Avenue Red

Returning for the second time on the Avenue Red series is Italian selector Roberto Vitrani from the south eastern coastal town of Manfredonia. A hardened veteran vinyl collector, Roberto has collected House & Techno ever since the inception of these genres. Here he takes us through a mad selection of House music that is weird, twisted, jazzy, deep, trippy, funky, smooth, groovy and even "tropical"...

The Avenue Red Podcast presents Romanian selector O'laru, who hails from the large port city of Constanta on the Black Sea coast. George has a wicked collection of deep, melodic, minimal and atmospheric house records that are right in the Avenue Red groove. With an ultra smooth mixing style, he takes you on a trip here that would work just as well on the dancefloor as it would in your headphones o...

For this new Avenue Red podcast episode we welcome DJ and producer Mihail P from the small town of Vinica in Macedonia. Mihail has been a friend of Avenue Red for a couple of years via various music-related circles and we see he has a strong passion for the deeper, more emotive shades of electronic music like we do. And most importantly of all, he demonstrates great taste and the knowledge of a tr...

Josh Lentink is back with his 4th Avenue Red mix, another fine journey this time with an even stronger emphasis on Electro sounds than his previous excursions on the series. He is clearly bitten and infected by it like we are also at present! "I made this mix with a space theme in mind. Initially it was going to be almost entirely electro but later I decided to build up to that sound. There's trac...

The next Avenue Red podcast comes from Egor Kuchepatov, the second DJ on the series (after Kammerton) who hails from the Russian city of Ulyanovsk. DJ'ing since 2007, Egor's musical passions range from dub techno to deep, minimal, melodic house and techno sounds. His mixes never cling to any specific genre or musical era, as you can hear from his many diverse podcast releases on his own podcast se...

From the port city of Thessaloniki in Greece, Bliq label boss Bu$$ (or "Budollars") takes to the Avenue Red podcast with his vision of deep, brooding, abstract Techno, Electro & IDM sounds. Since Bu$$ and Manos Mara co-founded the label with a release by London boys Homepark back in 2010, Bliq has established itself as a solid platform for all kinds of deep electronic music, sometimes straying int...

Franc "Disco" Velours from Avignon in southern France lays down nearly 100 minutes of smooth, summery, mellow Disco tunes. Franc is well known in his region as an in-demand DJ with a great box of tricks. We really like his sounds - be sure to check out his Soundcloud page if you get thirsty for more! "This podcast is a good representation of the style that I appreciate, variations of the tropical...

Gusev closes his Avenue Red account for #070 with an old mixtape of Jungle/Drum & Bass cuts from 1995-1998... "Hello friends, this mix was recorded a couple of years ago and is created from classic jungle tracks from years 1995-1998. From my point of view it was the best era for jungle music. In Saint Petersburg, Russia where I grew up in the 90's, the jungle scene was very powerful, active and ex...

Dmitry Gusev is back again with an old Deep House mixtape from years gone by... "Hi friends, today I want to share with you my mix that I created one winter's night some years ago. This mix was created spontaneously, using tracks from some true masters of House including Nick Holder, DJ Deep, Rob Mello, Gene Hunt, Atjazz, Move D and others. I liked how at the end all tracks fitted together to make...

Russian-German selector Dmitry Gusev takes us back to the basics of true House music with a stellar set of classic, melodic, vocal-driven tracks from the underground of yesteryear. "Hi, everyone! The idea of this Avenue Red mix came to me after one of the great evenings in Panorama Bar. I was thinking about what kind of music I would choose to play in this place if given the chance myself. I figur...

Continuing with our theme of chilled summery vibes we welcome back Avenue Red resident and Waehlscheibe label boss Alessandro Crimi, as he delivers his own self-proclaimed "timeless summer soundtrack". "For me this is a personal summer soundtrack, but not just for 2016. This is a choice selection of old, timeless favourite cuts that bring back memories of hot, sunny days and really set the scene....

Newcastle DJ Rob Moller returns to the Avenue Red Podcast for his second mix in the series. Here he delivers a sublime summer holiday soundtrack layered with lots of obscure, melodic House & Disco tunes. "I made this mix with a summer holiday in mind... think breezy bongos, piña colada pianos and smooth sax at tropical tempos. It's not so much of a serious selection, it's more intended to be a lig...

Kayne, a young collector/selector from Southampton in England shows us his unique fusion of Disco, Funk, Leftfield Jazz and Deep/Acid House... and it totally makes sense! It is beautifully adventurous and we have great admiration for the way these tracks are all so carefully knitted together, even if you might have first felt they shouldn't have all lived together in the same hour-long mixtape......

Josh Lentink is back with his 3rd contribution for Avenue Red, bringing yet more golden Deep Techno cuts spliced with some ace Electro inclusions. "I recorded an initial version of this mix a few weeks ago but the vibe got a bit lost towards the end. I then waited for a few records I'd ordered to arrive before finishing it off. There are plenty of new releases from the likes of The God's Planet, L...

The mysterious record collector/selector known as "Korotkov" steps up with something deep, fresh, vibrant and bright. From the city of Lipetsk in Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin (438 kilometers southeast of Moscow), Korotkov brings us a blissful hour+ of dreamy, trippy, sweetly melodic 4/4 gems. Following on from his contributions for other well-respected podcas...

The Avenue Red founder returns with mix 64, his second one on the series after doing episode 2 back in 2013... Here he presents a deep, balmy mix of summery House tunes to get us started for the warmer, sunnier part of the year! "This mix was concocted during a small house party whereupon I had gotten the decks and some records out from storage... I did a rare session whilst making Mojitos for eve...

For the 63rd Avenue Red Podcast we welcome DJ/Producer Mike Starr, an English expat in Berlin who has delivered a silky smooth mix of deep, vibrant, sensual House and Techno sounds. Mike has a great flow on the decks and his music choices are pretty broad - most importantly, the man has a good filter for quality and only the most tasteful materials make it through. Big-ups! "So about me: Berlin-ba...

For the third time Avenue Red welcome back the immense iceberg of musical knowledge and sophisticated selectionism that is Verdant Recordings. We have been sitting on this mix for several weeks and have digested it and ground it down to some sort of atomic-level powder... we expect you to follow suit with this intergalactic mix of deep tunes. "I made this mix a few weeks back, not long after Bloc...

Seasoned record collector/DJ Torsten Brinkmann from Osnabrück, Germany turns his hand to Techno for the first time. A selection laced with deep, edgy lo-fi material and melancholic melodies. "I am a 32 year-old unknown DJ, music lover and collector from Osnabrück, Germany. The mix was my first one that could be considered as Techno. I recorded this one on a Satarday night with a couple of beers an...

Rubsilent from Istanbul, Turkey takes us on a slow-building trip through his amazing record collection with his 4th contribution to the series, taking us 60 deep. As far as we are concerned, Rubsilent (real name Hamza Solim) is probably the best DJ in the whole world. Fabric, Panorama Bar and other world stages of the underground: we urge you all to take note! "I must've purchased dozens of record...

For the 59th Avenue Red Podcast we bring a local lad from Durham to the fray with an immense selection of deep, cosmic electronic music. Mostly 4/4 but with some more broken and obscure tracks also in the blend... and the man doing the blending shows his exquisite taste, keen ear for a transition and a very steady hand on the 1's & 2's. If you are in the North East you can catch Dan playing at The...

After a month-long hiatus we are back with more quality underground House & Techno mixes. For episoide #058 we present German selector Max Hummel with an infectiously deep & groovy selection of minimal tunes. "I'm from Wiesbaden, Germany (near Frankfurt). Wiesbaden isn't known for quality underground music, it's rather sceneless here - there are no possibilities to buy some good wax or go to good...

We welcome the return of London selector Josh Lentink for his second mix on the Avenue Red Podcast. Here Josh starts off with a golden electro cut and slides through some smooth 4/4 deepness for over an hour. A pleasure as always, keep an eye on this young lad, he has 100% "got something". Also, make sure you cast your screens over to https://soundcloud.com/reprise - this is Josh's own podcast ser...

As with last year, we sneak in another episode on New Year's Eve! This stunning contribution to our series comes from Marc Cotterell from Alberquerque, New Mexico, USA... yep, the town where Breaking Bad was set! Unusually it just snowed really heavily there (inc. the time when this mix was recorded), hence the unusual picture of Marc's normally desert-like hometown setting. Marc's Plastik People...

For the 55th Avenue Red Podcast we welcome a mysterious DJ/producer from Athens, Greece known as "Mist" and also as "Mist Soundscapes". In this 67-minute vinyl session he takes us through a dreamy, floaty, spacey selection of Deep House & Techno records with a very unique style of DJ'ing. Very trippy and relaxing. "My musical influences range from dub/deep techno/deep house/ambient/downtempo/moder...