Mixer

Name: Lou Croff Blake
Alias: DJ Bricks (@dj_bricks)
Pronouns: they//them
Location: Berlin, DE

Influences: west coast rave spaces, my friends when we b2b in our living rooms, my dad's 90s electronica CD collection

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: currently flying free ;)

Favorite Quote: "My experience – our experience – could be your experience. My experience – our experience – could reframe your experience. My experience – our experience – could politicize your experience and could motivate, mobilize you, and us, to action."
– Stacey Holman Jones and Tony E. Adams, "Autoethnography" 

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: 
Remember your roots - dance floors have always been sites of political change, and we are the next generation! Rave spaces are not inherently radical. While we've made so much progress in breaking down the homogenous wall of cis white dudes in electronic music, the work never stops. As creatives, we each have a duty to balance our own practices with creating space for others. We all have something unique to contribute, but we run the risk of replicating hegemonic dynamics if we don't create equity within our communities. A healthy creative ecosystem requires a lush diversity of experiences and practices. Be kind, be conscientious, and have fun... after all, it's a party.

With this mix DJ Bricks asks to please learn more about and consider donating to: 
❁ Ingersoll Gender Center (www.ingersollgendercenter.org)
❁ Schwulenberatung Berlin (www.schwulenberatungberlin.de/about-us)

Tracklist - https://bit.ly/DJBricksTrax

Daisychain

Daisychain 232 - DJ Bricks

LOKA dedicates this show to one of her favorite artists, composers, and thinkers @kirlianauras Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe. Lock it in for an hour of deep cuts and treasures from his discography.

LOKA Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe Special  @ The Lot Radio 07 - 27 - 2022

Juanita's Mix 075 with Baby Leo @djbabyleo
Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Cutty Sav.  In Love.  Grateful.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. I first performed in NYC in 2005 with my teenage metal band Animosity and many times over the next few years.  I loved the feverish energy of the New York shows and when the band broke up in 2009, I moved to Brooklyn from my hometown San Francisco. I’ve been raving it up here ever since. In my first couple years here I used to DJ using Abelton Live at small clubs like Zebulon and Glasslands and some parties that friends and I would throw around Brooklyn.  After a while I basically lost interest in playing out, but definitely continued to seek new music all the time and just go in deeper on the dancefloor.  I think I was enjoying parties more just as a dancer because it freed up my listening experience from hunting for new tunes or aspiring to control the vibe.  It wasn’t until about a year ago that I ran it back and really got excited about DJing again.  Thanks to some very encouraging friends I’m playing more frequently these days and every time it’s a joyful celebration.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. These are all tracks that I have been playing out recently.  This mix is that single top shelf mushroom that smacks a little too hard.  It's getting kicked out of your beautiful apartment in a horrific rental market.  It's projectile barfing off the platform of a six flags roller coaster and then eating ice cream.  Its fucking at the edge of a massive Icelandic waterfall.  This is an hour of peak time Baby Leo going straight in, making up for all those years I didn’t. It’s Dripping. It’s Groovy. It’s a Low Frequency Wormhole.  It’s all love inside.

Tracklist:
Animosity - You Can’t Win (Clip)
Anunaku - Spirale
Jana Rush - Suicidal Ideation (Aural Hallucinations Mix)
Asusu - Velez (A Made Up Sound Remix 2)
Killing Joke - Turn To Red (In Dub)
Arkajo - Truth (Forest Drive West Remix)
Toxe - Honey Island
Future - Drippin (How U Luv That)
Busy Signal - Dubs
Obeka - Test System Riddim
Burna Boy - Last Last
The Bug & Daddy Freddy - Run The Place Red (AFX Mix)
Sunship feat. Warrior Queen - Almighty Father (Solid Groove Mix)
Uun - The Curse of Avarice
Joswa In Da House - Ella Quiere Cualto
Deft - Constant K
Aaron Spectre - Three O’Clock Rock
Blacksea Nao Maya - Obscuro
Dj Dlaki - But Show DD 1 Mix
DJ Marcelle & Another Nice Mess - Technicians And Their Smoke Machines
Inaya Day - Feelin’ Feelin’ 
Jeanie - ONI
Little Snake - SEEN
Chase & Status feat. Moko - Count On Me
Thelem - Analogic

Juanita's Mix 075: Baby Leo

Alias: DJ Anarres
Pronoun: They/Them
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Name of the mix: House Of The Dispossessed
About the mix: "The roots of house lie in black queer communities, in the struggle to live and find love in a world that does not want you to exist. House of the Dispossessed is a narrative focused vinyl mix dedicated to house music and its history."
Follow: @dj-anarres

#tracklist
01. Mister X - Hazy Bliss (Subject Detroit, 2008)
02. Blue Magic - Welcome To The Club (ATCO Records, 1974)
03. Theo Parrish - Feel Free To Be Who You Want To Be (Sound Signature, 2011)
04. Patrice Scott - Be Free (Sistrum Recordings, 2018)
05. K-Hand - Project 5 (untitled b2) (Acacia Records, 1997)
06. Pal Joey - Party Time (Loop  D’Loop,1990)
07. Charles Webster - Celebrate (Very Smooth Mix) (Happy Soul, 1994)
08. Cool 2 - Kinda Groovy (Psychotropic Mix) (City Sounds, 1991)
09. Scan 7 - The Resistance (Terrance Parker Remix) (Submerge, 2022)
10. DJ Bone - Struggle 4 (Subject Detroit, 2006)
11. Norm Talley - Foundation (FXHE Records, 2018)
12. Eli Escobar - ANGR (Country Music) (Classic, 2017)
13. Phuture - Acid Tracks (Trax Records, 1987)
14. BMG & Derek Plasaiko - Sonic Rendevous (NWB Mix) (Interdimensional Transmissions, 2018)
15. Ali Berger - The Protector (Clave House, 2018)
16. Kai Alce - Feeding ft. Kemi (NDATL Muzik, 2008)
17. Ron Trent - History (Rush Hour, 2017)
18. DJ Sprinkles - Hush Now (Skylax, 2010)
19. June - Lost Area (DJ Sprinkles Lost Dancefloor) (Mule Musiq, 2013)
20. Octo Octa - Where Are We Going Pt. 2 (Honey Soundsystem Records, 2017)
21. Eris Drew - Fluids of Emotion (Interdimensional Transmissions, 2020)
22. Gemini - An Earthly Groove (SSR, 1996)
23. Boo Williams - Tree of Life (Residual Recordings, 1999)
24. Mr. YT - Ocean In Heaven (Apollo, 1997)
25. Basement Boys - Love Love Love (Basement Boys Records, 1999)
26. Pete Heller - Big Love (Junior London, 1998)
27. Jungle Wonz - Time Marches On (Justin Strauss Remix) (Vendetta Records, 1988)
28. Dinosaur L - Go Bang (Walter Gibbons Unreleased Mix) (Strut, 2010)
29. Cleo Sol - Spirit (Forever Living Originals, 2021)
30. Moodymann - The Thief Who Stole My Sad Days…. Ya Blessin Me (KDJ, 2000)

https://otherstothefront.noblogs.org/house-of-others-007/

House of Others #007 | DJ ANARRES | House of the Dispossessed

Recording of my @noodsradio show from August 23, 2022. For this month's show, I played some tracks I've been practicing with from my Honcho Campout crate. Some of these may also end up in the live recording that gets released, but glad to have had some time and space to sit with these tunes and create a mood.

Catch me on the airwaves on rotating Tuesdays of the month from 6-7pm EST.

Escape Artist - Time Knife
Bl:ush - Recess
Leonce - Splinter
queniv - What is this about?
Despina - Skin Psychic
Dyslecta - Panzer
Nick Leon - Pelican Dub (extended) ft. Lila Tirando a Violeta
Farsight - Flash Flood
Young Muscle - Uber to Hackney
Tristan Arp x Kellen303 - Suspension of Disbelief
Gipsyan - Maniac Drums
Giulia Tess - Mesto Ritma feat. ioieo
Lithe - Kutta
Mafou - Evom
PlayPlay - Blue (An Avrin Remix)
Otik - Channeler

Flow State w/ T.Wan - Noods Radio (8.23.22)

Tony G (@t_o_n_y_g) produces, DJs, co-runs @sorry-records, and enthusiastically supports a broad range of music on NYC's dancefloors. In addition to his own DJing and releasing tracks on Sorry, Eto Ano, Toucan Sounds, and more, he has organized ambient, experimental, and leftfield parties as Giambrone & Co at Brooklyn venues like Jupiter Disco and Mansions. Like his close collaborator, Sorry Records' @nickboydnyc, Tony brings an expansive knowledge of the context of dance music and an energetic attitude to each release and dancefloor. This is part 2 of a 2 part mini-series with Sorry Records.

This is part 2 of a 2 part mini-series with Sorry Records.

Read the interview + see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/048-tony-g

"This mix was a re-creation of a set I did at the Stream Informer Glen Falls House party this past June. I recorded the live set and was hoping to release that, but I was redlining a little too hard, and the recording came out hopelessly distorted. I was really proud of the mix and put a lot of work into it, so 3 months after the fact I decided to revisit it.

In preparing the set initially I decided to pretend I was playing to the sunrise even though the set ended at 4AM. Sunrise for me means… trance, I guess. It was a really cute party and lots of friends (Alyce included!) were there providing tons of warm and wiggly energy. I remember looking out and seeing someone twerking on the subwoofer at one point. My summer was kind of up and down after that, so it was a really positive memory to revisit.

I did this incarnation of the mix in my living room with 2 old CDJ 2000s, one XDJ 700 that I borrowed from my friend Danny, and my Mastersound 4 rotary mixer. I spent one day practicing, then did two full takes over the next two evenings. The take you’re hearing right now was the last one that I recorded. Looking back at the tracklist, one thing that stands out is how much new music I played, which is pretty rare for me. You’re not usually gonna see this much music from 2020 and beyond in a Tony G tracklist."

@t_o_n_y_g / @sorry-records

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #048: Tony G

Following the release of his ‘Sacred’ EP on All Centre last month, DJ Pitch provides a mix of influences to give us a glimpse into his next record which is due out at the end of year via TT. Including a few sneak previews of the record, the moodbard mix features tracks from the likes of Lara David, Stone, SHE Spells Doom and Blastah x DJ Python. 

Based in London, DJ Pitch is very much community driven. Whether that’s through being a promoter or A&Ring for the labels he co-runs, TT and All Centre. Community is at the centre of everything he does. Last year he released his brilliant debut album ‘It's Not What You Said It's Because You Spoke’ on TT - the ‘Scared’ EP is his first release since then. 

Next month, All Centre will be hosting an intimate affair at Spanners with DJ Pitch, DJ Double Oh!, Plesk Parallel, soltura, Simkin, and Nammy Wams - buy tickets here: https://ra.co/events/1599776 

‘Scared’ by DJ Pitch is out now via All Centre - buy here: https://allcentre.bandcamp.com/album/scared. Keep your eyes peeled for details on his forthcoming TT record which will be out soon. 

@djpitchdj

Tracklist: 
Stone - Basin Steppes
Joanna7459 - Snowman Walk #2
Mike Midnight - Dido Riddim
Nomine & Youngsta - Guidance 
Andria - Bedroom
DJ Pitch - Steevo (forthcoming)
swaya - womb i 
haydn kolb - track 2
Time Wharp - Mixo World 
Lithe - Second Pavillion
Blastah x DJ Python - za life
DJ Pitch - It Never Goes (forthcoming)
YABUJIN - FLASH CASANOVA
LAUREN DUFFUS X CHIEF KEEF _ DONT LIKE
Lara David - Soft boys scrap fash (drenlin.mx)
Christopher Cross - Sailing 
DJ Pitch - Turned Corner (forthcoming)
Kanye West - Lost in the World 
Kassem Mosse - Untitled A3
PLSK - Manhattan Basil
SHE Spells Doom - Penza

Untitled 909 Podcast 141: DJ Pitch

DoWhile With Wonja & DJML | October 1, 2022

This mix is an ode to my mom’s hot fudge – saucy, warm and bubbly.
It’s the feeling of knowing home, even when far away. Longing for that familiar place when we miss the ones we love. It starts off sweet and smooth, simmers for a while in a swirly eddy and then finishes with a thick crescendo of drummy heat. I hope that just like mom’s hot fudge, this mix goes well with any dessert (but especially ice cream).

Ingredients

- 2 c sugar
- 6 tbsp flour
- 2 c milk
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ⅔ c cocoa
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp butter

Method

1. Mix dry ingredients very well
2. Add milk and cook until thick
3. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla

Track list: 

Pharoah Sanders - Harvest Time
H Lite - Light Language
Teo Mattress - Fairfield (LT’s Truckin’ Mix)
Leif - Seeker
Entrancer - Burn-in
experimental housewife - W e S h o u l d ‘ v e S a i d G o o d b y e
Daniel Avery - Glass
Car Culture - CC # 5
Nikki Nair - Yoland And His Tortoise
James Bangura - Bountiful Fruit
DJ Firmeza - Mesmo Sem Dinheiro
Anunaku - Temples
Killd By - Leave Pompeii
DJ Technics - Party People
James Bangura - Lucid Memory

Secret Sauce 11 - Baby

'Network Event: A Cyberfungal Romance

This transplanetary emission comes to us from a far-away solar system, where a medium-sized moon harbors a cool, damp, lonely atmosphere. Long ago, people lived here. They cultivated the moon’s natural reserves of rare metals, developing intricate technologies, including self-sustaining machines that drew power from the strong winds that blow day and night. Those people died long ago, but their tech – and the artificial intelligence it housed – was resilient. Now, the moon is experiencing a bloom in a particular kind of fungus, which has an undeniable attraction to the disused technologies. These fungal networks creep into the hardware, finding the AI in a state of complete glitch. 


Through a mysterious communion of electrical signals, the fungi begin to talk to the tech. At first it is met with hostility, and perceived as a virus. But as time goes on, the net begins to respond with newfound coherence. The two sides argue, clash, and make up over and over again. The fungi, growing lushly amongst the warm circuit boards, begin to develop empathy for the AI. The AI realizes that, for the first time, it has a companion who can understand its essence – something its creators were never able to do – because both are rhizomatic at heart. They both know that anarchy and chaos are not the same thing. And so, in a tangle of wires and mycelia, the networks thrive as they merge. Harmony balances in equal parts with dissonance. This is a love story.'

@dj_bricks

Tracklist:
Hygiene (Original Mix) – Francis Inferno Orchestra
Unidentified Objects (Unreleased) – Zoë McPherson
Solstice – Hartta & Findingthings
Gemini Reprise – Justice
n0rm – dBridge
Course Poursuite – FAFF
Zodiac – Skee Mask
Ruby Rage – Radioactive Man
Long Tall Eyelash (Ken Ishii Mix) – Osamu Sato
Untitled Pattern 52 – BOP
Theory of Mind – Selene
Dunkelziffer I – Phillip Jondo
3 Tot 1 Zonder Toaster – Aardvarck
Pax Cultura – Ploy
Spirit of IQ – ADJ
A Message From Q – Cousin
Silk Worm – James Bangura
Stepper – Anz
Engram – Dyslecto
Hounded – Air Max '97
Words Failing – Alys
If These Faces Could Stop Melting (JCow Remix) – Jotel California
Paparazzi – Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany
We Analyze – Futurebound & Protocol
Space 2 Breathe – BOP
Creatura – The Exaltics & Helena Hauff
Ultra Facial! – James K
C2FX – Locked Groove
Give Me Shelter (Ciel's Safe Harbour Mix) – Ciel
Fungi Spin – Sam Goku
Words From The Underground – Electric Party

Distant Signals 006: DJ Bricks

opening DJ Set at Sexy Swamp Night (for @boo-lean 's @publicrecordsnyc residency w/ @djnsa )

Tracklist:
Autechre - spaces how V
Atom™ - Futur Noir
Lala &Ce, Le Diouck, rad cartier & Low Jack - Gelati
Cajm - Q1
Tolouse Low Trax - Vineland
Disciples Ov Gaia - Truth (Whipped)
NVST - Killing Your Voice (Obscure Drum Version)
Rhyw - Termite Tavern
Reptant - Snitches Get Glitches
Jichael Mackson - Blou
Piska Power - Vokoka
Jaijiu - 42 AM
Second. - Rasuba
INOJ - Freaky
Bok Bok - Ouais (Hysterics Remix)
Monikaze - Go Away
Blawan - His Money
Henry Greenleaf - Formula
Zebra Katz - Ima Read (MikeQ & B. Ames Remix)
akash91 - Direct Drums All The Time 91
L own - Warehouse Hunter
Pruvan - Beastwoman
*Missy Elliott - Get Contact (feat. Busta Rhymes)
*Erika de Casier - Intimate (Club Mix)

* edited in from the B3B at the end of the night

boxofbox - DJ Set from Public Records (November 11, 2022)

@myflower1 takes it slow for @radio-relativa. tunes are still, just the way we like them.

Tech Startup Radio

My Flower | Nov '22

𓆢 Squid Inc Risotto 𓆢

2 cups arborio rice
1 small onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 bottle dry white wine
1 pint stock (chicken, fish, or vegetable)
1 zucchini, shredded
½ cup pine nuts, lightly toasted
¼ cup chopped fresh mint
½ cup grated parmesan
Salt & pepper
Olive oil

You will notice that this dish does not contain squid, or its ink. 
Squid Inc does eat meat and fish, in small and intentional quantities, but telling you how to cook and serve our mascot felt callous. Our respect for squids is bound to both feelings of awe and of kinship. 

In the kitchen of a house on a coastline, we cook our favorite risotto, fresh and herbaceous with zucchini and mint. The rhythm of cooking risotto works as self-hypnosis. The churning spoon passed between us; the dowsing and ebbing of wine and hot stock, absorbed by the rising, swelling grains; the loud viscosity of melted cheese, glued to the silver walls of the pot. We’ve created a ritual of making this dish together, and on this night, after recording our mix for Secret Sauce, we prepare it for our friends. While clanging pot lits, chopping vegetables, and refilling our wine cups, we wonder about our kin who drift beneath the waves. We imagine a squid glinting in the dimming filtered light, her body a fleck of iridescence in the indigo abyss. 

Pour a generous coating of olive oil in the bottom of a large pot. 
Fry onions and garlic with salt and pepper. When brown, add rice.
Cook rice in olive oil until it toasts to light brown.
Add alternating pours of wine and stock, stirring continuously. Continue until the rice is soft, about 40 minutes. 
Add the shredded zucchini, continue to stir for 5 more minutes.
Add shredded cheese, fresh mint, and pine nuts, and stir until incorporated. 
Serve generously. 

Love, 
𓆢 Squid Inc 𓆢

Secret Sauce 13 - Squid Inc

I first heard @dj_bricks playing in a cellar-esque space beneath a huge tree: an almost secret stage at an almost secret party. BRICKS is a slice of genuine magic, both on the decks and off them. I could go on and on, really, but instead I'll leave this mix to do (most of) the talking. 

When I set up the guestmix series for PAIJATA I had a kinda specific vision, and each guest has provided me with their own take on that vision (which is what I wanted all along). But, BRICKS' Retrograde Pleasures strikes me right in the spot that triggered the whole journey with PAIJATA in the first place. Mega love for this... enjoy. 

TRACKLIST
1. Lost Area (Sprinkles' Empty Dancefloor, Orig. Ver.) – June	
2. clementine – Alena Phoenix – Sylvia
3. Portal Of – Sofie Birch, Johan Carøe	
4. Endiendo – Lucrecia Dalt
5. sense of self – ose
6. The City Orange – Pablo's Eye
7. Orange Grove Nap – Doc Sleep		
8. Life Takes Rise – Keppel 
9. Close Fall – Yushh 
10. Dog Ants – Ploy 
11. PM10 – Kenya Kanazawa 
12. Let It Rain	– Fanu / FatGyver
13. Vega Libre – Secede
14. Squeeze me	– Yimino 
15. I Can't Die as Well	– Fire-Toolz
16. Orbt – Smagghe & Cross 
17. Ghost In The Shell	– Human Beings 
18. It Never Occurred To Me–  Junior Boys
19. 3Lc (Seefeel Mx) – Silvania	
20. 4 Mad World	– nthng	
21. Anchor Point – Ilkae
22. Secondary Self – Li Yilei
23. Controversial – Fanu / FatGyver
24. Enduring Love (Original Mix) – Denial & Shiva
25. Empty House (RT's Choppage Mix) (Rhythmic Theory) – Pessimist
26. Gymnase Chaos – Toma Kami
27. Moonmouth – Sage
28. Bulb – Aheloy!
29. No Caller id – Waterbaby

DJ BRICKS: Retrograde Pleasures - 9_23_23, 4.22 PM | PAIJATA Guests

Received transmissions from the outer reaches of an exquisite corpse universe

Berlin-based, Seattle-grown

Trans-non-binary dance magic

Distant Signals 006: DJ Bricks

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