Ashland Mines, AKA Total Freedom, AKA Big Gay Idiot DJ, AKA Bobby Beethoven, is one of the best and most influential DJs of the 21st century. Starting out at pioneering parties like Mustache Mondays and Wildness (which he cofounded with Wu Tsang)—and a regular at GHE20G0TH1K—Mines helped to define the style that would become known, however cringe-inducingly, as experimental club or deconstructed club, directly inspiring fellow visionaries like Arca. 

Like some of the best DJs before him, Mines uses the CDJs as an instrument, but that doesn't mean just fancy tricks and looping. Instead, he artfully throws together clashing sounds—effects, samples, monologues, pop and R&B acapellas, and beats that run the gamut from dancehall to kuduro to breaks and techno. He's not afraid of the grotesquerie of human life and movement (just check out the monologue at the beginning of this mix), and he likes to push buttons. Once he put on a party where dancing wasn't allowed. Some of his sets are intentionally anxiety-inducing, evoking horror movies and modern classical composers like Penderecki, while others are bouncy and ebullient, weaving between genres and tempos like an old-school platformer. The best are both.

On Mines's RA Podcast—a milestone 900th in the series—he shows off this inimitable style, sharpened and reinforced over a decade-and-a-half of playing some of the world's best parties, fashion shows, you name it. He's the kind of DJ who creates his own music as he goes along. He makes you hear old tracks—especially pop music and R&B—in a whole new way. Titled "Cursed Piercing," this is a near-hour of controlled chaos that'll confound you at one moment and deeply move you the next.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/900

RA podcast

RA.900 Bobby Beethoven (FKA Total Freedom)

Mix for DIS Magazine by http://soundcloud.com/nguzunguzu

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NGUZUNGUZU – Boy Is Mine (Harp Edit)
Ciara – Flaws and All (NGUZUNGUZU Edit)
Ciara vs. Stereotyp – I Run It / Swagger Barefoot (NGUZU Edit)
Ja Rule ft. R Kelly & Ashanti – Wonderful (DJ P&P Productions Zouk Mix / No Ja Rule Edit)
DJ Cratera – Mundo Perdido
Ashanti vs. SaLeZ – Foolish/Pura InspiraçaO (NGUZU Edit)
Amerie ft. DJ Lo – One Thing
DJ Boda – Tarraxo Suave
The-Dream – I Love Your Girl (Peejay Zouk-Fusion Remix)
DJ PutO cOx – Pensamento 2010
Nicki Minaj – Wave Ya Hand
DJ LaGaRtInHo ft. DJ Antomax – Tarraxa Para Mim Minha Menina
DJ Daycard – Kompronde Mi Palabra (Zouk Version)
Young Joc ft. Gorilla Zoe – Coffee Shop (DJ Gildo Remix)
DJ Nate vs. DJ Tiba – Young Bangas Tarracha (NGUZU Edit)
DJ Tiba – Soft Style
DJ Barata vs. Beyonce – Desilusão/Beautiful Nightmare (NGUZU Edit)
Elinho – Cabolove
DJ Dream_Fox – Ela sabe para que éé…
Kingdom – Lil Tears
DJ Fofuxo – Preta Chinesa
DJ NS – Sensual Tarraxinha
DJ Nedwyt-Fox – Meu Próprio Estilo

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Experience more at http://dismagazine.com/disco/mixes/14817/nguzunguzu-the-perfect-lullaby/

Nguzunguzu - Perfect Lullaby

Bobby Beethoven (fka Total Freedom) - live from Boiler Room in Los Angeles.

Bobby Beethoven | Boiler Room LA: Hood Rave

Rinse France Podcast

Lisa More invite Sofii - 25 Novembre 2024

Bobby Beethoven b2b CRYSTALLMESS at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Indian - Antracks HS 09 - Alextrem

HAILO - NO TIME TO BREATHE [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Tanzfieber (HugoBass303 - TINNITUS X DJ Rundfunk - Menace)

UNDECIDED (FACT MIX 706)

First aired @nts_live
tracklist : https://www.nts.live/shows/crystallmess/episodes/crystallmess-unleashed-16th-march-2020

Tracklist : 

All I need (Razor Sharp Remix) -  Method Man ft Mary J Blige 
Bunker (Feat Shannen SP)- NAZAR
??? - CRYSTALLMESS
Trainline - OMNI TRIO
Tyranny - NAZAR
RIP POP SMOKE - DJ Narciso
??? - SODA PLAINS
The Scales - ONLY NOW
Molly (?? Remix)- PLAYBOY CARTI
Ripples Of Light (W/Lighght)- LORAINE JAMES
Huit (Afro Remix) - SKY H1
How You Want It - RUNE BAGGE 
Fear Of A / Black Planet - CRYSTALLMESS 
Hermeth Edit - MISSY ELIOTT
Bring That Back - AMADEEZY
Nights Of Pleasure (Loose Ends) - DJ SCREW
The devil is a lie ! (Viral Freestyle) - CRYSTALLMESS

UNLEASHED I | CRYSTALLMESS | NTS

Floatation Tank Mix

contact - christelle.oyiri@gmail.com

UNLEASHED radio bimonthly show on NTS RADIO 
https://www.nts.live/shows/crystallmess

bookings france - max@amsbooking.fr
bookings rest of the world - mia@lb-agency.net

MERE NOISES SELF-RELEASED EP 
Purchase : https://crystallmess.bandcamp.com/album/mere-noises

SPLIT 12" EP with @to-xe on OUT NOW on @pan_hq
Purchase : https://p-a-n.bandcamp.com/merch/toxe-crystallmess-split