DJ Mixes
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Mandys, IDOLS, and ESP: Nightclubs of 96 End Street
The definitive history of 96 End Street including club mixes from Mandy’s and IDOLS Read more
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Tokyo Star Melville DJ Mix
Between 2007 and 2010 I played countless Thursday night sets at the Tokyo Star in 4th Avenue Melville (plus later, a few in Greenside) and was privileged to share those with some amazing DJs like Sassquatch, Data Takashi, King of Town, Casioheart, Youngsmuts, and many others. It was a real scene driven by Myspace and… Read more
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Music of 2017
My annual favourite music list is ready to go, albeit a little late by my standards. It was a great year for new music, and I found myself checking out other year end lists as there was just so much I’d never heard of. I made one major discovery from those lists: Lingua Ignota –… Read more
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The Junction
The Junction, originally on the corner of Bree and Claim Street, was owned by Shayne Leith who previously owned Decodance in Market Street (which eventually became Le Club). The Junction opened in 1988 and closed sometime in 1991 before moving to a short-lived run at Ponte. It had two dance floors. One was dark with… Read more
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Running from the sun
A tristful winter playlist for those bleak days when the lingering cold bites. It’s almost over. Grit. Clench. Friction. Features Sharon Van Etten, Grace Jones, Velvet Underground, Keaton Henson, Bat for Lashes, Yazoo, Johnny Jewel and a South African Hawaiian guitar legend Jerry Shanahan Original mix on MIXCLOUD © Marc Latilla 2017. All rights reserved.… Read more
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Scants Laserdrome
Scants opened on the 19th August 1983 at 180 Fox Street. The owners, Stan Herson and Bruce Kennedy would later go on to open Heaven, but this was the pair’s first foray into the nightclub business (although in the 1970s, Stan was involved with the first incarnation of Mandy’s in End Street when he converted… Read more
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I got sunburnt waiting for the jets to land
Have a listen to my new mix up on www.mixcloud.com or listen via the player below: The title came from the Sparklehorse’s ‘Piano fire’ featuring PJ Harvey. The rest came together over time and loosely paint a picture of departure, longing, waiting, changing, discovery and arrival with an underlying theme of commercial air travel. That’s… Read more
Arcade Fire, Brian Eno, Brigitte Fontaine, Charles Bradley, Cracker, DJ Mix, Django Django, Everly Brothers, Fever Ray, Gandaddy, Graham Coxon, Gunter Kallman Chorus, Henegar Union Sacred Harp, Mixcloud, PJ Harvey, Slowdive, Soley, Sonic Youth, Sparklehorse, Stilll Corners, Tashaki Miyaki, The Dollfins, The La’s, The Sonics -
Cellardoor 10th Anniversary Live Mix
It was 10 years ago this month (14 Oct 2005 to be exact) when Cellardoor threw its first monthly party. It was a Friday night at Horror Cafe in Newtown and I think we finished up with about 80 people. Cellardoor was started by Martin Thomas and I with some inspiration from the film Donnie… Read more
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Best of 2014
As usual, I’ve not even scratched the surface of all the releases this year (I never do). This is what I’ve loved these last 12 months through my over-complicated music discovery regime. Here are two mixes that cover selected tracks from both best albums and tracks lists: Stream Winter Daydreaming or download Stream Summer Dancing… Read more
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Heaven mixtapes
Heaven was a nightclub that ran from 14 June 1985 to the end of 1987 in Johannesburg at 165 Marshall Street. Many will know this address as being that of the original Doors nightclub that opened in 1990 and operated there for many years before moving to Edenvale. Between Heaven and The Doors, two other… Read more
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