Ashland Mines, AKA Total Freedom, AKA Big Gay Idiot DJ, AKA Bobby Beethoven, is one of the best and most influential DJs of the 21st century. Starting out at pioneering parties like Mustache Mondays and Wildness (which he cofounded with Wu Tsang)—and a regular at GHE20G0TH1K—Mines helped to define the style that would become known, however cringe-inducingly, as experimental club or deconstructed club, directly inspiring fellow visionaries like Arca. 

Like some of the best DJs before him, Mines uses the CDJs as an instrument, but that doesn't mean just fancy tricks and looping. Instead, he artfully throws together clashing sounds—effects, samples, monologues, pop and R&B acapellas, and beats that run the gamut from dancehall to kuduro to breaks and techno. He's not afraid of the grotesquerie of human life and movement (just check out the monologue at the beginning of this mix), and he likes to push buttons. Once he put on a party where dancing wasn't allowed. Some of his sets are intentionally anxiety-inducing, evoking horror movies and modern classical composers like Penderecki, while others are bouncy and ebullient, weaving between genres and tempos like an old-school platformer. The best are both.

On Mines's RA Podcast—a milestone 900th in the series—he shows off this inimitable style, sharpened and reinforced over a decade-and-a-half of playing some of the world's best parties, fashion shows, you name it. He's the kind of DJ who creates his own music as he goes along. He makes you hear old tracks—especially pop music and R&B—in a whole new way. Titled "Cursed Piercing," this is a near-hour of controlled chaos that'll confound you at one moment and deeply move you the next.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/900

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RA.900 Bobby Beethoven (FKA Total Freedom)

T5UMUT5UMU is a Tokyo-based producer whose music is characterised by an exceptionally diverse blend of elements that showcase a distinctive style. His creatively rich approach involves drawing inspiration from Eastern cultures and a variety of instruments, which he skilfully weaves into UK-style club tracks. The resulting sound seamlessly fuses elements such as HARD DRUM, dark breakbeats, grime and DnB to create innovative and captivating compositions. His releases on labels such as Hakuna Kulala, Eastern Margins, FunctionLab, TREKKIE TRAX, Ashida Park and Eco Futurism Corporation have attracted audiences from both the local and international scenes due to his eclectic musical style and imaginative approach.

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Bobby Beethoven b2b CRYSTALLMESS at Draaimolen Festival 2024

my most experimental no-fucks-given mix so far. for this one i simply tapped into my mood at this very moment now and went IN. i hope you enjoy <3

track list:

NVST - Tiny Mistakes Feeling Hot 
Yarn Init - Motherfuckers On The Planet
Hyas - Bumps (Original Mix) 
Miss Jay - @t The Club (Original Mix) 
Osheyack & Nahash - Club Apathy
Field Motion - Earnest Binary 
Miss Jay x Burna - Heartburn
a-rot - Wailing, Breathing Daemon
Gaszia - Taste
Raumskaya - Empty Heart Club
Oldyungmayn & Estoc- Arish
Casement - Maxim Park
Romphea - Hard Drive
Klass Sirius - Crème anglaise
Raumskaya - Six Six Seven
Raumskaya - Air Force
Dvidevat- Made of Wax
Crime Partners - We're In The Club
Dr Breinnerr - 4nger issue
dj hesss x Racing Nokia - Manchild 
Dj Frankie - Brain crash
Masha Wordpress - Drop It
Dragan Zaranoff - Get Nasty
Rohaan - Easy for them

rough & ready

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TOTAL FREEDOM - ONE HONEY ISLAND (TF SCRAPE) TOXE n TOKYO
THABLACKGOD - CAN I BE UR LUXURY?
Leonce x Neana - White Tee (Summer Walker)
ASCHE - LUV U SO w_ MEAT CAGE
MM X BRANDY - ANGEL 91 
ergen101 - zbeul101 [CRAQUAGES]
PRYZMS - Uptown Dub
HEDO HYDR8 - JUST LIKE THAT
Kaede - Blasian Baddie (Prod By Likkle Dotz)
Cuban Chamber of Commerce - Goofing Off 
Dunkelheit - Selva Mistica
Hermann Delvira - Deep In The Jungle
DJ これからの緊急災害 - MY SHYGIRL IS NIKE (WC 3D1T)
𝔓𝔩𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔟4𝔟𝔜 - HANAN
sepbtt - envidiAAA
Ceechynaa - Peggy (Traps N Trees Philly Club Remix)
Selva Mistica - MISTER


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FIST MIX 91 – DJ Promise Chain

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For this week’s episode of CENTER BOOTH we’re delighted to share a start-to-finish thrill ride from one of the most exciting artists working today: estoc. The Philadelphia-based DJ and producer is well known for her dazzling, highly inventive sets, intricate, compelling releases spanning the gamut of genres, startling, often hilarious mash-ups and edits, and uncompromising politics that are the lifeblood of her art. 

Her visceral, take no prisoners approach to DJing has seen her summoned to play transgressive techno parties all over the US, Europe, the UK, Asia and Australia, while her latest LP, Are We Doomed To Bow Down To The Stupid And Cruel? is a growling, guttural response to fascism, colonization and other craven ideologies.

Her CENTER BOOTH set, which plays in a live and compositional fashion, comes from that same place of staunch resistance, both a source of release and fuel for the ongoing fight. It’s hypnotic not in its repetition but in its restlessness, a disorienting rollercoaster of cacophony, distortion and aggressive melodies.

The effect is something like strapping in for a full throttle VR experience, a quest soundtracked by creeping pads, all manner of belligerent percussion, itchy snares and the full kitchen sink of FX. Featured artists include DJ Plead, WTCHCRFT, Dave Quam, estoc herself on remix duties, and the Prodigy, overlaid with extra thundering drums. We’d call it a masterclass but estoc is an artist who simply can’t be imitated. 

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