@lukid is about as low key as they come. Somehow, he's managed to remain in the shadows despite making music - either solo or as half of Rezzett - for cult labels like Actress' Werkdiscs and The Trilogy Tapes, as well as his own Glum. His style is hard to define and can take in anything from caustic sonic collages to experimental and abstract sound design via lo-fi house and blistering beats. Since 2018 he has also made old school jungle as Refreshers, but whatever he does, it always explores the outermost fringes. The same is always true of his never less than adventurous transmissions on NTS each month.

In just 55 minutes for us this week, he serves up a breathless trip through hugely kinetic sounds that could be 30 years old or not out till next month. Amongst the colliding energies of hardcore, jungle and rave he will often drop a pitched up vocal so soulful and emotive it hurts, before racing onto the next flurry of drums. Frankly, it's a high speed mix of hyper real sounds that acts like a double shot of adrenaline straight into your bloodstream. You have been warned.

Dekmantel Podcast

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Dekmantel Podcast 325 - Lukid

Keeping it smooth & good at the HQ.... I like letting the long ones ride...

Rec 060822

If you ever need some creative inspiration, take a look at some videos of Timbaland in the studio in his prime, around the early to mid-2000s. You'll see Timbo smiling knowingly as he plays new material to some of the biggest rap & R&B stars of all time, all of whom appear to display a similar range of emotions – confusion, astonishment, befuddled laughter. 

This is testament to the Virginia producer's utterly genre shifting approach to the rhythm and texture of beat-making. No one sounded like him before, and the many who have imitated rarely reach his level. 

This In Focus is selected by Antonine Scali.

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/timbaland-20th-october-2022

In Focus: Timbaland 201022

Sacred Space w/ Radha 030223

Trailing down the dusty highway at dusk, soundtracked by Western-flavoured downtempo sounds. Lapsteels, anachronistic electronics, and deconstructed country ballads.

https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-ambient-americana-16th-february-2023

Dust To Dust: The NTS Guide to Ambient Americana 160223

June mix curated by our friends Zak Group. 

Celebrating the 2nd edition of Nike No Finish Line designed by Zak Group & published by Actual Source Books! https://actualsource.org/products/nike-no-finish-line

Tracklist:
1. DJ Danifox - Tarraxo
2. Amnesia Scanner, Freeka Tet - Ride
3. DJ GUDOG, MC TOM BEAT V8, MC Danflin - BEAT 
AFTER MANDRAKE 
4. Olan Monk - Can’t Wait 
5. great area - follow your nature
6. Heith - Your Element (a spell of equality)
7. Yawning Portal - Walking On Water 
8. upsammy - Being is a Stone
9. Erwan Sene - Strangefruit
10. Ssaliva - Dogstar
11. The Crying Nudes - Unabomber II 
12. Dean Blunt, Elias Rønnenfelt - Smile Please
13. Babyfather - Sleep It Off
14. bar italia - Nurse!
15. Denial - California Dreaming 
16. Yves Tumor - Purified By the Fire - Yves Tumor
17. Emma DJ, cxoxc, Nono Ekichii, Shyweek - SZYGI
18. Nation - Walk Away 
19. Sockethead - Temporary atmosphere 
20. DJ Python - I’m Tired 
21. Anne Imhof, Eliza Douglas, Billy Bultheel - Moshpit I
22. Shit And Shine - SWISS
23. Minor Science - Workahol
24. Overmono - Good Lies
25. Brother May - What’s Wot Baby 
26. Frisco, INFAMOUSIZAK - U.F.O.
27. Lil Keed, jetsonmade - Bags To The Sky
28. Ufo361, 070 Shake, Anne Imhof - LOVE MY LIFE

Mix 6: Zak Group

Introducing The Early Bird Show - our radio offering for morning people, hosted by Maria Somerville (Mondays and Tuesdays), Spirit Blue (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and Jack Rollo (Fridays). Weekday mornings, 7-9am.

https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird/episodes/early-bird-ttb-3rd-july-2023

The Early Bird Show w/ TTB 030723

The finest London selection of Japanese grooves, from the 30s to 80s, and more. Anything from folk, jazz, psychedelia, new wave, soul, disco and electronic, all Made In Japan.

https://www.nts.live/shows/japanblues/episodes/japanblues-5th-august-2023

Japan Blues 050623

Lara Sarkissian is a sound artist, electronic composer, filmmaker and cofounder of label CLUB CHAI. Emerging from multidisciplinary practices, she invites you into her world of music spanning across genres and regions that inspire her production, sounds encountered from film, archives, the dance/electronic underground and Armenian musical/performance communities.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/lara-sarkissian/episodes/lara-sarkissian-24th-october-2023

Lara Sarkissian 251023

In Iceland, Thomas Stankiewicz contemplates the constant flux of the elements. A composer & musician in his own right, he selectively weaves in between soundtracks, classical music, and evocative ambient sounds, symphonically unveiling untold stories from past and future… [@tommmasi]

https://www.nts.live/shows/tommasi/episodes/tommasi-14th-january-2024

Tommasi 140124

Our next Editorial mix comes from the Australian musician @andraaaaaas (aliases Art Wilson and Wilson Tanner). Andras’ soft, new age albums Overworld, and 69, have served as psychological panacea in the past years at Editorial HQ. Haunted by the ghosts of Pioneer media players past, Andras comes to us with a recording laden with secret sounds, strings and digital overtones. The mix contains two improvisations by the seventy-eight year old American photographer William Eggleston and two songs by soundtrack composer Simon Fisher Turner. The Stars of the Lid appear in forward and reverse, mainly to emphasize the sound of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier whimpering. Listen to this sweeping collection of tunes below.

Andras ~ Editorial Mix

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Mix 6: Zak Group

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