TML Radio: Sabbath Sessions, Vol. 8


Mizo & I are back at it, delivering our weekly dose of grooves for your lazy Sunday listening pleasure. As mentioned last week we are both reorienting ourselves with our record collection (and constantly snagging new things - shouts out Hi Voltage!). This week I kicked us off with a Freestyle Fellowship screed against societal ills that declares "We Will Not Tolerate." It felt so perfectly spot on for today even at almost thirty years old! This is volume 8 folks! The combination of full access to our collections and continued practice behind the decks is starting to be heard, we move in and out of sounds, layering our selections better, mixing more smoothly and generally continuing our only guideline of "a conversation through tunes." You'll hear the mix start out with some electronic leaning frequencies and progressing into harder hitting, darker sounding drums but everything is filled with an overarching sense of Soul. Where ever your Sunday is taking you, press play!

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