Mixes by Dj Etta

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Darker Than Wax FM, hosted by Marco Weibel every Saturday afternoon. Ever so present yet deeply rooted, we move through two hours of diverse rhythms and globally free frequencies with regular notable guests. This week we have a guest set from Detroit's DJ ETTA!

@darkerthanwax, @marcoweibel @demonic.grounds

Darker Than Wax FM With DJ ETTA @ The Lot Radio 10 - 08 - 2022

FOr the 114th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome Detroit's, @etta_sound. An Ohio-born, Detroit-based DJ, writer, and self described technomusicologist, DJ Etta occupies most of her time scheming with her crew Blueprint, curating mixes for Moods, working as a tour guide at Exhibit 3000, or documenting the impact of black women in dance music. Her sets take a free form approach, basking in unabashed joyfulness untethered to genre. 

Her selections range from naughty boogie disco to enveloping house to classic, golden era hip-hop, mixed with a cohesive grace and effortless musicality. Enjoy DJ Etta's hour long mix of smooth, joyous house music.

Honcho Podcast Series 114: DJ Etta

Doing Time 25/06/ 2023

Veteran NTS host Hampus brings you Doing Time: a genre-agnostic monthly trip through quality records from around the world’s past and present, featuring regular appearances from musical friends and family.

https://www.nts.live/shows/doing-time/episodes/doing-time-25th-june-2023

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Catford's finest Front Left Life were joined this month by Tanum Sound soundman Winsome for two hours of bass-heavy, white label business. Tracks inside from the likes of The Provence, Mala, and Foul Play.

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Front Left Life b2b Winsome - June 2023

Hip-hop scholar, esteemed illustrator and all round head Ted Draws holds down a killer 2 hour monthly slot on Tuesday afternoons.

https://www.nts.live/shows/TED-DRAWS/episodes/ted-draws-27th-june-2023

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ready! set!

https://www.nts.live/shows/fela-kuti/episodes/fela-kuti-day-antibalas-13th-october-2017

Fela Kuti Day - Antibalas 131017

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. This mix captures a rainy morning of pulling records - starting off with chill listening n crossing over to abstract, downtempo, and dub techno sounds.

Track List:
Have Spacesuit Will Travel (Part II) - The Greg Foat Group
Unity LP - 606 Records
Bird Brain - Brainwave Research Center
Traytor - David Morley
Nature - Vertical67
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Channel Interference - Capsule Network
Bedtime Ritual - Third Nature
Urban Monogamy - Eva Geist
Tedra - Kenny Larkin
Our English Friends - Deux Filles

Aired on July 02 2023  

for other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Smooth Brain Sunday 07 (July 2023)

For August, Crystal aka DJ Etta @etta_sound invites us to cool down the hottest summer days with a soul soothing, laid back mix of funk and groove. DJ Etta is a Leo queen, techno-funk-musicologist, and driving force to the Detroit dance community - whether it be through her sound, words, or creating a space to uplift other talent - centering black femmes. DJ Etta’s dedication to the craft resurfaces historical roots in the city from the ground up, prevailing in her sound and collaborations amongst artists across the country. 

If you’ve ever had the honor to hear a DJ Etta set, you know no matter the time or place, she brings the funk. This mix perfectly captures her groove essence hitting all spectrum of sound. A fusion of jazz, soul, house, and world music to kick back and relax on a sunny day.

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. For other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Track List:

Kool and The Gang - Summer Madness
Aja Monet/Lonnie Holley- What Makes You Feel Loved
Stevie Wonder - Never In Your Sun
Gerd - Palm Leaves (Mr Fingers Afropsychojungledub Mix) 
Patrick Cowley - Sea Hunt 
Joao Donato - Forgotten Places
Reggie Dokes - Alkebulan ft Skip Pruitt
Cappel/Hurley/Wilder/ - Live At Trixies 
Barbie Bertisch - I Thought This Would Be Easier
Ras G + The African Space Program - Dance of the Cosmos
Amir Alexander - Love Notes To Brooklyn 
MFSB - Mysteries of The World
Jon Lucien - Listen Love 
Bobbi Humphrey - Jasper Country Man

Aired on August 06 2023

Smooth Brain Sunday 08 wsg DJ Etta (August 2023)

Deep beats, improvisational jazz, and oddities

http://www.instagram.com/cmioner

DJ Etta @ The Lot Radio 10-01-2023

Lorelei blesses us with her October love song with an hour long session of ethereal, abstract, & alternative rock nrg. Lorelei is a Chicago-based producer and DJ, with previous affiliations at legendary local record stores Gramophone and Wild Prairie. 

Her sound is goth, cutting-edge, yet celestial. Lorelei’s smooth brain mix captures this essence as it transcends us through the lightness and darkness of post-punk. Many of you may already know Lorelei making waves across Chicago / the midwest and beyond. A beloved collaborator and dj partner circa 2016 — I’m stoked to feature her on Smooth Brain <3

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. For other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Track List:

Drinking at a Stream - Deux Filles
Jacho’s Story - …The ‘2+2 = 5’
The Holy Hour - Cyrnai
Pocos Locos - Sueño Sueño
Black Market - Snatch
Follow Our Kode - The Creative Technology Consortium
Here Visit - Bruce Gilbert
Pink Rhythm - The Advanced Cookbook of Mr S and K
Wordless Songs - Justine
Spanish Reggae - The Durutti Column
Spinal Column - Stereolab
Promises - Vicious Pink
Lorelei - Cocteau Twins
Birthday - The Sugarcubes

Smooth Brain Sunday 10 wsg Lorelei (October 2023)

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. This mix shifts between the abstract sounds of downtempo, IDM, and ethereal soundscapes - emulating a smooth brain session in the cloud.

Track List:
The Dream - Planetary Assault System
Sneakin’ Out The Hospital - Beastie Boys
Safe From Harm (Just A Groove Dub) - Massive Attack
Moonrise Alpha - Palm Skin Productions
Plaistow Flex Out - Squarepusher
Es Ist Nur Der Rauch - Andreas Dorau
Sevillanas pink - Las Ketchup
Sunshower - Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
Rely (Lackluster Remix) - Korpi Ensemble
Misery train - Suicide
Electric Garden - Conrad Schnitzler
Hypnosis / Hypnose - Gina X Performance
Octopus - Sunfear
I don’t know why I’m crying now - Sunfear
Instrumental No. 2 - My Bloody Valentine
Cut - Seefeel
Seizure - Plaid
A Heart-warming and Beautiful Flower Will Eventually 
Wither Away and Become Dirt - Susumu Yokota

Aired on Nov 05 2023

for other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Smooth Brain Sunday 11 (Nov 2023)

This mix pushes my practice further than I believe I've ever gone before, folding rock, ambient, spoken word, and percussion into a post-western story of planetary exploration.

Lately, I've caught myself digging deeper into my past as a percussionist and writer. I played drumline (tenors) from 2009-2013, built instruments and wrote songs in a DIY/Stomp-inspired band called Groove (2013-2017), and trained across marimba, steel pan, vibraphone, and timpani. I also wrote a series of seven science fiction books in high school fueled primarily by Avatar the Last Airbender and queer escapism. The series was called Matter, and allowed me to craft worlds, personalities, heartbreak, and outlining (without me really realizing it) the belief that, collectively, the people we put ourselves in relation to help us build the world we want to live in.

Because of this, this set starts with a 1991 rendition on "The Songlines" from the Robert Hohner Perc. Ensemble—from a gift my percussion teacher gave me around 2010 or so. From there, all tracks come from the 21st century (there is good to be found here!), including two new pieces from myself that score an upcoming film I'm making titled Prednisone. The goal is to launch you from land to sky to space, see some planets, find some havens, heal wounds, purge toxins, and return home.     

                                                            — Endash, 2023

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. For other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Track List:
The Songlines - Robert Hohner Perc. Ensemble
My Prayer - Mansur Brown
Clouds Race Across the Sky - Joe Satriani
Tricks Me My Mind - Bitchin Bajas and Natural Information Society
Anemometer - Bitchin Bajas and Natural Information Society
Scattering - Steve Gunn & David Moore
Reroute - Endash
Repiseog - Endash
Optical Haze, Pt. 2 - JOHN SELLEKAERS
Parasympathetic - Seconds
Yaupon - Jake Muir
Intro - lan Pooley
The Universe - A Guy Called Gerald
Exist By Hope Alone - Nexcyia
pyramids - Zekkereya El-magharbel
The Unity of the Mind - Valentina Magaletti
LOG 4 - LOG
Colouring Of Pigeons - The Knife, Mt. Sims, and Planningtorock
羽毛能指（Feather Signifier) - Howie Lee
Oakmoss - Bibio

Smooth Brain Sunday 12 wsg Endash (Dec 2023)

@kiernan-laveaux
Kiernan Laveaux comes in here, with her exciting take on what we could call ‘making full use of our mixing gear’. Keeping the spirit alive of Ron Hardy in the few interviews she did, it really makes sense in regards of the mutual playfulness in the art of DJing. 
The character of this mix bright and weird, something that gains feelings of hope and liberation. A trip that pulsates and stretches with loopy looping, that makes it breath & constrict at times. Kiernan guides us so smooth and kindly through many different cosmic passages. Wavy landscapes without losing any of warmth or euphoria.
Kiernan is from Cleveland, an affiliate of the T4T LUV NRG label & a part of Sweet Abyss - where this mix was recorded live, amidst various gay psychedelic vibes. Thanks Kiernan!
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“This mix is 70 minutes transmitted live & direct from my brain at one of the transgender dance music focused Sweet Abyss events I helped to create in 2023, opening for my lovely friend Tabasheer. Recommended listening on a walk by yourself, in a room with strange lighting, or riding up & down life’s escalators”

Image by @malzof /Jules Malice Art

Knekelhuis # 108 - Kiernan Laveaux

January is the start of a new year: a reset, fresh chapter, closing the door on what no longer serves you. A chance to set a timed measure of your goals and set routines to live the best version of yourself. 

This mix depicts the spectrum of feelings and internal conflict over the course of the year that still lingers in your body. Unexpected love, joy, and wonder will come your way. So will disorder, pain, and death. It is not easy to cope with changes - you will sometimes resort back to old ways. Find the balance of accepting this while letting go to be who you want to be. Most importantly, give yourself flowers while you can still smell them!

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. For other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Track List:
Honey - Ultramarine
Soft Landing - Ursula 1000
Lilted Song - Gi Gi
Afterglow - Garbage
Fidelity - The Durutti Column
Autosuggestion - Silent Servant
My Joy - Sixth June
Habitat of ‘o’ Negative - Drexyica
Unit - Logic System
Mockingbird Dream - Patrick Cowley
Flipside - Everything but the Girl
Urbi Et Orbi - Mappa Mundi
I Miss Your Love (dub-Ronic mix) - Petria
U Make Me Feel (Running Water) - Elsi Curry
Celestial V.S.U. - Final Cut
The Angel - Ministry
If You Want To Soar With The Angels - Transient Waves

Smooth Brain Sunday 13 (Jan 2024)

It's luv szn <3 Shout out to all my strong, independent, single girlies that spread love each n every day!! Love is a feeling, state of mind, lifestyle. Sharing this with another person is special and a blessing.

Track List:
Definition of Love - Aaron-Carl
Strangers on a Train - Lovage
That’s The Way Love Is - Dwight Skyes
Love Played A Game - Ann Peebles
Tell Me - Groove Theory
Thinking Of You (Dream Mix) - Maureen Walsh
Your Laugh As My Ringtone - Hysterical Love Project
Anyways - Esthero
Climax (Girl Shit) - Slum Village
Fake Loathe - Blue Iverson
I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Marshall Jefferson Symphony mix) - Soul Family Sensation
Road Of The Lonely Ones - Madlib 
You’ve Gone - Bassline ft Lorraine Chambers
Any Love (Larry Heard Mix) - Massive Attack
Thinking - A.S.O.
quiero sentirme bien - Kali Uchis
By Your Side - Love Spirals Downwards
Angel - Goldie

Aired on Feb 4 2024 on beloved.wtf

Tune in every first Sunday of the month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. For other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

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Smooth Brain Sunday 14 (Feb 2024) - Luv Mix

Shubostar's RA Podcast begins and ends with video game music. (The beginning kind of sounds like Mary Poppins, actually.) Lots of DJs and producers play or make music that emulates the nostalgic sounds of old-school gaming, but the South Korean artist goes direct to the source. Before falling in love with dance music, she went to an animation-focused high school and learned how to make video games—so it's basically in her musical DNA. And while her DJing isn't as out-there as you might expect from that description, '90s and '00s Japanese video game (and anime) soundtracks offer a good idea of what her playing sounds like: lush, synthetic and a little naive, full of wonder and positive vibes.

With releases on labels like Permanent Vacation, Internasjonal and her own uju Records, Shubostar is also a student of cosmic space disco, inspired by artists like Daniele Baldelli, Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas. Lately she's been rubbing elbows with Âme and Dixon. She picks tracks from across eras and genres on her RA Podcast, with cuts from Yellow Magic Orchestra, Baldelli and Kraftwerk alongside selections from DJ City and Private Agenda. It's a mix full of mood shits, dazzling keyboard runs and, of course, melodies that seem to reach out towards the heavens—or outer space.

@shubostar

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/925

RA podcast

RA.925 Shubostar

@riccardovillella

In a world overflowing with music, finding reliable curators can be a challenge. Villella has been a key figure in the underground scene for years, both as a DJ and as a curator for Truants, where he has been running the iconic Truancy Volume and the recently established Truancy Sessions series for nearly 14 years. With over a decade of experience navigating the ever-evolving landscape of dance music, Villella has developed a distinct DJ style rooted in rave nostalgia and euphoric serenity.

His DJ sets reflect his eclectic taste, shaped by years of exposure to a wide range of sounds and genres. Villella has crafted mixes for esteemed platforms, labels, and parties such as The Ransom Note, Spontaneous Affinity, Goddezz, Delayed, and Tombolo, showcasing his ability to effortlessly blend genres—from house, breaks, and prog to trance, grime, jungle, garage, and beyond. A proper tastemaker with an ear for the past, present, and future.

𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 - zizi K invites Villella / Internet Public Radio

~ another soft, languishing, slow one for fall ~

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In-studio: Lucía Beyond

Name: Crystal Gause
Alias: ETTA (@etta_sound)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Detroit

Influences: Lakuti, Ash Lauryn, Josey Rebelle, Hotwaxx

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Moods (@mooooods), Black Bandcamp, The Mioner Agency

Favorite Quote: We exists as women who are Black who are feminists, each stranded for the moment, working independently because there is not yet an environment in this society remotely congenial to our struggle—because, being on the bottom, we would have to do what no one else has done: we would have to fight the world.
- The Combahee River Collective Statement

Advice for the DJs, artists and producers of our community: You have everything you need to start and starting is what's most important. The rest you'll figure out. 

Open your purse: crystal.gause92@gmail.com [PayPal] or $mioneragency63 [Cashapp]

With this mix please learn more about and consider donating to: Salus Center (https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/keep-lansings-lgbtq-community-center-open)

Tracklist - https://bit.ly/EttaTrax

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Daisychain 135 - ETTA

The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 - 2:00 AM UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music. The show has been presented since its inception by Pete Tong and features an uninterrupted two-hour mix from a different artist each week, overlaid with occasional continuity announcements delivered by Tong. With a broadcast run in excess of 25 years, the Essential Mix is one of the longest-running programmes in the current BBC Radio 1 schedule, and is one of very few Radio 1 shows which is not broadcast live.

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Smooth Brain Sunday 08 wsg DJ Etta (August 2023)

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