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HDSN is a Munich-based DJ, producer and label owner HDSN. He is behind a number of soul-flecked dance records for labels like Eton Messy, King Street Sounds, Nite Records, and his own imprint NBAST. He rounds out the show with a mix full of hidden gems.

Words from HDSN:

With the on going pandemic there is a lot of re-thinking and redefining on going inside myself especially when it comes to djing. Since day dot i was always more fascinated by the tracks that hit deeper than the usual dance floor bangers that would do the job in a peak time set in a crowded club at 2am but i think everyone´s who is playing records to people regularly knows the deal with that. DJ Koze once said: "a good deejay defines himself what he doesn´t play and not what he´s actually playing” and that´s very true in somehow. We all have those hidden gems in our bags that simply do not fit in a mix that you play for a club that wanna bonkers in the early morning hours tho there are a lot of artists out there that play more challenging music to the people even when you wouldn´t expect it … they educate. These are the ones i am looking up to the most like Move D or Moodymann. Unfortunately it ain´t that easy for an up an coming artist to do so like the OGs doing it cause in the end you there for making a great party... with this mix i wanted to dig out a couple of gems of mine. Some of them are great closing tracks some of them are so charismatic that they stand out too much and some are simply too deep but all of them are golden nuggets that deserve way more attention in my opinion. When the pandemic is over i really wanna challenge myself and the people i play records for to take a new approach on their clubbing behaviour and actually listen to the songs not only because they move them physically…

I got a new record out now on my own imprint NUTHIN BUT A SOUL THING called “For My People” i have two more records coming out this year one of them on my shortly opened new imprint WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE and i will drop a couple of digital singles over the course of the second half of the year. First and foremost i will try to keep it a lil more low key over the upcoming months so i can spend more time what i love doing the most and that is making music in the studio till we get back to normal and i can play records for my people again.

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For the sixth annual NZ Music special, we hand over the keys to national treasure Roger Perry.

Roger has been fighting the good fight for nearly 40 years. He started DJing in 1984 at the Venue, an all ages club run by Russ Le Roq (Russell Crowe). From there, he went on to run Asylum, where New Zealand audiences were first introduced to house music. He hosted NZ's first dance music radio show, Asylum FM on bFM. He has also made some masterful music as Reactor Music, Kingsland Housing Project, and Toolbox. His one-take mix for us tonight is a canvassing of house music in Aotearoa, from peerless classics to killer cuts from the new school. Don't miss out.

From Roger: "This is a one take mix from the beginning to the end. No edits. I used the Pioneer DDJ – SZ Pioneer DJ Controller . Recorded direct to Serato. Sorry to the purists.. very little here ever had the opportunity to be pressed on wax. love from roger"

Pic: Roger at the Siren in 1988.

Photo credit: Brigid Grigg Eyley

Batucada Sound Machine - Tremblin (Reactor Music Remix) [??]

Reactor Music - Dusty [??]

Chaos In The CBD - Emotional Intelligence ft. Nathan Haines [Neroli]

Fat Freddy’s Drop - Cortina Motors [The Drop]

D.L.T. - Liquid Skies (Soane Remix) [BMG]

Lord Echo - Molten Lava ft. Leila Adu (RP Edit) [??]

Cuffy & Leon D - Miss Emma Peel (dub) [Reliable]

Reactor Music - Calibre 98 [Reliable]

Sun Valley All Stars - Fall Down [Reliable]

Sisters Underground - In The Neighborhood (House Vocal) [Volition]

Shocking Pinks - Us Against The City (Yvnalesca Mix) [Shocking Pinks]

Vanessa Worm - Bones And Blood [Optimo Music]

Epsilon Blue - Loose in A Landscape Of Meaning [Kog Transmissions]

The Headless Chickens - Gaskrankinstation (G Churchill mix) [Flying Nun]

Reactor Music - Here We Come [Reliable]

Benny Salvador - Wat Shu [Aunty]

The Hot Grits - Falling (RP Edit) [??]

Reactor Music - Rainy Day [Reliable]

Cam Harris - Badman [Arrivals]

Che Fu - Random (Troffman/Soane Mix) [Epic]

Clearlight - Turn Of The Century (G Churchill mix) [Huh Records]

Eden Burns - Yes You Sexy [Public Possession]

Eden Burns - Invercargirl [Public Possession]

Darren Clark - Suzy [Grass Green]

Minuit - Milk (Reactor Music mix) [??]

Zayn Kemp - We Lost Love [At Peace]

Philippa - Wax On (Andy Riley Wax Off remix) [At Peace]

Nice Girl - Jupiter [Houses In Motion]

Inland Knights & Reactor Music - It’s Bae [??]

Cuffy & Leon D - Free Livin [Reliable]

Troffman/Soane - The Big Al G [Paper Records]

We're in love with Tomu DJ's regular Bandcamp transmissions (and features for Juke Bounce Werk and Unearthed Sounds). It is work that reflects the mutability of life, and veers from adventurous ambient to ruff club-not-club excursions. We invited the American producer to take over the show, and she came back to us with a two hour showcase of some of her favourite and most influential music. While her mixes often feature chaotic blends, this mix in particular gives room for each track to shine. She hopes to create a cohesive mixtape flow despite choosing highly variable tracks from different genres.

Pusha T - Come Back Baby

The Strokes - Razorblade

Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better

SWV - You’re the One

Janet Jackson - I Get Lonely

Built To Spill - All Our Songs

Vince Staples - Party People

Post Malone, Swae Lee - Sunflower

Drake, Lil Baby - Wants and Needs

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dark Necessities

Ratatat - Seventeen Years

Adele - Rolling in the Deep

DJ Spinn, DJ Manny - Sky Way [Hyperdub]

DJ Manny - Signals in My Head [Planet Mu]

DJ Manny - Get the Money [Moveltraxx]

RP Boo - Work the Flow! [Planet Mu]

Fatima Al Qadiri - Hip Hop Spa

Nguzunguzu - Just A Touch

Dean Blunt, A$AP Rocky - Chancer

Dean Blunt - as long as ropes unravel fake rolex will travel

Otis G Johnson - Come Back

Kanye West, PARTYNEXTDOOR - Ghost Town

Keyshia Cole - Love

Little Dragon - Pretty Girls

Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me

Lil Baby - Emotionally Scarred

Chynna - asmr

Chynna - mood

Modest Mouse - Ionizes & Atomizes

Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby

Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots

Over the past few years, Flamingo Pier have hosted and played at a wild run of parties, including their annual festival on Waiheke Island, and the upcoming party Afternoon Delight. The trio, comprising Luke, Brad, and Dominic have also made some hectic records, and are about to release their self-titled debut album on Soundway Records. Expect two hours of absolute heaters with their own productions nestled within.

Mara TK - Highly Medicated [Years Gone By]

Flamingo Pier - Deeper Soul [Soundway]

Brenda Fassie - Mingi Mingi (Norman Jay Remix) [EMI]

Elia y Elizabeth - Alegría (Yuksek Remix) [Razor N Tape]

Flamingo Pier - Make You Wonder [Soundway]

Earth Wind & Fire & Salsoul Orchestra - Getaway (Young Pulse Disco Blend) [Self]

Magic In Threes - Chupa Cabra (Fouk Remix) [Razor N Tape]

Sammy Barbot – Mexico [blackdisco]

Saucy Lady – Delirious [Star Creature]

Billie - Nobody's Business [Fleetwood/4 To The Floor]

Flamingo Pier - Boogie Meltdown [Soundway]

Stump Valley – Riviera ft. Diviniti [Soul Clap]

Benjamin Fröhlich - How Much Are They (Chicken Lips Remix) [Optimo Music Digital Danceforce]

Giovanni Damico - Out Of Control [Star Creature]

Rhode & Brown - Vision Of Paradise [Self]

Fixed Angles - Anikana [Bonfido Disques]

Alex Attias, Peven Everett - Love Dimension (Vocal) [Visions Inc]

Kempston Hardwick - Mowbray Street [Lobster Theremin]

Sol Power All-Stars - Cocoyer (Raw Mix) [Rocksteady Disco]

Electric Jalaba - Cubaili Ba [Strut]

Romain FX - A Fuego [Exploited]

Flamingo Pier – Eternal [Soundway]

Marc Roberts - Whisky Dangers [Pantai People]

Nicola Cruz - Barretto (Tienes Algo) [Rhythm Section]

Lood - Shout-N-Out ft. Donnell Rush (The DJ Dub) [MAW Records]

Flamingo Pier – Last Call ft. Nathan Haines and KÉDU [Soundway]

Original Just Us - You're My Latest Inspiration [OJU Productions/Z Records]

Poncho C. Saint Fingers - When I Come Knocking [BBE]

Ngaru & Hunter are no strangers to the dance scene in Tāmaki Makaurau; as regular attendees to plenty of club nights, they've been listening for years. Now with a bounty of knowledge under their belts they're getting on the other side of the decks with a mix combining favourites from both of their respective collections. Their mix for us marks the first of many to come as two more music-lovers make the jump into the community they've admired for so long.

Dawn Again - Dreamcast [Love Above Records]

CAIN - Nagan [Highlife]

Teno Afrika - Smooth Criminal (Main Mix) [Awesome Tapes From Africa]

JWords - uNiverse Luv [Never Normal]

Powder - New Tribe [Beats In Space]

Skin On Skin - Walk Up To Yo House [Steel City Dance Discs]

River Ocean - Love & Happiness (Yemaya Y Ochùn) (feat. India) (Conga Drums) [Strictly Rhythm Records]

Devoye - Some Kinda Drum Machine [HAUS of ALTR]

Gordon Koang - South Sudan (Andras House Remix) [Music In Exile]

James Bangura - Bountiful Fruit [Towhead Recordings]

Octo Octa - Goddess Calling [T4T LUV NRG]

LSDXOXO - BURN THE WITCH [Self Released]

Carmen Villain - Type (Karima F Remix) [Smalltown Supersound]

OSSX - Split Wig [Allergy Season]

In 2018, Mexican producer and DJ Sergio Tellez released STM LP, earning a first class honours in audio engineering in the process. He then went to ground. He re-emerged in February 2021 with the Ipecacuana EP released under his new alias Ranma Entero. He has since featured on radio stations in Mexico and abroad, including the Lot Radio, and now FPR. Expect an hour in a variety of styles, tempos and moods, from artists both in Mexico and further abroad. Head to ranmaentero.bandcamp.com for more.

The Colours That Rise - Special Request [Rhythm Section]

NAP - Salpicon (Inunda) [Planet Euphorique]

Alis - Red and Blue [Self]

DJSCHLANGE - Andrógino [No Future]

upsammy - Worm [Dekmantel]

Amor Satyr & Siu Mata - Nah [Nostro Hood System]

elise Massoni - Ciao Bello [Grief Into Rage]

Asquith - Laid In The Long Grass [Self]

SFV Acid - Jasons II [BAKK]

Itoa - Melba [Exit Records]

Superabundance - Slip [Future Times]

Nico - The Driving Rain [Midnight Shift]

Loop LF - C Rota [Well Street]

DJ Plead - Ambush [Nervous Horizon]

INVT - QUEMADURA & ZAZA [Self]

HVL - Armadillo Beat [Hypercolour]

OSSX - Lifespan [Allergy Season]

Superabundance - Hyperplasticity [Future Times]

DJ SWAGGER - Elder Dragon feat. Mathis Ruffing [Self]

Ranma Entero - Maphia [??]

Katatonic Silentio - When You Think It's Over [Ilian Tape]

wzrdryAV - Forgot About Time [Accidental Meetings]

Reversing the trans-Tasman trend, FABU jumped the ditch from Melbourne/Naarm to Wellington in 2017. In 2020, she made her debut as a DJ for Racquet Club. Since then, she has been a featured regular at Wellington’s favourite basement, Club 121, and has gone on to play for MIRO Gathering, Nest Fest, Club 121 x Department of the Arts ‘Burn Out Tour’, Low Strung and most recently Newtown Fest. For this episode, FABU delivers a selection of smoothed out funk and soul jams, accompanied with an array of percussive and swirling bass lines.

Jon Jones - Mystic Jungle [Whitvoir]

Earth Trax - L’Avventura (Dub) [Phonica Records]

Caravan - Croissette [Planet Trip Records]

Lurka - Stay Let’s Together [Wisdom Teeth]

Shar-Lor - I’m in Love (Caught Up Version) [Rush Hour Music]

Motor City Booty - I Got It [Midnight Riot]

XL Middleton + Eddy Funkster - Solicitation [MoFunk Records]

Kerri Chandler - Downtown [Downtown 161]

Kenny Dixon JR - Freeki Mother Fucker [KDJ Records]

Borrowed CS - Bongo [Termina]

DJ SWISHA - U Kno Tha Vibes [Fool’s Gold Records]

Kerri Chandler - Atmosphere (Jeromes Runaway Dub) [IBADAN]

D.I.E - R U Married [Clone Records]

Detroit In Effect - In Yo Face [M.A.P Records]

Flo Wilson is a composer, performer and sonic artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland, Aotearoa/ New Zealand. Her work ranges from constructing a performance, to exploring spatial sound across various mediums including within her production and in sound installations. She is known for creating music which uses multi-layered voices to interweave with field recordings, creating immersive, lush compositions.

In particular she is curious about the relationships between people and technology; how technology can extend, reduce and manipulate our modes of being. She has exhibited sound installations in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, had her thesis published in the Australian Computer Music Conference and released her debut EP '(Please) Keep Breathing' in 2017. She holds a degree from the New Zealand School of Music, with first class honours in sonic arts.

This mix is dedicated to Flo's dear friend, the late, great Reuben Samuel Winter (Totems, Milk) and journeys from the concert hall to the club, and then back to the bush.

0'00: Salina Fisher – Kintsugi (performed by the NZ Trio)

04'31: Hasji – kohuki gorge [NOA]

06'18: DJ Plead – X5 [SUMAC]

11'26: Totems – Workin Wit [Buzzy Point]

14'33: DJ Lag – Ice Drop [Goon Club All Stars]

19'23: mHz – Form B [Self]

24'41: The Bug – You [Hyperdub]

28'02: Flo Wilson – (Please) Keep Breathing [mf/mp]

34'02: lau.ra – Don't Waste My Time feat. JessB [Needwant]

36'50: Lil Silva – Quest [Night Slugs]

41'05: bb gurl – msn ur luv (Club Mix) feat. AP & Tei [Self]

43'26: Moon Holiday – Rid U [Self]

47'22: Doss – Puppy [LuckyMe]

51'00: Logic1000 – I Won't Forget [Therapy]

55'06: CORIN – Maria's Dream [Bedouin]

58'09: Skymning – RELENTLESS [unreleased]

62'12:Spiritual Exit – Painless [Self]

68'55: Flo Wilson – Field recording in Titirangi, Waitakere ranges (Feb, 2021)

Texture's vibrant sound is well captured on her releases for Nomine, as well as her highly regarded sets at clubs in her hometown and across the country. In this set, Texture presents an ode to the thriving club scene in Aotearoa, with an upbeat mix of medicinal rave music.

LSDXOXO - Burn The Witch [Self]

Cocktail Party Effect - Intens [Cold Recordings]

??? - ???

Yak - Wide Eye [R&S]

Andrea - Future Atm [Ilian Tape]

Ultraviolet - Tidal Pressure [Unreleased]

Texture - Call Ur Bluff [Unreleased]

Martyn - Rhythm Ritual [Ostgut Ton]

Martyn X Om Unit - Shapes [3024]

Cassius Select - Born To Defence [Banoffee Pies]

DJ Plead - Mercy [SUMAC]

Al Wootton - Graver [Trule]

Anz - Gary Mission [Hessle Audio]

Breaka - The Ambush [Off Beat]

Perko - Rounded [Numbers]

Drumskull - Negative 7 (Etch’s Nosebleed Remix) [Seagrave]

??? - ???

??? - ???

??? - ???

Emz X Eva 808 - Fist and Boot [Self]

??? - ???

FJAAK - District 8 [Self]

Clouds - Klaw [Self]

Skee Mask - Via Sub Mids [Ilian Tape]

Hurricane Emily has been based in Dunedin since her return from Europe a few years ago. Since then, Emily has been running things across the country. Her uptempo selections have been showcased at festivals around the country, as well as in support for Roza Terenzi and Wax Mustang. She is currently working with Dunedin promoters to create a series of ravey club nights in the city, which will be launching late May/early June. For this mix Emily plays with spacey, driving grooves that blend into deeper acid and breakbeat tracks, before finishing on a couple of high energy, up-tempo selections (in classic Hurricane Emily fashion).

West Norwood Cassette Library - Get Lifted [WNCL Recordings]

Fun City - Padentro (Future In / Out Mix) [Cutting Records]

Uber Driver - What’s Your Name [Racquet Club]

Kosh - Casablanca Vice [Casa Voyager]

Ineffekt - Broken Dreams [Intercept]

Desert Sound Colony - Echo Shaper [Holding Hands Records]

Current Obsession - Drop Down (Reptant’s Lizard Tech Mix)[Butter Sessions]

NOIRE - Exhale [Super Kitchen]

Anz - Gary Mission [Hessle Audio]

Common Nocturne Brain Buzz [Self]

Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany - Melting Ladies [Radiant Love]

Eden Burns - Yes You Sexy [Public Possession]

OCB - Computer Default [Casa Voyager]

Fatboy Slim - Acid 8000 [Skint Records]

Lemon8 - Model 8 [Basic Energy]

Human Movement - Elevate (Edit) [Of Leisure]