part 
nicolò - example of impulsivity (unreleased) 
ssiege - for3ver (unreleased)
ssiege - lava lamp (unreleased)
dave saved - 3 (unreleased) 
leonardo martelli - yoga

Motion Cast Vol. 64: SSIEGE

Kenyan artist KMRU records a deep, transportive mix of ambient electronics, rustling beats and found sounds for the Fresh Kicks series

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/features/fresh-kicks-147-kmru

Fresh Kicks 147: KMRU

Simmering ambient bliss.

Download and tracklisting: http://bit.ly/XLR8RPodcast_SpecialGuestDJ

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XLR8R Podcast

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XLR8R Podcast 678: Special Guest DJ

@cassius-select is a rhythm master. His grooves twist and turn you inside out and contort themselves into bold new forms. Drawing on the weight of bass music and the skip of garage, he has landed on labels like Matthew Herbert’s Accidental JNR and Banoffee Pies over the last few years. The Canadian - who is also one half of SUMAC Sound System - is now based in Hong Kong and continues to serve up killer club tracks with eerie vocal sounds and alien sound designs that make each and every production standout. 

His mix for us is just as unique. It starts off by skating on low riding skeletal rhythms, bumping on stripped back bass and drawing you in with a rich array of vocal, percussive and synth details. Just as you think it’s all set to explode, the dexterous DJ draws back to a murky world of bass and dub then rebuilds with a more high pressure sound before ending on some blissed out r&b. It’s dark, sweet and thoroughly seductive.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 316 - Cassius Select

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ML613: Slowfoam

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ML614: XIV Orchestral

NEW TO BALAMII - This May Help was live with the first instalment of their residency with us. They provide an of hour tracks to massage the mind and ease anxiety. Bits inside from Huerco S, Duval Timothy, Pontiac Streator and Omar-S.

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