smelten with melt: goo dj - 20 July 2021

Shell Tapes are back! What a joy! After a holiday hiatus we’re glad to be presenting virtual cloud-cassettes assembled by some of our and your favourite DJs. This week veteran DJ and raver Coco leads us up the stairs, down the garden bath, through the bush and around the twist with Tape 80 - “Better Living Through Chemistry.” 
 
Coco’s self-help instruction manual is a measured one, winding and weaving its way gradually through tempos, surrounded by a miasma of dance floor focused audio psychedelia. To put it bluntly, listening to this mix with heaphones on is a fucking trip. Distorted percussion busts in and out of the stereo field with the energy of a clowder of demented cheshire cats, breathy vocals swaddle the brain, synths warp time and, amongst all this electronic chaos, a kick drum drives you onwards, anchoring you to Coco’s lesson in living.
 
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. This mix won’t kill you (we think), nor will it make you stronger… but it is a wonky joy to listen too. Put some spice in your life, send your head for a brief and consequence free six and out and step into Coco’s lab  - his acidic cocktail for life will make you all the better.

Track list:

BSS  - Westerpark				
Dreems - Something Else For Spring					
Aroma Pitch - Lucid Savanna					
Slow Rotation Inc.	- Relax					
ZEA - Zika (Original Mix)			
Strapontin - Miss Mickey The Dumbs			
Zillas on Acid - Not Really				
Bruha - Extraterrestre (Original Mix)		
Ruf Dug - Aztec Zone				
Moscoman - Misled Loophole				
George T & Johnny Aux - Back					
Megaphonim - Passion Le Session (Red Axes Remix)	
Levon Vincent - WOMAN IS AN ANGEL (NOVEL SOUND #09)	
Roy Of The Ravers - City Limits				
Acid Pauli - Nana					
Lord Of The Isles - Sunrise 89				
Shades of Rhythm - Sweet Sensation

Mixed by @coco_morrison on Whadjuk Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 80 - Coco - "Better Living Through Chemisty"

☮️ Two Singles ahead of many more Singles 2 Come 😊

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Orlando (Single Mix)

IVAANA’s sound varies from ethereal melodies, off-kilter percussion and dreamy breaks to hard-driving bass. This Naarm based DJ will often traverse several genres in a set, carrying a range of emotions through to the listener. Through a focus on downtempo bass and club tracks, this mix achieves that effortlessly. 

@ivaana_20

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 Sat 19th February, 10PM - 5PM @ Colour 
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Support: Bella Claxton  
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smalltown with Ben Klock, Gerd Janson + Stephan Bodzin (Live)
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Fmr. Holden (GMH) Factory, 130-160 Todd Rd, Port Melbourne
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Novelcast 118: IVAANA

2 years on from their first radio b2b up in Manchester, London-based Kitsta and LUXE team up again for an hour of UK club gems. Wobbly bass, trancey groovers, skippy garage and slamming breaks inside with tracks from Lisene, Sobolik, Heritage, Bertie and other unreleased goodness.

Kitsta b2b LUXE - February 2022

Driven by an intense love for electronic music in all its shapes AliA is without a doubt one of the most promising deejays from Belgium. Being only 21 years old she has a surprisingly thorough knowledge of club music and a mixing technique many envy.

AliA @ Kiosk Radio 10.03.2022

Lost In Sauce w. Neek - 5 April 2022

En Route w/ Kendal - 01.05.22

Toni Yotzi is up next for Tapes #72, a staple of both the festival and club circuit across Australia. Her sets traverse four decades of dance music with frenetic energy and zero compromise; from neon-hued techno and prog to tripped out bass and dubstep, trap, and up-to-the-minute club tracks from the boundless fount of domestic talent she’s ingratiated with across Australia.

Having played at some of Australia’s best festivals (Golden Plains, Inner Varnika, Strawberry Fields, Echo Flats, Pitch…), she also played an integral role in putting together Camp Doogs, Western Australia’s premier festival and brought the same curatorial nous to coordinating Dooj parties in Melbourne. She’s toured internationally, performed on Boiler Room and guested on NTS multiple times, as well The Lot Radio, Beats in Space and Noods.

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TRACKLIST — 

Headhunter - Prototype
INVT - CUARTOS OSCUROS 
Sputnik One - Grafters 
MTF - Don’t Fade Away
Siu Mata & Amor Satyr - Reggaeton Sex
Accidental Meetings - Bluetoof & Theo Everyday - Spillage In The Arcade
Eastfield Swing - Micklegate Run (Sir Dave’s Crusade Mix)
Pure Science - I Prepared Something Special For You
Johnny Loopz - De’ Groove 129
Stones Taro - Brain Cable 
Drumscape - Transmission
J.S.Zeiter - JSO1R
DOSIS - La Visita
Ltd Colours - Rough Place
Herman - 01. Unlocked
JAMO - BLACK HOLE
Versa & Rowl - Theory Of One (Original Mix)
Kromestar - Medieval Warrior

Origins Tapes 072 - Toni Yotzi

Welcome to Don’t Throw Stones; a mix series. 

The late, great Andrew Weatherall once equated clubbing to churchgoing, in that for some people, either might serve as a personal quest for transcendence. The comparison also derives from the idea that they both require a facilitator; people “want it ordered, and they want a middle-man,” Weatherall said. Don’t Throw Stones is a celebration of the middle-women and middle-men of nightlife: the DJs. Contributors to this mix series are located far and wide, from Bristol to Berlin, and each will distinctively capture their own take on the euphoria that is synonymous with clubgoing.

Monoke delivers the first mix of the series. Her blistering trajectory is testament to a deep-rooted understanding of what makes people tick in the club, and her contribution to Don't Throw Stones is a genuinely phenomenal hour of progressive house heaters.

Don't Throw Stones 001: Monoke

When Radial Gaze meets Nicola Kubebe, the result is Iron Pinky Toad — a title that sounds either like a secret kung-fu move or a lost cartoon book. But don’t be fooled — this one hits hard.


The long-awaited collab brings three original tracks — Phantom Limb, Lights of Phoenix and the title cut Iron Pinky Toad — that effortlessly bridge the gap between slow-burning tribal techno and the raw pulse of new beat nested into an early techno nutshell. Imagine dancing barefoot in a ritual under a disco eclipse — you’re getting close.

To seal the record, Playground Records boss Martin Noise steps in alongside rising sensation Anastasia Zems, pushing the release into full-blown dancefloor sorcery. The groove is deep, the bass is sweaty, and the toad… well, the toad is on fire !

Dropping Friday, July 18, 2025, via THISBE Recordings — available on vinyl and digital. Spin it, stream it, or whisper its name into the smoke at 3AM — either way, the dancefloor won’t know what hit it.

Let the amphibian groove begin.

  

 

Artwork by Christoffer Budtz

Iron Pinky Toad

Phantom Limb

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