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

Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade (Sl8r Jungle Refix) [Free Download]

Free Download : https://hypeddit.com/6lqs8l
Instrumental (bonus track): https://djrankng.bandcamp.com/album/dj-rankng-ravesito-umu-x-kuchi-kuchi

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Dj Rankng - Ravesito UmU X Kuchi Kuchi

The twelfth edition of the AVA Mix Series comes courtesy of Neil Kerr aka Mount Palomar.

Kerr’s résumé includes many accolades across many mediums including DJ-ing, producing, screen-printing and fashion photography. He’s collaborated with Joshua Burnside and Enola Gay, thrown parties with Visual Spectrum and Salomé Pressac and curated art exhibitions to coincide with the release of his EPs. Booked to play at the world-famous Berghain for his second gig, Neil went on to play the iconic venue 4 times within his first year, culminating in a peak time set on the main Berghain floor for their Gay Pride party.

Neil returned in November 2022 with his new critically acclaimed EP, Brace For Impact, selling out his two 300 capacity return headline shows in Ulster Sports Club, Belfast.

Read our full interview with Neil along with the tracklist for this mix by heading to the link below.
https://avafestival.com/ava-mix-series-mount-palomar/

AVA MIX 012 - Mount Palomar

BOUND 2 FALLING IN DUB

Get the full tracklist: https://blrrm.tv/42U2SSv

You're in for a big sugar rush. Diabolical edit genius @polo-lilli turns in Hard Dance 197.

Hard Dance 197: Polo Lilli

http://www.feelmybicep.com/

So here we are! delighted to be part of the feel my bicep mixtape series. So the mix is about 95% SHEE music which is made up of unreleased tracks, edits , collabs and mashups. I also have a few of my favourite Irish – produced tracks in there too. Making a mix with mainly all of my own music is a huge deal for me, as I normally wouldn’t be the most confident in playing my own music out!!  I wanted to use this opportunity to try and showcase the bits that I have been working on this past while.. super nervous!!! haha Hopefully you will enjoy it.

Tracklist:
SHEE - This Dance Isn't Over(Intro Edit)
SHEE - All Night Untill We Find It
SHEE - Leaves
SHEE - Jiraya
SHEE - Mistakes You Have to Make
SHEE - Figure of Conscious
SHEE - They Don't Know
SLOUCHO - Everything
SHEE - The Struggle of Just Being Us
Burial - Hiders(SHEE edit)
SHEE & Mike Sandcastle - Close Your Eyes
Camelphat - NYP2(mashup)
SHEE - win your love
Clams Casino - Im God(SHEE edit)
SHEE - I can't escape



love,
dave x

FEEL MY BICEP MIXTAPE 219(96% Original SHEE Productions)

tracklist and download: patreon.com/buttechno

buttechno mix for Incienso

In very loose terms, James K's (@jamesk_1 music operates at the fringes of the pop world. It is experimental and industrial, packed with hooks and riddled with dreamy textures that show off her mastery of synths. She has released it in album form with Dial and Incenso, dropped EPs on AD 93 and collaborated with the likes of Drew McDowall and Stefan Maie, and always manages to imbue her adventurous arrangements with real-world emotions and anxieties. This year she will join us at Dekmantel Festival but not before serving up this week's podcast.

It's the sort of rhythmically thrilling workout that has always stood James apart: jittery drum patterns and kinetic grooves that unfold at 100 miles an hour as a barrage of caustic motifs, hypnagogic melodies and hyper-real colours all bounce about the mix. There is an ever-present sense of tension in the way things are assembled - it's as if they might implode or explode at any minute, and it all sounds fantastically futuristic.

Dekmantel Podcast 460 - James K

Beautiful Swimmers took part in Club Quarantäne's virtual party on 4/25/20 - shoutout to them for putting that together - this is the document of that session :)

During the broadcast we recommended that people in DC/DMV (and beyond) should donate to Casa Ruby, and we continue that here: https://casaruby.org/donate/

We both run music labels if you'd like to scope the goods:

World Building: https://worldbuilding.bandcamp.com/

Future Times: https://futuretimes.bandcamp.com/music

DC baby!

Please stay safe during these crazy times

-Swimmz

BEAUTIFUL SWIMMERS - NEW DJ MIX - APRIL 2020 (from Club Quarantäne virtual stream 4/25/20)

recorded on one 1210, one 1200 and an allen & heath xone 92
apologies for the pops & scratches, ive had some of these records since I was 15 
xx

wooly window sessions part wun - UKG 4/4 +++

Central American born Silent Servant has performed worldwide in clubs from LA, Berlin to Osaka. A chance meeting with Karl O'Conner in 1999 would establish a friendship that would open the door to the Sandwell District label in 2006. Silent Servant's sound is a reinterpretation of early '80s post-punk electronics, paired with the deep, metallic sounds of Basic Channel and Downwards.

AVA MIX 012 - Mount Palomar

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