"When I first moved to Denmark, I struggled to immigrate, not everyone spoke English... For me, music was a perfect way to find the common language.”

“I realized there are tools to help me convert my escapism and daydreaming into something I can start sculpting… All the music I loved, I could mix them together, and that gave me so much inspiration."

“When you connect with the crowd, it’s an exchange of energies. It’s healing. Everything they had on their minds, everything I had on my mind, it’s thrown away. It’s really sacred. That’s why when I came back to DJing after a long pandemic break, it was magical. It was like, wow, I don’t need anything else.”

“I used to see production as escapism, but now I see it more as work simply because I want to be technically better. After all, it is still an artistic output and it’s very much about my creative ideas…”

We are delighted to welcome Wes Baggaley to the Killekill Podcast series with this killer uptempo, wild but funky mix of techno and electro. 
A self confessed vinyl addict, Wes has been familiar to promoters, record store staff and clubbers in the UK and in recent years has become a familiar face to a much wider audience. 
From 2016 to 2020, @wes-baggaley played some of the best regarded underground parties across Europe including the legendary Panoramabar and the esteemed Robert Johnson in Frankfurt, as well as other clubs & events across Germany,  Czech Republic, Russia, Switzerland , Hungary, Romania, and Holland. 
Alongside features in several leading dance music publications, Wes has live-streamed sets for Mixmag's The Lab, Red Light Radio in Amsterdam, an extremely well received Boiler Room, and held a residency on Rinse FM from 2017 to 2021. He can currently be found playing everything from dark ambient, noise and industrial to techno, electro and breaks on Netil Radio.
 
Check:
https://www.facebook.com/killekill
https://www.facebook.com/djwesbaggaley
https://soundcloud.com/wes-baggaley
Bookings: claudia@brainsurgeryhq.com

KILLEKILL PODCAST #59: WES BAGGALEY

IMOGEN - fabric resident mix

Tasha first made her name as a DJ in the drum & bass community, with her mixes being aired by DJ Flight on BBC 1Xtra and Storm making her resident at her Feline night, she became a firm part of the community, going onto play regularly at Renegade Hardware and across Europe. A dedicated head to the core, her exploratory experiences raving at London’s techno nights, being behind the counter, selling records at BM Soho and listening to more techno started to make their way into her sets and radio shows when she started out with her residency on Rinse FM. Radio has been a backbone of Tasha’s approach as a DJ - expressing her appreciation for electronic music over the course of 4 years on Rinse FM back in 2009 & again since 2018.

Tasha’s DJing style matches this textured background of her influences and has developed into a master-flow of form - weaving tunes together seamlessly from her bass informed home of the UK alongside four four techno forms born in Berlin and Detroit. With an accomplished and atmospheric hold on the dancefloor, her sound is wholly affecting and has taken her to some of the best festivals and clubs in key cities around the world from London to Australia, including Tresor, Glastonbury, Bestival and is a regular at fabric and Corsica Studios. 
Tasha also made her name as an event programmer within electronic music when she began to promote parties at the much-revered venue Plastic People in East London. Her first venture was a co-promotion called Medium that was started in 2007 by a trio of like minds, including her good friend Sigha, where they would book multi-genre parties and alternative sets at a time when this type of programming was almost unheard of.
It was in Dec 2010 when she decided to go it alone at Plastic People and started her own concept called ‘Neighbourhood’, for Tasha to book techno artists who she believes in and loves without compromise from different Neighbourhoods, including artists such as Pangaea, Pariah, Ben Sims, Neil Landstrumm, Zenker Brothers, Henning Baer, Stenny, John Swing.  The Neighbourhood concept has gone on to host parties at many clubs of note, including Pickle Factory, a collaboration with Ben Sims Machine party and Jaded at Corsica Studios, and hosting The Dome at popular Field Maneuvers festival. Plus Goldie invited Neighbourhood to host room 2 at the mighty Metalheadz events when they were at Cable club. Tasha has made a lasting impression on many artists she has booked both with her sets and her parties.
In 2016 Tasha launched the label Neighbourhood with Randomer, Cadans, Kamikaze Space Programme, Metrist and Forest Drive West all featuring to date.
The last couple of years have seen Tasha begin to share her own studio workings with the world, working keenly in the studio behind the scenes, she’s been busy refining her sound. Her debut track landed on the save fabric compilation in 2016 with her next coming is on UK techno king Ben Sim’s massive compilation, ‘Tribology’. 
In an industry where artists are asked to prioritize their art for social media presence, likes and other vacuous pursuits, Tasha is very much in demand for her ‘music first’ attitude, selection and ability.

A refreshing outlook and positive future awaits the DJ, producer, promoter and label owner.

Pic by Harley madams 

Socials: Instagram - tasha_neighbourhood 
Facebook: tasha.ldn

Phonons Podcast 084 Tasha

Born and raised in Russia, this month's guest, DJ and producer @AnastasiaKristensen moved to Denmark when she was a teenager. Finding it hard to adapt to her new life in a rural part of the country, she went online, finding solace in her favourite music forums where she discovered not only music, but a community. Turning to music as an escape became a kind of ritual that she went back to again and again, the connection only deepening when she started DJing. In this conversation, Anastasia and I look back at those early days as an outsider, finding her identity as an artist, and how music was and continues to be the best escape.

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Music:
"The Flight" - Anastasia Kristensen (2019)
"The Voice Within" - Anastasia Kristensen (2021)
"Volshebno" - Anastasia Kristensen (2021)

AIR 045 / Anastasia Kristensen

Electro’s breakout star @ngoni-egan demonstrates his boundary-pushing sound for the Fresh Kicks mix series, and speaks to Claire Francis about paying tribute to his familial roots in Botswana with the ‘Re Teng’ EP

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/fresh-kicks-184-ngoni-egan

Fresh Kicks 184: Ngoni Egan

Hope you enjoy and travel throughout this one hour mix.

Semiótica - TD.01 (October 2022)

exclusive mix for NovaFuture Blog by Wittes (@schnittes)

Info incl. tracklist:
https://novafuture.blog/2023/01/25/wittes-novafuture-blog-mix-january-2023/

Info incl. tracklist

Wittes - NovaFuture Blog Mix January 2023

Sesión grabada durante el set de Emir-B el pasado 26 de enero.

EMIR B @Moog (26.01.2023)

Tbilisi: She played our legendary first show in Georgia and now she's back at it! Liza Rivs at our massive all-nighter in collaboration with Mzesumzira and KHIDI!

Liza Rivs | Boiler Room X Mzesumzira X KHIDI

Out of the ruins of Canning Town comes the mysterious individual that is Nakamoto. Only a handful of people have managed to ever see his face but many have raved under the sounds of this selector. 

Representing FOLD’s corner during our Ilian Tape takeover, Nakamoto left no stone unturned during a panoramic plunge into his record bag. He ensured the dancefloor knew, despite the enigma of his persona, he has been an integral part of our sound since the very beginning and continually adapts to our ever-changing landscape.

The saga continues...

FOLD X ILIAN TAPE - Nakamoto

The AM -The People's  Mix

AIR is an interview podcast series with a different theme each episode. 

Created in 2017, AIR aims to be something different in the wide world of music journalism. Tired of the usual promotional fluff, host Emma Robertson invites artists, DJs, and musicians to get deep on one topic that inspires them — everything from nature, to film, to spirituality — in the hope that it inspires you, too.

AIR 045 / Anastasia Kristensen

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