Freaky fun stuff to close out 2022. Thanks to everyone who's tuned in and a big big shoutout to Lower Grand Radio for hosting Club Freak On. 

I am so honored to share the last show of the year with a DJ who can weave magic out of anything they touch — someone who's shown me how conventions can be flipped on their heads and completely re-engineered, and a DJ that teaches me something new about what music can be every time I hear them spin. This mix is a magical soup of tricks, musical refrains weaving in and out, and utter and complete deconstruction/reconstruction by the brilliant Kiernan Laveaux.

First hour is Kiernan Laveaux, and second hour is wngdu. Goodbye 2022!

Club Freak On 12/23/22 — Kiernan Laveaux & wngdu

Tranquilamente wavey with a mix of ambient dance, balearic house and breezy downtempo before the tide goes up. 

 https://www.instagram.com/yowaitup

Tranquilamente Radio with Yibing @ The Lot Radio 03-18-2023

In Studio w/ Matthew Paul

For the 116th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome @furtivetrax! Furtive is a full-gonzo rave conjurer and relentless creative tinkerer, intractably committed to the rave as a Philadelphia-based producer, DJ, underground event organizer, and dancer. 

A veritable product of the contemporary American underground, Furtive cut their teeth as a DJ and DIY event organizer in Washington, DC’s warehouses. Furtive now co-runs an intimate, blossoming off-the-books venue in Philly, and holds a radio residency at Philly scene mainstay Great Circles. Enjoy!

Honcho Podcast Series 116: Furtive

Lychee's sets present a magical, scintillating take on technoid psychedelia. In addition to holding down regular appearances at Basement, Nowadays, and Bossa Nova Civic Club, Lychee runs Spontaneous Affinity, a monthly mix and interview series and occasional event platform focused on how dancefloors have shaped artists.

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@lycheefrut
Recorded live at @hot-mass - November 19, 2022

DETOUR Podcast 22B: Lychee (Live at Hot Mass)

ADAB is known as a black non binary trans individual who explores sound as a whole. The Pittsburgh based, Chicago born and molded, T4T LUV NRG artist has become known for melding boundaries, often sifting between crates of house, techno, bass music, jungle, broken beat and everything esoteric that exists in between. They've brought this balanced approach to their sets at esteemed parties/festivals like No Way Back, Draaimolen Festival, and Freerotation with no intent to stop anytime soon. Via their involvement with T4T LUV NRG you can often catch them flanked by dear friends behind the decks, conjuring with labelmates Kiernan Laveaux, Russell E.L. Butler (as b2b duo Boyz II Them), Bored Lord, Eris drew and Octo Octa. Equipped with this wide ranging approach and the bonds of chosen family they push against preconceived notions of the craft, continually self overcoming to bring us something with tangible intent...

Notes on the Mix ///

"I came into doing this pride mix with the intent of displaying my own personal joy as a non binary trans person. Every song picked is one that has lifted my spirit in some shape or form and I wanted to give that to my own this pride season. Pride for someone like me is often highlighted by isolation and a lack of desirability, so this mix is a gathering of gems that have battled against those feelings. It's also a collection of tracks that I've been listening to this Pride season in particular. A time that has been elevated by newfound love and a growing sense of finally finding somewhere to belong...enjoy!"

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https://ra.co/dj/adab
https://www.instagram.com/ageless_adab/

XOXA BLEND 160 - ADAB

I am so stoked to release this mix from June, because it’s a sweltering summer breakbeat soundtrack — sonically, something very pleasurable to me. Even when we are sweating at the dayrave, or drumming in the fields, under the fullness of the sun, we are still wistful.
-hyeonje

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Born in the suburbs of Chicago, DJ Ajumma (neé June Nho) grew up on radio dance music like M/A/R/R/S, New Order, and Inner City. Attending her first rave in 8th grade, she later joined the Streetbeat DJs at Northwestern’s WNUR and developed a deep techno collection that she’s been hauling around since the late 90s. She moved to Los Angeles and worked on music videos and commercials, met her husband at Coachella, and is currently in Seattle making films and working in the community. 

Ajumma means "madam" in Korean. One addresses middle-aged women with this term. The Ajumma is an archetype in Korean culture, but most importantly, she is a woman that has paid their dues and is free of the structures and shackles of the "feminine". They impart wisdom, they do what they want, and they DNGAF. 

Tracklist:
So I Run - Flava D
Baby Riddim - Interplanetary Criminal & DJ Cosworth
Full Moon on Dark Water - Amber Cox
Babble for Middle You (PJ Bridger Refix) - Julio Bashmore
Adapted - Arfa
Missing You -  SP:MC
Diamond Cut - Overmono
Sober - Wajeed
It’s Good - Masc
Let’s Bang - Cybonix
All Night - Soul Mass Transit System
Bound to Ike - Tuff Crew
Confusion - Fixate
Visions of Love (Highrise Dub Mix) - Dan T
Buss in - Main Phase
All Alone - Bakey
Extremely Dangerous - Instinct
Hypnotise Me - YOSH
Freak-ee Soul Mass Transit System
Let Me In - Moodyman
Liquid - Sansibar 
Moneres - Fasme & Maelstrom
Ur_Luv - Client_03
Always w/ Notion - Drone
Cargo Dub - SP:MC
Lickwood - DJ Crisps
Cool Kids - Audrey Nuna
My Life - Mary J. Blige

008 - DJ Ajumma - Summer Soulstice

Rinse FM Podcast

rRoxymore with Cay Horiuchi - 05 August 2023

With fall around the corner, we look to Sold (@soldchicago) to take us through the feeling of trying to feel again. It’s time to decompress, grab some tea, take a seat, and ride the wave.

Moods is community-curated and community-supported. By helping us out, you're directly supporting artist commissions, curator fees, merchandise, and materials for parties. Consider subscribing to our Substack (moods.substack.com/), or give us a buck, four, or more a month directly: danielsharp.cargo.site/Moods

We paired Sold's mix with a work by Frank Bowling titled “Head”. Bowling’s work in abstract expressionism and color field painting resemble a similar mastery in handling and composing dramatic saturation using raw form.  

For the interview, tracklist, and more, read on our Substack: https://moods.substack.com

For more on Frank Bowling: 
Frank’s Site - https://frankbowling.com/
And the piece Head (1974)- https://www.wikiart.org/en/frank-bowling/head-1974

<3 Moods

Moods 61: Sold

Live recording from my closing set at Nowadays on July 8, 2023. A 3-ish hour journey through complex rhythms, drum workouts, bass + breaks, post-dubstep, and some cheeky morning vibes. 

Big ups to @bake-all-caps and @no_sir for their killer sets that night. And a special thanks to @8circuitmusic for working some audio mastering magic.

Closing set @ Nowadays 7.8.23

Juanita's Mix 28 with Ron Like Hell @ronlikehell

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. I have been a music enthusiast since age 9 (playing violin then tenor sax), bought records with my weekly allowance every Friday night when I was a kid. Loved seeing DJs in the 80s but a visit to NYC in 1990 changed my life after hearing the city's DJs "say" different things with their records which were all non-top 40 tunes. A big door opened and I went through never looking back being eclectic as possible.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. I moved to NYC in March of 1998. After 8 months, I became an employee of Satellite Records selling records to every dance music head that rolled through the city. It was both fun and very hard work. After 2001, retail struggled hard so I worked part time jobs at other record shops while I sold records online and did my best to play music I owned that people wanted to hear in the non-loving house music days pre-2009. Stuff like obscure synth, rare disco, italo, ebm and psych rock were my go-tos to play but I still collected house records even if they were just for me to enjoy. In 2009 I partnered with a buddy as a DJ duo then later we named ourselves Wrecked in 2011, a major left turn of a party for the NYC gay/queer nightlife scene which I never had an opportunity to play for. Being accepted by that community truly helped me feel like I finally gave something back to the city that taught and continues to teach me so much.

Q. Tell us about this mix.
A. The mixes on Juanita's are a great example of Brooklyn's finest and friendliest DJs. Since the series was launched, many of the mixes are helping me through these heavy modern times so I wanted to give back what those mixes gave me which is comfort and joy.  My approach was to include bumping, patient, soulful, dubby and trippy music. Something to help you relax yet dance nice and easy to...or get your head nodding, raising the volume as you chill with your friends on the couch. I had a wonderful time making it so a tremendous thank you for asking me to contribute.

Juanita's Mix 028: Ron Like Hell

Diasporic Corean Mixtapes is an online mix series documenting the untold rave narratives of the post-colonial Korean diaspora. 

Run by Hyeonje out of Seattle, WA, USA.
@hyeonje-fka-hommegranate

Send submissions and inquiry to: diasporic.corean.mixtapes@gmail.com

008 - DJ Ajumma - Summer Soulstice

Diasporic Corean Mixtapes

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