Finally, @newnumbertwo aka Wallace Winfrey, one of Sorted's founders and reluctant chief resident DJ releases a mix in the Sorted Series. Recorded at the first Sorted Weekender in March 2022, this near 3-hour set was recorded to 4 tracks - a stereo feed from the mixer and a stereo feed from a Rode NT4 microphone pointed straight at the crowd, then mixed down to stereo.

"This set was a lot of fun to play, was definitely feeling it - I would get things really cranking, then would pull back because I'd imposed a misperception on myself that opening DJs really shouldn't go so hard - I needn't have worried, as Ben UFO was playing after!"

Starting with dub techno and then moving into heady garridge followed by a steady flow of breaks, techno, dubstep and UKG, newnumbertwo's set feels a lot like the typical flow at a Sorted.

"After a brief interlude that brought back memories of GQ/Kenny Ken telling people they needed to move their car (from the SR remix of Hackney Parrot), I finally got up to the end of hour three and was feeling like Digital Mystikz' Anti-War Dub was a good way to close things out given the Russians had invaded Ukraine earlier that week. Ben finally arrived at the venue (an ice blizzard had touched down that night, which made travel precarious and the party all the more vibey) and told me when he walked in and heard those bass tones, it felt like home. I dropped one more track - Rob Smith's B Line Fi Blo, and then sat on the recording for almost 2 years. I'm glad to finally put it out in the world"

Set list to come...

Sorted Series - newnumbertwo

Beyond / Below B17 by @chriswidman of @abstractscience. Received January 2024.
Photo by Chris

"The vision + photo of a winter sunset on Lake Michigan became the starting point. From there, the mix evolved into three movements that were influenced by the Metro/Smartbar "23 Hour Party People" chill room sets through which I first got to know Hi-Vis. Even though it is intended for deep listening, it sounds best at high volume with proper bass."

Laurie Anderson "We have to Imagine …”
Fennesz “We Trigger the Sun “
Monolake “Allure Publison”
Purelink “At Nest“
rRoxymore “Sun in C”
Davis Galvin “Latest Fruits”
Conrad Schnitzler & Pole “Wiegenlied für Katzen”
Bug vs Earth “City Of Fallen Angels” 
Barker “Paradise Engineering”
Batu “Emulsion Of Light”
Time Wharp “East River Dusk”
Laurie Anderson “…Different ways…”
Fluxion “Sol” 
Deepchord “Orbitals”
Theo Parrish “Sky Walking”
Appleblim "Bladed Shogun (Deadbeat Remix)"
Daniel Avery "Lone Swordsman"
June “Lost Area (DJ Sprinkles' Lost Dancefloor)
Shawn Rudiman “There's a Darkness Under Every Sun”
Laurie Anderson “…to Describe..
Photek “T’Raenon”
ASC “Threeform” 
Aural Imbalance “Aphelion's Edge”
µ-Ziq “Green Chaos”
PAN-AL “It's Rigged”
Ulrich Schnauss + Jonas Munk “Faint Lights In The Distance”
Laurie Anderson “…the Ends of Things”
KMRU + Aho Ssan “Rebirth”

B17. Chris Widman

Jana has 'shape shifting lizard' JS Alvarez on the show to select some mutant techno and unruly bass music. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/jana-rush/episodes/jana-rush-24th-february-2024

Jana Rush w/ JS Alvarez 240224

frail808 is a Chicago-based dj, hardware act, producer, instrumentalist, and audio engineer. A classically trained percussionist, she has been producing and performing electronic music since her mid teens, inspired by first-wave dubstep, drone music and releases from Hyperdub and Warp records. Her roots as an experimental musician and performer have driven her to tirelessly experiment with new sounds and textures. 

frail808’s selections are wide and genre agnostic,
with a unifying penchant for driving syncopated percussion, heavy sub bass and yearning ambience. she brings an ecstatic energy to the decks, and thrives on the energy of a sweaty,
uninhibited dancefloor. Her sets are often broad in scope, traveling through searing bass bangers, ethereal breakbeat, introspective deep dub, and pulsing ambient tracks. She runs
<<rev, a party focused on the UK bass sound, named as an homage to London’s legendary fwd>> dubstep party.

1. Oneohtrix Point Never - Ezra
2. Bone Head - Soft Power
3. Atrice - Nulspace
4. Temudo - Group Dynamics
5. No Moon - Sirens
6. Serge Geyzel - It's Going To Get Stuck In Your Head (So Sing It)
7. C Powers "Ms Mix" - Sky Hammer
8. Aloka - View Source
9. Client_03 - Interest Reset
10. Mia Koden - Racket
11. Ryvahl - Protopattern
12. E-Talking - Laisse (Hard Mix)
13. Fels - Morphed Soil
14. Norwell - Celestial Bodies (Imre Kiss Crisis 91' Mix)
15. Pugilist - Circuit Breaker
16. Pseudopolis - Dirty Pallette Cleanser
17. Tom Place - Archelon
18. LMAJOR - The Power (Boxwork Remix)
19. Elmono - Fields of Shells
20. Peder Mannerfelt - Big Ball
21. Social Rhythm - Loving Sum
22. Skee Mask - Kappleberg Chant
22. Planetary Assault Systems - Eden Tide (Barker Remix)
23. Es.tereo - Perception
24. Simstah - Oblivious
25. INVT - APOGEE
26. Johnny Jungle - Johnny '94 (Origin Unknown Remix)
27. TMSV - Abyss Watcher
28. Fracture & Sam Binga - On Right Now
29. Flore - Disruption
30. Machinedrum - Fantastix
31. Forest Management - The Elevated Quiet
32. Terrence Malick - Song to Song (Dialogue)

RND 101 - frail808

Following the release of his 'Balcony Acid EP' the Metalheadz Podcast returns with Finnish electronic music producer and breakbeat veteran Fanu. Tune in for 90 mins plus of the finest beats at varying tempos.

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Fanu - Balcony Acid EP

Metalheadz Podcast 76 - Fanu

After a brief hiatus we're back with the 9th Tape by the one they call Otik - 3024 recording artist extraordinaire responsible for the magnificent Cosmosis album as well as the recent EP Cloud Runner.

3024: Otik, can you describe your mix in a single sentence?

"An ethereal and drum heavy journey between 160 and 170bpm, which includes old and new inspirations for my recent ‘Cloud Runner’ EP on 3024."

3024: What DJ inspires you at the moment / has inspired you throughout the years and why?

"I’ve actually talked about this recently, but I’ve always been in awe of Midland’s sets. The way he can read a crowd and create heart stopping moments on the spot with ease has really inspired me to become a better DJ."

3024: What are you working on / what have you got forthcoming?

"I’m currently finishing up two records for the same label, I can’t say who yet but I’m really happy with how they sound. The music focuses a bit more on the dance floor, 4x4 rhythms and sits within the 135-140pm range, which I haven’t experimented with for a while."

3024 TAPES 009

Buy on Bandcamp

3024 TAPES 009 : Otik

A slightly extended voyage this month - Level 4

Tracklist as ever over at the discord -https://discord.com/invite/Nw9c2DT8Qx

TRACKLIST

MISSIONQUEST - Level 4

Chris Widman, co-founder & co-host of the long-running Abstract Science radio show, delivers a peak-time breakbeat, techno + electro mix, recorded live at Smartbar Chicago, opening up for Luke Vibert (May 2024). 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/jana-rush/episodes/jana-rush-31st-august-2024

Jana Rush w/ Chris Widman 310824

Winter Freeform, hosted by DJ Purple (the duke of House)

Winter Freeform allows WLUW DJs to present music outside of their normal programming. For the 12/24/2024 installment, I dropped a UK Garage/2-Step mix.

Winter Freeform, UK Garage 2 - Step, 24 December 2024

TRACK LISTING

K-Lone "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" (Aus Music, 2024)
BFTT "Seems" (Worldwide Unlimited, 2023)
Ploy "Eyez On U" (Deaf Test, 2024)
SpacePose "Grim Reaper" (Not On Label, 2023)
DNZA & Undrwght "Anfibio" (Not On Label, 2024)
Griffit Vigo "Run" (GQOM OH!, 2020)
Hagan "Right Here" (Future Bounce, 2020)
DJ Polo & NKC "Lab Rat" (Even the Strong, 2023)
Omagoqa & General C’mamane "Indumezulu" (Not On Label, 2024)
Scratchclart "Kong" (DRMTRK, 2018)
State OFFF "Not Like Us" (Not On Label, 2024)
Piezo "Thoughts, Heavy" (Foodman Remix, Ansia, 2024)
Jumping Back Slash "Ur So Strange" (Swak Catalog, 2024)
K8 "Trip to Kyoto" (USI KUVO, 2023)
DJ GIRL x DJ FLP "Operator" (Dub Mix, Eat Dis, 2020)
HomeSick "1000dB Stare" (Exit Records, 2023)
Anunaku & DJ Plead "Wheele" (AD 93, 2020)
Ivy Lab "Look Away" (Sneaker Social Club, 2024)
Akkord "XMTR" (Houndstooth, 2017)
Stones Taro "To Rave" (Scuffed Recordings, 2020)
Blawan "Blika" (XL Recordings, 2021)
Pugilist "Misanthrope" (Of Paradise, 2023)
ØZ & Katch "18 Carat" (Not On Label, 2023)
Martyn "For Lost Relatives" (3024, 2009)
Sobstory "Wanna Feel" (Shall Not Fade, 2024)
Chimpo "Gangplank Galley" (Pineapple Records, 2024)
Liquid DnB-like Ambient Grime "02 Garage Mix" (Sneaker Social Club, 2024)
Kinoteki "BB-Heart+Soul" (Tabula Rasa, 2024)
Hyas "Can't Play" (99CTS RCRDS, 2022)

Fader Events Winter Mix Contest

@mirthra_audio [@satellite_era] guest mix for ABSTRACT SCIENCE radio episode as1374 [aired 19 june 2025 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM]

tracklist:
Animistic Beliefs - To Dream About Water [NAAFI]
Plebeian - Star Anise [Pseudonym Records]
Prettybwoy - Purify (SNKLS Remix) [POLAAR]
Juli - Run After Nothing [Egregore Collective]
Donato Dozzy & Sabla - Forma I [Gang of Ducks]
Quixosis - Burundanger 2 (Flore Remix) [TraTraTrax]
Ninja Exotic Machine - Apple Brucho [Early Reflex]
Laksa - Bodies [RE:LAX]
Gaze - Cuticle [Lovers Rock Recordings]
Maude Vôs - Faerie Ring [Woozy]
Struction - Sunray [Ilian Tape]
Forest Drive West - Nothing Else [Rupture]
SAN - Better [Rua Sound]
Seta Loto - Complete Walkthrough [Ghosttown]
Kop-Z - Revision [Second Born]
Ehua - Bricks [3024]
Pugilist & Tamen - Resu [Samurai Music]
Narvalos - Dakini [XCPT]
Forest Drive West - Möbius [Ilian Tape]
Vardae - Voices [Annulled Music]
Raär - Voodoo [Antiverse Records]
Klahrk - &3&4 [SFX]
Quartz - Russian Roulette [Rupture]
Soreab & KRSLD - Butoh [Baroque Sunburst & XCPT]
Skeptical & Loxy - Krakoa [Exit Records]
Flower Storm - World's Creator Is My Ally (Aceed Mix) [Self-Released]
Vardae - Voices Of Depossession [Samurai Music]
Raär - Minimal Interaction [a-biotic]
Djrum - Sycamore [Houndstooth]

MITHRA - abstract science radio

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