Up for the 27th installment in our mix series is dear friend and colleague Kennedy (@kennedyams) who's a keen member of the MFM crew and recently started his own label Dream Machine. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Nick seemed like a good time to finally get you to introduce yourself and join our mix series since you’ve been helping with MFM a while now. Can you let everyone know a bit more about yourself?

K: Hey hey. Thanks for the opportunity :) So, I live in Amsterdam where my life is (and always has been) centered around music. I've been helping out at MFM for some years now and besides that I have my studio that I religiously visit 3 days a week. In a normal world you'd also find me working at Red Light Records once a week and playing shows on the weekends where they'd have me.

MFM: You’re also working on your own productions, can you tell us a little more about your own music?

K: So it had always been a dream to release my own music on vinyl and after messing around for over 10 years the time felt right and I recently realized my own label Dream Machine. Both musically as aesthetically the idea was for each release to reflect a dream but in tangible form. As I tried to put it into words it is “A series of thoughts, sensations and sounds occurring from a person's mind, translated by machines”, and it really is just that. 

MFM: How has the situation affected your productivity with making dance music?

K: A bit double to be honest. Of course I've had my rough times, which can be frustrating. Quite often I wasn't feeling motivated or inspired at all, the purpose felt a bit misplaced or something like that... On the other hand and above all I felt relatively lucky to be able to go leave the house and get lost in the studio. Having the luxury to escape to a creative environment surely helped keeping calm. Eventually it did result in Dream 1 being released and with Dream 2 coming up.

MFM: What would you say does inspire your music? Is it very process based through jamming and so on or do you start with ideas and try and see where that takes you?

K: For me inspiration goes hand in hand with motivation, it's all very much based on how I feel. I don't work well at night for example, daylight is my natural battery. And anything can be a source of inspiration really. Often an idea comes to mind when walking through the park on my way to the studio, listening to music or just wandering off. A melody, a chord, something rhythmical, a vibe... Depending on what idea it brings I choose an instrument or tool and go from there. Mostly through jamming yes, and then see where the machines take me. 

MFM: What would be some ways you would like to see the world of dance music evolve and grow now we’ve all had a moment to pause and reflect?

K: I actually would rather see it all take a couple steps back first. It would be nice if (dance) music gets acknowledged and valued as an essential form of art more. Music really unites and it needs proper breeding grounds for people, free from any social, economical, racial or whatever context to express, connect, create, collaborate, learn, etc. It's essential, and it should be treated and used as such (not in the last place also by governments), with more care, necessity and sustainability. 

MFM: Tell us more about the mix and what vibe you were trying to bring here?

K: I sort of tried to reflect my perception of this recent change in life. As a big fan of Lonnie Liston Smith (and The Cosmic Echoes) the song 'Visions Of A New World' first came to mind and I just took it from there. If you're in for an atmospheric laid back magic carpet ride with lots of percussion, spiritual jazz, ambient techno and forest sounds, this is for you :)

MFM Mix 027: Kennedy

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This show begins slow, deep & dubby, moving slightly up in tempo and into deeper shades of techno with some tinges of acid, electro & broken-beat along the way.
Tracklist:

00 Buju Banton - Deadly Media Blackout Dumb Down My People Even More
01 Rhythm & Sound - Distance | Rhythm & Sound
02 Rhythm & Sound W / Tikiman - Music A Fe Rule (Part 2) | Distance | Rhythm & Sound
03 Bluetrain - Version Blue | Bluetrain
04 Rhythm & Sound W / Tikiman - Roll Off /S | Rhythm & Sound
05 Rhythm & Sound - No Partial | PK
06 Future Beat Alliance - Feed My Soul | Versatile Records 
07 Deep'a & Biri - Har Zion 110 | Black Crow Records
08 Convextion - Crawling And Hungry | Tektite Records
09 Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - Jah Rule | Burial Mix 
10 Skee Mask - Routine | Ilian Tape
11 Aboutface - 53°06'06.5"N 0°11'27.5”W | Coordinates
12 Dynamo–	Außen Vor (AMX) (Arovane Remix) | DIN
13 Aaron Carl - Crucified (Rod Modell Like A River Remix) | Millions Of Moments
14 Marked Vinyl - Gaiahuasca | Marked Vinyl
15 Move D - Aspiration 2010 | Soul People Music
16 Marcel Dettmann - Factory Report One | Kontra-Musik
17 Datafive - The Journey | Lab Music
18 Junq - Lysergic | Furthur Electronix 
19 EL_TXEF_A  - Claim Of Planet Earth (El_Txef_A's Tree Of Life) | Forbidden Colours 
20 The Kosmik Kommando - Down On Marne Avenue | Furthur Electronix 
21 Analog~1 - Echoic | Furthur Electronix
22 Dennis X - Startrek | Anlage E
23 Keppel - Taken For Granted | Well Street Records
24 The Missing Link - 911 | Wagon Repair 
25 Donato Dozzy & Exercise One - People Of Paprika | Lan Muzic
26 Influx - Inertia | Sapho
27 Moby - Mobility | Instinct Records
28 Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - The Soft Bounce (Daniel Avery Rework) | Phantasy Sound
29 Hallucinator - Frontier | Chain Reaction


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cheryl lynn - shake it up tonight	
bonnie foreman - i want a man	
cece rogers - no love lost	
rockwell - i fell in love	
edward crosby & singing dj - party acid	
brioche - mirror mirror	
white label - you wear it well	
the maniacs - saturday night	
forte - ran's rent mix	
mr lee - come to house	
modern analysis - proto rhythm II	
secret society - the boyz with the new look	
way out west - dont say thats just for white boyz	
red 7 - glasnost clubmix	
interactive - future dreams	
un-xplained - x files theme	
the shamen -imaginary, stick	
mankind liberation front - benny blancos chop mix	
voices of kwan - ya ya mix 2	
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'Music They Love'... we ask DJ's and producers to delve into their collection and put together a selection of records that have meant a lot to them in the past, as well as the present. All things inspirational and influential - the records which have shaped their sound as a producer or selection as a DJ.

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Hailing from the city of Bern it's the always colorful Sassy J (@sassyj) with her musical message in the shape of mix contribution number 18. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Judith, welcome to the series. How is your day so far? How do you normally start your day?

SJ: Good! The sun is shining, its summer and I am exited about the Mix. Thank you for inviting me to do this! I normally start my day with a rap and a spicy spring roll. After that I head straight into a whistle battle with the birds, if I have enough discipline I do a Spanish crossword , some exercise on my plastic carpet, then water the flowers and preparation of my breakfast. 

MFM: This pandemic came by surprise for most of us, leaving many uncertainties for the future. You seem like a spiritually grounded and calm person. How did you cope with this new and unexpected situation?  

SJ: It was a challenge, but also a gift to be more present in the moment, to take it slow and take it day by day. To trust and not worry. Deal with the fears, the issues, the old patterns as an individual, within your close circle, within your surrounding, in the society, in the global happenings and the virtual reality. A chance to feel, reflect, be quiet, disconnect, reconnect, observe, give thanks, change, adapt, envision new perspectives and infinite possibilities. 

MFM: Do you manage to still focus on music and art, whether it being in a different way maybe? What are you working on these days? 

SJ: I focus on music and art everyday - its everywhere and I can’t imagine life without it. I had a bicycle accident at the end of April and was forced keep still until the beginning of June. I had to rest a lot, which is not the easiest thing for me. After I was less tired I was reading a lot, getting inspiration, doing research. Writing down ideas, thoughts, that nurture the process of creating textile creations, audio journeys and ideas for the future. I am working on different textile pieces. I’ve listened to a lot of records and researched for new music online. Just did five exclusive Mixes for the National Radio, which was the fist time ever and meant a lot to me.

MFM: Have you found comfort in making mixes, especially since dance floors got locked? Is it an important outlet for you? 

SJ: Its my passion and craft to find music that moves me and create an uplifting, imagination triggering, inspiring and reinforcing audio journey that I like to listen again and again. There’s usually plenty of messages in my mixes. They have a either a theme or a title. It starts with something on my mind that I want to share with the world. A story I want to tell. A message that I want to spread. Or then this specific mix I want to be able to listen: A tape to put into the walkman and head off to an adventure! The kitchen tape for my mother to chop and wiggle. The perfect mix for the perfect situation. I always loved that. Since its summer I wanted this mix to be a dreamy, lush and hazy journey with an ultimate summer feeling to it. 

MFM: Any suggestions for how, where and when to listen to it best? 

SJ: On a sweet summer morning, on a hot summer day, on a lush summer evening. In a room with open windows and a good sound system drinking an ice-cold lemonade with big ice cubes,  meditating, origami folding, doing a tropical island puzzle, drawing, writing a poem or a letter, free dance improvisations… On your favorite headphones outside: laying on the gras in the sun, bouncing in a hammock, relaxing by the river or the sea, eating a coconut raspberry ginger ice cream, driving through the countryside, going on a long walk with a big hat… In general: Any time you need a hug, clear the head, come down & get reenergized.

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MFM Mix 018: Sassy J

Real special mix dropped on us from the Heels & Souls family, who have also just kicked off a brand new label Heels & Souls Recordings. The first release a reissue of a monster holy grail from the TSR catalog, Special Touch's Garden of Life. It's out Oct 16th and we can only shout to ourselves and everyone we know the biggest of tips to pre order a copy before they all fly the coup. 

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1800 triiip - Heels & Souls - Mix 016

Angela:
Carla dal forno - Db Rip 
Jun fukamachi - Urban Square 
Joni Mitchell - Lucky Girl
Yasuaki Shimizu - Doll Play I 
Monica Rypma - Hey , Where you Goin! 
The b -52s - Deep Sleep
Roland p Young - So Very Easy 
Bovel - Check 4 U 

Steve:
Apron Shiizz
Jay Sound - Bamboo Grove
LDLDN - 0171
Sun Runners 女神の恋人達 - Dresss To Killl
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