Scottish DJ and producer living and working in Copenhagen. Also runs the record label and occasional event series FELT.

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Perko @ Kiosk Radio 21.10.2023

BLUSH 005 - @jayeward

Blush aims to help soothe the queer spectrum and focus on the well-being of the community. Queer DJs are invited to submit a mix to showcase an alternative side to their music library outside of a rave and take us on a meditative journey. ✨

Notes on the mix:

"'Finding space to be totally horizontal can be difficult, this mix is a sort of gateway to that way of feeling. Ambient but with rhythm, with peaks and troughs to keep you focussed and in the game. Lots of deep listening, lo fi textures, slow arpy funks & dense devotional synths. Log on and tune out!!'"

Back before acid house changed the world, Jaye Ward was already ploughing a unique path playing weird and wonky musics of all flavours at squat parties and industrial based do’s, she flung herself whole heartedly and without concern for her safety into the oncoming tsunami of what we would end up tagging as house, techno or the multitude of varying descriptive titles it has been given and has stayed true to ‘our thing’ ever since.

Dancing wildly at dirt box, the mutoid waste parties, the hacienda, ministry of sound, tonka, moist, sabresonic set her up for the ‘90s where, while Jaye was behind the counters of a number of soho record shops during the day and doing the ambient ‘creamy meat’ show as bish on the legendary chillin’ FM pirate radio, she was often found behind the decks at the legendary WANG parties, the back room at Golden in Stoke on Trent, her residency at London’s sadly defunct END with the ‘for your pleasure’ crew and numerous long gone all nighters and late into the night dark room parties. Getting her second wind at the start of the 00’s via the ‘softmachine’ parties she ran alongside George ‘black merlin’ and Kyle & Johnny from ‘land of light’ she’s been playing regularly across the country for numerous nights such as LOVE MUSCLE & COSMIC SLOP in Leeds, HOMO BLOC & KISS ME AGAIN in Manchester and further a field as a resident at the KALA festival as well as Field Maneuvers, Love International and dimensions in Croatia. She is also the resident at long running & fiercely loyally supported Bristol party PLU, alongside Ranks which has carved out a name for interesting left of centre guests and a distinctly gnarly music policy.

As well as a bi-monthly ambient tinged ‘starmaps’ show of MUTANT RADIO Jaye also runs the long running weekly sunday night ‘Magical Real’ show on Netil Radio, from which she broadcasts a monthly dose of all things dub, disco, psychedelic, Balearic, and more.

Jaye has just released the 2nd release from DJ BSH on her own FIBS record label here >> https://fibs.bandcamp.com/

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Good news! Pacific Spirit is back after a small hiatus with our first mix of 2024. This time around it's a 3 hour live recording from one of Pittsburgh's finest, Aaron Clark. Here's a bit of back story on the recording:

In October 2022, Hot Mass threw a fundraiser for the Kyiv Angels – a group doing work to support Ukrainian civilians. We tapped Kyiv’s Closer resident Shakolin, and I took the warm-up set of the night. This is the recording of my part of the night. I dusted off a lot of old favourite records and leaned into a slow build that I try to set the club up with, tugging the floor between psychedelic rhythms, trippy techno and pops of house. This recording landed in that bullseye opening zone I aim for, and I hope it transports you to my favourite little dance floor in the world."

Enjoy the audio everyone! Also be sure to familiarize yourself with the many projects Aaron is involved with including - Hot Mass, Honcho, and Honcho Campout. Aaron is also a resident at the NYC dance institution Nowadays, if you happen to find yourself in the Big Apple and he's playing you're in for a solid session!

@humanaut-aaron

Pacific Spirit No. 85 | Aaron Clark

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"bodyzone as a project and label is an ode to a gay bathhouse in Detroit."

More info:
bandcamp: bodyzone.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud: @bodyzone

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Amsterdam selector Orpheu The Wizard connects oddball and straight forward jams from different decades and different record shelves in a monthly two hour show.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/orpheu-the-wizard/episodes/orpheu-the-wizard-26th-january-2024

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Beta Librae @ The Lot Radio 01-30-2024

Something about playing that Sunday, after Shyboi, in the room I'm usually doing the lights for, that made me want to just bang it out. Beating the box, my inner truth, my love language. So many drum tracks, so little time... I wanted to mix the old school beat tracks I love with the, often goofy and outrageous, early hardcore from '90-'92 before the genre had distilled into hardcore jungle and DnB. And while I have some misgivings of this live set I think this mix still gives. The reviews I heard were "I was speed skating so much during ur set", "it was giving sexy", and "best yet" : )

Pic by Daniel Hauschild

Live @ Nonstop 2-18-2024: The JackAttack Mix

"Man’s search for meaning in the universe; what can be said of it! Having lived for a time disguising myself as one, I am only vaguely qualified to comment. But young adulthood working as a volunteer Field Investigator for the Mutual UFO Network. MUFON is a worldwide non-profit that tracks UFO sightings, looking for a signal in the noise.

Most of the reports left much to be desired – vague reporting that lacked any detail to strike my intuition as proof of life. But there was one person whom I encountered that gave me pause, and still does as I write this now. A humble blue-collar man from the town of Rotterdam, not twenty miles from my own home. I’ve always had a failproof intuition about people & their intentions, and I felt from the moment he opened his mouth that this man was telling the truth about his sighting. He also had actual footage: a pale orange light, slowly gliding across the sky. The light passes behind a church steeple in the foreground, and then appears on the other side, moving on into the horizon. Remember reader, that this was prior to the days of smartphone video and its editability – this was VHS tape! 

In the days that followed talking with him I noted an icy, dreadful feeling growing inside of me. It culminated not long after, when I attended a regression hypnotherapist’s presentation at the New York State MUFON Chapter Annual conference. As the good doctor recanted his portfolio of abductee clients and the strange experiences they reported, I became quite nauseous and my body went into an extreme state of shock. I excused myself from the conference, and later that night, I found myself in a state of nervous breakdown. Was *I* an abductee? Had I been a passenger inside of that pale orange light in the videocassette? I don’t know the answer, but a lifelong obsession about the travails of space travel has followed.

What would it actually be like to be inside of an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Cold and sterile? Cozy and warm? Would you feel inertia, or would you feel stasis? I continue to ruminate on the topic to this day. Here is a DJ mix that explores the matter. Of course, the only important part of a DJ mix is if it has groove, but I hope it also opens up strange new worlds to you!"

@scotia-xo
IG: @scotia_the_real_human_scotia

https://hunterstarkingsrhythms.bandcamp.com/album/earthlings-4-palestine-in-solidarity-with-gaza

Scotia is a DJ & producer from upstate New York. She is co-resident of the Hudson Valley collective Community Rave Network, and has mixed records for platforms like Rinse, The Lot, The Bunker, and Mutant Radio. Her first original track appeared on the “Earthlings 4 Palestine” compilation last year, and she looks forward to a number of compilation releases and a solo EP later this year.

Tracklist:
Scotia - Procyon + On + On (2024)
Aroy Dee - The Planets (M>O>S, 2009)
Photek - Glamourama (Science, 2000)
Fast Ram - Haganol (Gyration Station, 2023)
Otodojo - Going Back (Acid Camp, 2019)
Fuckthegovernment - C’mon (Skylax, 2018)
LA-4A - Ignis Fatuus (Delft, 2023)
Boddika - Caterpillar (Nonplus, 2023)
Adam 2 - Dyad (Amphiboly, 2022)
Syz - Mindforms (Control Freak Recordings, 2023)
Pearson Sound - Freeze Cycle (Thaw001, 2015)
Decoder - Non Dualistic (Fixed Rhythms, 2024)
Mike Parker - Shakuhachi (The Lost Dubplate Mix) (Geophone, 2016)
The People In Fog - Deep Sea Dog (Sound of Vast, 2014)
Wata Igarishi - Arachnoid (Counter Pulse, 2013)
Pervocet - PH1 (Interdimensional Transmissions, 2019)
Juana - 1E Strategy (Trax Only, 2021)
Ulysses - No Matter How Many Hastags You Use You'll Still Die Alone (The Bunker New York, 2018)
Allen - Reagent (Codec, 2024)
Seck - Do It Yourself (One Sun, 2023)
Genius of Time - 909 Day (Aniara, 2023)
SND & RTN - Unknown Depths (Planet Rhythm, 2023)
Roger 23 - Deep, Deeper & Deeper (Bio Rhythm, 2023)
TM404 - Rysa (Acid Test, 2021)
Tadeo - S07 (Semantica, 2013)
Bileebob - The Mood (2022)
Scotia - Babe Skit (2024)

Distant Signals 047: Scotia

Karen Gwyer: 'Free Taxi' Series No. 1

Optimo is JG Wilkes & JD Twitch; record label, and longstanding Glaswegian party. You can expect a lot from their new monthly slot, sure to dig up some obscurities from post-punk, new wave, EBM, house and techno. Bags of unreleased stuff, too. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/optimo/episodes/optimo-19th-march-2024

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Local vibe setter Yibing  (@yibingg) during one of our best gatherings to date. Enjoy this two hour recording of heady tunes and tempo twisters.

Recorded on Nov 19, 2023.

Weird Science with Yibing

"Bézier’s productions walk the line between soft and hard, emotive and gritty. From their early interest in braindance and IDM to their dance-forward proclivities, Bézier’s influences are wide-ranging, resulting in music that is as carefree as it is relentless." - @taylorbratches

Bookings: booking@beziermusic.com

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