Introduce yourself? Preferred pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself? 

My name is Fana’ (which can be stylized a number of different ways; FANA’, fana’), my pronouns are they/them, I’m from NYC but currently live in Cleveland, OH and a fun fact about me is that I can’t tell people where I currently live without disclaiming that I’m from New York.

Who currently inspires your music-wise?

Indigenous throat-singing throughout Asia but specifically Ainu Rekuhara and Kurdish Dengbej

What other activities have you dipped into with a break from djing?

If anything this past year has given me the opportunity to just sit on my ass and do absolutely nothing without any guilt so instead of replacing going to clubs with hobbies I’d only be getting into for the sake of productivity, I’m really enjoying doing less and just having time to myself.

If you had to describe yourself as a plant what would it be and why?

Berfin (Kurdish snowdrop); a winter flower that grows in very low sunlight. There’s a scene in a Kurdish film called I Saw the Sun (Güneşi Gördüm in Turkish) where one of the main characters, a trans woman, is explaining why she kept a wilted berfin from the Kurdish village she’s from. In Kurdish folklore, berfin are in love with the sun but know they’ll wilt once the sun shines on them. Despite knowing this, they beg Allah to let them see the sun and when their wish is granted they inevitably die. They sacrifice their entire existence - the struggle of growing through snow - for a moment of warmth and happiness. Sometimes the meaning of struggle is risking everything to bask in the sun, and as a transgender Kurdish person myself, I really fucking feel that.

(Disclaimer: I Saw the Sun is loaded with transmisogyny and violence toward trans women so I don’t really suggest watching it if that’s something that would be triggering.)

How do you see your music taste evolving as time goes on?

The older I get the more pan-Asian and pan-African music I want to listen to and study. At the same time, I’m constantly revisiting/recontextualizing genres I used to listen to and applying that to how I feel about music now and what I wanna create in the future.

What was your first gig? How did it go? 

My first DJ gig was opening for Crash Course in Science when In Training brought them to Cleveland in 2016. I played Italo-disco and didn’t beatmatch and had a really great time.

Why do you think it's important to share music?

Being Kurdish I know too well why sharing music is essential to the preservation of indigenous history and the passing on of endangered culture through generations; Kurds have been historically denied the right to publish our own history books in the places where we’re from, and the only narrative that gets told on paper is by our colonizers. Dengbej singing is the primary way we’ve passed down stories of our history, our mythologies, our geography, our language and all its dialects. Without the sharing of song my people wouldn’t have a way of keeping ourselves recognized in places that want to eradicate our heritage.

Tracklist:

Duma - ANGELS AND ABYSSES
33EMYBW - 冬虫夏草
Osmani Soundz - Spiritual Masterkey
Asian Dub Foundation - Debris
Gag Reflex - Silk
Nitin Sawhney - Nadia
Soichi Terada - Grand Senshuraku
Future Soundz of India - Shang High
???*** - Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka Remix
Natacha Atlas - Duden (Talvin Singh Remix)
Sharmaji - Jawani
D.J. Rawaat - Masbaha in the Bentley
Anuj Rastogi - Darth Veda
Anuj Rastogi - The River
Natacha Atlas - Taalet (The Kaya Project Remix)

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"My idea was 5am tracks, a whole mix of them. What would sound great at this unusual time? It’s rare for people to play music at that hour. A fun challenge of heady, pretty and deep. I was digging and finding songs I’ve had for 10 years, sometimes I forget it’s fine to go way back and not worry so much about if the tracks are current and nobody has heard them. I caught a groove and the energy of the mix picks up in the second half, but hey that could happen at 5am, anything is possible!"

@blibrae aka. Bailey Hoffman is well known in Brooklyn’s underground club scene. Co-founding the Technofeminism parties alongside Discwoman’s Umfang at the Bossa Nova Civic Club in 2013, and with an on-going residency at Nowadays NYC since 2018, she’s had releases on Allergy Season, Lillerne Tapes, 1080p and Incensio, and a live show debut at Panorama Bar. 

Read the full interview over at https://www.hueandsaturation.net/blog/2021/beta-librae

Hue & Saturation Mix #34: Beta Librae

SHE Spells Doom takes us through a stellar selection of tripped-out drum workouts for his Fact Mix.

https://www.factmag.com/2023/05/01/fact-mix-she-spells-doom/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 906: SHE Spells Doom (May '23)

A 90's centered mix of scrappy odds and ends for listening while traveling to, setting up, chilling after...

tracklist: https://bit.ly/3IEm1Av

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There is a perfect relationship between noise and silence. Some artists like to play with that, manipulating textures and our perception of sound and space. 
Bruce and Myako are among them. Accomplished artists offering a rare degree of sensitivity, they make their debut in the series with two exceptional mixes.

@iambruce
Le Pavillon Philips x Half-timbered house

Tdt #31 - Bruce

LA-based eco-ambient duo Green-House provide a cosy and transcendent mix featuring "a collection of environmental, ambient and library tracks".

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Sunday Mix: Green-House

Recording of ninauploadz & Vox supreme's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

ninauploadz & Vox supreme at Dekmantel Festival 2023

SORRYMIX28! Sorry's own Tony G (@t_o_n_y_g) closing set at our first Nowadays party <3

"Recently relocated to Chicago, Tony G is a Rochester-born producer/dj with releases on labels like toucan sounds, Eto Ano, and EAT DIS, as well as collaborated with folks like DJ Manny, Bored Lord, Haruka, DJ Delish, Sonia Calico, Max Watts, DJ GIRL, and MoMa Ready. His close listening/open format freak party Giambrone and Co was one of our favorite club nights in NYC — inviting guests like Kiernan Laveaux, Davis Galvin, T.Wan, WTCHCRFT, Sobolik, and Nishkosheh for all night b2bs with Tony himself. Recently, Tony has joined forces with Chicago based DJ and deep midwest talent sold (aka Glorbis) for a new party called Hodgepodge in his new home city. Tony will be making his Nowadays debut with us and we couldn’t be happier to have him on closing duties."
 - https://ra.co/events/1724648

SORRYMIX SERIES

SORRYMIX28: Tony G - Live at Nowadays for Sorry Records + Sonic Messengers

DEBONAIR B2B CONRAD PACK - NTS CH 1 - 17th January 2024

So Close to Heaven

Melodies of Life

Juanita's Mix 29 with deep creep @deepcreep88

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Slippery 90s trance enthusiast from the TX suburbs who likes to cook & doesn't drink coffee lol

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. So far 3 sweet years & hoping for at least 3 more-- I have been missing dancefloors & the homies who frequent them lately. It's really hard to imagine what winter in NYC will be like without a warm club to escape to.

Q. Tell us about this mix.
A. Delirious fucked up dub & slug club inspired by recent mix sessions with my bests (shoutout Cole, Kristin & Peter) over the summer.

Juanita's Mix 029: deep creep

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