@jamesbangura

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Introduce yourself? Pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 

Hello, I’m James Baangura and I currently reside in Washington D.C.

Describe your ideal music listening situation for digging…

For digital digging, my ideal listening environment is early morning in my living room at home while drinking ginger tea. For Vinyl, I like to go on off days to my favorite local shops when there is not a great deal of foot traffic.It gives me the sense of not having to rush any selections.

How do you deal with being nervous before a gig? 

DJing for me is a form of communication. So for me I like to come to gigs early and talk with people in the crowd, learn about them and who they are. That’s important to me, it’s like sharing a meal and talking over delicious food.

Favorite thing to cook? 

I love to bake chicken and add asparagus and basmati rice. Very simple but very versatile. You can do so many things with that combination and it’s affordable haha.

Favorite DJ mixing trick? 

I love to use filter and echo FX in unison for transitions. It’s a way to make false buildups that aren’t already present in a track. Looping vocals or melodies over other tracks is something I like to do for on the spot edits.

What color would you pick to represent the way you produce? 

Clay(Red+Brown) I love warmth in music.If it can feel a bit cozy then it’s an automatic yes for me.

Listen to 11:11 in your PI mix… describe how it makes you feel?

Oh I love this blend. It makes me feel like I'm at a tribal celebration. 

When I was in the military I was fortunate enough to participate in tribal celebrations in Northern Afghanistan and to witness that first hand was sobering. Tribalism is such a raw human experience.

Any advice to upcoming DJs/producers? 

Continue to be you. No need to replicate what anyone else has done. Push yourself in your craft. There is no such thing as a bad question, if you don’t know, ask. Also reaching out to artists you respect for guidance is a good thing. More often that not they’ll you. Make music with friends, you’ll learn much quicker. Finally, make sure it remains fun. If you lose that, re-asses and determine how you can regain that.

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

I’d love to see more infrastructure for North American Dance music. The community is there but the spaces are minimal. So more nightclubs, more underground radio platforms, more publications, more curated festivals. North America now is taking up a bigger part of the conversation because of the last few years and I love that. I hope to see a definitive increase in the next few years.

James Bangura - 8892˚

From the album SSS, available on cassette / digital / streaming

https://thetrilogytapes.bandcamp.com/album/sss

Valentina Magaletti, João Pais Filipe & Leon Marks are CZN

Mastered by Stephan Mathieu

Thanks to Steve Shaw

TTT BANDCAMP

CZN – Liz Business

call me maybe

Master: Sensorium 2024
https://dannynotter.bandcamp.com/album/zagreba-ki-elektri-ni-na-adventu

Zagrebački Električni - Čujemo se sutra (ZE - Na Adventu)

Elitepop is a monthly radio show by Enfant Terrible for Intergalactic FM (IFM/CBS). A new episode is transmitted every first Monday of the month on the Cybernetic Broadcasting System channel at IFM for 1 hour from 21.00h onwards… No talking... just music!

Episode 46 was transmitted January 2024 and is the music I played for myself during New Year's Eve...

Elitepop #46

RGNMLP004
Paracusia - Freeforms 
Release date 26th January 2024

01. Paracusia - Hindsight 
02. Paracusia - Hindsight (Dominic Ridgway Remix)
03. Paracusia - Inspiration 
04. Paracusia - Log Off Mute All Carry On 
05. Paracusia - Stretched Not Broken 
06. Neuroleptick - The Catch (Paracusia ESC CTRL vocal Edit)
07. Paracusia - I Know You’ve Been Hurt (Eusebeia Remix) 
08. Paracusia - Sacred Numbers 
09. Paracusia - Above The Sea Below The Stars 
10. Paracusia - Something I Can’t Face 

Mastered by Bob Macc @ Subvert Central 
Distributed by Cygnus Music

https://soundcloud.com/paracusia77
https://soundcloud.com/neuroleptick
https://soundcloud.com/eusebeia

Freeforms

26/01/24

RGNMLP004 - Paracusia - Hindsight (Freeforms LP 26th January 2024)

Hi Crew!
The third part of my vinyl-only podcast has landed. This record was done at the end of summer 2023 in Tbilisi as an entirely improvised performance. There are some of my favorite tunes from Ostgut Ton, Ilian Tape, Western Lore, and more... No Drum'n'Bass this time!
I moved to Potsdam, as you probably know, but all my music equipment is still in Tbilisi. It's not easy to find the right words to express how much I miss it... My turntables, my vinyls, my friends, parties, gigs, and the hours I spent in the studio with my talented students.
Enjoy the mix and see you all some day somehow.
Cheers,
Andrey

AusDemRegal#3

blurry renaissance

The man behind the various Emotional labels jumps in the NTS cockpit for a chance to show off his expansive taste.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/emotional/episodes/emotional-28th-january-2024

All Trades w/ Chuggy 280124

Legendary Pink Dots - Premonition 11 
               am not - bioluminesence        
                Himukalt - This Conflict        
                Nurse With Wound - Cold (Miss Tickler Mix)        
                The Cult Of Brighter Death Now - Sex Crazy Amerika
                Aaron Dilloway / Lucrecia Dalt - Demands of Ordinary Devotion
                Throat - Bone Strike (Black Leather Jesus Remix)
                Alberich - Snow Is Falling in the Ruins of Stalingrad
                Cindytalk - The Ghost Never Smiles
                Espectra Negra - Voices Of Horror
                Hermann Kopp - Eroica
                Puce Mary - The Cours                
               Virgin Prunes - Greylight
                aska - út við sundin grá i
                Lacanthrope / Straight Panic - The History Of Boys, Pt. II
                Maria Zerfall - Beschleunigung
                Asylum Promises & Somnia Vera - Samael
                Intrinsic Action - SCTL84EU
                Contaminated Lifeforms – Totalitarian State of Mind
                Zos Kia - Rape

Somnia Vera is the solo experimental project of Berlin-based Athens-born artist also known as Nekrobot, who made a selection of tracks by contemporary artists and personal favorites from the 80s, always around dark experimental sound.

artwork by Somnia Vera

https://somniavera.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/somniavera
https://www.facebook.com/s0mniavera

Current Moon Phase 027 w/ ΔreamCcore Invites Somnia Vera (05.04.24)

T. Fitzgerald is back for We Are FTR, this month presenting music from records picked up at Yoyaku’s recent record fair, with music from the likes of Masomenos, The Mole, Finetune and Volkan Akin.

Listen live: www.threadsradio.com
For more shows @threadsradio

We Are FTR w/ T. Fitzgerald (*Brighton) - 18-Apr-24

my entry for SINTĒZE'2024 producers competition

parallel

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