Please give a warm welcome to No Frills, Berlin DJ Team formed by Viktor and Lukas who are not only curating one of the finest podcasts out there, @5918mins. (already featuring many of our favorite DJs and quite some under the radar gems!) but also entering the world of label business this year - starting with a real banger in collaboration @realrifts and @djgigola

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Warning #49 No Frills

WTBS With DJ Speculator And Ron Morelli @ The Lot Radio 06 - 07 - 2021

music is something, like words, that can have a lot of power. 

When I was growing up I really struggled with having confidence in myself, and feeling okay with who I was as a person. I often still feel like this, and am not overly sure whether somedays I even like myself or not. I think it is because I suffer from a lot of insecurity and lack of confidence, that I care a lot about the negative thoughts people may have of me or the things I create, so I choose to point out my flaws or put myself down first before others can. But being in Chewin the Fat, and other close friends have helped me realise that we do these things because we love them and it brings us joy. Not to appeal to others only. 

Dj'ing, playing music, creating music, anything creative really is something I can't always express in words to the level of joy it brings me in life.  There's something truly special about being behind the decks and dancing with an uncontrollable grin on your face that reminds you that there are bright days now and bright days ahead. Seeing the power of music and random vibrations in the air is truly special. It brings people together. Turns strangers into friends. Create's new movements, spreads joy. Music and mateship can do so much, and Chewin the Fat has helped me realise that. This sense of community and love that is has brought has created so much joy for me and really aided me on my mental health journey. I have a long way to go still, but that is why it's a journey. 

Of course my mental health isn't always good, and has a lot of room for improvement. I think I get more benefit out of trying to help others if I can rather than helping or doing things for myself. But I realise at the end of the day the most important relationship we have in life is with ourselves. The songs in this mix are sparked from moments of ambient bliss, nostalgic joy, curiosity and love of others. Without that love I could honestly say that I wouldn't be here, just like so many people in the world. These songs were shown to me by people who had or still have a large impact on my life, and i'll always cherish the memory of those people and these songs. I'm so grateful for chewin the fat and the people i've met these past few years. You're all amazing people. 

The last two songs in this curation are chosen because of my parents, who showed me Paul Kelly when I was young and started my love of music, without their love and them caring about me I doubt i'd be here still. And also to our beautiful best friend Liam (Gunta). Liam was one of the big reasons why we started Chewin the Fat, after he tragically lost his battle with mental health 3 years ago. There isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about him, like so many would. His infectious love and support for others and obsession with music is a big value of Chewin the Fat, and is why Maggot Brain is the last song of this mix. Liam bought me that record for my 21st, and i'll always think of what life would be like with him still here. 

Reach out if you need, always. People love you, and always will. No matter what the dark thoughts can say sometimes we are never alone. Someone will always miss you. Always. It is never weak to show and have emotions, it just makes us human. It means we are alive still. Please speak up if you are suffering. We are always here if anyone needs, as so many people are. There is so much joy in the world waiting to be discovered, like new music for starts. 

Love yourself and your friends and family. Love your brain. Music can help, as can seeking out help. I hope if anyone listens they enjoy this mix as much as I did making it. Of course it's just putting songs together, but it was still a calming experience.

Thankyou and keep chewin the fat x

In the Mix with CTF - Bryn D

Trushmix 179 presents Frau Braun. The Berlin based London DJ, selector and record collector, and also an avid fan of traveling and checking out records stores around the globe!

For Trush she put together a full on energy house mix, starting out deep and hypnotic, continuing into powerful and energy driven Chicago house at its finest. Energy driven music, and then into a more melodic landscape, always on point! A length of 50 minutes, makes this short, but no less powerful!

Perfect for the vibe of this summer, while we slowly are getting back into the groove! Hopefully it will last!

Enjoy music from the top as always!

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Trushmix 179 - Frau Braun

There's a collective musical spirit in Bristol which makes it a very special place to reside. Spaces like Strangebrew, The Love Inn and Noods Radio have become hubs for the music community within the city; the latter of which has recently secured a permanent home at its own cafe and bar, Mickey Zoggs.

It's in this fine new establishment that today's mix was recorded, courtesy of two of Noods residents, Bruce and Dar Disku. The pair have made plenty of moves in their own right. Bruce has been a key figure in the city for some time, releasing music on local mainstays like Timedance, Idle Hands and Hessle Audio, while Dar Disku - a label and collective made up of Mazen Almaskati and Vish Mhatre - have been treating listeners to their contemporary take on rarities from the Middle East.

Recorded in May, over an hour and a half Bruce and one member of Dar Disku, Vish, embark on a global expedition through Belgian new beat, Arabic oddities, noughties hip hop and free jazz...

Bruce & Dar Disku: The 'Ransom Note' Mix

Based in Berlin Ruin is a writer, vocalist, activist and sex worker. She is passionately independent and is a founding member of the Sex Worker Action Group, Berlin Collective Action e.V and Radiant Love Berlin. 

We were first introduced to her through the release of a new EP in which she collaborated with D.Tiffany and Vani-T on Isla Records. Her contribution to the record allowed for her to reach and interconnect with a new audience, showcasing her own creative perspective toward lyricism, sound and design.

She herself was keen to explore this part of her nature in more detail and emphasises the importance of her and other sex workers amplification and inclusion in the wider music community. The following mixtape she has submitted is conceptual in nature and reflects the following ethos:

"It's not often that I am invited to participate in such a formate with a reach to the music community. I think it is incredibly important that we start to include sex workers in the conversation, not only because of stigma and raising awareness of their struggles but because of the incredible amount of exploitation of sex work aesthetic and vibe within the music industry 'the hustle'. Some think it's sick but existing in capitalism is harmful and violent and this is what I want to express. Do I like my work? no. I don't enjoy existing in capitalism, but furthermore sex workers are not only judged for the way we choose to survive within it but criminalised. And legalisation without decriminalisation is nothing, because it only regulates a very small amount of the community that can register. Being a sex worker becomes your identity, something that I could have never prepared myself for.

I would like to use this mix, What's your nature?, with two themes sewn throughout, almost as a collage. The themes I have chosen to speak about in my writing are pain/stigma & decriminalisation of sex work. The newly released record 'Calling Me' will be featured throughout the mix along with other collaborations, and some tones to accompany my writing."

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Ruin: The 'What's Your Nature?' Mix

Mosaico Show on www.noodsradio.com - 7th of March 2022
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Bianca Lexis @ The Lot Radio 02 - 18 - 2020

For home use only’ is an anti-club social, a chance to get to know someone/something. A series of transmissions purely dedicated to exploring the other side.

Continuing on with our isolation appropriation, we’ve got another amazing audible escape from the madness. This time it’s more of an internal look into way things are and/or the way things were. 
This time coming from Los Angeles via Alanñé, a multi-sensory extraordinaire that delivered us an absolute melter of a mix. Simply dubbing this a ‘mix’ does not do it justice, its more of an exploration through every soundscape known in existence, an audible tapestry, consisting of sound bites, field recordings, ambient dreamscapes, noise, drone, thoughts, and processes. I’d consider this something you would hang in a gallery for people to enjoy it in their own way and in their own time. Without further ado, I invite you to do just that. 

their words >>>>>
In this mix, we concentrated on tonal distancing by blending a 4 hour cut of sounds are that are growing, environmental, mystical, natural, synthetic and clean. This is not music concerned with entertaining our conscious selves. Instead, it’s designed to brush up against our unconscious - those same places where we process memory, fantasies, and dreams.  
Featuring moments from artists such as Dettinger, DJ Olive and John Philip Sousa along with dear friends Worldcom, Forest Management, Spirituals and Magnetic Dispatch, to name a few. 5 unreleased tracks from Alanñé are sprinkled in. 
We dedicate this mix to the famous amusement artist Cecil Yarbrough, who we thought about a lot as we made it. 

their vibes>>>> 
Alanñé is a team of sound designers from southern California who make ceremonial drone + wet ambience + coarse rhythmic edits. 
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/Experiential_Swimming_Pool/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alannnne
Bandcamp: https://alanne.bandcamp.com

don’t forget to breathe. 

much love.

FHUO # 34 // Alanñé

Tribal in places, dubby in others but always heavily tripped-out, @candombl co-founder @djungell achieves total immersion with the fractal realm.

Read more: https://ifonlyuk.com/if-only-podcast-68-dj-ungel

In the Mix with CTF - Bryn D

Chewin The Fat