Black Merlin, or George Thompson to his Mum, first came to our attention with his outstanding Brunswick Drive 12" on Commander Weatherall's Bird Scarer label last year. Since then, we've kept a keen eye on his movements and his unique form of 80's inspired, cinematic and analogue heavy aesthetic has earned him further releases on the excellent World Unknown imprint and Mike Simonetti's New Jersey. Look out for an as yet untitled release on London's LN-CC. We are pleased to welcome him into the Clandestino fold.

soundcloud.com/black-merlin

We continue to shine a light on quality underground music in all four corners of the world and this week we land in Italy, where Fabrizio Mammarella serves up a mysterious, brooding mix of pitched down dance floor sounds. With a unique sound spanning disco, house & techno, Fabrizio has released on Steve Kotey's Hairy Claw and Bear Funk imprints and is part of the Slow Motion collective running parties since 2004 in his native Pescara. He also records as Clap Rules, responsible for quirky remixes on DFA, In Flagranti & Tiny Sticks. Turn down the lights...

http://soundcloud.com/mammarella

OK hands up, we have a bone fide cracker of a mix here. We first met Steve Lee on a raucous trip to Croatia a few year's back and we have been avid followers of his work as Project Club for some time. A stupidly talented producer, his output on labels such as Is It Balearic?, Need Want and Tusk Wax are nothing but essential. His Balearica night in London reads like a who's who from the underground left field disco scene attracting regular visits from Idjut Boys, Phil Mison, Johnny Nash, Coyote, Paul "Mudd" Murphy, Soft Rocks and more. He recently launched his new vinyl only label Above Machine, under which guise he presents this mix, now on it's fourth release with a corking EP from Almunia which is topping the more discerning charts everywhere you turn. Quite simply, another must check project from Mr Steve Lee.

http://soundcloud.com/abovemachine

We take our first visit to Scandinavia for this weeks episode as Tobias Lidström steps forward to produce a blend of some of the more interesting records in his bag. Tobias aka DJ Tooli is a stalwart of the Stockholm nightlife scene and plays regularly across Europe. He's co-owner of Local Talk Records, one of Sweden's most respected house music imprints and he is also part of the 24 Hours crew, once responsible for the sadly now defunct but excellent blog. Tobias' mix steps away from the dance floor and takes us on a trip, taking in dowtempo, cosmic oddities, oddball pop and balearica. A hazy late summer mix indeed

http://soundcloud.com/tooli

This month's podcast comes from Fernando Pulichino who kindly sent us a live mix from a recent set in his native Buenos Aires. We've been big fans of Fernando since he appeared in the early noughties as Silver City with long time collaborator Julian Sanza. The pair also formed the backbone of the seminal, now sadly defunct 2020 Soundsystem. But more recently, Fernando has been turning out some sublime disco drenched house cuts featuring his loose, super funky live bass for labels Bear Funk, Redux and Under the Shade. Earlier this year he dropped an LP on Bear Funk which is one of the albums of the year for us.

https://www.facebook.com/fernando.pulichino

This month we take over the reigns to present a 100% live vinyl mix to warm up for our set at this week's Electric Elephant festival over in Croatia. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did recording it... You can still get tickets for the festival if you fancy a few days of sublime music on the Adriatic coast. And why wouldn't you? Check out www.electricelephant.co.uk for full details...

We head into double figures this month as our tenth podcast sees a delightful mix from Brighton's Kalidasa. Perfectly timed for the arrival of summer, this psychedelia inspired set of sun-kissed dubby disco and shimmering balearica is ideal for tuning in and dropping out by the beach, pool or indeed your back garden. In short, right up our strasse. Kalidasa have forthcoming releases on Tusk Wax, Craig Bratley's Magic Feet imprint and Solt Rock's Kinfolk label, we'd urge you to check them out. Sublime sounds from the South Coast

http://soundcloud.com/kalidasa

A mix from one of the Clandestino collective this week as Andy Pye takes a break from his acclaimed Balearic Social radio show to lay down some lights down low music for us. We're big fans of Andy's music here at Clandestino HQ. A proper vinyl enthusiast, you can always rely on him to pull out the right music at the right time. His weekly show on Purple Radio is essential listening, pulling in eclectic guest mixes from the likes of Seahawks, Hardway Bros & many others.

http://balearicsocialradio.blogspot.com/

Delighted to have our next podcast put together by a producer who's music we've quickly become major fans of over the last couple of years. Timothy Fairplay makes up the Scrutton St studio axis with Scott Fraser and a certain Andrew Weatherall, forming The Asphodells with the latter who have just released their debut album to critical acclaim on Weatherall's Rotters Golf Club label. Tim's mix contains lots of exclusive tracks you wont hear elsewhere for a while, including upcoming new productions from Tim himself and his alter-ego Antoine Rouge. Strap in, we are going for a ride...

Track ID's on request :)

Flash Atkins is a super hero who had his gravy days in the 80s saving the world with his ability to manipulate sound. Unfortunately he's fallen on hard times and can be spotted in the less salubrious parts of London, Manchester and West Yorkshire often stoned or drunk on borrowed money and time. To make ends meet he uses his special powers to remix and make deep disco music for Paper Recordings.