Luca Mauro is in the house y'all 🏠Episode 17th in our Curtis Radio series comes with a deep and tasty house flow. 10 songs that Luca keeps very close to his heart, smoothly mixed like a mini DJ set and representing the different shades and flavours of his much loved house music genre, from Bologna to Chicago, NY, London and Detroit. Timeless tunes to move to, and to dream and smile and feel good on the dancefloor. Turn it up and enjoy this musical journey in ten old school tracks that most definitely stand the test of time.

Tracklist:

· Moodymann | Amerika

· The Lovemixx Crew | Citi Traxs E.P - Polar Cap

· Golem | Touch The Sky

· Herbert With Dani Siciliano | We Still Have (The Music)

· Herbert With Dani Siciliano | So now

· Moodymann | How Sweed It Is

· The A.M | Choose To Believe (Dub)

· Derek Carr | Cuba

· Kenny Larkin Presents Pod | Northern Light

· Derek Carr | Planet Jump

well well well...and we step into the new year in stylee with a very special and highly esteemed guest, our dear friend and house music pioneer, César de Melero. We know César since we were teenagers. 1988-89, the explosion of the acid house sound, ARS Studio, Ozono The Club, Ku, the summer of love💚, Eivissa, Barcelona, we were there dancing like there was no mañana, he was the DJ. Here he serves a blissful and groove-heavy 10 song selection for your listening pleasure, hard proof of a record collection that is large and deep and full of wonders. So sit back, relax, press play, crank the volume up and enjoy the musical journey in ten songs as curated by maestro César de Melero...and yes, we guess you can call it Balearic too :)

10 Tunes Tracklist:

Smile Culture - Cockney Translation

Unknown Cases - Masimbabele

Sun Palace - Rude Movements

Peter Godwin - Emotional Disguise (Bastardo Edit)

Kissing The Pink - Big Man Restless

Mopedbart - Hubbabubbaklubb

Shriekback - My Spine (Is The Bassline)

Willie Colon - Set Fire To Me

Spliff - Carbonara

Mag & The Suspects - Erections

Today we reach the 15th chapter in our Curtis Radio series, and what a great way to close the year and our first season of the show with an outstanding selection by our admired and esteemed Breixo Martinez. A DJs DJ, a never-failing source of musical knowledge, inspitation and discovery, his revered Canela en Surco radio show just turned 10 years old and has expanded into a record label, about to present its 3rd release. The first 2 releases already holding cult status. This 10 tunes selection (+1 bonus track) is introduced by Breixo as "the most appreciated records in my collection". Considering that his collection is basically a musical gold-mine, gives an idea of the level of dopeness we are dealing with here. So sit back, relax, don't worry if you did not recognize any title in the track-list (we don't know a single one either), just open your mind and ears, press play, turn it up, and enjoy the ride with Breixo Martinez at the controls...and thanks for listening, we will see you in 2023!

TEN TUNES (+1 Bonus) TRACKLIST

Virgilio Massingue - Va Mu Dhlayile Kaia

David Zé - O Guerrilheiro

Unknown Soldier - Valodia

Kaoguiamo - 21 di Sitebmru

Teta Lando - Angolano Segue em Frente

Jose Carlos Schwarz - Na Colonia

Tini Das Neves - Tudo Deste Mundo É Uma Ilus o

Bonga - Malembe Malembe

Zè Manel - Bardade Dentro Di Bardade

Unknown - Mindjer Di Panu Pretu

*Bonus track: Jones Manuel - Ngevu Fuma

...and the family keeps growing! today we proudly add to our Curtis Radio series this exquisitely curated "ten-tunes only" set by Ivy Barkakati. A Barcelona based DJ and producer from Maryland (USA), and a most valuable player for the Discos Paradiso and Canela en Surco crews, she has been releasing and playing good-music-only in this fair city for a decade now. From small venues to the best clubs in town to big festival stages, her sets are always highly original, surprising and oozing with class.

So sit back, relax, press play, dim the lights down and enjoy this soulful 10 songs selection by Ivy Barkakati representing the four letter word that makes the world go round...yes, you got it, it's L.O.V.E

TEN TUNES TRACKLIST:

George Michael & Mary J. Blige - As

Everything But The Girl - Driving (MAW Racing Mix)

Topo - Ba Ba Go, Go

Summer Vee - Key To All Your Love

Edgar Winter - Above and Beyond

Jeanette "Lady" Day - Come Let Me Love You

Cloud One feat. Margo Williams - Don't Let My Rainbow Pass Me By

George Smallwood - Lady Disco

Ago - For You

Sara Bee - Para Siempre

Leonard Cohen sang "They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom, for trying to change the system from within, I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them...First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin". To introduce this new show for Curtis Radio, exquisitely curated by our good friend, Curtis regular and outstanding record selector, we can rephrase Cohen's song and say that Mr. Ohira first takes Tokyo, then he takes Berlin. And this comes as no surprise tbh. He is half German and half Japanese and we absolutely love him and his beautiful and super rare records. So sit back, relax, press play and embark with him on a extraordinary musical journey to the land of the rising sun and back. Zero boredom here. Just exotic and uplifting grooves and a whole lotta fun too. Enjoy!

TEN TUNES TRACKLIST:

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Snakeman Show

Harry Hosono & The Yellow Magic Band - Japanese Rhumba

Nujabes - Still Talking To You

Fabiana Palladino - Shimmer (Inst)

The Gerogerigegege - Untitled (Uguisudani Apocalypse A2)

Yuji Ohno - Take it to The Sky

Mori-Ra - Bush

Map.ache - Health

Traumprinz - Where is Home

Today we reach episode 12 in our Curtis Radio '10 songs that really matter series' and let's put the spotlight on @lidiuska now! A woman of so many talents, she is our infallible art director, graphic designer, lettering specialist (she has hand-painted every single sign and letter in our venue), community manager, and a regular fixture in our DJ booth since day one. Her taste in music and tunage selection are always impeccable, and we witness with joy how in the last 4 years her record collection, confidence behind the decks and booking schedulle has been growing exponentially. And we can see why, it is simply because like that Positive Force jam said "Lidiuska got the funk (I've got it), she's got the funk, yeah...". But don't take our word for it, she is OG Curtis team so we may be a little bit biased here. Just sit back, relax, press play on her mighty radio show and find out for yourself. Lidiuska's Positive Force & Vibes Y'all!

10 Tunes Tracklist:

Gabriels · In Loving Memory

Deniece Williams · Free

Gene Harris & The Three Sounds · Book of Slim

Donald Byrd · Think Twice

Minnie Riperton · Les Fleurs

Willie Lindo · Midnight

Cornel Campbell · Girl of my Dreams

Serge Gainsbourg · Generique Pop 2

The Blackbyrds · Dreaming About You

Darondo · Didn’t I

When Tomanek from Budapest visited us to record this show for Curtis Radio and to complete a 3 days mini-tour that we booked for him in some cool venues around town, we were not fast enough to give him tips about our favorite spots for record digging. Only a few hours after arrival he has located and visited them all and already unearthed and put in his bag a bunch of gems. A passionate record collector and very competent DJ he runs his Bossa Bom Dia program for more than 2 decades at Tilos Radio, the oldest running community station in Hungary. His musical palette is wide and colorful and includes jazz, funk, beats, breaks, Afro vibes, eastern European grooves, Brasilian music and a quite serious collection of library records too. How to encapsulate all this beautiful eclecticism in only 10 songs? Press play, turn up the volume and find out for yourself. Introducing DJ Tomanek ladies & gentlemen!

10 Tunes Tracklist:

Michael Maller - Memory Reminder

Pharcyde - Running (Rae & Christian Remix)

People Under The Stairs - Raindrops

Crookram Vs Snoop Dogg - Bootleg (unreleased)

Mark Capanni - I Believe in Miracles

Angelillo et Hamel - Je veux te dire une chanson

Akos Stefi - Mariguana cha cha

Art Blakey - Cubano chant

Ray Terrace - Cuchy frito man

Nico Gomez - Baila chibiquiban

...and slowly but surely we reach the 10th episode in our Curtis Radio Show. Today's vinyl-only 10 song selection is beautifully curated by Jazzy ( https://www.mixcloud.com/bancaroots ), our friend, Curtis regular and music selector of exquisite taste. She, just like us, also walked that common inverse route where the samples of 90's hip hop lead to the discovery and unconditional love for the original source of those hip hop samples. Her 10 tunes mix presented here, including eternal songs by Aretha Franklin, Jerry Butler or Marlena Shaw among others, is testament to Jazzy's passion for good old soul music. So dim the lights down, lay back, relax, press play and enjoy another silky-smooth class selection in our Curtis Radio series.

The Dramatics - In the rain

Aretha Franklin - One step ahead

Jerry Butler - Just because I really love you

Marlena Shaw - California soul

René Costy - Scrabble

Billy Brooks - Fourty days

Earth, Wind & Fire - Brazilian rhyme

Don Blackman - Holding you, loving you

Norman Connors - You are my starship

Tarika Blue - Dreamflower

Ace producer, self-taught instrumentalist, avid record digger and a very accomplished DJ too, we are so pleased to add Damián Botigué to our Curtis Radio series. An exclusive vinyl-only, 10 song selection, carefully hand-picked from Damian's extensive record collection. A look at the track-list will immediately prove that the musical ride is going to be very soulful and uplifting. Pressing play and turning the volume way up will confirm what many already know in our groove-based music scene: Damian Botigué aka Karmasound is a selector and a producer of very high skill and exquisite taste. Enjoy!

10 Tunes Tracklist:

Jazz Crusaders - The young rabbits

Art Blakey - Fuller love

OPA - Goldenwings

Avishai cohen trio - The ever evolving etude

4Hero - Third Stream

Nathan Haines - Wonderful thing

Kaidi Tatham - Do What You Gotta Do

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

Hi-TEK - Get ta steppin’

Jill Scott - A long Walk

Curtis Radio Dope Show Alert 🔥The 8th episode in our "10 songs only" series is beautifully curated by EmmaStars, an audacious digger and a very active player in her hometown scene (Barcelona). Emma co-directs with Discos Redondos the excellent Grand Price Vinyl record fair and spreads her love for instrumental hip hop beats and other groove-heavy material, always played in original vinyl format, in bars, clubs, radio shows and festivals across town and beyond. So press play, sit back, relax and enjoy her classy and highly original 10 song selection in a new installment of our Curtis Radio Show. Vibes!