abstract science djs mixes

In the world of inspiration, some forces stand above and ring out louder than others. Chris Widman-- producer, co-host and co-founder of Abstract Science Radio-- stands among them. With over 25 years at the helm of Absci Radio and +1,000 episodes delivered to the Chicago airwaves and beyond, Widman's legacy is nothing short of phenomenal.

For this episode, unleashed in the wake of the full moon in Aries, as the seasons turn towards the sublunary majesty of decay and repose, join us for a massive 90-minute journey into the bass-driven, subterranean impulses of contemporary sound design. As a whole it is remarkably spectral, propulsive, tectonic in its weight, and revelatory in its resolution. 

From Chris, "...this mix was commissioned long ago. during which time, the great andrew weatherall died, inspiring me to scrap a carefully curated playlist + compile something new along the slower tempos the "guv'nor" championed. the result weaves together related threads of techno dancehall, dubwise breakbeat, blunted electro, african/diaspora club (+ inspired versions), + inescapably, two favorite weatherall projects."

AW/OA 052: Abstract Science [mixed by Chris Widman]
1. Silent Harbour "Black Cloud" (Hinterland, Conforce, 2017)
2. Millia Rage "hopper7" (2020)
3. Batu "Monolith" (Timedance, 2016)
4. Pessimist "Bloom" (Blackest Ever Black, 2017)
5. SLIKBACK X YTEM "OGDRU" (MELT, 2021)
6. Toma Kami "Amapicante" (Amapicante EP, Livity Sound, 2022)
7. Native Soul "Dead Sangoma" (Teenage Dream, 2021)
8. DJ Plead "Glebe!" (Molten Mirrors - A Decade Of Livity Sound, 2021)
9. Steve Reich "The Four Sections (Andrea Parker remix)" (Reich remixed, Nonesuch, 1999)
10. Killawatt "Tranq'd" (47012, 2017)
11. Grove "Raised Fists (F*CK YOU UP)" (BEAUTIFUL PRESENTS: BEAUTIFUL VOL 1, 2022)
12. Pugilist "Static" (Static, Banoffee Pies, 2022)
13. Boreal Massif "Low Fortie" (We All Have An Impact LP, Pessimist, 2019)
14. Grinderman "Heathen Child (Weatherall Remix #2" (Grinderman 2, Mute, 2010)
15. Ninos Du Brasil "Algo Ou Alguem Entre As Arvores" (Para Araras, Vida Eterna, 2017)
16. Rattlesnakke "Abismo" (Resiliencia, Majia, 2020)
17. The Bug "WW3 Dub" (Pressure Versions, 2020)
18. Shalt "Ochre" (Ochre Flood, Astral Plane, 2020)
19. JASSS "Instantaneous Transmission Of Information" (Weightless, iDEAL, 2017)
20. Mr. Mitch "Raggatron" (Patrimony, 2020)
21. BLASTAH "raining" (Forever, Worldwide Unlimited, 2022)
22. Sabres of Paradise "Ballad of Nicky McGuire" (Haunted Dancehall, Warp, 1994)
23. McCoy Tyner "Celestial Chant" (Trident, Milestone, 1975)

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AWOA

AW/OA 052: Abstract Science for the Guv'nor [mixed by Chris Widman]

this is not my cataclysmic nye DJ mix, it is a tribute to the set i was supposed to perform + the space it was to celebrate.  starts with deep dubstep, breaks + 2 step garage, then moves into drum n bass + jungle.

CHRIS WIDMAN cataclysmic tribute mix [2023]

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

CHRIS WIDMAN + SEAN TAYLOR recorded djing b2b (30 minute sets) for ABSTRACT SCIENCE x @humboldtarborealsociety at HUNGRY BRAIN chicago [29 march 2024]

CHRIS WIDMAN + SEAN TAYLOR - abstract science x humboldt arboreal society @ hungry brain chi [2024]

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

Pre—order | Listen
https://tratratrax.bandcamp.com/album/memoria

El AMBIE—TÓN is back. As its title suggests, #002 is an exercise of memory. It is a place where water blooms on the earth and wind sweeps through the mountains. It is jungle and city.

Mountain and noise. Imbalance and harmony.
It is a lake in the sky,
a forest between seas.
A still cloud in la cordillera,
a name that floats.

This collaboration between Colombian Drone Mafia and Gibrana Cervantes is the beginning and end of a fragile geography, like the magic and mafia of our platanal, a bridge between the Americas.

CDM is the new alias of Nyksan, Bogota-born DJ, sound artist and co-founder of TraTraTrax. Here, he joins forces with Mexican composer and violinist Gibrana Cervantes, one of the most outstanding string voices sounding across the most vital electronic and avant-garde music scenes of recent years. Together, the duo creates dark and cabalistic ambient, all woven around intricate, gut-moving sonorities. Colombian Drone Mafia dissolves the boundaries between synthesis and field recordings, crafting experimental yet primitive textures that infect listeners through the layered melodic spaces that Gibrana masters.

We cordially invite you to listen to this journey of immersive drones through lush vegetation and concrete jungle, music that is at times contemplative and at other times violent. Hanging between deep listening and deep boredom, Memoria suspends a sonic archeology of Bogotá and its surroundings in looping repetition, evoking a dream. A glimpse of the sound of the end. 

releases May 2, 2025

Mixing__ James Ginzburg
Mastering__ Beau Thomas at TenEightSeven
Artwork__ Juan David Figueroa

Colombian Drone Mafia + Gibrana Cervantes — Memoria — AMBIE—TÓN002

Agua de Rosas w/ J. Córdova & sepbtt - 300425

On our new episode of INVITADXS we are proud to have colombian and Karlsruhe-based DJ and producer as well as co-runner of label RUTA and platform Neotropica! It’s the amazing SEPTT!  If you are into percussive bass music, you might have stumbled upon his productions or definitely heard them on a club night. His sound is certainly unique and combines elements of bass music, Brokenbeat-techno, Hard Drum, and contemporary latinamerican rythms among others.  This DJ mix is a journey through the world of percussive-driven electronic music. It opens with hypnotic drum patterns and minimal, repetitive structures that ground the listener in a sense of ritual and adventure—transporting you to open, sun-drenched landscapes. As the mix unfolds, it evolves into a deeper, more complex soundscape: organic grooves blend with heavier basslines and high-tech textures. What begins as raw and earthy gradually transforms into something synthetic and immersive.

thanks for your sound https://soundcloud.com/sepbtt <3
 
Tracklist
Artist – Track
Nuri – Yiri
TOBEHONEST , Ky William – Going Fast
NoKliché feat. Maître Magellan - Ancestors Dance
Kaval – Through the Woods
TSVI  & DJ JM – Aziza
Syn – Cold
Circuit 900 – Opal
Lobby – 3D Thinking
DJ JM – So Money
Devagar – Estampida
NKC – BTD150
Leese – Eggo
Mafou – Blind
Mambo Kahn – Pagan Circles
Limbololo Soundsystem – Kokolimbo
Florentino – Siéntelo
Sam Link – Raster
Rodman – Reese Otto (ft. Nico)
Ehua – Picaboo
Elbarto – Talamera
Shai FM – Pull Up
3Phaz – Shoulder Dance

INVITADXS w/ sepbtt

1 hr of a mix of Kuduro, Dubstep, Grime, Gems from South America, perfect balance between warm up and peak time set. 

ABADIR is a music producer, sound designer, DJ, food enthusiast and music critic born in Cairo, Egypt and based in Berlin, Germany. He is part of the SVBKVLT roster, and the editor of the electronic music section at Ma3azef.

ABADIR @ Kiosk Radio 23.05.2025

WRACK - Beni [OMB018]
WRACK, known for previous releases such as Hotto Kotto and Moon Beam (with BENN), returns to Over My Body after nearly two years with his latest EP,
Beni.Beni represents the culmination of WRACK’s artistic journey to date—a powerful statement shaped by years of experimentation and introspection. At the
heart of the project lies a question that has long driven his work: what does it mean to create club music as a Japanese artist?
With this EP, WRACK offers one of his most refined answers. Beni seamlessly fuses the percussive intensity of global club sounds with melodic elements
rooted in traditional Japanese scales. The result is a bold and personal exploration of identity, culture, and
rhythm—crafted for the dancefloor, but resonating far beyond it. The album also including three special remixes by he B E N N, Titaniüm, and moemiki.


Tokyo-based moemiki is a DJ/producer influenced by trip-hop and juke/footwork. Present in both cyberpunk and nature, her expression has a shamanic approach that moves between experimental, gorge, and juke. Her favorite BPM is 160.

releases July 18, 2025
Visual: x256M

NÜ PREMIERE : WRACK -  Zui (moemiki Remix) (OVER MY BODY)

« Trigger·Response » signe la troisième compilation V/A de Craquages et inaugure leur toute première série de curation. À travers ce projet, les résident·es du label dévoilent leur propre vision artistique, personnelle et engagée. Imaginé par ergen101, cet opus devient un terrain d’expression libre où les artistes explorent, sans filtres, les tensions et les résonances entre des thèmes forts : oppression et liberté, douceur et violence, traumatisme et résilience. Le tout dans une esthétique club déconstruite, hybride, expérimentale — voire anti-club — portée par les textures bass les plus intenses. Un récit sonore profondément humain, où le passé résonne au présent, et où chaque track devient un acte : Trigger & Response.

Invités : Leah, ergen101, Piruwa, Ttyole
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Sombres Hérauts #61 w/ Craquages Collectifs

The 6 Mix for Mary Anne Hobbs at BBC Radio 6 (25/07/2025)

tracklist: 
Rescue Dawn - Hype Williams
Hey, Wake Up Babe - Rachiid Paralyzing
Freak That Beat - Danilo Feat. Happy Colors
Meet You There - Monty Feat. Chimpo
Stuttrap - Aunty Rayzor
Gaybass (CDC Remix) - Victin (Unreleased)
V8 - 96 Back
Panorama - Monstera Black (Unreleased)
MEMORIES FOR SALE ---AT---> 66 GREENE ST SOHO NY - _by.ALEXANDER
RITMADO DE BAQUE - DJ Douglinhas
Clusters - Manao (Unreleased)
MACUMBINHA - DJ SANDRIINHO
MANDELADA - Rxfx
Smoke - Dylan & Harry
Coke Bottle - Distal
GEUZEVELD - DJ ADAMM x Styn
Spiz - Whisper ( Soundcloud Version )
BWNP [B**** WITH NEW PROBLEMS] - Badsista
Unreleased - alys(alys)alys
Dalex - Manao (Unreleased)
U (RHR Mentalism Volt Dub) - Jadu Heart, RHR
Mothertime - Call Super
Confie em Ninguém - Enigma
Make The Ass Go Boom - DJ Godfather feat. Goodmoney
Excitement Riddim - Ransum
COMPETIÇÃO [K-OH NOIABUBBLING EDIT] - XANDY ALMEIDA
OUTSIDE - Ase Manual
Language - Cadeu
Speed Run II - DJ Sinclair x Slackk
Mané & Sané - Le Diouck
Trippy - NGHT DRPS
Amor - Valesuchi (Unreleased)
I Hate it - Swooh
VAI DJ (NÃO PARA) - Wavezim
Unreleased - Blawan
How you gonna feel - Commix Feat. Steve Spacek


The 6 Mix @ BBC Radio 6

"your thoughts, 
your emotions, 
your love, 
your dreams..."

Original vocal sample: Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul (Acapella)

Bandcamp

WWYS [BOOTLEG]

Excited to welcome Danish DJ and producer @hedohydr8 on our Mix Series!
An epic selection of bass-heavy, wall-shaking jams!

"The mix was recorded in OIL club back in May, during my first trip to China. It’s a crazy club with a crazy deep sound system, so I went into pretty subfocused territory.

There’s still lots of energy in this mix tho and a few unreleased tunes / demos from yours truly."

https://www.instagram.com/hedohydr8/

TRACKLIST:
- undisclosed -

Check out more from HEDO HYDR8:
https://hedohydr8.bandcamp.com/

www.loose-lips.co.uk

Loose Lips Mix Series - 490 - HEDO HYDR8 (recorded LIVE at OIL Club, Shenzhen)

@ruisenordubs at That Side, Outra Cena (08.08.25)

Here’s the full 3-hour recorded live DJ set by @irmaruisenor. Capturing the floor’s intense energy straight from the DJ booth that night, with @syntrovert also on the lineup.
Big thanks to everyone who came through.

Ruiseñor | Recorded live DJ Set at That Side, Outra Cena, Lisbon (08.08.25)

QUADRATIC "Year Over Year: Drum 'n Bass 1994-2015" 
dj mix for Big Shot magazine (CHRIS WIDMAN + COLIN HARRIS)
http://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/dj-mixes/36725/

M-Beat feat. Buju Banton "Incredible (Underground Mix)" - Renk (1994)
DJ Monk "Dancehall Style" - KLP (1995)
Ed Rush & Nico "Technology (Boymerang Remix)" - No U-Turn (1996)
Cybotron feat. Dillinja "Light Years" - Prototype (1997)
Photek "Knitevision" - Science (1998)
Teebee "Oblivion" - Audio Couture/Moving Shadow (1999)
Paradox "Conform to What" - Reinforced (2000)
Sonic & Silver "Hard Times" - Timeless (2001)
Kabuki feat. Victor Duplaix "Sex Drive" - Dialog / Sonar Kollektiv (2002)
Child Support "Stop, Look & Listen" - Mash (2003)
Clipz feat. MC Sweetpea "Jiggy" - Full Cycle (2004)
Mav & Twister "The Tubes" - Offshore (2005)
Amit "Unholy" - Commercial Suicide (2006)
Mistabishi "No Matter What" - Hospital (2007)
Randomer feat. Reds - Autonomy - Med School (2008)
Instra:Mental"Thugtronik" - Exit (2009)
Quadratic "Ringing in My Ears" - World Wide Juke (2012)
Africa Hitech "Out in the Streets" - Warp (2011)
Naibu "Just Like You (Fracture's Astrophinca Remix)" - Horizons (2013)
Addison Groove "167 Track" - 50Weapons (2014)
Quadratic "Sadness Will Last Forever" - Droidsong (2015)

Here are a few of our favorite jungle and drum 'n bass tracks spanning 1994-2015, mixed in chronological order, with a selection for each year. It is not intended as a grandiose statement of the most important tracks, nor a definite study of how the genre evolved, but you can get a sense of how the rhythms and elements have changed. Full disclosure, after completing the mix and typing up the track listing, we realized the year 2010 was omitted. Blame dubstep. 

Big Shot Magazine Mix

Quadratic dj mix -- Year Over Year: drum 'n bass 1994-2015

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