The Upload 21

For this months show our resident and co-founder Tywi is joined for the second hour by Viewpoints. They run through 2 hours of club-ready electro, soft trance and house heaters.

Haŵs w/ Tywi & Viewpoints - March 2021

Whether causing chaos on a Boiler Room or soundtracking an old warship in Amsterdam, @hollylester has had an attention-grabbing ascent into dance music.

Originally hailing from rural Northern Ireland, she’s been busy carving her niche in the world of house and techno since emerging from England’s north-west dance scene midway through the last decade.  

It was as a DJ where she first rose to prominence, regularly playing for institutions Shine and Chibuku Shake Shake before a residency at the Warehouse Project beckoned.  To date, she's shared stages with the likes of Motor City Drum Ensemble, Optimo, Joy Orbison and Paul Woolford. 

The dancefloors she's commanded have included familiar names such as Printworks, XOYO, Wilde Renate and IPSE. Her knack for pursuing more exciting projects has seen her play in an array of unique locations across Europe.  These include an abandoned bowling alley in Baku, a forest off Ireland’s east coast and an ancient wine factory in Tbilisi, all sashaying to Lester's inimitable sounds.

This natural talent for sharing the music she loves naturally lent itself well to radio. As well as appearances on BBC radio, she was one of the founding residents of Manchester station Limbo.  Free from the confinements of the dancefloor, Holly explores ambient, jungle, downtempo Balearic cuts and more, alongside new and unreleased music from around the world.

A natural progression in her evolution as music curator was of course to begin her own record label. Launched in 2020, Duality Trax is inspired by the idea that two contrasting energies or emotions can exist simultaneously in the same space, bringing about a natural symbiosis and balance. This happy collision of opposing forces is the mission statement for the imprint, with a strong desire to represent balance and inclusivity across each release.

 @dualitytrax >>>
https://lobsterrecords.co.uk/products/cromie-landbridge-ep
https://soundcloud.com/hollylester

Socials >>>
https://www.facebook.com/hollylestermusic
https://www.instagram.com/holly__lester/?hl=en

Boiler Room >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IHfHZR6ZSc

Look Busy RhythmCast 133 - Holly Lester (Duality Trax)

Chuggy house, synth-heavy electro, and breaks for the full two with Four Heads. Music inside from the likes of Mauro Picotto, Hugo Massien, and Wayward.

FOUR HEADS - March 2021

Rotations of Life were live with Body Kit for two hours of 90s house and acid from the likes of Kerri Chandler, Helium, Big Moses and more.

Rotations of Life w/ Body Kit - March 2021

Bside Incoming: Metropolitan Soul Museum

We're welcoming a London based duo to the Bside Turntables. Filippo and Nick Woolfson (Mock and Toof) used to run Teng Records and play together at the city’s premier venues like Peckham’s Rye Wax and DreamBags Juguarshoes, but for more than five years now they’ve operated under the name: Metropolitan Soul Museum (MSM)

They are top class producer’s and have released their ‘sonically melodic’ brand of electronic music on labels like Public Release, Rawax, Gestalt Records, Normals Welcome, Echocentric Records, Lyssna Records.
Filippo even played us a couple of their lovely productions! The beautiful E State from their Travellers EP as well as Call Super’s remix of one of Nick’s (Mock and Toof) tracks called The Key.

But here’s a banging Bside from their first release on a label that has featured on our 'Bside of' showcase … Toy Tonics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKckrFX-Dug

Check their soundcloud here - https://soundcloud.com/metropolitan-soul-museum
And their Bandcamp - https://metropolitansoulmuseum.bandcamp.com/releases

A special shout out, for this episode, to our artist-in-residence Molly.

Her art is incredible and her contribution to the Bside image invaluable, but we’re particularly loving her recent depiction of MSM chilling with their little synths!

Check out www.instagram.com/mollyth.art/ for more wonderful creations from her and reach her if you’re interested in commissions or prints.

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Bside Incoming: Metropolitan Soul Museum

Valeria aka DĀNAE is an emerging DJ from Rome. Her sound has been influenced through numerous dance-floors, clubs, and festivals across Europe. In particularly, Berlin and in Rome, where  Goa Club played a prominent role in her musical growth. Her darker sounds with the introspective vision of harmonies range between minimal beats, electro, breaks. Her philosophy is to be completely free from any scheme and rules. Open up to new musical horizons where the sound is ceaselessly evolving.

PFM016 - DĀNAE

Astrofever Radio is a monthly Radio Show annexed to Astrofever Records, an independent record label from Casablanca, Morocco.
The sound of Astrofever Radio stems from a broad musical palette, maintaining a wide spectrum and focusing on good music regardless of genres. Curated by Casablanca-born and based Producer, DJ, and label head Mouhcine Zouitina better known as @Polyswitch. Presenting emerging and established artists from Morocco and beyond via @Worldwide-fm. 

Operating out of Casablanca, Morocco, Astrofever Records is an artist-led Record label aiming to hone the city’s sound and serve as a forward-thinking imprint for like-minded artists.

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*Guest Introduction:

After more than 10 years of experimenting in the studio, @kosh212 is one of the few upcoming Moroccan artists to catch attention on a global scale. Growing up in Casablanca, it’s during his years spent in the U.S. that his interest in early acid tracks and Detroit techno truly matured.

Whether playing DJ sets or performing live, Kosh knows how to subtly jump through different genres. Versatility is in fact often said to be his trademark. His music delicately blends nasty acid basslines, frenetic breaks, and electro beats, as well as warm infused pads and fast-paced techno.

After moving back to Casablanca in 2016, Kosh has been actively involved with the label @csvoyager alongside his longtime friends and music partners @drissbennis aka OCB and Jonas Bengio aka @vviewtifuljoe. In 2021, Kosh started his own self-releasing label called @convergencerec

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Tracklist:

*00:00:00 – 00:59:59 / Polyswitch

1– Mike Dean - The Fifth Day Part 1 (M.W.A)
2– Jaco Pastorius - Portrait Of Tracy (Epic)
3– Mansur Brown - It’s My Time (Soulection)
4– Ghostface Killah & BADBADNOTGOOD - Nuggets of Wisdom (Lex Records)
5– Jahari Massamba Unit -  Riesling pour Robert (Madlib Invazion) 
6– Kourosh Yaghmaei - Leila (Now Again Records) 
7– Surprise Chef - New Ferrari (College Of Knowledge)
8– Kaidi Tatham - DSXSWC (First Word) 
9– Dale Jacobs - Loose Connection (Epic)
10– Drumfire - Biggabush (Comet Records)
11– Africa HiTech - Light the Way (Warp)
12– Faraji Heritage Experiment  - Dreamers (feat Monk) (Cascade Records)
13– Mach-Hommy - The 26th Letter (Griselda Records)
14– Faraji Heritage Experiment  - Grimzey (Cascade Records)
15– Omar-S - Second Life (Featuring John FM) (FXHE) 

*01:00:00 – 01:59:59 / Kosh 

1–B12 - Nothing (Delsin Records)
2–Tracey - CLLMMM (Dial Records)
3–Toggle - Slashed Velvet (Rue de Plaisance)
4–4E - Warm Leatherette (was / is) 
5–London Modular Alliance - Harnessed Black Holes (Applied Rhythmic Technology)
6–Donato Dozzy - K3 (Further Records) 
7–Autechre - Lowride (Warp Records)
8–Anthony Shake Shakir -  Lay Back (In the Cut) (Rush Hour Music)
9–Morgan Geist - You Don't See Me (Environ)
10–Polyswitch - Pluto, Love, Praxis (Astrofever Records)
11–Eddie C - In the Park (Endless Flight)
12–Monodeluxe - Just (Little Angel Records)
13–Move D - Soap Bubbles (Source Records)
14–Claro Intelecto - You Not Me (Ai Records)  

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*Polyswitch on the web:

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/polyswitch
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polysw_tch/
Bandcamp: https://astrofeverinternational.bandcamp.com/
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/polyswitch/
Spotify: http://bit.ly/polyswitch
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/polyswitch/725374038

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*Kosh on the web:

Soundcloud: @kosh212
Bandcamp: https://convergencerec.bandcamp.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kosh_212
Facebook: https://facebook.com/kosh212

*Convergence on the web: 

Soundcloud: @convergencerec
Bandcamp: https://convergencerec.bandcamp.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/convergence_rec
Facebook: https://facebook.com/convergencerec

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Astrofever Records Radio @ Worldwide FM

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Astrofever Records Radio w/ Polyswitch & Kosh @ Worldwide FM (09-06-2021)

Bside Incoming: Gallegos

We’re very pleased to present the latest instalment of the Bside Incoming series from Bristol based DJ, Producer, Record Collector, and ‘Room Service’ Label boss: Gallegos.

@gallegos_1991

He’s plenty of experience behind the decks, as the founder and resident DJ of SHAPES in Bristol, where he’s warmed up for some of the very best in the business: Carl Craig, Omar S, Deetron and Move D. Since his debut release on Banoffee Pies in 2017, he’s maintained a steady stream of original and infectious dance records including his ‘B45’ EP which was featured by Chaos in the CBD for their essential mix. Gallegos now has an imprint of his own called ‘Room Service Recordings’, with his first release on the label providing a fitting conclusion to a Bside episode which explores the influences that brought him to where he is today.

Known for his dance music sets, but always unrestricted by genre, Gallegos is revered for his versatility and unpredictability. So, what a privilege to have excellent history of his broad musical influences, hip-hop, disco boogie, breaks and beats samples, Balearic, house and techno reminiscent of the Bristol rave scene, and an episode packed full of passion and nostalgia.

Gallegos' label, Room Service - https://badumtish.world/products/gallegos-garrys-theme-ep-serviceplease01


Thanks to Molly Hickey for the beautiful artwork as always. Check out her art here and message her! www.instagram.com/mollyth.art/

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Bside Incoming: Gallegos

Kunf

TheMuffinMan - Kunf

NAMAZU MIX • 007

WYATT

https://soundcloud.com/wyatt_ch

NMZMIX 007 - WYATT

Stockholm-based upcoming house music talent Anna Kohlin accepted resident Robob's invitation to deliver a guest mix for his Anthems Are Forever series. It’s a great hour of slamming & groovy electronic sounds, perfect for dancing in the burning sun and sweating off the mojitos! Second hour is Robob showing some of the harder and faster tracks from the collection. Another great one for the Stockholm-Ams connection!

Artist: @annakohlin & @robob

Anthems Are Forever w/ Anna Kohlin & Robob

One of the many reasons I continue to do this Ancient Puzzle Arts podcast is to develop artistic relationships with people I would like to get to know better. For this month, it's a pleasure to introduce to you Philadelphia's own Keen.

I have been familiar with Keen's work because of the excellently curated Subsurface parties in Philadelphia, which he does alongside John Raffaele. I was further impressed to see Philly talent make it onto Boiler Room in 2019. But the part that sealed the deal for me was having Max Sprauer, a regular APA contributor, recommend him and say "you got to check him out!" With all these factors, it made perfect sense to get Keen on for the podcast series.

To say Keen's mix is entirely "minimal" is not accurate. There is a minimal tech house sensibility that drives the momentum of this mix, but he definitely explores elements of deep house and electro. When you listen to this mix, be sure to listen on a system with good sub bass to notice the subtlety of frequencies he's working with, and in a traditional techno techno sense, notice how he plays with layers upon layers of blends seamlessly.

Summer has almost officially started here on the East Coast of the United States, and this is an excellent way to kick things off! Enjoy!

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Bside Incoming: Charlotte Tuesday

This time we welcome a DJ from Aberdeen who has made a name for herself playing various bars around Glasgow and some of Edinburgh’s best clubs with All Night Passion and the Edinburgh Disco Lovers, as well as holding down a disco/italo/house focussed residency with Clyde Built Radio: It’s Charlotte Tuesday.

Her DJ career began in Glasgow where she is soon to be returning to the decks at The Locale with the newly formed collective Glasgow Party Scum. Alongside her boyfriend and past guest Temple Sniper, their mixes are defined by the kind of feel good energy often associated with the city’s thriving scene.

For her instalment of Bside Incoming, Charlotte gives us a nostalgic insight into the funky disco records that shaped the foundations of her collection, with a few current favourites thrown in for good measure.

Thanks to Molly Hickey for the beautiful artwork as always. www.instagram.com/mollyth.art/

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Bside Incoming: Charlotte Tuesday

Flip Flopping w. AJ Fresh & Liv Tee - 1 September 2021

Finally got round to recording something. 
You can call me a house head with a twist.

All tracks included here are purchased, comment for links.

GW #001

assorted breaks, bass and some deep bleeps in this mix from 2016, as usual done in one take without looking back so forgive the occasional risky blend ;)

Estimulo - Take A Break

Bside podcasts

DJ's showcase and speak a little about their favourite tracks from the B-side of their records.

We endeavour to broadcast the best of the B-side:
a bi-weekly invitation into the impressive record collections of some of our favourite selectors.
An exploration into the the back-catalogues, the deepest depths, the darkest crevices of their collections. Returning with the spoils of this venture: their most cherished records and hidden gems, from the go-to club weapons to the rarely heard home-listening records, and everything in between.

Music is for sharing.

'By the early sixties, the song on the A-side was the 'hit' song that the record company wanted radio stations to play. The B-side would contain less radio friendly and less popular tracks. In our eyes the B-side is a true reflection of the producers taste in music, there is more personality on that side of the record'.

Bside Incoming: Gallegos

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