New mix upcoming

By popular demand with at least 3 requests in this last week alone, I'll be uploading my latest web radiomix to the website later this week. These tracks have been somewhat languishing in my iTunes folder... now it can find itself a small audience! Look out for "DawnOfEight", coming up in a few days time.

DJ Mandali - “Black Diamond Mix”

There has been a lot of activity States-side that I have been meaning to bring together for a while, a lot of creative music styles coming out of California, out of Miami, of course out of London. I have brought these influences together in a hot new mix, the Black Diamond mix.

Bringing together some usual suspects such as Coldcut and Fred Everything (do these guys ever take a breather?), followed by some personal revelations, such as DJ Diz. I mean, where has this guy been all my life?

Checking his bio, he entered the world of music under the wing of luminaries such as house demigod Derrick Carter, Mark Farina of Mushroom Jazz fame, and deep house supremos Chez Damier and Ron Trent. I mean, how much patronage do you need? Apparently sharing a residency at Chicago's Shelter with coolster Johnny Fiasco did the trick.

Another revelation is the resurgence (at least in my eyes) of Om Records. A very cool compilation of Miami club sounds in their latest Om:Miami compilation fits perfectly into this edgy and stylish mix. Jazzy, deep house overtones, hip-hop influenced, clublike. As DJ Mike used to say, "if these tracks don't have you twitching about looking for some space to move, then hey, you can't be moved". Enjoy!

DJ Mandali

DJ Mandali - “Soundtrax Rock”

It all started with a fateful meeting online with an article on Iggy and the Stooges, followed by another fateful trip down to Shinjuku's southside Tower Records store on an otherwise nondescript Sunday afternoon. Idling through the aisles, before I knew it I was faced with what is probably the best UK garage/punk band ever, the Bang! Bang! The rest is a vague recollection of stomping around Shinjuku with random people on the kerb...

This mix is fully soundtrack-based, from the Brothers of the Head's Bang! Bang! musico-mentary soundtrack, to Samuel Jackson's latest Wutang-drenched anime flick Afrosamurai, or offbeat movie Babel's strings-and-piano masterpiece. You'd think a soundtrack would be purely an atmospheric, dramatic tension-led, orchestral affair... well, those gilded days are officially over. GZA. Big Daddy Kane. Stone Mecca. The Bang! Bang! Ryuichi Sakamoto. Susumu Yokota. Welcome to Soundtrax Rock. Time to mosh.

DJ Mandali

Naviblog FM hits no.2 on the Electro charts!

Listening to our very own Naviblog FM yesterday, with the ever-faithful Naviblog FM player widget sitting on my desktop. Checking out our guest DJ this week - DJ Tornado Kicks - with his new "British Punch" mix, listeners have been piling in over the last few days, making our FM radio station hit the no.2 spot worldwide for electronica and related music genres.

I mean, up against the likes of Soma FM? You gotta be kidding! It seems Naviblog FM is reaching to new heights, and nothing's getting in our way. Respect to DJ TKs. Keep them grooving!

NaviblogFM: DJ Tornado Kicks - “British Punch”

Just click and listen, there's no better explanation because it's 1000% pure English.

I was pretty amazed though, that there is still so much more to learn from their leading style and fashion by time and generation...

DJ Tornado Kicks


Well, he's back...

After a short absence from the Naviblog FM studios, our favorite guest DJ, DJ TKs, is back on the scene. This time he is weighing in with his super-cool, 1000% pure British playlist. We'll start out with Side A, then head over to the B side in a few days...

Honestly speaking, DJ TKs isn't some hulking body-building type so it amazes me how he was able to carry all this fucking music over to the studios (okay, I admit, he used one of those large capacity USB HD's). I seriously doubt if you'll hear the same song twice... yes, that many songs. This is one playlist not to be taken lightly... totally smoking.

Hey, he wouldn't be DJ TKs if we expected anything less... so, like DJ TKs said, "just click and listen!"

DJ Mike (the.ex.hipster)