Dekmantel Podcast 136 - Lil' Tony

Lil Tony is a big part of the Finnish scene and revered name on the international circuit. Back home he runs some of the city’s key venues, such as Kaiku, and while on the road he spins well informed sets of house and techno influenced by the American Mid West, but that also expend to take in disco, soul, electro and more. In the studio he turns out slick tracks for Innervisions, HPTY and Mood Music, is part of the Nuspirit Helsinki collective and is all set to play at Dekmantel Selectors this week hosting a boat party with Kaiku. Now, he steps up with a mix consisting 100% of Finnish music mainly from the eighties. It touches on disco, new wave, ambient, soul, Italo, electro, funk and boogie and paints a vivid picture. “I want to give special thanks To Mikko Mattlar, Perttu Häkkinen, Joshi, Pirkka and Juha Mäki for helping me find some of these gems,” says the man whose hour mix starts icy, atmospheric and melodic before slowly thawing out. As the drums appear and the melodies get more cosmic, you begin tapping along then the diva disco vocals, big synths and retro grooves all sweep you away into a world of proto-house and pixelated chords that are brightly coloured and unashamedly fun. Catch the Finnish version of Charlie’s ’Spacer Woman’!