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Offset (DJ mix)

by Matt Sephton — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:56:00 +0000

A mix of music with arpeggios in, just because I thought it would be an interesting constraint.

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Timestamp	Artist	Song (Link)	Year
00:00	Kasper Koman	Loco Motif	2018
04:21	Fakear feat. Alex Metric	Carrie	2020
08:30	Nox Vahn	Walking with Giants	2019
10:55	Kiesza	Hideaway (Zac Samuel Remix)	2014
14:21	Rhythim is Rhythim	Strings of Life	1987
21:07	KC Lights feat. Niki & the Dove	THIS IS FOR YOU	2025
24:18	The Chemical Brothers	Star Guitar	2003
30:06	RONEeS	Discrete	2022
31:48	Hyper Go Go	High	1992
36:13	Sunareht	Super Suna Odyssey	2018
39:17	Rhythim is Rhythim	Strings of Life (Relics Mix)	1992
42:31	Alex Metric & Jacques Lu Cont	Safe with You (feat. Malin)	2013
46:43	Lorenzo Senni	THINK BIG	2020
52:21	BT	Skylarking	2013
54:19	Orbital	Belfast	1991

15 tracks with a duration of 61m35s. As always, this was produced using the DJ.Studio app.

Let me know what you think of the tunes!

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“Discrete” by RONEeS (2022)

If you want to listen to one track that gives the vibe of this mix try this one:

Music recommendations (2025)

by Matt Sephton — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:00:00 +0000

As we complete another lap around the sun, I take stock of what has happened this year and filter my favourite music from the thousands of tracks I’ve listened to throughout 2025. Let’s go!

Suspended in a beam of sunlight

After my 2024 year end DJ mix (which I listen to a lot and am really proud of!) I produced a handful of other mixes throughout the year. I use the fantastic DJ.Studio app and a few other tools.

2025: over 4,000 tracks from over 600 releases, with a total listening time of over 30,000 minutes.

This mix saw me start out with 82 tracks totalling more than 5 hours of music, which over the course of a few days were whittled down to the final running order. I wanted to use samples to add some vibes, similar to my “Blade Runner” dnb mix. After a bit of back and forth I settled on Carl Sagan talking wistfully about the cosmos and our place within it, taken from “Pale Blue Dot” and “Cosmos”.

To get the vocal samples I saved the audio from YouTube, split it into stems to isolate the vocals, then cut and arranged them in DJ Studio taking care to either quantise, or not, to get a specific pacing of delivery. I ended up going with quite philosophical snippets. The most difficult aspect was the need to tweak the EQ of samples from different sources so they sounded like the same person.

Listen on MixCloud.

24 tracks with a duration of 1h12m22s.

Timestamp	Artist	Song (Video)	Year
00:00:00	MPC GIRL USAGI	Essence	2025
00:01:23	MPC GIRL USAGI	Music For Tonight	2025
00:05:51	Uilou	Perfect Tokyo	2025
00:07:45	Pacific Coliseum & Teen Daze	Club Memory	2025
00:09:50	Alex Metric & Damian Taylor	Right Here Forever	2019
00:12:27	Sezer Uysal & Spennu	Je te veux	2012
00:14:25	Chris Coco & StoneBridge	The Beach (2025 Mix)	2025
00:15:24	QPLO feat. YOCO	Beautiful Dreamer	2024
00:18:22	Noche feat. NIA NADURATA	Feel something	2025
00:20:11	bane & A.G.O	Contrast	2025
00:23:02	Muscle of the Soul	I Never Tell You My Hurt	2025
00:26:03	Tensnake	Free	2025
00:29:01	Sofia Kourtesis	Nitzan and Aminaa	2025
00:30:50	Yuki Kawamura	R.I.P. Sunset (KAITO MIX)	2024
00:36:41	iri	otozure	2025
00:40:09	Antony Szmierek	Big Light	2025
00:43:35	Snowk	Mist	2025
00:45:31	Hina Ota	Inner Trip	2025
00:48:38	Soichi Terada	Low Tension (Alternative Version)	2015
00:52:25	Danou P	Kaguya	2024
01:00:20	B FROM E	Diamonds	2025
01:01:49	Uilou	Found You	2025
01:04:02	Idiot Pop, hajimepop & Novaurelia	Toumei	2025
01:06:27	Lorenzo Senni	THINK BIG	2020

Playlists

Platform	Link
Apple Music	Listen
Spotify	Listen
YouTube	Watch
Download	Grab

Catch the Vibe

If you want to listen to a couple of tracks that gives the vibe of this mix try these:

“Music For Tonight” by MPC GIRL USAGI (2025)

“Diamonds” by B FROM E (2025)

…and my song of the year:

“otozure” by iri (2025)

Bonus: music of the year

Type	Artist	Title
Single	iri	otozure
Single	bane & Grooveman Spot	Pluto
Single	Egoism	Getting Older
Single	Etherwood feat. Grace Barton	Where The River Meets The Sea
Single	Tokyo Prose feat. Jolliffe & Ruby Wood	Embrace
Album	Winston Surfshirt	Winston
Album	Egoism	And Go Nowhere
Album	Twin Shadow	Georgie
Album	Antony Szmierek	Service Station At The End Of The Universe
Album	MPC GIRL USAGI	Balance
Album	Your Smith	The Rub
Album	Yuki Kawamura	Love Forever
Album	Osamu Fukuzawa & Kazuki Isogai	Inner Orchid
Album	Small Circle of Friends	Slow
Album	Doja Cat	Vie

Mameyudoufu (DJ mix)

by Matt Sephton — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:14:00 +0000

A little DJ mix of music and collabs by one of my favourite Japanese electronic musicians.

Listen on MixCloud.

Timestamp	Artist	Song (Link)	Release	Year
00:00	Mameyudoufu	Starting Up	Boot Loader	2021
01:23	Mameyudoufu & 藍月なくる	One Step Closer	single	2022
04:34	Mameyudoufu	Safe Space	single	2024
07:53	Mameyudoufu	Approximation	Stream Friendly 01	2022
12:25	Mameyudoufu feat. Exobolt	Everyday Things	single	2023
16:26	Mameyudoufu feat. Such	Reminisce	Encore	2020
19:05	Mameyudoufu feat. yoei.	Hello and Goodbye	Spd Gar 04	2020
21:23	Mameyudoufu	Retrospectives	Stream Friendly 03	2025
24:17	Mameyudoufu	Literally 1998	Stream Friendly 03	2025
27:35	Mameyudoufu	Second Brain	Stream Friendly 03	2025
30:42	Mameyudoufu	Eyes on the Stars	Epoqc 2021	2018

11 tracks with a duration of 35m16s. As ever, this was produced using the DJ.Studio app.

Let me know what you think of the tunes!

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“Safe Space” by Mameyudoufu (2024)

If you want to listen to one track that gives the vibe of this mix it’s this one:

DÉ DÉ DISCO (DJ mix)

by Matt Sephton — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:59:00 +0000

My favourite DÉ DÉ MOUSE tracks seamlessly mixed together with great pleasure! Also featuring hitomitoi, AZK, TANUKI, DENONBU, Aki Shirokane, Yuka Nagase, Shin-ski, Kakeru, and more.

High-energy feel-good vibes to fill even the rainiest day with rays of sunshine. ✌️

Listen on MixCloud.

Time	Artist	Release	Song	Year
00:00	w/ Milk Talk	single	Beautiful Criminal	2024
04:11	w/ Yumenokessho ROSE	single	Darling of Shooting Star	2025
07:04	solo	Just Brokenhearted EP	I Want You	2025
10:44	solo	Just Brokenhearted EP	When We Love	2025
13:53	w/ TANUKI & hitomitoi	single	The Night of Neon Light (Extended Mix)	2021
19:06	solo	single	Thanks Tracks	2017
21:33	w/ DENONBU & Aki Shirokane	single	Sweet Illusion (Instrumental)	2022
24:56	solo	Milkyway Drive	Sun End Girl	2015
29:25	solo	Via Alpha Centauri	Star Gazer	2017
32:40	solo	Via Alpha Centauri	Rigil	2017
35:04	w/ hitomitoi	single	Skyscraper Starlight	2024
38:50	solo	To Milkyway Planet	Nobody’s Place	2013
42:30	solo	Sunset Girls	Light Night Dance (Shinichi Osawa Remix)	2008
47:23	w/ Yuka Nagase	single	Lovely Shy Girl	2025
50:25	w/ hitomitoi	single	Love Groovin’	2023
53:07	solo	single	Love Destination (Edit 002)	2020
56:33	solo	Just Brokenhearted EP	Dream About You	2025
59:25	solo	Just Brokenhearted EP	Fallin’ in	2025
62:23	w/ AZK	single	Disco Revenge	2022
65:56	solo	Be Yourself	Lonely If	2020
69:57	w/ Pa’s Lam System	single	Carry On	2025
73:38	w/ SHIN-SKI (Tiny Griffi)	Night Flowering EP	Goodnight Tommorow	2024

The download version is 22 tracks with a duration of 1h16m46s. As always, this was produced using the DJ.Studio app. The mixcloud version has an extra track near the end that I decided to take out.

Let me know what you think of the tunes!

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Sun End Girl (2015)

If you want to listen to one track that gives the vibe of this mix it’s this one:

Ambientalmente (DJ mix)

by Matt Sephton — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:09:00 +0000

My latest mix comprises Japanese ambient music.

Some related non-Japanese tracks also in there, just for kicks. 🔰

Listen on MixCloud.

Timestamp	Artist	Song	Year
000:00	Susumu Yokota	Blue Sky and Yellow Sunflower	2004
003:34	Masakatsu Takagi	Marginalia #5	2018
012:08	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Green	1986
016:56	Satoshi & Makoto	That’s All	2017
019:46	William Orbit	Pure Shores (Backing Track)	1999
023:17	Masakatsu Takagi	Marginalia #144	2023
028:09	Yumiko Takahashi	Natsuno Yakusoku	1991
028:19	Seal	Violet (Premix)	1991
035:51	Satoshi & Makoto	Crepuscule Leger	2017
042:03	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Something Blue	1986
046:56	Pierre Barouh	L’autre rive	1982
051:08	Spooky	Orange Coloured Liquid	1993
055:55	Takashi Kokubo	White Ambient II	1990
060:11	Sawako	Tsubomi Saku	2008
060:51	Susumu Yokota	The Future of Ecstasy	2019
063:55	Mitsuhiro	Infinity	1995
064:32	Shinsuke Honda	Moonlight Night	1991
068:41	Takashi Kokubo	The Story of Calm Forest	1993
076:20	Takashi Kokubo	Catalyzer	1990
082:14	Mitsuhiro	Illusion	1995
084:51	Sawako	April ~ From Sea Shell (with Radiosonde)	2008
087:14	I Am Robot and Proud	When I Get My Ears	2006
087:58	Satoshi & Makoto	Closer	2020
092:05	Susumu Yokota	Saku	1999
096:19	Strange Cargo	Water Babies	1993
099:10	TOMC	Extraverted Feeling (Kudan)	2022
103:20	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Over The Clover	1987
109:21	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Clouds	1982
114:40	Masakatsu Takagi	Marginalia #148	2024
119:28	Shinsuke Honda	Summer Clouds	1991
124:08	Junichi Kamiyama	Aquarius	1993
126:35	Haruomi Hosono	Talking	1984
129:06	Masakatsu Takagi	River Returns (Overture)	2025
130:24	Shinsuke Honda	Dreamland	1991
134:25	Satoshi & Makoto	Reconstruction	2020
137:28	Haruomi Hosono	Honeymoon	1975
138:26	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Feel	1986
142:29	Yasuaki Shimizu	Seiko 2	1987
143:05	Max Richter	On the Nature of Daylight	2004

39 tracks with a duration of 2h29m18s. As always, this was produced using the DJ.Studio app.

Let me know what you think of the tunes!

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Catch the Vibe

If you want to listen to a couple of tracks that gives the vibe of this mix try these:

“Blue Sky and Yellow Sunflower” by Susumu Yokota (2004)

“Summer Clouds” by Shinsuke Honda (1991)

Moai (DJ mix)

by Matt Sephton — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:43:00 +0000

An hour of songs with “Moai” somewhere in the title …for no reason other than it sounded like a fun challenge. And because Moai are cool. Why? Why not? ✨🗿✨

Listen on MixCloud.

Timestamp	Artist	Song (Link)	Year
00:00	Maria Usbeck	Moai y yo	2016
03:03	Saphileaum	Moai	2025
07:27	Seotaiji	Moai	2008
10:40	Fila Brazillia	The Moai	1997
13:54	Bala	Moai	2007
19:56	Jestofunk	Moai Message	1995
26:41	Yosuke Onuma	Moai’s Tihai	2016
34:27	Atiø	moai	2022
35:50	Tora Gargallo	Smoking Moai	2020
38:11	Glåsbird	Moai	2023
40:45	Monica Ramos	Moai	1997
44:22	Urban Zakapa	Moai	2017
48:33	Giorgio Poi	Moai	2021
51:45	La Bergerie	Moaï	2018

14 tracks with a duration of 55m44s. As previously, this was produced using the DJ.Studio app.

Let me know what you think of the tunes!

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“Moai” by Giorgio Poi (2021)

If you want to listen to one track that gives the vibe of this mix it’s this one:

If only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes (DJ mix)

by Matt Sephton — Wed, 21 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Here’s a 30 minute vocal drum’n’bass DJ Mix, all but one tracks are from Jan to May 2025. Plus a few little surprise samples for you, the listener. Photo of Sean Young as Rachael in Blade Runner (1982).

Listen on MixCloud or via the alternatives below.

Timestamp	Artist	Song (Video)
00:00	Mameyudoufu	Literally 1998
03:45	Fred V & Nu-La	Sparks
06:50	Mallrat	Hideaway
09:35	London Elektricity, BCee & Ruth Royall	Diamonds in the Rain
12:10	London Elektricity	Life Is But A Dream
17:13	London Elektricity, Anile & Zara Kershaw	Unfrozen
21:45	Vio.let, Lauren-Paige & Keeno	Worlds Apart
25:14	London Elektricity & Emer Dineen	Build A Better World

8 tracks with a duration of 29m35s. Much like my last mix, this was produced using the DJ.Studio app.

Playlists

Apple Music
Spotify
YouTube (playlist)
YouTube (video)
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Music recommendations (2024)

by Matt Sephton — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:55:00 +0000

Initially I had thought this year wasn’t as good as last year in terms of music, but listening again to the best tracks from the first 40-something weeks of the year proved otherwise. It was a great year.

Most music I was sent by the Apple Music algorithm continued to be Japanese, thanks to my ongoing deep dive. During the initial playlist curation I was struck by a fairly clean divide of dance and not-dance. I was also still listening to Soichi Terada’s Essential Mix from 2022. All of this merged together in my mind and I wondered if I could make a DJ mix? In 2024 surely there is software that can assist? There is.

My first DJ mix

I pruned 50 tracks down to about 30 and set to work sequencing the tracks so their key and BPM flowed nicely. Each transition became a puzzle, gamifying the whole process. I had been listening to a loosely arranged playlist of 26 tracks for about a week, and two of those didn’t make the cut for the final mix.

It was possible for me to create my first ever DJ mix thanks to some fantastic called DJ.Studio that makes light work of some difficult and cumbersome process. Listen on MixCloud.

24 tracks with a duration of 1h18m58s, a mere 12 seconds longer than last year. Bonus points for consistency. It also meant I could run off some CDs and MiniDiscs for friends and acquaintances.

Timestamp	Artist	Song (Video)
00:00:00	luvis	Whales
00:02:44	yomm & Moto Kawabe	Alice
00:06:56	macaroom	Geinin
00:09:58	leift	Orangette (feat. 安次嶺希和子)
00:12:50	Ai Kakihira & VUIZE	超機車的機車人 ~Super Auto-bike~
00:15:24	Swimming Sheep	Supermoon
00:17:47	leift	Soda (feat. kim taehoon)
00:20:13	ASS MAGIC	Corn Soup Baby
00:21:14	voquote & Lil Summer	YOUR LAST
00:24:07	Pasocom Music Club	Colors (feat. Haruy)
00:28:27	Shōtaro Aoyama	Once (feat. SHOTA ARATANI)
00:32:08	AKIRA	Jet (feat. SPENSR)
00:35:30	HOME	Plastic Romance
00:40:11	Shōtaro Aoyama	Nowhere (feat. NAGAN SERVER & Yunoa)
00:44:28	DE DE MOUSE & hitomitoi	Skyscraper Starlight
00:47:23	kei	Girigiri Tamotteru [Instrumental]
00:50:25	Omodaka	Hokkai Bon Uta [Instrumental]
00:54:29	Natsudaidai	Dusky Dolphin
00:57:14	Steroid & Y.A.	Arson
00:59:38	showmore	Fruit
01:03:02	hitomitoi	Dive
01:07:14	yanaco	Your Orbit
01:11:13	Fried Banana Shop & Julia Takada	Fever
01:15:16	Lucky Kilimanjaro	Koi AoAoto

Playlists

Bonus: albums of the year

Artist	Album	Release Date
Yo Irie	Love Affair	2024-02-14
The Painted Word	Lovelife (reissue)	2024-02-14 (prev. 1989)
macaroom	Burning Chrome	2024-07-10
Hazel English	Real Life (compilation)	2024-08-16
leift	Citrus	2024-04-03
Fabiana Palladino	Fabiana Palladino	2024-04-05
bog band	Vanity Project (EP)	2024-06-12
showmore	Liquid City	2024-09-11
Sabrina Carpenter	Short ‘n Sweet	2024-08-23
Betty Boo	Rip Up The Rulebook	2024-08-30

Apple Music
Spotify (missing my number one album)

Remix: Hitomitoi - LIKE A FIRST KISS feat. Wild Nothing

by Matt Sephton — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:04:00 +0000

I made a 12” extended remix of Hitomitoi’s “LIKE A FIRST KISS feat. Wild Nothing”. I’m calling it the Lingering Mix.