KEXP's weekly guest DJ mix show is a multi-genre program featuring eclectic sets by a rotating cast of local, national, and international DJs and artists. Every late Sunday night at midnight, a guest DJ outside of KEXP's on-air talent will take you on an hour-long journey through their record collection to showcase their unique sonic vision of a Midnight In A Perfect World.
Check out the archives of previous exclusive mixes here, and check out the upcoming schedule below:
Damian Lazarus is a British DJ, producer, and founder of the revered dance label Crosstown Rebels Records. This past January he released Magickal, his latest album of sweet vocal-heavy house grooves featuring an eclectic roster of guests from all over the world. His guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World arrives just ahead of a few US live dates, including playing both Friday April 11th and Friday April 18th at the Yuma Tent as part of this year's Coachella Festival, and a stop at Public Works in San Francisco on Saturday April 12th.
Yann Tiersen is a renowned French Breton musician and composer. His sweeping, cinematic, influential catalog dates back to the mid 1990s with a deep resumé of studio albums and film soundtracks, including 2001's cult classic Amélie soundtrack. His guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World lands a week after the release of his latest studio opus Rathlin from a Distance | The Liquid Hour, an expansive album with two distinctive sides that showcase intimate classical arrangements alongside more dynamic, propulsive, synthesizer-led productions.
somesurprises is the brainchild of Seattle-based songwriter and guitarist Natasha El-Sergany. Her guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World arrives one year and one day after the release of Persieds, the band's excellent, acclaimed album that beautifully showcases El-Sergany’s delicate and blissful songwriting and the band's confident, dreamy, hypnotic sound.
Femi Koleoso is a London-based drummer, bandleader and DJ, best-known as the leader of Ezra Collective and a live drummer for the likes of Gorillaz and Jorja Smith. Last year, Ezra Collective released their third studio album Dance, No One’s Watching, a vibrant, genre-blurring record full of irresistible grooves "that captures the spirit of a night out in their city."
