Concept04_CarlosSouffront_July2015.mp3

Purelink have been described more than once as an "ambient boy band." (They themselves say "jam band.") It's not meant dismissively—the American trio purposefully mean to function as a band, even if their main instruments are laptops. Ambient might not quite cut it as a descriptor, though. The group's music crosses eras and scenes, touching on the late '90s clicks & cuts boom as well as the billowy ambient techno put out by labels like 3XL, West Mineral Ltd. and NAFF. 

Their most recent LP, Signs, released on enigmatic imprint Peak Oil (and one of our favourite albums of 2023), is especially impressive, made of stuttering rhythms and glassy textures. In other words, it's ambient-not-ambient. While members Concave Reflection, kindtree and Millia have all made excellent music on their own, something special happens when they come together.

Purelink's RA Podcast is another stellar contribution to our post-New Year's tradition, where we highlight a more laid-back sound to soothe weary minds and frazzled brain cells after the heavy holiday celebrations. This is 90-plus minutes of intricately textured downtempo, dub techno and even UK garage, all cut through with a floaty, almost drowsy quality, with plenty of exclusives and unreleased cuts from the likes of Nick León, James K, Downstairs J and more. It highlights Purelink's position as a bridger of worlds, sounds and tempos.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/917

RA podcast

RA.917 Purelink

This is the first half of the set I played at Horst Club on 09.02.2025, as part of the event curated by Ben Ufo. I played from midday until 3pm: https://ra.co/events/2057540 

https://nonogigsta.substack.com/p/your-verdict-is-in 

Fictions #67 w/ Nono Gigsta 2025.02.27 – At Horst Club (Recorded on Feb, 9th)

Liquid J brings his splash! imprint to the Lot Radio with special guest Loidis ahead of the debut splash! night at Bossa Nova Civic Club. 

https://www.instagram.com/liquid____love 
https://www.soundcloud.com/movinginaliquid

 

splash!: Loidis & Liquid J @ The Lot Radio 03-28-2025

An exploration of microscopic textures across the dub continuum.

https://www.instagram.com/__k_wata

Micro Dubs with K Wata @ The Lot Radio 05-01-2025

My set (with crowd noise) from the Grove Saturday Night 1-3am, after Djrum, before Identified Patient. 

Out to all the sexy witches of the forest, thank you to everytone there + entire crew @sustain-release-nyc :)

<3 Mastered by the best @wordcolour

CCL @ Sustain-Release Year Ten


Artist: @kijulia (she/her) 

Location: Tio’tia:ke/Montreal 

About the Mix: 

This is a live recording of the last half of my four-hour opening set before Elena Colombi at Deep Rave, March 2025. The curation was really cool because Elena and I essentially split the peak time hours of the night and each took on the more free-form opening/closing edges of the journey. My intention for this stretch of the mix was to maintain a steady dancey groove, while occasionally spiralling into moments of enveloping chaos. I hope you can feel the strange yet inviting, sometimes overwhelming energy here… like the provocative smell of lilacs on a warm and humid late-spring night. 

About the DJ: 

Seoul-born and currently loving in Tio'tia:ke/Montreal, kiju is one of the core members of the Layer05 outdoor summer rave series and a dedicated member of the DIY community year-round. 

Tracklist: 

Donato Dozzy & Progetto Tribale - Disco Strat
Falty DL - Hardcourage
Bostro Pesopeo - Melchom
KZA - On&On&On
Tom Ellard - 303b The East is Red
Rebolledo - Steady Gear Rebo Maschine
Cardopusher - Just One Fixx
Frequency X - Scottish X
Yuri Suzuki - Hyype
Christopher Just - House 2
FULL EFX - Friends
Sons of Traders - Phrasing Joe (Conception Mix)
Zillas on Acid - Sticker Shock (Toulouse Low Trax Remix)
Kazuyoshi Shimamura - Back It Up
Armadillo Brand - Something Doesn’t Seem to be Working Here
Code Industry - Fury
Frequency X - Acid Czech (Remix)
Gladstone Deluxe - Hot People Party
4E - Gentle Killer
Takuro Hasumi - The Fall
Trippin Aka DJ Octopus - Tentacles Loop 6
DJ Fex - It’s Not Over
Uffie - Hot Chick
Bella Boo - Girls
Prosthetic Hands - Naw Bro What’s Hap[ening
Kimber - Candy Kitchen
Freaky Chakra - Come Back Here
62nd Cell - pH3
Yaleesa Hall - Flood Lights
Jun Kimata - Two Billion Light Years of Silence
Andrea - TrackQY
Taelue - Respect
Jezebell - Trading Places (2AM)
Clemens Neufeld - The Whip
Ricky Montanari - Electric Boy
Duckett - Moped Boy 14 Stabbed To Death
Global Goon & Ossa - Granked in Space
Armadillo Brand - 500 Headphones
Pulse - Fourvoice
[emergency loop USB failure, saved by esme - cut and edited]
Pulse - Outlaw, Part 3
Notte Infinita - Ecstatic Dub (Roller Mix)
Polygonia - Geronticus Eremita
Skee Mask - Korarchaeota
Drexell - Toronto Lift
Rob Smith aka RSD - What I Must Do
Headhunter - Projector
Atrice - Backrooms

Underground Love Affair 014 - Kiju

@hjacksonnn b2b @notyumiko live from our first party 

ED0045: Hank Jackson b2b Yumi

Bimonthly excursions through memories, geographies and nostalgia from NYC-based livwutang. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/livwutang/episodes/livwutang-9th-june-2025

Furniture without Memories w/ livwutang 090625

Skee's insight through his daily listening habits, from guilty pleasures to casual recommendations and in between... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/skee-mask/episodes/skee-mask-20th-june-2025

Feierabend w/ Skee Mask 200625

"Dedication" by Kincain | Written and Produced by Kincain for Human Cost Organisation | HCO 005

Threshing - Kincain

For booking inquiries please contact:
Michelle Erfer @ The Bunker NY (for North America)
michelle@thebunkerny.com

Alex Giacometti @ Biota Agency (for R.O.W.)
alex@biota.agency

Photo Credit: Seze Devres Photography NYC

Concept04_CarlosSouffront_July2015.mp3

Carlos Souffront