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12-31-2021 - Live at Near Mint Minus, All Vinyl (New Year's Eve 2021)

****Physical Cassette Mixtape Available Our Bandcamp****
https://octoocta.bandcamp.com/album/love-hypnosis-vol-2

I heal myself weekly with the music I play. I listen deeply to the words buried within; the intention behind the lyrics either peppered-in or chorused. So much of the house music I connect with is rooted in love. It’s rooted in desire and hope. It’s rooted in narrative, “Do you want to trip with me?”, “I’ll outstretch my hand”, “I won’t forget about you, you won’t forget about me, we won’t forget about love vibrations!”. I listen to the messages to remind myself what I need and why I continue to move forward.

Vol.2 is represented in two mixing styles; long-melded blends (Trippin’ On Love) and fast, tight radio-style cut mixes with overdubs (Slammin’ With Love). Both convey the deep need for connection to one’s body and to others. It’s this connection energy that I find so powerful about house music’s healing magic.

Xoxo Octo Octa

♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ 50% of the profits the mix will be donated to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), which works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎

Octo Octa - Love Hypnosis Vol. 2 Mixtape

Your listening to the full set of DENIRO (@deniro1985) on Sunday of 909 FESTIVAL 2024 which took place the weekend of 1 & 2 June in Amsterdamse Bos.

You can find the video recording of this set on our Youtube channel | www.youtube.com/909FestivalAmsterdam

909 Festival Weekend is back next year for our 15 year anniversary! Stay in the loop and be the first to know when tickets drop for 2025: 909.nl/pre-register!

See you next year!

Much love,
909 crew

DENIRO ▪ 909 FESTIVAL 2024

Taken from the inaugural Subsonic Ebonics party in Detroit.

EBONMIX002 – Shawescape @ Marble Bar 07.19.24

Rob Vaughn Acid at Cle's cassette 90s

Welcome to the 125th chapter of the Deep Electronics Podcast.
 This weeks chapter is again a very special one dedicated to one of the most mysterious labels in the ( dub) techno scene: Knowone.

Grad_U has mixed this set very carefully to bring the best tracks of some of the unknown artists that are released on Knowone. Sit back or dance on this special 90 minutes mix!! 

Bio:

The Big Bang happened in 2005 when Aleksandr, a Vilnius DJ and producer who had already been pouring some quality drum’n’bass for some 5 years from his home studio, accidentally heard Prospect II by Fluxion. It definitely wasn’t the first time he heard the track but, at the right time and the right place, or, more accurately, the right depth, it pushed Aleksandr to aim for a new vibe and new sound. For a year the fresh and dubby vibe was nameless, but as soon as the deal was done for the first release, the gradient of function U that Aleksandr studied at the moment gently became grad_u. The gradient actually demonstrates the direction of increase of the function, so, consistently, it also paved the path of grad_u’s musical journey. 
But enough about maths. The sound of grad_u levitates in the golden middle between your childhood’s forest and your everyday asphalt jungle. The purity of these soundscapes is usually predetermined by recording the tracks on tape, and inside these tapes the producer encrypts both his family, everyday life, philosophical thoughts, space explorations, and some wild fantasies of how it all would sound live through a proper sound system.
Located in his airplane-like studio, grad_u soon came to realize there is a certain community growing around him. In 2009, together with fellow echo-oriented producers he launched Dumblys, a netlabel dedicated to Lithuanian electronic music. A tangible piece of music was something he always longed for, and, after a few successful on Knowone, grad_u was determined to launch a vinyl-only label himself. That’s how Redscale was born, and, in 3 years since the its first release in 2012, the catalogue has already reached the number RDSCL07. All of the tracks released on Redscale are produced by grad_u but, luckily enough for his fans, the producer also finds time to collaborate with fellow imprints, Echocord from Denmark being the latest (as of 2015) example of the dubby and timeless friendship. 
In the summertime, Grad_u can be heard in selected festivals in Lithuania and around. If you’re very lucky you can also catch him in a nightclub, playing a very special live set. As the gradient demonstrating the direction of grad_u is smoothly stable, more and more bookings that require longer journeys from the producer’s hometown Vilnius can be expected in the near future. 

Tracklist:

1. Unknown Artist - Knowone 009 B
2. Unknown Artist - Knowone 007 A
3. Unknown Artist - Knowone 003 A
4. Unknown Artist - Knowone 008 B
5. Unknown Artist - Knowone 001 B
6. Unknown Artist - Knowone 011 A
7. Unknown Artist - Knowone Timber Box B
8. Unknown Artist - Knowone Timber Box E
9. Unknown Artist - Knowone 002 B
10. Unknown Artist - Knowone 016 A
11. Unknown Artist - Knowone 010 A
12. Unknown Artist - Knowone 013 A
13. Unknown Artist - Knowone Timber Box I
14. Unknown Artist - Knowone LP003 A
15. Unknown Artist - Knowone 006 B

Links to Knowone:

https://www.facebook.com/KNOWONE.Unknown.Artist/?fref=ts

https://www.discogs.com/label/195544-Knowone

Links to GRAD_U:

https://www.facebook.com/gradlt/?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/aleksandr.martinkevic?fref=ts

Photography and Design by Jeroen Smulders

Circuit Jellyfish by NLz




Deep Electronics Podcast # 125 - Grad_U - Special Knowone Label Mix

Recording of an all vinyl set at the Trocadisco party in Oakland. May 18th 2018. Enjoy..

Jeno - Vinyl Set @ Tocadisco in Oakland 5-18-2018

DJ Tom

The Lost Christmas by DJ Tom LG

Masters at Work // Live in SF 1992 // Side A

What a night.  Surgeon returned with Regis and destroyed the Masque Theatre at T-funkshun 12-09-2003

Great after party ensued around the corner too

British Murder Boys (Surgeon & Regis)12th September 2003 at T-funkshun, Liverpool, England

IG- @musiknonstopcle
EXPERIENCE: 1988-current

Online Radio: 
www.musik-non-stop.mixlr.com
Musik Non Stop: 2015- Current
Word Of Mouth: 2022-Current
 


GENRE: Acid House, Classic House, Deep House,  Chicago House, NY house,  Detriot Techno. 90% vinyl

INFLUENCES: Joshua IZ, Derrick Carter, Pal Joey, Masters At Work, Mood2Swing, Kerri Chandler, Carl Craig, Chez Damier/Ron Trent, MoodyMann, Spencer Kincy aka Gemini, Brawther,  Roy Davis, Romanthony, Juan Atkins, Mike Delgado, Pepe Braddock, Alton Miller, KOT, DJ Solar, Convextion, ERP and old labels from Chicago/Detroit/New York.

PRODUCTION: Original material, remixes for DJ Heather, Convextion, Jazzy Eyewear. 

LABELS OWNED: Soundproof Music

LABELS APPEARED ON: Soundproof Music, Black Cherry, Icon Recordings, Legwork

DJ GIGS PLAYED: Hazy Daze Collectif-Dallas, DIY- UK, New York, Chicago-Smart Bar, Sunset- San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle

Rob Vaughn Acid at Cle's cassette 90s

Cle Acklin/Musik Non Stop