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POLYXENE returns with a 160 bpm dance roll including fresh Techno goodies mixed with Juke & Jit and powerful ravey Uk Breaks.
With @xenianogravity


POLYXENE (14.11.2024)

Food Prep:
IG @ jolime "Woodnanas" wood, steel, polyester wood filler, epoxy clay
https://joyce-lin.com/

Mix:
Soundcloud @papayaofficial
IG @ papaya.official

Tracklist:
mmra - you fell back [towards oblivion]
Carrier - The Cusp
Bruma - φ
Eardrum - Deadbeat
John T. Gast - Babl Callin
Crespi Drum Syndicate - Bruxotek
D.K. - Sequences
Al Wootton - Albacete Knife
Witchman vs. Jammin Unit - Filter Voodoo
Piranha Dubs 1 - God Wears Flares
Audio Active - Coolness in my Foolishness
Jonquera - Myope
Crespi Drum Syndicate - Plugd In
Dijit - Shitan شيطان
Space Drum Meditation - River Bank Funeral
Seta Loto - 5MeODMT
Downliners Sekt - Inside Maverick’s
Yotah - Landing Sequence
FIS - Celiac Triangle
Clearlight - Water Willy
James Massiah meets Lord Tusk - Open Up
Yaka - downpour
Sherwood & Pinch - Stand Strong

Food Prep 011: DJ Papaya

Mix from @papayaofficial and @dj_spur

originally aired February 7th, 2025 on Radio Nopal
www.radionopal.com/#/inner-most

Tag Voice: Hellène Héctor

𝓓𝓳 𝓟𝓪𝓹𝓪𝔂𝓪
Laika - Dirty Feet and Giggles
Mel Keane - Finn’s Hymn
Lovefear - Great Age
More Eaze x Pardo x Glass - Orris Butter
Christian Coiffure - Weeping Willow’s Celestial Glow (Jonquera grattait sous le saule)
Lucy Duncombe - Ghosting
DRUMLOOP - Forcefield
Simon Fisher Turner  - Lenovita Morphus
Lamina - Filicophyta
His Name is Alive - Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Out
Bug Bus Piano - Gabriel’s Song

𝓢𝓹𝓾𝓻
Bruce Kaphan - Outpost
chantssss - Fleur Oblique
Teqmun - Slug No Escargot
Jonnnah - Energy
Coyote Oldman - Timeless
Belmont Girl - Animal
Steve Roach & Roger King - The Ribbon Rails of Promise
Frenk Dublin - LFO
Space Afrika - Honest Labour (feat. HforSpirit)
A Small Good Thing - Someplace South of Here
David Dunn - Chaos & The Emergent Mind Of The Pond
Michael Stearns - Jewel [Edit]
Griigg - Den of Anubis

Field of Stars 🍂 with DJ Papaya & Spur

Reeko, also known as Architectural, started DJing in the late 90s and producing in the early 2000s, and he has released countless timeless records since. He founded the labels Mental Disorder and Evidence and was part of the PoleGroup collective for a decade. Collaborations with Surgeon, Oscar Mulero and Exium, as well as releases on many legendary labels, are part of his discography. His recent explorations on the Drum & Bass label Samurai make it clear that Juan Rico has found new ways to experiment with his sound. Available on SoundCloud & Apple Podcasts. Enjoy!

ITPS114 REEKO

Nebbia Rosa w/ pasci 28-03-2025

https://connaharaway.bandcamp.com/album/shifted

Three sanguine slices of dub techno from Glasgow-based wunder Conna Haraway. And featuring XENIA REAPER providing vibes and synths on the lush long elevation "Redirect" that sits on the record’s A side.

Shifted follows on from Spatial Fix; Conna’s first solo 12” in March ’25 that released on Theory Therapy. Where that EP was a dense and rich web of texture and atmosphere across the two long sides, this one focuses in on forms of propulsion and a patient, silvery endlessness.

A side track "Redirect" was cut from a longer Sunday night session with XENIA REAPER. Two laptops Ableton linked, chilling in the flat in Glasgow. The amazing synth line is all XENIA, everything else is Conna; looping the synth & bass for about an hour and bringing other elements in and out. The final tune is gorgeous, floating in the blissful ether before the sub and pulse kicks through. Eleven and a half minutes of enveloping pressure, refreshment and delight.

"Detach" and "Duration" both turn to a rediscovered love for 4x4 techno and an experiment in a more classic and subtle sound from the perspective of a producer who might be expected to take bigger emotive and experimental swings that follow the patterns of contemporary ambient and bass. The result is beautiful and delicate vectors of music, satisfyingly easy to slide into a set. Swung techno filled with detail and poise. Tunes that can scale and transform and sit in a sort of home listening club track zone. After hours nrg.
credits
releases September 12, 2025

Mastered by Miles.

Art by The Designers Republic.

Conna Haraway - Redirect ft. XENIA REAPER (Short 3)

44:44 minutos de música inédita por @icebathxo en un mixtape que es a la vez un cuento narrado a través de samples; fragmentos de memoria que flotan en forma de sonidos, ecos de lugares, glitches que parecen sueños rotos. Cada track es una coordenada emocional. 

portada x Marian Roma ✶⋆.˚

ICEBATH - Lapi+ Filia Music Series 027

Olgica grew up in Serbia and is now living in Austria. She throws events in both countries and beyond. Left field bass, dub, broken techno, experimental downtempo and dizziyng halftime tunes are attributes of Olgicas sets. Enjoy!

ITPS118 OLGICA

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2025/truancy-volume-353-james-k/ 

Soundcloud: @jamesk_1

With her forthcoming album ‘Friend’ set for release on @ad93rec in September, james K weaves memory and emotional directness into a sprawling map of love, euphoria, and intentful listening.

Music by Conna Haraway, Idoplumes, Terra Utopia, Marco Shuttle, Akio & Okihide, Marina Herlop, Carmen Villain, Konduku, MARMO, Pugilist, Pod & more...

Access the download and full tracklist (TBC) on our Patreon (patreon.com/truants). However if you need anything leave us a nice comment here with @jamesk_1 tagged and either of us will get back to you with an ID! Your support helps cover all our costs allows Truants to continue running as a non-profit and ad-free platform.

james K

Truancy Volume 353: james K

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”.
More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

AliA @ Kiosk Radio 10.07.2025

Organic soundscapes, field recordings and melodic ambience from composer Sophia Zhuravkova. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/sophia-zhuravkova/episodes/sophia-zhuravkova-13th-july-2025

SOPHIA ZHURAVKOVA w/ Otto Taimela 130725

DJ Papaya - The Ever Afters Campout 2025 - Yurt

f070 - Eustress

London-based artist Sybil is a true storyteller behind the decks, celebrated in equal measure for her cinematic take on techno as she is for crafting deep ambient journeys that soothe the soul. Whether for the dancefloor or for introspective listening, her selections are always guided by a distinct emotional depth, weaving intricate sonics with a healthy dose of psychedelia for good measure. 

Exploring the inspiration for this flawless session, Sybil describes it as:

“I’ve dived deep into the ocean for this mix, a wave through time, flowing between psychedelia of the 70s, 90s, present-day and beyond. A modern take on 90s chillout mix CDs, a meditation on the ocean, a sun-soaked holographic daydream by the sea ~~~”

Tune in now for a timeless deep trip through the past, present, and future.

Follow:
https://soundcloud.com/syberkid
https://soundcloud.com/deep-mind-music
www.instagram.com/sybil_dj
www.facebook.com/sybil.dj


Monument Waves 005 : Sybil

"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

Pavel Milyakov & Severin Black live @ Aerial Palettes ‘Imminent Reveries’ 15.08.2024.
Experimental musicians Milyakov and Black weave nostalgic soundscapes from their shared appreciation of metal with improvised guitar and clarinet.

@buttechno
@archaicvaults


Pavel Milyakov & Severin Black [LIVE] @ Aerial Palettes '24

Aawadh is a French DJ and producer who explores hypnotic tribal rhythms with deep textures. Mainly influenced by organic percussion and immersive atmospheres, his music flows across a wide spectrum of genres. His debut tracks, recently released on Techlab (Budapest) and Aneehli Records (Tbilisi), mark a shift toward rhythmically complex and exploratory forms, which fully take shape on his album Dyadica, recently released on the Annulled Music label.

Embark on a mysterious, progressive, and unpredictable ride where subtle grooves and organic rhythms evolve steadily toward an entrancing, high-intensity climax.

@aawadh

DSS 113 | Aawadh

Entanglement. Electronic excursions with DJ Papaya [ @papayaofficial ] on Great Circles Radio

Listen live - 4th Mondays, 5-6pm ET on www.greatcircles.net

~Tracklist~
secret getii - i think i’m a drug dealer now
rotabega - soft index
Teqmun - Wading on Wet Stones
Aedon - Observation Post
Mailer - Who Goes There
Alohn - Brainfreeze
felt. - Whatever Grows Together
King Softy - Mossing Out ft. Xenia Reaper
Colle - Silent But for Joy
Jonnnah - And Then, More
Yaffee - a whisper
Officium - Lush Light ft. Lou & Yolek
helen island - i know 3 45
Carrier - Light Candles, To Mark the Way
Windowseeker - suncrypt
gi - morning
Genus Aix - Chrome Flower
Bark Psychosis -  Shapeshifting
light - so into you

Entanglement w/ DJ Papaya - June 2025

Our next artist was born in Tbilisi, Georgia . He was greatly inspired by works of such artists like Biosphere, Robert rich, Saphileaum and more... As an ambient or techno selector, his sound is characterized by his love for landscapes and hypnotic structures. He is the co-founder of Structural Realism, a sub-label division of georgian's @palmstructure. Please welcome @giorgieradze

AF127 Giorgi Eradze

https://soundcloud.com/artefakt-official : "This recording came together for us imagining being in spaces of sonic isolation - conversing with each other and through this act of exchange, unfolding a dynamic landscape. This emerges as an auditory refuge where we become the waves. As we navigate this appearing structure, we re-anchor ourselves as listeners, embracing the ephemeral and reconciling with strangeness to find solace in deviation.

The mix also draws from a lifelong inspiration that runs as a thread through our own music - the contrasts between natural textures, organic decay and fractal blooming sounds set against the quantization, designed function and electric qualities of the built city and the futures they represent, captured in musical imagination. The mix invites listeners to dwell in this synthesis of spaces, discovering connection within isolation."

Tracklist:
01. Arovane & Hior Chronik - A Day, November 2013
02. Multicast Dynamics - Field of Dreams
03. Jake Muir - Twilight Transmissions
04. 2030 - Key to the Universe
05. Neel - Alchemy 
06. Stenny - Dew 
07. 1991 - High-Tech Love-Life
08. Imaginary Softwoods - Globe IV
09. Emika Elena - Reflection (Multicast Dynamics Remix)
10. BFTT - Enin
11. queniv - Viba
12. Hiver - Inner Motion 
13. Sven Weisemann - Cascading Lights
14. Imprea - In a Landscape
15. Purelink - Stadium Drive
16. The 7th Plain - Chords Are Dirty
17. Marianna Maruyama & Hessel Veldman - Softly, at first

isolatedmix 134 - Artefakt

freaky chugs n dubs

https://www.instagram.com/succubass
https://www.instagram.com/papaya.official

https://www.soundcloud.com/succubass


Auditory Tract Infection with DJ Papaya b2b Succubass @ The Lot Radio 08-04-2025

El sol desapareciendo en el horizonte.

PURE at Café Del Mar, Ibiza. Music for sunsets, directed by Evian Christ and Slam Jam. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/pure/episodes/pure-femi-5th-october-2025

PURE at Café Del Mar w/ Femi 051025

El sol desapareciendo en el horizonte.

PURE at Café Del Mar, Ibiza. Music for sunsets, directed by Evian Christ and Slam Jam. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/pure/episodes/pure-torus-5th-october-2025

PURE at Café Del Mar w/ Torus 051025

El sol desapareciendo en el horizonte.

PURE at Café Del Mar, Ibiza. Music for sunsets, directed by Evian Christ and Slam Jam. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/pure/episodes/pure-malibu-5th-october-2025

PURE at Café Del Mar w/ Malibu 051025

For the full track listing click here: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-98--carmen-villain

@carmenvillain is an artist based in Norway who has been releasing on @smalltownsupersound since 2013. Her most recent album ‘Both Lines Will Be Blue’ saw her expand her unique brand of contemporary psychedeliaca even further, luxuriating in the sensuous soundscapes that she creates while also experimenting with music concrete and avant-garde techniques. A remix EP will be released this Friday 28th February that features some of Villain’s favourite dance producers. Her mix for Bleep channels her affection for club music, with just over an hour of trippy, rhythmically astute sounds from a range of contemporary musicians.

Bleep Mix #98: Carmen Villain

Received transmissions from the outer reaches of an exquisite corpse universe

Distant Signals 082: DJ Papaya

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