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FMB MIXTAPE 259 | ADELINA FMB MIXTAPE 259 | ADELINA (320 )  FMB MIXTAPE 259 | ADELINA (iTUNES) On this weeks episode of the Feel My Bicep mix, we welcome the Ukrainian DJ, performer and producer, Adelina. She made her name being an integral figure of Kyiv’s underground scene, she is now in Berlin running her Oracool party series and the Homoymous record label. ionate about deep baselines and broken beats, lets dig in to the mix and catch up… I’ve been lucky enough to quit my day job and spend most of my time focused on music and surrounded by my loved ones. The mix was recorded during one of my recent gigs here in Berlin. Lately, I’ve been getting more and more into records, so this is more of a retrospective selection of music that I’ve been enjoying recently. Up Next… Not much planned for now. I recently started a label called Oracool, so I’m going to keep working on future releases with my friends. I’m also actively preparing for my debut at Tresor on May 9th. Tracklist: Brunei – Magnetic Field TOBI – Show Dart Lee Project – Minutes By Minutes Samuel Jabba – Feeling of tomorrow Sourc3 – Island Beats Emanuele Barilli – Die Lampe Gman Aka Gez Varley – Strike Klasse Wrecks – Nucleus Analogue Audio Associaion – Polycarbonat N.Y.P.D. 南洋派對 – BMUU (Mr. Ho Remix) Anatole Serret – Hyperdulia Terry Lee Brown Jr – Hold Em Eddie Richards Mix   Vitaline – Roller Breaker  Vera Logdanidi – The Path Forward Takkyu Ishino – 7th Tiger Cybotron – Parallel Shift

FMB MIXTAPE 255 | QUE SAKAMOTO FMB MIXTAPE 255 | QUE SAKAMOTO (320 ) FMB MIXTAPE 255 | QUE SAKAMOTO (iTUNES) On this week’s episode of the Feel My Bicep mixtape we have Que Sakamoto a musician and producer from Tokyo, Japan, renowned for his eclectic blend of electronic music styles and his use of vintage equipment. His DJ sets are dynamic and tailored to each country he visits, never repeating the same vibe, and consistently pushing toward interesting and experimental sounds that reflect his Japanese identity.   Recently, I was in Brazil, South America until July, followed by time in Europe for the summer. I then travelled to Australia, Vietnam, and returned to Japan. After that, I visited Honolulu, Seattle, and New York, before heading to Nicaragua to celebrate the New Year countdown for 2025. The mix was recorded at a friend’s house in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. My friends assisted with setting up the turntables, CDJs, and mixer. The concept behind the mix was to create a smooth, emotional flow, focusing on selection rather than hard-hitting bangers. I aimed for a trippy and somewhat unconventional vibe, featuring some of my favorite tracks, as well as two tracks from my releases. I’m really happy with how the mixtape turned out. Up Next… I’ll be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Latin America and USA end of April. I’ve signed with five labels, and all of my vinyl releases will be out in 2025. Going forward, I’m eager to play at more festivals, clubs, and forest gigs, while continuing to build my career with a focus on Japanese music. Tracklist: Slick N Flash – Split  Synapse – Cosmic Connection The Exaltics – NGC 253 Insync vs Mysteron – White Plains Que Sakamoto + NT -ここは何処 Kokowadoko ( Forcecoming ) Phreax – Jitterballz Froyd – FUNKMUTANT Dr. Scissors – Emotions Babe Fiction & Spice – Digital Overload Chimera – Nude Epartur DJ Vela – IRRESISTIBLE Que Sakamoto + NT – 寿 Kotobuki ( Forcecoming )

FMB MIXTAPE 254 | MACHINE WOMAN FMB MIXTAPE 254 | MACHINE WOMAN (320 ) FMB MIXTAPE 254 | MACHINE WOMAN (iTUNES) This week on the FMB mixtape series we welcome Machine Woman, a UK based DJ, producer and curator known for her cutting edge approach to electronic music, with her work bridging experimental bass and emotive rhythms. She is the founder of Sonic Disturbances, an experimental label, she mentors emerging talent, promotes club nights and more. Lets catch up with her now.. Recently i’ve been changing my music taste, no joke. I feel like I’m discovering music for the 1st time. I started to get into broken beat / dubstep / bass music over the last few months. I also started a new radio show on the best radio station SUBTLE RADIO. Imagine walking into a radio station and every show is run by labels / djs you just started to listen to. I’m also putting a night on at the new bass heavy club CU DALSTON on the 7th of February, its 100 cap small basement club with a mighty soundsystem. I have booked Berlin bass label crew Fear Of Silence, my next track will be on their compilation. I’m super excited to have them in London on my night. On the night will be Glut Sound and Buer one of the founders of SUBTLE RADIO. BIG BUSINESS!!!! Everyone is welcome and if any one struggles for funds please reach out. We have a few spots on our guest list.  This was recorded at MACHINE WOMAN HQ ;P on my cdjs 2000 nexus + tascam DR 40. The idea for the mix was to share the music I’m excited about right now. Most of this sounds new to me, some tracks I found via TikTok like Deffy (big up), RAFA.wav from Paris really taken me back with his mixes and blends of dubstep and experimental, I have also included neogrime artist CSV, a very new genre to me. A couple of drops from Air Protection Office and Delta Division (playing at CU on 7th of February) and a track that changes tempo 5 times inside the track, I thought it was a rekordbox glitch but then you play it on cdjs it goes all Bermuda Triangle on you I never seen it before. I also put in a couple of my favourite Mexican artists Buena Tarde and Peso Pluma. They are both from Guadalajara, with all the exciting music coming from Mexico. This is a place I would love to visit. Also big love to Fracture as I recently went to his exhibition in Hackney and it was really inspiring to see the documentation of pirate radio culture. Up Next… My night SONIC DISTURBANCES on 7th of February with the bass heavy sweethearts at CU DALSTON ;P + then a trip to Berlin to play at OHM !!! + new music and new gs to my labels SD. ohhh and a lot more of MWTV interviews + videos. Thank you for inviting me Tracklist: 1. Sounds of the Jungle – Fracture 2. Complexity – Air Protection Office 3. Acid Saw – RAFA.wav 4. Feel U – CSV 5. To Find Love Is To Seek The End (feat. Flying Lotus) [Ivy Lab Remix] – Little Snake 6. U Don’t Wanna – DEFFY 7. Ocean of Data (New Mix sm1) – Mercy System 8. No, Thank You. – DIESSA 9. Disposal Ashore – KAPHA 10. ERIXO – Buena Tarde 11. Track ID – NoRecall 12. Real Shh (Combine Remix) – The Greys 13. Imagination – Delta Division 14. Monsoon – Ivy Lab 15. Lemme Get That! – Butty 16. On Embers – EVIAN Christ 17. Ella Baila Sola – Peso Pluma

FMB MIXTAPE 253 | MATT KARMIL FMB MIXTAPE 253 | MATT KARMIL (320 ) FMB MIXTAPE 253 | MATT KARMIL (iTUNES) On this weeks episode of the FMB series, we have Matt Karmil, an in-demand producer, mixer, masterer and remixer making his own distinctive, dusky and elegant electronic music. Artists who have enlisted his skills include us, Underworld, Mall Grab, Jayda G, Sofia Kourtesis and more. His new album ‘No Going Back’ is the strongest expression of Matt’s artistic vision to date, combining microhouse, broken beat, dub techno and epic dark ambient. Let hear more.. Recently, I’ve been surviving the Scandinavian winter, mixing records and making tunes. I decided to make this mix from 100% unreleased material. Most of this was made using the Make Noise Morphagene, Bitwig, Ableton Live, XO drum sequencer and Shaperbox 3. I often make my albums as continuous streams (“Will” in particular), and sometimes I split tracks off into individual ideas. For the mix I felt very free just to let it flow. So although there are distinct moments and tracks, it didn’t matter if ideas repeated or blended into the next track.  It was really interesting to turn out some demos and develop some rough ideas — previously I’d have tested these tunes in DJ sets and work out a general feel for arrangements etc., but this was another route to find something that makes sense to me.  Hopefully the final mix feels like a blend between an album, a mixtape and a soundtrack. Up Next… More of the same, really. I’ve a few collaborations planned, a lot of mixing work and I will also set up a smaller 2nd studio, this time in London. There’s quite a lot more of my own material coming too.  Looking forward to 2025! Tracklist: 1. Utter – Matt Karmil 2. Soubriquet – Matt Karmil 3. Too little, too late – Matt Karmil 4. Cologne’s promise – Matt Karmil 5. Endless quest – Matt Karmil 6. Keep moving on / shape the future – Matt Karmil – Respect to CD 7. More and more from less – Matt Karmil – Respect to NA, DL 8. Be cool a minute – Matt Karmil 9. Fadeout – Matt Karmil 10. SFP Refix – respect to JO – Matt Karmil Ambience recorded by Puprleaux  

FMB MIXTAPE 249 | BOO FMB MIXTAPE 249 | BOO (320 ) FMB MIXTAPE 249 | BOO (iTUNES) On this weeks episode of the FMB Mixtape, we welcome BOO, the artist exploring the dynamic space between club and ambient soundscapes and curating dream state party series and record Label Ghetec. She describes her distinct and emotive productions as “emotional body music” yearning for liberation through self-expression. Let’s catch up with her and find out what she’s been up to lately… I’m writing new music, developing my songwriting, working on some bespoke compositions and also building Ghetec @gh3tec (my community, label and party series).  This mix was recorded at home on 2 x XDJ 1000’s and Allen & heath Xone 42 mixer. The mix is inspired by my memories from summer as we transition into winter. It’s hyper dancey then tails off into more introspective selections. I’m trying to find the intersection between shifting club sounds and experimental music with a peppering of leftfield pop. In some ways this feels like my first mix as Boo, as I’m just discovering how to play in a way that feels like me!  Up Next… I’ve got a few shows coming up and a Boiler Room early next year. Until then I’m working on my next release and a mix series of my own for Ghetec. Tracklist: Boo – Hyper Feminine FKA Twigs – Eusexua Charli xcx – Everything is romantic featuring caroline polachek Dark Sky & Afriquoi – Cold Harbour Tha Pumpkin – Take Me (Norman & Pain Melo Mix) (1995).mp3 Nikolai – Ready to Flow (Original Mix) ? – Met Her At Merseplatten Joris Voorn – Incident (Miyagi) Doss – Strawberry (Singin’ Club Mix) Tritone – I Know You’re Out There Nick León – Xtasis Feat. DJ Babatr (Pearson Sound remix) Effy – The Highest Level Mothers Pride -Floribunda(Big C Remix) Jockstrap – 50/50 (Extended Mix) Big Boi – Kryptonite (Nick León Baile mix) Four Tet – Parallel Jalebi John Beltran – Everything At Once Lauren Duffus – unreleased Dj Funk – The Roof Is On Fire! Arca – 「AALIYAH」x あいのうた LCY – 0NLY 0NE Christian Dior Denim Flow (Snow Strippers Remix)

FMB MIXTAPE 248 | NIKI LAUDA  FMB MIXTAPE 248 | NIKI LAUDA (320 ) FMB MIXTAPE 248 | NIKI LAUDA (iTUNES) This week on the Feel My Bicep mixtape, we welcome Niki Lauda! Niki is a Bulgarian queer artist who started by DJ’ing and throwing events in Grenada, and now Barcelona. As a big part of the spanish electronic scene, they have played at the likes of Sónar, Primavera Sound, Boiler Room, Elrow and more. Let’s catch up with them… Recently I’ve been on a rollercoaster because I’ve just moved to a new home in Barcelona with a new job in the music industry so now my days are really busy because I also have to combine it with my personal projects. So I have these thoughts laying in bed like finally I am on the path I wanted all these years and my ambition continues to grow so if I don’t start organizing myself better and resume therapy it will eat me up. Also why is downtempo not on trend? Let trip hop make a comeback, pleaseeee. I recorded it for the first time playing in my new home with my own equipment (I was without it for like a year), and my roomies were listening to it, so cute. My computer crashed yesterday so I had to put together last minute tracks mixed with my friend’s songs… a rollercoaster, sis. So you can find lots of percussion, an underline dubstep rhythm, very deep, very clubby. Some political message and 3 unreleased tracks from 3 Barcelona based artists talented as phuck. It is somehow a tribute to the city of Barcelona, since it has changed my life. :) Up Next… Inspiration and being with my friends. We are going to the Unsound Festival in Poland for the weekend and I’m very excited that I can take this mini break to connect with them and dance, eat, laugh, cry, sleep together in a city I’ve never been to. No work, just vibes. Thank you for listening!<3 Tracklist: Sankara Future Dub Resurgence – Dreams Are Dub Reality Ramadanman – Drowning (Version Drumheller – Barracuda The Mahgreban, Omaar – Waiting (Ploy Remix) Bamao Yendé – Tornado RAVL – Doomsday Clockmakers re:ni – Thousand Yard State Alvva – Unreleased Camion Bazar – YLB COIDO – Ritterstep DJ COLL – Unreleased LEYKA – Sirocco Freck II – Whaha Riddim 9TRANE – Moat Laksa – Belly Brocka Leese – Sag (Capiuz Remix) Johnny Reebok – Aphrodite Dub Leonce, Neana – Tense It Lasssa – Unreleased  

FMB MIXTAPE 246 | DAFFY FMB MIXTAPE 246 | DAFFY (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 246 | DAFFY (320 ) On this weeks episode of the Feel My Bicep mixtape, we welcome Daffy, a Bristol based producer and DJ. Daffy has releases on labels from Time is Now, EC2A, Southpoint and Hot Haus. He also hosts a radio show on SWU FM every second Wednesday of the month. Let catch up with Daffy and find out what he’s been up to… People who follow me will probably have noticed I’ve not had a great deal of new music out as of late, I’ve been having a bit of a recharge and working on a new project ‘Paths’. If you are a fan of D&B go check that out. The mix was recorded at my home in Bristol with 2 fans (my cats) listening in….1 was asleep and the other getting annoyed that I was paying her attention. I wanted to create a mix that felt like a journey through lots of different sounds and styles, starting off fairly mellow and building up to a big finish. Packed full of unreleased music as well as some recent tunes I’ve been feeling so big love to everyone who sent me music to include. Up Next… I’ve got new music forthcoming soon with a lot more I need to finish up so keep your eyes peeled. Tracklist: Yaw Evans – Shadows TEXT – In Your Bed Ghoulish – Mirage Tyvion Valentine – Just Ghoulish – Fluorescent nothingnice – Shotz Reek0 – In Town (Dunman Remix) nothingnice – No Tellin Two Shell x Sugababes – Round Fonzo – Thru The Night DJ Crisps – Lazer Shot Vyzer x Kaisui – 4sure Floppy Disk – UnME Bakey – Wouldn’t Believe ZeroFG – You Know What Time It Is nothingnice – If You Don’t TEXT – Chant Ruff Style – Yet Another Badboy Tune Joe Hunt – Up To No Good Intuition – Bad Boy bullet tooth – Next To U Ruff Style – 3Q (Organ Mix) Mattik & DL – Ready Alright DJ Seinfeld – If U Like Me

FMB MIXTAPE 244 | PHOLO  FMB MIXTAPE 244 | PHOLO (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 244 | PHOLO (320 ) On this weeks episode of the Feel My Bicep mixtape, we welcome Pholo, known for his euphoria-drenched instrumental sets, fuelled by emotion with influences from classical to pop. Pholo has performed across the globe and has been working with BABii on SCREAMER and her album DD 2000. Pholo is now concentrating on his own music and art with his team Spider Circle that will be coming this winter. Let catch up with him & find out what he’s been up to… After moving back to my home town in Derbyshire I have been trying to lock in with my own records and ideas as much as possible. I am much closer to family here so a lot of my work recently has been filled with I guess nostalgia and feelings I’ve had when I was younger growing up around here. I think I have love/hate relationship with this place but you can’t change your roots so I’m making the most of it with what I love to do. I also love playing darts now which I seem to be alright at. I have also been making lots of records with BABii & Iglooghost over the past year and early this year which is something I don’t think I would ever have been able to say at all. It’s been really inspiring working with these two on DD2000 coming out in October. Other than making music under Pholo, I’m now also involved in another project under an alias called DJ Dolly with some more kind of Techno & House sound. The name comes from my last name being Dalton and my Dads nickname has always been Dolly or Ken so I thought I’d make most of the more cooler nick name being Dolly. I did this mix just in my flat in my home town, Heanor. The closest place like Pirate studios to me is in Nottingham which isn’t far at all but I have no neighbours at the moment. Well, I think I don’t, so I have taken advantage and recorded this mix loud on my own. The people on the market outside my house loved it also so shout out to Memo and Jamie Bestwick. When I get asked to do a guest mix, most of the time I translate it into being asked to create an album or some what of a movie for them. I like taking songs of my own and changing them into a more club sounding record or even a classical version of itself. From start to end I like to have the listener maybe excited or even confused, but over all in a state that they could only get from this one mix I have put together. I also like remixing music that they may have forgotten about and question where they heard the vocal from or something. Up Next… I’m hopefully going to finish an album.. hopefully. I have a couple EPs finished I want to drop this year including my record Ecko but my dream is to have an album that I could release once I am happy with a solid selection of music and videos that represent my idea of Pholo & Spider Circle.  Winter this year I am planning a tour in the US with locations and dates coming soon. I also want to a basketball team and maybe move back to London to be around some friends that inspire me. Tracklist: 1. Pholo – Ecko (1922) 2. Pholo – This&That 3. Pholo – ID 4. Scooter – Nessaja (Pholo Remix) 5. Bladee & Yung Lean – Victorious (Pholo Remix) 6. Pholo – Winner 7. BABii & Pholo – Ember (Pholo VIP) 8. Pholo – Rise 9. Pholo – Go 10. Pholo – Beyonce 11. Ecco2k – Peroxide (Pholo Remix) 12. Pholo – Bite (Pholo VIP) 13. Pholo – Ecko 14. Pholo – Road 15. Babii – Scarface 16. Pholo – 22 17. Playboi Carti – KETAMINE (Pholo Remix) 18. Pholo – Class Clown Feat Sombra 19. Pholo & HNRK – Geodit

FMB MIXTAPE 243 | MIA KODEN FMB MIXTAPE 243 | MIA KODEN (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 243 | MIA KODEN (320 ) On this week’s episode of the Feel My Bicep mixtape series we welcome Mia Koden, the south London-based Sudanese & British music producer and DJ. Having grown up in Ghana and Nigeria hearing reggae, drum & bass and dubstep, to her London days of championing underground electronic music, her new alias brings infectious energy, bass-and-percs-heavy sensibilities with some exciting deviations. Her early 2024 EP ’34U’ has cemented her as a forward thinking producer across low-end electronic territories. Let’s catch up with her & find out what she’s been up to… Festival season is in full swing right now, so in-between that and making tunes am trying to sleep; see the fam; clear my embarrassing inboxes + to-do list; and do little things every day to stay happy and healthy. This year I was lucky enough to play on the truly iconic IICON stage at Glastonbury Festival (cute side note BICEP’s live set was a couple hours after me) so decided to bring a slice of it here – “One Hour Of IICON” – for those asking for a recording <3 Because I was opening the stage for the night – including soundtracking the sun setting – I didn’t want to go in too hard. So this mix is cherry picking tunes from a slow building bass n drums odyssey, as always prioritising new music from underground producers (but also showed respect to the originators with a couple classics). Headed to Pirate Studios for their CDJ-3000s as I set a stupid number of loops + cue points on some of the tracks in here to play around with their arrangements (sorry producer friends!) so I could cram in as much as possible. It’s pretty quick mixing; cutting down 2.5 hours was a MISSION!! So fingers crossed this edition still captures some of the magic of that day.  Up Next… I’ll soon be releasing a track of mine “Up – Run That” (played it in this mix) as a single raising funds for some Sudanese/South Sudanese causes, followed by freeing up 34U.2, the 2nd EP off this year’s production’s mix Made By Mia Koden Vol.2. Beyond that, I’ve finally started collaborating with some artists which I’m v v v excited about. Thanks for having me :) see you August 2nd xx Tracklist: Ella Fitzgerald ft. The Paul Smith Quartet – Summertime (Live) 2. Max Graef – We Are The World (Test Drive) 3. Ronan – Geodesis 4. Four Tet – Love Cry (Joy Orbison Remix) 5. ????? – ????? 6. Slimy x Delta x Obskure 7. Djrum – Plead With Me 8. Mia Koden – Real2Me 9. Smith & Mighty – B Line Fi Blo 10. Danvers – Lojic 11. Mia Koden – F.T.S 12. Conzi – Kway 13. K0JAK – Goodbye Summer 14. Truant – Jack 15. mrshl – 90s Spesh 16. Burna x Elbarto – Backwidda Remix 17. DEFT – Throat 18. Mia Koden – Up (Run That) 19. Mr. Ho – 000 Baby (Om Unit remix) 20. K-LONE – Love Me a Little 21. Smith & Mighty – Jungle Man Corner 22. Delian Sound – Finders Keepers 23. Peven Everett – Gabrielle (Om Unit Edit)

FMB MIXTAPE 242 | ANISH KUMAR  FMB MIXTAPE 242 | ANISH KUMAR (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 242 | ANISH KUMAR (320 ) On this weeks episode of the Feel My Bicep Mixtape, we welcome Anish Kumar, the British Indian producer whose duality underlies his artistry, having just graduated in Veterinary Medicine from The University Of Cambridge. His influences range from northern soul, disco, house to Bollywood making melodic, anthemic productions that are influenced by the culture around him and sounds from around the world. Let’s catch up on what Anish has been up to lately… I finally graduated university (6 years) and played Glastonbury for the first time on the same weekend. I’m shattered but I’m ecstatic that I can move into the next phase of my life now, I was getting really frustrated at having to postpone studio sessions and other cool music opportunities because of my finals. That’s all done now. I’ve got a few days off at home (Newcastle) before I fly out to the US for a string of shows. Having just moved out of university everything’s a mess and it’s weird having all of my belongings in one room. Obviously the decks were the first to get set up haha. I actually wanted to do something that reflects this transitional phase in my life, which involves letting go of a lot of things and even relationships. When my laptop got wiped last year I lost a lot of my project files, leaving me to scavenge mp3s of demos I had been working on from old emails and USBs. It’s always funny looking back at old music and resonating with the idea there, but being horrified by the execution. Anyway, I found a few ‘lost demos’ from 2020 – 2021 that I still really like and wanted to cement them into reality in this mix, even though I can’t work on them or release them officially. It’s cool seeing how my influences and inspirations have evolved since then. I initially tried to do a full mix made up of only my old demos but it was too jarring. In a way, this is my way of letting go of that music as I move into something new. Up next… Shows, shows, shows – making up for lost time basically. US tour, Lost Village, plenty of UK stuff. Hopefully a headline show this year in London. Tracklist: Librarian – Man, It’s After You   2. Anish Kumar – lost_demo_10.08.20.mp3   3. K-Lone – Cinco   4. altrice – ‘ever do you want   5. Anish Kumar – Deewana Deewana   6. Elias Allesandro – Tobasco   7. Felipe Gordon – Travel Through Your Mind   8. Hagop Tchaparian – Round (Four Tet Remix)   9. Wallace – Room 1   10. Baalti – Wedding Season   11. Anish Kumar – lost_demo_31.12.20.mp3   12. Anish Kumar – lost_demo_31.01.21.mp3   13. Jeremy Soule – Secunda   14. Anish Kumar – lost_demo_15.03.21.mp3

FMB MIXTAPE 241 | NAAFI  FMB MIXTAPE 241 | NAAFI (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 241 | NAAFI (320 ) On this episode of the Feel My Bicep mixtape series we welcome Naafi, whose combination of hybrid live/improv/DJ sets sits perfectly at the forefront of experimental electronic music. They are a lover of trance, acid house, rave and garage or “sparkly music” which would be played on family car journeys such as Britney spears! Let’s catch up on what they’ve been up to recently and this mix… I’ve just finished a year long residency collaborating with/composing for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for their Soundbox programme where I was experimenting with bringing together electronic and classical sounds and ways of making. We just had our final shows for the Un:Titled series where I performed live vocals and synth with a 9-piece ensemble.  The mix was recorded at home with my laptop on Ableton using a midimix controller that I set up with FX, filters etc.  The mix is a set I played at a night called Loose ts in Glasgow alongside Dilly ts and OR:LA, I had a lot of fun playing that night and I wanted the mix to be something that was improvised and created in the moment responding to everyone in the room. Unfortunately I didn’t record it live so this is a shortened recreation of that set.  Up Next… I have a couple of shows/festivals coming up; one in London for Eat Your Own Ears on 17th July at The Shacklewell Arms, also playing at Kelburn Garden Party in July and working with visual artist Jordan McRae on an audio visual performance for Sonica Festival in September – other than that I’m taking some time to make and explore new sounds. Tracklist: Drip – Moktar 2. Taito – Polysick 3. Other Side of the Shell – Oceanic 4. Y Generáció – Unknown Artist 5. Her Moon – Tibi Dabo 6. Heart of Glass – Mucho Sueño 7. Bockie – LeftLeft 8. SFTGQM – NKC 9. Waves – Hagan 10. Teo Techno (Radio Slave Disco Dub) KiNK 11. Paradise Engineering – Barker 12. Blue to Red (Photay Remix) – Chip Wickham 13. What Am I Gonna Do – DOTT 14. Sincere (feat. Nova Caspar & Jay Dee) – MJ Cole

FMB MIXTAPE 240| DYLAN DYLAN  FMB MIXTAPE 240 | DYLAN DYLAN (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 240 | DYLAN DYLAN (320 ) On this weeks Feel My Bicep mixtape we have Dylan Dylan, a French producer whose various releases and exciting DJ sets spanning breaks, house, techno and acid loops have seen her rise over the past few years. Her new LP ‘Love Theory’ is an ode to love & explores the diversity of electronic music. Let’s catch up about what she’s been up to and this mix… My second album “Love Theory”, came out last month, so I have been quite busy promoting it, and I also started a spring/summer tour which is quite exciting! The mix was recorded last month, in my studio at home in Montpellier; it was a monday morning, I’m quite a morning person. I was back from a festival, and I had a few days off before leaving again. I had a few artists in my mind for it, so I started the selection a couple of weeks before making the mix. The idea was to record a session that could also be played in a club, building a progressive ambience, and I was excited to try new gems! I also included some tracks of mine, hope you’ll like it  :) Up next… Mostly touring; I’m just back from London, playing in Paris at Km25 this weekend, and I’m leaving again soon to Montreal to play at a festival. I also have a couple of remixes coming out, a new EP in fall, and I started working on a third LP. Tracklist: 1. Baby T – Get To It 2. Frazer Ray – Throw Some Shade 3. Kaba & Hyas – MOOD 4 A CLASSIC (DJ co kr Remix) 4. Horrid1, Sav’O – Skurr (Polo Jaffa Remix) 5. Dylan Dylan – Me & U 6. Dj Cuddles – Groove Designs 7. datadata – OKAY 8. Jaco – Show Some Love (Rhythm Invention Remix) 9. Regal86 – Orale! 10. Nouveau Monica – See The Light (Hodge Remix) 11. Dylan Dylan – Good Times (unreleased) 12. Caucenus – Foda VIP 13. Bubble Love – Pon De Replay 14. Ben Pest – Think Again 15. Dylan Dylan – Dizzy 16. DJ Swisha – Juke-A-Later (Dj Tool) 17. K-65 – No Stop 18. Bailey Ibbs – Rock This, Rock That 19. TAFKAMP – FRIESTALIG 20. NxQuantize – Loux (feat. Appolonie) (Tom Manzarek Remix) 21. Pessimist – Danger 22. Tatyana Jane – Antagonist (Dylan Dylan Remix) 23. Photek – Knitevision 24. Jodenji – LoveSet

FMB MIXTAPE 239 | JD. REID  FMB MIXTAPE 239 | JD. REID (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 239 | JD. REID (320 ) On this weeks Feel My Bicep mixtape series we have JD. REID, a forward-thinking producer hailing from North West London. His catalogue is steeped in hip-hop, trap, jazz, pop and more, always bridging the gaps between genres and representing the melting pot that is London. Between finishing up my next EP, working on production for other artists, starting my own night called ‘BABY GRAVY’, playing shows and being on the radio I’ve been real busy recently! 2024 has been a pretty hectic year for me so far but in the best way. In of my own solo music I’ve mostly been putting out edits over the past few years which are always fun to make and I don’t plan on stopping making them anytime soon, but it’s felt great to start putting out my own original music again. Now that I’ve started dropping again I feel inspired to keep going and have been writing a lot of new stuff. I’m really looking forward to having more of this music come out over the rest of this year.   I recorded the mix at my home studio using my Technics 1210’s, a Pioneer DJM-450 and Serato.   My outlook when it comes to DJ’ing is the same as when I make music. I like and listen to a lot of different sounds so in the same way I incorporate that into the music I make, I want that to come across in my DJ sets. In this mix specifically I wanted to play music from some different sub genres within electronic music and show how I like to travel between them in my sets. There’s some old stuff in there, some recent discoveries and a couple new bits of original music from me too. Up Next… Next up from me is my 2nd EP of the year ‘sometimes i wonder 002’, my 7th edit pack, a bunch of new music out with some of the artists I’ve been producing for over the past year and the next BABY GRAVY party this summer.  Tracklist: JOE ARMON-JONES + MAXWELL OWIN – LOST IN THE FUNCTION OVERMONO – ARLA FEARN CESCO – SUPERSTEALTH BAKEY – WANNIT PERC – TAKE YOUR BODY OFF (TESSELA REMIX) HWLS – NO MORE DVA [HI:EMOTIONS] -NOTU_URONLINEU (FEAT. DANALOGUE) TLIM SHUG – $ITTIN MARLON D – JESUS CREATES SOUND DJ POLO + NKC – FONKEH JLSXND7RS – KEPALA BATU KARIZMA – DARQNESS (BOK’S DUB) GAFFACI – NO ROOF JD. REID – PLUG IVY LAB – LOOK AWAY BODHI – REFORMAT (ORIGINAL MIX) JD. REID – PHOTOGRAPH COIDO – WEDGE CASSIUS SELECT – SICKO GROOVE DANCE MANIACS – BUILT LIKE THAT  NOTION – TV DREAMS ACEMO – JAMIE FOX EDIT SURLY & DJ SWISHA – NOBODY BETTA DJ REDTAIL – ???

FMB MIXTAPE 238 | MR SOSA FMB MIXTAPE 238 | MR SOSA (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 238 | MR SOSA (320 ) This week on the FMB Mixtape series we welcome Mr. Sosa, the Bournemouth native DJ and producer whose project was born out of the Lofi house era with hooky, dreamlike, broken-beat electronica. After selling out shows across Europe, he’s signed with S.C.D.D and Platoon where he’ll release his first album late 2024. We first caught up with him to find out about the mix and what he’s been up to lately… I’ve been working on my debut album, it’s been in the works for a while but I’m really trying to hone in on my sound and create a timeless piece of art. I think that’s always going to take more effort and longer to do than you originally think, but hopefully I’ll be able to put it out into the world soon! I recorded this mix in my home studio on my cdj’s, I’m fortunate enough to have a great setup that I’ve been building for quite a while, as I’m also a mastering engineer and spend almost everyday in my studio engineering and producing. The main idea was to debut lots of tunes and edits I’ve been making over the last year or so that I haven’t had many chances to test and some gems I’ve been digging. I went for big bassy energy and even some hardgroove as I love playing samba/hardgroove drums in my sets, they just get people going. I crammed a lot of music into this mix and it’s basically a snippet of where my heads at in the club scene right now. Up Next… I’m looking forward to playing some festivals like Boardmasters and Hijacked alongside some really great artists and hopefully travelling to some new places. But of course making more music and finishing the album is also a priority! Tracklist: 1. Mr. Sosa – Parabellum I [Unreleased] 2. Mr. Sosa – Parabellum II [Unreleased] 3. Fold – Billa 4. Panaflex – About You [Unreleased] 5. Bakey – Jackpot 6. Special Request, Novelist – Silver (Kettama Remix) 7. Lepsi – Drop Tha Glock 8. Mr. Sosa – Rubber Ducky Don’t Lie [Unreleased] 9. Run For Cover – It Only Gets Ruffer 10. Hamdi – Counting (Taiki Nulight Remix) 11. Mr. Sosa – Lean Lean [Unreleased] 12. Aphex Twin – Digeridoo (Mr. Sosa VIP Edit) [Unreleased] 13. Overmono – Arla Fearn 14. DJ Heartstring – Baby Keem Flip 15. LXNGVX – Montagem Mysterious Game (Mr. Sosa Samba Edit) [Unreleased] 16. Soul Mass Transit System – I Can’t (B With U) 17. Essence – Magalenha Edit 18. Mr. Sosa – Jai Alai [Unreleased] 19. Mr. Sosa – Active Reactive [Unreleased] 20. Daphni – Cherry 21. Regent – Encoder 22. Nathan Melja – Synesthesia (Pariah Remix) 23. Lokey- Einfach 24. Joy Orbison – flight fm 25. Bakey, Capo Lee – Serious Mic Man (Bakey VIP Mix) 26. Young Muscle – Club Apparitions 27. Rosalia, Rauw Alejandro – Vampiros (Small Crab Edit) 28. The Streets x Mr. Sosa – We All Smile (Edit)

FMB MIXTAPE 237 | DJ WIGGLES FMB MIXTAPE 237 | DJ WIGGLES (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 237 | DJ WIGGLES (320 ) This week on the FMB Mixtape series we welcome DJ wiggles, UK Based DJ and founder / curator of the event and mix series ‘Kinetic’. She leans into the soundscapes of dubstep, bass, techno & half time, paying homage to UK sounds, past and present. We first caught up to find out a bit about the mix & what she’s been up to lately… I started the year off pretty busy & focussed but Aprils been a much needed slower month for me. We recently adopted a rescue dog so a lot of time has been spent on helping him adjust to his new life, and creativity levels have been fairly varied so I’ve tried not to push myself too much. Lots of walks, nature & wholesome activities – getting my fix before the summer & festival season begins. The mix was recorded at home on 2 x xdj 700s, 2 x technic 1210s and a xone 23. I love my little set up, it’s super cosy – if I could transport my home set up with me everywhere I would, it’s a safe space for me for sure :) I’ve also been trying to play more records again, so was really nice to have a bunch of stuff I could play for this. I’ve had a bit of a rollercoaster start to the year & like many people, been feeling pretty emotionally drained. When coming up with a concept for this, I thought about what bicep’s music (and the platform) had meant to me when I was in my 20s, and settled on something emotional and nostalgic. This mix is in part a fairly raw response to how I’ve been feeling emotionally recently, but also a collection of some of my favourite records which I’ve loved for years and will love forever. Dubstep can be a super emotional genre but it’s not something I hear out very often, or that I get a chance to play a lot so this felt like the perfect opportunity. This is my favourite kind of dubstep, the late night / early morning rollers which really tug on the heartstrings, tears in the club kind of vibe. I have very nostalgic memories surrounding these records and it was both a pleasure and a challenge putting them together. I feel like a heavy weight has been lifted after recording this mix, so hopefully this evokes a similar emotion for the listeners. Sad girl dubstep ✅ Up next… I’ve got a few London shows over the next couple of weeks, starting with queens yard, planet wax & spanners. I also have my next kinetic event at ormside projects on the 17th with Struction, Jurango & Ryo Kurashina, as well as my Berlin debut at the end of the month before festival season kicks off! Other than that I’m just busy growing the kinetic brand, focussing on launching as a label with our first release due at the end of this year – watch this space! Tracklist: 1. Djrum – St Martin 2. Mala – I Wait, Part II 3. Congi – Rotation 4. Shackleton – Headcleaner 5. Pinch & Shackleton – Jellybones 6. Pinch – Widescreen 7. Pinch – Brighter Day ft. Juakali 8. Pinch – Elements 9. VOOCOO – Parry Dub 10. RSD – Kingfisher 11. Ramadanman – Blimey 12. Peverelist – Esperanto 13. Djrum – Plead With Me 14. Pangaea – Bear Witness 15. Asusu – Togetherness 16. Pangaea – Router

FMB MIXTAPE 236 | RUTHLSS FMB MIXTAPE 236 | RUTHLSS (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 236 | RUTHLSS (320 ) On this weeks FMB Mixtape series, we welcome RUTHLSS, a London-based composer, classically trained pianist, DJ and electronic music producer who blends techniques from her vast skill set with electronic and dance music. Let’s catch up first about the mix and what she’s been up to recently… I’ve been busy finishing lots of music for my debut solo electronic and classical releases, as well as working on some exciting collab tracks lined up for later this year too. I recently played Fabric Room 1 for the first time which was a long held dream of mine and I’m still not over it tbh! I’m spending most days at home enjoying figuring out my new live set and experimenting with lots of out there ideas before the release schedule soon becomes the priority. I recorded this mix using CDJs at a studio in East London The idea for the mix came mostly from wanting to include a few of my own unreleased tracks and building a journey from there – they’re all slightly varied in genre but have a similar feeling of simultaneous sadness and euphoria. This led me to approach the mix more like a mixtape of current favourites than a club set, though it does inevitably become more of a club set in the middle :) There’s everything spanning from techno / hardgroove to bass / breaks and some choral elements in there too. Up next … More DJ gigs soon and I’m especially excited about this new festival High Lights where I’m warming up before Max Cooper and Kelly Lee Owens. Other than that I’m continuing with the live set prep, scoring another short film and gearing up for my solo releases. I’m so excited to share the music – it’s been a long time coming! Tracklist: 1. RUTHLSS – ID 2. Giulia Tess & Lawrence Hart – More Data To Survive 3. RUTHLSS.- ID 4. u.r. trax – Coco Tunnel 5. Joy Orbison – flight fm 6. Splash Pattern – Furnace 7. Doctor Jeep – Push The Body 8. Dylan Fogarty.& Tommy Lewis – Playa 9. Monteagudo – Dj Pipén 10. Dj bluegucci – Off White 11. DJ Gigola – In The Mood 12. DJ Swisherman – Pushin Keys 13. Dylan Fogarty – Track 3 14. CRUSH3d – Brick! 15. R4VF – C.C.L. 16. Malugi & Marlon Hoffstadt – Faster Alone 17. Question Mark – The Birds 18. Vizionn – Run  19. Pegassi – Yo Yo Yo 20. S.U.N. Project – Statistic (Atmos Ultra Remix)  21. Mamba – Mayonnaise 22. Paraadiso – Unisono 23. M.I.A. – XR2 (RUTHLSS Edit) 24. Oswald – Faust 25. Ternion Sound – Swiss Army Dub 26. Metrist – Bputch 27. RUTHLSS – ID 28. Overmono – Blow out 29. RUTHLSS – ID

FMB MIXTAPE 232 | LENGELHAIR FMB MIXTAPE 232 | LENGELHAIR (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 232 | LENGELHAIR (320 ) This week on the FMB Mixtape Series, we welcome Brussels-based DJ Marthe Lengeler aka Lengelhair. As always, we first caught up to find out a bit about the mix & what she’s been up to lately… Lately I’ve been working a lot on building foundations of a future project that will be a space for artistic development surrounding “what makes one feel and express it’ s own unique beauty”. I’m trying to build a bridge between our sensorial, ethereal and exterior conceptions of beauty and find out if there is a way of sharing this in to a bigger ritual as means of connexion. The mix was made on a crappy Numark mixtrack at my friend’s house. In this mix I’ve tried to create soundtrack for a dirty self care ritual in a feverish dreamscape. Up next… I’m looking forward to playing at a closing party of an art studio (Au Kalme) , this weekend and a chill sunday dj set at Matinée during Listen! festival here in Bruxelles. Tracklist: Minds of Men (S.S.D. Bootleg) – She Spells Doom 病 – ZHI16 Cowbell – Afrorack Behind the waterfall – Cimo Cell (Island Birdy) – Howie Lee Genera – OrangeTone Lace Panties – Fatima Al Quadri Perdona me – Master B2 Pugilist – Symbiosis – Baroque Sunburst The Unravelling – Night Swimmer Come Here Boy – MykelOnTheBeat Pax Clutura – Ploy Crazy for love (Autechre Remix) – D-Breeze Depressionfruit (RUI HO 1000 Trip Remix) – Night Swimmer Mk3tref (Rapacious mix) – Dj Babate X Arca Polite rudboi – Simo Cell Pound town (Ase Manual Remix) – Ase manual hanoi – otomoni 淫口痴女 – Duanger time is designed to heal – 4416

FMB MIXTAPE 231 | TARKNO FMB MIXTAPE 231 | TARKNO (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 231 | TARKNO (320 MIX) This week on FMB Mixtape Series, we’re happy to welcome the vinyl-only DJ & music producer, Tarkno, hailing from Australia. As always, we first caught up to find out more about the mix & what he’s been up to lately… I am currently getting ready to head back on tour in Europe and play some exciting events. This means a lot of packing, organizing and planning has been taking place. The mix was actually recorded back in my home studio, in Melbourne, Australia during my holiday break. This gave me access to my entire record collection, so I made sure to select some hidden gems that hadn’t made their way into my bag yet.  The idea for this mix was to play strictly old school tools from my personal collection. All of the records resonate deeply with me, embodying the true sound of underground techno. While the mix has a consistent theme I made sure to include a few staple tracks that I have enjoyed playing out recently.  Up next… I have been working on an liveset / hybrid project that I am excited to bring to events, alongside my records. I have been wanting to find a way to bring original music to the dancefloor without having to press it to wax, so this seems like the next best thing. 

FMB MIXTAPE 230 | KOBORO FMB MIXTAPE 230 | KOBORO (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 230 | KOBORO (320 ) This week in the mix is Koboro, the London-born DJ & co-founder of Elicit Records – a new label co-founded by himself & Kessler to champion forward thinking electronic music with an emphasis on giving a platform to lesser-known artists. As always, we first caught up to hear about the mix & what he’s been up to… There’s been lots of behind-the-scenes work getting Elicit out into the world, which has been in the works since late 2022. After many delays, it was a big relief to officially launch back in October with Eddy’s EP Lunar, which if you haven’t checked out already go do so now (its nuts!!). We’ve also just recently dropped a 12-track compilation and the has been seriously amazing. In more recent news, we just threw a fundraising party last week for Sudan in collaboration with two amazing labels, Amity Club and SSS, who are run by amazing close friends of mine who happen to also be some very talented individuals. Sudan is currently undergoing a massive humanitarian crisis and I really hope to see more people talking about it. The mix was recorded in Pirate studios on a set of cdj 2000’s and a djm900nxs2 mixer, not exactly ideal but the home set up is currently undergoing a makeover lol. I had actually borrowed a controller from my friend to get this recorded initially but didn’t bother with it in the end as I still just don’t like the feel of controllers.  It’s definitely a power hour and gets straight to business. Lots of bass and percussion and gets quite deep at times, a pretty solid reflection of the type of music I’ve been enjoying playing in the club lately. The mix features a blend of (mostly) newer and forthcoming music including some unreleased Elicit bits. Up next… Pushing out some of my own music soon on Elicit and maybe finally organising my record collection which I’ve putting off for years now. Also finalising next few releases on the label, we have a busy schedule ahead of us and our plans for Elicit span far beyond music, but I won’t spill too many details now, you’ll just have to stay locked ;) Tracklist: Ozwald – Von Bossy Matt Finnegan – Wa Dem Say Florentino – Sientelo Portway – 3zN [UNRELEASED ELICIT RECORDS] COIDO – Minimal Afrobeat Kincaid – Cephalopod Bluetoof – Jinx Kombé – Taarab Fragments Sloucho – WATCHING US (W. Rory Sweeney) OCZE – Spinal Waves Domizako – TTT False Persona – Headrush Dual Monitor – Left/Right Hojo – Tartan Ekzander – Inte Prata Med Mig [UNRELEASED] Portway – DEEECON [UNRELEASED ELICIT RECORDS] Nuevo Prohibido -Pantano Slur [UNRELEASED] Hekkla – Nano Dj Loui from Jupiter 4 – Una Causa Un Efecto Gavnlig – Incident re-ni – Blame is the name of the game [UNRELEASED TIMEDANCE] Neida – Halfway Trois-Quarts Taxi System – Rat Joey – MidOff [UNRELEASED ELICIT RECORDS]

FMB MIXTAPE 229 | MR REDLEY FMB MIXTAPE 229 | MR REDLEY (iTUNES) FMB MIXTAPE 229 | MR REDLEY (320 ) To kick things off in 2024, we have Mr. Redley in the mix – the DJ, producer and radio presenter hailing from North London. As always, we first caught up to hear about the mix & what he’s been up to recently… I’ve been reflecting on the successes and challenges of 2023, nurturing my creative energy and refilling my glass. I’m currently taking a moment to breathe before diving into another hectic 12 months. The mix was recorded in one of Rinse’s studios on a pair of CDJ-3000s and a Pioneer A-9 Mixer It’s kind of a Homage to House music as a whole..New York, Chicago, Detroit and even some London sounds – there’s all sorts thrown in there. Some big influences for myself such as Steven Julien and Scott Grooves, mixed in with the likes of Ladymonixx and Frits Wentink! Up next… I’ve been continuing to develop my weekly show on Rinse FM and have been busy lining up some incredible guests for 2024. I’ve also just begun working with a manager to start locking in gigs across the UK, Europe and further field for 2024. Super excited to play for more audiences globally in 2024! On top of that I’m excited to kick the year with my first gig of 2024 in London, headlining at Peckham Audio on the 19th of January for The Solstice Collective. I can’t wait to get back on the dance floor and connect with more people and audiences in 2024!