FMB MIXTAPE 193 | MIKA OKI

FMB MIXTAPE 193 | MIKA OKI

FMB MIXTAPE 193 | MIKA OKI (iTUNES)

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Next up on the FMB Mixtape Series, we’re happy to have Mika Oki in the mix, a French-Japanese visual and sound artist, currently living and working in Brussels. First, we caught up with her to find out about the mix & what she’s been up to recently…

I’ve been chilling in my garden with my cat! Watching the supermoooon!

As a late night bird, I’ve recorded this mix during the night in my studio in Brussels. My studio is also a radio station once a week and turns into a community studio for the french & belgian LYL radio. I’m taking care of the Belgian branch. The studio is part of an artist runspace where I live together with nineteen other artists. It’s called Brasserie Atlas. 

Usually I craft my mixes like a trip on acid by balancing many opposites. From organic sounds to melted voices, electroacoustic sounds and rugged drums, busy acid workouts and sparse, bass heavy rhythm tracks. This one is more progressive and made of cathartic passages of musical mindfulness with brutal drum assaults that tugs you in many different directions at once to trigger both physically and emotionally.

Up next…

Lately I’ve been Djing and playing an AVLive project with SKY H1. 

Will be touring during the summer in festivals like Dour and Pukkelpop in Belgium, Dekmantel in Holland, Nextones &  Opera in Italy & others…

I’m also looking forward to being in September for the Meakusma Festival where I will be showing my Installation Parhelion and be in Uganda for the Nyege Nyege Festival where I will show a very new work for the occasion. Can’t wait!

Tracklist:

  1. Nicholas G. Padilla – PoemII
  2. Justin – Gettas FP
  3. MISH – Ode To Mushroom
  4. Low Khey feat Catnapp
  5. Rosalia – Cap.IV: Disputa: De aquí no sales
  6. Endless Mow – Merrily, I hastened to the chicken shoppe
  7. Danse Musique Rhone-Alpes – A3 l’Age de Philip Glass 4
  8. Maya Q – beno (soft)
  9. Flatpack & Dudeman – On The Tools
  10. Freaky Chakra – Piledriver
  11. BFTT – Suchblush
  12. Trimbal – Confidence Boost (Harmonimix)
  13. Ayesha – Varanasi
  14. GLUE BOY – Big Vaysion feat. Garlic Man
  15. Poborsk – Slice Step
  16. Lithe – Second Pavilion (Galtier Remix)
  17. Siu Mata & Amor Satyr – Is This All Real
  18. The Untouchables – Deep Six
  19. St Kaaz -Dementia
  20. E Warzou – Eat it mix
  21. Pete Namlook & Burhan Ocal – Bir Calgiyim Gogsune Yaslanmis, Part VII
  22. Sébastien Forrester – Turnoil
  23. 96back – 36th Chamberlain (Happa Remix)
  24. Universal Indicator – Untitled
  25. Luke Vibert – Worry Ledge
  26. george-i – Room To Give, Room To Take
  27. Aphex Twin – No Bucephalus Bouncing Ball
  28. Glass – Appointment Scheduling System
  29. Happa – Fever
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FMB MIXTAPE 192 | MONA YIM

FMB MIXTAPE 192 | MONA YIM

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Mona Yim – the Chinese-German producer, composer, DJ, performer, and all-around musical polymath – is our guest on the FMB Mixtape Series this week. As always, we first caught up with her to find out what she’s been up to lately…

I recently played my first ever DJ show joining DJ Seinfeld at his sold out live show at KOKO Club in London and just released my debut EP “Gotta Do This, Gurl” on Rekids. I have been very busy in the studio and in sessions and just played a livestream at HÖR Berlin this week.

The mix was recorded at Riverside Studios in Berlin. They have a little DJ Room here where I come to practice pretty often. I always love to try telling stories with my mixes. For this mix I featured artists that have been inspiring me on my musical journey for a long time, some new tunes I love as well as some unreleased music. It’s quite energetic, bouncy and a little bit melancholic as well – it features a lot of vocal edits which is something I really love to play around with.

Up next…

I’m working on lots of new music and some really exciting remixes as well. Besides that I’m preparing for more live gigs later this year and my second EP that will come out in autumn. Lots of amazing things happening that I’m really grateful for – thank you so much for having me on this mix! This is such a dream come true! <3

Much love,
Mona x

Tracklist
1. Mona Yim – Gotta Do This, Gurl
2. SBTRKT, Sampha – Living Like I Do
3. Burial – Claustro
4. SOPHIE – Nothing More To Say
5. Salute – Feel The Same
6. Maya Jane Coles – What They Say
7. Special Request – Memory Lake
8. niina – everything’s gunna be alright, niina said so
9. Kelly Lee Owens – Melt
10. Piri & Tommy – Soft Spot (MJ Cole Remix)
11. Georg Fitzgerald – Call It Love (feat. Lawrence Hart) (Scuba
Remix)
12. ID – ID
13. Fasme – Home

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FMB MIXTAPE 191 | KIARA SCURO

FMB MIXTAPE 191 | KIARA SCURO

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For this week’s episode of the FMB Mixtape series, we reached out to Rosie & Nadia of Kiara Scuro, the London-based DJ duo and Balamii regulars. As always, we first caught up to find out a bit about the mix & what they’ve been up to lately…

We kicked off festival season at the end of May at Wide Awake, it felt good to be back at it after just catching the tail end of summer last year. The week before last we were at Else in Berlin with a lot of our Spun Out Agency crew and then we’ve just come back from playing Glastonbury – nursing our wounds after a very silly weekend. Thanks to Dave for booking us on such a glammy stage, and to everyone who danced with us, it was such a vibe!

The mix was recorded at Rosie’s house on 2 XDJs and a DJM mixer. It’s a club mix really. It’s full of music we’ve been digging recently, and the kind of sounds you’ll hear us playing in the club, from progressive trance and squelchy acid to weighty electro and bass. If you need a pick me up post-Glasto, this one’s for you…

Up next…

You can catch us on 9th July at The Yard in Hackney Wick for the next installment of Secretsundaze’s 20th birthday celebrations, then we’ll be at Tola at the end of the month in Peckham, before heading over to Zurich in early August. 

Music-wise we’ve got a track coming up for the lovely lads at GODDEZZ alongside our pal Timothy Clerkin at the end of July, keep an eye out for it!

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FMB MIXTAPE 190 | X CLUB

FMB MIXTAPE 190 | X CLUB

FMB MIXTAPE 190 | X CLUB (iTUNES)

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For this week’s episode of the FMB Mixtape Series, we welcome X CLUB, the project of Brisbane based production duo Ben Clarke and Jesse Morath. First, we caught up with them to tell us about the mix & what they’ve been up to lately…

After releasing our “Everything Comes True” EP with Skin on Skin, we made our move over to London. Since then, we’ve been playing our debut shows across the country, as well as Ireland. In between, we’ve been preparing for our next couple of records, which we’re so excited for!

This mix was actually recorded in Dublin. We were in Ireland for a few shows, and we stayed in Dublin for a day to relax and see some friends, while we were there we had the opportunity to record the mix at a studio near town. 

We wanted this mix to embody constant groove and consistent energy. We have been really loving raw grooves & percussive techno, music to make you move. We’ve also added a few forthcoming tracks of ours.

Up next…

We’re playing our first show in Bristol on the 24th of June, then onto Manchester with Mall Grab at Hidden. In August and September we’ve got some really exciting shows across the Netherlands, France, Poland and Germany. Details coming soon! To top it all off, we’ve got 2 records coming out, on some of our favourite labels, as well as a compilation with Tred, Julian Muller & Dina. We can’t wait for the year ahead!

Tracklist:

DJ Gumja – Retrospective
Oxia – New Decision
Area – Habana Tekto
Oliver Ho – Mutate and Survive
Hertz – Julia
Voodooamt, Monika Kruse – Cycle Bunch
Marco Bailey – ipanema
XC – ID
Goncalo M – Different Drum
Maxx Rossi – Pulse Shaper
Eric Sand – Baby
Moleon – Gansters
Chontane – Ciion
XC – ID
XC – ID

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FMB MIXTAPE 189 | INSIDE MOVES

FMB MIXTAPE 189 | INSIDE MOVES

FMB MIXTAPE 189 | INSIDE MOVES (iTUNES)

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Next up on the FMB Mixtape series is a mix from Inside Moves, the Belfast-based collective who have been a staple in the Northern Irish electronic scene since 2016. As usual, we fired some questions over to find out a bit about the mix & what they’ve been up to recently…

We’ve literally just got back from playing at Flash Festival in Italy – an amazing food, music and wine festival in the hills of Tuscany. The energy and people were incredible – would 100% recommend it. We brought a big Belfast crew with us, so the Italo-Irish vibes were strong!! We ended up playing an impromptu b2b with Myd on the Friday and then closed the Giardena stage on Saturday. 

We recorded the mix in Belfast at audio maestro and general local legend Tomas’ secret studio. 

We mixed it up with some new stuff we’ve been enjoying recently that we are getting summer ready and some of our older favourites we’ve used across our sets over the last years. 

Up next…

This summer is our 7th Birthday of throwing parties and playing in Belfast – so got a busy one lined up. We play AVA Festival next week, and then we’ve got Skatebard, KI/KI, Ross From Friends and salute lined up for parties across the summer – buzzing for it!

Tracklist:

Dual Shaman – Ocean Breeze (TJ Kong & Nuno
Dos Santos Remix)
Chinaski – Island Magic
Cowbow rhythmbox-6am cowboy
Cosmo vitelli – fish liquor
Swoose – Ectotherm
Ryan Elliott – The Move
Sedef adasi – anonymous force
Golfrapp – strict machine ewan pearson stripped vocal mix
stripped vocal mix
Rhode & Brown, Benjamin Fröhlich Days Of Innocence (Club Mix)
Myrddin – Electric Disco (David Body Remix)
DART – hit and run
Jasp 182 vs melvin path to redemption
Ross From Friends – Love Divide

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