The mid-tempo Ambient Mafia sessions are always a treat. The folks who share my love of chillout and downtempo music also share a passion for the chill side of dance music. This session coincided with my birthday, so it was a treat to share music and visuals for friends and family.

I always love playing my friends music, so for this mix, I included songs from Df Tram and Jonah Sharp, as well as acquaintances Move D, John Tejada, and Tom Middleton. I also included a little "edit" of my own in this mix. I found a lovely new track by Nkom Bivoué, a musician/producer from Cameroon, but at under 3 minutes, the song felt too short. I stretched it out to 6 minutes and added Ursula Rucker's poem "The Journey," so we can dwell on the beauty of Nkom's track without getting lost in repetition. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pdib...

Enjoy!