Good morning everyone,

What is up! I hope all is well. For those of us in the UK, there is the added treat that this is a bank holiday weekend, so here's a newsletter of tracks and mixes to get you pumped for that this evening.

It's an incredible experience to listen to a song and to immediately feel like you have been listening to and loving that song your entire life. That's how I feel about India Jordan's For You, and maybe you will as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5YJKW3BAiQ

There is also a Sarah Waters inspired song on their album, so definitely listen to the whole thing:

“Dear Nan King,” which takes its name from the story’s [Tipping The Velvet's] main character, “reflects the energy and the excitement that came from understanding myself. It’s also sort of an ode to my 12-year-old self, who was about to endure all this pain, and a way of telling my 12-year-old self that it was all going to be okay.”

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/india-jordan-for-you-interview

How about a mix? This one is is by Octo Octa and she talks through it song by song. You might have got out of the habit of having dances in your front room but what better night than tonight to kick that off again. Or for the first time!

This vinyl mix starts with doubles of the intro to Todd Terry presents The Raid’s ‘Jump Up In The Air’. It’s a quick conversation that sounds like one woman yelling over to her friend who’s in the other room getting ready to go out. ‘House music?’ ‘Yeah! You know house!’ So what’s your house sound like? Where did the sounds come from? And how do they move you?”

https://mixmag.net/feature/the-cover-mix-octo-octa

When you're done with that, what about this quite new mix by Eris Drew:

https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/73278

DID YOU KNOW that Eris Drew and Octo Octa live together in a cabin in the woods in New Hampshire? Just when you thought this whole thing could not get more charming, here's a nearly four hour video of them having a forest rave, just the two of them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRPrutWH5vg

I strongly encourage you to find your partner and/or best friend and have a forest rave together, if you can. Have a great weekend, lovely people,

Alex xx.