Our next Mixtape comes from the Polish producer Cafe de la Jungle, where he has recollected some of his latest inspirations in terms of pace and rhythms.

Cafe de la Jungle is Tomasz Zając, a Kraków-based producer who is using modular synthesis, field recording and sampling techniques to build mystical worlds on twelve-inch discs. He’s recently released Tuvan Spirits EP (Dans de la Desert, 2022), where he explores his fascination and interest in shamanic practices in highly dynamic sound environments.

His excellent debut Dancing with Cicadas was rife with dangerous and mysterious rhythms, but Cafe de la jUngle takes a more laid-back approach in the new EP.

Built around cavernous ambience and bass notes, sounds that paint a picture of a dance ritual so subtle, it’s visceral and highly narrative at the same time.

We were enthralled with his rhythms and track unfoldings. For the mix he has prepared, He shares that It’s an extension of his latest inspirations and direction of music in terms of pace and rhythms. I’ve been listening lately to a lot of halftime, trip-hop stuff. Naturally, with listening, there is a lot of digging and collecting music. I had this feeling that this style would be perfect for your mixtape series.