"Ain't a problem I can't fix, cuz I can do it in the mix"

If you're a dj, online mixes are like your calling cards. It's pretty much consensus of everyone in the dj community these are the best way to show your talent in picking awesome tunes and putting them together so they make more sense together than apart. They're also a great justification to the claim that dj's do their best to present music you wouldn't hear on radio or tv.

They also provide a pretty good learning experience, when you have to go through your records and try them together. After a while you can look back and proudly listen what moved you then when you had made a mix.



Here's THREE masterpieces of a mix. All of them have spent weeks and months in my mp3 player. All of them are also downloadable, so you can have fun with them while biking or doing some other summer outdoor activity.

DJ Anonymous: Disco #5 (2010) by DJ Anonymous

Everyone in Finnish dj scene knows dj Anonymous. He's a dj legend, great blogger and the go to guy of Helsinki when you need wisdom on good music and it's history. Here's my absolute favorite mix from him. It's generally a bit difficult to mix disco smoothly together, but this mix draws the lines from different records out of different eras and countries. Some of these records are so rare I'll probably never hear them in a different context, but they work so well here I don't mind that much.

LEXX - Live-DJ-Set@BoutiqueHostalSalinasIbiza by Zukunft

The second one comes from Swiss dj and producer called Lexx. You can take and learn so much from this balearic and sunny mix. It's not really beatmixed together at all, but still it's seamless in atmosphere and feeling. After I heard this mix I rushed to cop at least five of these tracks.

MIKE SIMONETTI & JOHNNY JEWEL / ALBUTEROL by JOHNNY JEWEL

The last one is a bit of a contrary to the sunny and beachy atmosphere Lexx's mix. It's Johnny Jewel and Mike Simonetti of Italians do it better fame. This one's really classy affair too. Not so much obscure findings, but household records just played a bit slower or edited a little. These records make so much sense together, they paint a whole stylistic picture of nightlife in town.

So whats your favorite mixes?

- P-Funk

This Saturday we take...

Hard Ticket to Hawaii with the much awaited visit by DJ Schmami. Here's the poster I cooked up this morning:

Here's the link section for everyone to dig in. Needless to say, we are very excited to bring him to our nights. From edits to dj mixes and singing in Shine 2009, he's been one of my top recommended names here in Finland.

Schmami's edits
Shine 2009 
Schmami's Eurolax mix

FB Event for the night

So like penalty kicks, not to be missed... Don't forget that I'm also doing my Diskonservatorio radio show this week.
- P-Funk

Busy week incoming

Sorry for the lack of updates. I went to a dentist to have two teeth removed. The pain and loss of solid food took all my energies, and I'm just slowly getting back to feeling even alright.

It's good that I am, since the forthcoming week is going to be superbusy for us: we are doing three gigs in a row with a-must see Daniel Wang visit in Turku sandwiched between them. We are starting the busy week at Olohuone festival opening party at Samppalinna swimming stadium and later the night at Dynamo. I'm very excited to get to play near a pool, that's as balearic as it comes in Finland. After that we go to Helsinki to support dj Antti Juuso at Mbar. (People at Turku can hear my radio show normally at Zoom FM, but this time starting already at 20 pm) Antti Juuso is a cool dj with a solid taste in classic cult disco from 80's - recommended. Friday it's Daniel Wang at Blanko, Turku. We are not playing, but I have to be there to witness one of my dj heroes. If you don't know Danny, you can check interviews here or here. Turku peoples, don't sleep on this one. We wrap the busy week with the end club for Olohuone at ship/restaurant Lulu.

Here's the list for FB-events of the forementioned, go ahead and "attend" if that's the way you like to organize:


02.06 Olohuone Opening Party @ Samppalinna + Dynamo 
03.06 Bang! Club w/ dj Antti Juuso @ MBar 
04.06 Danny Wang and others @ Blanko
05.06 Olohuone Ending Night @ Lulu

To get you all into the balearic vibe, here's a recent, playable gift (320 kbps) from the Prince of Nu-Disco, Todd Terje. He has a double-album coming right up, so do check that out if this is your cup of tea:

  Camino Del Sol (Todd Terje remix) by fabric

Have a sunny week, folks,
- P-Funk