Monologues.

Danish talent Paxton Fettel has made a resounding return to the fore this year after a few years off. His piano-heavy disco & house jams on his longtime home Greta Cottage Workshop and Delusions Of Grandeur are some of the most joyous tracks we’ve heard this year, but his catalogue stretches back to 2010 via releases on Kolour LTD, Plumage and Apersonal. His deeply melodic, organic grooves suggest a musically trained creator, but he’s all self-taught. Ahead of an EP for Monologues Records later this year, we invite one of house music’s most irresistible creators to guide us round his oeuvre. Spectacular results with plenty of exclusives.

Tracklist:

Paxton Fettel - Back You Want Don't I? [Forthcoming on Monologues Records]

Paxton Fettel - Let Go [Greta Cottage Workshop] (From album: "Nothing Stays the Same")

Paxton Fettel - Lift Off  [Greta Cottage Workshop] (From album: "Everything Stays the Same")

Paxton Fettel - Pacifica 399 To Freedom [Delusions of Grandeur] (From E.P: "Night Waves)

Paxton Fettel - Faster on Fire [Greta Cottage Workshop] (From E.P: "Better Days")

Paxton Fettel - Music Music Music [Forthcoming on Monologues Records]

Paxton Fettel - Burning   [Greta Cottage Workshop] (From E.P: "Better Days")  

Paxton Fettel - Unreleased disco project demo

Paxton Fettel - Unreleased housy demo from a few years back

Paxton Fettel - Unreleased disco jam #1

Paxton Fettel - Unreleased disco jam#2  

How would you describe your sound?  

With this mix.

What and who inspires you and influences your sound?  

People around me, and new music I discover. I think a lot of times inspiration and influences happen subconsciously. I suppose I am inspired by every minute of my life, it all has influence.

Even writing this might have an impact on my future, who knows.

Can you tell us a little about this mix and what it means to you?  

I tried to capture the essence of my music in one hour. New stuff, old stuff, and stuff I primarily use in my DJ sets. Sometimes it's a vocal sample over an original production of mine, and sometimes it's more of a classic edit in a way. Like the first track, for example, which has Ramona Brooks chopped and resliced. Classic Paxton edit material, some might say.

Then a few classics from the back catalogue. Then the latter part of the mix is mostly self-recorded disco instrumentals with or without vocal samples on it.

It's always really fun to put your songs together in new and interesting ways. It makes me (and hopefully you) experience them in new ways. Again something I learn from and take with me to future productions.

This mixtape is also an opportunity for me to show people some of the diversity in what I do, and give a focused lesson in my universe of sound, and thought on music. For that I am very grateful.