The Basic Moves Of ... (mixes by friends)

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Set listening 7

Walrus

Second episode of our Jam RTBF radio residency with ISLAS. 

islas does not care about the Brexit. She will keep on spreading her UK vibes all over Europe and beyond. She was once the female force behind Basic Moves. After collecting electronic gems for a long time she is now also laying them down and weaving them together to create meandering sets. her credo: the more vocals the better.

https://ra.co/dj/islas

Magma - Jam RTBF Residency / ISLAS - 01.05.21

Those who attended Horst Festival 2021 maybe got the chance to experience it in the flesh. But this islas @islasaliasailsa set will do the job at any time and place. The UK born, Brussels based connoisseur curated an intellectual ambient set that perfectly matches our visions.

DSS 053 I islas

CREVETTE RECORDS PODCAST #05 - ISLAS

Read interview here
> https://crevetterecords.be/podcasts

CREVETTE RECORDS PODCAST #05 - ISLAS

A2. See You In The Dancefloor

Jill Krecké aka GURL (https://soundcloud.com/j1ll) is a Luxembourg-born, Brussels-based artist & archivist. We met more than a decade ago on the dancefloor of Fuse Club, Brussels. Ever since, we’ve stayed close music/clubbing friends and swum through different moments in our lives, forever positively connected and supportive. 

Properly balanced and in the pipeline for some years (!!!) now, Gurl’s Basic Moves podcast demonstrates her love for detroity electro, wonky breakbeats and dusty techno. Her passion and skills for mixing and digging up this specific sound of dance music have forged her a steady presence in the electronic music scene of Brussels. Since she started performing as a deejay at the age of 22, she’s became part of various projects (Brüxsel Jardin, C12, Planet), not only as an artist but also as a promoter and safe spacer. 

As a number one supporter and participant of our Beautiful Freaks party, it was a logical choice to ask Jill to join the core team. Multitasking 3-dimensional friends forever. Enjoy the energies & roll out the beats. Gurl in the mix!

The Basic Moves Of … GURL

Transmitting from one of Belgium’s most promising electronic dance spaces, the Garage at Horst club. It’s the most intimate room of the club. Ko-designed, ko-invented and ko(be)-built by the deejay behind this live recorded Basic Moves mix: Kuba’97 ! 

Kobe is part of the early generation of Horst alumni. From his early 20ies he has been involved in this world leading and ultra professional hybrid architecture, art, culture and (club) music festival. They are organising a yearly festival in May and a burgeoning club space that operates throughout the rest of the year on the Asiat site just outside of Brussels. Back in 2018 Kobe started together with a crew of music heads and dreamers a nightlife collective called nacht which operated from the socio-cultural spot Stelplaats in Louvain. This being said Kobe is also the head of production at our Beautiful Freaks parties, a fantastic cook, creative DIY handy person, cider maker, pizza master & great human to have around anytime of the day or night. 

Now let’s put some attention to what Kobe loves the most … records! He has been working hard, digging through the fruitful orchard that is dance music (and beyond), to make his own special brew. This live recording is a perfect reflection of what he loves and has discovered over the last couple of years. We hear shreds of deep techno, spaced out minimal, 80s inspired body music workouts, psychedelic oddities, proggy weird b-sides…and more; definitely not the easiest spread to put together. In Kobe’s hands these three and a half hours are a cruizin’ ride, produced in the dj booth he has built and danced-to by the community Brussels has been (re)building over the last decade … with Kuba’97 unquestionably at the heart of it.

https://soundcloud.com/kuba97

The Basic Moves Of … KUBA'97 (live at Garage/Horst Club 2025)

Pancratio showcases a selection of unreleased works. Deep, hypnotic, and crafted for the dancefloor. A personal set built from original productions.

https://www.instagram.com/_pancratio

Pancratio @ The Lot Radio 04-30-2025

Petit raton du Sud qui se cache entre les nuages parisiens. Gaspard c’est un des mecs les plus deter qu’on connaisse, c’est un giga sang, mais surtout, c’est un énorme rat.
Grand footballeur, il jongle aisément entre son collectif Free Mousse, son taf chez kma, et d’autres projets annexes, tout ça malgré son handicap orthographique ! En vrai, on vous conseille surtout de checker le Free Mousse Festival qu’il est en train d’organiser : le spot sera fou, et le line up aussi, dont pas mal de têtes marseillaises que vous connaissez déjà bien.
Bref, vous l’aurez compris, ce mec aime vraiment bien la mousse. La légende dit qu’un jour il reviendra passer quelques jours dans le Sud, mais bon, d’ici là on se contente de son merveilleux podcast.

C’est vraiment quali, on espère que ça va vous plaire.

Bonne écoute,

Stay Ratz 🐀

[RATZFRIENDS004] - Gaspard Magda

Tracklist:
1. 16 Bit Lolita's - Take My Life (Ambient DJ Mix)
2. The Al MacDowell Project - Get That Booty (The Original Dark Booty Mix)
3. Ortus - Seconds Out (Remix)
4. Hipp-E & Tony Hewitt - Shine
5. Harry Oli - Laktate
6. Mr. Pink - Bite It (Ear Slicing Mix)
7. S1000 - Not Gonna Do It (Bonus Beat)
8. DJ Jean - Freedom
9. Gradiva - I Gotta Know (Kurz Mix)
10. Ultravision - Inner Earth
11. Super Juicy - LSS
12. King Of Spin - Aunt Spika

REDUX Vol.1 - Vinyl Only Mix curated by Mark Shadow

Local legend Lora Mipsum takes the tools for number 33.

Heads down and grooving, it’s a peek into the darker corners of her bag.

Tuck in.

mooncoral.tape33 ~ Lora Mipsum

The Basic Moves Of … islas

Attention music lovers ! This is an ultra ultra special mix, since it is the long-awaited islas Basic Moves podcast. Ailsa Cavers aka islas and I started and ran the record label and club nights together for the first four years. As time takes things and things take time (and life rolls on (and off) and on) our paths have brought us back to sharing friendship, culture, and music again :)

islas also Ailsa is a creative centipede roaming the fields of art, design, music, literature and so much more. Originally from Reading (UK) but relocated to Bordeaux (FR) in the early 2000s where she studied at Ecole Des Beaux Arts before landing in what is now her hometown, Brussels (BE). Together with a bunch of like-minded souls she started the electronic music collective Planet, ran a music pop-up called OP-a with her bff Dana Kuehr…overall islas is a busy, gifted artistic bee that never stings.

Sooo to the music: 2 years in the making, this mix is a story of carefully selected, funny and open-minded club music dug up in the garden of electro house, quirky tech house, Detroit techno, and millennium minimal. All with an islas twist and topped with an English, French and Belgian sauce. Praise the lovely, steezy Ailsa alias islas forever !

https://soundcloud.com/islasaliasailsa

The Basic Moves Of ... islas

The Basic Moves Of … OSCAR FAIVRE (live at Hoppetosse/The Joint 2025)

The next episode of our mix series is from Oscar Faivre, recorded at the legendary Hoppetosse boat in Berlin during The Joint party back in May 2025. Oscar opened with a long deejay set, setting the vibe for the night. This French-but-now-Berlin-based record lover masters the craftsmanship of a warm-up set like no other. In a world where dance music becomes faster and instantly flashy, Oscar takes the opposite direction, and during that night he took us on a journey into deep, honest house music of all kinds, not shy to play grooves with colours and richly-arranged tracks. 
Oscar is an architect by day; you can hear this in his carefully curated track selection and overall flow of the recording. Teamed up with his friend Eltous, he runs Tunnel, the record label and event. With only two records out, they have defined a modern deep house sound rooted in authenticity and history. Good things take time, and Oscar is in no rush. Let’s take time together and enjoy the ride.

https://soundcloud.com/oscar-in-stereo-space?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0

The Basic Moves Of ... OSCAR FAIVRE (live at Hoppetosse/The Joint 2025)

@basicmoves is a Brussels-based "outsider club music" label run by Islas and Walrus. Next month they will give birth to their fifth release, a techno 12" which comes from a mysterious NYC producer. They also run the experimental Gems Under The Horizon night, the next edition of which takes place in September.

The duo have kindly put together this pulsating, otherworldly mix for us - featuring music from the likes of Peter Zummo, Kid 606 and Cristian Vogel, dig in now...

Download + Tracklist

Basic Moves: The 'Monday Is Okay' Mix

a place for outsider club music based in Brussels/Belgium

walrus dj bookings : 
stijn@headsup.brussels

Basic Moves distribution : 
distribution@clone.nl
For Playful Manners distribution : 
nick@smallblackdots.net 
Gems Under The Horizon distribution: 
markus@wordandsound.net
Back catalog : 
https://basicmovesbrussels.bandcamp.com/

The Basic Moves Of ... islas

Walrus (and his) Basic Moves