FMB MIXTAPE 03 | JOHN DALY

JOHN DALY

Next up for the Mixtape series we have fellow Irishman John Daly. For a long time he has been a favourite with ours after attracting our attention with some amazing early releases on his own Feel Music imprint highly recommend diggin’ back through the label as there are some absolute gems. As John mentions later, the label will be making a comeback this year which is really exciting. Personally have always been a fan of his mixes on Beats in Space as he always plays tracks I love/never heard before, especially love his Little White Earbuds mix… so thats why we asked him to do a mix for the series and can safley say this one is no different. We caught up with john to ask him a bit about the mix, what he’s up to now and what is on the horizon!

“I just finally got my studio set up the way I want it, it was in the spare bedroom for too many years. I finally managed to get the bed out now all my shit is set up together for the first time in about 5 years… it’s great. So knuckling down finishing up various projects and working on some collabs.

The mix was was done on the computer here in the studio. It’s a selection of some of the things that I’ve been playing recently. I’m happiest when I can mix up the styles like this.

Next up, lots of studio time. that’s really my focus for this year. It’s why I got into this, to make records, and I want to make as many as I can. Next up is an ep on Running back, then a new one on my label one track records, plus my label feel music is coming back this year, i’m working out the first few releases at the moment. There will be something out before the summer, all going to plan.”

FMB MIXTAPE 03 | JOHN DALY

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FMB MIXTAPE 02 | IAN BLEVINS

BLEAVE

Next up on the FMB podcast series we have one of our favourite DJs and Friends Ian Blevins. He has been a regular in Space’s We Love parties in Ibiza for near 10 years now, playing across all the stages there over the years. He has played for us on  a number of occasions and always kills it with such broad and tasteful tune selection. We spoke to him about the mix, what he’s been up to and whats next;

“I’ve returned to the UK after another season in Ibiza as We Love resident as well as gigs with the Zoo project crew amongst others. During this time I’ve been doing a few gigs and working on music mostly. The mix was recorded at my home with a pair of my trusty 1200s, an old Pioneer 600 and Traktor Scratch Pro on hand too which allows me to play digital stuff on my home set up. There was no master plan with the mix apart from picking out a lot of music I’ve been enjoying of late and put it into an order that makes sense and felt right.

I’m in the process of finishing up an EP with Futureboogie which I’m happy with, as well as an EP for Saft with NY*AK as well. We’ve been working on a lot of music for the last few years so its good to see the first of it coming out. It’s head down with my own productions as well as some new Al Gobi stuff we’ve been working on and I’m currently looking to find nice waxy homes for all of this, though I’ve been thinking more and more lately of idea’s to put things out myself.

I’ve gigs in the northeast with Loop, Shindig and Loose Cannon penciled as well as looking at doing more That Old Chestnut parties as well. On top of that I’m due to play Arosa Electronic festival in Switzerland as well as getting over to Morzine in France to play in the mountains too. This should all keep me pretty busy til the summer I’m thinking.”

FMB MIXTAPE 02 | IAN BLEVINS

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FMB MIXTAPE 01 | YOUANDEWAN

youandewan

After a long time in the works we are happy to finally launch a new monthly podcast series which you can grab direct from Itunes. For the first mix we have got fellow AUS label mate Youandewan. He nailed it last year with a big one on the imprint, FM Jam which we played on our Rinse show, and started off this year with another great release on AUS called ‘Spiral Arms’ which you can stream HERE.

Youandewan on the mix; “It was recorded at home on Ableton… I tend to take a bit more time and consideration with podcasts, rather then pipe em down in one take (hence rippin’ and planting in Ableton). I like a steady builder, for peep driving about in their cars, walking their dog, stumbling home etc. This one is no exception.

We also asked him what he has got in the pipeline. “I’ve got another EP coming before summer, and I’m also in the early stages of writing an LP. I’ve finally got an actual studio to work in too, which is changing everything!”

FMB MIXTAPE 01 | YOUANDEWAN

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