Guest Mixes

A3K158 Vain - April 7th, 2021

Deep grooves to soundtrack your shopping trip or a Sunday afternoon

Music for Market Shopping

Hot Wax Soundsystem's monthly radio residency at Hope St Radio.
www.hopestradio.community

SAM MARTIN - Friendly Mixtape at Hope St Radio 9

An hour of deeper, clubbier tunes from yours truly. As usual, all live, all wax, off-the-cuff mixin'.
Managed to slip a few all time favourites into this so pour yourself a nice tall glass of bubbly and have a dance. x 

Plenty more techy shit in the pipeline so I hope ya'll like doof doof.

Peace to Grotto, Greetings, Nathaniel Garry (YTD), Dem Large, the Blend crew and the Bleus Boiz.

Birthday Behaviour

After a year of self imposed hiatus and inertia we're back in the saddle for the second serving of Birthday Behaviour. Recorded live and direct, unadulterated and bottled at the source for your pleasure.

Pushing a little faster, clubbier and slipping in few left turns on this one..

Live and direct 6/10/2023
2x Audio Technica Lp120s 
1x Omnitronic 402
1x Indiana Jones read-along 7"
30x 12" Dance Records

Birthday Behaviour II

"Can you play something chill while I'm making dinner?"

Potatoheadz Bossman Sedgwick, one of Melbourne's new rising stars in the studio and behind the decks brings you a smoked out mix perfect for any time of the day.

Loaded with plenty of vibes and some straight heat this one sure is a way to kick the Vain Mix series off again.

Vain Mix Vol.3 :Sedgwick (PHZ)

For the tenth instalment of the Vain Mix series, we're taking the helm and stepping up to the wheels of steel for a cheeky yarn in the sun!

Since our last mix we've been exploring a little bit of this and a little bit of that, anything goes really.
So in celebration of finally making it to 10 editions of the mix series (it only took us 2 years) we've putting out some fun loving grooves for a boogie with friends under the sun! 

Grab a mojito, a few mates and enjoy what's left of summer!

xoxo Vain

Vain Mix Vol. 10: Vain

Mysterious & Based DISKMANE DEEJAY has brought us a sizzling hot platter of house music. 

In Volume 15 of the Vain Mix series DISKMANE DEEJAY dives deep into bassy electro, bubblin' basslines, pumping house and slick grooves. Well attuned to the scene, their blend are as tight as their screen-prints. A serious party mix this one is sure to have you dancin' late into the night. Don't sleep. 

Stay Vain, Stay Based.

Vain Mix Vol. 15: DISKMANE DEEJAY

Local dubby disco deviant Jack Danzey of Sunset Sounds has delivered a piping hot selection of primo tunage for the warmer months.

After killing it on the infamous Lounge balcony for our last Vanity party, we were hooked and chasing more of his euphoric guidance. There's plenty of drummage, deep bass and a few cheeky how ya garn's. 

Dinner's served.

TASCAM DR-05

Vain Mix Vol. 17: Jack Danzey

One third of the Bleus crew and long time friend big uncle al finally enters the Vain Mix fray!

Over an hour the man shows us why he's the 'cool' uncle of the family with some slick, deep house selections to cool you off on a hot day.

It's hot out there, tune in and let big uncle al guide you into the weekend.

Vain Mix Vol.18: big uncle al

Pulled from the archives "Nestled Amongst the Bass Bins" is an introverted exploration of some of our favourite deep cuts recorded early in the pandemic. Never intended for public consumption, this collection of mid-tempo cruisers has bubbled to the surface. Lay back, spark one up and enjoy.

Vain mix trainspotters may recognise a few tunes which have made their way into newer mixes.

Nestled Amongst the Bass Bins

One of our favourite faces amongst the Melbourne crowd, Asha's sets are a reflection of her larger than life presence, a bonafide mixture of tongue in-cheek throwback trax and four to the floor burners. Here she's whipped up a sampler of her signature sound, with an hour of non-stop funky house and big room tuna!

~Check it~

Vain Mix Vol.19: Asha

Test subject 1.9 Vain (@vainvainvain) returns to us with a deranged, sludgy, swamp-like recording flirting between states of mania and dementia, ecstasy and misery… a journey of conflicting emotions enough to send one’s mind into disarray. Try holding onto your sanity while trawling through these bubbling, eerie blends.

"The picture was great to work off, normally my process is heavily improvised; I’ll pick a few records out and see where they take me. Having the graphic pushed to explore dubbier, subaquatic sounds which I don’t get the opportunity to play much. It was really refreshing to showcase the breadth of my collection and share some of my favourite slower/wonkier tracks in a less dance-oriented format. To quote Madteo “shit just sounds more interesting when it’s slowed down”. It was fun to put together a nice lil mong out mix. So lay back, spark up and enjoy." - Vain on his experience working with the given image.

Manifestation // Vain

For the 20th instalment of the Vain Mix series, we've stepped up with a mix of our recent favs. Slow, bassy and perfectly paired with a spliff and some sunshine, this mix'll keep you kicking through a hot summer's afternoon in the park.  Full of Balearic blah blah and smooth grooves, this one's for your next alfresco event!

Vain Mix Vol. 20: Vain's Phthalo Blue Bath

"Our alternative soundtrack to Stage 17 of this year's Tour de France, something to get the blood pumping as you reach the summit 🚵 " @vainvainvain

Art by Monika Maurer-Morgenstern

LXXXIX - vain

Lovers of smooth grooves and deep tunes.
Irregular mix series & occasional parties
 
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