In The Window

A soulful mix from Leeds-based selector blending funk, Afrobeat, and highlife heat for the at at the end of last year! 

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“I recently came across Trüby Trio’s mix from 2001 (DJ-Kicks), and knew I wanted to start with High Jazz because it’s such a banger; then the mix was kind of negotiating how to exit that clubby vibe and move towards playing funk/disco, which is my true favourite genre to mix. I travelled there via Afrobeat and Highlife goodness, and the occasional off-the-wall track.” – DJ TalisMan

📍 Recorded at: Outlaws Yacht Club
📅 Date: 20/11/2025
🎧 Genres: Funk, Afrobeat, Highlife

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🗣️ Q&A with DJ TalisMan 🗣️

💡 What sparked your interest in digging/collecting music? Was it a person, experience, or specific moment?

I would say that my dad has always been quietly inspiring me to be a DJ. Him and my uncle started DJing in their youth as the Stewart Brothers; I hear stories of Tenerife, and their jaunt as EFM (the “Elite Funk Masters”). Shortly after I was born, my dad acquired a record distribution company for a quid (the parent company was going bust), so I grew up surrounded by vinyl. For a while, I’d been making a playlist of a “dream DJ set”, and decided to just rip the plaster off. I have a few DJ friends who gave me sage advice and kindly let me use their decks. I played my first house party at the end of 2023. That morning was the first time I’d ever interacted with CDJs. Somehow, it was still one of the best times I’ve mixed (or at least I thought so…)

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“This is a mix is about hope, love, and chilling. I wanted it to be an hour that takes you under its arms and reminds you to love, both yourself and others, chill out and do your thing.” – Joe PG 🌊

💡 What sparked your interest in digging/collecting music? Was it a person, experience, or specific moment?

The first thing that comes to my head was my older sister showing me the Minor Science remix of Stairfoot Lane Bunker and I just couldn’t believe my ears. From there, I started going to Honest Jon’s where Andrea (Big Hands) wrote me the most comprehensive list of record labels and radios a teenager could have asked for including NTS, Balaami, Berceuse Heroique, AD93 (whities as it was known then), Ostgut Ton, Trilogy Tapes and Baroque Sunburst to name a few. So yeh shoutout to my sister, Andrea and Honest Jon’s.

🎚️ Tell us about any parties, events, collectives or labels that have inspired you.

Dusty Cabinets, Garage Noord, Cosmic Slop and Love Muscle definitely have had the most impact on my DJing. Dusty Cabs taught me to respect the soundsystem; Garage Noord about experimentism; Cosmic Slop taught me range and adaptability; and Love Muscle taught me the club has to be sexy, as that’s all anything’s really about.

Musically AD93, Modern Love, Honest Jon’s and Skull Disco which have provided continuous inspiration for a long time. But at the moment the beautiful people over at Plor are building a platform out of pure love and devotion based on community rather than a certain musical expression. Their discography is turning into something not bound by genre but by feeling. Also shoutout to the angels Daksh and Luca who I have experienced a lot of incredible music with, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t continually inspired by you both.

🪩 Tell us about your approach to digging, where do you find your music?

It changes. I’d say at the moment I dig through my email mainly. Second spot is probably Discogs: random searching specific genres for where I feel I have gaps in my collection. Then that’s all filled out by random bits and bobs. Starting in the record shop helps as you learn quite quickly what’s hot.