Tongro is gone now, but I still think about the sound system in that bar. It seemed to know something about warmth that other rooms in the city hadn’t figured out. Casa Corona is still running, the way certain Seoul rooms last by keeping an understanding with one community: unpromoted, barely online, and full every weekend with people who found it and kept finding it. Those two rooms have shaped the way I hear music as much as any records or gigs.
Get Down Vol. 6 came out of long stretches in both of them. It carries the mood those rooms produce after a few hours inside, an open, receptive way of listening that I’ve been trying to translate into DJ sets for as long as I’ve known those places. Soulful, warm, and the kind of music that feels like it’s doing you a favour rather than demanding your attention.
The selection moves through classic house, disco and contemporary soul in a way I hope feels like a single conversation rather than a run of different ideas. Soul II Soul, Jamiroquai, Jungle, Masters At Work, Dave Lee and The Shapeshifters span decades of the same tradition: music that starts in the body and reaches the head, not the other way round. I made this mix during the colder months, which probably shows in the warmth I was reaching for throughout.
The mix is also available on Mixcloud for uninterrupted listening.
This is music for moving, or for sitting still with your eyes closed. Both are correct uses of it.
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The two sides of this mix have their own entries on the family tree, disco and soulful house. My piece on crafting a set explains how I think about moving between them over a couple of hours.
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