Er, beyond being an Italo-Disco fanatic, I spend my 'day life' as an activist, predominantly around issues of housing and homelessness. Sometimes I end up as a guest on political podcasts and in the Canadian media.

Podcasts and Politics

Track Edits

Live Vinyl Sets

Automaticamore Guest Mixes

n10.as Radio Mixes

90% vinyl mix. As broadcast on www.n10.as radio on June 15, 2021, 8 pm EST. 

I decided to represent multilingual "Italo" sounds from every continent (er, except that I forgot Australia), and the cultural differences between interpretations of this sound, and moreover how this intersects with globalism, colonialism, and racism. Is that too high-level as a theme? Probably! Summarized best through inclusions of Condry Ziqubu, Canada's own Martha and the Muffins, Esse Agesse, and Johnny Clegg (the latter is questionable and it's on the scratchiest vinyl, so forgive me).

n10.as - Automaticamore Radio - Episode 8

In this episode, we speak to Diana Chan McNally, community worker with the Toronto Drop-In Network, about A Path Forward. It's a document signed by 206 organizations, artists, and politicians calling for a safer, more humanitarian approach to housing encampment residents, where the residents themselves are heard.

And we speak to Kensington Market Community Land Trust Co-Chair Dominique Russell about a $3-million grant from the City of Toronto to secure affordable housing in the famous neighbourhood. You can also find the conversation in the next Spacing print issue.

And, to celebrate our "birthday," we found a great piece from the original, 2009 Spacing Radio with host David Michael Lamb. It's a beautiful soundscape featuring a flautist in an abandoned building and a great de-stressor.

Episode 058: 5th Anniversary

A five-hour (!) live recording from February 12, 2022 at The Little Jerry in Toronto. I'm playing on a Condesa Carmen V rotary mixer and, after a certain point, I'm playing very drunk. And then it eventually devolves into random 7"s for the last 30 minutes.

You can catch me at my Little Jerry residency every six weeks! Next up: March 26, 2022.

The Little Jerry - Automaticamore Live Vinyl Mix (February 12 2022)

As aired on AM640 Radio in Toronto, Canada, on May 13 2022. I discuss the recent decision by the City of Toronto to hire private security to surveil unhoused people in Toronto's downtown parks.

Toronto Today with Greg Brady

Toronto Today with Greg Brady ft. Diana Chan McNally

As aired on CBC Metro Morning in Toronto, Canada, on May 13 2022. I discuss the recent decision by the City of Toronto to hire private security to surveil unhoused people in Toronto's downtown parks.

CBC Radio Metro Morning ft. Diana Chan McNally

As aired on AM640 Radio in Toronto, Canada, on August 31 2022. Alongside journalist Matt Carty, I discuss a reissued request for proposals from the City of Toronto for private security to surveil unhoused people in public parks. The RFP now explicitly states that the power of these security guards includes the power to physically remove people from parks and arrest them.

The John Oakley Show ft. Diana Chan McNally

The breezy sound of the Canadian Riviera, from Mood Hut's Pender Street Steppers.

https://www.nts.live/shows/pender-street-steppers/episodes/pender-street-steppers-2nd-may-2023

Pender Street Steppers w/ Automaticamore 020523

Sometimes it's 2 am, just a couple of days before your birthday, and you decide to record yourself live making a mix on your turntables. It doesn't have to be perfect, it's just for the joy of doing something spontaneous for no reason at all.

Enjoy!

TRACKLIST

Alien Nation - Space in the Desert
Al Onzo - Tango Japan
Implantation - Choose Your Lover (Shoo-Wa Shoo-Wa)
Ramses - Outstanding (Instrumental)
Stig Wollek - Night Driver (Instrumental)
Secrets of China - Chinese Ways (Instrumental)
Jean-Paul Gaulthier - How Tou Dou Zat (In A New Way)
Takis Gritzelis - Myconos
The Action Class - Last Chance (Club Mix)
Moskwa TV - Tekno Talk (Civilian Play)
Urban Division - 1 2 Go
Fax - Girls in Cars
B. Rose - Hey D.J. (Give Me a Lot of Music)
Image - Hot Stuff
Fake - Frogs in Spain
Elvin - You Set My Heart On Fire
A.I.M. - Thailand Seeds
Jock Hate - Yes-No Family
Electra - Are You Automatic?
The Stranger - Saturday Night
Durutti Column - Future Perfect

Futur (Im)Perfect Mix

Head of Grimy Edits, Zernell Gillie's style can range from the heart of disco to the soul of Chicago house - he heads up a 2 hour slot once a month from our LA studio.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/zernell/episodes/zernell-1st-september-2025

GET GRIMY W/ DIANA CHAN 010925

This month, Automaticamore, Queen of Italo, sends us on a divine late-summer trip down memory lane. Her mix “In Heaven, 1987” features a full hour of wonderfully curated deep cuts from her famous music collection. Roll up your sleeves, we are going crate digging on this POHLCAST.

1. White Door – In Heaven
2. Gaznevada – Western Boys, Eastern Girls
3. The Machines – Take Me Away
4. Misty & Project – Magic Lover
5. Neon – Le Macho Du Mambo
6. Wish Key – Last Summer ('87 Remix)
7. B. Blase – Shake It Now
8. NOIA – True Love (Plathonic Version)
9. Liquid Eyes – Shine
10. Eugene – Livin' In Your Love (Instrumental)
11. Christal – Fire Lady (12'' Vocal)
12. Mania – Shine Shine Shine (Instrumental)
13. Legend – Don't Cry (Vocal)
14. Via Verdi – Diamond
15. Time Bandits – Listen To The Man With The Golden Voice

POHLCAST #007 - Automaticamore

Removed most of the vocals and baby-chanting about gigolos, the weird section of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and other minor, extraneous crap.

Italian Boys - Gigolo (Automaticamore Edit)

I hate the chorus in the original, so now it's gone. The end.

Kermesse - Mrs. Moon (Automaticamore Edit)

What if Spooky Voice was a ghost, and not just the overly passionate vocals of Gary Mangels? This edit imagines the possibilities.

Spooky Voice - Killing Myself (Automaticamore Edit)

Live all-vinyl mix from Daydreams International at the Gasometer Hotel in Melbourne, Australia (March 18 2018).

TASCAM DR-40

Daydreams ~ Automaticamore Live Vinyl Mix (March 18 2018)

An edit of a mix of a cover! I tried to keep the cheese to a tolerable level of creamy earhole fondue. You might need to get some bread cubes before you listen.

Afrika System - Anikana - O (Automaticamore Edit)

A minimix I made for Mind Warp, broadcast online by Radio Scorpio in Belgium. 

Broadcast archive: https://www.mixcloud.com/Mind_Warp/mind-warp-351/

Apologies for my scratched-up records, except for the 1st track -- that's an edit by my favourite DJ ever (sorry, George), JAZ.

Mind Warp - Automaticamore Minimix (April 18 2018)

George Hysteric of Upside-Down Canada (Australia) recorded us jamming away Italo crap whilst drunk at Bambi's last October in Toronto, Canada. This is my vinyl set, and yes ... I always seem to play the same records. Yikes! I swear I own more than 50!

Italo Dreams ft Hysteric -- Automaticamore live vinyl set (Oct. 5 2017)

For the discerning Canada-phile: 1 hour and 58 minutes of Canadian disco, HI-NRG, and obscure synthpop 12" and 7” records from the Montreal and Toronto scenes of the 1980s. Every record features the MAPL (Music - Artist - Production - Label) logo / point system, indicating the four facets of Canadian Content, aka CanCon. Nothing played is less than 50% CanCon.

Recorded live from my basement C.H.U.D. lair in Toronto, and originally broadcast on n10.as.

n10.as - MAPL Sugar: Automaticamore's Canadian Disco Mix

As broadcast on nts.live on Amanda Siegel’s show, Cross Wires (March 1 2019). Recorded live on vinyl from the C.H.U.D. Lair, aka my apartment. Hapa Radio, as in sort-of Asian, and also ’radio’-themed.

NTS - Hapa Radio (Automaticamore Guest Mix)

This is the 181st recorded instore session at the PP Headquarters.
Mixed and compiled by AUTOMATICAMORE from Toronto.
https://soundcloud.com/automatic-amore

PP INSTORE SESSION #181 (AUTOMATICAMORE)

Vinyl mix. As broadcast on www.n10.as radio on November 19th, 2019.

n10.as - Automaticamore Radio - Episode 1

All vinyl mix. As broadcast on www.n10.as radio on December 17th, 2019, 8 pm EST.

n10.as - Automaticamore Radio - Episode 2

Automaticamore on IC Radio 2019-12-13

90% vinyl mix (one record I only wish I owned -- yup, Govindo). As broadcast on www.n10.as radio on January 21st, 2020, 8 pm EST.

n10.as - Automaticamore Radio - Episode 3

100% vinyl mix. As broadcast on www.n10.as radio on March 17, 2020, 8 pm EST. Feeling New Beat, I guess!

n10.as - Automaticamore Radio - Episode 5

True Fact: I listen to many questionable things at home, and 1/3rd of the world is largely trapped at home at the moment. This mix is a compilation of some of the guilty pleasures I might listen to while lying face down on the carpet, or while dancing around my apartment in sweatpants. 

Credibility is so pre-pandemic, and I'm too exhausted from trying to stay on top of COVID-19 as both a frontline and home-bound social worker at three different agencies, I really DGAF about having cachet anymore. Enjoy, and stay safe!

Automaticamore - Guilty Pleasures Mix

Hailing from Toronto Canada, Diana McNally aka Automaticamore aka the queen of Italo, comes in strong with an hour of carefully selected killer cuts - the energy bar that we all needed. With hundreds of live-streams flooding our news-feeds and new mix-series starting to come up during these challenging times, we leave it to Diana to finish off our weekly Quarantine series and return to fortnightly publications from now on.

In a way, her persona could not be more fitting, as she is not only an avid vinyl collector, but also works as a social worker at the Toronto Drop-in Network for homeless people. Diana is currently taking vacation days in order to work 12-14 hours on the frontlines of the pandemic, supporting and helping the most vulnerable ones - most of the times without proper protection, literally keeping people from dying. (Read more about it here: https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/04/toronto-homeless-covid-19/) 

A reminder, perhaps, that even after 4 weeks of quarantine, the pandemic is still very much real. There are still people dying and in order to support frontline-workers like Diana or the fantastic National-Healthcare staff all over Europe, we must drink and dance to Italo-Disco *inside* our homes.

Automaticamore

90% vinyl mix. As broadcast on www.n10.as radio on June 16, 2020, 8 pm EST. In a weird mood, so this is running the gamut from New Wave to New Beat to synthpop with a lot of tabla. Why not! Please note that the April and May episodes of Automaticamore Radio were mixes I recorded for 5918mins and St. Romain (which technically makes this Episode 8, not 6).

n10.as - Automaticamore Radio - Episode 6

Toronto-based DJ and avid record collector @automatic-amore weaves together a vinyl-only mix of Italo Disco sounds from across the board.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2020/06/24/diggers-directory-automaticamore/

Diggers Directory: Automaticamore

100% vinyl mix. As broadcast on www.n10.as radio on December 15, 2020, 8 pm EST. It's been a while since I recorded a mix just for my radio show! Enjoy all of the dad synthpop.

n10.as - Automaticamore Radio - Episode 7

♪ Italo Queen. 

★ UPCOMING DATES★

09.06 | Standard Time w/ Bradley Zero, Toronto
10/29 | Sans Soleil, MTL

★ SELECT PAST DATES ★

// 2024

31.03 | Standard Time with Interstellar Funk (Toronto, CA)
16.04 | Images Festival Closing Party (Toronto, CA)

//2023

09.09 | Standard Time w/ Pender Street Steppers (Toronto, CA)
09.16 | Cozmique presents: Automaticamore (Montreal, CA)
09.23 | Untitled presents: Daniel Bell & Automaticamore (Toronto, CA)

//2022

07.01 | Electric Island Festival (Toronto, CA)
07.24 | Promise Cherry Beach Festival w/ DJ Minx (Toronto, CA)
09.09 | Subdivision w/ Regularfantasy (Toronto, CA)
11.20 | Tanner (Helsinki, FL)

//2019

02.11 | 12 HOUR PARTY, Marble Bar (Detroit, US)
14.09 | Disco Troopers (Montreal, CA)
09.08 | Lague Moin Presents Automaticamore, Goldener Reiter (Munich, DE)
08.08 | Public Possession In-Store (Munich, DE)
27.07 | Automaticamore, Beate Uwe (Berlin, DE)
26.07 | Forth presents Moxie (Toronto, CA)
22.06 | Electric Island Festival w/ DJ Harvey, Woodbine Park (Toronto, CA)
26.05 | OK Cool w/ Derrick Carter, TV Lounge (Detroit, USA)
17.04 | Vans presents Wax Trax! w/ Ministry + Cold Cave, Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, CA)
12.04 | Real Love w/ Automaticamore, The Underground Niteclub (Buffalo, USA)
01.02 | Night Moves w/ JAZ, Whiskey Disco (Detroit, US)
12.01 | Beam Me Up w/ Automaticamore, Harbourfront Centre (Toronto, CA)
05.01 | Kiosk Radio (Brussels, BE)

//2018

31.12 | Drift Om Te Dansen, Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (Nijmegen, NL)
26.12 | Body Heat w/ Automaticamore, t'Keldertje (Maastricht, NL)
22.12 | Bordello a Parigi: Italo Disco Circus, Noorderlicht Café (Amsterdam, NL)
21.12 | Red Light Radio (Amsterdam, NL)
25.08 | Full Moon Party, Lincoln Street Art Park (Detroit, USA)
16.06 | A Prater Affair w/ Automaticamore, Sound-Bahnhof (Vienna, AT)
14.06 | Red Light Radio (Amsterdam, NL)
09.06 | Other Thumpers w/ Automaticamore, Paradise Palms (Edinburgh, UK)
04.06 | Tanki Tanki w/ Automaticamore, Disco Dolly (Amsterdam, NL)
20.05 | Sunnyside vol. 20 w/ Move D, Sunnyside Pavillion (Toronto, CA)
14.04 | Computer Magic + Le Matos, Velvet Underground (Toronto, CA)
07.04 | Freakish Pleasures presents Juju’s Italo Fantasy, Le Salon (Detroit, USA)
25.03 | Daydreams w/ Lauren Hansom + Automaticamore, The Gasometer Hotel (Melbourne, AUS)
16.03 | In Motion w/ Adi Toohey, Lounge (Melbourne, AUS)
20.01 | The Return of Sadar Bahar (Toronto, CA)

//2017

05.10 | Italo Dreams w/ Hysteric + Automaticamore, Bambi’s (Toronto, CA)
23.09 | Body Meta w/ Automaticamore, Casa de Popolo (Montreal, CA)

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