The world celebrated Earth Day this week and, to mark the environmentally minded holiday, we put on Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology),” a chart-topper from his 1971 album What’s Going On. The heartfelt single—released just a year after the first-ever Earth Day in the US—channels the concern shared by the peace activists of that generation. Over 40 years later, we are still arguing …
Tim Sweeney, the man behind the internationally admired radio and internet show Beats In Space, joins us for this week’s #PrivateJam. The NYC-based DJ dropped a little knowledge and some tranquil vibes with his personal selection, “Lucio” by Luca C & Brigant. Sweeney explains, “This one’s an edit of Lucio Battisti ‘Amarsi Un Po.’ An Italian record that came out in 1977. The original is …
As the Northern Hemisphere continues to warm up, music fit for a boat party in the middle of the Mediterranean is starting to emerge, like sonic rays of sun. Leading the charge is Berlin-based DJ Supermarkt, whose fondness for yacht disco is wholly palpable in his recent “Credit To The Party Edit” mix, which features 19 of his favorite tracks reworked by an array of …
