Name: ERIS DREW (@eris-drew)
Alias: High Priestess of the Motherbeat; Bassbin 23
Pronouns: She, Her
Location: Rural New Hampshire
 
Influences: 90’s Chicago; boomin’ systems; speaker freaking; bass; psychedelics; weed; many amazing friends; Mystic Bill; Terry Mullan; Miles Maeda; nature; chaos; other trans & queer people. 
 
Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: T4T LUV NRG (label with Octo Octa); Motherbeat (psychedelic rave with friends); Alchemical Sisters (band with Octa).
 
Favorite Quote: “You have to have a plan, otherwise you become part of someone else’s plan.”  - Terrance McKenna quoting the Mushroom Goddess. 
 
Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: If you take yourself seriously as an artist then by definition you are a “serious artist.” Try not to let commerce depower art in your life. Music is about making art powerful in your own life. Focus on your private practice first, and then focus on making your music meaningful in the lives of others. That’s the natural way of things. Invest in the idea that your friends are special and talented and then create together. Don’t wait for others to acknowledge your work before you take yourself seriously.  

With this mix Eris Drew asks to please learn more about and consider donating to: Sylvia Rivera Law Project. Maya and I have contributed more than half the profits of our label T4T LUV NRG to this organization, which is based in NYC. SRLP are working to help ensure that all people can self-determine gender without harassment or discrimination. The collective focuses on serving low-income people and people of color who are transgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming. (www.srlp.org)

* Drops & scratches include a recording of Eris hitting her bong, Joan LaBarbara, a bunch of scratch records, a siren tool, and secret beats/noises.
Tracklist - http://bit.ly/ErisDrewTrax

Daisychain

Daisychain 170 - Eris Drew

Toronto's Cindy Li, AKA Ciel, has a knack for balancing warmth and pressure. Her productions and mixes often feel coated in an iridescent gloss, evoking the trippy stylings of '90s UK tech house and the swung drums of classic New York house. In between that, though, there's lots of vigor via sleek electro, rippling trance, barrelling techno and big, bad breakbeats. Her style may lean towards the atmospheric but it's loaded with moxie, giving her the versatility to close out a main room or kick off the afters.

Her fluid movements between bouncy basslines, spiraling synth patterns and weightless house grooves are just one facet of her impressive rise as a DJ and producer. When she's not behind the decks, presenting radio shows or working on the excellent Parallel Minds label she runs alongside other Toronto acts Yohei S and Daniel 58, Li throws herself into community work. Committed to diverse dance floors, affordable housing and overall equality in the music industry, she's a hard worker in the realest sense of the phrase.

Li's RA mix is a treat. Rolling through scintillating drum work, wonky rhythms and dreamy pads, it feels like quintessential Ciel. In her interview below, she described how she enjoys "the challenge of trying to combine and make cohesive all the diverse styles of music I loved in a DJ set." Judging by this mix alone, it's safe to say that Li succeeded.

Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/832

@ciel_dj

RA podcast

RA.832 Ciel

Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-242-saoirse

"The concept for this mix was to recreate the types of sets that I've been playing recently in small intimate nightclubs from 5am onwards. The types of places where the only purpose is to get your head down and dance. It's kind of tripped out, deep and skippy. I feel as a DJ I have many avenues I go down but this is undoubtedly my absolute favourite flavour to play.

Our goal with Body Movements is that it is representative of the full – as much as possible – spectrum of the queer community within clubbing culture. We have a broad and diverse music policy and represent a wide range of sexual identities, cultures and ethnicities." - @saoirsemusic

Bleep Mix #242 - Saoirse

Freq With Love Letters & Mike Servito @ The Lot Radio 08 - 02 - 2022

Recording of Carlos Souffront's set at Dekmantel festival 2022.

TASCAM DR-40X

Carlos Souffront at Dekmantel Festival 2022

Interview + Download: https://truantsblog.com/2022/truancy-volume-296-jennifer-loveless

Soundcloud: @jenniferloveless

Access the download and tracklist (TBC) on our Patreon: patreon.com/truants

http://truantsblog.com

Truancy Volume 296: Jennifer Loveless

Ron Like Hell provides eclectic sets venturing into obscure international sounds, Techno, Synth, House, Acid and Disco which are appreciated by some of the most discerning dance floor enthusiasts.

Approaching a dj mix as assemblages, Ron Like Hell aligns sound with emotion, focusing on texture to create psychedelic soundscapes, imaginative spaces for comfort and surprise spectators with an unexpected crafty transition. With 27+ years of making people dance in numerous countries along with years of vinyl shop experience and music promotion, his/their role in the industry is unique and influential. Their latest production, EXALT is their dream come true where Ron selects a personally beloved dj to play solo then close out the night together with a b2b set. EXALT's first guest was Matrixxman in April 2022 at Basement in Ridgewood-Queens, NY. Ron also djs as Wrecked, a music first queer dance party which will turn 12 in March of 2023.

Notes on the Mix ///
"Created deep from the bottom of my heart respectfully for the queer community in my off kilter multi-genre inclusive style this live in one take mix includes vinyl and cdj media. Mash-ups sit near disco originals, disco sampled 90s house thumpers meet modern deep tech house
pumpers and adjacent to all that, unashamed sassy vocal house is celebrated too. I also featured a few productions by some friends near and far: a trend that I can not shake since creating mixes during the 2020 shutdown. Overall, I wanted this mix to be a version of near
perfect just as when we go out and hear DJs at the club where a perfect blend is a fortunate dream come true and also some skips or light off the beat-mixing reminds us of our beautiful mortality. I feel the intention and soul of the dj is revealed when those moments are noticed. I hope everyone who follows the XOXA mixes and parties will play this mix before they head out to a party this Fall and Winter and beyond :)"

SOCIALS:
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https://www.instagram.com/ronlikehell
https://www.facebook.com/djronlikehell
https://www.mixcloud.com/ronlikehell/
https://ra.co/dj/ronlikehell/biography
https://twitter.com/RonLikeHell

XOXA BLEND 123 - Ron Like Hell

@ohpeach closed out Hemlock Hole on Thursday evening, giving us an unrelenting journey of euphoric house, broken beat, and stomping party jams.

Campout Mix Series: Peach

Follow @dj_samwise

Samwise is an LA-based selector / DJ and eternal raver. Known as A&R for Diplo and the force behind his multifaceted house-focused imprint Higher Ground, he is also co-founder and resident at Fast At Work, a forward thinking party series that champions fast – but not necessarily hard – electronic music. While his sets are diverse and unapologetically raw, his sound cohesively elevates strong foundational grooves with deep emotional textures.

Acid Camp Vol. 139 — Samwise

The closing set of our birthday celebrations in New York City saw Ciel go toe-to-toe with DJ Voices for an exceptional journey through skippy house, techno and UKG.

@ciel_dj
@latenitesbookclub

RA Live - Ciel b2b DJ Voices - RA2122 New York City

Name: Arianna Danae (@ariannadanae)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Brooklyn, New York

Influences: My Armenian heritage, paired with the fact that a lot of my childhood and formative years was spent going to Suryoyo halfa's. I would dance dabke with all of my extended family to a live singer and a small band of a synthesizer keyboardist and a derbake player, inspiring the natural percussive rhythm consistent in the music I resonate with. 

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Flash, Rebelle

Favorite Quote: "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." -Charles Bukowski

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: Don't follow the trends, carve your own path and stay true to yourself! There's not another in the universe that can be "you" better  As Miles Davis said, “Don’t play what’s there; play what’s not there.”

With this mix Arianna Danae asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ Azerbaijan has deprived Armenians of Artsakh (renamed Nagorno-Karabakh) of their right to safety, security, mobility, medicine, heat & food by cruelly blocking access to the only road to Armenia + vital supplies in the middle of winter. Conditions are desperate. This genocidal treatment is nothing new. Artsakh will not be erased or replaced, please donate to the ACAA in support of Armenians and the Diaspora. (https://acaainc.org/artsakh/)
❁ The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (https://marshap.org/donate/)

https://thedaisychain.club/2023/02/14/daisychain-265-arianna-danae/

Daisychain 265 - Arianna Danae

Searching for Paradise on the Dance Floor.
Est 2013.

Acid Camp Vol. 139 — Samwise

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