Defined by an almost distant memory of equatorial vacations, re-kindled by Sonar 2019 and compiled to the backdrop of stranger things .. An overdue and eclectic fusion of melodic glissandos, arpeggiations, strings over breaks and 4:4 with a free flowing, percussive and textural direction.

01 - Chris Coco - Onda

02 - Queniv - Kruller Muller

03 - Working Title- De Tuin (Edit)

04 - Kuba - You're Breaking Up

05 - Eversines - Onigi

06 - Local Options - After Glow

07 - Manuela Costa - My Eyes (Mystical Funk)

08 - Black Sauce - Abigail - Andreas Saag Instrumental (Edit)

08 - Black Sauce Saag - Abigail - Andreas Saag Remix Pt 3

10 - Tender games - Movin' - Black Loops Mix

11 - Kuba Feat. Tiago Coimbra - Waiting For Tomorrow

12 - AMR - Flight

After an extended session, deep in collaboration with Deep Transmissions since early December, this episode finally makes its way on to the shelves just in time for the holiday... First five from yours truly sets up a path that has more of a four to the floor theme than previous volumes. Given the festive season, we have a bonus extended play length just over the 2 hour mark, with some extra stocking fillers of dub styles along with 2 cracking atmospheric DnB joints from RQ's excellent new LP. Programmed with 5-8-8-5, this outing is sure to offer some surprises. Sherry, Mince Pies and Carrots at the ready, hope that this brings joy and merriment! have a fabulous festive fiesta, wherever you are this xmas.

01 - Billy Eilish - Ocean Eyes (VOWL Remix - MS IntroEdit)

02 - Black Jazz Consortium - 120 Black key Experiment (Continuation Interlude)

03 - RQ - Circle 1

04 - Jared Fogle - NachtBraker

05 - Junior Revere - Back To Back

06 - Jovonn - Pianos of Gold

07 - Ross From Friends - Squaz

08 - Qubiko, K-909 - These Days

09 - Matt Prehn & Marcus Zuercher - Leavin (LOUP Remix)

10 - Cornelius SA, Jackie Queens, Kususa - Feel It Now (Kususa Remix)

11 - Emmanuel Jal - Kuar (FNX Omar Remix)

12 - Atjazz & Julian Gomes - Don Esquire

13 - Will Saul - By Your Side

14 - Mr fingers - Praise the Vibes

15 - Mango & Tokyo Bay vs KIWAMU - CityLanesAirplanes

16 - Black Loops - French Affair

17 - CPEN & JT Donaldson - Next To You (Marko Militano Remix)

18 - Soul Wun - I Wish I knew

19 - Lonely C - Make America Dub Again

20 - Avi Subban - Things we lose

21 - RQ - Roof Jumping

22 - Huerta - Lounge Lizard

23 - Five Foot Short - Love Or Hate

24 - Pierre Reynolds, Bruce Bailey - Don't Touch That Phone

25 - AFAMOO - Don't Put Me Off 'Til Tomorrow

Extending on the 2 previous collaborations on a concept mix with Deep Transmissions, this episode flows in a more downbeat trip-hop, jazz infused direction. Still following Parisian influences, but with one eye on the Rising Sun..

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01. Deeb ft. Asteroid - The Story

02. L'Indecis - Sunrise Drive

03. Deeb - Squba

04. Frameworks - HillSide

05. Leifur James - Argonaut

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06. Fourtet - I'm On Fire

07. Groove Chronicles - Stone Cold

08. Boards Of Canada - Olsen

09. Soundpecies - Relax

10. Saine - Down To Earth

11. Emanative - Flip Flop

12. DJ Cam - Mad Blunted Jazz

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13. Aso - Seasons

14. Brock Berrigan - Her Smile

15. Leifur James - Time

16. Stan Forebee - Apple Juice

17. Todd Terje & Prins Thomas - Reinbagan

Reflecting on the last quarter, which has been every bit as intensely varied and rich as it has been blisteringly hot on the dusty baking streets of Clerkenwell for the last few weeks...

The culmination of experiences and the listening influences from @Complexion TFBS radio show and Milch Bar11, leading up to and beyond the kaotic latin fiesta and electronic melange that is Sonar. Needed a spell in Ibiza, just to chill down..

.. from the heady heights of seeing Lee Burridge and Black Coffee at Hii, to the gradual lull into the calm and chilled indulgence that is Portinatx ... Where the sunset is a nightly event, and the beach bar churns out ultra poquey mango mojitos to a perfect backdrop of baroque balearic house and slo-mo

The tracks from Embers LP that deservedly book-end this set with are for me, a unique and original strain of future music, underpinned by a consistently smouldering slab of urban soul. Sitting alongside some great work from Kori, Harrison and Detz, who are all representing with their own strong definition of sound.

Chill, dubstep, brasil funk, future beats, deep house and indie, Vitalise tries to reflect the vibe in a package of electronica and balearic ... a few older gems seemed to bring the golden ochre tone that this all about... a varied journey from 105 to 135 ...

01 - Bucky - Harbour Interlude

02 - Samba - Senegal Sunset - (Monosonics Portinatx Live dub)

03 - James Bluntz - City lights

04 - Maricopa - Sun Scope

05 - The SOS Band - No One's gonna.. (Monosonics Loop you Edit)

06 - Harrison - Gundam Prologue

07 - Quattro - Mexican Bandito

08 - Gaelle - Give It Back

09 - Maricopa - Neon Shoals

10 - Woz - Early Morning Champagne

11 - Harrison - Celica supra

12 - Healy - Unwind

13 - Anthony Mea - Far Away

14 - Kori - All This Time

15 - Detz - On my way

16 - Bucky - Ashes

A recent sortie in the vinyl vaults, under an objective to include some lesser or never played tracks and b-sides. All tracks 18-25 years back, layed up on the platters in an unrehearsed 'Spontaneous Saturday Night' kind of session...

The resultant selection seemed to be a hypnotic blend of a dub direction with jazz infusions underpinned by tribal percussive threads. Pensive but bouncy ..

01 - Underworld - Dirty Epic (Junior Boy's Own)

02 - ADNY Presents Leiva - Fragile (Plastic City)

03 - Rasoul - OakTown Funky (Guidance)

04 - Home And Garden - Themes of yesterday (Classic)

05 - Phurry Phreaks Feat. Terra Deva - Want you Like Water [VocalMix2] (PeaceFrog)

06 - Chicago Transit Authority - Still Disillusioned [Dub] (Rescue Recordings)

07 - Terry Lee Brown Jr - Lost and Found - [Steve Bug's Found It Dub] (Plastic City)

08 - Nove Scotia - Loose Leaves [Weekender's where's the Beef Dub] (Airtight)

09 - Little Green Men - When you Need me (Forensic)

10 - Colin Dale - You know how [MotherSole & Freedman FreeSoul Dub] (Sensei)

11 - Swag - Diversions Pt 2 (Designer's Republic Via Pinnacle)

Sometimes it's good to do it a bit differently ..

... produced in collaboration across the wires with Deep Transmissions, four tracks at a time... once again taking up the challenge to continue and build on the previous concept... To consolidate our different styles and common tastes, selecting outside the box to hopefully carve out a compilation with a cinematic feel, one that follows organic changes of pace, not over considered, yet still fluid, with its own sense of attitude and just a touch of sassiness. We hope that you enjoy the programme:

01. Honey Dijon, Tim K, Nomi Ruiz - Love Muscle

02. Llorca - All Right (S3A remix)

03. Soledrifter - Striking

04. Din Jay - Everyday (DuBeats remix)

05. Jaleal Meadows – Fly Away (BPM Instrumental Mix)

6. P.M. Project & Cee Ellassaad – Stay By My Side (Cee Vocal Dub)

07. Brame & Hamo – Clarence (Smooth Mix)

08. Rings Around Saturn – Abarth

09. Sandboards - Nothing But A Freak

10. From P60 with Lisa Shaw - Magic (Chuck Love Dub)

11. Matt D & Lukemberg - It’s Dub Baby

12. Reelsoul - 2morrow

13. Celestial Strangers – Refuge of Dreams

14. Tidy Daps – Rolling

15. Azteca & Bolivar – Living In Bliss

16. Adjust – Flying Dutchman (Diablo Mix)

After some late nights and crazy work life balance, finally able to put out 2017's last offering, and one of a moody and organic structure, open cinematic soundscapes and textures flow through some lush techno into tight disco pressure and a lovely cut up of a Billie Ray Martin Classic, toughening up with a final plateau into some epic afro prog stuff from the legendary Manoo. Some bits from years gone by that I had missed and in this outing, the Voyage label has delivered for the ethereal spacey sound that I was looking to represent here, Synkro and Pedestrian have been on my earplay of late and hopefully augment the the seasonal feel in the concept. The intensity of the Andy Hart tune really does it for me such a groove.. first heard this @DepartmentofCoffee&SocialAffairs in Soho, Always Great coffee, tunes and real vibe :) Anyway enough of the narrative, on with the tracks and enjoy the festive season:

01 - Flori - Alone in Lake Point

02 - Synkro - Automatic Response

03 - Twin Pink - This is Not Life

04 - Albrecht La Brooy - Escape Velocity

05 - Pedestrian - Deep in Daylight

06 - Bonj - Cilantro

07 - Andy Hart - Dreams on Kepler

08 - Cehb - Secrets (mono Bridge)

09 - Freight Train - Domino Effect

10 - Anthony Mea - Shining

11 - Stones and Bones Ft Toshi - Amahloni (Manoo Main Mix)

12 - Shota - Smile (Manoo Vocal Mix)

A selection of classic House tracks from around the 2000-2004 era. Mixed last summer in an upfront style on 1210s.

01 - Spooky - Belong

02 - Fish go Deep Ft Tracey Kalmeir - Nights Like These

03 - Tom middleton Presents Cosmos - Summer In Space (Mark Pritchard Remix)

04 - Rare Unit - Radio Days

05 - Grace - Not Over Yet (DT Loves the BT Dub)

06 - DoodleBug - Loose In the Mind (Azad Rivzi Mix)

07 - Annie - Greatest Hit (Soul Mechanic dub)

08 - DubTribe SoundSystem - Sunshine's Theme

09 - Tiefschwarz - Never (Freaks Dub)

10 - Patrick Green - My Love For You

11 - Jon Cutler - You Groove Me (Samba Dub)

12 - Audio Soul Project - Take You higher

13 - MRE - The Deep Edge

14 - Slide - Closure

Continuing on from the previous theme, but with a different percussive thread and mix style here...

This selection casts a historical perspective from mid 80s to early 90s and brings themes of Brass and Bongo, 808 Synthesizer Electro, Soul, Boogie and Jazz Funk Basslines.

The Mood starts out strongly using the 1210 as the tools that they are in a bootleg remix style of mixtape with drops into sections with a more club style of mixing, in keeping with the era.

Street Sounds:1 was the first records I ever owned at age 7, and having recently revisited it, 'RainForest' is for me, still a standout track on that release.

The Epilogue Track is one I find to be just so laid back and perfect for a lazy summer's evening or afternoon...

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01 - Alyris - Sweet Guitar

02 - Dread Flimstone & The Modern Tone Age Family - From The Ghetto (Album Mix)

03 - Alyris - Can't Get Enough

04 - Dread Flimstone & The Modern Tone Age Family - From The Ghetto (Edit - Freddies Bronx Mix)

05 - Inner Circle - Wanted Dead Or Alive (MS Dub on Dub Edit)

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06 - Snow - Every Time You're Around

07 - Hustlers of Culture - SouthSide

08 - Alyris - Got to get your Love (Club Mix)

09 - The Cool notes - Spend The Night

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10 - AceBeat - Holding On

11 - Paul Hardcastle - RainForest

12 - Lisa Stansfield - Time to make you mine (Dub House Mix)

13 - Sybil - My Love is Guaranteed (Club Mix)

14 - George Benson - Octane

A scrape through some of my dusty crates provides something a bit different from my normal sets ... Looking back to the late 80's into early 90's when there were some amazing turntable technicians that inspired me to take up the challenge of mixing tracks on vinyl. Beyond the 4/4.. this session rolls with a jazzy, gospel Hammond, string and flute infused journey from 101 to 120 through Soul, Acid-Jazz, New Jack Swing, early Garage, Deep and Detroit House[]:[][][]: the dionne track is so raw and the messages from Billy, Mel ( you rocked live at Fylde in 95) and the Colonel are as apt and poignant today as They were back then !!

01 - Intro - JT - Interlude (MonoEcho Dub)

02 - Higher Ground - Somebody (EXtended Mix)

03 - Billy Griffin - Technicolour (Instrumental)

04 - Mantra - Vibes Alive

05 - Keith Sweat - Keep it coming (12" Mix)

06 - Karyn White - The Way you love me (Simpson House Dub)

07 - Hi Five - Playing hard to get (Hula & Fingers Extended Mix)

08 - Jazz Not Jazz - Trip and Flip (Flip Mix)

09 - Tammy Payne - Take me now (Take me dub)

10 - Melanie Williams - Not enough love (23B Soul Mix)

11 - Black Machine - How Gee

12 - George Duke - Thief in the night (Instrumental)

13 - O'Chi Brown - 100% Pure Pain (Dub)

14 - Colonel Abrams - Somebody tell me (Colonel's Mix)

15 - REP - Got me Delirious

16 - D-Note - Now's the time

17 - Joe Smooth - Rejoice (Album Mix)

18 - White Label

19 - Soho - Hot Music (Jazz Mix)

20 - REDD - There for you

21 - Skarlet & Black - Hot Sauce

22 - Blaze - So Special (So So Mix)

23 - Bora Bora - Jealousy (Instrumental)

24 - F.O.G - What you like - (Deeper Dub)

25 - Degrees of Motion - Soul Freedom (Full Flavour Mix)

26 - O-Zone - White Label - Falling In Love with you

27 - Dionne - Kisses (ALF Soul Dub)

28 - Outro - Red Light - And Then