Episode 264: c2eMusic August 2023

c2eMusic Soulful Deep House

The August mix in recent years (excluding Covid) has become the Suncebeat mix as it's the first mix after the festival. This year marked the last time Suncebeat will be held in Croatia, or the Tisno Gardens at least. It was the fourteenth event which is incredible and shows the quality of the week long soulful house spectacular.
It was the quietest in terms of numbers that I've been to and this was my fifth one. What that meant though was the DJ/Punter ratio was awesome. Seemed everywhere you looked legends of the scene were connecting with everyone and were really accessible.
The highlights for me included meeting Martin Atjazz and Osunlade (both whom had a huge influence on the c2eMusic sound over the years), grabbing a picture with Osunlade, Spen and Rich Medina, catching up with The Journeymen, Joe Cox and Andy Ward and connecting with Danny T. I was also encouraged to see the youngsters representing, having met the Coughlan Brothers, Ryan and Jay, as well as Noah Herel (yes Ronnie's son) on the Deep Into Soul boat party.
I was lucky enough to then catch Noah put down a killer set for Mi-Soul later that night alongside his very proud dad. The pair smashed it with Noah only having a few months of DJing under his belt! Kenny Dope smashed it at the Olive Grove for Terry Hunter's Chosen Few night. It's funny I was always a Louie fan growing up, but more recently Kenny has blown me away everytime I've heard him. I think it says more about my own personal musical journey moving from the more soulful to a deeper more twisted sound. Not to be outdone, Spen put on his own night of magic at the Olive Grove with Dawn Tallman and Aaron K providing a performance to remember together at the end of the night. It was one of those "I was there" moments that you knew was special as it unfolded in front of you.
Biggest surprise were Analog Soul out of NY, playing on the Beach Stage on Friday night. I'd never come across them before but there set was amazing. The flow was great, but their tune selection was second to none, at least for my taste and preference anyway. They certainly found a new fan right here.
Back to the mix and I have to say it doesn't sound like a regular c2eMusic mix. It's very laid back and chill for the most part. I was worried it might not have enough energy but I can't sit still listening to it. It has a very grown up mature feel to it which feels alien to me (I am after all just a big 48 year old man-child in many ways).
I initially wasn't going to release this mix, some of the transitions aren't quite what I'd have liked and I couldn't find a track to end on that brings us back down safely! However, after listening through a couple of times it feels wrong to hold it back when the tunes themselves are cool af.
Tracklisting:
1: Atjazz - Wutchbender
2: Jimpster, Rich Medina - This Thing (Vocal Mix)
3: Glass Slipper - Unification Vibration (Atjazz Main Mix)
4: Donnie, Kai Alce - Olmec Save Us (Yoruba Soul Mix)
5: Kx9000 - Sub Fatima
6: Franck Roger - Les Emotions
7: AirBorn Gav, Hurricane - Work (Atjazz Extended Mix)
8: Dan Tenor-City, Tom Funk, RICOH - Close To The Source (Art of Tones Remix)
9: Timothee Milton - I MIss Your Love (Rocco Rodamaal Underground Mix)
10: Crackazat - Freddies Groove
11: Jon Dixon, Kasan Belgrave - On My Own ft Moodymann
12: Tuccillo - The Waves
13: Col Lawton - I'm Not Rushing (Original Vocal Mix)
14: 2Sleep - I Feel The Same
15: Flabaire - The Bee's Boos
16: Folkness - Fly High
17: Criss Korey - One For Change
18: Soledrifter - Love Is Here
19: Lalo Leyy - Deeper
20: Folkness - Fly High
21: Greg Paulus, Terry Bence, Big-exy - Marino
22: Clu Polar - Signals (Audiojack Remix)
23: Shortcut - Raw Meat
24: Kink - Existence
25: Mark Henning - Trojan
Enjoy!