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Smart Mix 54: @follidh 

follidh is equal parts folly and ceilidh. exemplifying a penchant for both, this Chicago-based purveyor totes their multidisciplinary talents in this week’s smart mix 054. recognizing no bounds in their preferred realms of electro/breakbeat, they have released numerous mind- (and back-)bending inventions on Aathee Records and host their own exploratory mix series, "dont trip and follidh." effervescent in nature, follidh champions inclusivity, innovation, and imagination in the spaces we call home.

donations may be directed to Brave Space Alliance: bravespacealliance.org/donate


Tracklist: 
Tobe Nwigwe - EAT (praise god for follidh haptic) 
Skeptical & dBridge - Poor & Poverty 
Happyghost - Ishy Really Bad (follidh haptics) 
Nathan Micay - Ecstacy Is On Maple Mountain 
Umwelt - Frameshift Mutation 
Bok Bok & Tom Trago - Vector 9B 
Mariel Ito - Syntex49 
Contactless - Robot Wreckin’ Krew 
Faster Than Light - Digital Slaves 
DWELLZ - Using Them In Jeruzalem
E.M.S. - Get Ghetto 
Cameo Blush - Murky Waters 
Spettro - Piezo Effect
Dark Vektor - Wires 
Syrte - Obedience Paradox
Nexus 23 - Transform (Beatprozessor's Dirty Bass Transform) 
Dexorcist - Fear Teacher
Anz - Fencin 
Paul Blackford - Mirage 
Sonar Base - The Deadly Storms of Uranus 
Orbital - Tiny Foldable Cities

Please donate to https://www.bravespacealliance.org/donate

Smart Mix 54: follidh

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

@razrbark
IG: @razrbark

Distant Signals 030: Razrbark

more info + track listing --> http://abstractscience.net/special-guests/absci-radio-1310-follidh-chris-widman

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[aired 04 April 2024 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM]

abstract science >> future music radio chicago

absci radio 1310 – follidh + chris widman

“In the cosmos, amidst the celestial ballet of stars and galaxies, exists a planet unlike any other. Urantia, as it is known, holds a unique distinction - it is one of the most poorly run planets in the universe. From the vantage point of cosmic observers, Urantia is a place of chaos, marred by violence, poverty, and hate.

Yet, amidst the turmoil, there exists a profound spiritual truth, known to only a select few. It is whispered among ancient texts and encoded in the hearts of the awakened souls. This truth speaks of a way out, a purpose veiled behind the facade of suffering and strife.

On Urantia, life unfolds like a grand tapestry, woven with threads of joy and sorrow, love and hate, light and dark. Souls incarnate into the human experience, each journeying through the labyrinth of existence in search of enlightenment. For on Urantia, enlightenment is not merely a spiritual attainment; it is the key to liberation, the doorway to transcendence.

Among the countless souls traversing the Urantialy realm lives a wise old sage named follidh. They have walked the path of enlightenment across many lifetimes, their soul carrying the wisdom of ages past. With each incarnation, follidh moves closer to the elusive truth that lays beyond the veil of illusion.

In their current incarnation, follidh finds theirself amidst the tumult of a world in transition. Wars ravage nations, greed poisons hearts, and despair casts its shadow over the lands. Yet, follidh remains undeterred, for they know that amidst the chaos, there exists the seeds of transformation.

Guided by an inner knowing, follidh embarks on a journey of self-discovery, delving deep into the recesses of their soul. They meditate upon the nature of existence, seeking to unravel the mysteries of life and death. With each moment of stillness, they feel the whispers of the cosmos echoing within their being.

As time passes, follidh's awareness expands, and they begin to perceive the interconnectedness of all things. They see how every thought, every action ripples across the fabric of reality, shaping the destiny of the cosmos itself. And in that realization, they understand what they need to do on Urantia.

Urantia is a crucible of transformation, a realm where souls forge their consciousness through the fires of experience. Those who attain enlightenment transcend the cycle of reincarnation, ascending to realms of pure consciousness where collective love reigns supreme.

With this newfound understanding, follidh dedicates theirself to the pursuit of enlightenment, not only for their own liberation but for the awakening of all sentient beings. They exist to spread light amidst the darkness, sharing their wisdom and compassion with all who cross their path.

As light illuminates the hearts of humanity, a shift begins to occur. The veils of ignorance fall away, and souls begin to remember their true nature as beings of love and light. Slowly but surely, the vibrations of the planet shift, and Urantia begins to resonate with the frequencies of peace, harmony, and love.

In time, Urantia will transform into a utopia, a paradise where violence, poverty, and hate were but distant memories. Amidst the cosmic symphony, Urantia shines as a beacon of hope, a testament to the power of enlightenment to heal and transform even the most troubled of worlds.

And so, the saga of Urantia unfolds, a tale of redemption and transcendence, reminding the universe that even the darkest of shadows can be illuminated by the light.”

@follidh
IG: @follidh

Distant Signals 051: follidh

"Beneath the cold and iced ledges inside a cavernous cutout through the mountain, an eternal flame blazes and heats the air. The heat circulates the cave. A nearby river splashes into the cave, periodically hitting its flame, never enough to put it out, but just so that it conducts a great steam. A deep reddish hue glows from the flames, blurred with the steam, its bright halo spills out of the cave. 

Beings across the starscape know about this spot. They fly, swim, teleport and dance into it. The sounds of their movements, murmurings and exhales become one with the cycle of heat ensnaring the space.

A large stick brought into the cave by wind strikes the wall, which carries the vibrations and sounds of the heat, pressure, cold waves, and steam cycling. Its sound reverberates from the atoms of the heat and echoes on the walls of the cave. The sound carries across the cold water channel, outward into the depths of the unknown.

Listening through a seashell on the other end of the ocean, is a being playing in the sound, called to hold up the shell to their ear and hear how it was forged. The creatures of the ocean swim through certain sections of the water, where they know the transmission will be reverberant. Like swimming through radio signals, the path from the cave is well traveled.

You are now traveling through the water’s transmission carrying the sound."

@malzof
IG: @jmal_malzof
linktr.ee/malzof

Malzof is a DJ and Intermedia Artist based in Pittsburgh, USA and a resident of Sweet Abyss. Malzof plays abstracted grooves- weaving together melodies and rhythms across genre, BPM and era into sonic journeys. Spanning ambient, experimental, broken beat and multiple genres of house, techno and beyond, their sets enchant the dance floor with blissed out beats, fun and freaky vocals, psychedelic percussions and environmental sounds.

With a creative background in video production, live visuals and installation art since the late 2000s, Malzof has taken inspiration from their live performance style to inform the ways in which they DJ, make music and engage with the audience. Across mediums, they are inspired by the synesthetic connection between seeing, hearing and feeling; natural and industrial elements; and exploring community histories of liberation and joy.

Distant Signals 054: Malzof

"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

Chicago-based artist follidh brings ethereal tones and fearsome breakbeats to this week's TANK Mix.

Tracklist:
Arushi Jain - Still Dreaming
Seta Loto - Surroundings
Bloom's Taxonomy - Head of Mithras
Django Django & Yuuko - Don't Touch That Dial (feat Yuuko Sings)(Make A Dance Remix)
Ian Simmonds - Downhome
Sofia Kourtesis - Funkhaus
Apparat, Ellen Allien - Way Out
follidh - Enter the Bardo
Ficilio - Dangerous Goods
Erdem Tunal - Three of Five
Lake Hills - LATENIGHTWALK
With - Inevitability

TANK Mix: follidh

"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

Ricardo Villalobos & Raresh Live at Sunrise Event NYE, Kristal Glam Club | 31.12.2006

"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

The Brvtalist is proud to present a live mix from Helena Hauff and Silent Servant.  Recorded on September 2nd, 2017 at ZeezOut Festival one record for one record in Amsterdam, this is truly one of the most memorable sets of the year. Two of the most prolific artists went back to back for three hours and we could not think of a better way to help usher in 2018. 
Visit: www.thebrvtalist.com/newbrvtalism124/ 

@helena-hauff
@silentservant
@zeezout

New Brvtalism No. 124: Helena Hauff + Silent Servant (*Live in Amsterdam)

Happy to bring you this play differently set by Vutall! Had the chance to play with him in Madison and he really took the Model 1. 
Vutall has been a performing DJ since 2012 when he started playing a weekly 3 hour radio set for an online station called EVE Radio. Since then he has moved cities multiple times and experienced the music cultures of Tucson, LA, Portland, and now finally Madison WI which is where he calls home. He has a wide range of styles, though his primary love is harder techno with acid lines.

Model One Thoughts:
I have been dying to get hands on to play since this mixer was announced as being offered to consumers. I had a very brief 3 minute showroom demo once a year or so ago, and have studied the manual in an out countless times. I currently play on a Xone 92, and one of the ways I enjoy mixing on that is by using the filters instead of the EQ. However, you can only use one filter on each track on the 92, so being able to use both at the same time AND have a master filter on the Model One was like going from a moped to a superbike. I loved it! The parametric sculpting EQ was excellent to and very familiar to me since I do some production, live audio recording/engineering, and also run a front of house for sound systems. 

I think one of the features I liked the most outside of the filters was the overdrive. Theres this knob you can turn on each channel to reduce the headroom of that channel, which introduces analog clipping when you normally would not have it. This is something super cool because it creates a harmonic distortion and really changes the way your music is heard. On a technical level, you can warp a saw wave into a square wave on the fly, and that is incredibly neat and I think overlooked by a lot of first time users. I know I didn't use it nearly as much as I would have liked to!


About the set:
To me, nirvana is a place of tranquility. My set was heavily inspired by the Toyko techno from when they had their no dancing laws. That meant their music featured less emphasis on the kick and high hat but instead featured more rolling basslines to induce a hypnotic like state. Hypnosis generally goes hand in hand with meditation, which goes hand in hand with tranquility to me, so this is my expression of nirvana. I hope you enjoy!

Play Differently Chicago #8: Apart Presents: Vutall

Noncompliant (AKA DJ Shiva) delivers an hour of blistering, assertive techno. We catch up with the Midwest legend to learn about the Indiana rave scene, the role of techno in trying times and the need for hope  against adversity...

Interview and Tracklist: https://bit.ly/2mqNbAt

Podcast 100: Noncompliant

This mix was recorded live from Reaktor's Katharsis event in 2017.  For those that don't know, Katharsis happens once a year and is dedicated to the faster, harder and more industrial side of techno.  This was my entire 3 hour set from that night.

Over the last few years we have built a steady relationship doing events together and sharing our passion for this music.  We are teaming up once again for ADE 2018 and releasing this mix as a thank you to all our followers and supporters.

Link to event here
https://www.facebook.com/events/460615404404076/

DVS1 live at katharsis 2017

DVS1 live from Katharsis 2017

We have something real special bubbling up our bubble bath and its non other than the magnificent @follidh. The Chicago base DJ, producer and artist has dived in head first with amazingly soapy vibes that will soak your ears with pure pleasure. Enter the bubble bath, lay back, relax and enjoy the ride. 🛀

Tracklist:
Tzusing - 日出東方 唯我不敗 - L.I.E.S. Records
Rü - Peace is the Mission - Super Legit
Crystal Method - Moment of Truth - Tiny E Records
KGIV - Regulatory Capture - Eye Teeth
ATIX - Jumping Colored - Bass Agenda
Die Antwoord - Beat Boy (The Bobby6Killers & Guerilla Speakerz Remix) - unreleased
Locked Club - Doschitai - Boysnoize Records
Djejdotronic - Global Surveillance - Boysnoize Records
Fleck E.S.C. - unreleased - Bass Agenda
Dan B Hood - WTBP (follidh haptics) - unreleased
Shedbug - Aciidmuzik - Lobster Theramin
Special Request - Curtain Twitcher - Houndstooth
Bjarki - 3-1 Tap Lush - trip recordings
maukook - simple pleasures - play labs
Solid Blake - Warp Room - Seilscheibenpfeiler
Ghosts In The Machine - Inside The Kill Box
Shawn Rudiman - Derelict - is / was
DJ Gigola & Kev Koko - Blow - Live From Earth Klub
Go Nuclear - My Mind is Going (Detroit’s Filthiest remix) - Bass Agenda
Michael Forshaw - Cheerleaders
Ruff Squad - Clio Remix - No Hats No Hoods Records
Kate Guilfoyle - rnc
Shabazz Palaces - Forerunner Foray

In the Bubble Bath with: follidh

Received transmissions from the outer reaches of an exquisite corpse universe

Distant Signals 051: follidh

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