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Decomposition Mix Series

5 éme Vagues

These are mixes made by the current members of Research & Development, Makeen and JS Alvarez

Mixes by R&D members

Electronic Sets 2022 ( house x techno etc.) part 2

Edward Bei is unfolding his hypnotic universe in front of our ears. Whether it’s irresistible bubbly groovers, dancefloor oriented arpeggio tools or deep diving journeys with real anthem qualities - he emphatically proves that his versatile way leads directly into a promising, highly mesmerizing future.
a n j e, Polygonia and KR:DS accompany this unique release with galvanizing remixes that will twist your mind.

Mastering by Zeno Mainardi

Artwork by Pacaya (www.elpacaya.com)

Blue Lotus

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Edward Bei - Chemical Resonance (Polygonia Remix)

Artist: WHT MOTH
Remixer: Alarico
Title: Diatonico
Label: Devotion Records
Cat: DVR092
Genre: Techno
Release Date: 29/11/2021
Buy Link: https://devotionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sottotono-ep

WHT MOTH lands on Devotion Records headquarters and graces the ever-prolic imprint with 4 original killer tracks while Alarico puts the nal touch with his remix.
While our club scene is getting back to normal after a couple very challenging years, ‘’Sottotono EP’’ comes like a wild train to delight the danceoors with an unstoppable force, signature elements of the incredibly talented producer.
It’s time to rave again, more passionately than ever before, and this EP shouldn’t be missed from your playlists!

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@devotionrecordsocial / @whtmoth01 / @alarico___

Curator: 
Letícia Magalhães

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PREMIERE: WHT MOTH - Diatonico (Alarico Remix) [Devotion Records]

IWTFA Podcast 102 I Side-FX (Aus)

Ryan Muller aka Side-FX, born only one hour south of Melbourne, his roots quickly grew into Melbourne’s underground as a teenager in the mid 2000’s. Trance, techno & hard dance the flavour of his record collection. Shaped by the past he moved with diversity into the digital mixing realm. This forward thinking attitude opened the booth doors & saw Ryan programming some of the regions most energetic dancefloors over the past decade. In recent years, after spending time embedded in the European rave scene whilst living & playing in East London, his mind & skillset are sunk into the driving grooves, punchy drums and mysterious soundscapes of hypnotic techno music.  

www.instagram.com/ryan.muller.music
www.soundcloud.com/djsidefx

IWTFA Podcast 102 I Side-FX

Heliocentric Part 2

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Skjöld  - Heliocentric Part 2

Decomposition is a mix series by Dead Channel. Fig. 5 comes from JS Alvarez of Research & Development. Tracklist below:

@jsalvarez
@researchndevelopment

Carter Tutti Void - T 3.6
Internacional Electrical Rhythms - Azaka
Kuniyuki - Shout (12 inch version)
Spiritflesh - Mortuary
Nick Klein - Tail Eating
Future DZ - Bongo 2cc
Assalti Industriali - Sei Minuti E Ventitré Secondi
Privacy - No Way Back
Bill Converse feat. Carlos Souffront - WATB
Kliner - Tamtara
In Sotto Voce - Track 2
Untold - Overdrive
Ximena, Ali X, Palomo - Pastillitas (Cabaret Nocturne Remix)
Subjected - Steel
Cadans - 3 Milian
Globull - Untitled
Max Durante - Machine World
Factory Floor - Two Different Ways (Perc Remix)
DSX & Sid Lamar - Rain and Sweat
Ansome - Haylard Hitch
houz' mon - 101 rx. dm 112
Juzer - Busy Bees
Post Scriptum - You Won’t Find Me
HKKPTR - Reglos
Darien - Hit it
Scalameriya - Tainted Voltage

Decomposition - Fig. 5: JS Alvarez

Q&A: https://www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/35-amelia-holt

A hypnotic live set recorded at Brooklyn’s Public Records.

Amelia Holt is a mainstay in Brooklyn’s electronic scene, known for her experimental and shapeshifting sets and community projects including In Your Dirty Ears and Cute af series on Movement Radio. 

The former is a weekly music newsletter that started out as an audio-visual program blending cross-genre music with a collage of visuals designed as experimental sensory therapy. The latter, which she curates with Noff Weezy, focuses on various micro-communities worldwide making an impact in the electronic music scene. It’s one of our favourite series at the moment (the latest one with Ura is especially good).

As we’d hoped, Amelia’s recording doesn't adhere to any preconceptions about what a Theory Therapy mix should sound like. It’s a live recording taken from a recent Public Records event that spans trip hop, deep house, IDM, and bunch of other unbelievably good, mind-bending, bass heavy club music. 

Play this one loudly.

@ameliaholt

Theory Therapy 35: Amelia Holt

Live @ Narcissist Gala 2022

Tonight’s Somersault Mix is brought to us by 
DAIYAH 

“Hailing from Brooklyn, founder of RNR (Rumble in the Ramble)‘s DAIYAH is one of NY‘s most exciting voices in Techno. Fresh on the scene at reopening last year, DAIYAH has exceeded Freshman status nearly instantly. Regularly playing the neighborhood spots, Basement each quarter, and doing the podcast circuit… her sound is heavy but fresh.  RNR’s first installment, which had a door busting crowd, is set to be a huge success. Currently growing the RNR team, DAIYAH will be hosting more warehouse parties, venturing into some of Brooklyn’s best venues and heading across the pond to make her mark. DAIYAH has the makings to throw a massive iconic event while pummeling you with a fresh take on Techno. 
XX FROM BROOKLYN “

We hope you enjoy! 🤸🏼‍♂️

RASH FUNDRAISER APRIL 27TH @ TRANS PECOS 
Buy Tickets to support Rash in advance or at the door. 
Ticket Link: https://www.venuepilot.co/events/55045/orders/new
RNR NEED FOR SPEED RA PAGE: https://ra.co/events/1521137
SC: https://soundcloud.com/daiyahwilliams

Somersault 192 (DAIYAH) “Beats that make you Backflip Bitch”

You never know what you're going to get if you see the name Hieroglyphic Being on a record or a flyer, but there's a good chance it'll be some of the best, most jacking house you've ever heard. Jamal Moss embodies the the spirit—and the past, present and future—of Chicago's house music scene, but he also carries the torch for Afrofuturism, free jazz and avant-garde music. He follows in the footsteps of important figures like Sun Ra and Ron Hardy, his work blending these traditions with a healthy dose of post-punk, too. 

For over two decades, Moss's Mathematics Recordings label has been one of the premiere sources of raw, analogue house music, helping put producers like John Heckle on the map. He has a sprawling solo discography, encompassing projects like I.B.M., Members Only and The Sun God. He also put out one of our favourite albums last year with Thank U 4 The Tracks U Lost, released on Modern Love under his given name.

Live, Moss usually jams on a few pieces of gear, to fantastic and sometimes bewildering effect. This RA Podcast is a two-hour recording of a live set from public records in New York. It features all the raw, powerful house music you'd expect—made with two iPads and a MIDI controller—but it's also loaded with gorgeous, ghostly melodies and an opening section that touches on trance, trip-hop and '90s electronica. This is a rare live recording that captures a genius at work.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/888

RA podcast

RA.888 Hieroglyphic Being

New York based Techno powerhouse and founder of RNR Daiyah (@daiyahwilliams) closed out the night with her signature sound managed on 4 always active CDJ. It was truly something awesome to experience and we look forward to having her again.

MÜLL_001_Daiyah

Tracklist:

Fernando Falcão - Memoria das Aguas
Pulse Emitter - Void Engine 1
Uun - Junkspace
Inox Trax - Sound Effects
Franz Jager - Lana Hunts (VIL Club Edit)
Robert Hood - Ignite A War
Hardcell & Grindvik - Silver (Hardcell Remix)
Sibilant - Screecher Creature
Overland - NASA
1800 Haightstreet - Permafrost
Pelada - Desatado
Vinicius Honorio - Heartbeat (Alex Bau Repaint)
Andre Kronert - Tenth Street Rag
dj ESP Woody McBride vs. John Frank - The Pitch of Madness
Clouds - T12
Sound Associates - Jackknife (Len Faki edit)
Subjected - Thtswhtwnt
Merino - Como Desaparacer
Lonefront - 19
Furtive - Crossfire
Russell E.L. Butler - Maggots
Are:gone - 721.2
Tarker - Enhanced
Jaq Attaque - Martian Immigration (Raw Mix)
Free Range - The Grey Goose
Paul Bailey - Battery Girl
Blacknecks - Don’t Say Goodbye
Frankie Vega & Gabriel Palomo - The Tempest
Decks - Fractured
Keanu Raves - Secret Base Aesthetic
Fjaak - Bassani
Alphaconda - Hey Mami
LSDXOXO - Mutant Exotic (D.Dan Remix)

JS Alvarez- minimal detroit

For mix number 18 in the PPRZ Podcast series, we have a mix from Chicago's @makeensound

Chicago based producer and DJ Makeen is focused on groovy textural techno
with a dark edge. He co-organizes the party series Research & Development
with J.S. Alvarez and founded the parties Spent and Near Dark.

His electronic music obsession began when he started performing live sets
on tables full of gear. With an interest in sound design and synthesis, Makeen
spent the early part of his artistic life composing and performing
experimental music more focused on acoustic instruments. The latest leg of
his journey has brought him back to electronic music with an elevated
passion for dance floor-focused beats.

Mix Description:
I decided to take a playful approach to this mix— playing some lighter and
groovier tracks with an emphasis on trippy sounds and atmospheres. This
mix was recorded with 3 x CDJs and an Allen & Heath Xone 92 mixer. The
focus was on long continuous blends, while shifting between new and
unexpected sonic worlds.

Tracklist:
Oktobr - Sleepdancer
Dj Hyperactive & Jason Patrick - Harrier Env (Original Mix)
BLANKA - Howl
Atonism - Back And Forth
Temudo - P is For Paula
Karo - Uväll
Vladw - Aou Mallku
Augusto Taito - High Trip
Ohm - ASKE
CRAVO - Innerversion
Tsibo - M25
Takt - Groove Chaser
Orbe - Post-Cycle
Toru Ikemoto, bw - Don’t Play 050r
Amotik - Saat
Zisko - State of Rhythm
Seigg - Secondary Options
Planetary Assault Systems - Raww
Speedy & Steve - Rotor
Temudo - Susto
Gaetano Parisio - Klytia

PPRZ Podcast 18 - Makeen

Decomposition is a mix series by Dead Channel. Fig. 24 comes from CONFLICT BUREAU. Currently in Chicago, they curate both the Desolation Jax and Leatherette nights (originally spawned in Boston in late 2021), and have been held in NYC and New Orleans. CONFLICT BUREAU is an absolute force in the world of mutant sounds. They hit Dead Channel with this ripper of a mix (recorded live in Chicago at Smartbar last month) cutting hard with freaked jakbeat, mangled acid, and chopped up, stomped out rhythms, in this mutated masterwork.

Recorded at Smartbar on 9/14/2023 at Inferno.

@user-697110609

www.deadchannelrecords.com

Decomposition - Fig. 24: CONFLICT BUREAU

Decomposition Fig. 25 comes from Jaundice. Berlin based, but originally out of the Midwest (Cleveland and Nashville) Jaundice is a long time producer, DJ, and co-founder of the phenomenal Tram Planet Records. He has had a slew of releases on DKA, Sons of Traders, Atrophy Records and more, and has a monthly show on Mutant Radio. Tune in for this raw, experimental mix, traversing deep cut minimal synth and ebm, to high-octane acid, breaks, bit-crushed drum & bass, melancholic avant-garde and so much more. 

@jaundicejaundice
@tram-planet-records

www.deadchannelrecords.com

Decomposition - Fig. 25: Jaundice

Decomposition 26 comes from Luct Melod. Hailing from Illinois, the veteran producer (New York Haunted, VIVES, Truc Rec, and more) and DJ winds his way through the darker reaches of broken up gutter techno, grimy acid, cutting minimal synth, and fuzzed-out experimental obscura in this exploration of occult electronics. 

@luct_melod

www.deadchannelrecords.com

Dead Channel Feb 2024 mix

Decomposition - Fig. 26: Luct Melod

Jana has 'shape shifting lizard' JS Alvarez on the show to select some mutant techno and unruly bass music. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/jana-rush/episodes/jana-rush-24th-february-2024

Jana Rush w/ JS Alvarez 240224

@jsalvarez
@researchndevelopment
Interview: https://www.ayli-sf.com/2024/05/16/ayli-ground-level-019-js-alvarez/

Track-listing: 

Michal Wolski - Qi
Architectural - Rare Ceremony Tapes
Space Drum Meditation - Oviraptor (Marco Shuttle Remix) 
Felix K - Fundamentals (Onar Anxiety Remix)
Uun - Blood Money Redux
Wata Igarashi - Gravity 
DJ Hockey - Whirlpool 
Jeremy Caufield - Station A
Aliasing - Bline
DJ Nobu - pressure point 
Ezy - Too Deep
Marçal- Bionic Jungle 
Gag Reflex - Tomb 
Ungar - Aggressive 
PS11 - Chiron 
Decoder - Visionary
Legless Lizard - Something Better 
Are:gone - Organic Taste 
Aadja - post natal drip

AYLI Ground Level 018: JS Alvarez

Neptunian Influence, Sixty-Seven | Featuring @jsalvarez

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike. He is the founding member of Research & Development. ﻿What started as a monthly event series at Smartbar took on a new path with a biweekly mix series focused on nurturing new sounds, experiences and atmospheres while exploring the music and culture it was born or mutated from. Find him at Podlasie Club or sweaty basements and warehouses in Chicago and beyond.

SUPPORT: @researchndevelopment

| Tracklist | 
Phoenicia - Diagnosa
Forest Drive West - Time
214 - Body Control
Annika Wolfe - The Art of Abduction Dark
Atrice - Multiplex
Del Hale, R. Mohr - Gambit
Keith & Kevin - No Hot Water at St Regis
Future DZ - Sawed Off
Gesloten Cirkel - Everything For The Dev
Only Now, Flore - Cut & Run (Only Now Version)
Pedrolino - I Don’t Believe You (Filmmaker remix)
Marcela Dias Sindaco - Rio Ofegante
Privacy - Sword, NYC
KEEFE - Bad Boi
Identified Patient - Digital Drain
Deandrah - Red Grey
MANASyt - No 13th Floor
Data Assault - Pesadelo Absoluto
Rescript - Regurge
Shcuro - Unbearable Heaviness
Cressida - Al Gore Riddim
Machino - Pusher
Jensen Interceptor - The Fountainebleau
Raavel - Insect Repellent
Nite Fleit & False Persona - Parallax
Cyan 85 - 4 ma C-Borgs
TANS - The Priest’s Morsel (DJ Nephil RMX)
Vorp - I Plead the Filth

Meet you in the Great Dark Spot

NI67 | JS Alvarez

This mix is from a very special at night November 09 2024 at Smartbar with my dear friends Nikki Nair, Madeline and Pen Pals. I was tasked with closing out the evening and was an honor to do so. Thanks to everyone who came out and stayed till the lights came on.  Hope yall enjoy!

Live mix at Smartbar Nov 09 2024 - Dan B Hood

Decomposition 27 hits hard with Alice In Flames. The Leipzig based veteran DJ and DIY organizer hammers Dead Channel with this absolute burner. As one half of Disposable Time (along with FAQ) she has been a mainstay in the Leipzig scene, throwing some serious parties, cohosting a show on Callshop Radio as well as the eponymous mix series of the same name. Submerge yourself for an hour of sinister electro, mutant wave, and experimental electronics that meld together effortlessly in this killer mix.

@kaput-731188256
1/2 of @disposable-time
www.instagram.com/alice.1n.flames/
www.instagram.com/disposable.time/

www.deadchannelrecords.com
www.instagram.com/dead__channel/

Decomposition - Fig. 27: Alice In Flames

FAQ warps into an alien system with Decomposition 28. Based in Leipzig, the longtime DJ and former resident at the legendary IfZ, sizzles with this ominous, offworld mix. As one half of Disposable Time (along with Alice in Flames) he has been a linchpin in the Leipzig scene, throwing some serious parties, cohosting a show on Callshop Radio as well as the eponymous mix series of the same name. Prepare to be transported into another dimension for an hour of fuzzed-out alien acid, broken up gutter electronics, and occult wave that fuse together seamlessly in this tenebrous set.

@foireauxquestions
1/2 of @disposable-time
www.instagram.com/disposable.time/

1)      Totem – Bug Trap (Lost Soul Enterprises)
2)      Machinete – Fuck the Sstm (Feral Colony)
3)      Hayter – Tamed (Clear Memory)
4)      Inca Pax – A word of mourning (Tutamen)
5)      R Gamble – Empty Handed (Cold Mix) (Public System Recordings)
6)      Orgue Electronique – Surveillance Monitor (Bunker Records)
7)      Chupacabras – Basic Programm (Zement)
8)      Ludgate Squatter – Switched off (Zodiac 44)
9)      Flangertrackx – untitled (Flangertrackx)
10)     Cándido – Shot the rim (Natural Sciences)
11)     Bertram – Bon Nochi (Hilltown Disco)
12)     Univac – untitled (Bunker Records)
13)     ЯTRA – Transition (Freedom Club)
14)     Keith & Kevin – Gutter Ball (Dead Channel)
15)     Red Arremer – Bonus Track (Radio Mars)
16)     Raison Future – Puissance électronique (Invasion Planete)
17)     Dog Balls – gelée royale (Clear Memory) 

www.deadchannelrecords.com
www.instagram.com/dead__channel/

Decomposition - Fig. 28: FAQ

We are so lucky to release this mix for our 37th entry, recorded live at SmartBar (Chicago) by our friend and excellent DJ Shanti!

From the artist:
I am so grateful to be able to share this mix with you all through PPRZ! This is a mix that was recorded at Smartbar in Chicago when I opened for Lady Starlight as part of Justin Aulis Long's series, Flowers of Romance. It was a 3-hour long set from 10pm-1am on a Pioneer V10 Mixer with 3-4 CDJ 3000s. 

What I love about opening sets is having the ability to set the tone for the night as people are arriving and making the transition from wherever they came from to the communal embodiment of dancing. The other fascinating element about an opening set is the dramatic contrast between the beginning and end as one first experiences an empty dance floor and sees the gradual process of it growing with energy and feeling even though I can really only see beautiful silhouettes moving in the darkness. I take an opening set to be about the gradual cultivation of energy but also an opportunity for creative tension and exercising restraint for the headliner and rest of the night.

Bio:
Shanti is a Chicago-based DJ who explores philosophical themes of existential angst and ambiguity through surreal, foreboding, and atmospheric soundscapes. Her sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition. 

While she is thoughtful about curating multifaceted energy and emotion within her sets, she also co-curates events such as Otherworldly Ambiguity as Evanti, a conceptual experience centered around the phenomenon of hybridity, occupying the spaces in between and outside of pre-existing concepts and rigid categories. She is also a part of Chicago-based DJ collective and label, Research & Development which is a mix series and curator of multifaceted music-centered experiences. 

Mix mastered by: Umair Chachar

Tracklist:
Part 1:
Lemna - Memories
Lemna - Hallucination 
Voices from the Lake - Mika 
Donato Dozzy - Aquatica
SHXCXCHCXSH - A Sunny Day in Ostrogothia 
Dan B. Hood - Ode to Drome
BMG & Derek Plaslaiko - Ghost Ship 
Rrose - Signs 
Alexskyspirit - The Travelers (Polygonia remix)
Etapp Kyle - Source 
Mike Parker - Heat Inducer 
Love Letters - Morse (BMG mix) 
Club Drippy - Crashed
Ryogo Yamamori- Zw
Marcel Dettman - Rush (Deep Release mix)
Pause - Crater  
SHXCXCHCXSH  - HHHHHHHGGKS 
Part 2:
Rrose - Solaris 
Lonefront - Stera
Modes - M52 
NØRBAK - Luyr 
Allana Letm - Tempos Multiplos (Centrific Remix)
Nubbles - Reflect 2 
Maedon-X - Caged Animal 
Perc - Milk Snatchers Return
Ritaffein - Laiva
Regis - Body Unknown 
Jamaica Suk - Tes Levrés
British Murder Boys - We Will Show You 
Uun - Junkspace 
Kanding Ray - Dark Barker 
Peter Van Hoesen - Vola Flash 
Surgeon - The Golden Sea 
Alexskyspirit- SNCTR2 
Decoder - Falling Flat 
Part 3:
Quelza - Plastic Waves 
Neel - A Thought without Time 
Oscar Mulero - Tormenta 
Regis - The Theme from Street Walker
DASH3D - Neuropulmonar
CRØG - Fire 
Oblivion & Uranya - Bassa Marea 
Sorcery - Dark Scan
GiGi FM - Amadamushies
Neel- Riflesso 
Quelza - We’ll Never Be Friends Again 
J. Blofeld - Uranus 
Cej- Itchy 
Char - Free 
Psyk & Orbe - Tunnel Diode
Surgeon - Convenience Trap Pt.2

Donations if you enjoyed this mix from Shanti's recommended organization: https://www.newrootsinstitute.org/ - creating a just and sustainable food system for all through education.

PPRZ Podcast 37 - Shanti live at SmartBar Chicago

ZONA CINCO - MICTLAN - VOL 4

We are thrilled to present this mix by Chicago based JS Alvarez for our 39th entry in the series. Both Adam and I admire what Jeremy contributes to the music scene with their podcast and event series Research & Development.

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that has learned human behavior from living in cities such as Chicago and Miami. He succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike.

He is the founding member of Research & Development which ignited in the iconic Chicago mainstay of Smartbar. The event series has moved on to host community focused events centered on a wide variety of often cutting edge electronic sounds at venues like Podlasie Club, The Whistler and various DIY spaces. R&D also hosts a biweekly podcast 100+ episodes deep ranging from rising talents, hometown heroes and well established DJs and producers from North America and around the world.

He's shared the booth with artists such as DVS1, Veronika Vasicka, D.Dan, Hodge and others. His mixes have been featured on NTS Radio, Mutant Radio and SutroFM among others. Catch him at The Great Beyond this July! 

I was trying to find a very textured sound within the first quarter of the mix. My attempt at some sort of atmospheric sci-fi horror score followed by something a bit more hypnotic. By the end of the mix I wanted those vibes to explode into something highly rhythmic. Something to shatter what came before and get the sweat dripping off the walls. 

If you enjoyed this mix, please consider donating to JS Alvarez' organization of choice:
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/ 
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/donate

PPRZ Podcast 39 - JS Alvarez

Renegade Electronics
Headed by Monger (@monger-dc)
Est. 2020

Artists: Acidic Male, Bertram, Bound By Endogamy, ccciclo, Chris Mitchell, Corps Déchiré, Cybereign, DJ ARG, DJ VST, Eindkrak, Fashion Flesh, Fucking Shit Show, Gavelman, Hoaxes, Human Figures, Keith&Kevin, Kelan, L/F/D/M, Robert E. Livingood, LostSoundBytes, MANASYt, Memory Clap Acid, Mokre’tzy Konstruktor, Monger, Mr. Clarinet, MVQX, Ole Mic Odd, Plural, TANS, TLXCO, TX Connect, Vectorvision, ZAAX

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Decomposition - Fig. 5: JS Alvarez

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