Avenue Red Podcast #014 - Pawel Kobak

For the 14th Avenue Red Podcast we have a 72-minute vinyl mix from Pawel Kobak: an accomplished pianist; flutist; guitarist; DJ; producer and the owner of the record label Route 33, which was nominated for a Swedish Grammy award in 2000 and 2001. Pawel started as a musician, DJ and club promotor in his hometown of Stockholm, Sweden in the early 1990's and had his first record released in 1995 on Fluid Records. He then went on to make releases on some good labels such as i! Records, Lace, Metamorphic, Deeplay, Tricircle and Manuscript. He then spent some years in Paris, London and then Barcelona on a mission DJ'ing and promoting Swedish house music and artists. From his first release to the present day his style has remained consistent: a distinctive and unique blend of grooving House with soulful elements meshed in with deep, techy ingredients. His disparate range of disciplines and influences bleed into his music nicely, it seems.

This mix is Pawel's first podcast mix - we contacted him and asked for a raw vinyl mix with plenty of material "from the archives" and that is exactly what we got. Note that track 5 is one of Pawel's older tracks under his City Dreams alias with Fredrik Stark. There is some newer material on this mix too from Stockholm-based Romb records, a project run by Pawel's friend that he is now releasing his music on - the mix includes one of his more recent tracks "Got Me Burning" on the Romb label, which was his first vinyl release in several years. Pawel has plenty of new releases to come later in 2014 including more on Romb and a remix for Finest Blend Records. Keep a look out!

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01 Ciudad Feliz - For My New Friends // Silver Network (2001)
02 Weekender - Channel Check // Toko (1999)
03 Mike Delgado - My Anthem (Bay Ridge Style) // TNT (1995)
04 DJ Rasoul - Swing It // Camouflage (2003)
05 City Dreams - Got To Know (Take 1) // Metamorphic (2001)
06 JoVonn - Jessie's Speech // Next Moov Traxx (1999)
07 Moodyman - Me And My Peoples Eyes (Instrumental) // Peacefrog (2000)
08 Patrick Richard - Framed View // Romb (2013)
09 Spiro Projecto - A Golden Tribe // Wrong Steps (1999)
10 Patrick Richard - Fogdance // Romb (2013)
11 Calico - Blue Skies // Audio Beyond (2002)
12 Pawel Kobak - Got Me Burning // Romb (2012)
13 Brothers Vibe - Smooth Ride // SOM Underground (2000)
14 Weekender - Spirit In Your Soul (Toasted Mix) // Toko (1999)
15 Microman - Floating Samba // Ahab (1999)
16 Betamax Crew And Henrik B - No Ält (Henrik B Edit) // Urban Electro Squad (2001)