Liquid Sunshine Radio Show - Funk, Groove, Disco & Beats - All The Good Stuff!!

Hello Groovers, Last weekend I went to the Womad festival in Adelaide. A festival should always be bigger than the sum of its parts, and I was struck by the myriad ways and moments in which different acts spoke to one another, tracing a lineage of genres and their influence – from pioneers of Afrobeat, Ethio-jazz, Tropicália and Zamrock to younger generations of artists, and across multitude permu...

Hello Groovers, Seriously, how many records do I go through before I reach the bottom of the pile. Well, quite a lot. I am still sorting and sifting through a pile to prepare some DJ sets, and you are on the journey with me. I am in a mellow summery mood, so expect some Disco, Boogie and House tunes to reflect that mood. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot...

Face the Music - Nigerian Album Covers and National Identity Highlife, Afrobeat and African Psychedelic Soul Hello Groovers, Tonight we look at those portraits that were used to sell music in the tumultuous, mercurial decade of the 1970s when Nigeria’s primary concern was the construction of national identity, the making and re-making of a country. What secrets about this national project did the...

Hello Groovers, Get yourself together, you can do it better Tonight we’re picking up where we left last week. We are still preparing 3 DJ sets, for peak time, post peak pingers and Sunday arvo come down. We get a good blend of big vocal House bangers, post peak disco groovers and mellow Sunday afternoon slow funk heat. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot K...

Hello Groovers, Tonight we’re enjoying the warm rays of liquid sunshine on a Sunday afternoon. It’s hot, we’re lazy and also excited, and the groove is in our booty. A good afternoon to throw down some mellow house and disco edits. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Adrian Calvet - Can’t Stress Heymono AKA House Master Flesh - Everybody Al-To...

Hello Groovers, Tonight in the Liquid Sunshine discotheque there is no chin stroking because a visit to the dentist makes this painful. So, we will focus on the hips instead with some good danceable grooves. We’re developing 3 different DJ sets with some cool House Beats, Disco Bangers interpersed with some chill downtempo for the come down. Yes, its Peak, Post Peak and Sunday Arvo sets. Clickety...

Hello Groovers, We’re diving back into the super 70s for some hard stomping funk in the first hour of Liquid Sunshine. And then, in the second hour, we Scooby Doo to the 2020s for some newly released contemporary funk and soul. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Aquarian Dream - Do You Realize Aquarian Dream - Play It For Me (One More Time) M...

Hello Groovers, Tonight we stay firmly on the dance floor, boogie-ing, shaking hips and making sonic connections with each other through some huge choones. Bing bang along, all night long. Big house, big disco, big emotions, and big feelings. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Kathy Brown & 2 Good Souls - Things You Do Babert - Boogie Oogie L...

Hello Groovers, Tonight we will be hitting the dancefloor in the Liquid Sunshine discotheque in a super smooth housey kind of way. There’s a brief sojourn into 90s French filter house and some 90s house classics, before we venture back into contemporary Bali House beats. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Gorge - Garuna Saltywax - Charlie’s T...

Hello Groovers, Hello to 2024 and hello to some sweet contemporary choones without borders. Tonight we’re playing exclusive music coming out of the studio of Colors. Colors is a platform and label which showcases exceptional talent from all around the globe, and is focused on the most distinctive new artists and original sounds. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maar...

Hello Groovers, Let’s keep on celebrating the Christmas and Boxing day cheers and keep on keeping on with great gospel house bangers. No subtlety here, shouting it out and praising the lord while dancing away on the hard house base lines and tunes. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Sunday Service Choir - Follow Me - Faith Peter Croce - Love,...

Hello Groovers, Christmas has come early. Yes, it is ho, ho, ho and jinglebells coming up in a super funky early celebration of all our favourite good times time. Tune in for 2 hours of the hardest, grooviest Christmas funk, hiphop and R&B that Santa dropped down the chimney. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Anthony Hamilton - Little Drumme...

Hello Groovers, Come with me to the meadows, hand in hand, and smell the potpourri of wild flowers dancing and bobbing in the multi genre summer breeze. Funk, disco, house and nu-jazz will poor over you and fill you with warm gooey liquid sunshine. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Bunny Sigler - By The Way You Dance Roy Ayer - Love Will Bri...

Hello Groovers, Are you ready to let the sunshine in, and warm your body to some glowing soulful house choones. Its better than church, it’s better than soulcycle, it’s good vibes in the Liquid Sunshine Discotheque. Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Zigan Aldi - Beni Beni Kurt Kirby - Stressin’ Axel Boman - Modern Fluids Simple Symmetry - To...

Psychedelic Deep House Hello Groovers, Tonight we are continuing on our journey into deep beats with a housy flavour. In the last couple of episodes we have been exploring the Turkish peninsula for deep cuts and grooves, and taking that travelling experience, we are now taking this to Berlin for some slightly darker but still very world beats. Best consumed with some mind and mood help. Clickety C...

Hello Groovers, A few weeks ago I shared with you some really cool house edits of Turkish pop songs from the seventies. Of course I went further into the rabbit hole of this particular niche of music, and there is so much more to give. Tonight we are listening to the slower downtempo versions, it’s mind-altering stuff! Clickety Click on the link to listen Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot K...

Hello Groovers, Discombobulation rules in the discotheque tonight. The expectations do not match the sounds, the lights do not match the feelings and elation grows as we progress. Yes, it’s a perfect dubby k-bump for that post peak glow and second wind energy drinks. Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Alex Puddu - Black Orgasm Dub A Little Prayer (Jayo Edit) Juca Chaves - Take M...

Hello Groovers, Tonight I am going to tell you a story about a jazz musician at Stanford Business school whilst dropping some hot fire disco house. Oh yeah, two polar opposites combined. Noice Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Kathy Brown - Things You Do Room 5 - I Need you Room 5 - Think About You The Disco House Lovers - Let Love Enter Mettei & Omich & Ella - God Make Me Phun...

Hello Groovers, Tonight we are joined by Cris Clucas, musician, creative, TED Talker and a wonderful & generous person. We will be chatting about her TED talk on the benefits of adding everyday ritual to your live. Together with reminiscing on Burning Man and creating cohesive communities. We’ll also be playing some lovely Drum & Bass to go with this lovely chat. Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarte...

Hello Groovers, Sun, sea & socialism is what we are all about in the Liquid Sunshine discotheque. Sweet summery neo-soul sounds together with some slow funk groovers. Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Adi Oasis - Multiply Melonyx - Black Elixir Little Simz - Point & Kill Jorja Smith - Little Things Greantea Peng - Stuck In The Middle Sault - Glory Cleo Sol - Self Greentea Peng...

Hello Groovers, Tonight I have a super experimental set of Boogie, House and Funk that I played out a little while ago. This was the first time live on a rotary mixer, which makes for a whole new mixing and listening experience. Enjoy! Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Secret Squirrels #8 - A1 Pablo & Shoey - Raw Human Emontion Jacques Renault - Belly Dance Dream Secret Squirre...

Hello Groovers, Dance music has always had its anthems, and while they may prompt eye rolls from the ’too cool for school’ crowd, only the biggest cynics can deny that when deployed at the right time, these tunes have enormous power, unleashing waves of euphoria that can unite even the most diverse crowds on the dancefloor. Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Secret Squirrels - #...

Hello Groovers, Bit of a banger in the discotheque tonight. There’s a rabbit hole filled with latin flavoured brazilian boogies and g-strings filled with booty and barrio funk. Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Quinteto Ternura - Leao De Bronze Manteca - Que Pasa Tony Bizarro - Nao Vai Mudar Claudia Telles - Foi Como Um Sonho Gilberto Gil - Palco Rita Lee & Roberto De Carvalho...

Hello Groovers, One night with Future Blue Note. Tonight I am we’re doing some astral travelling to the future of Jazz. Lot’s of new ways to play jazz, referenced to some super cool old spiritual jazz. Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Hans Dulfer - Candy Clouds Horatio Luna - The Wake Up Meute - Peace Alexander Flood - Berlin Alexander Flood - LDN Salomea - Magnolia Tree Key E...

Hello Groovers, Deep, deep into the wild woods looking for the soul of funk, we find the syncopated beats beast and the glorious rumble of booming bass. It’s divine, it’s liquid, it’s sunshine. Oh yeah, good times! Deejay Maarten Vlot KC Tracklist Raw Soul - Georgia Walk Thunder, Lightning & Rain - Super Funky Pt 1 Soul Serenaders - Chicken & Rice Landlord & The Tennants - Sagittarius (pt 1) Bobby...