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

"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

"This mix is a live recording from a recent visit to Podlasie in Chicago. When I gig, I think less about how I’m supposed to sound and focus on recalling, reconnecting with, and sharing music I love. As such there’s a ton of old favorites in the mix that span eras, genres, and moods. It is a capture of old favorites meeting new favorites. This ambassadorial practice of compiling new and old is a symbolic act of finding a sense of familiarity within unfamiliarity. It creates a level of genuineness that is vital for world building and sonic transportation while being resistant to consumption, possession, and escape. It highlights how one can encounter a new world without leaving this planet. Worlds are made of context and exchange; planets are made of matter, gas, and gravity."

@experimental-housewife
IG: @experimentalhousewife

ExHouse aka Experimental Housewife is a Bay Area-based DJ and live performer of 25 years. Over the last 10 years, she has become an icon of deep commitment to electronic sound and the art of storytelling. Deemed a "pillar of the underground" by RA, ExHouse started out as a teen raver, obsessed with the sound and attitude of the electronica of the 90s, before being drawn to ambient and post-rock in the early 00s, from which she takes much technical and aesthetic influence. Today she brings diverse cataloging and fluid turntable savvy to the dance floor, causing holes to appear in people's shoes while making "it look so easy". With an ear for contemplative bangers, deep grooves, and heavy drone, ExHouse has released original dance and ambient works on Jacktone, Schmer, True Indigo, Identity Spectrum Records and more. She owns and operates Perfect Location Records, a highly curated cross-medial label geared toward the greater distribution of honest and independent electronic music. She has toured North America and Europe and participates in a number of underground-forward outlets.

Tracklist:
Monolake - Plumbicon
Dilated Pupils - The System
Thor - Black
Mandar - Wet Paul
Head High - Do It (Yourself)
Head High feat. Cassy - Changes
Gus Gus - Your Moves Are Mine (Sanasol Remix)
Mark Thibideau - Stage 5 Development
DJ Slyngshot - Hygh-Tech
Sneaky Alien - Blue Stream (Deep and Long Mix)
Jaun Recoba - Alpha
Moonface - Naan Madol
Daniela La Luz - Feel the Future
Private Press - Wetweird
Sasha feat. Darren Emerson - Scorchio
Submoon - Remote Viewers
Sappho & Damon Boucher - Feelgood (Experimental Housewife Remix)
Jasper Wolff & Maarten Mittendorff - Dubspace
Federsen - Ganja Dub
Earth House Hold - If Only for a Moment
Pittsburgh Track Authority - Pitfalls
Will Ward - All Ones
Mark Thibideau - Last Train

https://www.exhouse.info/
https://experimentalhousewife.bandcamp.com/music
https://bandcamp.com/exhouse
https://perfectlocation.bandcamp.com/

Distant Signals 028: exhouse

"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

'From eclipse to eclipse, the solar transitions can bring the challenge of change, forced or welcome; this mix is mean to chronicle that journey, and evoke the pain and ecstasy within it.'

(Originally played at the As You Like It 13 Year Anniversary on 10/14/23 for the SutroFM Loft Takeover)

@infinitejess
IG: @edgyatbest

Akasa - One Night In My Life (Nectar Mix)
A Bitch Named Johanna - Love Is My Bass
Luke Alessi & Jordan Brando - Affogato
Ataxia & Mister Joshooa - Mastermind
Nelson Of The East - Ellipsis (Kasper Marott remix)
Demi Riquisimo - Talk To Frank
Jack Pattern - Of Unknown
Paranoid London - MUSIC'S INSANE
DJ Fitness & NAP - Merengue Morado (Endless Dirge Dub)
Sage Introspekt - Walk & Serve
DJ Assault - Bangin' The Beat
DVS1 - Lower Wacker Drive
Maara - Der She Goes
Redshape - Release Me (Base Mix)
SY - 5th Floor
K Wata - What Do U Want? (Henzo's Tough As Fuck Mix)
Krampf - LSD XTC (DJ Gigola & Kev Koko Paranoia Mix)
Variable Frequency Technician - Cross Section (Marc Piñol Remix)
Phortune - Can You Feel The Bass
Demi Riquisimo - Proto Call
X CLUB. - Say No More (Original Mix)
Mark Grusane - The Next Ride

Distant Signals 034: Infinite Jess

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

"// 1703817180 BEGIN TRANSMISSION

we followed the signal to its source,
an unremarkable spot in wide open space.
the equipment suddenly died -- its now all just a bunch of noisy junk.

the reality set in -- we're not going anywhere. 

whatever we followed is slowly getting louder and everything is starting to feel... different
its as if my thought process and the signal have somehow started to merge into one stream.
no, that makes no sense,

 my perspective shifts in ways i dont understand



space-time  collapsing all around us
 i feel it


reality
                 tearing

i am the rip ................





becoming






.
// 43017449613 END TRANSMISSION"

"For this one I definitely leaned into a little more of a dark and menacing vibe than I often do. I'll blame the bleakness that can come with New York winter and, well, the current state of the world in general certainly doesnt help. Despite all that, I really had fun playing with the idea of being amongst dying machines, lost in space for eternity, and having one's consciousness ripped to shreds by some kind of anomaly. That, and the idea that it could alternatively all be in your mind cause you've been lost for too long..."

@threehz
IG: @threehz

Brooklyn-based DJ threehz brings a deep and dreamy perspective to an often-aggressive techno landscape, with a strong focus on textured, spiraling, playful psychedelia to appeal to both mind and body. For them, DJing and the dancefloor both represent a flow state - a sense of being present in the moment as you would during meditation, tuning out the noise of life and just existing in time and space where nothing else really matters.

Tracklist:
Porter Ricks - Phosphoric + Erik Luebs - Parched (Distant Mix)
Imugem Orihasam - Cleave
Darkduction - Away From Man
Giorgio Gigli & Brendon Moeller - Breath Of Forgiveness
Francesco Belfiore - The Commuter + Mika Vainio - Tutkamaa
Cybersonik - Technarchy (Marcel Dettmann Remix)
SHXCXCHCXSH - SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs
Cory James - Caterpillar
Altinbas - Emphasis
Rrose - In Place of Matter (Mixed Matter)
Lakej - Elusive Perception
Donor - Apollo (Shao Remix Version 2)
Miro Lopasso - Space Attack (Rrose Remix)
Evod - DVE 9
Apart - The Late Breath (Original Mix)
Abstract Man - Synergy (Von Grall remix)
Donato Dozzy - Vaporware 02
Pyramidal Decode - DMSC3
Divide - Diaspro
SHXCXCHCXSH - VVOV
Hekum - Niente x Niente
Jheal - Passage
Motion Symmetry - Kaab
Brendon Moeller - Motor
Abdulla Rashim & Axel Hallqvist - Mark (Donato Dozzy Cave Man Remix)
Techno Animal - Bio-Morphium
Azoth - Reflection of Obscurity
CAO - Su Venida a Ser
KETEV - Golgotha
Lustmord - Section 2: Aldebaran Of The Hyades (Excerpt)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Describing Bodies

Distant Signals 038: threehz

"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

"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

“Void Archive Year: 15
Anglo Year: 2178

This earth year began as Duke Barron Dumbarton II (DBDII as he prefers) transmitted his spirit and mind into another WWE Champion Wrestler thereby prolonging his rule another 60 years. His most pressing earth challenge remained his search for potable water for the manicured lawns of his relatives. 

He commissioned a spacecraft hastily titled "Sergeant Arthur MacBadass" for the regrettably named "Doritos' Cool Ranch Cool Space Mission Sweepstakes IV".  By design, the craft could travel to numerous galaxies, but poor navigation and the in-flight conflicts generated by DBDII for his amusement hindered any measurable progress. The craft was thereby confined to traveling among the moons of Jupiter. Ganymede in the Jovian system was encrusted with wudder/ice, rendering it impenetrable, and no craft dared enter Europa after DBDII's physical altercation with the Intercontinental Planetary Naming Convention (IPNC). The IPNC took particular exception to renaming all known Milky Way Galaxy moons after DBDII's favorite luncheon meats and cheese spreads. 

DBDII also despised the word Europa because the Earth Zone of the same name had been long overtaken by African super scientists. These superior minds harmonized sound waves to dramatically increase technological development in the now dominant global South. New Ghana's space program alone colonized entire galaxies with her peaceful inhabitants and sublime Sly and Robbie recordings broadcasted among the stars and planets. Ultimately, "Europa" was one of many multisyllabic words forbidden in DBDII's presence.

I digress. Badass was left to search either Io or Callisto due to a bitter dispute from the two Blackrock executive's daughters on board, Braighlynne and McKennah. The transmission features so many biting, pressurized snares attempting to shield the bickering, no speech from the craft was quite audible. Callisto's atmosphere also distorted the communique with its pulsating sound waves ever which increased in frequency as the crew sat prone playing Valorant hurtling toward the moon's core. The scientists originally charged to decipher the cacaphonous mess were unmotivated because, after 17 terms of inbreeding and corruption, DBDII's only available currency was illusory promises of back rubs written on cocktail napkins. 

While "Doritos' Cool Ranch Cool Space Mission Sweepstakes IV '' will become DBDII's greatest success in 120 years in office, only 40 gallons of water were able to reach Earth. Actually, these 40 gallons mostly evaporated upon reentry into the atmosphere. DBDII was no less delighted that the lawns of his progeny could be gently moistened for about 6 afternoons. 

So the only remnant of the mission is the mix you hear today. Are the changes reflective of heavy wind patterns or McKennah's violent instrument operation? Are the squelches from Callisto's many HAM radio hobbyists? Do the metallic sounds symbolize dialog with the wise Callistonians or the dying screams of the Badass occupants? Do the final 5 minutes of the recording indicate the onboard computer's joyous discovery of perfect lawn care H2O deep within the planet? 

It is left to the discerning Distant Signal ears for interpretation.”

@bossrossdj
IG: @associatedcdj + @midwest.plenty.dc

Associate is a sentient being located in the USandA capital, Washington, DC. He can be seen in his verdant neighborhood, brooding about with headphones, probably greeting a dog and scowling at its hooman. Musically, he is a polymath. Raised on WGPR, WJLB, 89X, WJZZ, WDET, and Electrifying Mojo, he really has no music core at this point. Groove, weird, swing, and sometimes minimalism are a feature but not a trait. He hosts parties as Midwest Plenty once he has saved enough disposable income set ablaze on luxury items for his treasured guests. Additionally, he plays party music with the group Midnight FM. Well, if you consider Joy Division party music, that is what he plays.

Distant Signals 060: Associate

"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

"Across the expanse of time existed a place so rich in amphibious lifeforms that it continued to challenge and mystify its invaders well into the surrounding planetary transformation. An order of diviners had predicted this place would shapeshift, changing its identity and turning on those who continued to shelter in its dense core. However, that never happened. Even as the invaders seeked to halt, divert, and capture the place's energy arteries and flows, its integrity held, buoyed by the impossible fecundity of unruly life itself. The place's offspring penetrated the minds and paralyzed the bodies of the invaders themselves who realized that their brutal fetishes and charms would inevitably decompose. As that suffocating superstructure fell, its limbs were swallowed, becoming one with the very place it had sought to dismember and destroy."

@konifer
IG: @benja.konifer

Cartographer/artist based in Los Angeles, USA; co-founder of Rhizome Records. Resident for Makes Me Human (Seattle). Lover of all things humid & wavy.

Distant Signals 064: Konifer

"Saturday I awoke conflicted. For I realized, autobiographically speaking, that there remained one vast area of self-experience as yet unexplored and unexplained, viz. sky as a medium of annihilation. Warfare is a fact of life for all the creeping creatures that creep upon the earth (as the book of Genesis calls them on the 6th day) and warfare is mostly a history of death-bringing stuff flying through the air—bullets, bombs, bows and arrows, Big Berthas, B-52s, poison darts, poison gas, portable nukes, cannonballs, curses, lethal drones. My first instinct was to fashion all this into a fast-paced crime novel. Certainly there were crimes.

But it proved impossible to condense that long evildoing into a simple algebra of cause and effect. Crime fiction is very condensed. And its impact on the reader derives from giving a face to the algebraic components—the victim, the criminal, the detective, the good, the bad. Warfare has grown increasingly faceless throughout its history. Surely Hektor and Akhilles looked into each other's eyes on the battlefield, but in 1092 Pope Urban II found it necessary to outlaw the crossbow as being inglorious due to its distance from death, and by the 21st century a soldier in Nevada can push a button and have five people in Pakistan burst into flame. Without the face, no ethics: this is an old idea. But also, without the face, no function for me, nothing to write about. No one can make sentences using only verbs. No one can tell a story without believing in the reality of others.

Yet I didn't, I don't, expect all you creeping creatures that creep upon the earth to stop wanting warfare anytime soon. And I didn't, I don't, expect me to stop delivering the hysterical valentines of your desire through my beautiful blue air.
 
That's just who we are." 

-Anne Carson

@evedefy
IG: @du_feuilles
https://linktr.ee/evedefy

Distant Signals 067: Eve Defy

"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

“On a distant exoplanet, a once-thriving civilization had been decimated by storms and environmental chaos. Their advanced society, rich in music, dance and traditions was lost to time, leaving only remnants of their culture scattered across the landscape.

Centuries later, a nomadic species arrived on the planet, seeking signs of life outside of their home. As they explored the barren ruins, they stumbled upon an ancient building which appeared to be a former gathering space.

Among the debris, they discovered a battered electronic device, its surface etched with a strange symbol and worn by the elements and time.

Curious, they activated the device, and frequencies filled the air with haunting melodies and rhythmic patterns. The sounds echoed through the building, reverberating and pulsating in the space. They had never encountered anything quite like it. This music, a remnant of the past, seemed to convey stories of joy, struggle, and connection.”

@djhockey
IG: @dj__hockey

DJ Hockey approaches techno by intermingling layers of contrasting elements. Defining characteristics for his selections are grounded, thick, encompassing atmospheres. Psychedelia is present in all of his musical expressions, crafting dynamic journeys resulting in playful and groovy sets.

With releases on labels Fixed Rhythms, PPRZ, Modelfuture and RF Records, DJ Hockey is propelling his interpretation of techno with his productions; most recently with his debut vinyl release titled Push:Pull on Fixed Rhythms.

DJ Hockey started PPRZ Records and mix series with Adam 2 with the intention to showcase techno from the PNW and beyond, with a cheeky nod to queer culture in underground dance music.

Tracklist:
1. Peter Van Hoesen - Vola Flash
2. Casual Treatment - Surrounding Environment
3. Pyramidal Decode - Devota Profesión
4. Giri - La Stenza nella Mente
5. Sinistermind - Ruido Interior
6. Viels - Lontano Da Casa
7. Mathys Lenne - Atma
8. UFO 95 & Rødhåd - Lavande 04
9. Palemann - Procession
10. Clotur - Turbulent Flow
11. Obscur - Silence turns to violence
12. UFO 95 & Rødhåd - Lavande 02
13. Mathys Lenne - Developer
14. Nørbak - Clima
15. Truxx - Dogma
16. Pfirter & Oliver Rosemann - Epsilon 2 (Sleeparchive Remix)
17. Oscar Mulero - The Sweat & the Salt
18. Truxx - Threefold
19. Peter Van Hoesen - Block by Block
20. Planetary Assault Systems - Spell A
21. Rauda (arg) - Morning Fog
22. Kastil - Transluscent
23. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB - Burn in the fire
24. Future Meta Laser - FML 1.1

Distant Signals 071: DJ Hockey

“// EXCERPT — LIMINAUT TRAINING MANUAL v1.05 // Last Revision: 2078.10.04

> Once the interface enters Phase 4 you will be synchronized with the ancestor matrix. Which path to follow? Each portal holds a prayer for change beyond its hazy threshold. Transformation is rarely without peril, but stagnation always brings death. 

One must always pass through doorways with clear intention while traversing the hyperdream, lest the connection grow unstable. DO NOT import any external thoughtforms once synchronization is complete. Liminautical travel tends to be most dangerous for those who lack vision and focus. Believe in the truth of each realm you transit within the construct. Allow the ætherwaves to carry you between crystal forests and floating continents, impossible geometries and unknowable voidspace. 

Resist the urge to become attached to one place. Absorb each experience and guard its knowledge like a precious gem. Remember that the great powers of our world do not want us to see worlds beyond their own. The data we gather here shall be their undoing.

//“

@janusrose
IG: @janus.rose

Janus Rose is a NYC-based producer, DJ and synthesist. Utilizing a broad toolset that includes everything from DJ decks to modular synthesizers, her musical practice draws heavily from the languages of cyberfeminism and queer rave culture.

Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, she has performed both live hardware and DJ sets at clubs across the U.S., as well as in Europe, Australia, and Japan. In 2023, she began releasing music on the LA-based queer imprint Delusional Records, as well as hosting Soft_Reset, a local party for experimental club and bass music.

Distant Signals 072: Janus Rose

“It started a few days ago…any speaker you approach starts playing grainy, barely audible dance tunes. Sound bars, bluetooth and car speakers—you tried turning them off, synching and un-synching, unplugging them, and nothing has stopped the music. At first it was easy to brush off, but it’s too frequent to not take it personally. Yesterday you walked back and forth under the grocery store speaker twenty times, and each time you did, the music was there.

Now you’re lying in bed and it's happening again. This time out of your phone speaker. You pick up your phone and a prompt arrives: BEAM ME UP? There are two buttons under the question: “Yes” and “Yes.” After a sigh and a passing moment of fear, you pick a “Yes.”

Like in a movie, everything is suddenly white and you’re floating up. As you rise, the music gets louder and more defined, you’re approaching the source—and then, a moment of clarity: this is a space rave you’ve always hoped for.

You find yourself on a dancefloor in what might be a space station and the vibe is everything you need. The beings you find yourself dancing with, whoever they might be and wherever they might be from, are your community now. They’ve all gathered here to find the same thing you have: a rave utopia you had only dreamt of. “

@litedrama
IG: @lite.drama

Lite Drama is a DJ taking deep dives into contemporary dance music. Drawn to percussive oddballs and bass driven moments while leaning into house, prog, club and rave. A long time member of Portland’s dance music community, Lite Drama co-hosts the bi-weekly radio show Mixed Feelings on Freeform Portland and is a member of the UwU Collective as a DJ and organizer.


Tracklist
Sputnik One - Dry Run [N-Face]
LWS - Steady On [can you feel the sun]
Fibre Optixx - Rapture [KANN]
DJ JM - Winted [Nervous Horizon]
Salo Cin - Oko [Flippen Discs]
SUCHI - Ghungroo [!K7]
Plaintiff - Polycule [Unreleased]
Wigs - Eternal Sun [Goddezz]
Zombies in Miami - The Rhythm [Creatures Of The Night]
Soul Space - Seduccion Fvnk [Creatures Of The Night]
Aiden Francis- Shake Up [Goddezz]
MYKI - AAA [Tofistock]
Etari - Lulu Limon [Punctuality]
Seedless - Motion Warp [Mindmap]
DJ Spit - Heavy Breathing [Nehza]
A For Alpha - Dark Bongos (I Believe) [HARDLINE]
Escaflowne - Sweet Luv [Self-released]
caru - NVR FELT [Self-released]
Zaltsman - Reacting [Borne Fruits]
Yaleesa Hall - Cleanse [EXERSOUND]
Mr. E - Ear to Ear [Promise]

Distant Signals 073: Lite Drama

“This mix is a personal journey through 25 original improvisational compositions I recorded over three sessions in Ableton Live. Using a Novation Launch Pad controller and some outboard effects units, I explored several themes: space as a utopia for queer identities, an endless ecosystem for exploration and curiosity, and a home in which we can freely roam. Each track reflects my attempt to capture these ideas through sound, blending textures and rhythms in ways that feel authentic to my process.

The mix includes several working compositions for an upcoming album, alongside some re-imaginations of pop songs that have inspired me. I wanted to create something that feels both innovative and familiar—a space where ambient moods and dynamic energy can coexist. It’s a glimpse into where my music is headed and the ideas I’m working through right now.”

@marceauxmarceaux
IG: @marceauxmusic
https://marceauxmarceaux.bandcamp.com/

MarceauxMarceaux has spent years developing his craft as a producer and DJ, carving out a distinct presence in the queer underground electronic music scene of North America. Working under the alternative aliases of Dj Judy and z72.52, his productions reflect a diverse approach to sound, blending elements of maximalism and experimental textures. Influenced by the rich cultural backdrop of his upbringing in the New Orleans rave scene, his work resonates with a rambunctious energy, earning him releases on labels such as Major Records, 3024, and Future-Everything.

As a DJ, MarceauxMarceaux brings an underground sensibility to his performances, offering sets that explore a diverse range of sounds while maintaining a grounded connection to the dance floor. Whether producing as MarceauxMarceaux, Dj Judy or experimenting as z72.52, MarceauxMarceaux continues to explore new directions, contributing to the evolving landscape of modern electronic music.

Distant Signals 074: MarceauxMarceaux

"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

“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

Received transmissions from the outer reaches of an exquisite corpse universe

DISTANT SIGNALS

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