Little South was created with the goal of supporting and promoting local DJs and Producers in West Cornwall, UK, who specialize in various genres of dance music. The enthusiastic response from the Cornish nightlife community was overwhelming, allowing Little South to become a crucial platform for local artists seeking exposure at events. As time went on, our reach expanded beyond Cornwall and encompassed artists and events from across the entire South West of England, UK. One of our defining features has been the opportunity to showcase DJ mixes through our podcast series. Since our establishment, we have actively published podcast mixes from some of the most talented DJs in the South West. These mixes serve as a testament to the exceptional skills and creativity of our region's DJs, providing a platform for them to showcase their talent to a wider audience.

At Little South, we have a strong commitment to nurturing nightlife and live music events. A crucial aspect of our work is event promotion, which we prioritize and strive to excel at. Our dedicated team actively seeks out localized, independent music events to showcase and promote. Additionally, we proudly provide a platform for major events happening throughout the South West region, including specialist music festivals and large capacity live music events. By actively supporting and promoting these events, we aim to contribute to a thriving music scene and ensure that both local artists and established acts receive the recognition they deserve.

The Little South pages serve as a platform for emerging musical talent in the South West of England. Our goal is to encourage, foster relationships, and provide opportunities for new artists to showcase their sounds and events. We support DJs, Producers, and Vocalists of all genres within the electronic music landscape. If you are interested in being featured on our pages, we warmly welcome your expressions of interest.

Tim French Announced As Podcast Mix Of The Year 2022

A year of solid podcast mixes crossing dance music sub-genres.

It really does feel like the year has flown by and you'd be forgiven for thinking we only just announced the winner of Podcast Of The Year 2021, but we have in fact published 22 episodes this year! Each episode delivering the sound that the artist wanted to portray as their current musical direction. Crossing dance music sub-genres we have featured house, trance, hard dance, breakbeat, electro and some filthy drum and bass! The time has come to round up 2022 to applaud the artist that has proven most popular across our platforms to include feature page views and podcast stream play counts/downloads.

We are so pleased to announced that the artist taking the crown for Podcast Mix Of The Year 2022 is Tim French. Tim's progressive house episode really captured the attention of you and resulted in an impressive response in excess of 27,000 combined streams and views. This is a fantastic result for Tim who delivered an exceptionally high quality episode.

Little South · Episode 21/22 | Tim French | Podcast Mixes

We caught up with Tim French to share the good news.

Tim it gives us huge pleasure to announce that you have won PMOTY2022. How does it feel?

Wow that’s amazing! It really means a lot to know that your followers enjoyed this mix. It was a lot of fun doing it and a great finish to a great year music wise for me.

Your mix was really appreciated by our audience, talk us through the tracks that you chose to include.

Sure lets run through each track:-

1. Ivory - Voices (Album Version) - Innervisions

This is a great intro track and taken for his FEELIN album released in November on Innervisions. Great Track and Album. @ivory.it www.facebook.com/innercityvisions

2. Blende ft. Mickael Karkousse - Do You Remember (Carli Remix) - Eskimo Recordings

When I first heard this track I loved the real future funk feel to it proper bum wiggler. www.facebook.com/blende @eskimorecodings

3. GMJ - Into Fruition (Alex O'Rion Remix) - Deep Down Music

Love GMJ’s work and break out star of lockdown Alex O’Rion delivers a stella rework with depth and groove. www.facebook.com/gmjmusic www.facebook.com/alexorionofficial

4. Classica - Give Me Signals (Extended Mix) - Act 7 Records

Great track from Duo fusing funking beats and prog house elements great vocal hook and bass line. Great release from this new label. www.facebook.com/act7records www.facebook.com/classicamusic

5. Sharam - The Rain ft. Bengle (New York Extended Mix) - Positiva

A re-release of this 2019 track from one half of Deep Dish and deserved too. Great production, vocals and vibe. www.facebook.com/sharam www.facebook.com/positivafrecords

6. Tokyo Fan Club - Horses (Echonomist Remix) - Bedrock Records

Tokyo Fan Club are a new collaboration between Luke Brancaccio, Gai Barone & Kiki Cave. This track is taken from the debut album on Bedrock “We Live Electric’ Which is superb and I strongly recommend you check it out. This is the Economist remix which is just superb has a real dark edge and reminds of Goldfrapp. Kiki’s vocal is ace and this rounds off a Stella year for Gai & Luke. www.facebook.com//lukebrancacciodj www.facebook.com/gaibarone www.facebook.com/tokyofanclub www.facebook.com/kiki.cave.5 www.facebook.com/bedrockrecords

7. Protection - Doll (Original Mix) - Saint Lucky Records

Love the vocal hook in this track and the build lovely indie vibe, great track form this new label. saintlucky.com

8. Cosmicat - Set Me Free (Extended Mix) - MDL Beast

Great chunky beast and four to the floor groove on this beast great good change of direction track. Mdlbeast.com

10. Green Lake Project - Nostromo (Original Mix) - 3000 Grad

Taken from their album “Thrust” this track has a nice driving bass line and a real Trancey vibe. Great track and album from a great label www.facebook.com/greenlakeproject www.facebook.com/3000grad

11. Around Us & Callecat - The Moment- Manual Music

Lovely uplifting track from the Around us boys & Callecat duo masters at their sound and another corker from Manual. www.facebook.com/aroundusmusic www.facebook.com/callecatmusic

12. Mind Of Us - Zaraza (Original MIx) - Pro-B-Tech

Uplifting Peak time monster from "Mind of Us” and another Stella release for Pro-B-Tech who have had an amazing year. www.facebook.com/probtechrecords www.facebook.com/djbrentlawson https://www.facebook.com/Mind-Of-Us-100863839515229/mind-of-us-100863839515229

13. Audioglider - I Feel The Rush (Framewerk Electro Dub) - Melodic Beats Recordings

14. Audioglider - I Feel The Rush (Framewerk Remix) - Melodic Beats Recordings

Finishing out the year in style from our own label these ace remixes from the Framewerk guys of this superb track of Audioglider’s really do the business. Full of emotion and chunky breakbeats this has been a highlight for what’s been a great year for the label. I us the dub and main mix here of the three mixes Framewerk supplied www.facebook.com/audioglider www.facebook.com/melodicbeatsrecordings www.facebook.com/framewerkfanpage

15. ID - ID - ID

Well can’t say much about this but its an official remix I have done for the label of an absolute classic form the 90’s coming out later this year so watch this space.

All in all 2023 is shaping up to be a big year for me hopefully.

Now would also be a great time to highlight those that have supported you during 2022.

Firstly thank you to everyone that listens and buys my music. Knowing that your music is out there being enjoyed by people is something really special.

Thank you to all the labels that I’ve signed to and released on this year, Paul @M/B, Ollie @perfecto Black, Samer @Pangea Recordings, Ben/Rich @Lost Language , Jerry @Hooj Choons, Norman @Stripped Digital, Lee @Affiliate thank you for believing in the music. Special thanks to all the promo companies for the amazing tunes Pete & Team @jukebox pr, Paul & Team @Manual, Steve @smp3, the Team @ Your Army, Silent Shout, Tailored Communications and all the other amazing labels and artists that send me their tunes.

A big thank you to the amazing artists that have remixed my tracks this year and made me sound amazing, Pablo Gargano, Dark Pulse, Nila, Menkee, Mono Electric Orchestra you're all amazing!

Shout out to Dyl and the Beach Radio Team for delivering such a great music platform.

Thanks to all the venues and nights that have booked me to play especially the amazing team at the Terrace Cafe on Plymouth Hoe for believing in the Melodic Beats sound and letting us use their amazing venue - you are all true rock stars. www.facebook.com/theterracecafeandbar

And of course a massive thank you to Loukas Pour-Hashemi who’s guidance, help and support has been unwavering, you’re a star dude.

What do you have panned for 2023?

We have some exciting events planned for the summer with Melodic Beats. And I have various gigs booked through out the year.

On the release front I have a lot scheduled already for 2023 starting with “Song For Lynda” on the awesome Stripped Digital featuring a beautiful organic mix from Kamilo Sanclemente + Andre Moret out Jan 18th on all platforms. This will be followed by a “Kamino Static" on Lost Language at the end of Jan then released on Hooj , Pangea and capital Heaven with more to come so watch this space. www.facebook.com/strippedmusicmgmt www.facebook.com/pangearecordings www.facebook.com/lostlanguagerecordings www.facebook.com/capitalheavenrecords

I’ve also been writing lots of tracks in the studio this winter so more fresh material is on the way. All in all 2023 is shaping up to be a big year for me hopefully.

You can of course catch me the 4th Friday of each month @21:00 GMT for my monthly radio show “Connected” on the awesome Beach Radio www.beach-radio.co.uk

Don’t forget to follow my socials to keep up to date with all the music and events linktr.ee/timfrenchdj www.facebook.com/timfrenchdj

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