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One of my favourite jazz discoveries the past few years. Rita Marcotulli’s “Nightcaller” CD from 1992 released on Label Bleu and Recorded in the iconic Rainbow Studios in Oslo with Jan Erik Kongshaug. I was lucky enough to meet Rita at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival in 2025 and get my copy signed. She referred to this era of her output as her “Nordic Quartet period” and mentioned my favourite track “Siva” was written about her cat with the same name. Had to wear my Romeo Gigli t-shirt to bring a similar air of Italian class to the occasion. Yes I am overcompensating for our height difference.

Türkiye Oct/Nov ‘25, from what I was able to recover from IG stories prior to phone being “rehomed”.

Very proud to have helped a hand to create Lauren’s debut solo record “Tairen” and have been given the opportunity to release it on @elations_recordings This was honestly a breeze to make, the core of which was mostly recorded over a two day period with a few additional overdub-arrangement sessions over the year that followed. Goes to show you can make beautiful recordings on a shoestring budget and making music is not always hard. I think this largely comes down to Lauren’s beautiful spirit and mutually nurturing nature. How she helps us feel important within the process of releasing her music, not centring herself at the middle of the process as the “artist” and us as just facilitators to hop from. It was a pleasure co-producing this with my right-hand man Danny (who did all the engineering. Except, piano on “Sky” recorded by Jono Trawn) and play piano and percussion across some tracks. Special thanks to Cam, Anna and Jack for helping realise the vision and building the world that is “Tairen”. 📸 Anna Denton

Mario Giacomelli from his “On Being Aware of Nature” series between 1954 and 2000 and his “Metamorphosis of the Land” series between 1955 and 1968.

📸 Audrey Schmidt

Celebrating birthdays 🎈 #1 📸- @surfking88 #2 📸- @celeste__xcx

We’re back baby! Espiritu (002) presents - Dj Miki, on his first Australian tour. Miki (Michele Zamboni) began his DJing career in 1979, initially gaining recognition as a New Wave DJ throughout the 1980s. By the early 1990s, he had started maturing into the Miki we know today, establishing himself as a prominent figure in the Italian electronic music scene, both as a producer and DJ. I first discovered Miki through the Italian experimental rave label Interactive Test, which was run by the Falsini brothers. They also emerged from an older generation of progressive (rock) musicians who much like Miki embraced progress and a forward looking mentality with music, embracing the new sounds of dance music after stints in the 70s with progressive rock and exploring the new wave sounds of the 1980s. To me, Interactive Test epitomized and extended the psychedelic and progressive sensibilities into a contemporary context. It quickly became one of my favorite early European dance music labels. The music had a fluid, semi-improvised and playful quality, with producers collaborating across each other’s records, giving the label a distinct “jammer” vibe that particularly resonated with me coming from being a fan of these more expressive styles and finding dance music later in life. Miki’s “Ilaria” 12” was one of my first encounters with the Italian “progressive” (house/trance) dance music sound—a style I’ve spent years pursuing and specializing in as a DJ. Even today, it occupies a unique niche of its own: unconventional, non-linear changes, distinctive teched-out and hypnotic polyrhythms, and a hazy, mirage-like interplay of light and shade between electronic sounds and samples. It seamlessly blends elements of techno, house, and trance, creating a sound that remains effortlessly captivating. ~~~ Run time: 9pm - 5am DJ Miki Pjenne Millu Espiritu DJs Artwork by Jak Beevor @de_part_mental Link in bio 📯

Treasure trove

📸 @penelope__burke

Peak Euro’ contemporary jazz - piano trio format. Mario Piacentini/Roberto Bonati/Anthony Moreno - ‘Frozen Pool’ [1989 Splasc(h) Records] 🇮🇹.

Weekend at Lara stronghold 📸 @mousse.87