On this month’s show, our guest – Joseph Di Matteo – came through with an hour of music based on the mood of what it feels like waking up and going to the park on a nice, early spring day in Los Angeles. In his own words, Joseph is a Leo, architect, designer, music enjoyer and park enthusiast. In the second half, we tried our best to match that energy and even threw in a few songs explicitly dedicated to springtime towards the end.

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Every month, In A Mood delves into the foundational inclusivity of music by inviting new guests who don’t consider themselves to be DJs in the traditional sense, to showcase their own unique relationship with music. For the first half of a two hour long program, that will span multiple genres, each guest will have complete control over the music selection built around a central mood, concept or theme, providing a bit of spontaneity, originality and authenticity to a sometimes limited pool of selectors. In the second half, Nikole Guzmán and Michael Moeser create their own mix that encapsulates their interpretation of the same central idea.

TRACKLIST:

HOUR ONE JOSEPH:
Life Is An Experiment – New Age Doom, Lee “Scratch” Perry
Brown Rice – Don Cherry
STOOZY (Kwake Dub Version 1) – Dean Blunt
Crow – Shimizu Yasuaki (清水靖晃)
Casio Havası – Anadol
Hard Boiled Babe – Lizzy Mercier Descloux
You Could Be More As You Are – Saâda Bonaire
Private Life – Grace Jones
Man Next Door – The Slits
Jah Shall Reign Dub – Jah Shaka
Wall Street – Jackie Mittoo
Thank You For The Many Things You’ve Done – Cassandra
Things in Life – Barry Brown
Walk Away from Love – Bitty McLean

HOUR TWO NIKOLE AND MICHAEL:
drops in the water (DJ Paradise version) – picnic
PROMENADE À QUAI – Charlotte Leclerc
Route To Reutov – Len Leise
SHOTGUN DUB – FROID DUB
Oceanic Dub – Ambient Warrior
Microcosmo – Gropina
Allenii – Gee Dee
Catch a Smoker – Eric Levell Davis AKA “Digialog”
Bonjuk – Damon Eliza Palermo
Intro + Life Shana – Nicolini
In Spring – Tara Clerkin Trio
What Do You Do When It’s Spring? – Yoshio ‘Chin’ Suzuki