This week’s top mixes include India Jordan’s New Age Reflections, Vakula’s Mesmerising Reel to Reel Mix and Kingdom’s Tears In The Club.
Juan MacLean’s February Live Mix. The first new mix of the year from Juan MacLean of The Juan MacLean and DFA Records, his February mix is performed live and selects from his classic house, disco and melodic techno records, “some old, some new”. Stream above.
Divine Disco Club Sessions Vol. 2 ft. Horse Meat Disco. The 68th installment of The Divine Chord Gospel Show, which appears monthly on dublab.com, and the second in a special series highlighting the gospel-tinged sounds which have filled dancefloors across the globe, DCGS welcome award-winning DJs Horse Meat Disco for a two-hour session. Stream above.
India Jordan’s New Age Reflections. India Jordan’s mix promoting Elevate Festival features Yamaneko and Mumdance & Rabit tunes, and is described as “a reflection of the awful weather in the UK”. Listen out for a track from herself and later from Talbot Fade, which are forthcoming on monthly new age/ambient social club New Atlantis’s New Atlantis: Volume 1. Stream above, track listing here.
Vakula’s Mesmerising Reel to Reel Mix. Musical storyteller and “dancefloor shaman” Vakula presents a mesmerising mix of psychedelic rock, afro-pop, dub, funk and samba, recorded on a SONY APR-5000 reel to reel, showing off his mastery of the mixer, which he calls “a DJ’s musical instrument,” and a love of the exotic folk instruments and rare analogue gear he keeps in his studio in Ukraine. Stream above.
Kingdom’s Tears In The Club. Following up on the release of his new LP Tears In The Club on Night Slugs‘ American sister label FadetoMind, experimental R&B, ballroom and grime producer Kingdom returns to the RA podcast. Stream above, track listing here, and an interview with the artist here.
Pender Street Steppers’ Journey Through Vintage Oddities. Vancouver vintage house DJs Pender Street Steppers mark Krossfinger‘s 100th podcast with a mix recorded live recently at Cafe Du Mer on Hornby Island of British Columbia, Canada. It’s a lazy journey from dub, reggae, Japanese oddities to guitar ambience, dreamy downtempo and Italo. Stream above, download here.
Emptyset’s Needle Exchange mix of Influences. The Berlin duo known for their complex sound design, Emptyset channel their influences in this ‘Needle Exchange’ mix for Self-titled Magazine, which brings together material from musicians and composers whose approach inspired and informed the ideas of their new album Borders. Stream and download above, track listing here.