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mmarz 138 | radha & saffron: nilā shab by mmarz

There's just something about that first chill in the air, hailing the arrival of autumn, that makes @maxsalty ravenously crave shoegaze, dreampop, and indie rock. This mix is his ode to the strange emotional potency of autumn, featuring simple, bittersweet indie songs with crisp, windy exteriors and warm inner cores. Ideal listening for a chilly, contemplative solo walk through a changing landscap...

We're back this week with an exuberant 80s-centric mix by interior designer Travis Trew, who has returned to mmarz to serve up "a musical jello salad chock-full of tender bleepy-bloopies." Press play for an hour of eccentric, candy-coated new wave gems that feel like unearthed cult classics — or the soundtrack to a long-lost summer flick written by Éric Rohmer and directed by John Waters. Tracklis...

This week, we're excited to share Ben Croze's mmarz debut, an hour-long mixtape full of smooth tunes for a bright summer afternoon. Whether you're spending the season at home or far away, take this time to open the windows, sit back, and let the breeze in... Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/135

We're back this week with a thoughtful guest mix by writer Shawn Cremer, aka @scremes, who offers the following words to all who press play: "Pause before we begin. Take a deep inhale. Yes, you. Come here. Venez. Open your senses to the music of Incense Incognita. She begins with top notes of muscatel and vetiver, do you smell that? It blooms. In the middle comes rain-soaked moss and smooth black...

mmarz resident @maxsalty is back with a special mix for Valentine's Day. This mix is an attempt to capture the indescribable feeling of falling for someone, with all the excitement, tenderness and humility that entails. Press play for a dreamlike hour of songs that are bittersweet, imperfect and full of surprises. 💙 Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/133

Harken! For @maxsalty has returned with his annual winter mix, just in time for the holidays. Mezzanotte is Italian for midnight, and indeed this mix is the moodiest entry in the Italian quartet, to be uncorked at that hour of the night when your quietest desires find their loudest voice. Press play for vintage Italian ballads, velvety vocal jazz, and cozy, eerie strings from 1959–1974. Note: Our...

Our emotional state is a vast ocean of no-time, speckled with nonlinear and nonsensical islands of experience. Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/131 @barelyminimal

We're psyched to debut a guest mix this week from our friends at @flow-state-fm! Press play for a curated, 99-minute history of three centuries of instrumental music, and check out Flow State at www.flowstate.fm for your daily fix of music perfect for working. "Here is a mix that chronicles the blossoming of our interest in instrumental music. These tracks had a combination of notes and timbres th...

Resident @maxsalty is back with a pure and simple mix titled Message in a Bottle, composed of soft and bittersweet dream pop, indie and 2000s electronica that make his heart flutter and his eyes get misty. Press play to step into a tender daydream of separation and reunion, ideal for a Sunday afternoon, or a long journey over the Pacific... 🌊💕 Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/129

This week, mmarz resident @saffronnnnnn delivers a glittering blend of nostalgic hip hop and r&b from the early aughts. Slip on your Baby Phat, shut that Razr, set your AIM away message and enjoy boo x Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/128

This week, mmarz resident @maxsalty whips out his hotly anticipated tribute to the 90s. Though hailing from an assortment of genres (all of which, in this mixer's opinion, saw their finest examples in the 90s), the tracks on this mix are unified by the coolness, rawness, and lust for danger associated with Gen X counterculture. Press play for an hour of sexy, angry, nonconformist tunes guaranteed...

A ~very~ small fraction of the hundreds of 80s songs I love so dearly. Tracklist: https://mmarzmix.com/126 @radha_v

In the second week of mmarz's "Decades" series, Zach delivers a super size set of lush disco, trippy jazz excursions, psychedelic noise collages, and even a few stoner classics. @znivens Tracklist: https://mmarzmix.com/125

Some blue, slow, moody tunes from the 60s I played on a rainy day. 🌀 - @rulingplanet Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/124 Part of our 2023 decades special :)

Step into my gelatin jacuzzi ·͜·♡ - @lanajura ~Tracklist at mmarzmix.com/123

At last, @maxsalty takes the stage to conduct his orchestra, delivering an hour of showstopping classical works spanning three centuries of music, from the classical era to the romantic period to impressionism and into the 21st century. The sounds in this mix are sweeping, mysterious and timeless, wrought from intense passion and brought to life by every section of the orchestra. Tracklist: mmarzm...

"Some key ideas that come to mind when I think about this set: Divine. Healing. Blending old and new. Exploring sounds. Deep. Non-genre." @yair-shayovitz, a.k.a. DJ BarBur, is a partner and creator of the Bad Event brand, as well as a music producer, a booker at the prestigious Phi Garden Club in Tel Aviv and an active DJ in the city's underground. His love for music started through the gaming wor...

Rejoice! To round out the year, @maxsalty returns with the third installment of his extra near-and-dear Italian trilogy. Innamorato is Italian for "in love," and this mix features nothing but the most delicious, lovestruck sounds produced between 1955 and 1971. Press play for an hour of rosy-eyed film score moments, soft satin blues from American female jazz vocalists, and tender balladry from old...

@privacysettings recorded this mix for an imagined night of security cameras squishing under platform heels: a moody and tense environment turns kooky and ecstatic when the zoom lenses and video cables break down like disposable water cups. Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/119

mmarz resident @maxsalty is back with the sexiest, grooviest, 90s-est hour of your life. This mix progresses from dark and sultry to funky and dancey, featuring ultra-soft female voices, spoken word, and 90s drumbeats throughout. Press play to enjoy the juicy fruits of one man's unending search for end-of-millennium goodness.

This week, camp connoisseur Travis Trew delivers a potpourri of exuberant musical tchotchkes from forgotten disco divas, new wave weirdos, faux-naïfs, and actual naïfs: "Last weekend I stumbled into a bar where decommissioned animatronic puppets from It’s a Small World caroused and drank their troubles away. Late into the night they gyrated wildly on the dance floor and gorged themselves on banana...

This week, mmarz is honored to present a special guest mix by the Paris-based musician Joseph Schiano di Lombo (@joseph-schiano-di-lombo). A pianist and composer whose solo work has been featured in past mmarz mixes, Joseph delivers an hour of haunting and meditative tunes that live in the nether-space « entre la mort et la beauté. » Press play for a sonic experience that floats seamlessly between...

This week, mmarz resident @maxsalty delivers a mix for the fancies, fantasies and melancholy of spring — ideal listening for a warm, beautiful afternoon spent sifting through big feelings. Enter as you would an imaginary garden... Tracklist: mmarzmix.com/115

celebrate the national holiday of 4/20 with @znivens as your co-pilot. does music sound slower today? is it going to be like this forever? originally aired on dublab 4.20.2022 TRACKLIST: CAN - Dead Pigeon Suite Emeralds - Now You See Me Miles Davis - Maiysha The Notwist - Different Cars and Trains (Loopspool Version) Yuji Toriyama - Song for You Nino Ferrer - The Garden Yusef Lateef - Below Yellow...