This last one's a beaut'! Thanks for the lovely hour of help Marco

Learning

We welcome Tornado Wallace (@tornadowallace), long time friend of the label and whose record 'Falling Sun' we released through Second Circle back in 2016.  Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Lewie, how have you been lately?

TW: I dipped out to East Asia and Australia for the infamous Berlin winter and now I’m back ready for the euro warmth. Though it’s in no hurry to arrive here just yet.

MFM: There's a new record coming on Basic Spirit, the label you run with Jamie Tiller, and it all looks rather secretive... Can you tell us more about it Lew E? :) 

TW: I made these tracks when I was holed up sick for a week. Not being able to go to the studio I relied strictly on samples and software, which was fun to change the workflow up a little bit. I wanted to make some very club ready tracks, without any intention for a release. They (rather obviously) sample two well known tracks, but there’s a lot of new ideas too. I use a different name as it felt like a different style and approach to how I usually go about things. I think there will be more Lew E things on the horizon though :D.

MFM: Previous releases on Basic Spirit also had this '90s touch to it. What is it that you like about (music from) that era?

TW: I grew up in the 90s so a lot of the music coming out then really hits the nostalgic feels. But also, really interesting things were happening with technology, and it became a lot more affordable to put together a record. So there were a lot of - for lack of a better term - laymen releasing electronic music. Some of which had very new and out-there approaches to processes like sampling, mixing and arranging. But trends and technology all moved along so quickly that some of these sounds and ideas never had a chance to get fully fleshed out. Which is why it’s nice to pick up where some left off. People are currently very responsive to this late 90s/early 2000s sound, which is great for me because that’s a time when I really fell in love with electronic music. As a DJ, I’m playing these really personal tracks that I discovered as a teenager, and for the first time since I began playing parties/clubs 18 years ago, people seem to really understand them. It’s a very cool feeling.

MFM: You've also started a new more pop oriented project called a.s.o. together with vocalist Alia Seror O’Neill. Has it always been a dream or goal of yours to start a more band kind of project? Does it require a different writing/recording approach compared to when making dance music for the clubs?

TW: I like making music that I like listening to. And with the pandemic in full swing in 2020, I was having a little break from club music, and diving deeper into other styles of music I enjoy. Both from a listening and producing perspective. I found it to be a very different approach. It’s more melody/hook driven and focuses on getting ideas down quickly as they’re forming. A lot of the time I would use a basic keyboard and guitar to record, and Alia would add vocal melodies and harmonies on the fly. Sometimes it could get difficult when we would both want to put our fleeting ideas down at the same time! On that note, collaboration is never easy for me as I like to have full creative control of whatever it is I’m working on, and sometimes the creative paths divide and compromises have to be made. Sometimes the compromised path is thick and thorny, and sometimes it is paved gold and smells of roses.

MFM: How did you go through the selecting and recording process, any specific record or mood you had planned?

TW: I came across a bunch of really nice tracks all in a relatively similar downtempo/shoegaze style, and wanted to make a mix of music like that. For moody home/car/train etc listening. I also included a forthcoming Cousin remix of an a.s.o. single which I love and wanted to share early!

MFM Mix 049: Tornado Wallace

Phantasy’s long-running mix series returns from hiatus with a transmission from one of the UK’s most exciting DJs, Tia Cousins. Already prolific in soundtracking the most vital spaces of European nightlife and club culture, back-to-back sessions with the encyclopedic likes of Optimo and Ruf Dug have demonstrated Cousins’ own nous and knowledge, but her Phantasy mix and other appearances prove that she needs no co-sign. Drawing from the truly offbeat corners of dance music, Cousins’ refined, resurgent chug explodes into shades of Italo, EBM and electro pyschedelia from the likes of DJ Subaru, Pachanga Boys and Mono Junk.

PHANTASY MIX #46: Tia Cousins

@mr-scruff & mc kwasi at praia

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Mr. Scruff & MC Kwasi at Praia - Waking Life '24

something a bit different, Gallery opening of the main room.  next Dresden in Vilnius: Red Room with Craig Richards on 18th of April

MORE DRESDEN - GALLERY 1986 - MAIN ROOM WARM UP

BIG DISH GO were great parties in Dublin about 15 years ago and the basement at Kennedys some kind of legendary place. The boys found back a few old recordings of our nights. They are what they are :)

IVAN SMAGGHE & ROMAN FLUGEL - BDG KENNEDYS OCT 2011

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live at golden pudel club (aroma)

It was end of May, Berlin weather did a lil' number on us, so instead of Beach, we let off some musical steam on the Dampfer floor. You can imagine we had to rethink the whole thing at like 7am but it was a very nice ride. Have a listen! 💘

DJ Aficionado b2b Eleonora K - Live at Sisyphos - May 2025

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Eternal Woods Vol.1 - Track 10

Record live on Red Light Radio on 03-03-2016
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The Late Checkout - Episode 1

The Late Checkout - Episode 2

With a year full of travelling and touring almost over, @PalmsTrax landed in Brazil for the first time ever for a week of record digging and hanging out with some old and new friends. While down south in Curitiba for what will be a much remembered party, he took to the turntables at Alter Disco's Phil Mill's studio to show us some of the records he had collected in downtown São Paulo's record shops. Between a couple of classics and some less well-known gems, he had us vibin' through the one + hour. We hope you do too! video to follow.

Aproveitando a realização da edição dos nossos eventos, o convidado @palmstrax realizou a primeira a primeira edição da nossa nova série de podcasts, Alter Disco Meets. Gravado em uma sessão ao vivo, no estúdio do nosso residente Phil Mill, o britânico Jay Donaldson explora algumas referencias brasileiras, além de outras músicas orgânicas e influencias de sua carreira.

Alter Disco

Alter Disco meets Palms Trax

first hour by Woody'92
second hour by Cleveland
14.03.2018 

http://theword.radio/series/cleveland/shows/cleveland-with-woody-92

Cleveland with Woody92 (The Word Radio)

'tis not everyone's favorite season of the year, but definitely the last mix of the decade. What better way to end it than let the high priest of Synth-Pop (Episcopal Minister John Zahl) read us the mass. John has prepared almost 5 hours of musical cleansing (recorded live et at Public Records on Oct 26, '19), which hopefully should be enough to wash you free from your sins of the last 10 years. Amen

The Late Checkout - Episode 2

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