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Unsplash In this special episode of Mellow Mellow FM Radio I celebrate my 10th anniversary on Mixcloud. I selected songs from the genres I like the most, so it goes from rock ‘n’ roll to yacht rock and from sunshine pop to Motown soul. It is all in there! This 10th anniversary mix is also a tribute to the power of radio, like Radio Veronica that introduced me to pop music back in the day. On the 31st of August it will be exactly 45 years ago that Radio Veronica, an offshore pirate radio station near the Dutch coast was forced to shut down. Big inspirations for this cloudcast were Quentin Tarantino's new movie Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (go and see it!) and the Sunshine 70s series by Martijn Soetens on KX Classics (Saturdays from 20.00 to 21.00 hrs CET). Quentin Tarantino uses lots of wonderful West Coast radio samples in his movie and he has selected some quality songs as well, like the ones from Dee Clark and Neil Diamond: “Hot August night and the leaves hanging down” ...

This time I want to share this exclusive Boogie Bunker Radio episode. Don’t forget to listen to my show Mondays from 12.00-13.00 CET and to quote Horse Meat Disco: “Baby, let’s go dancing!” By the way, I'm looking forward to the movie Last Christmas with music from George Michael and Wham! Next time we are going to celebrate my 10th anniversary on Mixcloud with a special episode of Mellow Mellow Radio . Enjoy! Tracklist: The APX – Can’t Stop Us Now (2019) Chemise – She Can't Love You (1982) Gino Soccio ‎– Dancer (1979) Giorgio Moroder ‎– I Wanna Rock You [Thee Maddkatt Mix] (1999) Touch – Love Hangover (1977) Nick Heyward ‎ – Love All Day (And Night) (1984) The Sonnets – Blue Train (2010) Wham! – Everything She Wants (1984) Choklate ‎ – Break My Heart (2011) Chas Jankel – Questionnaire (1981) King Britt Presents Sylk 130 Feat. Alma Horton ‎– Happiness [Soul Dhamma Remix] (2000) Tuxedo – The Tuxedo Way (2019) Yung Bae – Start From Nothing (2019) Ev...

Lou'Ana The recipe for this summer cocktail served in my funky chill out room, is a mix of contemporary laidback soul with Latin lounge to give you that sun kissed feeling. Enjoy the endless summer! One of the tracks is from Brazilian band Azymuth. They recently released their early demos (1973-1975) on Bandcamp : “They stood out for both their exceptional musical talent, as their wild rock‘n’roll antics in the predominantly middle-class worlds of bossa nova and jazz.” The crowd sample 'no rain, no rain' that Bonobo uses in Kota is from the Woodstock Festival that took place exactly 50 years ago (15 - 18 August 1969). Tracklist: The Vapor Caves – Endless Summer (2019) Bryony Jarman-Pinto – Sun Kissed (2019) Lou’Ana – Summer In May (2019) Azymuth – New Dawn (2009) Bonobo – Kota (2001) Marcos Valle – Alma (2019) Balanço ‎– Metti Una Sera A Cena [Jazzanova Remix] (1999) George Duke – Cravo E Canela (1979) Leon Ware – Can I Touch You There? (1982)...

Unsplash Patti Austin, who sings her duet Baby Come To Me with James Ingram on this cloudcast, blew out 69 candles on her birthday August 10. Apart from her solo career and her work with Quincy Jones, Patti Austin sang on Steely Dan’s Time Out of Mind , Bill LaBounty’s Livin’ It Up , and George Benson’s Give Me the Night .   Baby Come to Me was written by Rod Temperton, who is mostly known for composing songs for Heatwave and Michael Jackson. The song was released as a single in April 1982, peaking at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100. Several months later, American soap opera General Hospital began to feature the song heavily as the love theme for character Luke Spencer. It was re-released in October and reached #1 on the American pop chart in February 1983 and #5 in the Netherlands a few weeks later. Enjoy sunny pop, slow disco & smooth soul on Mellow Mellow FM Radio ! Tracklist: Greg Smaha – Sunshine (1979) The Pendletons – Life To Me (2019) Breakwater – Say You ...

Enjoy my tribute to the powerful sound of AM radio (1960-1975)! It's music I don't usually play on Mixcloud, because normally my journey starts around the mid-seventies. At the beginning of the sixties, AM radio was by far the dominant format. Pop music, like the powerful sound of Motown, sounded best on small portable mono radios and in Europe this type of music was mainly played by pirate stations near the Dutch and British coast. Around the mid-seventies stereo hifi-equipment replaced the transistor radio and pirate stations disappeared one by one due to government decisions. FM radio stations were willing to play album tracks and longer songs in better sound quality. AM stations, dealing with an inferior sound quality, were more tightly programmed, singles-oriented and dj's played the sort of bubblegum pop that has since become synonymous with the era (1960-1975). This mix also refers to the so called beach music of the late fifties, sixties and early seventies. Th...

Unsplash Just sit back and relax on a warm summer night… One of the tracks is Music Of The Earth by Patrice Rushen, which can also be found on the new compilation You Remind Me (The Classic Elektra Recordings 1978-1984) : “A child prodigy gifted with a honey-dipped voice, Rushen was already a sought-after musician in the late ‘70s when Elektra/Asylum came calling. You Remind Me (The Classic Elektra Recordings 1978-1984) showcases and celebrates her freewheeling soul sound. Alongside labelmates and fellow visionaries like Donald Byrd and Grover Washington, Jr., she took soul into less rigid and earnest territory, mixing in pop-friendly melodies and rhythms, and even a dash of new wave.” Tracklist: The Pendletons Feat. Howard Johnson ‎– You Do You (2019) Samuel Jonathan Johnson – Sweet Love (1978) Valerie Carter – Da Doo Rendezvous (1978) William DeVaughn ‎– Be Thankful For What You've Got (1980) The Love Unlimited Orchestra ‎– Midnight Groove (1975) Ramsey Lewis Fea...