A clinic in minimal from the elusive Acting Press boss. 

Why do certain sounds cultivate a cult following? Simply put, it's often because they resist easy consumption. PLO Man and his imprint Acting Press lean into this. 

Searching for the Berlin-based DJ and producer, you won’t find much online presence, interviews or conventional PR. What you will find, if you look hard enough, is a catalogue of records and mixes with a kind of tape hiss charm (a spiritual successor to Basic Channel and Chain Reaction, but scuzzier and lighter on its feet).

Founded in 2015, Acting Press once seemed to belong to the short-lived "outsider house" trend, but is now synonymous with a certain strain of modern minimal, one that is analogue, spacious and pointedly opaque. PLO Man's output is equally sparse by design: this week, he joins the RA Podcast with a characteristically elusive style, accompanying the near two-hour mix is a one-answer Q&A that gives almost nothing away.

Stripped-back, ever-so-slightly sleazy and coated in dust, PLO Man's RA Podcast continues that lineage in style. Opening with the featherlight microhouse of Margaret Dygas, RA.988 unfolds into a carefully curated spectrum of minimal, dub and deep techno. Among familiar names—look out for the blinding Rhythm & Sound and Moodymann blend—are deep cuts and left turns alongside the odd outlier, like lovers' rock pioneer Gregory Isaacs.

Like the best of his forebears, PLO Man wants RA.988 to take time for you to settle in. But once you do, you won’t want to leave. 

@p_el_oh

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/988

RA.988 PLO Man

Beauty of a 4 hour mix traversing all the downtempo corners from our very own DF Cuke and Direct Deposit. Igniters of the dancefloor, Cukumbers in hand, ready for a good time and. genuine sweeties of the universe. Good friends and good djs coming together and creating something great for us. They know the assignment and got it good! big love to these two. Stick it on, Stick it out and Stay zen. xoxox 

DF Cuke b2b Direct Deposit (Vancouver) ~ Inc.ternational Mix Series 10 [Weirdos inc.]

Cyder

forwards and backwards through bits of a [mostly] electronic music timeline. reverence for BCR. records i’ve played forever and new records i’ve just found. boil it down. one z in drizle. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/drizlefm-w-plo-man/episodes/drizlefm-w-plo-man-26th-june-2025

drizle.FM w/ PLO MAN feat. DJ Spence 260625

@djdirectdeposit

dj direct depøsit - untitled
dj direct depøsit - untitled
dj direct depøsit - untitled
air liquide - psychocandies
snplo - lastday cookie
david spanish - lizard (extended version)
baby ford & zip - morning sir
gosub - you can't escape the present
timeblind - exteriorization
edward - the giver
quenum & lee van dowski - the joint echo

Insider Trading 007 w/DJ DIRECT DEPØSIT

"Knee MIX" Nr. 07

loopy minimal mix
use for zoning out, spinning spins, circling waves, getting lost

[Trapez] shane berry - B1 it starts with a sine wave
[Dailycid] B1 - business
[Fear of Flying] A2 - Siclam
[Hangover] A1 - Kebab
Blotter Trax> 2.1
[SnPLO] Pin 4 - A1
Doo> SnP 500 - Splean Addition
[Corrado Izzo] Lovely Redwine A1
[DPTJX] B1
[innerspace halflife] - B2 grey matter 
Promise> Hope
[Trapez RED] Sasse - B1 
C3D-E & Hashman> Understood
Doo> SnP 500 - Unrolled
[Syphon] B1 - Snowtrack
Doo> SnP 500 - 44
[Jos Lok] A1 Geluideter bausch rmx
[Darren Allen] A2 - Inmost Cave
[Sonodab] A1 - Sonold
[Suena Hermosa] Fog - A1 Savage Harmonics
[DOTT] B1 - Trouser in the Heat
[Junction] Alvar - A1 I Need
[Sex Tags UFO] Jennifer Loveless Fett Burger 
[Thaumezin] Dubwise A1

[Vinyl] 
Digital>

loopy mix 2025.Aug.22

Minseok Kim live at @Paloma 09_08_2025 ~Spread Silk On My Heart~

Recorded live at the OST x Conditioner event at Nowadays on Thursday 17th July, after a performance by Organ Tapes.

Love to Ian and Nathan and everyone inside :)

Tracklist:

Mammo - Drinks Straight From the Tape 2
Oren Ambarchi & Riccardo Villalobos - Hubris Variation
Kyma & Uberdog - Compactor
Alexander Skancke - You Get A Two
DJ W!LD - Le Mur (Baby Ford’s ‘Dogtown Remix’)
cv313 - Sailing Starts
Question - Untitled
Pendle Coven - Modern Mode
Deadbeat - The Double Bong Cloud (Denial I)
Pantytec - Elastobabe (Soul Capsule’s Cosmic Warrior Mix)
SnP 500 - Unrolled
Mion - Drop The Filter
Ricardo Villalobos - Heike (Mood Mix)
Afrojack - Math
Faithless - We Come 1 (Rocket vs. Jeno Remix)
DiSKOP - Night
Eddie Richards - Medown (Evil Eddie Richards Fractured Mix)
Truly - El Trick ft. EDC
A1 People - Do It (Metamatics Remix)
Klanggut - Sump (Klystron Remix)
Smerz - Feisty
Eddie Richards - Dark 1.3
Lil Keed - Wall 2 Wall (Autobouncer620 Edit)
Jawnino - 40net (Lewi Boome Remix)
Soduh - Freddy K
Geeneus - Congo
Tactics Of Bass - Tactics Of Bass
Slick & Flash - The Rogue
Janet Jackson - Empty
Hopper1000 - Cars That Go BOOM
The 2 - We Is 1
The Cardigans - Erase / Rewind

Live at Nowadays - 17th July 2025

enjoy this recording from 11pm - 1am at a party called "Floor Freakout" in Vancouver, Aug 9th 2025 that was rebroadcast on CKUT 90.3 FM via "You Need A Heart To Live 2" 

playlist and lots of info here: https://ckut.ca/playlists/shows/25652
thank you, Spencer, Zoe, and Rai

love you 

loopy mix 2025.Aug.22

Weaver

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