I recorded this set at the beginning of the month at my NeW IDoLs night (9-1, every Wednesday at 99 Hanover St).  This night is all about ‘NeW IDoLs and old favourites’ and this night was a proper nostalgia-fest, inspired by … Continue reading →

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Cosmic (disco), adj/proper noun, aka Afro Cosmic, also Space Disco Originally an highly eclectic, down-tempo (90-105 BPM) style, which nowadays generally exhibits a lot of space, reverb and echo/delay in the production, bubbling synths, delicate keys, langurous guitars and percussion instruments more often found … Continue reading →

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