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James Axon is a DJ, producer, and multi-instrumentalist that espouses an expansive vision of music, often mixing seamlessly between house, italo, electro, techno, disco, breakbeat, and freestyle. The show for The Lot will be a one hour set of selections highlighting Axon's influences and current musical inspirations.

https://www.instagram.com/james_axon_/

James Axon @ The Lot Radio 11 - 08 - 2022

Masha Mar on hour 1
@jamesaxon on hour 2 

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Analogue Players Club w/ Masha Mar & James Axon

Dublab 08/11/23 - Planet Love w/ James Axon & Chris Cruse

Live recording from Fandango on the Beach, Plötzensee, 4th July 2023

From bathing to bouncing, @alisonswing flipped the Tuesday moods on the shores of Plötzensee earlier this year. Travelling from classic to futuristic house sounds and back, Alison blended joyous, love-filled, soulful music with perfectly timed moments of uplifting pleasures and peak-time moments of "get the fuck up and dance".

LIVE AT FANDANGO - Alison Swing

https://soundcloud.com/jamesaxon

A lifelong pianist, James spent years in jazz bands, orchestras, and ensembles before falling in love with the sounds of modern house and techno. He now draws upon his musicality and eclectic taste as a DJ to present and expansive vision of dance music, bridging the past with the present. James is the co-founder and resident of the Planet Love party, and a regular in the queer underground of Los Angeles. He's made recent appearances at Sunday Sunday in CDMX, Por Detroit in LA, and Le Bain in NYC.

Deep South Podcast 134 James Axon

The snack enthusiast and London based producer and DJ takes on the NTS airwaves. Stay tuned for mixes spanning the breadth of dance and club music. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/peach/episodes/peach-4th-december-2024

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NIKS (@niksbad) is as dedicated as anyone to furthering dance music culture. Hailing from south-east London via Bath, NIKS has long proven her curatorial skills with radio shows on BBC Radio 1, Rinse, and NTS. Her idiosyncratic blends of ‘90s groovy, rhythmic sounds and forward-thinking, underground-leaning soundscapes have brought her to some of the world’s most revered clubs. After contributing music to various compilations, last year she explored bass-heavy sounds with her first solo EP on Or:la’s Céad label. Beyond her work as a musician, NIKS also co-founded the Black Artist Database, a crowd-sourced list of Black-owned labels, artists, and producers designed to amplify and uplift talent.

Ahead of her debut at the Dekmantel Festival this year, NIKS serves up a 90-minute window into her current musical world, including her own forthcoming productions in a deep, dub-infused journey into hypnotic techno and house rhythms that intertwine to create a warm, supple soundscape. Its seamless flow takes in sounds from the past, present, and future, and they all encourage you to move and meditate in equal measure."

Dekmantel Mix 490 - NIKS

Part of the NTS family since day dot, Moxie has held her Wednesday show since the stations first broadcasts. Inviting esteemed guests for interviews & mixes and breaking new, unreleased music, she’s got your Wednesday afternoons covered... Tune in to hear anything from Soulful House, Garage, Afro beats and all the way through to rolling techno. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-ketiov-28th-may-2025

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Part two of RA.996 comes from a modern-day house luminary. 

As part of our countdown to RA.1000, a milestone in the 24-year history of RA's weekly mix series, we're switching up the usual format. The next few editions will pair two acts who compliment each other's strengths, offering a fresh take on a particular community, scene or style.

This week, we're zeroing in on two names who fly the flag high for old-school, US  house—a foundational pillar of the electronic underground. The first half comes from Ron Trent, which you can read more about here. 

On the B-side is Ash Lauryn. Hailing from Detroit, she's a modern-day house savant. Her comprehensive understanding of the genre's history—knowledge gained from the Detroit greats who that inspired her—and her own inimitable blend of old-world soul meets new-school grooves make her a force to be reckoned with. 

A former RA contributor, Lauryn keeps it <i>real</i>, whether in the booth or beyond. A role model to a new generation of DJs, she can just as easily be found teaching workshops at Underground Music Academy in Detroit or sharing tricks of the trade in the green room at some of the best clubs in the world.

An unwavering champion of Black dance music, the Atlanta resident makes it a point to play as much Black American music as possible, as she told us in her 2019 podcast. Not much has changed since then. Her contribution to RA.996 spans favourites like Larry Heard, Mood II Swing, Byron The Aquarius, Moodymann, Ron Trent and plenty of Detroit heavy-hitters.

Listened to together, both mixes are a powerful snapshot of house's timeless elegance and, most importantly, understated yet innately euphoric joy.

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/998

RA.996 Ash Lauryn

No More Chains

77 Strings (Relentless Remix)

Late nights and dancefloor lights! My new Tech House tune is perfect for getting lost in the rhythm. Find it on all platforms now! 💃🕺 

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The time-traveling producer brings out a funk-filled selection for the RA podcast.

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The very first Bassdrive show ever, recorded May 9th, 2001.

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BASSDRIVE JUNGLE SET recorded May 9, 2001

contact: jamesaxon.management@gmail.com 
DJ & Musician 
Resident & Co-Founder of Planet Love    
Resident of Dublab, "Hearing Color" 1st Wednesdays 10pm-12am PST


RA profile: https://ra.co/dj/jamesaxon/biography 

James Axon is the cofounder & resident of the queer underground party Planet Love, and a resident of Dublab with his radio show "Hearing Color" -- both platforms he dedicates to underground dance music. A lifelong pianist and classically trained musician, James Axon spent years in bands and orchestras ensembles before falling in love with the timeless sounds of house and techno while studying in Copenhagen and Berlin. With over a decade of collecting dance records since, Axon now draws upon his musicality and eclectic taste as a DJ that espouses an expansive vision of dance music, often mixing seamlessly between all shades of house, techno, italo, electro, disco, and breaks. Often drawn to the 'grey area' and hard-to-classify tracks, Axon's selections stem from a deep love and fascination with the infinite possibilities of synthesis and sound design. His sets are always colorful, eclectic, and intuitively reflective of the setting. Whether playing cosmic disco in an intimate loft or hypnotic techno in a dark foggy warehouse, he still finds a sound that is distinctly James Axon: melodic, driving, dreamy, and synth-heavy.  Axon's DJing has taken him to clubs both around the country and internationally, with recent appearances at Sunday Sunday CDMX, Good Room NYC, and Por Detroit LA
2025 dates: 
Jan 1st - Por Detroit, LA 
Jan 10th - Apotheke, LA 
Jan 19th - Akbar (all night), LA
Jan 26th - Le Bain, NYC 
Jan 26th - Night Moves, NYC
Feb 1st - Bottom Forty, SEA
Feb 6th - Agora Records, LA 
Feb 16th - Skyline Festival, LA 
Feb 16th - Akbar, LA 
Feb 21st - Avalon Emerson 9000 Dreams, LA 
Feb 22nd - Planet Love x Fast at Work, LA 
Mar 1st - [sic] club, CDMX 
Mar 15th - Topaz Deluxe, Monterrey MX 
Mar 16th - Riotvan Block Party, Monterrey MX 
Mar 28th - Another Castle, LA (*techno set) 
April 5th - Shelter, LA (*techno set)
April 26th - Homage, LA 
May 3rd - TBA, NY 
May 4th, TBA, Brooklyn 
May 16th - Planet Love w/ OK Williams & Massimiliano Pagliara 
May 24th - Basement, NY 
June 21st - Midnight Lovers w/ Soichi Terada &  Eli Escobar, LA 


2024 dates: 
Jan 1st - Basement, LA 
Jan 17th - Planet Love w/ livwutang, LA 
Feb 11 - Le Bain, NYC 
Feb 18 - TBA, LA 
March 8th - Akbar, LA 
March 9th - Guadalajara, MX w/ Hercules & Love Affair
Apri 5th - SMD w/ Chris Cruse, LA 
April 26th - Young Hearts @ Catch One, LA 
May 17th - Planet Love w/ Massimiliano Pagliara, LA 
May 25th - Desertopia, Palm Springs
June 8th - Nightbreed,  LA 
June 23rd - Sunday Sunday, CDMX
June 30th - 99 Scott, Brooklyn, NY
July 26-29th - Camp Caftan, CA 
August 23rd -The Drum Machine, NYC 
August 24th - Animal NYC
September 14th - Planet Love w/ Alex Kassian + Jason Kendig
September 20th - Night Moves, Brooklyn
October 17th - Good Room all night, Brooklyn
Nov 22nd - Sensory Signal w/ Jordan Nocturne, LA 
Nov 23rd - Planet Love w/ Paramida, LA 
Dec 1st - Lot Radio, NYC 
Dec 6th - Animal, NYC 
Dec 31st - Por Detroit w/ Carry Nation, LA 

2023 Dates:
Jan 15th - Planet Love, LA
Feb 3rd - Harder, BK, NYC
Feb 11th - Void, Philadelphia, PA 
Feb 18 - Akbar, LA 
April 2nd - Tom of Finland Fundraiser, LA 
April 8th -  TBA, LA 
April 21st - ESP Institute, Mojave Desert
April 27th - Le Bain, NYC
April 29 - Night Moves, NYC 
May 6th - Lights Down Low x Pegasus w/ Blessed Madonna & Derrick Carter 
May 7th - Sunday Sunday, CDMX 
May 29th - Desertopia, Palm Springs 
May 30th - TBA, LA
June 17th - Stuntsz Pride, Silo Brooklyn 
June 22nd - TBA, NYC
July 2nd - TBA, LA 
July 16th - TBA, LA 
August 1st - TBA, NYC
August 5th - TBA, NYC 
August 11th - Planet Love w/ Chris Cruse, LA
August 25th - TBA, LA 
September 15-17 - Camp Caftan Festival, CA
September 21 - Sensory Signal @ Bean Radio, LA 
October 2 - Dublab, LA 
Oct 8 - TBA, LA 
Oct 28 - Por Detroit w/ Zombies in Miami, LA 
Nov 18- TBA 
Dec 7th - Machine Club, LA 
Dec 16th - Lights Down Low w/ Peach 
Dec 31 - Basement, LA

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