Juana is one of our Novemeber RNR Mixes! Enjoy her set from the season opener back in March 2023.

Juana has enticed crowds all over the world at venues such as Berghain, WAS, De School, Basement, Nowadays, and numerous underground warehouses. Over the past several years, Juana has played alongside DJs such as, DVS1, Jamaica Suk, Perc, Headless Horseman, 999999999, Efdemin, and DJ Stingray. Juana joined the Discwoman roster in 2017 and is a founding member of the DC QT BIPOC collective NOXEEMA JACKSON since 2021.

Juana originally hails from the city of Chicago. She started out like most, as a random kid on the dance floor every week at places like The Generator and Boom Boom Room, and has been DJing house, techno, and disco parties since roughly 2001. Juana moved to DC in 2003 and began hosting weekly live internet radio shows on HandzOnRadio (Baltimore) and Cyberjamz (Tampa) and playing parties in the DC deep house scene, upping her skills alongside legendary DJs like Sam “the Man” Burns,” and at clubs including Red and the DC Sanctuary. Juana started obsessively collecting disco and early house records in the late 90s and eventually developed an undying penchant for straight-ahead techno and darker shades of Chicago underground acid and deep house of the 80s and 90s. 

Over the past several years, Juana has made her mark in DC as one of only a handful of techno DJs, as a member of the founding squad of the Sequence collective, led by Ron Jackson. Sequence was the first underground party committed to consistently showcasing local and global techno DJs and crafting a dark, dangerous, sometimes hellishly uncomfortable party vibe hitherto unavailable in the DC area. 

As a producer, her first release “Discipline Issues” was released as part of a compilation on Katie Rex’s Bound label, and her first independent EP “Floating” landed in 2020. Her most recent EP “Peaks” was released in July 2021, and she also appeared on the TRAX ONLY Soft Touch compilation in spring of 2021 and the Neighborhoods Vol. 1 compilation on World Building in fall of 2021. She is currently working on her first full-length album project for release in 2023.

RNR- Juana (RNR x Golden Record NYC: Season Opener Sunrise Closing Set)

This DJ set by Mike Servito was recorded somewhere on the astral plane (a filthy Detroit basement) on February 1, 2025, at Ritual Rave, a party celebrating the pagan holiday Imbolc, which signals the start of Spring.

Buckle up and get ready to crank that shit ‘cause you’re in for a wild ride. This set is laced with only the rawest, bitchiest, nastiest, sweatiest, most classic Detroit-basementiest @mikeservito cuts. The rave reviews are in and the critics are hailing it as “A masterpiece of Servito '95. Mike in his highest and most enlightened form. A set so transformative that it effortlessly and masterfully bends the time-space continuum. It's an aural bitchslap like no other. It’s quintessentially pureDetroitmoods."

Ritual Rave is an annual part of Imbolc: https://imbolc.cargo.site/

Know what we're up to at purefastmoods HQ (even before we do): https://purefastmoods.com/get-on-the-list

Mike's set was mastered by @Otodojo.

Mike Servito at Ritual Rave, February 1, 2025, Detroit, MI

Label co-runner Nick Burgess returns with 3 introspective and atmospheric cuts, sitting somewhere between Dub, Ambient and Industrial flavors of Techno. On remix duties, ARC friends Wayne / Tormented Techno, Kidequip and other label co-runner madeofants expand upon the originals with their unique signature styles.

Tracks 1 - 5 Mastered by Stefan Brown
Track 6 Mastered by Memory Clap Acid

Nick Burgess - Departures

https://www.instagram.com/_love__letters_
https://www.instagram.com/mikeservito

.Freq with Love Letters and Mike Servito @ The Lot Radio 04-07-2025

With 30 years of djing in numerous countries, Ron Like Hell has no intention of doing anything else in their lifetime. They produce queer centered events in NYC both solo and as part of the dj duo Wrecked. Ron’s support of young artists in the music industry is unquestionably genuine as they have shared their spotlight with djs in their radio show and parties. Hard to pin as dj of one particular genre is not a concern to Ron. With 26+ years of record store experience their excitement for music goes deep appreciating many genres which provide infinite inspiration. They still love programming their music for a single genre dance party. Indulging such events is in no way an obstacle or compromise. For Ron, it is similar to painting with oil instead of acrylic. There is no intention of being the greatest dj championing specific one or two genres as they prefer to be known as an eclectic dj that reads the room as best they can. Being so eclectic doesn't seem to prohibit their appeal from techno, disco and house music forward bookings..if anything it has increased their recognition and respect from some of the world's best parties and venues. A few of the most notable spaces are Panorama Bar, Lab.oratory and Ost (Berlin), Dekmantel Selectors, Draaimolen (Netherlands), Sustain-Release, Honcho Campout and residencies at Basement and Nowadays in the NYC area. Their creativity has even been immortalized on physical media with a dj mix on a one-sided vinyl accompaniment to Baxter Dury’s 2024 album, “I Thought I was Better Than You” and a mixtape for Mister Saturday Night Records MSN Tape series Their role in the industry is undeniably unique and influential.


Online features and words about Ron Like Hell


Via mistersaturdaynight records:
“Up next in our cassette DJ mix series is our neighbor, friend and beloved hometown hero Ron Like Hell. Eclectic is an overused word in dance music circles but in this instance it is an apt and deserving description of an artist whose years working in record stores and 26 plus years behind the decks afford him a musical knowledge and emotional understanding of a dancefloor for which there is no shortcut. This is mastery at work. Ron delivers two complimentary mixes, a home recording on side A and a recording from the booth at Nowadays from an all-night set on Halloween night 2024. Very limited run on this one so do not hesitate.”


Via Draaimolen Island: 

“Brooklyn’s Aurora Halal is rooted in the underground DIY scene of her city. Her shadowy and metallic DJ sets are sensual and forward thinking. Next to playing and making music, she is also the founder of festival Sustain-Release and co-host of this years (2024) Draaimolen Island. Ron Like Hell plays eclectic, assemblage-style sets with an obscure mix of techno, house, acid and disco. Both are no strangers to each other. In fact, the two have played quite a few times since 2018. With all this experience this back to back will set the dancefloor on fire for sure. Think psychedelic landscapes and long build-ups.”


Via TRUANTS Truancy dj mix series:
Interview & feature

Nowadays Sustain-Release Nonstop description on Resident Advisor:
“Sustain-Release founder Aurora Halal and WRECKED founder and local sweetheart Ron Like Hell come back together for another extended back-to-back set – a pairing that has stirred the cauldron on dancefloors ranging from a previous Nonstop, to Brooklyn rave MERGE, to Draaimolen Festival x Sustain-Release.”


Links to mixes and more:


Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/ronlikehell/tracks

Resident Advisor - https://ra.co/dj/ronlikehell


Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/ronlikehell/


Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronlikehell/#


Bandcamp music collection - https://bandcamp.com/ronlikehell



RNR - Ron Like Hell

Week's end with pi pi pi curator and The Lot resident deep creep.

deep creep @ Kiosk Radio 04.05.2025

Santuario is your sanctuary for deep electronic beats ranging from house music, electro and techno music, featuring music from underground labels throughout the world. This is a holy place for the music that drives us all.

Joining Santiago is Seldom Seen (UR, Frustrated Funk, Frigio Records). He will be opening up the show with a deep electro set.

On this month’s show, we play music by Reedale Rise, Moodymann, Roy Davis jr, Marco Bernardi, DJ Pierre, Jovonn, Myles Serge, Will Brock, Exillion, Slam Mode, Quell, Terrence Dixon, The Bucketheads, Ability II, Raiders of the Lost Arp, Juan Pablo, E.R.P., Nukubus, AUX 88, Underground Resistance and much more!

May Santuario 2025 with Seldom Seen

Our new mix comes from New York locals, Scotia and threehz who went b2b at "dream/self", a beautifully crafted club night hosted by threehz at Earthly Delights in Ridgewood New York. Get ready for some spring heat. 

Scotia is a DJ and producer with the ear of a true fan and the deep intention of a seasoned practitioner. Her debut EP "Giving Chase" on Acid Camp is a high-energy, lo-fi romp into transfemme jacking hysteria. Scotia has been making rounds on the local club scene recently. Keep an eye out New York. 

https://soundcloud.com/scotia-xo
https://www.instagram.com/scotia_trax/

NYC-based selector threehz explores the emotive sides of techno, experimental, and ambient music for every performance, taking inspiration from sludgy dark psychedelia to pulsing warpdrive drum tracks. Whether rinsing healing or destructive frequencies, as their namesake suggests, threehz knows how to craft textured, curated soundscapes on the dance floor which can be heard at multiple event series’ in NYC and residencies for The Lot Radio.

https://soundcloud.com/threehz
https://www.instagram.com/threehz/

Scotia b2b threehz

.Freq with Mike Servito @ The Lot Radio 05-06-2025

Intergalactic Gary has been one of our favorite DJs for many years, as his genre transcendence aligns perfectly with IT’s vision. This set was recorded in a very special circumstance, at Tresor 313, May 25, 2024 at the Tangent Gallery on Day 1 of Return to the Source. Originally scheduled for 2 hours, it naturally extended to almost 4 hours, which is the kind of thing that is possible at this party when just the right chemistry happens.

We had Intergalactic Gary on directly after the Model 500 live show in the Gallery, the room was already on fire. When he came on he totally captivated the room, the energy was palpable as he effortlessly went from all sorts of variants of techno and house and the raw essence of what makes them – from Italo disco to early Chicago and forms of electro, culminating in his effortless presentation of the timeless sublime jam “Amenity” by Link, a peak experience for everyone present. This kind of perspective on music is really elucidating and liberating, and made for one of the most memorable sets of the weekend – delivered by a true cult hero. 


IT Podcast

IT.podcast.s14e03: Intergalactic Gary

Neptunian Influence, Seventy-Three | Featuring @user-467969346

Interesting Results hails not from Rotterdam but that other place below sea level: New Orleans. As a lifelong lover of electro (and discordant noises in general) this playlist was thoughtfully curated from some of her favorite songs lately. She spent her teenage years exchanging mix tapes and CDs with friends and has been DJing on and off for over two decades starting with her local college radio station KLSU-FM where she co-hosted an electronic and experimental music show called the Kitchen Sink for three years. Her transition from vinyl to digital occurred only more recently though she has no plans to part with her record collection! While she is a high school teacher by day and a selector at heart, it is her love of dancing that most influenced her shift to DJing in club environments and the dancefloor is often where you’ll find her. Even still, she’s constantly scouring everywhere and anywhere for new tracks with the same fervor that a research scientist devotes time to their own field of study. While the electronic music scene in New Orleans might be small, it is quite special and steadily growing; here’s to hoping this mix might catch the attention of some of her favorite acts and help to bring them here! Please enjoy her sleep paralysis demon mix. 

| Tracklist |
Dataintrang - Obsessive Compulsive Dictator
Saigg - Bombachon 2
Exzakt - Speaker Breaka
Buzz Kill - Lick the Frog
Ninechecker - Create A Scene
Brice Kelly - Oscillators Move Me
Solo Ansamblis, Roe Deers - Sepija (L.F.T. Remix)
Chino - Shiny Leather
Rxmode - Fracture
Boris Noiz - Puls
ENG8 & XCPSL - Cancel Culture
Transparent Sound - Freaks Frequency (Point B Mix)
DJ Di’jital - Electro Dub
Ole Mic Odd x Alonzo - Body Rocking
E-Bony - System Error (The Hacker Remix)
Human Rebellion - Endless Day (L.F.T. Remix)
Hoax Believers - Lenticular
ARA-U - Disintegrate
Lectromagnetique - My Hell
Djedjotronic - Tunnel 
The Implant - Resisting Arrest
Nehuen - Damage Control
Timothy Clerkin - Hatred (False Witness Remix)
Saigg - Tenacion
Proxyan - Network 313
Anthony Rother - Refractor (Short Edit)
The Unknown Soldier - Babylon’s Gifts
Reptant - Native Mushrooms
DJ Astrobee - Bizarre Paradoxes (Arsonist Recorder Remix)
Defekt & Jensen Interceptor - 7000 Miles
Cybereign - Warp Tunnel
Cyan85 - Contamination Ph0nk

Meet you in the Great Dark Spot <3

NI73 | Interesting Results

@madeofants
@nickburgesstechno

ARC is an artist run dance music label focusing on releasing singles and EPs from sound designers featuring radical sound design and producer collaboration. No genres, no rules, just rippers.

Nick Burgess - Departures

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