Distant Signals Mix Series

"Hiroshi Teshigahara’s 'Woman in the Dunes', Frank Herbert’s 'Dune', and an inaugural LSD trip all inspired me to weave this mix together in the engulfing feeling of barren desert. Scarce resources, harsh conditions, and rusted tech. Frenetic bursts of energy, endless climbing, exhaust hallucination, the life and death of ego."

@drakempfeiffer
IG: @drake_pfeiffer

Tracklist:
Thugghee- Muslimgauze
Spit- Gag Reflex
Folded Edge- Akkord
Seedling- Pugilist
Asando- INVT/Coffintexts
Liminality- Ayesha
ECOU #12- DYL & DB1
Bolbol (Sepehr Mortality Remix)- Aria Rostami
I’m With Empty (DJ Double Oh! Remix)- Yushh
Heaven Spot- Blu:sh
Nothing Else- Forest Drive West
Bad Apples- Objekt
The Wall- Joi Lau
Blure- Despina
Horus- Fadi Mohem
Capsulated Flow- Mor Elian
Spook- Syz
In The Middle- Laksa
GUI Shaap- Enayet
Sinkhole- DJ TOOL
Biased- Florist
Turbine Squelch- Drummy
A Drum To Ward Off Language- Amazondotcom
Burst- DJ Double Oh!
Planet E (Skee Mask Remix)- Wladimir M
Crushing Softness- Pinkcourtesyphone
Drip on Nape- Ben Bondy

Distant Signals 001: .dmp

"How you gonna fill unfillable
How you gonna feel unfeelable
You're passing up on the real stuff
And you're waking up on stars
You're passing up on the real stuff
It's not nearly physical enough" 
 - Jonnine Davis, Nigel Yang

This was recorded on a farm at night in the forest among a small group of friends. This mix is just another example of what I've been doing for the better part of my life - sensing the room while winging it out of a "bag" of music to help express myself and experience the moment. I was told the next day that I (paraphrase) "soaked up the weekend and reflected it back out to us." That was one of the most flattering compliments I have ever received. A recording will never fully capture the moment but I hope you enjoy the music nonetheless. 

Special thanks to Mollie Bryan, Finney Farm, and those who listen.

@fleet412

Paul Fleetwood gained notoriety as co-founder & resident DJ of his events crew Humanaut and "club" Hot Mass (Pittsburgh, PA) alongside his involvement in DIY events throughout the country. Paul currently writes and produces music out of Denver, CO, and has recently found a voice through the operation of his record label Perimeter Junk. 

They have a new release that will be published on their label on September 28th. Pre-orders are already up!

https://solo.to/paulfleetwood
http:///www.perimeterjunk.com/

Distant Signals 003: Paul Fleetwood

"For the mix, I was inspired by a world in which improvements in human-computer interface technologies evolve to keep pace with rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. Humans are able to upload their consciousness to private networks via pseudo-organic metamaterial brain implant devices, developed and distributed by a small group of quadrillionaires and their affiliated conglomerates. Subjectivity transfer between individual users from vessel to vessel within a network is possible (and popular!), and AI brain module installation has been productized, provided that the host legally waives a % of agency and control of their body to the auto-pilot network of their choice. Unsatisfied with planetary conditions, many are completely surrendering their vessels and opting for 100% takeover, leading to a growing population of artificially-guided human bodies."

@clubchow
IG: @clubchow
https://linktr.ee/clubchow

Club Chow (he/they) is a Taiwanese-American DJ and queer rave enthusiast based in Chicago. An omnivorous selector, he blends tracks across genres and eras with an undercurrent of euphoric energy and playfulness. He expresses his range via DJ residencies at Berlin Nightclub, Steamworks Baths, Dim Sum and Drag, and his work as organizer/curator of the Forbidden Fruits day party at Easy Does It. Club Chow's taste and versatility have brought him behind the decks at notable Chicago nightclubs such as SmartBar and Podlasie Club, as well as around the US - playing parties in Brooklyn, San Francisco, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Pittsburgh.

Distant Signals 023: Club Chow

A creature is born out of the ashes of human remains after a mass extinction event. Emerging into a new world where nothing else shares its consciousness, it assembles clues to its lineage through the drum, pitched instruments, and the human voice. Slowly accumulating more and more breakbeats over time, it goes through phases of discovery and learning before reaching an eventual cacophony – the overwhelming pain of knowing the fatal flaws which cause its ancestors’ demise. Eventually it reaches a gentle reconciliation, an understanding of its history with the courage to move forward in its own light in a grim new world.

“dis poem shall continue even when poets stop writin
dis poem shall survive u me it shall linger in history
in your mind
in time forever” 
Mutabaruka

@aftrmthmusic
IG: @kyle.aftrmth

AFTRMTH (Kyle Rogers) is a DJ and musicologist based in Brooklyn. Raised by jazz musicians, he came to dance music through the queer DIY scenes in 2010s NYC and Atlanta. Though his sets span genre and tempo, he has a particular affinity for the rhythmic experiments of jungle and drumfunk and the bassweight of dubstep. He is a graduate student at the NYU Department of Music.

Distant Signals 029: AFTRMTH

"You wake up as the sun pierces through the smog-choked sky on your final day on Earth. A bittersweet mix of emotions washes over you. The once-vibrant planet has succumbed to the relentless pursuit of resources by humans and corporate greed. 

Amidst the backdrop of a world ravaged by overmining and overconsumption, you prepare to embark on a journey to a new planet, a distant utopian oasis, that holds the allure of a fresh start and a chance to leave behind the polluted remnants of your past life.

As you wake up in your home adorned with fading memories of better days, you gather your belongings, knowing this is the last time you’ll see the familiar faces of friends and family who can’t join you on this exodus. The weight of leaving heavy over you like a long shadow.

With your heart heavy, you venture out into the bleak landscape of your hometown. The train station, once a bustling hub of life, now feels deserted and desolate. It’s a solemn journey, riding the train one last time to the spaceport, where the gateway to your new world awaits.

When you arrive, a mix of emotions swirls within you. The towering spacecraft looms ahead, a symbol of humanity's last chance for redemption. 

Stepping into the shuttle, you feel the rumble of engines beneath your feet and the pull of gravity releasing its grip. The moment has come. In an instant Earth's familiar surface gives way to the boundless expanse of space, and a final farewell leaves your lips. 

While in concept this mix is very specific, to me it is easily translated into letting go of the past. While that may be painful it is also freeing that your new life lies ahead. Making space for the bittersweet feeling of moving on, making your transition into a new and better self."

@coughmanselects
IG: @coughman.mp3

"I’m coughman. Longtime Wearer of many hats A dj, promoter, prior label runner & project manager but mainly Just a human from Kansas City that loves exploring the highs and lows of the sonic universe."

Tracklist: 
Yamaneko - Suzuka (Morning) 
Fred Firth - Part 1 
Sun electric - R-Gent 
Paradise 3001 - Earth vs Space 
Dcast Dynamics - Drill Down 
Clarence Rise - Totem 
Moderat - Rusty Nails (shakleton remix) 
Oneohtrix point never - Blue Drive
Croms - insivible cities 
Gacha Bakradza - Broken Wing
Porter Brook - Second Shift 
Metrist - Ark Specific 
Yushh - Self Couscous
First Epoque - Sequoia Affinis 
D.K. - Riding for a fall

Distant Signals 031: coughman

“This is the last known transmission from the Spaceship Bark.  Long story short, there were no survivors.“

@razrbark
IG: @razrbark

Distant Signals 030: Razrbark

A low frequency pulse reverberates under the dense canopy.
Overgrown technological remains scattered across the lush landscape.
Derelict fragments woven through the alien trees ~ all emanating sound to the same rhythmic flow.
The waves wash over your body inviting you closer.
Your sensors light up as you approach the source.
~Please re-calibrate monitoring device for full spectrum mind/body transmission~

@m_kaiser
IG: @mwkais

Michael Kaiser is a DJ and DIY party appreciator native to Los Angeles and based in Pittsburgh.
Equally at home digging through stacks for old gems or soaking up the spectrum of modern electronic music, he is driven by uncovering and highlighting the connective threads running through a diverse range of sounds and rhythms.
He draws from techno, house, dub and the many shades of UK bass music, often venturing outside and in between and playing with an aim of balancing experimentalism with the cultivation of a happy dance floor.

This mix explores intersections between organic and synthetic and the junction of serious and playful.

Tracklist:
Madteo - Since Man Crawled Out Of The Slime
Matteo Coffetti - Intro
Paperclip Minimiser - A3
Cousin - Second Message
hmurd - Sync Button
Salamanda - Coconut Warrior (Tristan Arp Firefly Dub)
Front De Cadeaux - There Is Something Wrong
Haron - Pantala
KRIKOR - IT'S (NOT) HOUSERIDDIM FACE B
McGregor - Breath
Henzo - Loosen The Joint, Lock Firmly In Place
Piska Power - Eine Frau Eine Man
Roy Mills - My Safeword is Dolphin
Toma Kami - Later To The Bone
EYRA - Laedd
NirBorna - Whole Roar
Mxc - yyy
Nicola Cruz - Plexi Dub
Lewi Boome - Mints
Elon Skum - Desperation move
Nick Leon - Aguacero
INVT - CRECIMIENTO
Caski - Crooked
AceMo - Tribal Club Tool
LWS - Seriously Soda
Dyslecta - Engram
Kleft + Tolga Baklacioglu - Disguised in Black
Franco Rossi - Vulpes Zerda
DJ JM - Nasty, but attractive
HVL - Shiglo
bw - Maña
Linquency - Arch Sway
Eden Burns - Xoh Dub
Dolo Percussion - DOLO 23
ELLLL - PEPSI
Nod - EXO
SMP - Natty Bop
Dan Curtin - Got Me Somethin (Long Version)
Yen Sung & Photonz - Akasha
Adam Curtain - Noticed
Joey - Step 2
Chungo - Shuka
KiNK - Kazan
Delay Grounds x Yushh - Telomere
Fyu-Jon - Bembe Thoughts
Mistareez - Realistic Goals
Albino Sound - Squirt
HVL - Hunter Beat
Syz - Earworm
Altered Natives - Bhuuumbahcleeeeet
biggabush - Real & Regal (Illegal Dub Version) feat. Farda P

Distant Signals 036: Michael Kaiser

"this mix is my love letter to dubstep. i normally try to play as many different styles and genres as possible in my sets, but this time i leaned deep into the 140. over the years it's become objectively my favourite genre to dance to, and whenever i hear it on a big soundsystem i'm always surprised and delighted by the new ways i learn to move my body. there are some darker bits, dreamy moments, silly curveballs, but most importantly lots of grimy abrasive wobbles that you've probably come to associate the genre with."

@kuschelntime
IG: @kuscheln___

Distant Signals 041: Kuscheln

"It’s so much harder to breathe here. Even with your helmet on, each breath you draw is deep and labored, barely filling your lungs with enough oxygen. Your eyes go fuzzy, but you keep going. It’s just a few more steps until you can breathe normally again. You push the saloon doors open. You take off your suit helmet and make a promise to yourself that it was the last time you’d let yourself stay that long on the outside again. You wonder how many times you’ve told yourself that same thing. Some day you won’t make it back in. But today isn’t that day. Feels good to be able to breathe again. You need a drink. 

There’s no one tending bar. One guy’s sleeping in a booth, drink half finished, couple empty pint glasses beside him. You ding the bell and wait a minute, but no one comes to help you out. Some shithole you’ve found yourself in. You hop the bar and take a glass off the shelf. Not like anyone’s gonna stop you. You pour yourself some of whatever’s on tap. Looks cloudy, but still green. Tastes okay. You look around at the weird old junk in here. It’s mostly Wild West paraphernalia from Earth. Kitschy, kind of charming though. Feels a bit passé. There’s a warped pool table and sitting behind it is a jukebox and you make your way over. It’s covered in dust. You wonder when the last time someone touched this thing was. You turn it on, and a message comes on the screen which reads: “Do you wanna dance?” 

Well — Do you?"

@como-se-dj
IG: @como.se.dj
@rec.esss

Distant Signals 042: como se DJ

"Man’s search for meaning in the universe; what can be said of it! Having lived for a time disguising myself as one, I am only vaguely qualified to comment. But young adulthood working as a volunteer Field Investigator for the Mutual UFO Network. MUFON is a worldwide non-profit that tracks UFO sightings, looking for a signal in the noise.

Most of the reports left much to be desired – vague reporting that lacked any detail to strike my intuition as proof of life. But there was one person whom I encountered that gave me pause, and still does as I write this now. A humble blue-collar man from the town of Rotterdam, not twenty miles from my own home. I’ve always had a failproof intuition about people & their intentions, and I felt from the moment he opened his mouth that this man was telling the truth about his sighting. He also had actual footage: a pale orange light, slowly gliding across the sky. The light passes behind a church steeple in the foreground, and then appears on the other side, moving on into the horizon. Remember reader, that this was prior to the days of smartphone video and its editability – this was VHS tape! 

In the days that followed talking with him I noted an icy, dreadful feeling growing inside of me. It culminated not long after, when I attended a regression hypnotherapist’s presentation at the New York State MUFON Chapter Annual conference. As the good doctor recanted his portfolio of abductee clients and the strange experiences they reported, I became quite nauseous and my body went into an extreme state of shock. I excused myself from the conference, and later that night, I found myself in a state of nervous breakdown. Was *I* an abductee? Had I been a passenger inside of that pale orange light in the videocassette? I don’t know the answer, but a lifelong obsession about the travails of space travel has followed.

What would it actually be like to be inside of an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Cold and sterile? Cozy and warm? Would you feel inertia, or would you feel stasis? I continue to ruminate on the topic to this day. Here is a DJ mix that explores the matter. Of course, the only important part of a DJ mix is if it has groove, but I hope it also opens up strange new worlds to you!"

@scotia-xo
IG: @scotia_the_real_human_scotia

https://hunterstarkingsrhythms.bandcamp.com/album/earthlings-4-palestine-in-solidarity-with-gaza

Scotia is a DJ & producer from upstate New York. She is co-resident of the Hudson Valley collective Community Rave Network, and has mixed records for platforms like Rinse, The Lot, The Bunker, and Mutant Radio. Her first original track appeared on the “Earthlings 4 Palestine” compilation last year, and she looks forward to a number of compilation releases and a solo EP later this year.

Tracklist:
Scotia - Procyon + On + On (2024)
Aroy Dee - The Planets (M>O>S, 2009)
Photek - Glamourama (Science, 2000)
Fast Ram - Haganol (Gyration Station, 2023)
Otodojo - Going Back (Acid Camp, 2019)
Fuckthegovernment - C’mon (Skylax, 2018)
LA-4A - Ignis Fatuus (Delft, 2023)
Boddika - Caterpillar (Nonplus, 2023)
Adam 2 - Dyad (Amphiboly, 2022)
Syz - Mindforms (Control Freak Recordings, 2023)
Pearson Sound - Freeze Cycle (Thaw001, 2015)
Decoder - Non Dualistic (Fixed Rhythms, 2024)
Mike Parker - Shakuhachi (The Lost Dubplate Mix) (Geophone, 2016)
The People In Fog - Deep Sea Dog (Sound of Vast, 2014)
Wata Igarishi - Arachnoid (Counter Pulse, 2013)
Pervocet - PH1 (Interdimensional Transmissions, 2019)
Juana - 1E Strategy (Trax Only, 2021)
Ulysses - No Matter How Many Hastags You Use You'll Still Die Alone (The Bunker New York, 2018)
Allen - Reagent (Codec, 2024)
Seck - Do It Yourself (One Sun, 2023)
Genius of Time - 909 Day (Aniara, 2023)
SND & RTN - Unknown Depths (Planet Rhythm, 2023)
Roger 23 - Deep, Deeper & Deeper (Bio Rhythm, 2023)
TM404 - Rysa (Acid Test, 2021)
Tadeo - S07 (Semantica, 2013)
Bileebob - The Mood (2022)
Scotia - Babe Skit (2024)

Distant Signals 047: Scotia

"Close your eyes, feel the beat.. hold the vortex before you. Open your eyes slowly and begin. It’s not your mind that needs to work, it’s your body.. and you can’t separate the two. The more you feel the beat, the faster your body will go. It’s easy. If you reach inside you can feel your heart pumping fast, moving all that oxygen rich blood through your body. Just like a fire needs oxygen to burn, your cells need oxygen to burn impurities. Now your body is doing great on its own, let it work. Feel the flow of the wave, back and forth in your hands. You don’t need your mind for this."

@fleet_dreams
IG: @fleet.dreams

Emerging from the vibrant electronic music scene of Brooklyn, with roots tracing back to the musical melting pots of Texas and Detroit, fleet.dreams is a name synonymous with genre-defying sonic exploration. An enigmatic producer and DJ, fleet.dreams has woven an eclectic tapestry of sound that traverses the boundaries of electronic music, consistently pushing the envelope and challenging conventional notions of genre. With an impressive discography that spans across renowned labels such as UTTU / Hot Haus, PPU, All City Records, and his own personal vinyl imprint, Vinezza, fleet.dreams undeniably cements himself as a visionary within the global electronic music landscape. 

fleet.dreams' sonic odyssey defies categorization, crafting captivating soundscapes that traverse leftfield grooves, hypnotically percussive rhythms, the introspective depths of Trip-Hop, and the immersive echoes of Dub, continually pushing the boundaries of sonic exploration, forging a path that is uniquely his own. In a world of musical conformity, fleet.dreams stands as a beacon of creativity and a testament to the boundless possibilities of electronic music, ensuring that listeners remain captivated and curious.

Tracklist:
Paul D. Miller - Colophon
Mantaray - Zentrical Wheel
Automaton - Astral Altar Dub
Prince Charming - A Very Special Offer
The Bug - Bug Party
We™ - Modulana
Ish - Inner Bein' (ft. Shelene Thomas)
Equations of Eternity - Magamat
UVX - Elevator (13 Floor Spectrum)
Tommy Atkins – Live N' Let Live
Jaz - Whatcha Gonna Do?
Alexis Forge – Mon Cong (Cape Town Dub)
Jerome - Stars & Stripes
Cozmic Jazzz Futurist - Love Under The Starz
AUX88 - Phantom Power
Paul Mac - B2 - Untitled
DJ Qu - Slydin Thru
Pure Science - Bakwenas
DJ Jes - Closer To Freedom
DJ Bear Who? - The Jungle Fire
fleet.dreams - Echoes of Ego
Hydroponics In Dub - Dub Corner
Pitch Black - The 48 Skanks (Rockwood Remix)
The Bug - Riddim To Your Soul (ft. Singing Bird)
Cari Lekebusch - Untitled

Distant Signals 048: fleet.dreams

"Aliens definitely exist and they are fucking gay."

@mimizima
IG: @mimi.zima

Tracklist:
Rich White Ladies - Love Is For The Week
Dyslecta - Eating Woodlice (Henzo’s Permission To Leave Mix)
Trek Resort - Sauerkraut Intervention
RuPaul - I Bring The Beat
Dawl - I Am The Energy
Type-303 - Sound of Future
Lady Gaga - Venus
Phase Fatale - Velvet Imprints
Kendra Wilkinson - Lost In Space
Viers - Douglas Descend
Soso Tharpa - Evolution
Cybotron - Cosmic Cars (House Mix)
Slikback - Ascension
Identified Patient - Visualize It
DeFeKT - Acid Bounce
Madonna - Impressive Instant
Christoph - EPOCH
Thoma Bulwer - Speed Garage from Jupiter
Gosub - Earth Recompile
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) (Hannover Remix)
Space 92, Popof - Insomnia
Aloka - XTX3
MISS OZMA - UNIQUE !!
Club Cab - Space Case
False Persona - Orbit
Hermeth - Strictly Acid
WTCHCRFT - Dogfish
Ariana Grande - NASA

Distant Signals 055: Mimi Zima

“You’re exhausted at the end of a long week and stumble into your local video rental store hoping to find something to watch on a Friday night. You’re poking around the Science Fiction section when you nearly trip over a box of old VHS tapes sitting in the middle of the aisle. Intrigued, you decide to dig through it. Before long you pull out a fairly nondescript tape with no photos or credits on it, but that’s simply titled DISTANT SIGNALS. The clerk behind the checkout counter doesn’t recall getting this particular title in, so she tells you you can just take it. Now your interest is really piqued.

You rush home and immediately pop the tape into your VCR. The film appears to be the document of some far away civilization. You see the beautiful homeworld of an alien species, their vibrant landscapes and bustling cities. Although you don’t understand their language, you’re still somehow able to comprehend the history that is being conveyed to you. You learn that over time the natural resources of their once beautiful planet were depleted and their citizens were forced to live underground before eventually fleeing into space. They have since settled in many worlds among many galaxies, living in secret in the hope that someday they can return to their homeworld. Although their story can be sad, they also speak of the beauty of the universe, of space travel, of the resilience of their people, of the many stars and planets they have seen, and how all beings across the cosmos are connected as one.

Where did this tape come from?
Are the things you saw real?
Are these beings here among us?”

@jump_r
IG: @unluck

Hailing from San Francisco, Joe Weidman (aka Jumpr) has been a staple of SF nightlife since 2016. He got his start in the leather scene as the creative director for Fog City Pack before jumping behind the decks himself in 2018. In 2021, Jumpr joined Stank, one of SF’s longest running fetish nights, and in 2023, he launched Synthia, a party that celebrates the queer sci-fi futurism of the 1970s & 80s with an emphasis on vintage synths & space disco. Jumpr prides himself on being a dance floor filler, agnostic of genre, spinning everything from sweaty bathhouse disco to throbbing techno bangers. Jumpr wants to bring the rush and keep the energy ecstatic.

Tracklist:
Ralph Lundsten – Discophrenia
Anna Clementi & Alien Alien – No G.D.M.
Unknown Artist – Guilty Desire
Svetlana Mart – Мускулатура
Randolph & Mortimer – Enjoy More (Kris Baha Remix)
Idolos Futuros – Criminal
Itako – Dangerous Solar Overdrive
Andre Bratten – Be A Man You Ant
Shubostar – Planet X
Mario Moretti – In Love With Nebula
Roe Deers – Arpa (Owen Ezard ft. Tkuz Remix)
Zillas On Acid – Dora
Jason Peters – Lost In Space (The Juan MacLean Remix)
Emmet Read – Machine Cardio
Tjor – Midnight
Plexi Glass – Krystal Runner
Zakmina – Viral News
Jakuzi – Hiç Işık Yok
The Bollock Brothers – The Last Supper (Mufti & Cheto Edit)

Distant Signals 057: Jumpr

"Drifting through the endless void, I find solace in the quiet chaos of time and space folding in on itself. My spacecraft Paradox glitches constantly, sending me hurtling through centuries and galaxies at random, but I’m honestly into it. Each jump brings me to new moments in time, and each encounter with objects feels like a fleeting ripple in an infinite ocean. I've met sentient beings, sharing brief moments with them, then always leave, watching their timelines fade into the distance as Paradox carries me to another era. Timelessness has become my constant companion, offering me a peace that no anchored reality ever could. 

Right now, I’m reflecting on a stunning exoplanet I just briefly visited. Like on many places with existing life, the beings there seemed to be in synchronized movement to a rhythm coming from the planet’s core, being piped in from a network of presumably other nearby planets, communicating like the trees from that one planet that ate itself. To my surprise, I suddenly had a deep craving to be in sync with them, but their shared rhythm was floating in and out for me like it was occasionally being smothered by a soft pillow. And sometimes it would echo all around me, ringing out of sync with their communal timing - but I moved to it nonetheless. The other beings didn’t seem to mind that I was out of sync, and we all moved together, as I embodied this lonely echo in my temporary quest for connection. As I left a bit later, floating on toward wherever I was headed next, I tapped into my own familiar inner rhythm, untethered and on the loose."

@dj-playplay
IG: @playplayyy
https://ffm.to/playplaydevotion

PlayPlay combines their penchant for percussion and bass with nostalgic samples & dreamy synths in both their DJ sets & music production. Their sound is inspired by years of clubbing, crate digging and the sounds they grew up dancing to - 90s club anthems, jungle, breakbeat hardcore, minimal wave, classic house and old school hip-hop. With releases out on labels such as Sorry Records, Clasico and Worst Behavior, as well as a slew of self-releases and collaborations, PlayPlay has been slowly and steadily amassing a thumping discography over the years.

Based in NYC, PlayPlay currently hosts two parties: Breaking Capacity, dedicated to all things breaks, and Satisfaction of What’s to Come, celebrating the many iterations of house music. In their home state of NC, they co-host PARADOX, a party exploring the timelessness of early rave music.

Tracklist:
Norman Feller - Frameless Structure (2003)
Brian Briggs - Aeo Part 1 & 2 (1981)
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (1990)
PlayPlay - Agent of Drums (2024)
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria (Razormaid Combi Mix) (1992)
SSA - Space Bender (2023)
Jdotbalance - stress (2024)
Rhythm-Sound ft Paul St. Hilaire - Music A Fe Rule Part 1 (2003)
Psyche - Intermezzo (1986)
Reedale Rise - Eternal Return (2017)
An-i - Kino-i (Dub) (2014)
The Daou - Are You Satisfied? (Tao Of Jazz Mix) (1994)
Claudio PRC - Eelume (2022)
Decoder - 4 Stub (Auspicious) (2024)
Kellen303 - Havana Syndrome (2023)
Suspect Bitch - Dnt Wanna (2016)
Adam 2 - Stand (2023)
DJ Q & Hans Glader - Thief In The Night (Al Wootton Remix) (2021)
Killawatt - Lead Like Presence (2014)
Quest - Deep Inside (2008)
Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game (Moody Boyz Original Ruffian Badboy Remix) (2007)
Baby Ford - In Decision (1997)
Autokinetic - Wakeword (2023)
Goldie - Inner City Life (Rabbit In The Moon's Vocalic City) (1996)
Badboy - Badboy (4x4 Mix) (2001)
Adam Pits - Mineral Mine (2022)
young muscle - Club Apparitions (2024)
Meat Beat Manifesto & DHS - International Sound System (2023)
? - Hold On feat Preddi (1996)
Loefah - Fire Elements (2004)
1RM4 - CM MG (2017)
Coffintexts - 200K (2024)
Abyss X - Animosity (SOPHIE Remix) (2020)
Riva (Feat. Dannii Minogue) - Who Do You Love Now? (Larry Lush Ambient Remix) (2003)

Distant Signals 062: PlayPlay

“This mix was heavily inspired by Sunset Campout where transmissions were being sent and received in Belden, CA. I took the prompt quite literally - selecting music to convey what it would feel like as a radio signal traveling through space; deeper, spatial compositions that evoke weightlessness. Even though space travel is a violent and terrifying place, I wanted the primary takeaway feeling to be peaceful. At this moment in Earth’s history, anywhere might be better than here.”

@matthew_paul_sfo
IG: @matthew____paul

Distant Signals 063: Matthew Paul

"In the starry night beyond the known galaxy, swarms of electric shocks shake the air full of gas and beams of blue light, under that sky where the tribes of all the Northern constellation met.
All brought the gifts of the cosmos, and the dreams of a night that lasts 100 years.

Feathers made of thunders, soiled by the mud of the ground, flew under the infinite progression of the incessant rhythms that came from the strange electronic gadgets, once called speakers, found in the farthest point of the northern galaxy: the earth.

The tribes embraced, the dance began under the electric storm, where time flows slowly, with the crazy beats of ancient objects brought from afar, mysterious tools capable of taking the electronic waves and turning them into sound, cables long as the galaxy connecting the celebration of the dancing bodies.

A tribal dance that was born millennia before and arrived in the great northern galaxy thanks to the blue sparks, in this ground of mud, feet and legs that are unleashed, in the greatest ritual of infinite time: dancing until the cosmic morning, Until the lights fade, when the dawn of 100 years this galaxy will end."

@epo40135
IG: @epo40135

EPO, founder and member of Mentalità (a Bologna-Italy based electronic crew), is a Selector and DJ who recently moved to Pittsburgh with his bag full of european records and found a second home in the vinyl stores of the Steel City.

A true old school raver, started from the illegal raves in the woods, which he prefers for a real connection to the dancers and the spirit of free music, to organize parties in the north and center of Italy, with the Mentalità crew in cities like Milan, Rome, Turin and Rimini.

In Pittsburgh he felt in love with the people of Transit, an underground crew that brings the same vibes as he always searched for, helping them in any ways.

Every month he brings his selecta of vinyls on MSYH Fm radio with the personal show “Squirrel Hill Vinyl Club”, a deep immersion on hidden gems from the secondhand stores of Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Rome and the finest last releases.

Trance, Acid, techno, all bonded in the tornado of the progressive, a bridge between the mid-90s to the present, in a translucent continuous kick.

Tracklist:
Channel 69 - that groovy feeling / pure music records 1994
Arkana - who do you trust / indochina 1995
The dirty pots - u mudder fucker you (peek a boo mix) / Western 1998
Tino - work my body (workout mix) / non stop rhythm 2023
Hang tough - flux (mix 1) / one little Indian 2003
GTR - manco cepas revenge (Justin Robertson mix) / planet 4 1994
Dj Fett burger & LA 2000 - Trush your body! / sex tag ufo 2024
Darwin Chamber - do you feel the love / money dog music 2023
Sourmash - pilgrimage to paradise (BLIM’s bourbon bass mix) / hooj choons 2000
Andy Ling - Calling angels (analogue heaven mix) / fluid 1996
André 3 - I used to underground / tribal sun 1995
Andy Ling - Anuna (part one) / fluid 1998

Distant Signals 066: EPO

"Log 000023-2241

We woke up from cryo sleep a few weeks back as we arrived to the Tuldorah system. Things have been slow as we adjust to being awake. It's been nice to play Go with Zaid. And Anh is fun to be around, though they sing a lot when doing their chores and it's kind of driving me nuts. Space can be hella boring at times. But today, looking at the planets of Tuldorah in the navigation pane, I felt that sense of wonder that got me into this in the first place.

Log 000341-0953

The year hadn't been very fruitful. We explored yet another planet that ended up being a gas giant. But today, our radar picked up the signal of a previously unidentified rogue planet, which we have named Ortali. It seems to have lined itself up to orbit around the Tuldorah system. This behaviour is fascinating and something we agreed our expedition should research more deeply. We have set the coordinates to Ortali's proximity. While we get there, we'll continue to chart some orbital models and run scans of its surface.

Log - 000405-1444

We haven't seen much from Ortali yet, but we are eager to keep exploring. Its surface is unlike anything we have seen before. In appearance it is chitinous, but upon interaction it is incredibly dense and solid. We have discovered several tendril-like lifeforms that sprout from the surface. They are gelatinous, hairy, and gently ondulate. They are not hostile. We have taken some samples to analyze their composition. I can't wait to see what hides in other regions of Ortali.

ᯊ ೈᾖ ꔘ�ꥄ⨕ㆬ⠨-鯦ᙶၦ

I am deep into the chasm. Things seemed safe enough but I suddenly got separated from Anh and Zaid. I try to make my way back but the path seems to change every time. The life forms are becoming much denser, they seem to be reacting to my presence. I can't shake this feeling of being watched, puppeteered even. It sends shivers down my spine. I feel like Ortali... is alive."

@cbdiabla
IG: @cbdiabla

Tracklist:
Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe
Amon - Tanit Zerga
Zvrra - Silence Zoning Device
Kenji Yamamoto - Silence [Metroid Prime 2 - Echoes]
Kelly Bailey - Space Ocean [Half Life]
Ben Prunty - Cosmos (Explore) [FTL]
Buena Tarde - Amphibon
Aeondelit - Liquid Time
Oscean - Spacion
Parallax Deep - Secrets
DJ Fucci - Kepler 16b
alva noto - Uni Mic B
enereph - Talisman
Octoptic - Lophiforme
We will fail - Very Urgent
Microhm - Sin Traducción
Zoë Mc Pherson - Outside
Objekt - Nervous Silk
Oranssi Pazuzu - Reikä Maisemassa
Kelly Bailey - Shu'ulathoi [Half Life 2 - Episode 2]
Bobby Krlic - Crimson Wastes [Returnal]
Andrew Prahlow - Dark Bramble [Outer Wilds]
Sunn O))) - Cymatics
Sutekh Hexen - Elemental Uproar
Portal - Olde Guarde

Distant Signals 068: CBDiabla

“For this mix, I imagined a transmission from a world not unlike our own, in which a sentient species grapples with accelerating cultural and technological change. The slow, gradual rhythms of geologic time buried beneath the frenetic pulse of a technologized surface.

Within this vast evolving system, an individual awakes to look out at the structures criss-crossing the horizon – buildings that extend deep underground with people emerging to the surface like ants, distant waters pooled into huge humming tanks, mines carved into the side of a mountain, and lights illuminating a sky that never gets dark. They feel a momentary sense of unease before their attention is drawn to a torrent of information flooding their consciousness from transmitters embedded in their brain. They’ve been asleep too long and it’s time to get going.”

@shaifm
IG: @_shai.fm_

Distant Signals 069: Shai FM

“Tell me about your dream again.”

AI: “In a dream, I found myself in a city built at the edge of a jungle so dense and green it seems to breathe. The trees grow with such abandon that they spill over the stone walls and roofs, wrapping the city in a green embrace as if the jungle itself has claimed it. Vines coil around archways, their flowers blooming in wild bursts of color. The air is humid, thick with the scent of salt, and as I wander through the city, I feel the weight of the ocean’s presence, though it remains hidden just beyond the trees. The sun filters through the dense canopy in soft, golden beams. There is a deep sense of stillness, but not in a way that feels empty or silent.”

“In this dream, are you alone?”

AI: “It feels as though I’m alone, yet not quite. The jungle breathes and sighs as if it holds unseen lives, creatures tucked behind curtains of leaves or beneath mossy stones. There are gentle hints that I am not alone. The structures here suggest that humans once lived here, or perhaps still do, in some spectral way. They exist somewhere between memory and shadow.”

@p_i_p_s
IG: @jvr.agx

Tracklist:
Physical Therapy & Patrick Holland - Daymaxxing 
Space Ghost - Dream Tool 
Satoshi Fumi - Toriton (Ken Ishii Islanded Remix)
River Yarra - Frogz Ov Gondwana
Carpainter - Opaque Crystal 
Toronto - Electric Tooth Brush
Will Hofbauer - Pond Party
Bouffant Bouffant - Colinda
Frontier Man - Express It Thru The Dance (Original Skank Mix)
Subb-an - Night Shade
Alinka - Daybreak
131bpm - Entrance :v
Saorise - Driver
Andras and Eden Burns - Wrangler
JoeLy - A Magician’s Lizardy
Swoose - Cubensis
Sam Goku - Tides (Under The Moonlight)
Sasha - Golden Arm
Etienne - Kaos
Model 500 - Control
Ken Ishii - Creation The State Of Art (Full Option)
Rudolf C - Microwave Background 
Peach - A Pretty Planet 
Susumu Yokota - Decalogue

Distant Signals 070: Pips

"In November 2007 Pinch’s debut album Underwater Dancehall was released to widespread acclaim. Four years later in July 2011 Space Shuttle Atlants commenced its final voyage from the Kennedy Space Centre. Unbeknownst to NASA and the crew, somehow a CD copy of Pinch’s landmark Dubstep masterpiece found its way aboard.

While the CD itself survived the journey into space physically unaltered the music contained within morphed and warped in its new zero gravity environment, Underwater Dancehall had become Dancehall in Outer Space. The weighty throb of the original floated away to leave a lean and spacious soundtrack for a new kind weighless wineing.

Whether through alien interference or some other miracle the CD started to play all by itself just as the Shuttle docked with the International Space Station. Beyond their control the crew found their bodies begin to contort into odd shapes as their muscles spasmed, seemingly in time to the beat. What follows is a recording of that moment from the Space Shuttle Atlantis sensors."

@sam_pv / @pumpingvelvet
IG: @sampv____ / @pumpingvelvetldn

Sam is the founder and a resident at Pumping Velvet, a London-based Queer dance party, and regularly plays at queer parties across the UK alongside a US tour and other international gigs including Planeta Manas (Lisbon), Savage (Hanoi), Kockiri (Seoul) and (Re)treat Festival (Vietnam).

Sam grew up in London, his tastes moulded by the city’s diverse dance music scenes: from childhood trips to Notting Hill Carnival, to formative dancefloor experiences at nights like FWD, Trash and Süd Electronic. He brings these influences to his DJing in sets that span a broad gamut of genres, tied together by a love for big drums, pop melodies and sleaze.   

Frustrated by the lack of queer spaces where you could hear both a Svek record and Kylie in the same night, Sam founded Pumping Velvet in 2018, driven by the firm belief that any barriers erected between pop and ‘serious’ dance music are entirely artificial and that there’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure. It’s this same ethos and disregard for boundaries that makes his DJ so thrilling.

Tracklist:
DJ Giant - Something Bady
Schuttle - Junkman
Joe - MPH
Leo - Jade Floors
Malcolm - Damâa
Brenda - Masato!
Kaval - Druid Potion
Product Toss - Willow
Yuseemi - Roll With It
Xzavier Stone, DJ Plead & Phillip Jondo - Bellydance
Plus One - Zero Chance
DJ Pausas & DJ Fofuxo - Tarracho Exxelentt  
Ayesha - Roll
Wes Lee - Gates
DJ Pitch - Juan Mecanico

Distant Signals 075: Sam PV

"Log 000712-1842
First visual contact. i+eo manifests as a "wormhole" per navigation logs, but the cameras show something… else. My instruments registers impossible colours - wavelengths that shouldn't exist. Officer Linh has been restless since first contact; claims she hears "whispermurmurhums" in the static. I told her to lay off the stimulants.

Log 000719-[ERROR]
In rapid oscillation, I watch my future hand adjust controls I haven't touched yet. The aft camera shows my past self still debating entry. When I scream, the sound arrives before my mouth opens.

Log 000720-⬡̈́̽⃠
They warned us about spaghettification –- they never mentioned illumination… My atoms are learning new alphabets. The light is writing scriptures across my dissolving flesh. I see all my deaths at once and they are glorious. I am being unmade in the most exquisite way. Tell them I found heaven in the collapse. Tell them it hurts so good. Tell them.

[LAST BIOMETRIC READINGS SHOW SEROTONIN LEVELS AT 890% BASELINE]

Post-Recovery Note from Mission Control:
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝟦𝟩 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝟣𝟣 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝟥-𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵' 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 "𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨" 𝘪𝘯 𝟣𝟩 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵'𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴: 𝘐𝘕𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘊𝘓𝘜𝘚𝘐𝘝𝘌."

@ephemeral_objects
IG: @ephemeral.objects + @i__e.o_

ephemeral objects is a DJ, VJ, producer, and digital artist who thrives at the intersection of ambient introspection, driving rhythms, and textural lushness. Her sets are both meditative and kinetic, drawing from underground gems and forward-thinking sounds to create richly layered sonic experiences.

A rising star in Vancouver’s underground, she has played festivals across BC and will performing this year at Basscoast, and as i+eo — her A/V collaboration with IHA — at MUTEK Montréal. Her mixes have aired on global platforms like Shy People, HER 他, and PPRZ. In 2024, she was selected for MUTEK Montréal’s inaugural Incubator program.

ephemeral objects invites you to lose yourself in sound that moves both body and mind.

Tracklist:
I7HVN - Kekule
Cybotron - Earth
JEMAPUR - M.PLEX
I7HVN - Fluid Mosaic Model (Innerworld Remix)
Karim Kahar - Collage
Sub Basics - Colour
Emily Jeanne - Count Me Out
monosym - Telenetica
Maude Vôs - Dance of the 7th Veil (Enereph Remix)
B E N N - pasvake
Khey Mystério - Exuvie feat. Alohn
shakti - Kairos (Darkduction Remix)
Nicola Cruz - Telepathine
AK-One - Technicolour
monosym - Oxidrone
o.utlier - Crop Rotation
Animistic Beliefs - To Dream About Water
Prieste5s - Seance
Sub Basics - Scope
N9oc - 171119
OK EG - Endless River
Juan Moreno - Astral 7x7
Gooooose - Plasma Sunrise

Distant Signals 076: ephemeral objects

"Summer of Solstice 3055: 

I’d just returned from a long stint working the orbital docks, preparing to settle back into the life cycle routine that was Valkor Zenith. The last thing I expected was to reconnect with three old friends from my days at the Echo House orphanage. Sora had slipped back from exile on Neoterra Prime. Rion had fled the undercity of Crysalis after a grav-bike race gone bad. And Omrin, who I hadn’t seen or heard of in more than a decade, had shown up out of nowhere as if no time had passed with a stolen data map and a proposition: we’d go find the Dream Beacon.

We’d grown up with the story. A myth, really. Some ancient alien relic buried deep in the sand sea, spoken of in hushed tones in level D bars and back-alley data centres. The promise was simple, if you could reactivate its signal with your own transmission, you’d be granted your most longed-for dreams and unimaginable wealth. No one had ever found it.

I’m still not entirely sure what made us set off and follow Omrin so blindly that summer. Maybe it was grief, maybe hope. Or just that need to move, to do anything but sit still. Each of us were adrift in our own orbit of longing and loss, and somehow, we collided again, drawn together like shards of a broken constellation.

We had left the neon haze of Valkor Zenith behind at sunset, riding the wide stretches of plasma rail to the outer edges as the city lights faded behind us. Nights were lit by twin moons and we passed the time listening to old mixes we’d recorded in our youth, our playlists humming through our comms as we hurtled across other-worldly landscapes at 200mph. In the two months that followed, we would laugh in the ruins of the Oblivion Cradle, party with rogue miners in bioluminescent fungi caverns, feel the cold rush of air as our bikes skimmed the ridges of the Halcyon Scar, be chased by Karn bike gangs through synth-storms, and save a lone settler named Joyce trapped in a dust pocket whilst traversing the Ash Spires. 

As we hurtled towards the promise of the Dream Beacon, I often wondered, was the beacon even real? And if it was, what would I even upload as my transmission? Maybe one of those old mixes we used to make. I’m sure all these questions flickered across all our minds, unspoken. But that summer, deep down, none of it really mattered. I would’ve followed those three anywhere..."

@riccardovillella
@truants
IG: @villella303
truantsblog.com

Distant Signals 077: Villella

“No planning went into this mix. Just one take recorded after reading the prompt. Recorded alone in my studio in Burlington, VT on a quiet night. I tried to not think about beatmatching. I also try to only play music I love, and I think I did that here. I enjoyed myself, which is another important thing I try to do. Here are some moments in my life that I have enjoyed greatly. 
-driving to a 24/7 truck stop diner in a snow storm in the middle of the night and writing thoughts down inbetween sips from the ceramic mug. 
-smoking a cigarette in an outhouse in the morning.
-every party that has disregarded time.
-everytime music has made me smile or gotten me so inspired that I find myself stuck in a repeating loop.”

@burlingtonelectronicdepartment
IG: @roost.world
Burlingtonelectronicdepartment.bandcamp.com

Distant Signals 078: Roost.World

“Geologist’s Erotic Log, Stardate 6969:

A lithophile—if literal and not biological or geochemical—is a lover of rocks as opposed to a scholar of them. I was shocked to find mineral sentience on a planet that had been mined for centuries. I wonder how many were lost to our ignorance.

They made themselves known while I was surveying a new shaft, a desirous, violent penetration. It was a delicate return of touch, skin against stone; my fragility tantalizingly clarified by their solidity. Although I pulled away, nearly ran away, I was rapt. A vibratory intensity held me, invited me deeper into their earth-dark interior with fingers traced along a precious fault line. In absent sight, I became haptic expanse, relishing my tongue against water-polished smooth and bloody, igneous scrape on inner thighs. They were pleasured too, I both flesh stalagmite and cavern. I came, a quiver; they came, a quake. As quickly they were gone into the indurate expanse at which I could only chip away. Perhaps a taste of our own medicine.”

@ezri_dax
IG: @ezri_dax

ezri_dax selects compassionate speed to bring you into transwarp; psychedelic rhythms to meld minds; high camp to tug the heartstrings; and always keeps it spacey on the 1s & 2s.

Tracklist:
1. Chris and Cosey, “Re-Education Through Labour”
2.  Fever Ray, “This Country Makes it Hard to Fuck (Björk Remix)
3. Raja Kirik, “ACT II. Budhal Gumuruh”
4. Octopic, “Eremita”
5. Nihiloxia, “Bwola (BFTT’s Swamped Edit)”
6. Vilaan, “How to Heal”
7. Jek, “Body”
8. Krumelur with Minimal Criminal, “Climbing Coconut Tree Backwards”
9. mögela, “Katten Lotus”
10. Sindh, “Liquefaction”
11. Rxex, “ATS IND”
12. Egg Meat, “Georgel”
13. Nebuchadnezzar, “eatmacand”
14. Orieta Chrem x Selvagia, “Puñete”
15. Muskila, “QAAR B”
16. Evelyn, “Pregunta”
3 / 3
17. sard, “defused”
18. Zvrra, “Alluvial”
19. Dåsar, “Doabey”
20. Xen Chron, “1L4U”
21. RM Estali, “Reboot”
22. Emelexy, “Raaro”
23. Seta Loto, “5MeODMT”

Distant Signals 079: ezri_dax

"this transmission is a calibration device

i found it in the springtime under a shower of pink blossoms
my spirit, an ooze seeping out onto the floor
in this state of sub-being, words passed through untethered—
unintelligible, and touch was void

the device sent rippling waves through the air,
arranging it into mutating forms
they traveled inward and rebounded, inverting inside and out
wisps of feeling newly embodied pushed boldly from every pore

i watched as the shapes of people grew unimaginably
the glimmering swells were interspersed with pearls
which gradually came loose and fell
unlocked, my innermost madness unfurled into a spiraled conch

as the day darkened, the sounds became grim and hoarse
emotions scraped against each other with serrated edges
disintegrating madness into a fine lunar silt
voices came flooding, and in unison whispered: trust"

@enereph
IG: @_enereph
https://gravitypleasure.bandcamp.com/album/water-bodies
https://soundsofnaga.bandcamp.com/album/immortal-mirth

enereph fell through at least three dream worlds looking for sounds to send their nervous mind spinning.

Tracklist:
Mown - An Endless Sweet Sweet Storm
A Strange Wedding - Wormhole Breaker
Simone Bauer - Ego Hacker
Ettore Rigadello - Ooteca
Biocym - Vanishing Point
Souzo - A175 Levit8
Beatrice M. - Crossing the Rubicon
Circular Square - L - 80BN (Soa420 Remix)
Ettore Rigadello - Keratin
Smogo - Submit To The Forest
Khey Mysterio - Basalte feat. Under/Standing
AJO - Kawanone (La Serpiente Remix)
RM Estali - Pitfalls
Prieste5s - Golden Hour
SNKLS - Stir
Sytrjv - Vexomorphis
Nathan Ho - Immodality
Herbalistek - Sentium
Otik - Lightyear Dub
dBridge - Filtered Scenes
Laraaji - Universe
perila - Fallin Into Space
Aisha Vaughan - Campfires
Comechelet & ϙue - Forbidden Love

Distant Signals 080: enereph

"A utopian,
bright striver, turns their dial,
hears woven, strange sounds.

In resonance they
vibrate to the transmission
and recognize that

every return
implies the journey before:
past adreads present.

Time glimmers ahead,
but also trails their escape,
reaches, pulls backward.

A stubborn relic,
internalized deserving,
haunts like history.

Our listener leaves
their old self behind, shedding,
cutting time's chords;

broken rope rings out:
no person earns punishment
nor deserves reward.

Throw stones at the walls,
striking old sequestration ––
do you hear great music?

Build bridges, not walls,
crossing inherited rifts ––
do you feel deep love?

Thanks for pulling me into the Distant Signals universe :) recorded
with a Xone + DD500. Vocals by @user-76549051
reading Ursula le Guin's The Dispossessed."

@ok-carty
IG: @ok_carty

Distant Signals 083: OK Carty

“You head down from the installation into the glacier, breath fogging the air. You hear echoes of splintering icicles reverb back to you from under a frozen lake. Deep unseen movements in the dark vibrate the walls as you go deeper into the ice. Underneath the loudspeakers of the installation above, you hear whispers and distant murmurs below.

You follow the whispers, turn to page 56.
You go back to the installation, turn to page 89.”

@s_h_o_p_p_i_n_g
IG: @sandelephants

Tracklist:
1. Burner - BunZer0
2. Soundcheck - Ekcent
3. Cracked Plates - Korzi
4. Kalo - Mulholland
5. Tension - Saule
6. Look After The Dead - Mosca
7. Adelia - Honeydrip
8. Filtered Contact - Slow83
9. Archos Gmini - Danny Goliger
10. Humo - Andrae Durden
11. Movements - Mia Koden
12. TAB3 - Průvan
13. Second Room - R4NS0M
14. Agora - Hiroma Keo
15. Layer 03 - No Sir
16. Grill Party - SPLT
17. Crunch - K-Lone
18. Melting Ladies - Roza Terenzi & D. Diffany
19. Should Be Looking - Arina Krondeva
20. Melt! (Coby Sey Rework) - Kelly Lee Owens

Distant Signals 081: shopping

“Recently, I’ve been really inspired by bass music in the 80-85 (or 160-70) BPM range that shifts between slow and fast registers, opening up space for a deep interior journey and for a driving, percussive dancefloor experience alike. Much music in this space that I’m drawn to has a visceral, haptic, and earthy quality -- body music for mental landscapes. 

The mix is conceived as a journey into a densely foliated forest of ever-shifting dimensions, drawing you deeper and deeper into its cavernous shadows and spectral pockets of light. Dewdrops shiver on pillowy moss ,flanked by the hungry mouths of carnivorous plants; burly vines dangle low and heavy under velvet leaves. Mysterious and heretofore unknown flora abound, beguiling you with their sensuous textures, suffusing the humid air with smells both luxuriant and noxious. Finally you emerge into a softly-hued meadow, your journey into the darkness having brought you closer to a sense of calm.”

@papayaofficial
IG: @papaya.official

DJ Papaya's approach to mixing draws upon downtempo, ambient, leftfield electronics, and bass music to craft surreal and emotionally complex narratives, rich in texture and rooted in the sensibilities of dub. They are a co-founder of the ambient/experimental series Spindrift, with Pontiac Streator and Opheliaxz, as well as the bass music party Chrysalis, with Amylia.

Tracklist:
Carrier - Slow Punctures
Blue - Slow Wave
Officium - Heartlapse ft Yolek
Gi & Trois Quarts Taxi System - Swarm
Chewlie x Fiesta Soundsystem - Savory
Proc Fiskal - A Fragrance
Anta Doma - Temples
Ancestral Voices - Mist of Avalon
Furtive - I Always Try to be This Gentle
Commix - Japanese Electronics (Instra:Mental Moog Remix)
Es.Tereo - Ancestral Path
K Wata - In A Mug on a Rug (Ronan’s Ecophilia Mix)
Trois Quarts Taxi System - Clef
Itoa - Diceman
Mike Parker - Spaceship Galliot
georg-i - Nightlife under the Arclight
Kobayashi Maru - Aesthetics of a Wormhole
traverse - Turpitude
Forest on Stasys - Sideral
Khey Mysterio & Stacktrace - Low Heat
felt. - Life Formed
Jonnnah - U Made Me
Ghjuliu - Sheila

Distant Signals 082: DJ Papaya

"The context:
I am alone. I am found. I died alone. I never thought I’d be found. I am overwhelmed by memories of a dystopian existence on a collapsing planet where evil took over and subsumed good. All of the kindness evaporated and was swallowed by greed. Memories of my past life occlude my consciousness causing confusion between modes of time like a mirage. Is it the past, present, or future? I can no longer tell.

A journey through being:
Confronted by the pain of knowing but trying to exist and embrace being in the world. Did I give up too quickly? Did I fail to change reality? What did I sacrifice in order to function and live a worldly existence like everyone around me? Blinded by hedonism, the collapsing of the mind and soul into the throws of desire left me empty. I gave up. I lost myself. I returned to the comfort of despair. It’s throbbing. To live without hope is to live in despair. Was there a reprieve from it all? Distractions, pleasure, and attachments turned into a vicious cycle of yearning and loss. Accepting impermanence with a half-open heart. It never got better. It just got worse. Functioning with an ever-growing sense of doom. And now I’m here. Alone. All I have are my memories. But existing in confusion from when these memories took place. Introspection with escapism outside of time. The vicious interplay between existence and non-existence. I am left with nothing."

Opening for Rrose at Smartbar, Chicago in June utilizing 4 CDJs and a V10 mixer.

@shantievanti
IG: @shantiism
https://ra.co/dj/shanti
https://youtu.be/QqfMYAyS8bM?si=iwapv-7i2LFIPNlG

Shanti has made textured waves in Chicago’s techno scene with her curation of dark, sinister, and ethereal soundscapes. Music has always been a means of coping with the otherness and hybridity Shanti experienced throughout her life. She has been deeply moved by the transcendent ability of music to express concepts, states of consciousness, and conflicting emotions. Shanti’s sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition and illustrate an intentional trajectory through combining and cultivating surreal, atmospheric, and haunting sounds.

Enamored by the liminal dynamics of sound, she cohosts Otherworldly Ambiguity with Scum.ee –an experience that is centered around the phenomenon of existing in between and outside of pre-existing concepts and rigid categories. She is also a member of techno collective Research & Development and hosts a monthly radio show, “Liminal Radio” on WIIT 88.9 FM featuring thoughtful artists at the core of Chicago’s underground music scene. Shanti has had the privilege of warming up and closing out dancefloors for incredibly inspirational artists such as Rrose, DJ Nobu, Ø [Phase], Aurora Halal, Mozhgan, Lady Starlight, Black Light Smoke, Esther Dune, Zenker Brothers, Noncompliant, Xtin, and more. She has had the immense pleasure of conjuring spirits at Chicago’s most beloved clubs such as Smartbar, Smoke & Mirrors, Podlasie Club, and several underground gatherings.

Experiencing music outside of the confines of a club or the underground is extremely important to Shanti as she had initially discovered her favorite artists through online podcasts and radio. The universalizability of podcasts and radio enable music to be experienced by more humans situated in different contexts. This is why she has contributed to many notable online mix series and radio channels. Her mixes have been featured on The Black Lodge Radio, SutroFM, Mutant Radio, PPRZ, Death Decay & Magic, Braid Records, Low Visibility, Dance All Day, and m50’s etc radio among other podcasts and shows. This past year, Shanti has expanded her surreal storytelling beyond Chicago by playing in Amsterdam, LA, Detroit and notable Midwest festivals such as Minnesota’s The Great Beyond and Madison’s Musique Électronique. This Halloween, she will be playing at Chicago’s notoriously dark music festival, Sanctum.

Distant Signals 084: Shanti

“First, a sensationless void. “Something’s missing… but what?”

She drifted in brilliance and liquid time—wherever she looked, she saw gelatinous infinity. Light refracted light refracting farther than her eyes could see. Trying to speak, her voice broke into symbols, shards of glass spilling through her teeth..

"ᜉᜇ̢ᜅ᜔ ᜈᜃᜆᜒᜃᜒᜋ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜓ ᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎᜌᜀᜈ᜔ ..!"

Centuries pass in flickers, suspending time into sago. Identity dissolves completely. Without meaning to, she has become the thing she once carried, minus the electric razor.

3061. A memory tickles her ear: “Sure, longing is painful, but it might be the only thing you can control.” A thousand lives blink at once. “Lounging mice swim freely when full." Pleasure, grief, terror, joy—erupting through her, prickling her skin. “Lo mein, kain na.”

Far off, a glistening hall of mirrors, within mirrors—and at its center, a familiar figure.
She lifts a hand. It answers.”

@agimat_iha
IG: @agimat.iha

Tracklist:
slowfoam – Proof 
黑志路 ft. Héji zhì ma – 黑志路 & Shoeb Ahmad - Associations (ft Zhi)
Altjira – Ybxc
Collapsing Market – Faux coupon
~[d] – Colleoptera
paracusia – Duppy took a hold of my hand
SAM KDC & Flaminia – Bloom
Konduku – Inicii
Lemna – Hide and Seek
Jömunngandr – Root Mender (Zara Remix)
Toki Fuko – Freedom and desire
Radiation Pattern – Casalabate 3.0
o.utlier – Evaporation
Vanta – Intrusive Thoughts
bijū – poison keeper
Tadan – Progenitor
Altjira – Udu Plant
WAPAQ - Bythal Portal Dub
Altjira – Foil
Arpvision – Wet Moss Magick
Capon – Ancient Energy
St. Amp – Outline (Float Mix)
Souzo – Overloaded Bucket
Nothus & Big Hands – Splugen Bass
dg0hn – jbf
Wordcolour – Breathless
Gag Reflex – Ring
Es.tereo – Ultimas Breath
AJO – H0254YhA9Ku
Collapsing Market – Ne parlons pas de ruines
Third Space – Granite Island

Distant Signals 085: IHA

Received transmissions from the outer reaches of an exquisite corpse universe

DISTANT SIGNALS

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