Z O O B

Clockwork Sessions - 9 P.M. Pregame

QED - 02 Time Dilation EP Clips

My 4 hour debut at Nowadays NYC. Please enjoy responsibly. 

Tracklist:

The Orb - O.O.B.E.
Earth Beat Synphonic - Relax Part 2
Umwelt - Beyond the Time Barrier
Vernon Felicity - Dawning
Kasper Marott - Top Soap
Gesloten Cirkel - Normale
Vernon Felicity - Rdmx8
Claro Intelecto - Warehouse Sessions Volume 4
Alfredo92 - Clentons Batch
Bodyjack - Siren of the Nile
T.B. Arthur - Second Thoughts
Frak - Colour Cascade
NL110 - Time Serves No One
Sleep D - Airbags
Marco Lazovic - Eklektic Disko (Olsvanger Remix)
Notte Infinita - Slippery Tuff
Bawrut - Rumba
MYKI - Gamma Closure
Drivetrain - Time
Bawrut - What is Dance
Frank De Wulf - Compression
Drivetrain - Concerto In Acid
Flux-Da-Lux - Flux Delay (Elliptical Headz Mix)
Boom Generation - Straight Out Of The Cockpit (Hype Mix)
Love Letters - I Call Upon...
Damon Wild - Responder
Voyager 8 - The Third Planet From The Sun (West Side Mix)
Random Xs - Give Your Body (Lost Trax Remix)
Rocko Garoni - Merkez
Spore Printer - Time Not Wasted
Glen S. - Activate Bliss (Donnie Cosmo Remix)
Damon Wild & Jurek - Clutch (Advent Diverse Remix)
Shi-Take - Sticky Green Fingers
AVR - Phase IV
Space Cadets - Warp Drive (Rudolf C's Psychedelic Envisionment)
Priori - Hazard
Jon Hester - Cypher
Raär - Blue Mitsubishi
Olsvanger - Ghustown
Jon Hester - Ritual
The Advent - It One Jam (Damon Wild Remix)
Raär - Broken Print
Escape Artist - Digital Natives
Blotter Trax - Dictation
Salt Tank - P.S.I. (The Advent Mix)
Jon Hester - Walking In Circles
Dold - Title 5
Stewart Walker - Amateur Surrealism
Steevio - Cloudseekers (Tribal Chemistry Mix)
Dash - First Impression
Donnie Cosmo - Solar Waves
3ST vs Dash - Gravegigger
Trevino - Anxious Dub
Deluka - Time To Time
Nugen - Deliverance
Steve Stoll - Elements
Boulderhead - Metamaterial
Holden Federico - Snow Like Wool

Live @ Nowadays August 12 2023

Rinse FM Podcasts

Benga - 15 December 2023

Thank you to the creators of the music. And to our pup who waited patiently <3

Playlist: https://spinitron.com/m/playlist/view/18342543

Mixed on vinyl, 2 turntables and two volume sliders... 

This is my improvisational style, records grabbed last minute, some tracks never played before in a mix, some I barely knew bc I forgot or just bought, etc... all but one mix never done before (and the last time I did that one was prob 1999).... Why, though?? It's an outgrowth of attention issues, I leave shit to the last minute and like things to feel fresh or exciting... but over time, it's also become a matter a belief in one's vision and touch, a benefit of mastery and age, but also, of feeling as alive as possible in the moment.... Sometimes the result is nice, other times not... An upside of this style is that the present moment infuses the set, which highlights that it's a one of a kind experience never to be repeated .. but it's recorded... ooh, the irony... save that topic for later lol...

Our next 1984 guest DJ Marcelle has a similar "on the fly" approach, surely I was doubly inspired (inclined in the first place to book her for that, and last night felt it a bit more intentional)!

1984 live mix show, 12/29/23,  WPRB 103.3 FM

Three track 12" by Thomas Cox available June 2024 direct from qedrecordings.com

QED-3 Degradation Clips

The Worm - On The Move 12" EP

***BANDCAMP PRE-ORDER LIVE ON 07Mar2025, IN SHOPS WORLDWIDE 28Mar2024***

A1 - The Worm - 12 Days Of Squirm 
A2 - The Worm - LISA
B1 - The Worm - 808 Verb Talk
B2 - The Worm - Pytch1

RELEASE NOTES

Emerging from the depths of the Minneapolis underground scene, The Worm is one of the best underground techno duos in the US, composed of midwest stalwarts Naughty Wood and Heckadecimal. Naughty Wood brings decades of experience, including collaborations on Traxx’s esteemed Chicago imprint Nation. The machine wizard known as Heckadecimal boasts a deep catalog with releases spanning Always Human Tapes and Great Circles. In early 2016, the mysterious tape-duplicator Ryan Wurst received some demos, which soon became The Worm, a very rare and limited cassette on Always Human Tapes. In April of that year, The Worm flew to Denver to perform live at a basement rave co-hosted by Deep Club and Always Human Tapes, at which Traxx also delivered a DJ set. The Worm’s sound was minted in Ryan Scannura’s brain.

Fast forward 8 years, and Ryan S. saw it time for two absolutely mental tracks from the AHT cassette to finally be pressed to wax, together with two other cuts. The A-side kicks off with “12 Days Of Squirm,” a deep, pulsating acid earworm that builds in intensity. “LISA” could almost be an outtake from a lost Nation session. The tune melds haunting melodies with a demented beat, sure to scare off most casual diggers. Deep Club presents two new-old tracks on side B. “808 Verb Talk” is a slimy, wiggly mix in the vein of 12 Days. Finally, “Pytch1” brings the energy down in an extended, slow-burning closer. Eight years and two Ryans later, this collection is finally ready for turntables in living rooms and foggy basements around the world. Only for the most devoted midwest techno warriors!

–Ryan Scannura


ARTIST: The Worm
TITLE: On The Move 
LABEL: Deep Club
SERIES: Jewel Series  
GENRE: Techno
CAT #: DC-09 
FORMAT: 12" vinyl  
PREORDER DATE: 07Mar2025
RELEASE DATE: 28Mar2025

A&R: Ryan Scannura 
MASTERING: Dietrich Schoenemann 
PRESSING: Archer - Detroit 
DESIGN: Ryan Scannura, Amanda Shapiro 
PHOTOGRAPHY (insert): Heckadecimal 
DISTRIBUTION: Complete, Deep Club

On The Move

THE WORM - On The Move 12" EP CLIP (Deep Club 09 / Jewel Series)

I probably say this every other month, but I don't go out as much as I used to. This is why I rely on Strglcty, an Ancient Puzzle Arts resident / regular / VIP, to tell me what's the latest to check out in the city. I usually trust his taste as he knows how to find the right vibe. He told me to check out DJ Dommis. I've seen his name on flyers at the Trestle Inn, so immediately I knew he had a deep knowledge of vinyl. I checked out his soundcloud and kept him in mind for future parties. Then, in January of 2025, he showed up to support Lola Kinks at Upstairs at the 700. The combination of talent and supporting the local scene made me want to prioritize booking him sooner rather than later.

We finally booked him for our past May 2025 Ancient Puzzle Arts at Upstairs at the 700, and wow did he deliver. I can tell DJ Dommis used this opportunity to explore his deep record collection and eclecticism. Please enjoy this month's Ancient Puzzle Arts podcast, which features a live recording of DJ Dommis rocking the decks at Upstairs at the 700. Expect deep grooves, unique rhythms, and unexpected surprise bangers. Let's keep this summer hot!

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Ancient Puzzle Arts Podcast #45: DJ Dommis, Live at Upstairs at the 700, Saturday May 3rd 2025

Andrew Weatherall's first official posthumous mix. The only b2b DJ Harvey ever agreed to. Six hours at Trouw. This one's special.

When mulling which direction to go in for RA's 1000th mix celebrations, many options came to mind. Some shadowy character 2-stepping around the fringe of our collective consciousness? An impossible-level IDM icon?

All tempting. But, ultimately, we are a DJ-forward publication and this is a DJ mix series. It felt truer to the history of the RA Podcast to release deep vault material from a time when the world of niche records felt different, tighter, more discrete.

The fourth-longest mix in the series' history is an unrepeatable marathon set recorded in 2012 at a superclub that no longer exists. 2012, incidentally, is farther away from 2025 than 2012 was from 2000... if we have to clock it, so do you.

It's the coming together of one British icon who passed away in 2020, and another whose time on the road has scaled back considerably as of late. DJ Harvey agreed to exactly one b2b set in his life: this one, with Andrew Weatherall.

The night took place at Trouw, an Amsterdam club already considered legendary before it shuttered its doors in the opening hours of 2015, as part of an RA series anchored around start-to-close combinations. Harvey was at the peak of an irresistible career second act, which dovetailed with a disco revival that dominated clubs for years. Weatherall, with infinite brownie points stockpiled from the '90s, remained everyone's favourite debonair psychonaut. 

What follows is 385 scintillating minutes of arpeggiated chug and slow-cresting climaxes: a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than any comparable point in the 21st century. A masterclass, entirely self-contained in audio form.

If you've got time to spare, a fun side game is sussing out who plays what. A disco-dub cover of Echo & the Bunnymen? Smart money's on Weatherall. Exuberant EQ'ing of The Isley Brothers? Gotta be Harvey. As for the low 'n slow, lightly spangled house that was all the rage in the early 2010s (think Maxxi Soundsystem, Disco Bloodbath, Rub & Tug, C.O.M.B.I. and Full Pupp), it's anyone's guess. 127 BPM feels practically like an F1 car.

When we kicked off our RA.1000 campaign, we outlined a few goals: tick off a handful of long-awaited dream guests, honour architects who shaped the world around us and deliver recordings you truly can't hear anywhere else. Full send.

DJing and the mythmaking around it has undergone a quantum leap since 2012, let alone 2006, 1996 or 1989. For those of us who were kicking around in the former, there's a creeping melancholy that our prime is fast becoming a matter of historical record. The killing moon really did come too soon. 

Where will electronic music, DJ sets or any of this be in 2044? Hard to say. Best not to overthink that one. Instead, we want to say thanks to all contributors on the series so far. Now enjoy luxuriating in the company of two of the greatest to ever do it, together, for the first and last time.⁠ – Gabriel Szatan (Editor, RA)

@andrew-weatherall

Read the interview with DJ Harvey and Andrew Weatherall's family at https://ra.co/podcast/1016. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall

A smooth rollin', breezy, unsorted flow through various flavors of house music on a sunny Thursday, with selections from MK, Alex Burkat, Jimpster, Jark Prongo, Velocette, Cherushii, Black Powder, Pontiac Streator, Snad, and more.

Ancient Puzzle Arts Podcast #45: DJ Dommis, Live at Upstairs at the 700, Saturday May 3rd 2025

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