One of our fave DJ’s and selectors from Miami the legend that is @djrayfernandez.  With a perfect blend of epic modern soul, 90’s slo jamz and dreamy sunset floaters, this guy turns up the freshest unheard jointz around. With the deepest joy it’s our pleasure to share this blissful journey with you all. Happy Friday! 🌊🍷🌊 

In his own words: 

Hello world, it’s D.J. Ray right back in the zone with a custom-built consecutive blend of songs to sip wine to.. sit back and take a 98-minute trip through rest & relaxation, inspired by the low tide hours in Miami Beach, FL.

DJ Ray - Low Tide

Live recording of my closing set, under a Full Moon closing out Kala Festival in Albania summer 2022. Such a beautiful night xx

Skyrager - Kala Festival 15/06/22

Selecting delicious music on a Sunday afternoon at beautiful Kasheme in Zurich, Switzerland


 (13th October 2024)

Kasheme Livingroom Sunday

Sound collages depicting music, short fiction & spoken word – a playful attempt to theme, soundtrack and rethink particular topics on the intersection of identity, nature and modern environment. Conceived as a soundtrack or radio play, each episode is accompanied by an exploration of literary texts, photography or places from personal memories. Alex Tackenberg operates at various interfaces, dealing with artistic themes as well as the context of club music. He collaborates with fellow artists on projects between language and music, regularly organises musical nights at the Salon des Amateurs and together with Henning Ryssy, curates the Echo Libero label, which will be releasing its first album in the near future.

@alextackenberg

LIO Press mix #31 ~ by Alex Tackenberg · 'A walk by the sea'

Likulli Fadāin Eqāéh لكلّ فضاءٍ إيقاعه [to each space its own rhythm] 2019–23

a landscape of ever amusing contradictions on unstretched canvas: – of predictable rhythms (day and night, high tide and low tide, routine and intuition, rent and bureaucracy) and unpredictable rhythms (good fortune, bad poetry, chance, mistakes and chaos).

Berlin-based Syrian musician Khaled Kurbeh makes his @ResearchRecords debut with Likulli Fadāin Eqāéh, a tapestry of soundscapes written, performed and recorded across four years as part of his practice muhawalāt [attempts, variations] and hawāmesh [margins]: an outlet of gestures, sonic footnotes and observations from the everyday.

Kurbeh’s first release in seven years departs from his largely acoustic debut, Aphorisms, a collaboration with oud player Raman Khalaf and ensemble with elements of maqām and jazz.

Likulli Fadāin Eqāéh offers a collection of 10 electroacoustic compositions – they’re brooding and experimental with hints of musique concrète. The tracklist implies a mapping or an itinerary. Field recordings of swallows and the snapping and un-shelling of sunflower seeds on interlude Nuzha I [Excursion I] are countered by sparse composition of low-end synth, harmonium, upright piano and prepared fender rhodes played with mallets on Darb I–II [Path I–II]. Patterns of cymbals and agitated bells appear on Jauqét Ajrās [Choir of Bells], while currents of bowed strings shiver and stutter on al-Ajrāf [The Cliffs]. The release captures four years of overlapping sonic wanders, finely balancing tensions of harmony and dissonance, stillness and resonance, texture and rhythm – recorded inside and outside.

The gatefold vinyl features artworks by Ida Lawrence and includes a booklet of 10 painted variations of the one scene. On the outer cover, paths stretch under a dramatically accented and vivid sky; while inside, the same landscape appears over and over in another light.

Likulli Fadāin Eqāéh لكلّ فضاءٍ إيقاعه [to each space its own rhythm], is set for release on July 18th 2025 via Research Records, Naarm/Melbourne. A follow up solo piano album by Kurbeh, recorded in his studio in Kreuzberg, Berlin, will be released later this year. 

Mastered by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering, Berlin.
Artwork by Ida Lawrence.
Graphic Design by Rik Watkinson.
Composed, recorded and mixed by Khaled Kurbeh.
Released by Research Records and muhawalāt © 2025.

Likulli Fadāin Eqāéh (لكلّ فضاءٍ إيقاعه)

18/06/2025

Darb I–II (دَرْب ١–٢)

"Shakshouka" is a dialectal arabic word used in North Africa to reflect an unexpected mixture of elements that wouldn’t naturally go together.

 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/cheb-mimo/episodes/cheb-mimo-9th-july-2025

Shakshouka w/ Cheb moha & cheb mimo 090725

After we played the warm up ourselves, this was the following... 
Zürich non-contemporary bar jingles only.
@max-bunt

Max Bunt & Inter B @ Stereo, 10.7.25 pt. 2

An all-vinyl sonic panoramic journey tracing the coastlines of the Mediterranean, weaving together rhythms, melodies, and voices from the countries that share its sea. From sun-drenched folk traditions to rare grooves and timeless classics, this mix invites you to drift between cultures while staying anchored in one shared horizon.

A Sonic Mediterraneorama - Selections by WoMu Vin

2 hours of musical highlights, selected after 3 weeks of happy record hunting in the streets of Cairo. A joyful but rather tough experience!
This mix contains Egyptian music only from the 60's and 70's when Cairo was the cultural heart of the Middle East.
All tracks are recorded from original 45rpm or Lp.
Enjoy this surprising trip from the flirty streets of Alexandria to the gypsies from Luxor and the Nubian desert.



The 'unknown' tracks are not listed, because of licence agreements we are working on.



Baligh Hamdy - Mizmar
Maha Sabry - Ghalab Elhawa
Unknown
The Wrong Notes - Vereguoi
Aziza Omar - Al Ataba Gazaz
Faruk Salamah - Mazzika Samra
Unknown
Taroub - Ashr Elbundu'
Unknown
Unknown
Salah Ragab - Mazzika Farhat Masri
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
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Hany Mhanna - Badawiyya
Ibrahim Ashmawi - Salha (Belly Dance music for Suheir Zaki)
Met'al Qanawi - Salamaat (part 1)
Met'al Qanawi - Salamaat (part 2)
Leila Nazmi - Ala Ainy Karamelah
Mounir Morad - Mazzika El Masna
Maher El Attar - Ya Masghulin Ya Ehna
Magdy El Hosseiny - Ya Ein Moulayeten
Hafna Ahmed Hassan - Khudni Maak
Baligh Hamdy - Raks El Ghaziya
Mohamed Rushdie - Mita Ashoufak
Met'al Qanawi - Ya Helwa Ye Labsa Elsafa
Ahmed Adaouia - Mawwal
Salah Ragab and Cairo Jazz Band - Oriental Mood
Aida El Shaer - Kaida El Uzaal
Mohamed Abdel Wahab - Ada El Amar

Souma Records - Masr Ya Gamila! (Beautiful Egypt)

An hour mix of Ziad Rahbani's compositions, from 1973 to 1987, for the radio We Are Shik. Find us playing with Hadi Zeidan at the Shik Shak Shok party and at Ziad Rahbani's live performance in Paris on the 4th of March 2019 at the New Morning.

An hour with Ziad Rahbani

Took some of my fave records to play a show for Diverse Frequencies radio in Deal last December. Some classics and a few obscurities including tracks by Rhythm & Bliss, Robert Wyatt, Love Junkie, Heaven & Earth,  Dennis Olivieri... any many more sweet gems for your Sunday listening pleasure. Download here: https://we.tl/t-ruJ9aQZ7aD

Diverse Frequencies - Skyrager

parisian dj + record dealer based in Barcelona

played in France, India, Lebanon, Italy, Croatia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Egypt, Spain, Norway, Kazakhstan, Greece, Germany, Jordan, Sweden, UK, Russia, Belgium, UAE, Hungary, Denmark, Turkey, Montenegro, USA

An hour with Ziad Rahbani

victor kiswell