CST RADIO SERIES

We are happy to welcome Indra @mayajaal-indrajaal for this new installment. A Berkeley based deep listener and vinyl collector, Indra greatly enjoys moments of collective effervescence in the right spaces. Their love for music stems from imperfect and improvisational traditions as well as collective listening recommendations within their close knit group of fellow music lovers. They try their best to seek out and support culturally minoritized spaces in which dance music can be experienced. 

Traversing various percussive patterns that move in and out of 4/4, breakbeat and abstract rhythms; a cinematic ride, scenes passing outside a train window, straddling the tension from dark and pensive to uplifting and ethereal. Punctuated by moments of poetic respite through spoken word fragments is an hour long listening experience for soft reflection and a gentle embrace of lost dance floors.

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2021/3/19/indra

CST RADIO NO 17 | INDRA - RHYTHMIC SOLACE MIX

Experimental Housewife, @experimental-housewife, known to many as Exhouse, is a DJ, producer, percussionist, professor, label owner and community builder who has steadily forged roots within the dance music community for over twenty years, passionately riding the momentum since her beginnings in the 90s rave scene. Exhouse has developed the versatile technical stylings that have become signature of her DJ sets and live hardware performances, all the while championing the local and underground by connecting and uplifting those around her through parties and her Perfect Location imprint. Her releases have appeared on SF's Jacktone, True Indigo, Schmer, and Chicago's Identity Spectrum Records among others.

This current edition we are honored to welcome Exhouse, tenderly conducting with exacting precision into a haze filled dream state that swirls in between ambient melodic chambers and cavernous declines of basement dub techno resonance with uplifting bursts of blissful fantasy 90s warehouse memories. A time lapse of a sonic glowing nocturnal flower blooming and shimmering brightly in the middle of a dance floor.

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2021/4/12/experimental-housewife

CST RADIO NO. 18 | EXPERIMENTAL HOUSEWIFE

We are excited to welcome Chuck Gunn @houseof_chuckg for our newest installment. Bay Area transplant by-way of Los Angeles, Chuck Gunn is a resident and co-founder of Joy Tactics, an underground warehouse party based out of LA. His fresh take on house music is influenced by labels like Perlon, Pressure Traxx, and Sushitech. Chuck’s sets are known for their slick drum loops, spaced out voice-overs, and extraterrestrial soundscapes.

We kick off Pride being led down a rabbit hole by Gorgonzola, the green alien plushie, following along on one of her wild nights. A soundtrack to her evening, she guides us into deep astral terrains, leading further into the abyss of galactic bouncy 4/4 rhythms. Percussive washes diminish into hard stomping soulful house braiding in declarations of identity, love, strength, and liberation. This month we’re dancing in outer space.

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2021/5/22/chuck-gunn

CST RADIO NO. 19  | CHUCK GUNN - THE GREGARIOUS ADVENTURES OF GORGONZOLA MIX

Oso Feo @osofeo is an SF based DJ, producer and designer bringing his Texas roots and fusing it into their Bay stomping grounds. Alongside Banal, they have built, uplifted and celebrated their underground community over the last several years through Cultivated Frequencies, a label and party series known to most as Cult Freq. Sebastian's latest projects include organizing “Visions: A Benefit Compilation for Artsakh” with Lara Sarkissian which also includes a track contribution, a collaboration with Xyla on their track, “Cold” from her “Ways” release (Leaving Records) and a 3D chrome effect for the cover of Jasmine Infiniti’s “Bxtch Släp” release (Dark Entries). He is also the main designer for SutroFM, and has designed various flyers for club nights and renegades throughout the Bay and Texas.

For this installment, we get straight to it. Everything that has been building up from the last year is released, bringing us back to the feeling of being activated  physically, emotionally and spiritually through a sound system. No nonsense jacking house, bubbly acid, freestyle feelings, melodic jazzy swirls and a kick drum that comes down like a hammer. Vocal affirmations that get to the heart of the matter. Strictly for the dancers.

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2021/6/25/oso-feo

CST RADIO NO. 20 | OSO FEO - CHERISH MIX

Stephanie Hewett @madre_guia (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist working within the mediums of movement and sound. She experiments with different sonic frequencies to uncover ancestral vestiges in the body. Hewett DJs and produces electronic music under the moniker, Madre Guía. She holds an MFA in Dance and uses both music and movement to access creative resistance and paths towards liberation through spiritual, physical, and sonic defense.

Excited for this installment, as we close the summer with nothing short of unapologetic pure energy delivered by Oakland’s Madre Guía.  Bouncing in between wobbly bass lines and rippling percussive textures is a ride through humid tropical futurist clubscapes; from hard hitting 2 step into reggaeton/dancehall rhythms, with interjections of soulful jazzy house moments reminiscent of chosen club family style backyard parties. Sub woofer recommended.

For Q&A feature & tracklist:
https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2021/8/23/madre-guia

CST RADIO NO. 21 | MADRE GUIA

Patrick Lotilla @patricklotilla is an Oakland-based Disc Jockey. He was a programmer for Shortwave, KALX 90.7FM’s dance music speciality show. He co-founded Brouhaha, a party series that ran from 2013 – 2018 which hosted Awesome Tapes From Africa, Beautiful Swimmers, Paul Johnson, Octo Octa, DJ Fett Burger to name a few. He is currently a resident DJ at long-running house and techno party series As You Like It. In 2021, he launched Bop 40 – a youtube channel dedicated to sharing rare records by uploading rips of music previously non-existent on the internet. For this installment, Patrick brings a smooth seamless set expressed through his passion for unearthed gems. Surprising at every turn, No. 21 bears an undercurrent of a warm downtempo pulse dressed with bossa swing beat and indie soul interwoven with rap verses and infectious vocal hooks; gliding us along with his thoughtful approach to the deeper cuts of  80s-90s rare grooves.

For Q&A feature:
https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2021/9/21/dj-patrick

CST RADIO NO. 22 | DJ PATRICK

San Francisco’s Loveshadow @loveshadowdjs is a dance collective / music project between Anya and Izaak, two bay natives whose underground paths have dotted across the bay, Philadelphia, Chicago and Detroit, eventually landing in Oakland where their origin story finds them crossing paths working together at the former local Perch cafe. A shared love of a track by Aurra heard through the radio at the cafe becomes the catalyst that would eventually lead to their musical world building drawing from emotive sophisto-pop fused with balearic jazz and funk; through Anya’s vocal and songwriting set against the backdrop of Izaak’s productions. This has transpired through countless DJ sets that span across Fault Radio, Seance Center, NTS, Beyond / Below, among others, a release through Portage Garage Sounds with friend Ryan Spencer entitled S Transporter and their new Music For Memory self titled release.

As the year culminates, we are guided by Loveshadow delivering two hours of pure cosmic subterranean energy. Mining otherworldly realms imbued with esoteric atmospheres, they extract on the more offbeat offerings of jazz, post punk, dub, dark wave synth pop, and all the delightful intersectional sonic layers that can be found in between. A listening party that mystifies and opens portals into an unknown tomorrow.

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2021/12/29/loveshadow

CST RADIO NO. 23 | LOVESHADOW

Soeneido @aurora-mesa is a music producer and DJ residing in Oakland CA. His production explores the realms of Jungle / Drum n Bass styles both new and old deriving much of his inspiration from the early UK hardcore and jungle styles of the 92-96 era. He has self released much of his own original music available at soeneido.bandcamp.com. His latest conceptual jungle EP titled “Deadly Venom Weapon” released on NoBias is currently available at Coneshapetop and at nobias.bandcamp.com. Soeneido plans to release more music in the coming year with various labels including Nobias and also on his own startup label Lo-Tek.

For this installment, Soen guides us on a nostalgic trip, expertly cutting and scratching through early jungle and UK hardcore. Initiating with classic 90 bpm beat and then gliding straight into warm liquid styles flowered with jazzy vocals, 90s R&B anthems and hip-hop inflected jump-up. Each interval swiftly enters and exits, switching zones with new tessellations of dizzying rhythms, bass reverberation, lightning fast amen breaks and rave piano euphoria. For all true junglists, enjoy!

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2022/2/18/soeneido

CST RADIO NO. 24 | SOENEIDO

m50 @m50 is an enigma. Releasing music as Area for years, starting and running Kimochi in 2010, contributing to the Gramaphone Records blog, DJing worldwide, yet still remaining extremely low-profile, the attention always on the art and never on the person. This same ethos runs through Kimochi. No advertising, likely discovered via word-of-mouth (the way we did), small run releases that aren’t about moving units, always remaining true to a vision of immersive textural sounds presented in a unique and meaningful way. 

The Maybe More Oblong mixtape encapsulates this same spirit, deep melodic techno swims with hallucinatory house and euphoric trance-breaks, each turn a surprise, pushing us down into the murk only to pull us back up into a glowing light. 

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2022/3/28/m50

CST RADIO NO. 25 | M50

San Francisco’s Dyatron Industries @dyatronindustries transcends the realms of an indie label and DJ duo. Through a deeply commited love of music and vinyl and an extensive personal collection spanning Italo Disco, Electro, Synthpop, Hip Hop and Dark Wave Rave, an otherworldly universe exists and within it you will find the Man from Dyatron (Luciano Duran) and DJ Mechanica (Vee Reyes). Two robots transplanted to Earth from the Dyatronian galaxy with a mission to sustain, preserve and honor all Italo and Electro music through live vinyl dj sets within the deep caverns of SF underground clubs and bars, a monthly show on Sutro FM and limited reissues with wonderfully hand-drawn comics illustrated by Lu that draw us even deeper into their world. We are so thrilled to have them this month.

For this current installment, we dive deep into the galactic abyss leading us into a retro futuristic sci-fi rave. The first stop is a cosmic break dance circle with the Man from Dyatron kicking off the first hour mixing through deep 80s electro bass peppered with freestyle anthems and old school hip hop verses. The second stop, DJ Mechanica teleports us to a 90s blissful breakbeat rave Milky Way, interlaced with moments of melodic euphoria that closes with the enchantment of sunrise at the end of a party.

The Man from Dyatron 0:00 - 1:00
Mechanica 1:00:13 - 1:52:52

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2022/4/18/dyatron-industries

CST RADIO NO. 26 | DYATRON INDUSTRIES

Born in Lima, Peru and based in NYC, Maria Chávez is best known as an abstract turntablist, sound artist and DJ.

As a DJ, Maria has shared her expansive music collection of techno and house music alongside iconic electronic musicians and DJ’s like; Simian Mobile Disco, Demdike Stare, Powell and Regis. She has DJ'd all over the world, most recently in Moscow (Dewars Powerhouse), Lisbon (Galerie ZDB), Basel (Kaskadenkondensator Gallery) and Istanbul (Pendor Corner). 

Her DJ mixes can be heard here @maria-chavez and will have an upcoming DJ residency that begins this month called Reunions:
https://www.facebook.com/events/412168605919708/  

Excited for this 7th installment of CST RADIO, as we stay warm with Maria's 'Voutsa Winter 2018" mix.

www.mariachavez.org

FOR Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2018/2/7/maria-chavez

CST RADIO NO. 7 | MARIA CHAVEZ - VOUTSA WINTER 2018 MIX

@Yushh is a Bristol based DJ and producer with a penchant for crafting diverse and forward-thinking mixes that combine ambient, techno and electro, full of atmosphere and breaks that flow and blend with an enjoyable unpredictability. Her constant thirst for the weird and wonderful has given her an ability to move through genre, tempo and mood with style and ease. From the deep bass, drive and rhythm of UK techno to the clinical precision and atmosphere of futuristic electro, leftfied and the surreal, her sets have an energy that is difficult to define and impossible to ignore.

Currently holding residencies in the local UK underground scene, her selections and mixes can be found at radio stations @noodsradio and https://www.10twentyradio.com/ and Bristol club night @eminentuk

Turning over new leaves, this season is brought to us with Yushh's dubby atmospheric journey through the more deeper and darker reflections of Spring. We bring you to the other side of the sun as we are proud to present one of Bristol's very own in this month's June Gloom mix. 

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2018/6/2/yushh

CST RADIO NO. 8 | YUSHH - JUNE GLOOM 2018 MIX

Raised in Berkeley and currently living in Brooklyn, we bring in Bret Winans. Having grown up playing saxophone, Bret's roots in jazz eventually opened up doors towards his passion for music. From being an East Bay hip hop head to diving deeply into the electronic music scene, his interests range from 90s IDM and techno to Japanese ambient and the dubbier side of electronic music.

Aside from collecting records, Bret makes music as CB-R and CB Radio @cb_radio. His productions span from electronic compositions filled with dubby experimental techno and interjections of hazy ambient layers drawing from some kraut elements.

Other music releases can also be found on New York based label, @cutmistake, Jacktone, @100percentsilk Sunset Silk compilation and S//P//A (a project with long time collaborator Jay Goitia). 

Also stay tuned for a new upcoming release on Run The Length Of Your Wildness' compilation.

So excited to have Bret on as we basque under this lazy Sunday, meditative, slow burning summer sun mix :)

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/7/qz0rc0cvy0k7an1mqkp5728w01a7i9

CST RADIO NO. 9 | CB-R  - LAZY SUMMER MIX

Maryanne Casasanta is a student, worker, and artist educator living in Toronto. Her research interests include process-based learning and art making, co-creation, and movement, which she explores by working alongside artists across a number of fields. Having collaborated with Maryanne previously on a BODYWORKBODYWORK “Listening Party” book and cassette project, we continue our international dialogue of sharing inspiration and listening as I invite Maryanne back to share a collection of warm embodied percussive sounds that guide us as gently as the sun’s decline through this summer solstice mix.

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2019/7/4/maryanne-casasanta

CST RADIO NO. 10 | MARYANNE CASASANTA - PETALS MIX

Nina Sol, a nod to her Afro-Latina heritage & warm and sunshiny disposition, delivers a genre-bending soulful sound that resonates with audiences locally and across the globe. A vinyl enthusiast that traverses time and texture, Nina's insatiable curiosity for music discovering keeps her sets fresh and unexpected. Currently based in Oakland, Nina holds monthly residencies at Constellations, a party dedicated to past and present artists born under the zodiac sign of the month, and Elements throwing down underground dance music alongside soulful house DJ veteran, Patrick Wilson. She has played with artists including DJ Spinna, Solange, Rich Medina, Natasha Diggs, Pete Rock, Moodymann, Jose James, Bugz in the Attic, and many others. Sol has contributed to music sites such as Music is My Sanctuary and mainstay parties namely thePeople, Soul in the Horn, Jump N Funk, Makossa Brooklyn, Motown on Mondays, & Black Weirdo. Nina Sol brings a profound energy to dance floors while spreading messages of justice, freedom, and love.

This fall, leaves are turning yet the remnants of the summer aren’t too far behind yet. Helping us with the 9-5 grind, I’m thrilled to present Nina Sol as she draws us into a dancer’s dance floor. Encapsulated by jazzy melodic layers and soulful hooks, the thumping percussion creates a relentless groove imbued with deep reflection and catharsis.

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2019/9/16/nina-sol

CST RADIO NO. 11 | DJ NINA SOL - FREE 2 B MIX

This winter we bring in Farplane, the fusion of Chicago-based DJs sold and Hi-Vis, playing across the spectrum of psychedelic electronic sounds to induct ecstatic trance states. They conduct the deep listening portion of Eris Drew's Motherbeat raves, and co-run their own rave Neon Falls. sold also co-runs the party Relate and works at Gramaphone Records. Hi-Vis operates the mix series Beyond / Below and Jacktone Records' sublabel Dreamtone.

We are honored to celebrate the recent union of these two souls through their collaborative mix, where we are guided through the slow steady coming of a hazy dawn. The arc of ethereal wistful melodies interwoven with pulsating morse code-esque percussion conjure up cinematic moments filled with sentiments of longing, mystery and infinite love.

FOR Q & A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2020/2/6/hi-vis-and-sold

CST RADIO NO. 12 | FARPLANE (SOLD & HI-VIS)

Hailing from the vibrant city of Rotterdam, Suze Ijó @suze_ijo is a lover of all genres & rhythms. She’s been invested in music for years — both with DJing as with working behind the scenes, having been active behind club nights at Rotterdam’s club, Bird and now working behind the counter at Clone Records. Her style goes from anything between jazz and techno, with a certain warmth and soul being the constant factor.  

The memory of celebrating summer as we used to hangs suspended in the air as we reimagine ways of listening and dancing amidst a new reality that has dawned in the last few months. This memory sits with us worldwide, as we feel the void of a crowded dance floor, sound system and most of all each other. Despite this void, it is important to continue to make space for these moments of release as a form of self care and joy. Having taken the time to allow for reflection and respite, we wanted to share this reminder as we are proud to present a new installment by Suze Ijo. Her delicately woven selections evoke a more contemplative approach to the wide spectrum of what deep house can be, creating the soundtrack for whatever feels right at this moment.

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2020/6/7/suze-ijo

CST RADIO 13 | SUZE IJO

A Bristol selector, Tilly @tillydj brings new wave, new beat and danceable dark wave sounds sometimes on Noods Radio, sometimes on NTS Radio and occasionally in the club. Expect synth pop, disco not disco, wave not wave and gems of all kinds.

Finding ourselves in the midst of societal, political, and environmental friction and reimagining, the importance of therapy and care has taken on new meanings. A lot of this care has been centered in dealing with solitude and separation as quarantine restrictions continue during this global pandemic. We take each day as it comes. Tilly’s mix is a comforting and soft reflection on our current state, with each song leaning us towards moments of vulnerability, tenderness and nostalgic reverie.

Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2020/cst14tilly

CST RADIO NO. 14 | TILLY

Weaving songs together can have many purposes geared towards a spectrum of listening experiences and the environments these sounds inhabit. With each mix a narrative unique to its selector unfolds, allowing insight to what moves them and how connections are made from one song to the next. Sometimes, a story is told.

Here is a story presented by Selim X @selim-x. You have stepped into an otherworldly psychedelic car ride through colorful cosmic boulevards. You turn on the car radio in this surreal voyage as you sit sunken into the backseat, slowly taking it all in. A composer/producer/theorist from the Sonoran Desert, Selim X is currently based in San Francisco. Prolific maker of music that almost falls within the spectrum of experimental house/techno but really expands way beyond. We once saw his music described as R&B science fiction. It feels like the perfect words to describe this mix as well.

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2020/8/12/selim-x

CST RADIO NO. 15 | SELIM X

Nerve @lo4nerve is a Hong Kong based multidisciplinary artist whose practice mines the boundaries between contemporary music, sound art, multimedia theatre and underground subcultures. With a background in classical composition and 90s rave culture, he explores the extreme sound experience by mixing electroacoustic, beat, bass, fx and samples into a new form of free improvisation performance.

Fight or flight are the options during a global pandemic. Music can be relief, a space to forget, or it can be a mirror, a space to confront. Nerve gives us permission to dive in headlong. Told through the vernacular of bass and noise, this mix embodies 2020 in sound and sentiment. The opposite of escape. A pummeling reflection of the present and a foretelling of an unforeseen chaotic future. In this dystopian world, tracks dissolve into swift and relentless cuts, and just when it begins to feel overwhelming, you’re hit even harder with industrial cacophony and distant basement dance floor reverberations. The release is nothing short of cathartic; sometimes pain feels good too.

For Q&A: https://coneshapetop.com/cst-radio-1/2020/9/8/nerve

CST RADIO NO 16 | NERVE

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