For the past few years, RA cover star Jlin has been churning out complex percussion compositions that sit at the intersection of IDM, trap, mutant techno and sound art. Her tracks are tactile and structurally complex, stacked drums interlocking with glistening melodies and heaving basslines on groundbreaking albums like Dark Origami. Her rhythms gracefully crosscut over one another like towering blocks in an architecture sketch for a truly cerebral experience.

Growing up in Gary, Indiana, the former steel factory worker wears many hats. She produces mind-bending club music—usually for Mike Paradinas's label Planet Mu—scores modern dance performances and arranges for instrumental ensembles. Her process of collaboration is deeply symbiotic, as shown on her new EP, Perspective The acoustic version of the record, written for and performed with Chicago's Third Coast Percussion, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize this year, an unprecedented honour for a dance music artist.

Jlin's style is sometimes described as avant-garde, but modernist is a better word. She originally started out making footwork and despite moving away from the genre in recent years, footwork's jittery energy still flows through her productions, a testament to her ability to experiment across styles. Being a math whiz only adds to the angular, carefully calculated feel of her production.
 
In celebration of Jlin's career, Mike Paradinas serves up a 40 minute mix that shows off her range and most importantly, her passion for this music.

@mikep @jlinnarlei

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RA.903 Mike Paradinas (ft. Jlin)

This is the recording of my closing set at FOLD, London, on April 14th, 2023. I'd put together the lineup for Transmissions and DJed after Shackleton, CCL and mi-el, and had a really special time playing in a zone I’ve been hugely enjoying this year – fast, headsy, frenetic, tunnelling, kind of psychedelic (but not like explicitly psy), twisting and turning in different directions, all over the place genre-wise but tightly bound in a specific mood and propulsive energy.

Decided to re-record a few transitions on this one and tidy it up a little – it’s more editing than I’d usually do but I wanted to release the best mix I could which would exemplify where my head's been at this year. :)

If you enjoyed this, I'm back at FOLD on Saturday 2nd December 2023 for an all-day set – tickets available here. :) https://ra.co/events/1778251

Tracklist:

Asa Tone – IIII
Surgeon, James Ruskin – Sound Pressure, Pt. 2
EDO8 – Satellite Mirco
FULL EFX – HEADRUSH
Mary Lake – Autumnal
DJ Shufflemaster – Onto The Body
Tomás Urquieta – 32 Balas (Rhyw's Double Dribble remix)
Nicolò – All Night Heat
Archetype – The Keep
Exquisite Corpse – Traditional Ties With Dreaming
Moderat – Rusty Nails (T++ Remix)
Burnt Friedman – Hexenschuss (Extended Version)
FLXK1 – Going Deep
Elemental – Blob
Piezo – jRj
Kemet Records – Breakage #1
Underground Resistance – Bang
Microthol x Second Storey – Dissonanz
Ø [Phase] – PorteNoir
Mez x Skream & Scratchclart – X Rated
Dave Quam – Duplex Device
Batu – For Spirits
Wishmountain – Headrush
MC Yallah X Debmaster – Sikwebela
Mystic Letter K – See Her Weaving
Pinch – Elements
Oris Jay – To The Fly
Cleyra – Uninvited
nisennenmondai – B-1 (You Ishihara mix)
Uwalmassa – Rantas
Stereolab & Nurse With Wound – Simple Headphone Mind
D.A.F. – Der Mussolini
R-Zac – Speaker Burn
hanali – 100th Century
Double Dutch – Surface On Fire
Alex Jann – Psy Culture
DJ Girl – So Hot
Forest Drive West – Creeper
Goliath – Vault Of The Adepts (Re-Definition)
scarecrow – hülimbįn
Obi, Charlie Hall – Labanba
Kreggo – Note Tool
DJ Rashad – Drop Juke Out
Marco Bernardi – Morpheusis
Setaoc Mass – Pain
Priori – Pareidolia
SNKLS – Wasp
Xen Model – Face Forward
Simo Cell – Cassdédi Au Meta
Glimmerman – One Hundred & Sixty Times
Tony G – Robotomy (DJ GIRL Remix)
Ed Rush, Nico – Proton
The Black Cat Premier Crew – A2 - Untitled
RP Boo – Red Hot!
Donato Dozzy – Tao
loopdrive – sujoisen
Il Quadro di Troisi – Sfere di Qi

DJ set at FOLD, London, 14.04.2023

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A barely intelligible hum, a hulking cinematic presence. The two so far from one another but meeting in splendid harmony. We’re in it. Making our way through this syrupy affair thoughtfully concocted by gbd (@0gbd0).

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Back in the day, drums were used as signals for festivities and war because their sounds travelled the furthest. Azu Tiwaline has long understood that. A master in the dark arts of percussion, she makes deep and profound percussive music that seems to communicate forgotten rituals from centuries past. Her sound is dense, as if pulled from the depths of the Sahara desert in Tunisia, yet still feels spacious thanks to polyrhythmic contortions and sparse, elegant melodies.

Her productions largely fall into the confines of percussive techno, but unlike the genre's springier variants, her dubby textures and psychedelic rhythms command seriousness and move with immensity. Her Livity Sound debut, the Magnetic Service EP from 2020, connected Amazigh music with dub and techno and is a masterclass in restraint and hypnosis. Her latest release, The Fifth Dream, continues to showcase her skills in balancing light and dark tones using field recordings from her home in Tunisia's El Djerid desert, minimal ambient techno and haunting notes.

Mirroring her discography, this RA Podcast features plenty of twisted rhythms, trippy techno and straightforward club cuts. Created for movement rather than hypnosis, these selections show off a different side of her drum palette—perky breaks and syncopated kicks—wrapped in her usual weighty atmospheres.

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RA.906 Azu Tiwaline

Further information and tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-274--99letters

Disciples alumni 99LETTERS celebrates his new album Zigoku [地獄] on Phantom Limb with a Bleep mix of underworldly selections. Though Zigoku [地獄] directly translates as 'Hell', the Osaka-based producer's mix is less the Nine Circles of Dante's Inferno but more of an ambient distillation of the fiery environs of his own full length. Burnt away by corrosives, the layers of his selection leave us endless illuminating plains to wander laid down by fellow guides KMRU, Coby Sey, Actress, the late great Ryuichi Sakamoto and 99LETTERS himself of course, in particular on his own beautifully longing cut, Owaranai Osaka (未終大阪).

Ruminating on this mortal coil, 99LETTERS explains:

"I had a story in mind before creating this mix. It all started with the album "Kaibou Zukan/解剖図鑑" released on Disciples. The scenery and images that we see in our lives are just like the photos that appear when we press the shutter of a camera, and music is the story that mysteriously appears in our minds when we listen to a song. Everyone can feel this phenomenon. Life is not only fun, but it can also be painful and sad. In the mix for Bleep, I expressed these crossroads in life in my own way, and combined songs by artists I respect. For me, it's similar to the feeling you get when you're on a train or driving in a car. I hope that everyone can be happy in their own way, and I would be happy if you listen to this mix and let it become a part of your life." - @99-letters

Bleep Mix #274 - 99LETTERS

Interview:  https://truantsblog.com/2023/truancy-volume-319-fergus-jones/

Soundcloud: @perkopair

Access the download and full tracklist (Confirmed, added - track at 52 mins is Unknown - Untitled) on our Patreon. Your support helps cover all our costs and allows Truants to continue running as a non-profit and ad-free platform. patreon.com/truants

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Truancy Volume 319: Fergus Jones

For this month's Pop Zone, the Bristol-based producer, DJ and vocalist creates "an introverted, immersive journey” filled with “old blues, movie soundtracks and modern classics".

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C to the Power of X: Bake with Basic Chanel - 26 November 2023

Julienne Dessagne – aka Fantastic Twins – provides “a hallucinatory Sunday at the Twins’ church of hi-fi”.

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Sunday Mix: Fantastic Twins

White Material Records crew members Galcher Lustwerk, Young Male, and Morgan Louis  reunite ahead of their evening later at Paragon with Sybil Jason and Baltra

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White Material Records: Galcher Lustwerk with Morgan Louis, Young Male @ The Lot Radio 12-29-2023

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