Wow. Where to begin this one. One thing I said when starting out this podcast is that I would always record live and do minimal post-production on them (usually just trimming!), but unfortunately the lack of time and energy this month has meant I've recorded this session in 4 parts and spliced them together in post production - Given the bumper nature of this episode, I'm sure you'll forgive me just this once! So 19 days late, here it is, some brilliant party music just before the party season starts proper. This set was inadvertently inspired by one of my good friends and fellow DJs, Silverhook, after he teased me about loving electroswing as a genre of music. And was like… How did I ever get to 40+ episodes into my podcast without actually covering one of my favourite genres?! Anyway to right that wrong, here is a bumper episode of my podcast featuring no less than 36 tracks in almost 2 hours of nonstop, 124bpm electroswing madness. What surprised me when researching this episode is the variety of sub-styles within the electroswing world, it’s not all just rehashed wartime music with a bass drum. In this mix, there are touches of pop remixes, dub-step, even a little techno at times. Oh, yes, and plenty and plenty of cheese. Especially the closing track ;) I feature several tracks by French grandmasters (and an old favourite of mine) Caravan Palace - opening with their possibly most famous track, as well as Austrian electroswing powerhouse Parov Stelar, but also brand new material from Balduin - So keep an ear out for “Mr. Jones (Balduin Remix)” in the middle of the set. There’s also an unexpected big name in the midst of this set as well - Icona Pop’s Emergency appears - Showing that electroswing isn’t just a fringe musical genre! So whatever you’re doing this Christmas and New Year, feel free to pop this on in the background to get into the party mood because it’s all about the rhythm in this electroswing megamix! All the best for 2024, Soen Tracklisting: 1. Caravan Palace - Lone Digger 2. Parov Stelar, AronChupa - Grandpa's Groove (Extended Version) 3. Minimatic - No Swinggity 4. Balduin, Masha Ray - Dirty Dazzler 5. Lazlo - Busy Line 6. Swingrowers - Follow the Stars 7. C@ in the H@, Arthur Migliazza - The Lost Rag 8. Parov Stelar - Booty Swing 9. Odd Chap - The Little Man Who Wasn't There 10. Jamie Berry, Octavia Rose - Delight 11. Swingrowers - Educated Feet 12. Balduin, Masha Ray - Wabababa 13. Alice Francis, Balduin - Mr. Jones (Balduin Remix) 14. Jamie Berry, Robert Edwards, Andrew Griffiths, Octavia Rose - Light up the Night 15. Parov Stelar Trio - Doctor Foo 16. Wolfgang Lohr, Phos Toni - My 20s Woman 17. Jamie Berry, Octavia Rose - Lost In The Rhythm 18. Wolfgang Lohr - Black Swing 19. Little Violet - Silent Movie 20. Parov Stelar - Clap Your Hands 21. Pisk, Little Violet - Wicked 22. Icona Pop - Emergency 23. Jamie Berry - Sweet Rascal (Original Mix) 24. Betty Booom - Betty Boop (Electro Swing) 25. Bart&Baker - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 26. Lil Mishka Band, The Soulmate Project, Szigeti Juli - Long Train Runnin' (Electro Swing Mix) 27. AronChupa, Little Sis Nora - Little Swing 28. Balduin, Wolfgang Lohr, J Fitz - New Ground 29. Caravan Palace - Russian 30. Glenn Gatsby, LVDS - Marvelous 31. Pisk, Nastazya - Horny (Electro Swing Version) 32. Balduin, Wolfgang Lohr, Alanna Lyes - Dizzy (Radio Edit) 33. Musique Boutique - It Goes Like Nanana (Electro Swing Radio Edit) 34. Glenn Gatsby - Shadow Hat 35. Tamela D'amico, Wolfgang Lohr, Ashley Slater - Boring 20s 36. Swing'it, Jonah Hitchens, Sam Norris - Champagne: Electro Swing Spin

This is one of those really fast-paced technical mixes that I had to re-record 5 times to try and get it recorded without mistakes... And still a couple persist! Even though DJs normally use extended mixes for their sets - Sometimes those just don't exist for tracks I like, so I have to make my own extended version, live, on the decks. Most of the time it works, although it can be tricky - No treats this time! Anyway, the last couple of weeks have been an emotional rollercoaster after falling ill again, so this is a heartfelt house mix, it covers a few different genres, mostly progressive house and deep house, but there are touches of pop and straight up dance here and there. I'm the first to admit this isn't one of the best mixes in the world, but that's why we try. We learn just as much from trying and failing as we do trying and succeeding - And failures don't negate all of the progress you've made to this point. So have a listen and see if you agree whether this mix is yay or nay for you. As always you can reach me at @soen on X (Twitter), @soenone on soundcloud and @soen.one on instagram. Peace and positive energy to you all, Soen Tracklisting: 1. Forester - All My Days 2. aname - Anywhere (Road Trippin') 3. Jamis, Nu Aspect, Poppy Baskcomb - Miss You (Extended) 4. Dom Dolla, Mansionair - Strangers (with Mansionair) (Nora En Pure Remix) 5. Fred again.. - Billie (loving arms) 6. Gorgon City - Voodoo 7. Knoxa, Jordan Shaw - Said Goodbye (feat. Jordan Shaw) 8. Linney - Super Human 9. Andrew Bayer, Asbjorn - Super Human (Extended Mix) 10. Serhat Durmus, Georgia Ku - My Feelings 11. Jonasu, Clara Mae - Can't Do Both 12. Kaskade - Where Did You Go 13. Lane 8 - What Have You Done To Me feat. Arctic Lake 14. John Summit, Echoes - Human (feat. Echoes) 15. Tury, Hitkend House Lab, Nadia - Femme Like U 16. Nora Van Elken - Way Out (feat. Clara Mae)

This was a spur-of-the-moment (mini?) mix; to celebrate the joys of Halloween! I love this time of year, the introduction of frosty mornings, and nights drawing in, getting cosy by the fire and watching a good old horror movie on Netflix. I'm looking forward to attending Fright Nights at Thorpe Park again this year after missing it for a few years, and decided to celebrate in my own little way - By putting a mix together. Now, this mix covers all my favourite genres - Vocal house, pop, a little minimal electronic, all the way to some Epic tracks at the end. Enjoy! - Soen Tracklisting: 1. L'Orchestra Cinematique - Resident Evil Theme (Epic Version) 2. Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (Original Radio Edit) 3. Billie Eilish - bad guy 4. Beatfreakz - Somebody's Watching Me (Hi_Tack Radio Edit) 5. Ava Max - Sweet but Psycho 6. Beatfreakz - Superfreak 7. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do 8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix Radio Edit) 9. Sam Smith, Kim Petras - Unholy (Remixes) (Athenz Remix) 10. The Automatic - Monster 11. Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus 12. Carameii - Noot Noot Theme Mozart Lacrimosa (Epic Version) 13. Hidden Citizens - Don't Speak (Epic Trailer Version)

It's a fresh new month along with a fresh new genre of music! This month we're deep diving into one of the most important decades in music - The 80's - As if you hadn't guessed that already by the track playing in the background. This mix is inspired by London's very best 80's themed night, Athena, held every 1st Saturday of the month at the Eagle in London - unfortunately I won't make it this month due to a festival up in Scotland, but I will be making a personal appearance at Athena on the 4th of November, and a big shout out to Paul Joseph the organiser of Athena This weekend I also had the absolute pleasure of seeing Nora En Pure live at Electric Brixton - She's one of the DJs who really inspired me to get into DJing, and she played an absolutely amazing set, and Electric Brixton is a really fantastic venue as well. Anyway, back to the music now and we kick off this month's amazing set of 80's classics with Fleetwood Mac and Everywhere.

It's been a couple of busy weeks for me, flying up to Scotland to see my family and back again, going to a late summer events and unfortunately being struck down with ill health But I'm all good now and back with you this month for a deep dive into melodic and deep house, including some brand new tracks from Eli & Fur, Franky Wah and Aname. And I'm featuring a quite few tracks by Aname who are quickly becoming one of my favourite artists, and I've had the pleasure to see them live a couple of times in the last year and their sets along are incredibly well constructed, focusing on that rich melodic house sound that I will be focusing on today. So as you've no doubt noticed I don't normally speak on my mixes as I want my podcast to be about the music and not so much about me, but I thought I'd try something different this month to see what you think. We kick off with an interlude track from Aname's album Beautiful World - Couples Therapy. Enjoy, -Soen Tracklisting: 1. Nora En Pure - Who You Are (Extended Mix) 2. anamē - Couples Therapy 3. Heard Right - Moth (Extended Mix) 4. anamē - Anywhere (Road Trippin') (Extended Mix) 5. Nora En Pure - Forsaken Dream (Extended Mix) 6. AtalaiA - Five Shimmering Rings (Extended Mix) 7. Einmusik, Jordan Arts - The One's (Extended Mix) 8. Eli & Fur - Temptation (Eli & Fur Extended Midnight Mix) 9. anamē - Fiji (Extended Mix) 10. Rimbu - Internal Journey (Original Mix) 11. Mnrt, Astrality, S:NE - Rain (Extended) 12. Rae Morris, Franky Wah - Call My Name feat. Rae Morris (Extended Mix) 13. Bien, gardenstate - The Best Part (Extended Mix) 14. Fideles - Waterfall (Extended Mix) 15. Richard Bedford, Above & Beyond - Bittersweet & Blue feat. Richard Bedford (Original Mix) 16. PS1, Richard Judge - Single Summer feat. Richard Judge (Extended) 17. Kaskade, deadmau5 - I Remember (John Summit Remix) (Extended Mix) 18. Jamis, Nu Aspect, Poppy Baskcomb - Miss You (Extended)

Out of all of my mixes, my first Afrobeats podcast episode regularly ranks in the top 3 episodes on my podcast, by number of plays - I think because Afrobeats is still a relatively new genre in the here UK and in America, but it's growth has been explosive recently as people discover its fresh sound - A heady mix of crystal clear beats and laid back vocals. It's a completely different smooth sound compared to what gets airtime these days - Not forgetting of course that Africa itself is home to some 1.2 billion people - Many of whom have just started using the internet for the first time. Personally, I find myself listening to Afrobeats a lot whilst working, it's lo-fi and chilled vocal style complements my working style which requires a lot of thinking space and concentration, and afrobeats doesn't overburden the listener by being too heavy or too fast. So on that, I decided to revisit Afrobeats now that we're halfway through 2023 and I've found some great new tracks to share; although it did surprise me that almost all of the tracks are below 3 minutes, so 17 tracks fits into a mere 47 minutes! Mental note for next time I think. Anyway, enjoy the set and I'll catch you on the next episode for which I have a fairly unique idea. Stay safe, Soen Tracklisting: 1. Cheque, Crayon - Sunflawa 2. Lojay, Sarz, Chris Brown - Monalisa 3. Mack H.D, Chuma - SHE BE 4. Zarion Uti, Bolu Ajibade - MY DEAR 5. Mack H.D, Oga Silachi - Isolated 6. Rema - Charm 7. Reekado Banks, Adekunle Gold, Maleek Berry - Feel Different 8. Fireboy DML - YAWA 9. Davido, Fave - KANTE (feat. Fave) 10. Ronis Goliath - Foo7 11. Sikka Musiq - Lie To Me 12. Guchi - Mon Bébé 13. Cloetree - Upstairs 14. Tiwa Savage - Pick Up 15. Burna Boy, Ed Sheeran - For My Hand (feat. Ed Sheeran) 16. Adekunle Gold, Zinoleesky - Party No Dey Stop 17. Bnxn, Kizz Daniel, Seyi Vibez - GWAGWALADA

After an absolutely amazing Pride London partying with the amazing guys from Beefmince, I've found myself being really reflective this week, and second guessing everything I do. And I think that comes through in this mix; it's very organic, ranging from the hard-hitting base lines of Oliver Smith, to the heart rending vocals of tracks by aname, and Olafur Arnalds - Arnalds has been one of my favourite contemporary classic composers for many, many years, and always it's fantastic when I get to include him in one of my sets. The dreamlike WhoMadeWho remix of the Olafur Arnalds & RY X collab has this really strong dreamlike, lo-fi quality, and sits well amongst the other reflective, deep house tracks at the end of this mix. Incidentally, RY X also closes this mix with their hypnotic track "A Thousand Knives"; a track that really grows on you the more you listen to it. Initially I had no concept for this set, so I just wandered through my music library and looked at I've recently marked as "liked" on Spotify, shuffle them into some sort of reasonable order in terms of feel, and this is what we get out the other side. And if I can say so, it's turned out to be a pretty solid mix, with only one questionable transition ;) I absolutely have an strong idea of what I want to do with my next episode, however - I'll be revisiting a genre that has been a pretty big success for me in terms of overall plays, but it's not enough to just revisit the genre, I want a whole new set of tracks, because the genre I chose is really smashing them out lately! In the mean time, stay safe and enjoy the music, Soen Tracklisting: 1. Ricky Retro - Rule The World (Sinewave Radio Edit) 2. Ilan Bluestone - Paid For Love 3. Oliver Smith - Lovingly 4. John Grand - Lucky 5. Trills - Run From The Night 6. aname - Anywhere (Road Trippin') 7. Olafur Arnalds, RY X - Colorblind (WhoMadeWho Remix) 8. Daniel Portman - Revel In Your Joy 9. Joseph Ray & Eliiot Vast - A Power Over Me 10. Nico de Andrea, Eli & Fur - Start The Fire 11. Jordan Arts & Gorge - Falling 12. RY X - A Thousand Knives (Enamour Remix)

So here's what would have been my second set at my USS Sinewave event - Unfortunately due to a scheduling conflict, I never got the opportunity to play this set live, so here it is, in it's full unabridged edition. Lots of progressive and melodic house in this set, from the textual tribal sound of Joris Delacroix's "Lorena" to the blood pumping drops of Jason Ross's remix of Arty & Mat Zo's "Rebound", and featuring the instant classic "Fall To Pieces" by the epic talent that is Marsh, there's a rollercoaster ride of vocals, rises, drops and everything that I love about the Progressive House genre of music. Of course, this set would not be complete without featuring a few of the tracks by my favourite group and masters of the Progressive House genre, Above & Beyond. I'm looking forward to attending their event on Brighton Beach this August - That's set to be an amazing time. As always, I love your feedback and all your comments, you can reach me at @soen on Twitter. Until next time, stay well, Soen Tracklisting: 1. Above & Beyond, aname, Marty Longstaff - Gratitude 2. Above & Beyond, aname, Marty Longstaff - Gratitude - Extended Mix 3. Above & Beyond, Justine Suissa - Almost Home - Above & Beyond Club Mix 4. Del-30, MEDUZA, Mali-Koa - Sparks (Extended Mix) 5. Ilan Bluestone, Giuseppe De Luca - What Do You Want From Me? - Extended Mix 6. Above & Beyond, Zoe Johnston - Peace Of Mind - Extended Mix 7. Marsh, Leo Wood - Fall To Pieces (Extended Mix) 8. Joris Delacroix - Lorena (Extended Mix) 9. Above & Beyond, Justine Suissa - Alright Now - Above & Beyond Club Mix 10. Ilan Bluestone, Ellen Smith - Stranger To Your Love - Extended Mix 11. Arty, Mat Zo - Rebound (Jason Ross Extended Mix) 12. Faithless - Faithless 2.0 (Salva Mea 2.0 (Above & Beyond Remix))

So it's been a couple of weeks since my first live event, and of course, being my first live event, I forgot to hit the record button... So here it is, same set but freshly mixed by me! My first live event was themed around a spaceship (the USS Sinewave) running out of life support, and this is the first set in the evening; something lively to break the ice and some tracks that everyone will know, including one or two brand new dance tracks. It was an absolute blast to play live for everyone, and very much looking to my next live event! Tracklisting: 1. Basement Jaxx - Red Alert - Jaxx Radio Mix 2. Madonna - Hung Up 3. Whitney Houston, David Solomon - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) - David Solomon Remix 4. Rihanna - S&M 5. Lily Allen - Not Fair 6. Michael Gray - The Weekend - Extended Vocal Mix 7. Tove Lo - 2 Die 4 8. Kylie Minogue, Years & Years - A Second to Midnight 9. Sam Smith, Kim Petras - Unholy (Remixes) (LUSSO Remix) 10. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam 11. Tiesto, Tate McRae - 10:35 (Extended Mix) 12. Kylie Minogue - Timebomb - Extended 13. Ricky Martin, Pablo Flores, Javier Garza - María - Pablo Flores Spanglish Radio Edit 14. Joel Corry, Tom Grennan - Lionheart (Fearless) (Extended Mix) 15. Bebe Rexha - Visions (Clean) 16. Steps - No More Tears on the Dancefloor 17. Agnes - Release Me 18. Years & Years - The Edge Of Glory

I am absolutely digging Lofi as a genre at the moment, so here is my ultimate lofi mix, perfect for a lazy Sunday morning, or chilling out to, or putting on in the background whilst you work. It's absolutely perfect for creative work, free from vocals and heavy distractions. In fact, I think this mix is much more dream-like than I had intended it to. The title of this episode reflects on our social nature, and how meeting up with friends and just hanging out can be so good for the soul; it's also handily the name of the first track in this mix! With Eurovision coming up next weekend, there will be a lot of social gatherings in order to watch the Europe-wide event. Keep an ear open for the absolutely amazing tracks "Spanish Castle" (as identified by it's unusual cascading guitar riff) and also the closing track, the wonderful "Tziporrah" by Nadav Cohen closing out with a brilliant, mystical, middle-eastern vibe. The track is taken from the album "Tales of Babylon" and it's a wonderful listen if you're looking for something different. And things are very busily ramping up for my first live event on the 10th of June, which is a lot of work but promises to be the party of year (I hope!). As always, you can contact me on twitter @soen, or @soen.one on instagram. Look after yourselves, Soen Tracklisting: 1. another silent weekend, Blurred Figures - hey how are you 2. Flovry, tender spring - First Heartbreak 3. DaniSogen - The Old Legend 4. Krynoze, Hoogway - Best Friend 5. So.Lo, Goson - Rododendri 6. iamalex, Felty - Secret Waterfall 7. Dosi - Shadows 8. Nogymx - Whispers of Eden 9. Kainbeats, idylla - We All Feel Darkness 10. Goson, Dreamfield - Broken Angel 11. Sleepermane - In Between Cycles 12. BVG, møndberg, Spencer Hunt - Sunday Morning 13. No Spirit - Exhale 14. H.1, Hevi - A Way Home 15. Hoogway - Opening 16. Bhxa - ayla 17. Hevi, Paper Ocean - Morning Brew 18. TABAL - Orange Leaves 19. WYS, Sweet Medicine - Spanish Castle 20. Nadav Cohen, kokoro - Final moments 21. S N U G, Nuver - Nightfall 22. stream_error - takeoff 23. C4C, kokoro - Chérie 24. Chris Mazuera, tender spring - First Snow 25. Nadav Cohen - Tziporrah