Three hours of garage, dubstep, grime, hardcore, jungle and techno recorded on a Sunday evening at 121 in Wellington for the Friendly Potential crew. At their request I tried to play with the energy of the old Sunday night sessions at FWD>>, and it was so fun. Old and new music side by side. Spinbacks at 2008 levels. 

Big thanks to everyone involved in this incredible trip to New Zealand and Australia, especially the Friendly Potential crew who made the whole thing possible. It was wonderful to play music again, and I hope to be back soon.

Ben UFO At Friendly Potential, Wellington - May 2021

Now this is exciting. Hessle Audio, the influential UK dance music label headed up by Ben UFO, Pangaea and Pearson Sound, is next up on crackaud.io with a first-of-its-kind Hessle mix from the imprint's founders. The galvanising, two-and-a-half-hour-long set looks back at the label’s storied 15-year run through its wide-spanning releases.

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Find out more about the mix on crackaud.io: crackm.ag/3Cy5nzP
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Issue 136 Cover Mix: Hessle Audio (Ben UFO, Pearson Sound & Pangaea)

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/3Z9grLZ 

@physical-therapy: "No big theme here, just an attempt to reflect some current sets I’ve been playing out. A lot of trippy, dramatic, broken sounds. Minimal, progressive breaks, electro and of course a little UKG :)"

Tracklist

In Session: Physical Therapy

Simon Aussel is known for a particularly wild DJing style and leftfield bassy bangers, and it's his curious and playful approach to clubland that's won him loyal fans over the years. Whether photographing drink tokens from gigs or creating an 8-bit version of his debut album on a Game Boy cartridge, he seems to approach every endeavour with childlike joy and wonder—rare qualities in an industry that can leave so many jaded.

The Nantes-born, Paris-based artist's love of club culture, digging and world-building has set him on a blazing path in club music. He's released an exceptionally wide range of music, including a Memphis rap tape for Trilogy Tapes, dubstep-trap-jazz hybrids with Egyptian singer Abdullah Miniawy and deadly hard drum for Livity Sound. His mixes, meanwhile, are fast becoming DJ lore thanks to his knack for connecting seemingly opposed genres like new wave and fast techno. Look no further than his now-infamous Dekmantel Selectors set from 2021 or a marathon back-to-back with Skee Mask in 2022. 

As the French DJ gets more comfortable with story-telling, he's getting more personal and focusing on deeper, slower sounds. That's evident on this RA Podcast—six months in the works—which incorporates woozy downtempo, weighty dub and bleepy beats. Of course, in the chaotic middle section there's plenty of huge basslines, plus old-school electro, acidic techno and even a bouncy edit of the Montell Jordan classic "This Is How We Do It." Showcasing his quirks, influences and growth, this is Simo Cell in prime time.

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Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/934

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RA.934 Simo Cell

Wisdom Teeth co-head Facta provides 50 minutes of looping grooves, tightly-woven broken beats, and shuffling garage to get you excited for the floor.

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Cousin @ Sustain Release Year 10

Dear Everybody.....

A few weeks ago, I began THE YEAR 2025 with a TRANSCENDENTAL ambient futuristic sound experience within the TRANSCENDENTAL LABYRINTH of St. Michael’s Church along with Infinity Machine & Ami Dang (LIVE !!!) and a TRANSCENDENTAL futuristic visual experience from Klip Collective at the very first Passages of the new year on Saturday January 18th, 2025 !!! 

Playing at Passages was a MAGICAL, INVIGORATING & INSPIRING experience and truly was the ULTIMATE TRANSCENDENTAL practice to GALVANIZE me to commence my TRANSCENDENTAL PLAN for this 25th anniversary year of Making Time !!! 

Well....YOU can now experience the TRANSCENDENTAL MAGIC of my TRANSCENDENTAL ambient futuristic sound experience at Passages with this recording of my full 2 hour set on that MAGICAL nite here !!!

(I'll be posting the full tracklist very soon.)

Listen as you mentally & emotionally prepare for the NEXT PHASE of my TRANSCENDENTAL MTXXV PLAN when we experience A TRANSCENDENTAL VISION OF LOVE™ TOGETHER this VALENTINE'S - Friday February 14th at Making Time VALENTIME™ with Johnny Jewel & Desire (LIVE !!!), Elena Colombi, Lechuga Zafiro, Ma Sha, JEWELSSEA, me.....Dave P., a TRANSCENDENTAL futuristic Vision of Love from Klip Collective & the TRANSCENDENTAL Sound of Love with Tripp Sound's TRANSCENDENTAL d&b Audiotechnik Soundsystem !!!

Get your tickets to experience this TRANSCENDENTAL VISION OF LOVE™ here:https://ra.co/events/2081391 !!!

YES !!! Passages is an INTEGRAL component of my TRANSCENDENTAL MTXXV PLAN. 

see you on the other side.

Love,
Dave P.

Dave P. @ Passages - January 18th, 2025

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Man In My Dreams .wav

"I’ve started to embrace some of the things I felt were problems to me earlier on in my DJ life, lately—e.g. how messy, non-linear and confusing my DJ “flow” is, often times things end up sounding like a messy emotional soup. This is no different. I’ve been feeling pretty contemplative lately, it’s funny how the ending of an arbitrary amount of time will do this to you. This year marks a decade of me being involved in electronic music and more than half a decade that I’ve been working in social work. I’ve changed a lot over this time period but a few things have remained constant. Both in my work (talking to people who are suicidal) and in myself, one of my biggest takeaways this decade is human being’s remarkable capacity to heal themselves. Music was a huge part of this process for me, so I wanted to put together a mix that reflects this. The mix contains a lot of tracks that remind me of specific times, feelings and people this past 10 years. As Russell EL Butler says, “I play healing music because I need to be healed”." - @ccl-tuf

Full Q&A: http://discwoman.com/mixes/ccl

DISCWOMAN 84 x CCL

Making Time & FIXED TRANSCENDENTAL futuristic musical pioneer !!! 

Upcoming Dave P. TRANSCENDENTAL futuristic sound experiences: 

Friday August 1st: FWB Festival with JDH / Idyllwild, CA 

Friday August 8th: FIXED with JDH & Dave P.....ALL NITE LONG @ Good Room / Brooklyn, NY 

Saturday August 23rd: Making Waves @ New York Avenue Beach & Anchor Rock Club / Atlantic City, NJ 

For bookings: ryan@liaisonartists.com