Daisychain's monthly residency on Berlin's Refuge Worldwide radio featuring mixes from series' curator Leesh (@dj_leesh) and past Daisychainers.

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Two years ago, Miss Twink USA (@misstwinkusa) brought classic club energy and fierce attitude with their Daisychain mix (#61). Prepare for another mix with just as much badass bounce and sounds to move your body and get you breathing for Daisychain's residency on Berlin's Refuge Worldwide 📡🌐🌼

Del Hale, better known as Miss Twink USA, is a high-energy DJ and producer from Chicago with an ear for alt-energy sonics with a larger-than-life club finish. They are the co-runner of the Chicago-based platforms "in the middle." and RUMORS (@rumorschi).

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Chicago's Lorelei (@lorelei_lorelei) put out a siren song through Daisychain last year (#109). Back in it, she's swirling through October's energy with a freaky mix for this month's installation on Daisychain's residency for Refuge Worldwide.

Laura Vicinanza (Lorelei) is a DJ, producer, and record collector/record store employee (Wild Prairie) who lives in Chicago, IL. This is a live recording of her DJ set from Midwaste Space People’s October Fundraiser on 10.1.21 in Chicago, IL.

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Daisychain’s Leesh (@dj_leesh) is back on Refuge Worldwide to close out the year with a very special 2-hour show of psychedelic rave energy. Since pre-lockdown 2020, Leesh returns to the club after a very long break from the dance floor and the booth. This is a live recording from JAMS in Madison, Wisconsin on November 20, 2021 📡🌐🌼

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Back in 2019 Cay Horiuchi (@cay-horiuchi) from Portland brought bass humidifier sounds to Daisychain (#082). Here they are once again, journeying toward a bassutopian haven, for this month's installation of the Daisychain residency on Berlin's Refuge Worldwide 📡🌐🌼 

Cay Horiuchi is a Portland-based DJ and artist from Japan. As a part of UwU Collective, they co-create spaces for QTBIPOC & T/GNC community members to dance in safety. Floating fluidly between two languages, cultures, gender binary, or dance floors, they explore the ideas of belonging and utopia.

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Formerly known as Sydney Salt, sulffffffur banged through beautiful nightcore in her Daisychain mix last year (#130). New moniker, new vibe, similar powerful scattering sound, she's back with a yearning mix that's splendidly hexd for this month's installation on Berlin's Refuge Worldwide 📡🌐🌼

From Tennessee but residing in Chicago, sulffffffur has striven to make and play music that encapsulates what it's like to be her: confusing, fairly uncomfortable, kinda scatterbrained, jarring as all hell, interested in change but addicted to routine, pretty funny, and sorta pretty, maybe? Initially sticking to sounds of techno, hip hop, house, electro and bass, her post-industrial- and nightcore-heavy djing and production style has expanded to the worlds of breaks, jungle, trance, funk carioca, hexd, and beyond. To quote one Anna-Varney Cantodea: yes, it's going to be awful.

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Boo Lean (@boo-lean) brought pureNRG in her mix three years ago (#056). For the International Womens Day special showcase on Berlin's Refuge Worldwide, she's got a mix of "some favorite femme producers to sway and crack yr back to, in celebration of International Womens Day (today and everyday)." 📡🌐🌼

Previously pushing party energy through Pittsburgh's Hot Mass hallowed halls, Boo Lean (aka Lauren Goshinski) is now currently based in New York City. You can find her at the Lot Radio for her monthly show, quarterly at Public Records, with surprises everywhere in between.

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
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Queen selector of drum 'n' bass in Chicago, Toyacoyah (@toyacoyah-brown) brought that classic massive energy to Daisychain two years ago (#121). She's back again, unfurling the bass and the drum sounds for a frenetic mix for this month's installation on Refuge Worldwide.  📡🌐🌼

Toyacoyah is an avid record collector that has been DJing drum n’ bass since the late 90s. While her sets may lean towards the jazzier, soulful side of bass music she can still drop some heavy hitters when necessary. You can catch her throwing down a set with the Proper Chicago crew, streaming alongside the ladies of Siren Project, or having a little fun on her Twitch channel. 

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
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South Side Chicago's Dee Jay Alicia (@dj-alicia) brought soulful house energy for 2020's late summer day (#132). In the mix again with the VIBES for this month's installation of Refuge Worldwide 📡🌐🌼

Dee Jay Alicia, a Chicago native, developed a love for music at a young age.  Her musical beginnings were rooted in soul, steppers and R&B. She began her DJ career in 1996 under the guidance of steppers DJ Raphael. She enjoyed a successful 16-year stretch as a stepper's DJ which included appearances on the weekly show Stepping at Club 7.

In 2010, she decided to dive deeper into the area of House Music. Since that time, she has played many venues throughout the U.S. leading up to Chicago's most prestigious stage in House Music as a guest at the Chosen Few Picnic in 2016 and 2017. She continues to DJ / Produce for the Legendary House DJ/Producer Terry Hunter's T's Box record label.

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Pride month comes to a close but queer joy lives on forever. Daisychain’s Leesh (@dj_leesh) celebrates bubblegum energy with a mixtape-esque collection of bass and pop, capturing many of the feelings that can come with being a deeply emotional queer. This month's installation of Refuge Worldwide is for all the QTs. 📡🌐🌼

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We’re talking pure XTC NRG. Daisychain's Leesh (@dj_leesh) harnesses 2 full hours of raving for this DIREKT installation via Copenhagen’s SOUNDBOKS mix series collab with Refuge Worldwide. 📡🌐🌼

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Naive's sweetheart Violet (@violet) brought a broken dreamscape for her mix two years ago (#99) and for this installation on Refuge Worldwide she wove together the percussion of another dream world. 📡🌐🌼

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About a year ago Vancouver's INNEZZ (@djinnezz) led us into a wormhole of breakbeats (#203). Back again on Refuge Worldwide, she's gone totally extraterrestrial. 📡🌐🌼

INNEZZ aka Innès is a Canadian DJ originating from North African and German descent. Her sets are always provocative, mixing new and old styles of trance, acid, techno, and breaks, pulling sounds of percussive rhythms and rare melodies. Catch her playing in New York as she recently played the reopening of the infamous Bossa Nova Civic Club.

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
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Last year Montreal's Lia Plutonic (@lialiyah) took us on an out of body journey through house (#173). She's back again and wants you to move your body for this month's installation on Refuge Worldwide. 📡🌐🌼

Montreal’s Lia Plutonic has deep roots in house music with branches that extend to the sky. She celebrates the love and connection formed through dance, highlighted by instrumental anchors and vocal evocations commanding you to move your body.

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Daisychain's Leesh (@dj_leesh) closes out the 2022 residency on Refuge Worldwide with a live recording from <<REV in Chicago, a party dedicated to the sounds of the UK. This mix explores some of Leesh's origin tracks and big big new favorites from the realms of UK bass, grime, dubstep, UKG and more. 📡🌐🌼

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Two years ago Indianapolis' beloved Duck Trash (@ducktrash) gave us all a hefty dose of Chemical X (#136). For this month's installation on Refuge Worldwide, they're bringing their genre-spanning sound for a very electric journey through house, techno and electro 📡🌐🌼

Indianapolis-based artist Duck Trash is a queer techno & electro selector who believes in the healing powers of the dancefloor. They illustrate the full range of human emotion in each otherworldly heavy dance mix. They are passionate about the queer roots of rave culture and strive to ensure that raves remain a space of queer liberation.

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
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Cleveland's Ghost Noises (#090) is back as DJ Geauga Lake (@dj-geauga-lake) with a mix of precarious sounds, experimentally and eclectically electric! 📡🌐🌼

DJ Geauga Lake is the current musical project of Cleveland-based record collector / selector Eric Sarley. Pulling from their love of sampling and musical lineages, their appreciation for warm and psychedelic dance music sound design, and experiences in queer worldbuilding in the DIY, glamour-free creative environment of the Midwest; their approach to DJing and music sharing encourages moments of personal catharsis on the dance floor. Their moniker comes from the beloved and defunct eccentric Northeast Ohio theme park Geauga Lake. They are anti-AI and pro-dessert.

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
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Hailing from the Midwest, STARKA brought us a hefty helping of club in their mix a couple years ago (#128). Want some driving, dark club energy? Their door is open. And this mix will lead you there. 📡🌐🌼

Aspiring Chicago resident STARKA is most musically interested in crafting energizing, genre-spanning dance mixes. They believe that we all deserve spaces to flourish, which for them includes (but also goes way beyond) spaces to dance, commune, and relieve. They want to improve access to these and other life-giving spaces. They weave their passion for music and dance with their care for improving living conditions, particularly in terms of housing, environment, and health.

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
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Tracklist - https://www.instagram.com/p/CqlNXDgumqf/

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Back at it again, a live recording from Leesh (@dj_leesh) at Daisychain's 5 Years of Rave anniversary celebration tour, this time at JAMS in Madison, Wisconsin. An hour and a half of pure ecstatic Rave energy, heavy in the bass and bright in the melodies. 📡🌐🌼

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
refugeworldwide.com @refugeworldwide

Tracklist - https://thedaisychain.club/2023/06/01/daisychain-x-refuge-worldwide-leesh/

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Leesh (@dj_leesh) comes hard and fast. In this live recording from a party at The Hideout in Chicago, expect speedy break-heavy trance-laden crushed up distortion, bumping in bass and nostalgic rave pingbacks.

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
refugeworldwide.com @refugeworldwide

Tracklist - https://thedaisychain.club/2023/07/26/daisychain-x-refuge-worldwide-leesh-2/

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Baltimore’s Kir (@itiskir) and recent Daisychainer (#292) guests on this month's installation of the Daisychain residency for Refuge Worldwide, playing some of their favorite minimal, electro, and shuffly cuts alongside original productions. It's a dream cloud floating through the textures both smooth and softly gritty. This special edition is the first of the residency performed live from Refuge Worldwide HQ at Oona Bar in Neukölln📡🌐🌼

A raver first and born by the California beachside, Kir began making music at a young age; first pop, and eventually, electronic, all inspired by the ocean. After relocating to Arizona for high school, where they witnessed their first desert raves and were introduced to genres like hardstyle and happy hardcore, their eyes turned to underground production styles and DJing. It wasn’t until they moved to Chicago to study music that they began collecting records and investing in gear, and it was truly post-pandemic that Kir had the opportunity to first share their original, tropical-inspired music with the world. Their hardware sets contain compositions performed live on two vintage Korg Electribes (MX), energetically mixing techno with their gritty, old-school, breaks-centric rave productions in a fashion similar to DJing. With a deep love for shuffled beats and syncopated rhythms, Kir’s DJ sets span a similar range, and explore the bounds of minimal, UKG, electro, breakbeat techno, and drum & bass.

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
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Tracklist - https://thedaisychain.club/2023/08/30/daisychain-x-refuge-worldwide-kir/

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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