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For the 119th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome @boxofbox!  I think many would agree that Jonathon is one of the sweetest and most supportive people in the scene. On top of being a wonderful human being, he's always an extremely talented DJ. 

Before our scheduled programing, @boxofbox has a few words to say about his mix and some lost Honcho tea:

'Fresh off the 10th Anniversary of Honcho @ Hot Mass, we are finally beyond the statute of limitations and can share with you the real story. Honcho’s origins actually harken back 20 years ago, when a then fresh-faced Michael Moraine assembled a specialized crew of ne’er do wells to execute a simultaneously coordinated heist of 7 distinct gambling venues across the US. The Honch, as they were known back then, have been on the run for the past 20 years, but now are able to tell their story. Michael, a.k.a. Don Sweetums, led the operation, running point from his swank Pittsburgh riverside cabana. The primary team included, Aaron “The Disaster” Clark, the munitions expert, George “Fun Cooker” d’Adhemar, the reputable bag man, and Clark “Sugar Caddy” Price, the wheels. The boys hired a novice hacker, known only as boxofbox to run comms. The mix you are listening to was the operation-coordinating soundtrack box played during the heist. A number of additional accomplices have asked to remain anonymous, but you can likely find them on the Hot Mass dancefloor as part of their mandated community service.

This mix is dedicated to the long lost 5th member of the Honcho crew, who during reconnaissance at the Orleans casino, fell into the alligator tank. RIP Jo Crystal.'

tracklist: https://tinyurl.com/3kud8md3

Honcho Podcast Series 119: boxofbox

BEIGE closing the Grove on opening night of Sustain-Release Year 9, 2023

Closing the Grove Sustain-Release 2023

Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp: https://cclurl.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-in-the-skull-discotheque

Side A: Bass is Eternal
Side B: 2-step Mutual Dream

A Night in the Skull Discotheque by the beloved underground selector CCL is the latest offering in the T4T LUV NRG label’s highly limited DJ mix series of cassettes. This immersive journey through a wonderland of proto-dubstep sounds from the late 1970s through the year 2000 is a sonic sibling to CCL’s acclaimed 2018 mix Ode to Queer Steppas.

Inspired in part by Eris Drew’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments” on her Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 mixtape (T4T LUV NRG, 2019), CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Created with 3 CDJs, one Turntable, and a Boss Digital Delay 200, the tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the 'wrong speed', pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.

With a solid nod to seminal mixtapes of the early 90s, CCL references the namesake for Side A, Bass Is Eternal, an unreleased 1992 mixtape by influential Bristolian producers Smith & Mighty, an important sonic fulcrum amongst the musical tributaries of the hardcore continuum that continues to reverberate to this day. CCL experienced the after-effects of this ‘proto’ sound genesis in 2008, while living in Bristol, by which point its emergent whispers had coalesced into what became known as dubstep. Tracing a rich history of reference through the samples, basslines, moods, and drum patterns emanating from Bass Is Eternal while looking for connections that predate it became a long-term fascination for CCL. The result is a DJ mix that connects the oft-forgotten dots between proto eras and modern developments in bass and dubstep.

For the resulting sonic ride on A Night in the Skull Discotheque, CCL leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.


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A portion for the proceeds from this release will go to fundraiser "SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!". You can also directly donate via:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-palestinian-solidarity-in-europe
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Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL 
Linear notes: Nevan Jio

A Night in the Skull Discotheque [T4T015]

CCL - A Night in the Skull Discotheque

My set in full from New Year's Nonstop 2024. Image credit to Amar Patel. Mastering detail by @milesmercer.

Dedicated to the people of Palestine
& all Nowadays staff.

🇵🇸💙

Live @ Nowadays // New Year's Nonstop - Jan 1 2024

Simon Aussel is known for a particularly wild DJing style and leftfield bassy bangers, and it's his curious and playful approach to clubland that's won him loyal fans over the years. Whether photographing drink tokens from gigs or creating an 8-bit version of his debut album on a Game Boy cartridge, he seems to approach every endeavour with childlike joy and wonder—rare qualities in an industry that can leave so many jaded.

The Nantes-born, Paris-based artist's love of club culture, digging and world-building has set him on a blazing path in club music. He's released an exceptionally wide range of music, including a Memphis rap tape for Trilogy Tapes, dubstep-trap-jazz hybrids with Egyptian singer Abdullah Miniawy and deadly hard drum for Livity Sound. His mixes, meanwhile, are fast becoming DJ lore thanks to his knack for connecting seemingly opposed genres like new wave and fast techno. Look no further than his now-infamous Dekmantel Selectors set from 2021 or a marathon back-to-back with Skee Mask in 2022. 

As the French DJ gets more comfortable with story-telling, he's getting more personal and focusing on deeper, slower sounds. That's evident on this RA Podcast—six months in the works—which incorporates woozy downtempo, weighty dub and bleepy beats. Of course, in the chaotic middle section there's plenty of huge basslines, plus old-school electro, acidic techno and even a bouncy edit of the Montell Jordan classic "This Is How We Do It." Showcasing his quirks, influences and growth, this is Simo Cell in prime time.

@simocell

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/934

RA podcast

RA.934 Simo Cell

Without people like Cashu (@carol-schutzer), São Paulo’s queer community wouldn't be thriving in the way that it is. The Mamba Negra label collective, party and label co-founder has been working tirelessly to provide safe spaces, creative outlets and raise funds for the LGBTQIA+ community for many years. She closely intertwines politics and dancing at events that reclaim urban spaces and now enjoys an international DJ diary that sees her mixing up breaks, techno, dancehall and electro across Amsterdam, Berlin, and places like our own Dekmantel Selectors.

She takes us on a similarly whirlwind tour with this week's mix, including some unreleased gems. It's a full-throttle party selection that fires through several house, club and techno rhythms - some bounce on big bass, some are twisted with raw percussion and some get stripped back to loopy drums and trippy sound designs. These global beats from the likes of DJ Wawa, Nick León, and Lewis Lowe add up to a colourful carnival atmosphere that sounds even better when the sun is shining.

Dekmantel Podcast 465 - Cashu

@bezier live at Gimme A Reason in New Orleans March 29, 2024 1AM - 3AM Poorboys Bar.

BéZIER live at Gimme A Reason

Presentamos este nuevo episodio de ESPECTRO junto a SPRKLBB. Un l All-Vinyl DJ y fotógrafo radicado en New York. Como discípulo del dúo neoyorquino de house The Carry Nation, sus sesiones muestran un sonido ecléctico e improvisado basado en gran medida en la mezcla. Sus noches de club en Brooklyn, en las que se nutre de una profunda biblioteca de estilos, atraen a los principales nombres de la música de baile underground para sesiones B2B únicas. 
Estas sesiones íntimas le han valido reconocimientos internacionales, con apariciones en clubes de alta fidelidad y festivales de todo el mundo. Conocido por su cruda energía y su físico poco convencional, su refinado enfoque del vinilo aporta una voz divertida y fresca al formato. Es residente en The Lot Radio y Soho Radio, y comisario de Club Moment NYC.

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BULTO / Espectro 043. SPRKLBB

pulled from my live set at Merge Into 2024 at the start of the year, this near two hour segment is shared to celebrate how excited I am to work with Merge again at their Pride party on June 28. the space between spaces is about all music, fast or slow, beatless or thundering..music is for everyone. dancing for mental health is strongly advised <3

the space between spaces 51: ron like hell live at MERGE Into 2024 (segment)

Recording of Deena Abdelwahed & DJ Plead's set at Lentekabinet 2024.

Deena Abdelwahed & DJ Plead at Lentekabinet 2024

Dekmantel celebrates the 10th anniversary of Dekmantel Festival with a 44-track, 7-record box set compilation, with each record representing a stage at the festival. CCL has created a mix containing tracks exclusively from the box set. Early copies of the box set will be available during the festival, with the official release date in September. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/dekmantel-ten-a-decade-of-dekmantel-festival-mixed-by-ccl-18th-july-2024

Dekmantel Ten: A Decade of Dekmantel Festival w/ CCL 180724

Colectivo queer y encuentro fetichista de techno. 🏳️‍🌈⛓

ESPECTRO es nuestra serie de podcasts que busca darle visibilidad a artistas queer y sus diferentes expresiones sonoras, tan amplias y diversas como cada una de nuestras identidades.

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29/06/24
BULTO'S PRIDE 2024 w/ Blue Hour, Salty, Julianna, Lost Echoes


02/10/24
BULTO Fab Five (5th anniversary) w/ Newa, Blasha & Allatt, Black Lotus, Jesuz X, VJ Huntertexas

02/12/23
BULTO House Of Wax w/ Roi Perez, Yonti, Jesuz X, Nina, Jauri, Wannabe

16/09/23
BULTO CUMBACK w/ Volvox, Juana, Mortiz III, IE Gato, Paula Velez, VJ Stefa

10/02/23
BULTO FOURSOME (4to Aniversario) w/ The Lady Machine, Projekt Gestalten, Jesuz X, Nina FKA Randy


05/11/22
BULTO HORROR STORY w/ Amanda Mussi B2B Victoria Mussi, Jesuz X, Erika Mena

24/09/2022
BULTO x Mala Junta w/ D.Dan, Hyperaktivist, DJ TOOL, Hypomania, VJ Huntertexas

25/06/2022
BULTO does PRIDE 2022 w/ LYDO, False Witness, Amantra B2B Hypomania, Jesuz X

02/04/2022
BULTO invites MARRØN (Eerste Communie), Jesuz X, Hypomania 

20/03/2022
BULTO gets HOUSEY w/ Saoirse (U.K.), Fiona Beeson, Wannabe, Nina Naranjo

19/02/2022
BULTO Agrandado (3er Aniversario) w/ Mama Snake, Akua, Umfang, Amantra, Jesuz X, Hypomania

07/12/2021
BULTO pres. Boris (Ostgut Ton), Verraco, Hypomania

02/10/2021
BULTO’s Candy Shop w/ Sugar, Hypomania, Jesuz X

22/02/2020
BULTO: First Analversary w/ CEM, MCMLXXXV, Double Penetration, Randy+Leeon

02/11/2019
BULTO pres. Butcher Halloween w/ Gerald VDH, Villaseñor, Jesuz X

07/09/2019
BULTO invites Fast Forward w/ Schacke, Double Penetration, IE Gato 

22/06/2019
BULTO does PRIDE w/ Juana (Discwoman), Double Penetration, VJ Huntertexas

27/04/2019
BULTO: Female Future w/ Marea, Juana Valeria, Femboy, VJ Rabbeat

16/02/2019
BULTO: First Time w/ Double Penetration, Leeon, Femboy, VJ Huntertexas

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