“When I selected the tracks for this mix, I wanted to talk about ‘love’. Hope you all listen to this mix while thinking of ‘love’ with your lover, friends, family, animals, etc. :).”
Apricot 62: Tucan Discos
Author: Nathaniel Rose
Apricot 61: Andrej Micajkov
Apricot 60: Fritjof Drake
“When I was asked about the mix around a year ago, I put some records aside, such as the last tune. I also wanted to showcase some Swedish sounds, the first two, one fake reggae in the middle and one at the finish line (the French speaking one).
But of course always have some dub, Jamaican grooves, some hip-hop type beats, UK street soul and also got one italo in.
I really just wanted to make a sunny mix that, especially for us in northern countries, to dream about summer after five months of winter.”
Apricot 59: Luna
“This mix reminds me of:
slowly drinking a sweet coffee in the morning;
sunshine;
my grandmother;
home.
I hope you enjoy it and take a moment to slow down and have a little dance. I hope the music transports you somewhere nice and warm.
Enjoy xx”
Apricot 58: Sanshiro
“In 2021 I published a book called ‘Post-House Music Disc Guide’. This mix based is on that idea, which includes proto-house and similar genres.”
Apricot 57: Prop Joe
“I loved putting this mix together, a concept that’s been on my mind for a while. Enjoy 90 minutes of music from entirely African artists / artists from African heritage. Mainly early SA House & Kwaito with a splash of soca & bubblegum to get the feet moving! Special thanks to Biko for helping out with a couple of the tracks in this one.”
Apricot 56: DJ Boeing
“I recorded this mix being surrounded by the chill of a grey day and missing hot summer days. A pinch of dub music, soca, merengue and even italo disco, house, freestyle and couple of my edits made me feel warmth☀️.”
Apricot 55: Gaz
“As I always say: ‘life is too short for bad music…’ Being born and raised in Kyrgyzstan; a Central Asian country with a blend of many cultures throughout the centuries, the type of music in this mix has always been in my playlists, but never had a chance, or the right crowd to play it. Thanks to @opium-underground (https://soundcloud.com/opium-underground) and @po-kaifu for inviting me to their regular parties taking place at PowerHouse. Please enjoy and remember: ‘never stop dancing…’”
Apricot 54: ChewChew
“In the midst of these tumultuous times, I’ve found refuge in the harmonies and rhythms of music, crafting a mix that captures the essence of the looming winter. Lately, I’ve been gravitating towards Lovers Rock and Dub Music. Perhaps there’s something in the air that calls for the warmth and optimism these genres exude. It’s my hope that this mix envelopes you in solace, bringing a beacon of positivity amid the prevailing chill. Let the melodies be your comforting blanket, reminding us all of the enduring power of music.”
Apricot 53: Danny Bodega
“Been very much on the romance of the endless summer tip musically and otherwise, and recorded this mix perhaps oddly on a rain lashed night in the dying days of London Summer. Mostly records picked up from travels last year and a couple CDs. Long afternoon holiday mode engagement for this one. Mainly musics from the Antilles and diaspora with full props to the makers, singers, players.”
Apricot 52: Kuta (Anima)
Apricot 51: La Roze
“This mix is a personal selection with lots of old favourites I love to play on Sundays at home. Also included is a track from the record we just released on @lovereaction.family.”
Apricot 50: Kiernan Abbott (Fragments in Wax)
“Right now feels like the tides are changing in all kinds of different ways and this mix was a pause in the chaos. In the past year I’ve often felt a little lost in this little venture, so the tracks selected here are the ones that slipped between the cracks. I took a peaceful moment to record this after a week of friendship back home in Wales – I hope listeners take a moment to enjoy this too.”
Apricot 49: Luma
Apricot 48: Babycino
“When putting this mix together, the aim was to keep it at a low slung tempo with fairly chuggy grooves to melt into.
Listening back, the mix seems to comprise of three parts. Starting off with a more psychedelic, balearic sound before moving into a few tropical trip hop flavours and street soul inspired tracks then finishing with more downtempo, acidic bubblers. If you listen closely, I’ve managed to slide in one of my own productions into the mix as well!
To me the mix has the overall feeling well suited to warm sunshine breaking through on a cold winters day. Hope you enjoy! 🌤“
Apricot 47: Evie
“This was a really fun mix to make and moves through a heap of different sounds and tempos that I don’t usually go to when I’m playing out. It’s the kind of selection that I love listening to when I’m just at home – lots of soft rock and 80s synth pop!”
Apricot 46: Typhoon Lady
“I recorded this mix a few days after coming back from Amsterdam where I met my newborn niece. Being back in Berlin and feeling a bit far away, I think the mix reflects the feelings of blissful joy mixed with a little melancholy. I hope you enjoy listening to it as we escape winter and move into sunny spring evenings. For Nuri.”
Apricot 45: Sanky
Apricot 44: Ty Abiodun
Ty Abiodun & Through the Trees
“After a long break in recording mixes.It was difficult to know what to put in. I’ve always had a love for pop music, from the feel good cheesy hits to the moody ones. So thought why not start there. This mix isn’t aimed at the dance floor but it does have a few euphoric moments to sing along too! It veers a little, but I hope it matches the early days of spring here in the UK.”
Apricot 43: Minh-Duc (Club Roquette)
“This mix is a very personal one I have wanted to do for a long time now. It puts together soothing music from different parts of the world but with a main balearic mood. It is meant to be listened to at home or in peaceful surroundings, when you are feeling low or need to rest in order to relax and escape a bit from the present moment, imagining yourself walking along the seashore at sunset time.”
Apricot 42: Sarita
“During the peak of the pandemic, I lived on a mountain with friends. Since we couldn’t travel, we imagined other places by listening to music from all over the world. This mix is a homage to that time – despite its difficulties, these remain precious musical memories. The mix brings together gwoka, spiritual jazz, afro funk, Afro Cuban rhythms, balearic, and ambient sounds. It’s designed to be listened to in nature or quiet places, alone or with friends.
Tracklist:
1. Vangelis – We Were All Uprooted
2. Kiyoshi Yamaya, Kifu Mitsuhashi – Nanbu Ushioi-Uta
3. Ritual Trio – Africanos/Latinos
4. Emboule Jean-Claude, Louison Gerome et Le Groupe Kako – Enjafann Kann
5. Groupe Béloka – Menm Chimen-la
5. Amara Touré – Cuando Llegare
6. Ayala – From Africa
7. Stella – Détends-toi (Dub Mix)
8. Sheila Chandra – The Awakening
9. Mary Lattimore – Wawa By The Ocean”
Apricot 41: Davin Underwood
Apricot 40: Master Phil
Apricot 39: Biko
“This mix fits my lazy morning perfectly. The lazy mornings where you can sleep in and have all the time of the world. The ones where you can brew yourself a nice coffee and enjoy a delicious breakfast. Where you can enjoy the day without worries. It features music that I thoroughly enjoy on such mornings and I hope you will enjoy them too on your lazy morning or any other good moment of the day.“
Biko & YouTube Rips & IG
Apricot 38: Earl Orlog
“The mix is a set I played at the wonderful urban art festival IBug, inspired by all the breathtaking art and the exhibiting artists from around the world. It’s a travel through time and space, an outernational island hopping trip through an archipelago of mostly Dub, Reggae and Downbeat.“
Apricot 37: Daisy Records
“The mix I’ve put together is a collection of some of my favourite ambient, jazz & Brazilian tracks that I’ve been wanting to play for a long time & thought this particular selection would suit the mix series well. I took inspiration from records we currently have in stock in the shop as well as envisioning something nice to listen to on the spring mornings.”
Apricot 36: Mademoiselle Linda
Apricot 35: Tut Anah Amon
Apricot 34: Freedom of Groovement
Freedom of Groovement & Soundcloud
“The guiding sound in this mix is the six-string guitar, virtually unrivaled in its cross-cultural adoption due to its simple versatility. Notes can be hammered and bent, tunings can be tweaked to match any scale and thanks to electric pickups, entire new universes of noise can be explored. Add that you can carry it on your back, it’s no surprise the guitar has traveled from Antananarivo to Zeytinburnu. Not every song in this mix features a guitar in the starring role, in these cases I urge you listen even more closely & pay attention to how it supports all the other instruments. Big shout out to @fragmentsinwax for providing two of the songs included in this mix, as always no borders on the dancefloor!”
Apricot 33: Gilberto & Phil OG
Apricot 32: Tyler
“Voices in the afternoon haze, a strum, looking outward to faraway places – This mix is an exploration of folk and jazz sounds from around the world, just some of the many different colours that can be heard when delving into the sonic expressions of people and culture.”
Apricot 31: Basma
“I tried to make a playlist fit for a Sudani bus driver’s USB stick, to be blasted from the bus entertainment system between Qur’an readings and Shaw Brothers productions. A soundtrack for slow journeys at the highest speeds.”
Apricot 30: Frinda di Lanco & Hendrik Stein
Frinda di Lanco & Hendrik Stein
“This mix is the excuse for all the postcards we missed to write during various trips to Napoli. At our first arrival at 6am on some mid-september day back in 2017 we were instantly absorbed by the seething city with it’s narrow alleys and rough but passionate citizens. Of course we came across some Neapolitan records before but only through witnessing the pulse of the city we finally lost our hearts to the sweetness and pathos of Canzone. After various trips to Napoli and Sicily and thanks to the great tips of lovely people like Florian, Daniele and Massimo we finally managed to put this mix together. And we hope you enjoy it.”
Apricot 29: Floor Length Skirts
Apricot 28: Elliot Ofmarco
Apricot 27: Taelyn
Apricot 26: Shari-Vari Records
Apricot 25: Hiba
“The mix is a selection of the traditional Arabic side of my record collection, with a focus on North Africa (specifically Egypt and Morocco)”
Apricot 24: Shah Sharafi
“A range of electronic and experimental songs from contemporary artists hailing from the Near East (and beyond, mixed in with a few select gems. A chance to re-centre what we think of as ‘Eastern’ music, and an ode to the much forgotten world of Arabic Modernism.”
Apricot 23: Santilli
Apricot 22: Philipp Markovich
Apricot 21: Vakho
Apricot 20: Daniel Lupica
“Just making the most of one of the very few opportunities I’ve had to hit record on a mix since becoming a dad earlier this year.”
Apricot 19: Vlado Markovic
Saphileaum – Savar
Henry Kawahara – ライラックの弦 (Lilac Strings)
Moonilena – Arasole Rain
Sweatson Klank – Light Bridge
Clan Caimán – Tribu
Max Essa – Miró In The Bathroom
Blue – Mangrove
Conny Frischauf – Parapiri
Henry Kawahara – 旅立ち = Start On A Journey
Pauline Anna Strom – Tropical Convergence
Dubharp – Escapade
Love Ape – Zen
The Zenmenn – Stairway To Heaven
Apricot 18: Marwan Filali
Apricot 17: Monrakplengthai
“this mix puts a spotlight on the brief but influential “luk thung folk song” scene. following after popular bangkok café entertainer surachai folksong, a number of thailand’s biggest country music stars released albums in “folksong” style, recording stripped-down, coffeehouse-ready arrangements of guitar, bass and electric organ, courting an audience looking to soundtrack a night of relaxed drinking and socializing. hope this hour of music can serve you similarly!
01. รุ่งเพชร แหลมสิงห์ – ฝนเดือนหก
rungphet laemsing – fon duean hok (“june rain”)
02. สุรชัย โฟล์คซอง – น้ำตาลาไทร
surachai folksong – nam ta la sai (“tears at leaving the banyan tree”)
03. พุ่มพวง ดวงจันทร์ – อยากฆ่าผู้ชายเจ้าชู้
phumphuang duangchan – yak kha phu chai chao chu (“i want to kill this adulterous man”)
04. ชาย เมืองสิงห์ – ชะทิงนองนอย
chai mueangsing – cha thing nong noi
05. ก้าน แก้วสุพรรณ – หนุ่มเมืองนนท์
kan kaeosuphan – num mueang non (“young man from nonthaburi”)
06. สายัณห์ นิรันดร – พอหรือยัง
sayan nirandon – pho rue yang (“is it enough, yet?”)
07. สุรชัย โฟล์คซอง – กระท่อมพ่อหมาย
surachai folksong – krathom pho mai (“a widower’s hut”)
08. รุ่งเพชร แหลมสิงห์ – แล้วแต่วาสนา
rungphet laemsing – laeo tae watsana (“according to fate”)
09. สายัณห์ สัญญา – น้ำตาอีสาน
sayan sanya – nam ta isan (“tears of isan”)
10. พุ่มพวง ดวงจันทร์ – ชอบมองนักเชียว
phumphuang duangchan – chop mong nak chiao (“i love to stare”)
11. สุรชัย โฟล์คซอง – อยากเป็นเจ้าบ่าว
surachai folksong – yak pen chao bao (“i want to be the groom”)
12. พุ่มพวง ดวงจันทร์ – รักไม่จริงต้องยิงด้วยปืน
phumphuang duangchan – rak mai ching tong ying duai puen (“if your love’s untrue, you must be gunned down”)
13. ชาย เมืองสิงห์ – ทำบุญร่วมชาติ
chai mueangsing – tam bun ruam chat (“let’s make merit”)
14. เพลิน พรหมแดน – สาวโสด
phloen phromdaen – sao sot (“single lady”)
15. ก้าน แก้วสุพรรณ – บ้านน้องอยู่ไหน
kan kaeosuphan – ban nong yu nai (“where do you live, girl?”)
16. สายัณห์ สัญญา – สัญญาห้าปี
sayan sanya – sanya ha pi (“a five year promise”)
17. รุ่งเพชร แหลมสิงห์ – กุหลาบเมาะลำเลิง
rungphet laemsing – kulap molamloeng (“rose of mawlamyine”)“
Apricot 16: Aysu
Apricot 14: Julian Horn
Apricot 15: Tomoyuki Fujii
Apricot 13: Berkay Mete
Apricot 12: Mirren
“This mix is focused around late 90s / early 00s Indian hip hop tracks that I’ve been compiling and obsessed with for the past year or so. In my opinion most of these tunes cleanly hit that sweet spot of east meets west production, combining traditional vocals and instruments with heavy synths + bass 🔊🔊 Hope you enjoy!!“
Apricot 11: Music In Exile – Mix by Kgomotso Sekhu
Kgomotso Sekhu & Music In Exile
“Spiritual funk travels from South Africa 🇿🇦 Africa to Brazil 🇧🇷 with a layover in Australia 🇦🇺.”
Apricot 10: Digging In India
Digging In India
@digginginindia & Nishant Mittal
“Funk/psych/pop Bengali language records from the 70s-90s.”
Apricot 09: Emre Can Swim
Apricot 08: chOOn!!
“This mix is dedicated to Italian currents – our latest reissue resurfaces Bi Nostalgia’s minimal wonder Exemplum Rhythmicus from 1990 (originally released under the artist’s name Luca Rigato on the Veronese cassette label Diagrapho). It falls among the strange and definition resistant artefacts of Italy’s remarkable avant-garde music scene of the 1980s.
From within you will find a collection of sprawling Mediterranean sounds – a sonic exploration into many underwater worlds and dreamscapes: gleaming fantasy jams, softly piped synths and chiming cosmic melodies.
A laggy, sub-tropical mirage of Italian avant-garde gems.”
Tracklist:
Sandro Brugnolini // Dreamed Horizon on Abstract Forms
Fabio Dovigo // Erbario on Mirò
Alchimia // Non Lo So on Architettura Sussurrante Di Alessandro Mendini
Franco Leprino // Integrati… Disintegrati on Integrati… Disintegrati
Roberto Mazza // Esperidi on Scoprire Le Orme
F.P. & The Doubling Riders // Chinese Rain on Doublings & Silences, Vol. 1
Sandro Brugnolini & Stefano Torossi // Effetto Notte on Strumentali
Giorgio Cantoni // Invocazione Dell’Oblio on Pianeti Di Lana 2
Strumentoconcerto // Klung-Klung Grillo on Lo Strumento Fa Concerto
Luigi Ceccarelli // Tea Rapsody on Dark
Claudio Cojaniz // Yeti on Ramo Ramo (Ypnosisetnomuzik)
Vagal Group // Bee Queen on Exciter
Andrea Centazzo // Nausicaa on Cetacea – L’Odissea Dei Suoni Perduti
Tiziano Popoli & Marco Dalpane // This Is The Time on Lezioni Di Anatomia
Dissòi Lògoi // Delfini on Da Occidente A Oriente
Gianni Gebbia // Cud on Gianni Gebbia
Bi Nostalgia // Parte Seconda [Extract] on Exemplum Rhythmicus
Valerio Gallo Curcio Group & Franco Bonfanti // Moonsamba on Strumentali
Rimauri // I Folletti on D.O.C.
Apricot 07: Fuji’s Bazaar
Apricot 06: Marroushti
“This mix is not necessarily an uplifting one but an emotional one filled with strong longing for my country Lebanon and deep appreciation of modern and traditional Arabic music. It’s been heart breaking hearing the news of the series of explosions and fires which have been expediently destroying my country. Lebanon was already going through an economic crisis in the midst of the pandemic and prior to the pandemic it was waking up to a revolution led by its people to topple down their corrupt and dysfunctional government. Many friends and family over there are now struggling to make ends meet. Therefore, this mix is dedicated to them and to all the Lebanese people who are fighting for a better place. This mix is also an invitation to keep supporting Lebanon through donating to wonderful organisations such as the Lebanese Red Cross and the Lebanese Foodbank.“
