FMB MIXTAPE 159 | CLOSET YI

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Feel My Bicep

FMB MIXTAPE 159 | CLOSET YI

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For the first episode of 2021, we welcome Closet Yi to our mixtape series. Based in South Korea’s capital of Seoul, the producer has making moves on the DJ circuit for a few years now, so we’re looking forward to hearing about the mix & what she’s been up to recently…

Apart from making dj mixes and listening again to Resident Advisor’s 2020’s Best Albums, I’ve been really into practicing my driving skills recently. I never had the time or will to drive when I used to have gigs and parties, but I thought this is the perfect time to practice my skills. It’s challenging but I’m having a lot of fun. 

The mix was recorded at my little studio in Seoul, South Korea. It’s quite hard to get a noise-complaint-free room here in Seoul, but me and my studio mate Jesse You were lucky enough to find this place because it has a motorcycle shop on the first floor, which is even louder! I went through quite a lot of my hard drive and shelves because I wanted to take a look at what music I’ve bought through the past year. An hour seemed a bit short for all the tracks that I wanted to put in as a ‘byebye2020 hello 2021’ mix so I ended up mixing 27 tracks for 90mins.

 

I wanted to feature a lot of female producers that I look up to  this time, especially rRoxymore and India Jordan, and tried to deliver it in a cheerful and catchy way. Each of the tracks are so good, but there’s also an energy flow in the mix as a whole so I hope the listeners can feel it too.

 

Up next…

More driving lessons and some exciting new releases following that! 

Tracklist:

  1. DJ co.kr – Chorus Circus [Biroso Records]
  2. Aspetuck – Liftpoint [This Is Our Time]
  3. Stones Taro – Rabbits [Body Action Music]
  4. Wagon Christ – Ataride [Ninjatune]
  5. Jelly3000 – Wave a Wand [RFR]
  6. Meg Ward – I Mad Aquaintance With a Magpie
  7. rRoxymore – Soleil Synthétique [On Loop]
  8. Kinki Roland – Krasnojarsk 26 [Eidechse]
  9. Closet Yi – Kambar
  10. Sonia Calico – Hougong Crash [UnderU]
  11. Pablo Bozzi – 42 Chambers [Bite]
  12. iota & Ménage – Kissed by the Spiral [Animalia]
  13. Square City – Guied By Robots [Pagoda Recordings]
  14. Closet Yi – When Tigers used to smoke [HBR]
  15. Pillow Queen – Estral Nights [Radiant Love]
  16. Mr. Ho – Superuzer [Klasse Wrecks]
  17. Elkka – Breathe [Femme Culture]
  18. Todd Merrell – Theta
  19. Robert Leiner – Rastaman [H. Productions]
  20. JNS – Miasma (Closet Yi remix) [HBR]
  21. Wachita China – My Money Ed1t [WC]
  22. Closet Yi – murumuru palm tree [HBR]
  23. Perel – Karlsson [Uncanny Valley]
  24. Tiesto – Dallas 4PM [Magik Muzik]
  25. India Jordan – Rave City [Local Action]
  26. CM-4 – Helicoli [All My Thoughts]
  27. Ishi Vu – Panet of Death [Glum Trigger]
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FMB MIXTAPE 158 | PHOEBE VALENTINE

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Feel My Bicep

FMB MIXTAPE 158 | PHOEBE VALENTINE

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For the final episode of 2020, we invited Phoebe Valentine to contribute to the mix series. As always, we asked what she’s been up to recently and to tell us what the idea is behind the mix:

I live in Manchester and we’ve pretty much just been in lockdown since March. In the few weeks when things eased I played at the STEAM radio launch and also for Melodic DIstraction in Liverpool but I’ve mainly been at home.

In true lockdown style, my mix was recorded in my bedroom with two audio technicas, cdj 900s and a xone:43 mixer.

With lockdown I’ve been pretty out the loop with music. The idea behind this mix is rediscovering my library and lots of new bits. In the club, I like to play all over the place with lots of energy but at home I’ve been enjoying more melodic sounds and I think that’s come across in the mix.

Up next…

I’m feeling hopeful and planning parties with B.L.O.O.M. for next year…

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FMB MIXTAPE 157 | KASSIAN

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Feel My Bicep

FMB MIXTAPE 157 | KASSIAN

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Next up on the FMB Mixtape Series is a mix from London-based duo Kassian. As usual, we fired some questions over to find out a bit about the selection & what they’ve been up to recently…

We haven’t had many shows this year with everything going on so we’ve just been hitting the studio as hard as we can, thankfully it’s been a really productive year for us. We also just played our first live stream b2b with Oneman a few days ago which was jokes.

The mix was recorded at our studio, 38East in Hackney Wick using an XDJ RX2, it’s basically our second home.

We wanted to dig a little deeper for this mix and play some of our heavier big room tracks, so we’ve thrown in some breaks and techno that we’re into at the moment. We’ve got an EP coming out in the new year that’s a little heavier than our last releases, so we threw in a couple of those too.

Up next…

Our next EP is called ‘Crush’ and it’s out on Shall Not Fade in January, we’ve also got a couple more records planned and are working on our first album as well. We’re also preparing to launch our own label next year. 

Tracklist

Between Sleeps – Peak

Black Loops – Ode to IPSE

Look Like – Dreamwaterz

Endgrain – La Junta

Kassian – Crush

James AV – Pace

Cristi Conts & Traumer – Reverso

Paranoid London – Sly Is Watching

Kassian – Unreleased

O’Flynn – Mesablanca (O’Flynn & Ekhe Dub)

Kassian – Unreleased

Ste Robters – Mangrove Nine (London Modular Alliance Remix)

Baby Rollen – B45

General Ludd – Run, Don’t Play Dead

Four Tet – Teenage Birdsong (Overmono Remix)

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FMB MIXTAPE 156 | TASHA

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Feel My Bicep

FMB MIXTAPE 156 | TASHA

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For this week’s episode of the FMB Mixtape Series, we welcome Tasha – the London-based DJ and founder of Neighbourhood. As usual we asked what she’s been up to recently and to tell us about the mix…

I just played at The Boudica Music Conference, which was put on to help inspire more women & non-binary people to work in music, it was a fantastic day, very inspiring indeed & was filmed at The Freemason’s Hall! 

Mix was recorded at home on my 1210s, CDJ’s & mixer. Pure grooves 

Up next…

Going in on the streaming this weekend!! Got to big up The Advent for setting up techno-club.net and inviting me to be resident, such a sick project, if you wanna check some proper techno, electro & house check it out this weekend, I’m in the black room on Friday with The Advent! Then I’m at Fold on Sunday playing b2b Voicedrone for Natural Selection’s 10th Birthday, The Advent is also playing, The Fear Ratio – James Ruskin & Mark Broom, 96 Back & Kodah b2b Swarmm, bonkers line up, proper looking forward to that! I didn’t think I’d get into the streaming but it’s definitely fun to play at Fold again & a b2b I’ve never done before! 

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FMB MIXTAPE 155 | MARUWA

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Feel My Bicep

FMB MIXTAPE 155 | MARUWA

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Next up on the FMB Mixtape Series, we’re happy to have Saint Petersburg-based DJ and producer Maruwa in the mix. First we asked what she’s been up to lately & to tell us about the mix…

This year I have been focused on making and mixing new music, trying new things in producing, exploring new genres and even tried to record my vocals. Alongside my DJ and producer career I have been writing music for an relaxation app and this really helped me to  stay afloat in this strange time

I recorded this mix at home using Ableton 10. I’m happy I had an opportunity to play at some local gigs here in Russia between the lockdowns. This mix is a summary of the most frequently played stuff of this summer and the first half of autumn. As usually, I combined my beloved trancey, breakbeat and electro vibes together.

Up next…

Having lots of plans for 2021 and loads of music upcoming. 2020 looked literally like a Groundhog Day year for me, and I hope that 2021 will be more diverse with events.

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