Featuring artists like: • Khalid • Everything But The Girl • Gallant • Michael Henderson • Garbage • Bent • Depeche Mode • Toro y Mo
I wanted to create the atmosphere of being in the ideal location where the temperature is just the right amount of summer heat, cool gentle breeze, the drinks are just right, and all is well in the moment.
I wanted to drop a set of tunes that would sound great poolside in Ibiza, on a rooftop bar in New York, a sky bar in Singapore, or a sidewalk café in Paris
I've had many jobs in my life. I've only had one true calling: Music.
The running joke throughout my life is I don't have time to develop an addiction. All that time was occupied with music. I made my first curated mixtape courtesy of a Sony portable twin tape deck. I recorded songs I heard on WBLS FM in New York City in the summer of 1979. And I've been chasing that feeling ever since.
I curate playlists with what I call the 'beautiful melancholy.' It is feeling absolute joy about life, yet feeling a sadness you cannot put into words. It often leaves you looking out of a window at the rain, longing for a place you've never been to, and you're not even sure it exists. Somehow, you know in your heart that someday, you will find it.
It is that sentiment that powers every playlist I curate. Every expression, every thought and every sentiment.
I've found that an appreciation for other disciplines and artistic channels has given me a greater understanding of my own medium. Learning about concepts such as texture, tone, hue, shade, shape, definition, outline, sketch, framing give you a wider range of tools and context to use.
I find that the more you learn, the more you realize how little you know. With that comes a greater hunger for knowledge.
That should be the force that guides you to achieve and evolve going forward. Not only in music, but as you travel your own path.
Embrace every aspect of yourself. Learn to love and know yourself. Check your ego, keep your chin up and step forward with purpose always.
15 May 2023
70 years of influences have created the Human Rhythms Not Algorithms sound – featuring artists like 77:78 • Beck • Jonathan Jeremiah • Eda Eren • Maxine Scott • Dina Ögon • Foals • Twelve Caesars • Midlake • DonCat • Stranded • Man Power • 79.5 • Snips • The Nextmen • Freedom Fry • Midlake • Flasher
8 February 2023
20 hot soulful sounds – featuring artists like Dr Packer • Ashley Beedle • Joseph Malik • Kameelah Waheed • The Allergies • Stone Foundation • Horse Meat Disco • Dam Swindle• Lady Wray • Cody Currie
7 February 2023
20 hot house sounds – featuring artists like Kelly G • Cody Currie • Soul Clap • Honey Dijon • Phil Weeks • Alan Dixon • Model Man • Kings of Tomorrow
6 February 2023
20 hot dancefloor sounds coming at you from the leftfield – featuring artists like STR4TA • Namy • Tony Allen • Emanative • Mr Fingers • Doug Gomez • Rainer Trueby • Bellaire