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On Oct 6th 2021, about 2 years after my last set in London, I played from open to close (11pm to 5am) at Village Underground in Shoreditch. Here's a recording of the whole night with a bit of the crowd noise. 

Perhaps a full tracklist at some point... some unreleased stuff in here. 

Even though it had been a while, we had all night so no use in rushing things! I came across a lot of lovely music this year, but it mostly lived in my rekordbox or in a radio mix. I actually record a lot of my sets but it always feels like they're in a constant state of iteration, making it hard to pick just one "version" to release. Over the years I feel like this has led me to only very sparingly drop live-recorded sets. A "party" doesn't often lend itself to the archivable realm, maybe the memories are best suited to the ephemeral. 

Anyway, eternal gratitude crystals to those who came and those who danced, and to those listening now.

-av

Avalon Emerson Live in London (6 hour dj set) Oct 2021

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Ogazón | HÖR - Mar 30 / 2022

Lena Willikens @ Supernova [Gop Tun Festival 2023]

New York hailing underground staple, Mutual Dreaming label head and founder of Sustain-Release Aurora Halal, takes to the tools on the latest Crack Mix with a warm, groove-laden 55 minutes

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Crack Mix 581: Aurora Halal

All Night Long in London (DJ Mix) Dec 2023

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DJ set, recorded live on 17 Aug 2024 in Oslo for Harmony Rec label techno-focused night

Xiaolin @ Harmony Rec label night, Oslo 17/08/2024 (live recorded)

This is my closing set recorded live at Faggots Are Women in NYC. FAW isn’t one of those mid parties begging for attention, promising collective moral high ground without doing anything. This party is an entire world—full of gags, friendship, and intention. The art, copy, door policy, sound, lights, chill areas—and its very existence in today’s USA—is T. It bubbled up from a scene that needs it, agitates the status quo, and doesn’t seek outside validation—IYKYK.

Its theme: “Faggots are FLINTA*s: Escape from Berlin.” We know New Yorkers love to say “Berlin is over” (while others say NYC is over). Some say Berlin is known for cheap living, liberated mindsets, world-class nightlife, and hot people - but it’s also dark and easy to disappear. For me, how you feel there has always been an inkblot test: it depends on who you are right now. 

But since Oct 7, 2023, Berlin has changed radically. A place known for freedom of expression has descended in to a McCarthyist hellscape for pro-Palestine activists. Cultural institutions cooperate by silencing dissenting views, and police enforce this with overtly racist brutality. It affects everything — everyday life, art, music, dancing and fun.

Obviously the political situation is similarly bleak in the US. It feels like a bizarre time to celebrate, but also a critical time to be together with the people you love. This is why the level of intention here is important: worldbuilding by and for a community, even just for a night, has the power to nourish us in so many ways.

And so I tried to match that level for the closing. Not gonna spoil the references, but they are thick and deep, and call on some very important voices. It’s usually hard to listen back to a live set without focusing on the flaws. But in this recording, I think of Charlene giving me a quick face beat en route, the unsure gays when I started, the grind-train of culturatti dolls towards the end, and the gaggle of Colombian queers losing it for Shakira. The room was unhinged and alive, full of the best. This is for those who were there—and for those who get it.

Live at Faggots Are FLINTA*s

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Our resident family is even growing bigger these days. We are happy to announce that no one else then Sedef Adasi joins the crew. In the past months the young girl from Augsburg convinced us with her diverse and captivating sets. Sedef bounces in between euphoric Techno, ruff House classics, space Disco and tough electro with elegance and ease. Her crowding reading is top notch, no wonder, as you can really feel how she interacts with the people in the club out of pure love. Our new resident also has lots of experience as promoter. With Hamam Night', a monthly club night taking place at City club in Augsburg, she has fostered a welcoming home for the likes of DJ Stingray, Tama Sumo or Boris, thereby taking the nightlifes’ choices’ of the city to a whole new level. In May, Sedef played for Amsterdam’s top radio choice Red Light. The next chapter is given with the next instalment for our Blitzcast series, she especially curated for her resident announcement. Watch out for her playing Panorama Bar on September 29th as well as her next gig for us on October 26th. Welcome to the family, habibi!

Mit Sedef Adasi bekommen wir weiteren Zuwachs in unserer Resident-Crew. Die junge Augsburgerin überzeugte uns in den vergangenen Monaten mit ihrem ausgefuchsten Sinn für facettenreiche und fesselnde DJ-Sets. Mit Lässigkeit und Eleganz, lädt Sedef Mal für Mal auf einen Ritt zwischen euphorisch-gestimmten Techno, markanten House-Klassikern, Weltall-Disco und schlagkräftigen Electro ein. Sie ließt und liebt ihre Crowd - und kommuniziert mit ihr spürbar auf Augenhöhe. Nicht weniger versiert ist unser neuer Resident als Veranstalterin. Zu ihren Hamam Nights im City Club, lotst Sedef regelmäßig Spitzenkräfte wie DJ Stingray, Tama Sumo oder Boris in die Fugger-Stadt und bereichert das dortige Nachtleben maßgeblich. Im Mai war Sedef zu Gast bei der Amsterdamer Hörfunk-Instanz Red Light Radio, nun legt sie mit ihrem Blitzcast 003 einen beherzt-hörenswerten Mix nach. Auch sollte man sich ihr Panorama Bar Debüt am 29. September, sowie ihren nächsten Take-off ins unserer Booth am 26. Oktober dringlich hinter die Ohren schreiben. In diesem Sinne: herzlichen Willkommen, Habibi!

Blitz Podcast

Blitzcast 003 — Sedef Adasi

https://avalonemerson.com/andthecharm

Now one of dance music’s most respected DJs, Avalon Emerson first made a name for herself in the storied warehouse scene of her birthplace, San Francisco, before relocating to Berlin in 2013. Over a decade of performances at the famed Berghain led to appearances at numerous festivals around the world which all cemented Emerson, and her evocative, genre- and decade-spanning sets, as perennially in demand. 

In 2020, she released her first full-length collection: a contribution to the longrunning DJ-Kicks series (which Resident Advisor described as “The sound of a well-honed DJ at the top of her game.”), nestled alongside a steady stream of remix releases for the likes of Four Tet, Slowdive, Robyn and more.

Next up was 2023’s Avalon Emerson & The Charm, an instant classic which saw Emerson exploring her singing voice and more traditional songwriting outside of the boundaries of her dance music work.  Created after a move to New York, the resulting & The Charm album was released to critical acclaim, landing on numerous critics’ best-of-the-year lists.

The stage is now set, then, for her to carve out a wholly unique path, and with the help of new label home and indie giant, Dead Oceans, Emerson is poised to connect her various musical endeavors to create an untouchably rich output of material. First up is Perpetual Emotion Machine, consisting of songs created for her DJ sets, delivered via a living, evolving project and announced ahead of her worldwide tour.