03 — Frequencies

The record shop, after hours

Listening notes, selections and sounds from places. Sleeves are drawn from each entry; players only load if you ask them to.

Frequencies — MRU-007

Sunday, late

SIDE A — 6 TRACKS

MRU-007 — 01.11.26

Sunday, late

Mood: slow, deep, lights off

For the hour after everyone has gone home and the washing up can wait.

Side A

A1Mr. Fingers — Can You Feel It
A2Kerri Chandler — Rain
A3Moodymann — Shades of Jae

Side B

B1Larry Heard — The Sun Can't Compare
B2Floorplan — Never Grow Old
B3Ayub Ogada — Kothbiro

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Frequencies — MRU-004

Garba at 2am

CIRCULAR, RELENTLESS

MRU-004 — 12.10.26

Garba at 2am

Mood: circular, relentless

Navratri in a school hall in Harrow. Nine nights of the same rhythm, and why it is closer to a club than anyone admits.

Frequencies — MRU-006

Promised land

SIDE A — 4 TRACKS

MRU-006 — 20.09.26

Promised land

Mood: hands up, early

The records that made house music sound like a church service. Listening notes for the bus home.

Side A

A1Joe Smooth — Promised Land
A2Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle — Your Love

Side B

B1Ten City — That's the Way Love Is
B2Theo Parrish — Falling Up (Carl Craig Remix)

Frequencies — MRU-005

Matatu bass

LOUD, BRIGHT, MOVING

MRU-005 — 25.07.26

Matatu bass

Mood: loud, bright, moving

What the minibuses on Ngong Road were playing in July, written down from memory and Shazam.

Frequencies — MRU-003

Concrete dub

SIDE A — 3 TRACKS

MRU-003 — 05.04.26

Concrete dub

Mood: heavy, patient

Music that sounds like the inside of a car park. A short listening note on dub techno and big empty rooms.

Side A

A1Basic Channel — Phylyps Trak
A2Basic Channel — Quadrant Dub

Side B

B1Monolake — Cyan