Mixmag best 2020 mixes

Delicate textures and wistful atmospheres.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=710

@nadia-khan-10

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.710 Nadia Khan

Interview + Download + Tracklist: http://truantsblog.com/2020/truancy-volume-256-akua/

Soundcloud:@akua_b

Raised in Los Angeles but based in Brooklyn since 2015, Akua has spent the past five years redefining and cultivating a sound within techno that has assuredly become her own. As one of the many talented DJs that makes up the Discwoman roster, her passion for research and recontextualization in the realm of techno, has been a driving force in packing out dancefloors over 2019 - a year which took her across the globe more than ever. We caught with Akua to discuss the whirlwind and transformative year that was her 2019, being captivated by the wild energy of New York during her first summer in the city, playing mainstage at this year's Sustain-Release, and how she first fondly connected with the fast-paced, adventurous mixing style of early Jeff Mills, Colin Dale and Dave Angel. As our first mix of 2020, Truancy Volume 256 is Akua flowing at her most natural, contorting through a range of influences as she picks out cuts from Chicago and Detroit visionaries. Scan 7, Blake Blaxter, Mike Dearborn, Robert Armani, DJ Rush and Paul Johnson are all well represented here, and her recognised approach of pairing timeless classics with today's most contemporary techno producers is packaged up with her distinct toughness and trademark energy.

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Akua

Truancy Volume 256: Akua

Download the set here: 
https://corenews.me/carista-essential-mix-2020-02-08/
Tracklist over here:
https://tracklists.thomaslaupstad.com/carista-essential-mix-2020-02-08-tracklist-playlist/

Carista - Essential Mix 2020-02-08

London-based Hyperdub affiliate, @shannensp, delivers a precision-tooled mix for this month's Recognise mix, and chats with Gabriel Szatan about creating connections between global black diasporic club sounds.

With Tracks by Nazar ft Shannen SP, Dj BeBeDeRa, DJ Doraemon, Swordman & Tom Blip, Hitmakerchinx, Ghost, Esa, Vigro Deep, Lechuga Zafiro, Griffit Vigo, Scratchclart, Citizen Boy, Woza Sabza, F5, DJ Nigga Fox, Shinedoe, Herva, Cygnus, Nazar, Dj Laton, PML Beatz, J-Lin and RP Boo

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/recognise-shannen-sp

Recognise: Shannen SP

Introducing The Kiwi Sound: mixed by @Conducta
Showcasing the very best in new UK Garage
Out now on CD & digital platforms: http://kiwi.ffm.to/sound

TRACKLIST
1 AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove
2 Sammy Virji - Find My Way Home
3 Conducta - Steezing (feat. Coco & J'Danna)
4 Yemi - Back To You
5 Sammy Virji - Oh Will
6 Mind Of A Dragon - Wheel Up (VIP)
7 Y U QT - U BELONG 2 ME
8 Prescribe Da Vibe - Cool Today
9 Wiley, Sean Paul, Stefflon Don - Boasty (feat. Idris Elba) [Conducta Remix]
10 TC4 - Caracas
11 Kamakaze & Massappeals - Last Night (feat. Morgan Munroe)
12 Bushbaby - Woman's Touch
13 Conducta & Sammy Virji - Alone
14 Sharda - Peace & Love
15 Conducta & Jarreau Vandal - I Like It
16 Movement & Reece West - More Than A Lot
17 Kobe JT - Somewhere Underground
18 Conducta & Sammy Virji - Whippet (Sweetie Irie Dub)
19 Higgo - Chillin
20 MPH & Hans Glader - The Birds
21 Prescribe Da Vibe - Clearer Now
22 Smasher - Rolling
23 Kitson - Kitchen Riddim
24 Jaykae - Chat (feat. Local)
25 Sammy Virji & Yemi - Somebody Else
26 Hamdi - Trumpet
27 Mind Of A Dragon - Caught Up
28 MPH & Harry Tremlett - Wompa
29 Salute - Feel The Same
30 Sharda - Exhaust
31 Tuff Culture - Fancy Car
32 Skelecta - When You
33 Morenight - TT
34 Y U QT - I Feel It
35 SMOAD - Beggin Me
36 Kara Marni x Champion - All Night, Pt. 1
37 The Phat Controlla - Bubblegumbud
38 Jorja Smith x Preditah - On My Mind (Conducta Remix)

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THE KIWI SOUND (mixed by Conducta)

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy gets to play the best parties in the world. You'll find her bathed in the shimmering light of a disco ball while she's at the controls, playing red hot wax through a pristine soundsystem to a floor full of aficionados who've come to listen, dance and melt into the night.

Full feature

In Session: Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy presents Cosmodelica 2020

Tracklist and Q+A: https://mixmag.net/feature/dj-pitch-impact-interview-mix-tt-all-centre

@tobago-tracks and @all-centre-504822953 founder @djpitchdj is a catalyst for the progress of experimental music.

Tracklist + Q&A

Impact: DJ Pitch

diskonnected at Club Quarantäne

Name: Davis
Alias: Davis Galvin (@davisgalvin)
Pronouns: They / He / She
Location: Pittsburgh, USA

Influences: cloudy pittsburgh sky, my friends & their musicianship, sounds all around in the air, food & wine & weed

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Vanity Press, Firm Tracks, davisgalvin.bandcamp.com (buy some tracks!)

Favorite Quote: 
Sound Levels

The 747 tunnels overhead, breaks
the day to pieces in this little town
that's buttoned down between two fields
and quiet as the past on postcards.

The mockingbird knows other sounds.
Its calls have reason on their side,
and hunger, and knit the sky together
that has been torn by what is above.

And what is below, the eyeless mole
that feeds on bugs from sunken trees,
hears things I could not think to name,
hears nothing of the business overhead.

A glove of night cups me. I am still
in sleep, dreaming the sound of clematis
climbing, finding ways to get around
without the ears I could not do without.

Advice for the DJs, artists and producers of our community: Create community! Learn from everything. You're not alone.

Daisychain

Daisychain 123 - Davis Galvin

In the last couple of years, London's SHERELLE (@iamsherelle)has torn through the dance music world like a tornado. Everything she does is high speed and high impact, from what she mixes to the way she mixes it. Her dizzying mix of footwork, jungle and drum & bass has breathed new life into the 160bpm scene and got people all over Europe in a spin. As well as solo work, she plays as part of the 6 Figure Gang and runs the Hooversound Recordings label with Naina while also championing all things leftfield on her BBC Radio 1 residency. 

Of course, her 80 minute mix for us is pure fire, a bumping ride through thrilling kick patterns, shimmering toms and drilling bass. It's underpinned with a constant sense of tension that keeps you utterly on the edge of your seat and variously explodes into life, or pulls back to a moment of unsettling calm. It tells the story of a rich history of UK music, but with a fresh perspective that makes it all the more vital.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 285 - SHERELLE

ee right here we go! some tracks and sketches from the last few months. this one marks my 5th annual production mix, and it's an XL edition. 

1.5ish hours of new music, all moods. built through turbulence + forged in feeling. 

really hope you enjoy 🌸🤞🏿

anz - sackville street stomp
anz - lunar spiral
anz - sisi eko
anz - couch to 50k (dance mat mix)
anz - chaotic good
anz - sweet one
anz - dancefloor recalibration
anz - organic matter
anz - unravel in the designated zone
anz - stay a while
anz - in session
anz - the prospector
anz - morphing into brighter
anz - tripper's tip
anz - stone groove
anz - giant's leap
anz - speedway
anz - DMPA
anz - halved and doubled
anz - odogwu (akoni ukg)
anz - 3 quid for the wheel
anz - do right by you!
anz - double dutch
anz - iinstructions includedd
anz - the twist
anz - dream sequence
anz - 4 til eternity
anz - oshun
anz - glass gloss (ryd vocal version)
anz - GT mover
anz - rrrenegade
anz - all outta shape
anz - first one back
anz - composure
anz - here's where she returns

artwork by patrick savile (central woodblock print = morning at the hot spring resort in arayu by hasui kawase)

Anz - Spring/Summer Dubs 2020

As Pride Month comes to a close, we asked NAAFI affiliate TAYHANA to contribute a mix, titled "Real LATINX JOTX VICIOSA PRIDE 2020". Jotx, she says, is a nickname for the LGBT+ community in México. Clocking just under an hour, expect to hear Latinx club, house and hard dance. Get ready to sweat.

Real Latinx Jotx Viciosa Pride Mix by TAYHANA

Ahmed El Ghazoly aka ZULI, is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and sound artist from Cairo, Egypt. He is co-founder of VENT, a music venue turned club night that played an important role in the rise of the city’s underground electronic music scene. His debut album Terminal was released to great acclaim on Lee Gamble's UIQ label. He recently dropped One, a sound collage including his first new music in two years as well field recordings from Cairo, encapsulating a city under curfew during the pandemic. 
His wild, euphoric DJ set at Unsound 2019 took place at a very different time, in Hotel Forum's Chandelier Room in the early morning, packed with dancers. ZULI describes it as "treading the line between experimental and dancefloor drum sounds".

Unsound Podcast 66: ZULI

FAUZIA’s mix, closing out our week of Bandcamp-exclusive sets, is an affirmation of her chops as a DJ, moving from patient, soulful beginnings to her trademark frenzy via several twists in the tale. As she describes it, this is “an accurate representation of the depth and versatility of Black artists - a diverse range of black art”

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Bandcamp Week – FAUZIA

JEROME Mixfile #602- Abena

https://soundcloud.com/abenabenabena
https://www.mixcloud.com/abenabemabena/
https://www.mixcloud.com/allhands0ndeck/

JEROME Mixfile #602- Abena

The long-serving ballroom DJ serves up a blistering 90-minute mix

https://mixmag.net/feature/in-session-mikeq

In Session: MikeQ

Read our interview with @rroxymore and check out this mix's track list here: bit.ly/rRoxPod

Groove Podcast 263

Tracklist

Groove Podcast 263 - rRoxymore

Big up to SARRA WILD 
Instagram link:
@sarrawild 

Special mix for ASAAS program at Radio alHara -  #filmishmish online protest.

SARRA WILD - ASAAS أساس

Interview:  http://truantsblog.com/2020/truancy-volume-265-soso-tharpa

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

Soundcloud: @sosotharpa

Truancy Volume 265: soso tharpa

Sammy Virji celebrates his debut album with a prosecco-popping mix of his own tracks

https://mixmag.net/feature/sammy-virji-ukg-mix-album-dj-stream

Mixmag best 2020 mixes

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