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AVA MIX Series

We're really excited to kick off the first instalment of our monthly mix series with Potency Records label head and original AVA crew member Cromby.

Each month we'll aim to focus the mix and conversations around a theme, and recently we caught up with Cromby to chat around his creative work with his recent move into the painting world with Cromby Paints, as well as his upcoming work on his potency label + more.

Tracklist:
Obscure Seduction Series - Radioactive Seduction
Mathijs Smit - Bad Birdy
Jad & The - Space Infinitum
Cromby - Relief 
Harrison BDP - one for the club (2nd New Mix)
The Night Noise - Hypnotizer (Virtual Hypnosis)
Atom Heart - As She Left
Armando - The Future 
Fio Fa - Take Off
Obscure Seduction Series - No Rings On Saturn - Mental Breakdown
HearThuG - Alien, All Too Alien
Sleep D - Freak Of...
Cromby - IXP-42
Arnaud Rebotini - Minimize Contact Between People (The Hacker Remix)
Freakenstein - FFFFFREAKAAAY
Roza Terenzi - Cosmology
New Members - Equinox
D'Marc Cantu	- Beat The Move
Mumps -  Mechanism E

AVA MIX OO1 - Cromby

DJ, producer, and breakbeat aficionado Eddy Kennedy AKA Kessler, made the jump from Belfast to Rotterdam in pursuit of a fresh challenge in 2020. Little did he know that the challenge would be a global pandemic to rock his (and everyone’s) world.

Born and raised in Belfast, Kennedy is known for his club nights Footwork which has seen him curate line-ups within the realm of electro, breaks & bass-driven techno across dance floors in the UK and Europe. Something of a homegrown hero, he has previously performed at AVA, Shine and Twitch in Belfast, held a residency with Manchester-based Limbo Radio as well as releasing high-energy music that tap deep into the traditions of UK bass culture for Belfast’s Born Sleepy record label and a string of heads down EPs on imprints like Shall Not Fade and Club Glow in the past year. 

Most recently Kessler has been getting in touch with exploring his new home and what it has to offer, with an EP scheduled to drop on Desert Sound Colony’s eyes down Holding Hands label ahead of his Boiler Room debut at AVA this September, the future is looking bright for Kessler. We caught up with him ahead of his homecoming, he has provided us with a typically bumping mix that presents a window into his musical world. Check out the full interview on our website:

Kessler - Vrieselaan
Andrea - Sarec
Nova Cheq - Detached
The Subdermic - All Shapes & Sizes
Overmono - BMW Track
J. Wax - I Said
Atrice - FKX82000
Elad Magdasi & Sinfol - Drum Spirit
Skee Mask - CZ3000 Dub
Adam Pits - Azure Crest
Drexciya - Black Sea (Aqualung Version)
Lag - Twitch
D-Nite - Dive
Kessler - Lotus
Samurai Breaks & Private Caller - Power Hour
Kessler - Ard Crew
BroDawg ManDude - Out Ya System (Decent Damage Remix)
Nova Cheq - FUK.GOV.UK
Thugwidow - The Sacrifice
Dip Shim - Yard Stalkers
Nova Cheq - Dopamine Domain
440hz - Shiba
DJ Y - Modern Wank

AVA MIX OO2 – Kessler

To celebrate the launch of her new record store, Sound Advice Belfast, we caught up with Marion Hawkes, one half of LGBTIQA+ disco powerhouse Ponyhawke. Marion has championed the role of women within the local scene by hosting female exclusive DJ workshops. Ahead of her set at AVA September 2021, she provides us with an interview and an esoteric hour of chuggers. 

Full Interview Here: https://avafestival.com/ava-mix-series-marion-hawkes/

Tracklist :
ELLLL - Housebreaker (Parris' Slo Motion Remix) 
DJN4 - The Orm
Transit State - Angst 
Tornado Wallace - Midnight Mania
Fantastic Man - Robotic Temptation 
Perdu - Yesterday's Tomorrow
Sleep D - Red Rock (IV Mix)
Sputnik One - Vain
Exquisite Corpse - Kupuri 
Days Of Being Wild - Shamanic Body Music
Rheinzand - Blind (Superpitcher Remix)
Pardon Moi - Power To The People
Boot & Tax - Celeste
Alleged Witches - Salu-Ki
Pleasure Pool - Night Scars
Eagles & Butterflies - Can't Stop (Gerd Janson Remix)

AVA MIX 003 - Marion Hawkes

A lot has changed for Jack Hamill aka Space Dimension Controller since he last graced the wheels of steel at (the first ever) AVA Festival, breaking the internet with his unforgettable Boiler Room debut. In the years since, Hamill has been on a journey just as much as we have. After over a decade in the game he’s quit alcohol, launched a new record label, Tiraquon and streamlined his entire production process. 

Lock in for an hour of out of this world house and techno from the back of the cosmos. It's a blend of intergalactic bleeps and bloops that contrasts the personalities of Space Dimension Controller and the new-age of Tiraquon.

Ahead of his set at AVA next week, we got together with Hamill for a candid interview about music, process and his current worldview. Head to our website to see what the Belfast native has to say about his homecoming.

Our Mothers Meds - Bathing The Ghost - Sores (Sound+Matter)
Mark E - Rain (Patrice Scott Remix) - 18437
Louf - Tides (Saine Remix) - Omena
Marlon Kirk - Don’t Call Me I’ll Call You - Unprincipled Records
Schiggeria - Morning Dew - Wetpak Rec.
Tristan Arp - Alternate Looking Glass - Eternal Ocean
Giulia Tess - Mesto Ritma feat. ioieo - Scarlet Tiger
Doctor Jeep - Key Activation - DRX
CiM - Crash - Delsin
DJ ADHD - Blem - Pretty Weird Records
Tiraquon - Unreleased - Forthcoming Tiraquon Recordings 
RR - Chord Bomb - Paloma
Silas Ryder - Inaugural Dance - untitled (recs)
Yush - Periwink - Awkwardly Social
Tiraquon - Unreleased - Forthcoming Tiraquon Recordings
Lack - Microshift - Livity Sound
Anastastia Kristensen - Volshebno (Ctrls Remix) - Houndstooth
Bolam - Hype Shifter (Al Wootton Remix) - Breaks N Pieces
Plant43 - Cloud Monolith - Future Massive
VC-118A - Update - Delsin

AVA MIX 004 - Space Dimension Controller

The latest edition of the AVA Mix Series comes via DJ, producer, The Night Institute cohort  and all around local legend Jordan McCuaig AKA Jordan Nocturne. 

McCuaig is a festival regular who is always quick to showcase the wealth of talent in the local scene through his "From Belfast with Love" VA's and TNI programming, choosing to opt for residents and locals over big international guests. The next 60 minutes of club inspired energy journeys through pumping percussive rhythms and squelching acid house, ominous trance and feel-good italo to seal the deal. 

We caught up with Nocturne about what he's been upto post-AVA including forthcoming music, getting healthy and newfound parenthood. 
You can read the full interview here:
https://avafestival.com/ava-mix-series-jordan-nocturne/

Tracklist:
1. Divine Interface, Stefan Ringer - Start it Right
2. Abrao & Fabio Vanore - Voodoo Ray (Cooper Saver Mix)
3. Chris Massey - Floor on he Four (ROTCIV Remix)
4. Zillas on Acid - Going into Trance
5. Arrow - O’La Soca (Afro Soca Acid Dub)
6. Theus Mago, Thomas Jackson - Sergio Ramos
7. Bryan Kessler - Ramp & Rage
8. Kendal, David Carretta - Pastaga
9. Kolsch- Woohman
10. Benjamin Frohlich - Club Fantasy (DJ City Remix)
11. DJ Zank - Pegassans
12. Granary 12 - Way We Do
13. Mr Pauli & David Funk - Zanzibar Express
14. Digital Emotion - Go Go Yellow Screen

AVA MIX 005 - Jordan Nocturne

Warehouse music.

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RA.813 Mella Dee

Club Fitness presents Mixtape Club 007 - an hour of ice-cold, high-definition rave records fit for espionage.

Download and read more on the Mixtape Club website: 
http://mixtapeclub.net/club-fitness

Tracklist:
Spooky - Schmoo
Sounds from the Echosystem - Guy Contact
Huzefa - Summer Nights
Neik - Actuar
Ed Hodge - Genesis
Boxed Music - E
Robert Dietz - Honey Stash
Rudefood - Cloud Hop
Vytamin - Outer Rim
Reflex Blue - Digital Dreams
Phantom Power - Exit
Chris Cowie - Flashfunk
Dimension 23 - I.M.O.K. R.U.O.K. (Or:la Remix)
Leonce - Ventriloquist
Vince Watson - Aurelon
DJ Life - Steel
Saoirse - Gentle Romance
Sonorous - Glass Garden
K-HAND - Windbreak
Kenny Burns - Crease
Downstairs J - Wired

Mixtape Club

Club Fitness - Good Morning, Angels

@thc_thc records a vinyl-only mix of high-energy house and rave thumpers for the Fresh Kicks mix series

The Bogotá-born, Berlin-based DJ chats to Eoin Murray about her love for ‘90s dance music, the Venus Vessels non-profit collective, and building her name during the pandemic

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/fresh-kicks-179-thc

Fresh Kicks 179: THC

Potency show with Cromby on Refuge Worldwide 28/07/2022

This latest AVA Mix comes from R.Kitt in the form of a live recording from our AVA in the Woods stage at All Together Now Festival in July. 

Robbie is an energetic DJ, versatile producer and passionate night-life advocate. The Orainn label head is an avid lobbyist for Give Us The Night, campaigning for a better night life in the South of Ireland. The Dublin-native has seen releases on imprints like Night Tide and Dansu Discs.

We've had the pleasure of hosting Robbie on the AVA stage on a few occasions over the years. He brought his emotive and punchy energy to our Boiler Room, a stellar set in 2021 and a highly memorable stream for our AVA Online Weekender.

You can head to our website from the link in below to see what he had to say about the future of the Irish scene...
https://avafestival.com/ava-mix-series-r-kitt/

Tracklist:
Candi Staton – Do Your Duty (Erectus Rework)
Kelly Lee Owen – Melt
Golden Girls – Kinetic (Frank de Wulf remix)
Robert Hood – Funky Souls
Makam – What Ya Doin
Skee Mask – Dial 274
Underground Resistance – Transition
Kasper Marott – Sky Dreams
Ovuca – FI3AC2143120
Ken Ishii – Distant Light
Itty Bitty Boozy Woozy – Tempo Fiesta (Organ Fiesta Remix)
Underworld – King of Snae (Dave Clarke Remix)
The Electroliners – Crazy Train
Kaycee – Love Stimulation
DJ Duke – A No. 1
Spray – Puk Codes
Technasia – Force
Jerome Sydenham – Adverb
Mr Ho – Stonks Go Up
OSSX – Split Wig
Bakey – Jack Pot
Player – Pump It Up Pt. 1
Kassian – Breathe
Trevor Rockcliffe and Blak – Visions of You (Trevor’s Original Oral Mix)
Walt J – Reborn 1 (DJ Qu’s Journey Towards Birth remix)
Escpae Artist – Levitator
R.Kitt – Unreleased
The Hacker – Fadin’ Away (Oxia Remix)
X101 – Sonic Destroyer
Cinthie – Push It
ADULT – Hand to Phone (Carl Craig Remix)
R.Kitt – Unreleased
Phase – The Dialogue 
Gerald Mitchell – Off the Boat
New Members – No Mind
Highrise – Hope for Peace
Underworld – Two Months Off
Thomas P Heckmann – Tanzmaschine
Untidy Dubs – Can’t You See
Plus One – Sparkler
Errorsmith – Lightspeed
Whitney X Soloman – It’s Not Bokeh but It’s Bokeh (Baliblend)
Hardfloor – The Trill Acid Theme (E.R.P. Remix)
Eoin DJ – Unreleased
S-J – I Feel Divine (Steve Thomas Tradetubbies Mix)
Randy Katana – Deception
Robert Strauss – Booty Blast
L.S.G. – Netherworld

AVA MIX 009 - R.Kitt [Live from AVA in the Woods @ All Together Now 2022]

Recording of Call Super's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

"Thank you for letting me do this, and much love to those who joined me. This set is dedicated to the memory of Steve Bronski."

Call Super at Dekmantel Festival 2022

SADE (Saoirse's emo edit)

Rinse FM Podcast

Steel City Dance Discs with David Jackson & Matisa - 19 October 2022

002

Next up in the series we have Antwerp local Supreems. His productions have been circling the globe for a few years now, receiving support from some big players in the scene like Bicep, Four Tet, Ross From Friends and Solomun, just to name a few. His releases have allowed him to zig-zag across Europe and play in some of its finest clubs, with Berghain Panoramabar as cherry on the cake. To say that we are delighted to have him contribute to our series is an understatement. 

Contrary to his productions, Supreems’ DJ-sets are a bit more eclectic, heavily influenced by the UK-scene in all its beauty and complexity. The man weaves together different genres and emotions seamlessly, leaving you wanting more, even after the 2h30 mix he made for us. With his debut album on the horizon and his latest Being EP sounding beautiful as ever, he certainly is one to watch. Have a taste of what’s to come and tune in to our Hot Series with Supreems.

@supreems

HOT SERIES 002: Supreems

There is an effectiveness and simplicity to Mall Grab’s house music
that very quickly made him a star. The artist from an Australian town
makes tracks as dusty as homeland, but imbued with feel good melodies,
irresistible drums and smart samples that elevated them above pure
tools. This raw, instinctive, unfussy sound has found him on labels
like Looking For Trouble as well as the Steel City Discs label he runs
with Jarred Kennedy and Jackson Fitzsimmons. Back in February he
stepped out with an EP under his own name in a mission of
“self-discovery” and it’s a journey the world continues to be closely
tuned in to.

His mix is a high octane selection of brilliantly physical sounds.
From supersized house to throwback breakbeats, he slams it all
together with a fist pumping efficiency that means two hours race by
in a flash.  It’s a fun mix, too, with old school rave flavours, saw
tooth stabs and bumping kicks all brimming with the sort of life that
makes Mall Grab such an appealing and accessible talent.

AVA MIX 009 - R.Kitt [Live from AVA in the Woods @ All Together Now 2022]

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