Summer Soulsister

Bouffant Bouffant recorded live from Savage - Red Cube in Hanoi Vietnam.

Live from Savage - Red Cube - Hanoi, Vietnam

Up next for Tapes #115 is Xi’an-born and Toronto-based music producer, DJ, pianist, and radio presenter, Ciel. 

She is the creator of Work in Progress, a women-prioritizing concert series in Toronto; a co-founder of the immersive multidisciplinary events platform It’s Not U It’s Me; a co-owner of Toronto electronic music label Parallel Minds; a member of the internationally-renowned women & LGBTQIA+ DJ collective Discwoman; and also produces a monthly radio show on Rinse FM. 

Whether a label boss, grassroots rave promoter, established producer or adventurous DJ, the same strongly-held beliefs shine through everything Cindy does: that of focus on the community, upholding diversity and inclusivity, and playing her part to leave the scene in a better place than when she first entered. 

Read the full interview: https://www.originssound.com/os-tapes/ciel-mix

Follow Ciel —
instagram.com/ciel_dj
soundcloud.com/ciel_dj

Origins Tapes 116 - Ciel

@askloveletters at Hemlock Hole on Saturday afternoon

Campout Mix Series: Love Letters

This installment of Live & Direct features a portion of a set from Donis (@donis-bk), played at their residency on December 13, 2024, opening the night which also featured special guest Kai Alcé.

Anyone who’s been to one of Donis’s residency nights can tell you that the expressive, energetic style of house dancing emblematic of New York’s house music heyday is not yet a lost art, even if dance battles and baby powder are no longer a common sight on today’s dancefloors. A Dominican DJ and producer born and raised in Brooklyn, Donis equally embraces tradition and innovation in their approach to house, techno, and beyond.

“I think there is a huge lack of actual dance culture specifically within the younger generation of club-goers. A big goal of mine with the residency is to cultivate space for that. I see parties as conversations between DJ and dancer, one-sided conversations are never fun.” – Donis, from an email interview in September 2023

This coming Friday, January 17, Donis returns to the club alongside Baltimore’s Karizma. 

1/17: Donis & Karizma

Nowadays Live and Direct 018: Donis

A clinic in minimal from the elusive Acting Press boss. 

Why do certain sounds cultivate a cult following? Simply put, it's often because they resist easy consumption. PLO Man and his imprint Acting Press lean into this. 

Searching for the Berlin-based DJ and producer, you won’t find much online presence, interviews or conventional PR. What you will find, if you look hard enough, is a catalogue of records and mixes with a kind of tape hiss charm (a spiritual successor to Basic Channel and Chain Reaction, but scuzzier and lighter on its feet).

Founded in 2015, Acting Press once seemed to belong to the short-lived "outsider house" trend, but is now synonymous with a certain strain of modern minimal, one that is analogue, spacious and pointedly opaque. PLO Man's output is equally sparse by design: this week, he joins the RA Podcast with a characteristically elusive style, accompanying the near two-hour mix is a one-answer Q&A that gives almost nothing away.

Stripped-back, ever-so-slightly sleazy and coated in dust, PLO Man's RA Podcast continues that lineage in style. Opening with the featherlight microhouse of Margaret Dygas, RA.988 unfolds into a carefully curated spectrum of minimal, dub and deep techno. Among familiar names—look out for the blinding Rhythm & Sound and Moodymann blend—are deep cuts and left turns alongside the odd outlier, like lovers' rock pioneer Gregory Isaacs.

Like the best of his forebears, PLO Man wants RA.988 to take time for you to settle in. But once you do, you won’t want to leave. 

@p_el_oh

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/988

RA.988 PLO Man

Tranquilamente wavey with a mix of ambient dance, balearic house and breezy downtempo before the tide goes up. 

https://www.instagram.com/yowaitup
 

Tranquilamente Radio with Yibing @ The Lot Radio 06-07-2025

LIVE @ FAW 2025.04.04

#hsmpremiere
Artist: Böhm 
Track: Crystal 727 
Release title: People communicate EP
Label: Morris Audio
Buy: https://morrisaudio.bandcamp.com/album/b-hm-people-communicate-ep
Morris Audio is welcoming new talented dutch artist Böhm! Techno, Acid or old school House, Böhm’s versatility while keeping a real underground edge is class! He released on well respected labels like M&gt;O&gt;S Recordings, Dolly, Lonewolf or Partout. His “People communicate EP” is full of dreamy, old school House with a techy edge. We love that!

PREMIERE: Böhm - Crystal 727 [Morris Audio]

Let's Go To The Beach

Buy on Bandcamp

Simon Sim's - Let's Go To The Beach

Veil  [Minimal Groove Concept]

Bouffant Bouffant is a DJ, Producer, and party starter in New Orleans, Louisiana.  His long running party Gimme A Reason is at the forefront of queer nightlife in New Orleans.  brett.labauve@gmail.com for bookings.

Live from Savage - Red Cube - Hanoi, Vietnam

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