Better late than never, eh! Enjoy our wrap of the best bits from '21.

Mixed by @myles-mac

Tracklist:

picnic - dewey (Nadia Khan version) // Daisart

Moonilena - Arasole Rain // Belters

PLO Man & C3D-E - Public Static V. Pt. III // Acting Press

Thodén - Poor Binarized Ghost // Electroménager

C.K - Freesia // PRS

Guy Contact - Spirit Level // Butter Sessions

Pascale Project - Welcome (Dust-e-1 Remix) // La Rama Records

C.K - SPTL DNMCS // PRS

PLO Man & C3D-E - Public Static V. Pt. VIII // Acting Press

Purelink - Maintain The Bliss // Self Released

Priori - Liminal // NAFF

Other Joe - On 4.0 Hill // Best Effort

Mosam Howieson - Aphelion // Mysteries of the Deep

Fantastic Man - Cloud Manager // LIXTP

Jex Opolis - Grab The Camcorder // Good Timin’

DJ Python - Angel // Incienso

Adam Pits - A Recurring Nature // On Rotation

Sansibar - Aurora Eclipse // Kalahari Oyster Cult

Remotif - Telepathic Heights // Coymix

Sugar Free - Hazme Soñar // Limousine Dream

Paramida - Dream Ritual // Love On The Rocks

Peyote Dreams - State Of Mind (Slack Mix) (Alex Kassian's Dream State) // Love On The Rocks

Flørist, Nathan Melja - Wonderland (Nathan Melja Version) // PARODIA

Youandewan - Slow Down feat. Art Feynman // Butter Side Up

Retza - Waiting To Go // Satya

Fader Cap - Keys For Raldo // s2i Recordings

Lattice - Botanica (C.K & Central Remix) // air miles

Guy Contact - 90 Mile Straight (Nullarbor Mix) // Butter Sessions

Priori - Winged // NAFF

YUF-O - Rebuild, Recharge // Superconscious

Nutcase & Papachubba - Floating Inside // Best Effort

Mosam Howieson - Cerebro // Mysteries of the Deep

Thodén - Signal On Baikal // Electroménager

Skee Mask - CZ3000 Dub // Ilian Tape

A true OG in every sense of the word, the lifelong record digger and die-hard music aficionado Estimulo has been pushing the needle in Berlin's deep underground since the late 80s! His regular collaborations with like minded music obsessed guests to present marathon live streams of the notorious EstimuloShow are the stuff of legend, the most recent of which have been streamed live from his basement in Berlin with guests like Huerta, C.K, Flørist and Adi Toohey stopping by for some cake and an extended b2b.

Wowing even the most astute of house heads without even breaking a sweat, Esti's selections simply are one of a kind, drawing upon the deepest of deep cuts from his 30+ year record collection to share with the world an incredible ear for rare and forgotten dance music.

A dubbed out "listening mind journey" as he describes it, Estimulo mixes up some pure gold here as per usual, and gives us some great insight into the history and inner workings of the EstimuloShow, and the thought process that goes into making his own killer edits!

Interview with Estimulo: melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/estimulo

@estimulo

http://mixomat.org/estimulo

https://cashmereradio.com/shows/estimuloshow

DJ Possum and Myles Mac return with a three hour trip full of saxy summer time slow jams, deep balearic burners, soulful UK garage and loungin' 90s house & hip hop. Mellow to its core, this one invites you to hit recline and see where the vibe might take you. One for the boom bappers and the chill steppers!   

Tracklist and full info: melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/myles-mac-dj-possum

A little bit about the mix..

@djpossums:

Collaborating with Myles is fun because it's where we find a point of intersection with our djing styles and music tastes. I'm an unpinned DJ in terms of genre but together we find cohesiveness to tell a story that is reminiscent of our upbringings and nostalgic memories; UK Underground street soul, 90s Hip Hop, funny South African Kwaito tunes that we sing along to even though we don't know the language, soulful electronic love songs, early house classics and many more..

Some pretty banging songs that are precious to me from the message in the lyrics, the feeling they create, the fun vibes or just their awesome production are: Can't Stop (One World 12'' Mix) by After 7, U.N.I.T.Y. by Queen Latifah, Scratched by Etienne de Crecy and the Brazilian balearic classic Tudo Faz Sentido by Taciana to name a few.

@myles-mac:

One of the few upsides of extended periods at home this year thanks to all the lockdowns has been the time to trawl through old Ibiza chill CDs, youtube channel wormholes and bandcamp compilations to discover classic or relatively unknown 90s downtempo gems that have managed to last the test of time. With this mix, Maria and I put our heads together to tell a story of the past that somehow still sounds fresh to our ears today, trying to squeeze in a bunch of styles from both of our collections while making it all flow and sound somewhat cohesive over three hours and a variety of tempos.

Inspirations for the mix come from all over the map, but there's a definite focus on the link between the UK and Ibiza in the early-mid 90s, with old Dj Alfredo live recordings, José Padilla's Café del Mar compilations, psychedelic mixes from the late great Andrew Weatherall, the absolutely insane discography of UK Street Soul pioneer Toyin Agbetu (the producer behind 2 Tuff, Deluxe, Shades Of Black, Robyn, Mary Pearce and many more), the crisp jazzy productions of downtempo master Paul Hardcastle from Kiss The Sky (a ton of which he's uploaded to bandcamp) and the don of deep & soulful UK Garage Mike Millrain (aka D Base, DJ South Central, Vibes Alive, Stone Cold Steppaz).

A few special mentions go to our friend Dust-e-1 in Montreal for his chillout monster of a remix for Pascale Project, the late Richard H. Kirk aka Sandoz who recently passed but left us with an infinite resource of beautiful electronic dance music, and Alaska's Kwaito classic "Accuse" that will always put a smile on our faces no matter the occasion.

Louis McCoy is a master craftsman in every sense of the word. A legend of a human behind much loved local underground institutions the likes of Inner Varnika and For Home Use Only, and an expert on the tools be it in the kitchen or on a building site, Louis first and foremost is a passionate music obsessor with a savant like ear for records that cut deep.

Sometimes found under the cheekier guise of hndsm, Louis seriously knows whats up when it comes to 90s music from the UK, and focusses his attention here on the massively influential sound of trip hop that he grew up nodding his head to as a teen. Treating us to near-on three hours of raw and dusty underground classics from the roots of the 90s Bristol trip hop movement, we find ourselves deep beneath the murky waters of the reggae and the shoegaze infused, to moments of heavy, emotion packed atmospheric soul and a healthy dose of the all out experimental. One for the OG chillout heads, this really is a trip like no other!

Interview here: melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/louis-mccoy

@louis_mccoy

@for_home_use_only

https://innervarnika.com

Local chillout ambassador Rev Lon calms the collective mind with a timely and deeply meditative exploration of ambient states, lush intelligent dance moods and infinitely spaced d'n'b nostalgia.

A bona fide fountain of optimism and positive energy, whether behind the wheels at her own Slow Burn parties or creating new realities through her budding Soft Edges design alter ego, Gab aka Rev Lon treats us here to a soothing escape for tired minds with a nod to sound relaxation pioneers of the past, present and future.

melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/rev-lon

@gbrevlon

@slowburncast

A fresh dose of interplanetary house from the Perth based Butter Sessions producer @guycontact!

Much like his recent run of brilliant 12s, the latest of which are soon to drop for UK outfits @hawsmusic and @craigie-knowes, Guy Contact expertly transports us through a psychedelic time warp back to a moment when progressive house was at its peak, with tightly pulsating grooves met by metallic synth lines and dreamy celestial atmospherics. An alien trip through the blissful and serene with just enough bite to launch you into the unknown.

melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/guy-contact

@guycontact

@buttersessions

A huge pleasure to welcome a towering figure of Melbourne's underground! A mate to many and one of the brains behind the notoriously sweaty Spin Club parties as well as the much loved Hopkins Creek festival, Keysie's sets always manage to embody that harmonious blend between the unconventional and the strangely familiar, both the stuff of after hours folklore and a welcome weekly soundtrack across many a listening bar around town.

We've come to admire Josh's unique sonic takes over the years, regularly following him down weird and wonderful rabbit holes we never even knew existed. Here we welcome you to do the same with the special of the day being deep and wonky mind melters of the home grown variety. Bon appétit!

Click here for the interview:

melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/josh-keys

@joshkeysmusic

@spinclubmusic

@hopkinscreek

One of the most influential, respected and loved names in house since way back in 1991, and quite comfortably one of our all time favourite producers of house music with too many classics to name, Ian Pooley treats us to an hour of seriously deep cuts, mixing his own personal edits of underground favs from the 90s and 00s from the comfy surrounds of his studio in Mainz, Germany. This is a trip down 12″ memory lane you probably don’t want to miss!

Click here for our chat with Ian Pooley: melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/ian-pooley

https://pooledmusic.bandcamp.com

@ianpooley

On the back of a stunning debut for Priori and Ex-T's NAFF label out in Montreal earlier this year, we find ourselves well and truly in business here with @maara laying down a nostalgia packed club mix with heavy doses of 90s tranquility rave, dark n' stormy trance moods, sexy vocal snips and plenty of forthcoming productions of her own that are guaranteed to cut you deeep! Watch out!

Click here for our chat with Maara: melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/maara

https://maara.bandcamp.com/album/ultimate-reward

https://massiedome.bandcamp.com/

@maara

Landing back on terra firma after the 2020 whirlwind, our annual review winds its way back through a whole range of chillout moods and energised atmospherics that flowed through the home stereo over the year, with a big focus on some of great new Aussie electronica that kept us feeling zen throughout some rather interesting times.

Hope you’ve all been enjoying the vibes from us, plenty more of those to come.

Big love, MDC.

Mixed by @myles-mac

Tracklist:

Fantastic Man - Superhighway // Mule Musiq


Florian T M Zeisig - Only Textures // enmossed


Ameeva - Ascension (Ft Sara Otal Gauvreau) // Lowless Music


URA - Neo Piano (Unextended Version) // NAFF


Tecno Shoppe - Ryu & Syusaku // .jpeg Artefacts


Pontiac Streator - Lamp Fest // Motion Ward


Noi - Which Truth // Best Effort


Nadia Khan - Port Ana // Scissor and Thread


Cousin - TUB4 // OTIS


Rings Around Saturn - Cloud Action // Repeat Concrete


Norachi - Nurture // Vessel


Shinichi Atobe - Yes // DDS


El​-​B - Dusk Till Dawn // GD4YA


Sam Brickel & Dashiell - Hey Avalon // Mindmap


Telephones - Groundshaker, Lightbreaker (Pulse Mix) // Needs

Fantastic Man - Diaspora // Mule Musiq


Alex Kassian - Oolong Trance (Club Mix) // Love On The Rocks


RDS - Subsequently // Mindmap


Sleep D - Nature // Butter Sessions


DJ Sports - Magic Laugh // Esoteric Exports


Tornado Wallace - Jungle Dream // Optimo Music


Ntel - Melt // GARMO


Biodive - Plane of the Ecliptic // Coymix Ltd


747 - Aurora Centralis (Tin Man's Spaced Remix) // Aquaregia


LT - Wet Look // Rhythm Section International


Killer DJs - 2.1 // DustWORLD


Maara - Tranquil Lust Mommy // NAFF


Opal Sunn - Laika // Touch From A Distance


Priori - SCN 4 // DustWORLD


Darcy Baylis - Symphony in a Marble Structure // .jpeg Artefacts


Wilfy D - All About U // Vitamin D Records


Dust-e-1 - Enthusion // DustWORLD


Andrea - Lana // Ilian Tape


Skee Mask - Dolby // Ilian Tape


Lord Of The Isles - Waiting In Arisaig // Whities