Distant Signals Mix Series

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https://soundcloud.com/roses-od
https://soundcloud.com/radio80000

TASCAM DR-05X

hundert x Radio 80000 - Roses OD

This month Abena's joined by FKA Boursin for an hour of music to help loosen your joints and hot takes.

 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/abena/episodes/abena-17th-august-2024

ABENA w/ FKA Boursin 170824

Alias: 𝑒𝓏𝓇𝒾_𝒹𝒶𝓍
Pronouns: They / She
Location: Philadelphia, USA
Collective: mikrodisko (Berlin)
Name of mix: Merging after and before
About the mix: "Intelligence Officer's Log, Stardate 6969: We were welcomed into a cavernous hall after a heavy storm forced our shuttle down on an unknown H-class planet. The inhabitants were vibrant, queer, skin like gossamer fabrics scintillating in the dim crimson glow. They whispered, touched, kissed, occasionally rising to dance and find wordless encounters on the dancefloor. We too fell into the groove; curious about, infatuated by, our newfound comrades in rhythm. Hours passed as quickly as the rain silently poured outside. With the break of day through the clouds, the beat swelled. It was then we realized this was only a prelude, the merging of afters and befores; the real party was just beginning."
Follow: @ezri_dax

#tracklist
01. The B-52's - Deep Sleep [Warner Brothers, 1982]
02. Billus - Terracotta [Pollinate Records, 2023]
03. Dengue Dengue Dengue - Semillero (Nicola Cruz Remix) [On The Corner, 2020]
04. Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambience (DNGDNGDNG Deep Reggaeton Edit) [Naafi, 2023]
05. King Jazz - Lockdown [NTS, 2021]
06. Dolly Parton - Jolene (Todd Terje Remix) [Discolypso, 2015]
07. TEREKKE - Need U [Self-Released, 2017]
08. D. Tiffany - I Want To [1080p, 2014]
09. Larry Heard	- Missing You (After Dark Mix) [Track Mode/Alleviated Records, 2000]
10. Russel Elington Langston Butler - Dy Be 1 [Self-Released, 2024]
11. DJ Sprinkles - Grand Central Pt.1 (Deep into the Bowel of House) (MCDE Raw Mix) [mule musiq, 2009]
12. Russel Elington Langston Butler - Dy Be 3 [Self-Released, 2024]
13. Sade - Pearls (Timo Jahns Remix) [Pearl, 2015]
14. Neotnas - Heavy Space of Soul [Kimochi Sound, 2018]
15. fka boursin - all kinds of shame (circumcised mix) [Accidental Meetings, 2024]
16. Creative Violence - The Steel Drum Song [Madhouse Records, 2001]
17. tondiue - Dubman Dub it [Kelp Roots, 2024]
18. Daft Punk - Something About Us (Seelene's Right Time Edit) [Sage, 2024]
19. Trinidadian Deep - What Is It (Ron Trent Remix) [Future Vision Records, 2008]
20. The Moon Baby ft. Troxum - Pretty Knife (Lauren Yoon Remix) [Self-Released, 2023]
21. Kai Alcé ft. Rico & Kafélé Bandélé - Take a Chance (Mr. Fingers Ambient-Acid Mix) [NDATL, 2020]
22. Chris Brann ft. Heather Johnson - So In Love [Bombay Records, 2001]
23. Davis Galvin - Manumitura [Self-Released, 2024]
24. K.D. Lang - Constant Craving (Tracy Young Fashionably Late Remix) [Nonesuch, 2021]
25. Fruit - Underworld [Øen Rec, 2021]

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House of Others #090 | EZRI_DAX | Merging after and before

WKDU's 21st annual Electronic Music Marathon welcomed over 90 DJs to our home studio and across the city, broadcasting 87 hours of funk, soul, house, techno, DnB, grime, jungle, gabber, and more non-stop on the Philly airwaves! Local DJs, producers, and listeners like you raised $15k for WKDU and the Philly Unknown Project. This money will help their workplace engagement program at Community Thrift where returning citizens can get back on their feet and gain access to computers, resume-building assistance, and help secure stable long-term employment. To learn more, visit emm.wkdu.org.
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2024EMM ezri_dax

Tracklist: https://wkdu.org/playlist/66085

Ship’s Log, Stardate 6969: 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.

Resident, Great Circles (Philly); Member of Mikrodisko (Berlin)

tracklist

Freak Flag | ezri_dax | 2025-01-08

hundert w/ Laetizia (25/03/25)

Dusty loops and crushed grooves. 

https://www.instagram.com/frog_acolytes 
https://www.soundcloud.com/djfrogunit

 

Dj Frog @ The Lot Radio 05-09-2025

Kue - Festa No Alto @ Formosa, São Paulo - SP (16.05.25)

“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

Ship’s Log, Stardate 6969: 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

Warning is pleased to present an interdimensional journey by the talented Philadelphia-based DJ Ezri Dax who drifts between shadowy rhythms, psychedelic textures, and dreamlike atmospheres, weaving together deep club energy with moments of airy introspection. It moves fluidly from hypnotic grooves to playful experimentation, closing on a hazy, nostalgic note.

Ezri Dax is also the mastermind behind our collaboration Aqualaxy — the 2024 vinyl release on our label that brought together five reimagined versions of Aqua songs by a diverse group of queer artists.

Follow Ezri Dax
https://soundcloud.com/ezri_dax

Check out Aqualaxy
https://soundcloud.com/warningberlin/sets/waqua

Tracklist

1.        Hypnotic Black Circle Club & Velga, “Dark Circle Club”

2.        Webbed Feet, “Genetic Code”

3.        Zara, “Minerality”

4.        Konduku, “Özlem”

5.        Sadhana Sargam, K.J. Yesudas & Vairamuthu, “Kadhal Vanthathum”

6.        Jonny from Space, “Slip”

7.        Radart, “Trip Planet”

8.        Sage, “Moonmouth,”

9.        Tengri, “Rosetta Stone”

10.  Dream Dolphin, “大地の歌”

11.  Jan Loup & Son du Maquis, “farfala dub”

12.  Andrei Rusu, “Left My Head,”

13.  Trois-Quarts Taxi System, “Ants”

14.  Prieste5s, “Concentric”

15.  Aa Sudd, “Menodice”

16.  Juli, “W.Gun”

17.  Daniel 58, “Can We Get a Little Flow”

18.  TSVI, “Dancehall Trance X2C”

19.  Ace of Base, “The Sign (Dub Version)”

Warning #147 Ezri Dax

Received transmissions from the outer reaches of an exquisite corpse universe

Distant Signals 079: ezri_dax

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