JAY DUNCAN 20.2.24

SPRKLBB goes b2b with Seattle's Sharlese for a tracky two hours of weirdo vinyl

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http://www.instagram.com/sharlese_m

Club Moment: Sharlese b2b SPRKLBB @ The Lot Radio 02-25-2024

"Every opportunity to learn something new is what's going to grow your craft as an artist." The Toronto star talks discipline and gaining self-confidence as a producer.

Cindy Li, AKA Ciel, always seems to be one step ahead. The label head, DJ, producer and activist has a hard-won career that dance music producers dream of—when she's not playing underground institutions across the globe, maintaining radio residencies, planning her own parties or collaborating with her favourite artists, she's thinking about what's next. "I'm the type of person that I'll stay up trying to finish everything rather than going to bed knowing that I didn't finish everything on my list," she tells RA's Nyshka Chandran in this week's episode.

The Toronto resident is a conservatory-trained pianist who uses the discipline she learnt from a lifetime of lessons to balance DJing and production. "For me, it is challenging to juggle both because they use very different parts of my brain," she describes. A deep digger whose love for atmospheric textures and '90s grooves influences her fresh take on UKG, tech-house and jungle, Li has been putting out music since 2017. She has various EPs and singles under her name, plus several joint releases with the likes of Dan Only, D.Tiffany and Priori but says she didn't always have the confidence for a solo full-length.

"I never thought I could write an album," she admits. But after playing live for the first time at MUTEK Montréal in 2021, that changed, leading to the 2023 release of Homesick, her debut album. "Don't ever let fear influence your decision-making," she says, describing how that show pushed her to overcome lingering doubts in the studio.

For more on Li's process, listen to the episode in full.

EX.703 Ciel

Swirling acid madness from the ever brilliant mind of Ridgewood, Queens’ Maxime Robillard, Love Letters’ “Falling Star EP” — the latest record on Interdimensional Transmissions — crawls inside your brain and takes many shapes as it brings you to ecstatic experiences on the dance floor. The vinyl is presented with 4 new songs, the A side containing the brain melter “Falling Star” that just builds and builds until reaching a rapturous release, and the frenetic “Tore”. The B side contains remixes of 2 originals — the first by No Way Back resident Mike Servito exploring his Detroit electro bass roots (and the first record in the IT catalog) for “Let the Bass Go”, and the second remix is of the jam “Morse” by IT founder BMG in his new studio, the first creation in the new room, moving towards a more holographic sound. The originals of “Let the Bass Go” and “Morse” are digital exclusives, making the digital version of this EP 6 tracks total. 

A1  Falling Star
A2  Tore
B1  Let the Bass Go (Mike Servito's 313 Bass Mix)
B2  Morse (BMG Mix)

Digital Bonus: 
Morse
Let the Bass Go

Written and Produced by Maxime Robillard.
Published by Sounds From Another Dimension (BMI).
Mastered at Enisslab in Rome. 
Records pressed at Archer Records, Detroit. 
Worldwide distribution by Clone.

Falling Star EP

Love Letters - Falling Star EP [IT 54]

"With this mix I tried to consider and channel the feelings of a lonely, dying planet, reaching out into the universe to make contact. This transmission is an expression of yearning, pain, and ultimately, in it's own way - love."

@hunterstarkingsla
IG: @hunterstarkings + @earthlingsradicalaudio
hunterstarkingsrhythms.bandcamp.com

Distant Signals 050: Hunter Starkings

Human Pitch is a New York City-based record label focused on fostering artists creating experimental music and art. Human Pitch was founded by multimedia artist Tristan Arp (Erin Rioux) and Simisea (Brandon Sanchez). Their biweekly Lot Radio residency collages dance, experimental and ambient music with global innovators in bass, afrobeat, dub, dembow, reggaeton, psych, and beyond, featuring original productions and special guests.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humanpitch/
Website: http://www.humanpitch.fm/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/humanpitch
Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanpitch
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/humanpitchofficial/

HUMAN PITCH @ The Lot Radio 04-20-2024

Name: Brandon “B” Smith
Alias: DØN (@don_muzik)
Pronouns: They/Them
Location: Based in Detroit, Michigan, originally from Columbus, OH

Influences: 
Dance music created, pioneered and/or perfected by black people. This includes (but is not limited to): techno, Jersey and Baltimore club, footwork, juke, kuduro, dubstep and electro. Not only this, but going to nightclubs in places all, especially Detroit and New York, and experiencing the aforementioned music live with amazing lights, overwhelmingly loud sound systems and my beautiful friends <3  

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Blessed Up Gang, Limit Break, Freezer Burn

Favorite Quote: Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. 

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
Don’t just focus on music. Please. Live. Your. Life. Go for a hike, skateboard, bake some cookies, practice shibari (consensually), it doesn't matter. The fastest way to burn out on producing and DJing is to solely focus on just that. In addition, inspiration comes from so many different places outside of just listening to other people’s music, or even your own. Don’t be afraid to be different, we’ve all heard enough “edits” to keep us satisfied going into the summer. 

Also, please remember that community is everything. The whole “self-made” this, that, and whatever, is just not true. You need people and chances are those people probably need you too. Please don’t lose sight of that when trying to achieve your goals, especially at a time when it’s increasingly apparent that the governments/institutions we “trust” make it clear they don’t care (or probably know anything) about any letter or number in LGBTQQIP2SAA. Stay safe, drink water and Free Palestine, Congo, Sudan and all other colonized/exploited nations.

About the mix:
Transitions can be hard. I recently uprooted my life in one city, to move to another. As a result, I’ve been working through a lot of depression, anxiety and frustration, acclimating myself to this new environment. 

In this time, I’ve been listening to a lot of music, in particular a lot of the tracks in this mix. That said, I feel like this mix encompasses a lot of what I have been feeling in this stretch of time, both consciously and unconsciously. Music, no matter how harsh and/or aggressive, can be therapeutic and help redirect a lot of potentially destructive energy into something positive like dancing, or even productive (like work *eyeroll*). Hope this mix finds you well and it makes your day and/or life better!

With this mix DØN asks for you to please learn more about and consider donating to: 
❁ Black Queer & Intersectional Collective - BQIC (Ohio) (https://www.instagram.com/bqic.ohio)

Tracklist and more at - https://thedaisychain.club/2024/05/07/daisychain-329-don/

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Daisychain 329 - DØN

Rose Kourts welcomes UK-based John Xie (Orientate London) for the first hour of this month's GEMS. Our gem inspiration is Kyanite, a wonderful stone for encouraging creative and positive energies to flow, as well as for bringing a sense of thankfulness and appreciation for the gifts of love and strength of connections we have.

http://www.instagram.com/johnny.xx, 
http://www.instagram.com/orientate.ldn
http://www.instagram.com/rose.kourts
https://ra.co/dj/johnxie,

GEMS with Rose Kourts invites John Xie: Kyanite @ The Lot Radio 05-08-2024

Asha Franco b2b Selena @Natural Order 2024

Prescribe yourself a genre-free, highly emotional course of Physical Therapy. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/physical-therapy/episodes/physical-therapy-17th-may-2024

Physical Therapy Invites: Fatherhood  170524

Name: Erin
Alias: Erin Void (@erin-void)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Columbus, OH

Influences: 80s synthpop, industrial & new wave; so many great DJs and artists I've been lucky to see play in Columbus, at nights thrown by friends, and at Midwest Fresh.

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Weird Pop / Disorder / Tilt Shift

Advice for the DJs, artists and producers of our community: Don't settle for less than playing what you love and have fun! There's nothing wrong with playing for small events, or working with friends to put together parties & shows of your own.

Favorite Quote: "Play it loud and jump around!"

Tracklist - http://bit.ly/erinvoidtrax

Daisychain 101 - Erin Void

Daisychain is a movement to showcase power, beauty, and strength of DJs and artists. Like the sequencing of electrical equipment, Daisychain will connect and develop a symbiotic network of trans, nonbinary people and femmes - from all backgrounds. DJs and artists from these realms of identity will continue to find their strength in sound by showcasing their art for a weekly guest mix series. 

Contact/Submissions: Leesh - daisychain.network606@gmail.com

Based in Chicago, IL

Daisychain 101 - Erin Void

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