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Close Comforts on Skylab Radio

recording from Shift Radio Montreal 22 July 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvzqCReVlTs&t=2384s

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D-Grade on Shift Radio (22.07.22)

recorded in Shenzhen, China 25.07.23
livestreamed on bilibili 04.08.23
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1r14y1B7Vo/

thank you to the crew at OIL Shenzhen <3

D-Grade on FAR Radio Shenzhen (25.07.23)

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w̡̻̻̣͚̒̀ͅh̨͚͚͖ͯ̒̄͗͞a͔͔̜̗̦ͩ̅̎t͖͖̠̬͛ d̶̵̯̯̼̘ͨ̓o͙͙̙̘̙ͤͫ͞ ụ̴̴̾̀͟͡ d̶̵̯̯̼̘ͨ̓ṛ̣̬̫̍͌ͩ͟ḛ̡̰̳͓̥ͬ͋ͪͧa͔͔̜̗̦ͩ̅̎m̰̰̹͚̙̂ͦ͗͠ o͙͙̙̘̙ͤͫ͞f̰̰̯͕͊̃̊͞͞͞ ?

“eyes closed and channel open
an insight into what’s inside
something magikal, something immaterial
finding form through figments of
imagining, making, moving
through subconscious conjuring
we gently tend to what can’t be known
and yet is always felt within”

— excerpts from my dear friend Imbar Amira Nassi’s text-message musings on ’dreamgarden’

TRAUMCAST ☼ 08 ☼ D-Grade

Close Comforts: Bi-monthly meanderings through chuggy, dubby, fuzzy, riffy and trippy sounds. Recorded by Maria - D Grade - on Gadigal country.

Aired on Skylab Radio, 15 March 2025

Image: Otis Burian Hodge
Font: Sunny Lei

Tracklist -
Ashinoa - Porto Cruz
Guerilla Welfare - All Things Are Connected
Suns Of Arqa - Shamanism Skank
Reymour - He's changing
Morcheeba - Killer Hippie (Bad Vibrations Mix)
Cibo Matto - The Candy Man
Robots In Disguise - Transformer
Eternal Dust - Garbage
Hena - Цвіт яблуні (war)
Yuta Matsumura - Myth Machine
Meat Beat Manifesto - Future Worlds
Massive Attack V Mad Professor - Group Four (Security Forces Dub)
Holger Czukay - Dream Again
Laurie Anderson - World Without End
Little Boy & The Mindful Potheads - Krautkid
Rakta - Estrela da Manhã
The Dunes - Badlands [Live at The Soundlounge 2015]
Post War Glamour Girls - Sestra
Dionysus - Theatre Of Dionysus (Outro)
Kendra Smith	 - Valley Of The Morning Sun
Soma Sonic - Road to Nowhere
Zelmershead - You And I And Other
Yseult - Rien À Prouver
Massive Attack - The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game

Close Comforts - Episode 1

Close Comforts: Bi-monthly meanderings with D-grade through chuggy, dubby, fuzzy, riffy and trippy sounds. Sera guest-mix for the first hour-twenty, her debut released mix :-)

Sera: A very special experience being able to curate a feeling for a friend. Pinballing through sentimental soundscapes and textured emotion.

Recorded on Gadigal country
Aired on Skylab Radio, 17 May 2025
Image: Nahar Pleshet
Font: Sunny Lei

Tracklist -
Sera [@poissondujour]:
Rick Cox - S P 
Culper - TRK6
Stina Nordenstam - Almost a Smile 
Dean Blunt - Martin Puta King
Mono - Halo (One Note Dub Remix by DJ Olive the Audio Janitor) 
The Golden Palominos - No Skin (Funky Homsey) 
Pmxper - Lavender Milk 
We - Pull 
Earl Sweatshirt - Hoarse
Mutant Beat Dance - Crete ft. Marianna 
Hesaitix - Taurian Shade 
Seefeel - Sky Hooks 
Dummy Tree - (Soundcheck)
Ensemble - #1 
Antenne - All Of Us
Color Filter - Vision

D-grade:
Senking - Closing Eyes
Bjarki - Plastic Memories
Sensational & Planteaterz - Untitled
Shadow Huntaz - Rulez Of Engagement
Trash Palace - The Insult (feat. John Cale)
GOAT GRAB - Dream Figure
Patchwork - Super 8
The Cardigans - Higher

Close Comforts - Episode 2 w/ Sera

@dgradeknockoff on the 2nd of November 2024 from 6pm - 9pm in the North Woods.
This set was recorded on Boonwurrung & Gunaikurnai country.
Always was, always will be.

D-Grade in the North Woods – Zeerust 2024

Close Comforts: Bi-monthly meanderings through chuggy, dubby, fuzzy, riffy and trippy sounds.

Con Pani guest-mix in the first hour: "an angsty spaghetti western". D-grade follow-up inspired by Elly's love for spoken word, Aussie accents, and community radio (as a vibe).

Recorded on Gadigal country
Aired on Skylab Radio, 12 July 2025
Image: Mungo McGregor

Tracklist -
Con Pani [@conpani]:
Shoot the Tsar - 3am
Rainbow Generator - City Of The Sun
Jonquera - Dzar Bleu
Donna Regina - Drifting Around
Wet Kiss - An Angel
Folie 2 - Alone
Est - Just Not True
3 Teens Kill 4 - 5/4
Black Cab - Angels Arrive
Organizatsiya - Akzident
Stephen Mallinder - Wasteland
Barbed - Doubleclick Countryside
Whirlywirld - Red River
The Dharma Chain - Riders
No Sister - Passing The Divide
Las Kellies - Go V!
Optic Nerve - Bird Bath
Su Lyn - Let's Get In Our Car
Soggy Porridge - How Can I Tell You?
Droplet - Drive

D-grade:
Match Fixer - midnight
jobfit - 110 Chortle Crescent (Chair Kick Mix)
He Dark Age - Fluid And Open And Kind
FULLY FEUDAL ft. MG Mötörhead - Crown in a Rosebush
atone - Dredy
Arrom - Capture You
Slumber - Vultures
Cloud Sequence - Sci Fi Movie
EWAH - Black Horse
Allara - once you know silence.
Brainbeau - The Illumination of Eminonu
Laila Sakini and Lucy Van - Those Who See
He Dark Age - Salesman #4

Close Comforts - Episode 3 w/ Con Pani

Close Comforts: Bi-monthly meanderings through chuggy, dubby, fuzzy, riffy and trippy sounds. D-grade invites fellow Warp & Weft co-organiser Dj Mistry for a guest-mix in the first hour.

Dj Mistry: "Here is a collection of music that I've newly discovered, re-discovered, listened to on walks, played out at shows, and seen live. It is music that is cathartic and haunting. Recommended listening mode: long walk/drive/cycle."

Recorded partly on Gadigal country.
Aired on Skylab Radio, 13 September 2025

Tracklist -
Dj Mistry [@djmistry1]:
Phillip Otterbach - Mar 27, 16
Archetype - The Ick
Isobel D'Cruz + Simon J Karis - II
Pretty Boy Crossover - Echo 3
Multiplex - Angles (Spark Mix)
OCH - Nu:64
Ex Ponto - Golden Hours
Agonis - Cherry Disposition
Olan Monk - Liquid/Gemini
Moin - See (feat. Sophia Al-Maria & Ben Vince)
Rainy Miller x Space Afrika - 00-Down / Murmansk, 12
bookworms - cold summer(updated)

D-grade:
Saro Liotta - Kabul
Deadline Paranoia	 - Dost Köyü Dub
Edward Ka-Spel - Password Widow / Kara Kiri
Gudrun Gut - Dinner (With Myra Davies)	
Melvins - Let It All Be
Guru Freakout - A little bit spacier	
Human Flesh - Blond Smile
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Perfume
Raudie - Now The Spark Has Flown
Jessica at Birth - Speedway Queen

Close Comforts - Episode 4 w/ Dj Mistry

D-grade sees off Saturday and the Robotic Sounds takeover with a headsy mix of illbient, downtempo dub-tek and general washy leftfieldism. It's a slow-paced but well evolved and  entrancing pool of naturalist sonics and spacey atmospheres. Features bits from Mistareez, Sciama, and Klofink to name a few. 

ROBOTIC SOUNDS w/ d-grade @ Radio Panini (13.09.2025)

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recorded live @ mach 1 
yorta yorta country, april 2025

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A very memorable set from a very memorable party -  beloved Sydney besties D-Grade & Paramat warming up for D.Tiffany (live), into Objekt b2b CCL at the Animalia x Temporal Cast, Miscellania, 23rd March 2025. 5-8pm.

<3 @dgradeknockoff @paramatiq

ani/live Seventy Nine: D-Grade & Paramat @ Animalia x Temporal Cast,  Miscellania

for Thrushmix on n10.as (10.11.2017)

for UFO Club on n10.as (08.12.2017)

based on Gadigal land (Sydney, Australia)
email: dgrade@pm.me

check IG highlights for upcoming gigs. :-)

+ Wings of D'sire and boof w/ wingnut
++ Close Comforts show on Skylab Radio
+++ sometimes Warp & Weft

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