Mafia Kiss - The Armory Podcast Exclusive Mix

Introducing The Armory Podcast, the latest project from San Francisco Dj, Zach Moore (The RIPEcast, Gough Street Sessions). Featuring an arsenal of world class DJs from San Francisco and beyond, The Armory reloads each and every Friday with exclusive mixes from the biggest names in breakbeat and house. Beginning Friday, September 13th, The Amory can be heard on SoundCloud and MixCloud, and in iTunes shortly thereafter.

In our inaugural episode, 2012 Breakspoll winner Mafia Kiss (a.k.a . Paul Baron), enters The Armory guns a' blazin' taking no prisoners, but he was also following a plan. "I was sent the artwork for the Armory Podcast with my logo in the middle and was told by Zach to think '80's arcade machine', says Mr. Baron. "So that stuck in my head and I wanted the mix to play along with that, hence why it's a deeper darker mix. I've tried to make it feel like your completing level after level in a video game with the track selection. Make sure you're looking at the artwork at the end of the mix, too. Trust me. It will make sense!"

The award winning bass/breaks producer has dominated the breaks charts of Juno, Track It Down & Beatport with releases on labels such as Rat Records, LOT49, Sunday Best Recordings, Digital Records, Sub Slayers & has recently signed to Stanton Warriors infamous label Punks. Renowned for his remixes & edits alongside his originals, Mafia Kiss's DJ sets are quickly becoming famed for the unique bass & beats "kiss" that he puts on the hottest house, electro, hip hop, moombahton & anything else in between.

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www.mafiakiss.com
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For more information on The Armory, visit www.armorypodcast.com

Original artwork by www.jempanufnik.com

I approached Jem Panufnik about handling the illustrations for the podcast, I told him I chose “The Armory” because I wanted a title that conveyed a stockpile of new music which also played off of the military metaphors DJs often use to describe what they do (eg "this track is my secret weapon", "he blew up the dance floor" etc). In the end, Jem said he considered several difference concepts for the cover art, but most of them were “a bit too macho/look-at-my-big-gun” for his taste. He finally settled on an ‘80s video game marquee-style. “I thought this was a perfect shoot-em-up solution and the artist name is like “new game every week”,he said.