A music-first philosophy
A Special Request began with one friend, one playlist and one question: “We love these songs, but I’m not a DJ. Could you mix these for me?”
The idea behind the series
I do not start with genres.
I start with people.
Why it matters
A playlist is a collection of songs. A DJ mix is a relationship between them: memories placed beside one another, moods allowed to rise and fall, and familiar music heard in a new way.
The songs people choose reveal where they came from, who they love and what still makes them stop everything when it comes through the speakers.
Listen
A Special Request 001
A close friend brought me a playlist of songs that he and his partner loved. “We love these songs, but I’m not a DJ. Could you mix these for me?” I did, right there. He gave the recording to her as a gift: an archive of a moment in their lives, told through music.
Listen on SoundCloud ↗A Special Request 002
When another friend heard about the first mix, she asked why I had not mixed her playlist yet. The answer was simple: she had not sent it. A month later, at her birthday party, I played and recorded it.
Listen on SoundCloud ↗A Special Request 003
Someone at that birthday party quietly began collecting his partner’s favourite songs. Months later, at her surprise party, she started recognizing them one after another: “I love this song… and this one… and this one… These are all my favourite songs.”
Listen on SoundCloud ↗A Special Request 004
When my partner shared her list with me, it became another way to know her more deeply. At her birthday party, I played the songs that mattered to her, shaped into one continuous story.
Listen on SoundCloud ↗A Special Request 005
The first paid A Special Request came from someone who wanted to throw their party, not somebody else’s. They brought the music that belonged to them. I turned it into a night that felt unmistakably theirs.
Listen on SoundCloud ↗What this proves
Your favourites are not instructions I mechanically follow. They are clues. They help me understand your history, your taste and the feeling you want to create.
From there, I mix, read the room and build something that belongs to that night alone.
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