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After a hiatus Deep Transmissions is back with a 1.75hr feast of music which has been catching the ear and the mind over the past couple of months. The exemplar of electronic music festivals, Sonar, has again proven to be an inspiration. Hit play and let it take you where it will. 01. Ananda Project - Moment Before Dreaming (Idjut Boys Dub) 02. Phaze Dee, Quadrakey - What Deep Of (Quadrakey remix) 03. RedSoul - Cesar's Jam 04. Toni Young - Going On 05. Sade - Kiss Of Life (Jarmey's Edit) 06. Bookwood - Thin Clouds 07. B.A.X - Cloud 7 08. Midnight Workouts - Loverman (Alex Daniell Instrumental mix) 09. Offshore & Coen - Lost 10. Ray Okpara - Everlet (Sascha Dive's NY Downtown remix) 11. Yamil - Amaru 12. 84 bit - Get This (Local Options remix) 13. Daniel Brooks - The Fifth 14. Alex Soltirov - Something To Say 15. Labeuz - Clouds 16. Jarred Gallo - Unify 17. Tommy Boccuto - Fable 18. Cpen - Jus Music 19. Joeski - Extasy 20. Safeword - Be The Light 21. Moullinex, Reset Safari - Deja Vu (Reset Safari remix)

For May we have an exclusive 2 hour guest set from Stuart of NICETRAXUK. Regular listeners to this show will be familiar with Stuart, and the label he runs with Patrick Foley, which has developed a carefully curated back catalog of excellent releases with a firm emphasis on quality, both in the music, and the way it is visually and physically presented, and while the label does release digitally, it is evident that Stuart and Pat take great pride in being able to release their music on vinyl, for those who care enough to want to invest in quality. Their last release, the Evans Above EP by Dubble D was in my top 3 tracks of 2018 and remains the only track ever to have appeared twice on this show. The theme of this mix has been built around the forthcoming NICE008 release and includes unreleased tracks from it. Enough from me, enjoy 2 hours of early Summer shaped by the sound of Stuart for NICETRAXUK. Check NICETRAX on the following links: https://nicetraxuk.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/nicetraxuk   01. Leigh D Oliver - (Sic) (City Soul Project Remix) 02. DJ Ali featuring Tim Fuller - You Don't Know (Ruff Cut) 03. 95 North - Let Yourself Go (Capitol dub) 04. Alma Negra - This Is The Place (Hugo Mari Remix) 05. Cris Herrera, Tokita, Homero Espinosa - It's You (Dub Mix) 06. Franck Roger - Vabre (Dj Steaw Airdub) 07. Seb Green and DF Mac - The Middle (Tribal Chant mix)* 08. Demarkus Lewis - The Only One (Jesusdapnk Underground Remix) 09. City Soul Project - The Deep (Youen Remix) 10. Karizma - Klearkut 11. JT Donaldson featuring Liv.e - Stay Inside 12. Kevin Yost - Sounds So Good (Original Mix) 13. Look Like - Do You Love? 14. Seb green DF Mac - Enter space* 15. Manuel Tur - Astrakan 16. Saronde - Moyo Mama (Jimpster's Dub) 17. T. Jacques - Optical 18. T. Jacques - XI.XX (Original Mix) 19. The Power Of Three - The Time Is Coming feat Vanessa Freeman - Atjazz "Love Soul" Dub 20. Ron & Manoo - The Sound (Dub) 21. The IT - Breeze 22. Seb Green DF Mac- The middle (Afro Tribal Mix)* 23. The Power Of Three - The Time Is Coming feat Vanessa Freeman - Atjazz "Love Soul" Dub (Outro) * Nicetraxuk promo

With the clocks rolling forward the end of March finds me in a reflective mood with this summer marking the 8th anniversary of Kenny Hawkes' death. The recent re-issue of his track 'Play the game' including an affectionate tribute mix by Luke Solomon in the form of the Space Children extended love mix, has nudged my mind back to all those times spent in the dark with nothing but Kenny's late night alchemy to focus on, and how those were some of the best times I've ever spent on a dancefloor. Each generation, if they are lucky enough, will find their own Kenny Hawkes, an inspirational figure who carries the culture forward by sheer dint of their generosity and talent. I count myself as deeply fortunate to have known this one. So many wonderful cuts on this session but the standout tracks which I have to mention are the opening 'Ride On' by Ali Love and Kenny Glasgow, and the brilliant Daniel Ray remix of I remember Love by Glass Slipper. 01. Ali Love, Kenny Glasgow - Ride On 02. Eric Ericksson - Sea Point 03. Andy Hart - Merkin 04. Philip Budny - Somnambulism 05. Intr0beatz - Mandolinio 06. Black Loops, Nikos Haropoulos - 7Hills 07. Danijiel Kevic - Hold It Down 08. Meltronic - The Old Me 09. Glass Slipper - I Remember Love (Daniel Ray remix) 10. Chopstick & Johnson - Sometimes 11. Steve Hammer - Compose 12. Madloch, Subnode - Shadow People 13. New Jackson - By Its Own Light 14. Clavis - Boyd 15. Kornum & Karma - Fresh NY Talent 16. Boogie Rapture, Nathan G - In My Arms (Nathan G Re-Feel)

First session of 2019 assumes a deep, dreamlike state for much of the session, with an appearance from one of my favourite early 00s tracks, the Charles Webster trumpet dub of Thru 2 u by Echomen, as well as plenty of tender and tasty morsels from &ME, Karol XII & MB Valence, and long time favourite here at Deep Transmissions, Mark Hand.  01. Rodriguez Jr feat. Liset Alea - Take a Walk 02. Echomen - Thru 2 You (Charles Webster Trumpet Dub) 03. Mark Hand feat. Sio - Under The Winter 04. Powel - On a Whale Through The Desert 05. &Me - The Rapture Pt. II 06. White Leaf, Hosini - Limerence (Hosini Remix) 07. Karol XVII & MB Valence - Aqua (Jackspeare Original Interpretation) 08. Innsæi & LØC - Je Vole 09. Zoo Brazil - Gone & Out 10. Theo Kottis - Ciro 11. Late Nite Cancerian - Futurism 12. Kaznova, Rona Ray, Rodamaal - Look What You've Done (Rocco Rodamaal Dubwork) 13. Jimpster - Simmering Down 14. &Me - As Above So Below 15. Maya Jane Coles - Other Side 16. Dodi Palese - Erika 17. Tim Weeks - Illuminate 18. Taka Boom, Chaka Khan, DJ Onionz - Groove Like That (DJ Onionz Remix)

A final extended set to close out 2018, this one in collaboration with Monosonics, adds a fourth edition to the Radio Eden series we kicked off back in 2016 and finds more familiar territory following a diversion into more down tempo sounds on the last episode of the series. Too many great tracks here to cherry pick any so I'll just let them speak for themselves. 01 - Billy Eilish - Ocean Eyes (VOWL Remix - MS IntroEdit) 02 - Black Jazz Consortium - 120 Black key Experiment (Continuation Interlude) 03 - RQ - Circle 1 04 - NachtBraker - Jared Fogle  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 26 - Lawrence Dix - Stranger

After some downtime to purge the buffer and re-center this session came together surprisingly quickly. It's composed of some tracks from earlier in the year which I wanted to return to, as well as some newer material, and of particular note is the excellent Transmissions by Lawrence Dix, from his forthcoming 2 track EP on Oh So Coy due out in early December. Also included here is the beautiful selfless state by So Inagawa, whose much loved, and to date, only LP from 2015 is due out on repress in November on Cabaret so that comes highly recommended from me. 01. Maricopa - Sunset Orange 02. Mr Fingers - Full Moon 03. Pierre Johnson - CURE 04. Buddy Love - In Touch 05. Felix Leifur - Pinot Noir 1985 06. Chaos In The CBD - Drum Therapy 07. Rancido, Jaidene Veda - Colors Of Your Love 08. Lawrence Dix - Transmissions 09. Topek - Citizen 10. Harrison BDP - Decompression 11. So Inagawa - Selfless State 12. Andre Lodemann - Metamorphosis 13. Hello Machines - Brokenhearted 14. Kevin Over - Coop 15. Anthony Mea - Brooklyn Love 16. Mutenoise - Midnight (Ashley Beedle 'North Street' remix)

September sees us dropping a couple of gears to reprise the Collaborative series 'Radio Eden' which I do with Monosonics. Featuring some lovely music from Leifur James and a distinctly Jazzy spine, this is a collection of smokey room sounds for the small hours. 01. Deeb ft. Asteroid - The Story 02. L'Indecis - Sunrise Drive 03. Deeb - Squba 04. Frameworks - HillSide 05. Leifur James - Argonaut 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 13. Aso - Seasons 14. Brock Berrigan - Her Smile 15. Leifur James - Time 16. Stan Forebee - Apple Juice 17. Todd Terje & Prins Thomas - Reinbagan

An extended set for August, inspired largely by a restorative few days in Rhodes where I came across a DJ called Loukas Toumpakis who played a nightly set of beguiling, snaking, trance flecked house which really hit the spot with a bottle of cold Debina. And so it is that the 2hr set assembled here is largely inspired by much of the music I heard during those heady evening sessions as well as other tracks which I feel fit the profile. One such track, Cosmic Clouds by El Sonido Project, who themselves hail from Athens, is also available as a free download from their soundcloud page so head over and give them some support. It was a revelation to discover this track being played by one of their countrymen in Rhodes and even more so to discover it was unsigned! 01. Ross From Friends - Wear Me Down 02. Lunga SA - 003 02 03. Emptyset feat. Cornelius Harris - Altogether Lost (Ripperton's Underground Kingdom mix) 04. Maricopa - Everyday Mysticism 05. Krystyano, Kataa - Hayq 06. El Sonido Project - Cosmic Clouds 07. Rick Wade - Passion Play 08. Look Like - Full Moon Rhythm 09. Mark Alow - Trip To The Lonely Planet 10. Davi - Boarding Call (Hraach remix) 11. Andromo - Door To Life 12. Akayan - Snakes 13. Dale Howard - Pulsar 14. WillowMan, Will Wee, K-Zan - Give Me Five (Will Wee U-Man remix) 15. Arkadiusz-S - Deep Button For Me 16. Midnight Workouts - Loverman (Vincenzo remix) 17. Kora - Nous 18. Andre Bastos, Spuri - Cattleya 19. Peter Makto feat. Kayta - Sharp Lines 20. Donatello - Moon Walk (Stan Kolev remix) 21. Urulu - Heaven Unlimited 22. Supernova - Tuyo (Colombian Club Mix)

After opening 2018 on Deep Transmissions in fine style Stuart from NiceTraxUK is back with another set packed full of smouldering 35 degrees in the shade house cuts. The label also celebrates the imminent release of the phenomenal Evans Above EP, the title track from which appeared on both the January and February Deep Transmissions shows, such was the impact it made with me. Be sure to keep hitting refresh on this one at all the usual quality vinyl outlets because it'll go much quicker than it arrived. Without further delay pour something cool and hit play on something cooler. 01. Honey Dijon - Burn (Ashley Beedles North St mix) 02. Mike Steva - The Message 03. Joshua Iz - L'After 04. Skymark - Find a Place In This Crazy World (Ron Trent mix) 05. Satoshi Tomiie - Bassline 06. Saison - Something Made Me (Werkshy Instrumental mix) 07. Rhythm Formula - Who Needs Enemies 08. Honey Dijon - State of Confusion (Maurice Fulton mix) 09. Jimpster - Lightshine 10. Karizma - Tech This Out Pt 1. (Atjazz mix) 11. Pitto - If You Treat Me Like a Fool 12. Honey Dijon - Look Ahead (Horse Meat Disco's Vauxhall Version) 13. Joshua Iz - J Runnin 14. Karizma - Tech This Out Pt 1 (original) 15. Honey Dijon - Thunda (HNNY Extended remix remastered)

As we shift into summer this session sees some fine, wonky hiphouse courtesy of a brilliant Brown Sugar edit from Frits Wentink, and standards from much loved producers such as Mano Le Tough, Powel and Dave DK. 01. k2k - We Down For 02. Frits Wentink - Track 3 03. Mar, Malin Genie, Lazare Hoche - Pressure Baby 04. Swales - Sun Fog (Ethyene Rawnelagh mix) 05. LezGuy - 99 06. Powel - Tuesday Blues 07. Hundreds - Un-Unify (Mano Le Tough remix) 08. Active Child - Johnny Belinda (Dave DK Topanga dub) 09. Beatamines - New Fade 10. Magit Cacoon - Nonsense 11. Oliver Schories - Ohm 12. Kled Baken - Cordillera 13. Kiasmos - Blurred 14. Solee - Ghostpunk 15. Jimmy Edgar, Dawn Richard - Burn So Deep (Maya Jane Coles remix) 16. Ki Creighton, The Angel - Free Me 17. La Fleur - Outbreaker

After a hiatus in April owing to a wonderful spell travelling around southern Peru Deep Transmissions is back and rebooted for the summer. This episode features new and old tracks including a cut from the much awaited 2nd EP on Groovence, regular listeners may recall Bound to the Beat from the first EP back on Episode 73, well it's taken a year for a second EP to emerge so they're not ones for haste but the results speak for themselves with the quality of output they are achieving. Ron Trent also makes an appearance with his wonderful collaboration with Lono Brazil while the long overdue appearance of Dreaming About Tomorrow by Rupeski feat. Mel Blatt finds a home in the final third. I often find it pays to look back for inspiration in order to move forward and this was just the track I heard in my mind when looking for the perfect foil to Juju & Jordash's Neon Swing, another track I've long wanted to include in an episode and possibly the most laid back sounding 140bpm track ever! 01. Detroit Swindle feat. Seven Davis Jr. - Flavourism (Pépé Bradocks' Bittersweet Mix) 02. Black Loops - Higher (Matthieu Faubourd Remix) 03. Scott Diaz - We Reminisce 04. Jus Tadi - Set Free (Intr0beatz Relaxation) 05. Dan Only - Don't You Understand 06. Gaol - Rogue 07. Demuja - J On G 08. Moonee & Tour Maubourg - The Preacher 09. Tidy Daps - Give Me Hope (The Same Old Souls Remix) 10. Kylie Auldist, Si Tew - Jokes On Me (Kyodai Remix) 11. Juju & Jordash - Neon Swing 12. Rupeski feat. Mel Blatt - Dreamin' About Tomorrow (G Dubs Guided by Angels Reprise) 13. Adam Port, Rampa, &Me - Muye (Black Coffee Remix) 14. Lono Brazil, Ron Trent - Manchild (In The Promised Land) (Ron Trent Full Vocal Version) 15. Deeper Phil - Epeng

2018 is proving to be an inspiring year already. Off the back of a guest mix from NiceTraxUK, and a February session crammed to the brim with incredible music, we have a follow up collaboration with Monosonics where we revisit what we started with Radio Eden Pt I, which is also available on both our pages so I recommend you track it down too if you haven't heard it. The mentality here is simply to riff on the revelatory feel of authentic late 90s Gallic house (before it became commodified and pigeonholed) but expand it to sounds which share that same 4am basement shuffle sensibility. That sweet spot in the small hours where you're so absorbed that the worldly preoccupations beyond those walls dissolve and you become a string on a bow, resonating with the music. I took the first 4 and 9-12 with monosonics handling 5-8 and playing us out from 13-16. Finally do go and check Monosonics here, he has a musical lexicon all his own and, as a fellow stalwart from the Bar Vinyl days where we played together in Camden each Saturday night, he's an authentic voice. 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) 06. 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)

Following January's excellent guest set from Stuart of NICETRAXUK comes the first installment of the year from me, and with it a reflective mood. Inevitably when doing something for a protracted period of time it can start to feel like a habit, and while music is one I'd never wish to kick, the process of labouring carefully over shows in the hope that they reach, and move people, before hitting 'publish' only realistically to send them off into the ether to be largely ignored alongside a million others each vying for the same slice of limited collective attention span can start to feel a little deflating. It all comes back to one question "why do you do this?" I'm prompted to ask this of myself having seen two other shows I enjoyed finish recently (Leigh Morgan's Urban torque and Doc Scott's Future Beats radio show), and at it's heart that answer has to be "self fulfillment". All the plaudits in the world won't vindicate the effort if you don't feel proud of what you've done, but if you truly feel, and enjoy what you do I think it's easier to be at peace with limited recognition/exposure as you've created it with integrity, which is maybe the key to any success you may find in life.  Anyway without getting too deep about it, this session has found me with a renewed vigour for the music, having delved into the past for some truly special tracks, Shadows by Nick Holder, and Soul Searching 3 by Rasoul, both long overdue a spot on this show. There's also plenty of sumptuous vocal action in the early part of this session. Oh and another first for deep transmissions, the first track to be played on two shows, Evans Above by Dubble D. It was on Stuart's guest mix and blew me away so had to include it here too. Be sure to support it when it comes out later in the month. 01. Nick Holder - Shadows 02. Shur-I-Kan - Kermit's Lodge 03. DJ Rasoul - Soul Searching 3 (Let Me Love You) 04. Nick Holder - Beautiful 05. DuBeats - Tender Love 06. Terri Walker - Missing You (Opolopo remix) 07. Iz & Diz - Little Universe 08. Sondrio - Versey (Black Loops remix) 09. Fish Go Deep - Song For Repaired Piano 10. Double D - Evans Above 11. Jimpster - Ceilings 12. Zepherin Saint - One Sound 13. Riski K - Vibes (Kostya Outta remix) 14. Anja Schneider - All I See 15. Solee - Infinidad (Martin Landsky remix) 16. Portable Sunsets - Straylight (Dave DK remix) 17. Stan Kolev - We Become 18. DJ Koze - Seeing Aliens

And so here we are with the first episode of 2018 and a bit special it is too. Regular listeners may remember that wonderful inaugural guest mix by Mark Hand featured last year. Well for this episode we have another guest session, this time from Stuart Partridge of NICETRAXUK, a label which he and Patrick Foley have been running since 2013, and which grew out of a shared love of authentic deep house music (before the term became so nebulous), and the desire to give it a platform. It was clear within minutes of talking with Stuart that he's a journeyman with an enduring passion for music, having started playing in the late 80s, Stuart went on to run the Tweekin records store in San Francisco for 6 years and in that time played with everyone from Mark Farina to Charles Webster. As someone who purchased a fair few releases on Tweekin it is with great pleasure that I am now able to shine a light on NICETRAXUK, please do check the label out on the links below and support this fine imprint. https://nicetraxuk.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/stuartnicetraxuk https://soundcloud.com/phatpat https://twitter.com/NICELONDONUK 01. Gauss - Dweller [Ornate Music - forthcoming] 02. Michael Zucker - Narrow Is The Gate - [Finale Sessions - forthcoming] 03. Art Of Tones - I Just(Can't Get Over It) (Terrence Parker remix) [Beer] 04. Lil' Mark - Inevitable [NICETRAXUK - forthcoming] 05. Nathan Haines/Verna Francis - Earth Is The Place (Atjazz remix) [Foliage] 06. Saison - Everybody [Large] 07. Dubble D (aka Moodymanc) - Grande Piazza [Well Cut] 08. Lorenz Rhode - And I Said [Dirt Crew Recordings] 09. Jonno & Tommo - Dirty Nylons [Finale Sessions - forthcoming] 10. Deepkeen - Follow Me (Alex Soltirov Mix) [Different Attitudes] 11. Dubble D (aka Moodymanc) - Evans Above [NICETRAXUK - forthcoming] 12. Groove Assassin - Thinkin' Bout U [Things May Change!] 13. J Cub - Mestizo (Toni Lionni Remix) [NICETRAXUK - forthcoming] 14. Michael Zucker - Just Believe [Finale Sessions - forthcoming]

As the finish line on 2017 comes into view we've another transmission clocking in at just shy of the 2 hour mark to usher in turkey time. No Bradley Walsh christmas covers here though, just a selection of all I'm loving right now, both current, and a little further back. Highlights are the Twice Movement cut, Bound to the Beat, taken from the hens teeth Cosmic Groove EP on Groovence out of France. Thanks to Thibaut from the label for hooking me up on this as I completely missed the 12" when it dropped and there are very few around now. Also finally got to include 'Lights Go Out' from the perenially superb Trevor Deep Jr, a constant favourite of mine. The KiNK and DJ Seinfeld tracks are also worth a mention, particularly as the Seinfeld LP which came out this month has been a contender for house LP of the year for me. This is the last transmission of the year so thanks for listening and here's to 2018. 1. Lukas Lyrestam - Hang Around (Powel remix) 2. Roberto Palmero, Matt Prehn - This No (Matt Prehn Dark Rub) 3. Twice Movement - Bound To The Beat 4. Erik Ellman - Ease Harmony (M.ono remix) 5. Scott Diaz & Max Footwork - There's No Time To Waste 6. Twolegs, Kaytronik, Karizma - Worth It (Kaytronik's Worth It Dub) 7. Kisch, Leela D, Alice Klark - Flame (Alice Clark remix) 8. Hyenah, Nonku - Phases 9. Jaidene Veda, Ursula Rucker, Nick Holder - Humble Pie (Inst.) 10. Phase Dee - Nightpath 11. La Deep - Savoury 12. DJ Seinfeld - Too Late for U and M1 13. Joyce Muniz - Mushroom Disco 14. Guri, Eider - Black Hole (Carlos Sanchez remix) 15. DJ Hell - Guede (Joyce Muniz remix) 16. Octo Octa - Adrift (Dorisburg remix) 17. Earth Trax - I Gave You Everything 18. Bambook - Not The One (Flashmob remix) 19. Trevor Deep Jr - Lights Go Out 20. Raär - Räve 21. KiNK - Yom Thorke   

This episode is an extended set reflecting all that's transpired since last month's. The inspiration for it comes from a perception bending 3 week trip to Vietnam and Cambodia, and the cover photo was taken 36,000ft above the Caspian coastal plains of Iran chasing a cloudless dusk. So much special music to chew over here from the latest release by Balaphonic (aka Moodymanc) through to an array of vinyl only tracks by Tobi Danton, Harrison BDP, Telfort and Malouane, and of course something a bit different to close the set out from Tee Mango. The first part of the mix represents some of the music which soundtracked a mesmerising, blazingly humid few days in Cambodia while the spine forages from more familiar territory to listeners of deep transmissions. Finally watch out for the 'Soulfuric Acid' EP on NicetraxUK due out in November exclusively through Juno, and which will no doubt feature on the next show. 1. Kareem Lotfy - Fr3sh 2. Four Tet - Two Thousand and Seventeen 3. Laurence Guy feat. Steve Spacek - Drum Is A Woman 4. Balaphonic - Sunflowers In Dub 5. Delakeyz - Our Roots 6. Leon Revol - Outside 7. Malouane - Discovery One 404 8. Prophets of a New Generation - Seek And You Will Find 9. Lil' Mark & Jcub - Epic 40 10. Telfort - Until Now (Julius Steinhoff version) 11. Harrison BDP - It's Foggy Outside 12. Dodi Palese - Slightly 13. Dwson - Luna 14. Tobi Danton - NYC Days 15. DJ Aakmael - Mood Capacity 16. Nils Penner, Johnjon - Multa (Johnjon remix) 17. Chromatic Filters - Slow Emotions (Fouk remix) 18. Demarkus Lewis - Ain't Nobody Else 19. Byron The Aquarius - Song For a Friend 20. Nachtbraker - Hamdi 21. Tee Mango - I See You Dancin'

Late in the month and already finding us contemplating the downswing into the rainy season, this session kicks off with the sumptuous opener from Dauwds recent LP 'Theory Of Colours' before traversing excellent new tracks by Closed Paradise, forthcoming on Fina, Stan Serkin, forthcoming on F*CLR, and the long overdue inclusion of the underground mix of Freedom Train by Groovestyle, a track the wonderful Kenny Hawkes pretty much made his own. 1. Dauwd - Macadam Therapy 2. Couros - Circles 3. Closed Paradise - Praise 4. Owen Jay & Melchior Sultana - Bubbles Floating In The Sky 5. LTS - Drifting (Nathan G Dub Paradiso) 6. Grant - The Depth 7. Pepe - Bay Moon 8. Demuja - Sugar 9. JohNick - Good Time 10. Eli Escobar - Seein You (Saison remix) 11. Groovestyle - Freedom Train (Underground mix) 12. Stan Serkin - Save Me 13. James Dexter - Have It Like That 14. Strandtuch - Dreamland

Originally intended for release in May this one has taken a little longer than expected, owing in part to some last minute discoveries upsetting the order of things. I just had to include the lovely new remix of Vanilla Ace's Get It On by Scott Diaz. There's a bit of everything here, reassuringly deep out of the blocks, moving through accents of jazz and restrained disco via the AMIR and Vanilla Ace tracks, and then down into the deepest of subterranean recesses with Homepark, Nthng & Ben Sims. These are troubled times but there's always respite to be had in good music, and along with love and compassion it's just about the finest gift we have to give. 1. Slacker - See Yourself 2. Atjazz - Dry Red Line 3. Sweely - All The Reasons 4. Goshawk - High In The Evergreens 5. Awanto 3 - Pregnant 6. Vanilla Ace - Get It On (Scott Diaz 'Hint of Disco' remix) 7. Jay Potter - Such An Ease 8. Thatmanmonkz - Got 2 Get 2 (Ducktape Dub) 9. Jimpster - Where You Are 10. AMIR - The Monologue (DJ Aaakmael Unxpozd mix) 11. Homepark - RFMS 12. Nthng - 1996 13. Huxley - Callin' 14. Ben Sims pres. Ron Bacardi - Rock Your Body 15. Radio Slave - Bell Clap Dance (TCK mix) 16. Karim Sahraoui - White Horse 17. Christoph - Alone 18. Shanti Celeste - Make Time 19. Bicep - Closing Sequence  

This episode has been a little delayed as there were so many vinyl releases I wanted to fit in but now it's here there's a distinct nod to the past with some timeless material from Ron Trent, After Hours and Freeform Five, giving way to newer material from Marquis Hawkes, Rimbaudian & Lootbeg. Of special mention are the always essential treatments by Mark Hand, and Goshawk who serves up a gorgeous vocal production, 'My Heart', which will set up basecamp in your brain after the first listen. Finally a brace of crackers from Baltra, who I should have featured sooner, rounds things out. 1. Marcel Vogel - Human Being (NY*AK feat Mark Hand remix) 2. Ron Trent - Hooked On Your Love (1984) 3. After Hours - Waterfalls (4 A.M. Mix) 4. Howling - Phases (Club Edit) 5. Freeform Five - One Day (Salt City Orchestra mix) 6. Lootbeg - Float 7. Long Island Sound - Field Echoes 8. Munro - Midnight Rhythm 9. Compuphonic - Slow Bilbao 10. Schatrax - Mispent Years 11. Goshawk - My Heart (Feat. Astral T) 12. Kings Of Tomorrow - Closer (feat. Alex Mills) 13. Rimbaudian - Drop it On Em 14. Joy Orbison - Right Ov 15. Baltra - Tears Drop 16. Marquis Hawkes - The Burning Light 17. Baltra - Untitled (A)

Best foot forward for 2017 with another tale of two halves spun over a 19 track set taking you through some of my favourite downtempo cuts, including a brace of tracks by Fatdog, both culled from the excellent recent EP on the eponymously titled label. The second half navigates the early hours with incredible tracks from the likes of Paul Woolford, Mark Henning, and a simply mesmeric cut by Michael Mayer & Kolsch. 1. Purple Velvet - Live At The Mill 2. 2 Bit Crew - Your Sun Belongs To Me 3. Fatdog - Down 4. Salt City Orchestra Feat. Derrick Carter - Got Change For a Twenty 5. Fatdog - Oh God 6. Kid Fonque & D. Malice - Life Is Real feat. Ruby White (Kid Fonque Refix) 7. Laurence Guy - Love & Be Loved 8. Central - Twice The Space In Space 9. Strandtuch - Copa 10. Michael Ashe - I Don't Know (Charles Webster Remix) 11. Earth Trax - Los Conquistadores 12. Trevor Deep Jr - Prince Of Helsinki 13. Michael Mayer & Kolsch - Dogma 1 14. Paul Woolford - Heaven & Earth (Part 1) 15. Jesper Dahlback - What Is The Time Mr Templar 16. Mark Henning - Jaguar 17. Fred P - Energy Soul 18. Sam Smith - Like I Can (Jonas Rathsman Remix) 19. Ambivalent - Daylights