Nick Boyd (@nickboydnyc) is a dancefloor staple in NYC, and there's good reason for his omnipresence: everything he does, he explains, is centered around the dancefloor and the dancers who spend time there. Whether he's running @sorry-records, DJing at beloved local haunts like The Lot Radio, Bossa Nova Civic Club, and Nowadays (where this mix was recorded), or giving advice to friends, his ethos always comes back to the dancefloor. Grounded by an encyclopedic knowledge of dance music history and generous sharing of that knowledge, Nick and Sorry Records are beacons of integrity and openness in today's dance music community. 

This is part 1 of a 2 part mini-series with Sorry Records.

Read the interview + see a tracklist:
https://spontaneous.zone/047-nick-boyd

Mix mastered by @drvmmy.

"This mix is a recording of my first time playing at Nowadays, a club that has been incredibly influential and important to my life and my friends' lives. When I first started deejaying, my only goals really were to play on The Lot Radio and play Nowadays.

When they asked me, I was very surprised, legit like fall on my bathroom floor crying type situation 😂 😭. I’m a sappy nerd and had loads of nerves but I was lucky to be able to do it for the first time alongside my friend and collaborator Khadijah/DJ Delish and also have the time to just completely over-prepare for like three months ahead of time.

I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted to do with the space, both extensively over the years keeping a running “Nowadays Wishlist” playlist and in the three months leading up to the party. I eventually came to the conclusion that I wanted to tell a story with what I played, in the tradition dictated by the New York dancefloor. A story about myself and my friends and the scene here as I’ve seen it both good and bad. A story about the Nowadays dancefloor itself and what that space means to me, but in turn also what dance music spaces and community mean period; how they function and the double-edged sword of trying to be good when it comes to those things.

I also wanted to play tracks by my friends that I knew were going to be there. The people I love who I dance alongside there frequently. I wanted to play tracks that were silly too! Tried to give a sense of levity to a pretty emotional thing. I mean, I got into dance music in large part because of the work that Justin (Carter) and Eamon (Harkin) had done through Mister Sunday into Nowadays, and I'd been going to the space since before it was open indoors. I’m there most every week and have put a lot on that floor…

In the weeks following, I finally got myself to listen to it. At first, I was like, there's so many bits in here where I remember not being able to hear myself or hear the cue. It's my first time playing in a big loud club besides like, Bossa. I considered making all these edits to it…

But then kinda just got to the point where I was like — look at the process of the mix, the ethos behind it… it's more about letting go and natural joy and glee than it is about anything else. So I decided to share it unedited, except for a little audio sample I added at the beginning that I didn't get on the recording. There’s a lot of other very concrete lyrical content included — always with purpose and intention but not always lyrics that I believe in personally."

@nickboydnyc / @sorry-records

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #047: Nick Boyd

Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-243-loraine-james

A collection of tracks that inspired Loraine James' new Eastman homage album Building Something Beautiful For Me, including works sampled within Loraine's new productions.

Bleep Mix #243 - Loraine James

NY based Yumi on guesties this month, showcasing why she's been featured on some mad line ups over the last few months. She takes over the second hour with Yushh playing a recording from Pressure Dome @ Crofters earlier in October in the first.

@notyumiko | @yushh

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Noods | Pressure Dome w/Yumi | 20.10.2022

Juanita's Mix 079 with DJ RAQX @djraqx

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. I am a DJ, event producer and educator from NYC with Puerto Rican and German roots. My music selection is heavily influenced by my hybrid cultures. As a DJ I love vinyl digging and hope to take listeners on a journey through time with vinyl + digital sets exploring 90s NY house, latin deep cuts, with new club and reggaeton sounds. As an event producer, I’ve been working on events with Misschief collective and Radio Red Puerto Rico.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. I grew up in Manhattan and started going out exploring the club and music scene (mostly EDM shows) as a teenager over 10 years ago. I’ve been DJing and producing events in Brooklyn for the past 5 years at venues like Mood Ring, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Nowadays, Good Room and more.

Q. Tell us about this mix.
A. 50% wax 50 % digital. Deep cuts, vocals and house adjacent tracks with a dip into techno, acid and latin jazz. A mix of old and new, journey through “time and space“ of the 90s until now with records that have been on may rotation heavy recently. Recorded and mastered at Karlala studio.

Tracklist:
1. Space Ghost - 4 AM - 2022 
2. Seduction - Groove me (dub mix) - 1989 
3. GAZZI - No sale ya casi la pobre - 2021
4. Nick holder - Inside your Soul (Hipp-E Deep Mix) - 2001 
5. Mano de Fuego - Sol - 2022
6. Louis Y2K - Symmetry - 2017
7. Blackbox - Native New Yorker (Steve “silk” Hurley’s native New York dub) - 1997 
8. Naomi Daniel - Feel the Fire (Deep Dish Burning Remix) - 1993
9. MAW Electronic - Body - 2002 
10. Shonen Bat - Tactical Rave Riddim - 2019
11. Tony Rohr - Baile conmigo (case’s cdm mix) - 2004
12. Hodge - Sub 100 - 2022 
13. Francois K - Time & Space - 1998
14. Blaze - Breathe (Hardsoul’s Latin Directions Treatment) - 2002 
15. Eddie Palmeri - Mi Congo te Llama (Sacred Rhythm Main mix) - 2012
16. Gloria Estefan - Y Tu Conga (Little Louie Vega remix)
17. Gigi Testa - Rio Grande (Jungle Version) - 2018

Juanita's Mix 079: DJ RAQX

Calm and comforting weekend sounds from London-based DJ and radio broadcaster Mo Ayoub, who runs through tracks by the likes of Tim Hecker, Orion Sun and Space Afrika across this restorative Sunday Mix.

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Sunday Mix: Mo Ayoub

A LARGE SHEET OF MUSCLE – MOLECULAR DRACULA
Ta mTa Gwarliani – Sleepy
Emeka Ogboh – Ayilara
Born Under A Rhyming Planet – Skyway
Lamin Fofana – Shafts Of Sunlight
J. Albert – Too Proud
Charles Curtis – Music For 'Lester'
Zeet – Zete
Ana Roxanne – Suite pour l'invisible
Han – Read About Sanctions
Matt Carlson – Mockery Of Life
Vanligt Folk – Pigskin Shoes
Gonçalo F. Cardoso – Corpse Flower or The Putrid Rafflesia Song
Treasury Of Puppies – Bränna, Känna
Robert Haigh – Signs Of Life
Nozomu Matsumoto – Filippo Pacini
Dane Law – We Leave This Morning With The Dogs For Hope Point
Ssabæ – Azurescens
Rotten Apples – Crystals Of The New Age

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@kiernan-laveaux records a mix of psychedelic rave magic for the Fresh Kicks series.

The Ohio-born, Pittsburgh-based rhythm alchemist speaks to Eoin Murray about Cleveland’s queer clubbing community, T4T LUV NRG, empowering others through music, and being a ‘house is a feeling’ DJ above all

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/features/fresh-kicks-194-kiernan-laveaux

Fresh Kicks 194: Kiernan Laveaux

Trailing down the dusty highway at dusk, soundtracked by Western-flavoured downtempo sounds. Lapsteels, anachronistic electronics, and deconstructed country ballads.

https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-ambient-americana-16th-february-2023

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Dripping with Baby Leo and Akanbi @ The Lot Radio 04-08-2023

Gag Reflex's moniker is an apt embodiment of her musical output. It's propulsive; pushing you forward then pulling you back, dragging you under then spitting you out.

It's down to the intriguing spread of influences that fuel the US-born, Berlin-based producer and DJ's work. While there's nods to percussive noughties techno, classic rave and early UK dubstep in there, you'll hear echoes of her formative love of punk bands like Crass and The KLF bubbling underneath the surface too.

As a DJ she's made quite the name for herself in the US, holding residencies in Portland and San Francisco, as well as her former home of Seattle, where she ran transfeminist club night BLOOM: a space to inspire connection, catharsis and experimentation within the local scene and beyond.

The connections that she's made have led to releases on international labels like Scuffed Recordings, Violet's naivety sub-label and, most recently, on the former's newly minted sister label Angel with her Lush EP, which drops on 21st April.

In the lead up to the release she takes the controls of this week's Shine A Light On mix with a blend of murky, percussive and weighty sonics for the heads down and the hands up crew...

Gag Reflex: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

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