Loosely placed, low slung bass-lines under swathes of Chords, layered with tight, punchy snares and defined high hats ..influences from disco, electro,'Jack' and late 80's/early 90's house.

T3 and T4 deliver a vocal ilk of the calibre of Owens and Smooth. T5 and T6 are a nod to a bygone era When people learned to make machines sing like people and people learned to sing like machines.. 

T8 sounds like burial doing Prog House, T9 sounds like the Edge from an early U2 has guested and T11 reminds me of early Chicane.

Warning: This production contains occasional swirly electronica melodies, some wobbles and a mild dubby undertone in places!

01 - Rafael Cerato - Somebody Love (Dana Bergquist and Peder G Mix)

02 - Kris Menace Feat. Black Hills - Waiting for you (Fingerpaint Remix)

03 - Frederick Alonso Feat. Kash Jay - My Love (Ben Finn Mix)

04 - The Burrell Brothers - Non stop (Lula Circus Mix)

05 - Beto Cravito - Inherent Vice (Cameo Culture Mix)

06 - Sven Tasnadi - Thank You (Tim Green Mix)

07 - Jakob Faber - way too fast

08 - Embliss - Don't let go

09 - StereoHeaven Productions - Sambado (Chill-House Mix)

10 - Matematica - Stratosphere

11 - Michael Mayer - Good Times (Agoria Sunlune Mix)

An eclectic soundscape with a lot of early 90's retro influences that begins deep, cushioned by warm industrial undertones and tightly produced disco beats with chord play into electronic soul that twists into a slightly tech vibe towards the midway point. Continuing to build through more driving layered tracks towards the more high pressure percussive sound of Tube and Berger.

01 Pulshar - Dream when it's wrong
02 Salvatore Freda - Love can't hurt (Nebraska '79 Mix)
03 Liquid Phonk - Heart and Soul
04 Fred Everything - Brothers and Sisters (PM Atlantic)
05 Daniel Ray - Lonely Streets 
06 Jimmy and Fred - I see Lights (Karmon  Remix)
07 TramHed - Badam
08 Dale Howard - Give Me (Leftwing & Kody Mix)
09 Maxxi Sound System - Make or Break
10 Solomun - Lucky Star
11 Tube and Berger - GreyJoy
12 Jupiter Jax - Ain't No Voodoo

The belated and 2nd edition of 'Forged', a distinctively mechanically influenced mix of new releases and some 1Yo and 2Yo archives. Steel is built on percussive layers, starts off deep and involved then moves in a more anthemic direction, still underpinned by cold strings and hard snares before finishing with delayed 808 congas on a New Order tip. Mixed Live, shout out to Mr. Moss: #JasonRealTime. The faves for me are from Jager, Fran Von vie and Kort.

01 Adana Twins - Strange (Acid Pauli and NU Mix)

02 Sebas Ramis - La Mina (Juliche Hernandez and Kirill Kirik Mix)

03 Kort - No Fear

04 Jager Ft Sehija - I'm Falling

05 The White Lamp - Make It Good (Hannes Fischer Remix)

06 Bruno Nasty - El Sol

07 Della Zouch - Virgule

08 Sonny Fodera - Putting It Down

09 CloverLeaf - I Luv You

10 Coll Sellini - Essential Love

11 2nd Sequel - Life

12 Fran Von Vie - Wake me up when everything has changed

13 Wndlrs - Deep CLassical Soul

14 Jackmaster K - In Flight

This is 'Coal', and due to the fact that good tunes are #fishinabarrel at the Miami moment, this is part one of a 2 mix series called 'Forged'. This instalment builds gradually from the atmospheric locked groove, through some down-beat disco soul vocals, underpinned by analogue basslines into a more anthemic and uplifting direction towards Track8. Allowance from the legendary Isolee takes on a more minimal but still melodic relaxed reprise, 'No more' lifts it up again until the direction tails off into some lovely electronica/breaks from Jupiter Jax. Look out for the second in the series, 'Steel' which is mixed live and available in the next week ....

01 Locked Groove - Do it anyway
02 Sonny Fodera - Just Like
03 Marcus Anthony - Bad Timing
04 Kruse and Nuernburg Ft. Nathalie Claude - Leaves Falling (Mario Basanov mix)
05 Anton Lanski - Foreign Hearts
06 Sonny Fodera - Stuck
07 Ollie Gibson and Andrew Brown - Lightfall (Wonkers mix)
08 Maximan - Don't you want me? 
09 Isolee - Allowance
10 Pavel Petrov - No More
11 Jon Charnis - Prophecy
12 Jupiter Jax - Two Moon

Thanks to some Track-tokens gifted from DeepTransmissions, Here's something put together to mark the end of a big year.

We head off in more of a four to the floor direction towards some soulful NYC and garage influenced sounds, via some squelchy chords, wobbly basslines and chunky back-beats ...

Track 13 is RUFF - #backto92

Happy NYE wherever you find yourself on the planet..

01 SIS - Freeman
02 Vexus T - Story Book
03 Max Dimitri and Louis Baro - Roots of Rhythm
04 The Layabouts Feat. Terri Walker - Here with you
05 Alex Niggeman - Don't wait (Extended Mix)
06 Universal Solution - Binary Essence
07 Giom - Hot Rabbits (SpiritChaser Remix)
08 Dave Allison - SkyLine (Joshua Heath's 'Make you think' Dub)
09 Nick Holder and Martino Lozej (Trackheads) Feat. Lee Anne King - Baby Steps
10 Terry Largo - Need you so bad
11 Matt Meler and Ron E Jones - Give It Up (1990 Spin N Rinse Cycle Mix)
12 Lauer and Canard Feat. Zoohacker - Falling In Love
13 Della Zouch - Virgule
14 Universal Solution - Su Tiempo
15 UPZ Feat. Stephanie Cooke - Happy Days (Axi Elman Dubstrumental)

A slightly belated episode, but hopefully worth the wait.. Heavily influenced by a recent top night @letherette @shacklewellarms - A solid underpinning of dirty and twisted funk influences with some lighter tones shining through. A personal resurgence of the legendary Glasgow Underground, I've been away for some time.

Standout keys from Adrian Barron, Tevo Howard and Ron BaseJam. Couldn't resist the P-Funk/'House Party' vibes on T11 'Daft Funk', especially after it was dropped at the office Xmas party last week..

01 Alton Miller - Stars in your eyes (Automated Soul Chilled Groove Remix)

02 Hot Toddy - Mutha Sucka (Ron Basejam Remix)

03 Romanthony - Bring you up (Toby Tobias Version)

04 Chris James - Kind of heavy (Andre Crom Remix)

05 Kraak and Smaak Feat. Romanthony - Lets go back (Solomun Remix)

06 Luciano Esse - Decide (Fabio Neural Remix)

07 Adrian Barron - All I could say

08 Deep Future - You need it

09 Shadowchild - So high (Hot since '82 Remix)

10 Rene Breitbarth - Phunk

11 Sadam Ant - Daft Funk (Joey Negro's Computer Funk Mix)

12 Tevo Howard - Pump and Bounce (Short Mix)

As the leaves turn golden brown ...

Begins on a Disco tip and builds into a deeper tech vibe, giving way to tribal and driving progressive conclusion. Selection drips with dirty synth riffs and b-lines, underpinned by tough swingy grooves, mechanical snares and jazzy fill-ins.

Tough and Techy Deep House for the seasons with standout tracks from Miguel Campbell, Chris Sane, Joyce Brooke and Sebastian Davidson, not forgetting Made To Move's ultra tight rehash of the Robin S classic..

01 Miguel Campbell - Flight School

02 Jorge - Monset (Angel Rize Remix)

03 Miguel Campbell - In Motion

04 Hot Natured Feat. Ali Love - Benediction

05 Danny Em - One of those nights

06 Freeware - Soul Be

07 Chris Sane - You know better

08 Joyce Brooke - Hypnotized

09 Monosonics - Trying

10 Monosonics - Questions

11 Morao - Strawberry Daiquiri

12 Made To Move - What I need

13 Sebastian Davidson - Moji

14 Juan Lombardo - H2O

15 Leeon - Birth of a season

Something a bit different on today's menu ...

A chilled yet elevating autumnal journey of textures and soundscapes which blends, fades, edits and drops through Deep House, Underground / Emotive Garage into some lush Chillstep and DnB.

Some recent releases but mainly new finds and older classics from the back archive.

01 Gotye Feat. Kimbra - Somebody that I used to know (Pete Bellis Re-Edit)

02 Sydney Charles - Don't Go (Dr Dru Remix)

03 AudioFly Feat. Fiora - 6 Degrees (Tales of Us Remix)

04 Mosca - Bax

05 Gyptian - Hold Yuh (Major Lazer mix)

06 Submerse - Fall in Love

07 The XX - Night Time (Synkro Remix)

08 Eleven8 - Colours of Distance

09 Phaeleh - Falling

10 Cahb - Secrets

11 Spherique - Snowflake Catcher

12 Instra-Mental - Watching You

13 Smote - Summertime

14 D-Bridge - Blush Response

15 Fracx - serenity

Standout fave has to be the 80's ElectroSoul styled corker from System of Survival, not overshadowing 'Song for Her' and 'Flash of Life' Luper, Fabo or Dusky's cheeky garage style mix. Track11 - Jus 4 U Luton.

01 Nadja Lind - Limbus (Paul Lorraine's Absent Mix)
02 John Dahlback - Wait for love
03 Luca C & Brigante Feat. Roisin Mu - Flash of Light
04 System of Survival - Baby don't stop
05 Cloud 9  - Do you want me baby (Dusky Remix)
06 Solomun - No Comment
07 Sankos - Dope (DeSantaRosa Remix)
08 Fabo and HNQO Feat. LostCause - About Me
09 Climbers - 2 Come Back
10 Luper - Ten again
11 Daniel Dubb - I got 5 on it (Original Rework of Da Luniz)
12 Way out West - Only Love (Jon Tejada vocal mix)
13 Terrific Ivan - Always been there (Georgio Bassetti Remix)
14 Chris James Feat. Ria Moran - Song for her

Starts off moody and atmospheric, moving through synth-disco, dirty tribal, latin and soul influences towards a shiny and uplifting conclusion with elements of a 'Chicane' sound in a lot of the keys, but always deep.

The Teenzo opener is a real involver, T7 reminds me of the classic Tyrant sound and Baby Prince delivers an amazing slab of electro to finish.

Big shout to Juanfra, a quality Gran Canaria DJ who lays down a solid and slick selection every Friday and Saturday @ NoComments bar in Maspalomas, dropping deep and dope delights into the night... Sin Commentarios.

01 Teenzo Le Mbs - The Day We Meet (Teenzo Le MBS Platinum remix)[BLOOMBEATS]

02 Homkore - True Love [OMNIVORE RECORDS]

03 Twenty Nine Palms - 10 Years (Roland Cortante Mix) [DEEP VIBRATIONS]

04 Just Emma - Just before Dawn EP (Helmut Ebrisch Remix) [UNDER YOUR SKIN GERMANY]

05 Montana Stewart Feat. Christa - Slow and Steady (Christopher Lewis Deep Session Mix) [UNIVERSE]

06 Framework - Pushing On [CAPITAL HEAVEN DIGITAL]

07 Waifs and Strays - For a while [LEFTROOM LIMITED]

08 Homkore - Moonlight [OMINIVORE RECORDS]

09 Tatsama - Journey Inwards [CROSSTOWN ACADEMY]

10 Eric Clark - Wrong Choices (Junior Felix Mix) [OKE RECORDS]

11 Agent 007 and Moraeo - Strawberry Daquiri [BIG MOUNTAIN - COCKTAIL SERIES]

12 Gadi Miskai AKA Baby Prince Feat Lonely C - Nobody [SOMETHINGSOUNDS]

An amazing chapter in my life has recently come to a close, this is all about that.. A selection that is reminescent of the late 80's and early 90's which ascends from lo-fi, dubby and afrocentric into a bumpy garage influenced style, building toughly through some big chords and 80's influenced vocal into progressive peak at T10.

Tails off into T12 with a lush piece of melancholic and atmospheric glitchstep soundscaping by Lake Powel. Fave Tracks are from Fabo, one I missed from the Summer and the fresh sound from Henry Saiz, Shuri-Kan's remix of 'Love can't break you down' and Andy Donoghue's mix of 'Everlasting Love'.

01 LELE X Feat. Guests of Nature - Keep Dreaming (Kojo AKusa remix)[PENG]

02 Karmine Rosciano - We've got some fresh [RELUX UNDERGROUND]

03 Henry Saiz - Our Discovery [NATURA SONORIS]

04 Olav Hentrik - Violeta [DEEP FLIGHT]

05 Kruse & Nuernberg - Love Can't Break you down (Shur-I-Kan 90s Dub mix) [LAZY DAYS]

06 Left Minded - Good Days (Dale Howard mix) [SOMETHING DIFFERENT]

07 Borja Maneje - Del Olmo [PEANUT]

08 Fabo - Where I stand (Karmon mix) [STRANJUR]

09 Mickey K Feat. Mink- Everlasting Love Andy O'Donoghue Mix [DEEP NOTA]

10 J Axel - Blinded [PLASTIC CITY]

11 Marco Bocatto - Black Hat [CROSSWORLD VINTAGE]

12 Lake Powel - More or Less [FENOU]

Starts and ends with lush, richly textured tunes, moves into a more jacky and bumpy, uplifting house vibe.

Lots of cut-up vocal samples and dubby disco beat production, 80's keys. Inspired by some recent great times with great people in a great city.

My standout faves on this episode come from the mighty Sterling Void, Rudimental, FinneBassen, Alex Sanchez and Atomic Ranch on this episode.

01 Kiano Feat. Below Bangkok - Tobacco (Alveol Remix)[AFTER HOURS]

02 FinneBassen - Touching Me [NOIR]

03 Rudimental Feat. MNEK and Syron - Spoons [BLACK BUTTER]

04 Kquesol Feat. Shatti - Uthando [KQUEWAVE]

05 Alex Sanchez - Frequismo [DASH DEEP]

06 Worker Union - Small Touch [BROWN EYED BOYZ]

07 Sterling Void Feat. Questions - Vibes(Tony Cannon's Late Night Remix) [EDIT]

08 Kid Mark - Cristina [DESO]

09 John Monkman - Noisily [KOTE]

10 Superluminal - ShyDance (Avro Hylander Mix) [DEEP MENTALITY]

11 Ben Sun - Love Hotel Feat. Slow Hands [DELSUIONS OF GRANDEUR]

12 Luis Armando/Atomic Ranch - DjSmiles (Atomic Ranch Swerved Out Rerub) [RELEASE]

Jubilations about the calibre of releases at the moment. Large amount of soul and vocal influences on nearly all the tracks all held together with a warm but slightly raw analogue sound, bumping bass-lines abound. Organic Bass riffs.

First half builds and bubbles, hitting the straight up disco at Track 5, the mix then heads towards the dancefloor... Standout vox on the Jon Silva, Shatti and Tennis with an Indie crossover offering. Liking Dubstep producer Giom getting on the Deep House production tip.

01 Kornel Kovacs - Down Since '92 (Instrumental Mix) [Studio Barnhaus Recordings]

02 Claes Rosen - Glancing (Adam Byrd Mix) [Silk Textures]

03 D'Flower Feat. Gayana - Stand in the Rain (Ricky Inch 'NuSoul' Mix) [Spring Tube]

04 Julian McCain - Since 1984 (Ted Ganung Mix) [HEAVY]

05 Undercover Scoundrels - Meet Me On the Dancefloor [Coyote Cuts]

06 Frankey Sandrino - Comeback (Giom Remix) [Audio Tonic]

07 Jon Silva - Have to Talk (60Hz Project Urban Mix) [Grooveland Brazil]

08 Gavin Boyce - Divine In You (Main Mix) [Nordic Trax]

09 Tennis - Make It Good (Tales of US) [Life and Death]

10 Marie Therese - Touch The Sky (Deep House Mix) [Rebeat]

11 Shatti - So Scared (Kquesol Mix) [Candi Bean]

12 Bo Cash - The Love Gun [Mendelsam Music]

Some fresh tracks with some laid back grooves and moody, sultry vocals, contrasting with some complex roland drum patterns and old-skool analogue riffs.

Rich layers in T1, Jazzy vibes on T3, Lovely Vox on T2 and T6, Nice Funky/Deep crossover from the legendary Cajmere.

Ascending at the peak with yet another great release from Martin Roth on AnjunaDeep, love what he's done with Ultra Nate! 

01. Session Victim - Cow Palace [Delusions Of Grandeur]

02. Milscot feat. Angela Sheik - All Alone (Domyan Just Slow Remix) [K7 Records]

03. Terry Vernixx - Silver Clouds [Snake Beat]

04. Maceo Plex - Sex Appeal [Crosstown Rebels]

05. Souls Found - Little Turtles (Nathan Drew Larsen Machine Mix) [Brown Eyed Boyz Records]

06. V I V i D - Aphrodisiac [Deso Records]

07. The Disclosure Project - Windy City (The Messenger Plays House Music Mix) [Disclosure Project Recordings]

08. Cajmere & Russoul presents Ari Lourdes - Love is You (Cajual 20 Year Anniversary Mix) [Cajual]

09. 9West - Sometimes [Nite Grooves]

10. Martin Roth - Beautiful Life [Anjunadeep]

11. Simoncino - Ocean [EchoVolt]

12. Davidson Ospina feat.Rainy Payne - Night Vission (James Silk Lost in The Forest Mix) [Heavy]

This episode definitely heads off on a more involved, deeper tip, much more low key than the last episode. Featuring plenty of vocal and Piano elements around the middle of the mix.

Most tracks are very recent, but I also wanted to include some older tracks, so 12 - 14 revisit some classics from around 2004.

Some new releases from fave labels FreeRange and SoulShift as well as releases from labels that I haven't picked up on before such as Loco and Mare. Standout for me is the chunky number from D'Steph.

01 DJ Octopuz - Jus' Let It Feel (Sunday Flower Mix) [SoulShift] 00:00

02 Angelo DL - The Sound Of The Day [Cafeina] 04:52

03 Costa Giannakopoulos feat Annie Drurie - Hope Is A Dream (Paul Sirrell & Ryan James remix) [Ryan James Music] 10:17

04 Himan - Empty Pocket (Original Mix) [FreeRange] 14:05

05 Salvatore Agrosi Feat. Lazarusman - Your Eyes (Toto Mix) [Loco Poland] 18:50

06 Mauser - A Simple Beat [Soul Magnifique] 23:29

07 DJ AX - The Way [] 26:35

08 Dario Martino - Time Will Gonna Change (James Vibe remix) [Starsrain Records] 32:16

09 K-Jano Feat. Markus Engel - I Love You (Robert Maria Volter Remix) [Mare Records] 36:00 1

0 D'Steph - Cause Rhythm Is Love [Jalapeno] 39:12

11 Phonique - Down for Load [Simple] 42:51

12 Marc Romboy - Model 1601 (Fairmont Remix) [Systematic] 47:44

13 Andy Caldwell - All I need (Cpen Late Night Rework) [Naked Music Recordings] 54:02

14 Chapeau Claque - Last dance (Enliven Deep Acoustics & Kenny Leaven Remix) [Una Music] 58:10