Flamingo #36 (01/12/21)
Flamingo is my monthly radio show on Lisbon’s Rádio Quântica, broadcasting every fourth Wednesday from 16h–18h GMT. You can find archives of previous shows on Mixcloud and Soundcloud.
Living in a dream boat
While the world goes crazy outside
Living in a dream boat
While the world floats madly by
- Sal Paradise summing up the state of things back in 1983 and right now.
It’s the last Flamingo of the year and I fell into a bit of an 80s vibe for the first half. I go through phases of buying 80s records until I have just enough critical mass to warrant a radio show or a mix - and this was one of those times. Tunes by Sal Paradise, Stacy Lattisaw and Bonk are all recent purchases, while Poke, Telex, China Crisis and Mr Master are old favourites that have found their way back into my bag for recent gigs. Mucho and Banana Moon are 80s tunes in contemporary clothing, while Bex is another winner from that Pollination comp that I can’t stop playing.
The second half of the show is a mix of older records and CDs I’ve been playing out recently, from Drum Club’s brilliant Everything Is Now album to MU’s evergreen ‘Chair Girl’ (which went down a treat at 6am at Lux last weekend) and S Moreira’s moody afterparty mix of Jorge Caiado’s ‘Tarradas’. Kyle Hall’s new tune ‘Weed And Majik’ is also pure afters hypnotism, while the forthcoming hit ‘Travel Miles’ from Youandewan and Mculo ends the show on a buoyant note. (Thanks to Youandewan for the promo.)
FLAMINGO #36 (01/12/21)
Listen on Mixcloud or Soundcloud:
Bex – Angelic Language [Pollination, 2021]
Sal Paradise – Living In A Dream Boat [Arista, 1983]
Stacy Lattisaw – Nail It To The Wall [Motown, 1986]
Bonk – Car Jam (Electro Jazz Mix) [Ensign, 1983]
China Crisis – This Occupation [Virgin, 1983]
Poke – Digitalmente Afectivo [Schiu!, 1984]
Telex – Raised By Snakes (Razormaid Mix) [Razormaid, 1986]
Banana Moon – Polyamory [Funnovojere, 2021]
Mucho – Las Ventanas Se Encienden [Kartoffel Kollektiv, 2019]
Mr. Master – A Dog In The Night [House Of Music, 1983]
IN THE MIX
Drum Club – Spaced Out Locked In [Big Life, 1993]
WRD – Future Tense [Force Majeure, 2012]
Codebase – Seek And Destroy [Force Inc, 2003]
Hekkla – No Math [AM, 2016]
Jorge Caiado – Tarradas (S. Moreira Remix) [Carpet & Snares, 2018]
Kyle Hall – Weed Or Majik [Self-released, 2021]
Creta Kano – Galactic Halo [Bokhari, 2015]
MU – Chair Girl [Tigersushi, 2003]
Energy Storm – Nitro San-D [ESP, 1991]
Lectroluv – Luv The Cure [Eightball, 1993]
Yekuana – Guardians Of Light [Yekuana, 2000]
Oliver Torr – New Humans [XYZ Project, 2017]
Youandewan & Mculo - Travel Miles (Paradise Lost Mix) [Pure Shores]