Name: Yumiko
Alias: Yumi (@notyumiko)
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Location: New York, NY

Influences: IYDE (Amelia + Sara), livwutang, TBZ, Carlos Souffront, Beau Wanzer, Lord Tusk, Lolina, Mad Professor, Drexciya, Prince, Jamal Moss, Model Home, Chris & Cosey, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Tax Free Records, Brew Records, MIC Records, Future Times, Minimal Wave, Dance Mania, UR, Databass

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: In Your Dirty Ears Newsletter, Random Access Radio

Favorite Quote: “Bam” - Emeril Lagasse

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: Don’t gatekeep, don’t rush, find people you’re excited to share music with. Support your peers (listen and share their mixes, buy their music, go to their gigs)! 
The mix I initially prepared for this series I recorded a couple of times -  it felt like I was trying too hard to make something work and it just wasn’t sitting right… but after a night of djing at my friend Amelia Holt’s crib and then watching our friend liivwutang literally tear the club apart, I recorded this session the next day. I wasn’t recording with the intention of using it for anything so there was 0 pressure, I just plugged in my usb and tried to ride the vibes I was blessed with from the night before and something good happened. So record all your sessions and more importantly stay inspired/energized by the work n skills of other djs bc why did we wanna start doing this in the first place? some dj rocked your shit fr.

With this mix Yumi asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ Don’t call the Police - Database of local and national community-based alternatives to calling the police or 911. 
(www.dontcallthepolice.com)
❁ The Electronic Intifada - The Electronic Intifada is an independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and place in the world.
(www.electronicintifada.net)

Daisychain

Daisychain 208 - Yumi

@hitfactoryrecs is @djwawabk, @claywilson, and their musical orbit of friends and collaborators. Their regular mixes and releases stand as a foil to perfectionism, commodification, and the music industry PR machine — two relative veterans of the music community reclaiming DJing and production on their own terms.

"This mix was recorded at the Hit Factory with nothing but vibes in mind. This ain’t a mix to prove that we’re good or know how to beat match or anything like that. Just years and years of listening to music with the hope of gaining a deeper understanding of it along with ourselves. Let the feelings take over when you hear the music not the thoughts."

Read the full interview:
https://spontaneous.zone/042-hit-factory.html

@hitfactoryrecs

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Spontaneous Affinity #042: Hit Factory

@dj_lentil

For the extended Q&A and OG pi pi pi track game please visit our website ~~~~> pipipi.life <~~~~~~~~

Introduce yourself? Pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fact about yourself?

My name is Taya (she/her), I live in Berlin. I am Belarus born and raised, and World shaped and formed

How did you get your DJ name?

I was messing around with a friend, and we were laughing at how absurd this name would sound on a line up.

Said in a serious deep male voice

Yogic

Teleself

DJ LENTIL

After some backs and forths I came to terms with being the ridiculousness I want to see in the world

Fav bpm and why?

140 is the bpm I am truly comfortable in. If I go higher I am ramping it up. Slower than 140bpm is basically downtempo

What is your favorite party/collective where you reside and why?

Climax - these women are making their own space and crafting their own vibe in the current techno paradigm. Their mission and ethics are on point, while their music tastes reside outside of time.
3 X L - the existence of ambient influencers has been confirmed
D.U.M.P. - most importantly, a party. Bring what you’ve got and you are welcome here for who you are, but not for who you think you are ;)
Astral VIP - bend your mind with the music and bend your music with the mind.

What do you think future generations will think about the 2022 sound?

“What a strange loop”

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

Post capitalism. Humans gathered all the gun supply on Earth, loaded it on a big spaceship and sent it off into the cosmos. The rich are abolished. Reparations have been paid. Therapy has been mandatory for yt men for a few decades now. There is no such thing anymore as a “bedroom producer”, we record our music directly from our brains. Rave Etiquette and Rave History are the subjects studied in middle-school. There is no talk at the raves in the front of the dance floor - we have telepathy for that. DJing as a craft remains the same because it has always been ahead of its time.

DJ Lentil - 202˚

Lena Willikens joined us in the arcade for a one-off show. 60 minutes of hypnotic bass, techno and breaks from the likes of Batu, Pugilist and Anunaku.

Lena Willikens - March 2022

Here's my NTS Radio show from Tuesday 5th April 2022

Full tracklist can be found here: https://www.nts.live/shows/danielle/episodes/danielle-5th-april-2022

And link to all past shows here > www.nts.live/shows/danielle

Danielle on NTS Radio - 5th April 2022 (live from home)

Genre-whipping Italian DJ and producer Giordano delivers an hour of barely contained chaos. From old-school rave, to UK bass-face inducing wobblers to acid-dripped electronica, @giordano grabs us and pulls us along for the hour-long ride whether we're ready or not.

BODY MIX 011 | Giordano

LT is joined by friend and label boss Journeymann Trax for a selection of recent finds and favourites.

LT w/ Journeymann Trax - May 2022

@zoepea

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We stumbled across Zoe Pea at a little basement party in Bristol a few months back. Zoe was playing all night long with Jacob Amos, and the two of them completely blew us away. 

Since that party we’ve been tuning in to all of Zoe’s Noods and Narr Radio shows, and it wasn’t long until we were pestering her to record us a mix for the series. 

Zoe described this recording as scatty and rough round the edges, sounds about right! It’s also the perfect warm up for Zoe’s set at MOT on the 27th for our Red Haze party. We’re already getting giddy about the idea of hearing Zoe’s records on a system again, make sure you don’t miss her warming up the sweatbox that is Red Haze at MOT on the 27th !

People & Places 038: Zoe Pea

bouncy whistle tool, old project by me that's too groovy to not release as a tool..

JCB - Bouncy Whistle (Tool)

prod me , contact 4 more <3 FREE SALLY !!

key: A major
bpm: 160

incarcerated dreams

09 Die Macht

bookings:
nadja@ekipa.agency (worldwide)
Label: Soft Raw

Danielle on NTS Radio - 5th April 2022 (live from home)

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