15-Min Flash Mix E50: Mari Invites You To Hop Aboard The Space Funk & Indie Dance Express

Mari is your conductor for this 15-Min Flash Mix (Credit: Courtesy of Mari)

We’ve reached another milestone number with episode 50 of Life In Arpeggio’s 15-Min Flash Mix. Strap yourself in, ’cos we’re now accelerating with the propulsive, compulsive grooves of Mari.

From Manila and based in Singapore, Mari has fast become a recurring booking in the past year, popping up on the decks for gigs by Secret Pals, Algorhythm, HighHouse and Vans. He confesses having an adoration for tribal drums and otherworldly synths, and an irresistible urge to toss in some juicy funk influences in his sets, just like what he's got here for this mix.

(Credit: Courtesy of Mari)

Mari brings us on a space funk and indie dance voyage, a fun and edgy kind of mix that could revive a graveyard. It goes retro and glossy, loading tracks from the likes of Mr. Ho and Donald Dust for echoey breakbeats, chiptune arcade synths, robotic vocoders and romantic vocals. It’s power-puffed nostalgia with a modern sheen, and it illustrates the archetypal vitality you can expect from a Mari set. All aboard. This is Mari.

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