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guest mix for Amsterdam's His Dark Elements collective on Fade Radio Athens 8-28-21

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His Dark Elements guest mix ~ Fade Radio Athens

Daisychain’s Leesh (@dj_leesh) is back on Refuge Worldwide to close out the year with a very special 2-hour show of psychedelic rave energy. Since pre-lockdown 2020, Leesh returns to the club after a very long break from the dance floor and the booth. This is a live recording from JAMS in Madison, Wisconsin on November 20, 2021 📡🌐🌼

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
refugeworldwide.com @refugeworldwide

Leesh - Refuge Worldwide x Daisychain | 008

Glasgow's Huntleys + Palmers invited Daisychain to curate a special showcase on Rinse FM.

Daisychain curator Leesh brought bass, bleeps and rave that traverses between total cuteness and completely trippy.

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@huntleyspalmers
@rinsefm

✿ Closet Yi ~ www.soundcloud.com/daisychain_podcast/closet-yi-rinse-fm-huntleys-palmers-invites-daisychain
✿ Leesh 
✿ Octo Octa ~ www.soundcloud.com/daisychain_podcast/octo-octa-rinse-fm-huntleys-palmers-invites-daisychain

Leesh ~ Rinse FM ~ Huntleys + Palmers invites Daisychain

@dj_leesh on this sonic memory:


Fragmentation and Union on the Search for Utopia


It is not Utopia that we strive for. It is not reaching a “destination”, as Utopia is no place. It is the search for Utopia. Upon the water, the boat floats. We are in charge of the sails, and we decide which direction we move toward. On this journey, no one said it would be easy. Choppy waters and going forward into the unknown darkness of night. Yet, the stars shine, as does the moon. And from above, there is light. And when hours pass and the sunlight breaks, it simply illuminates. Simultaneously this light casts shadows on the placid watery plane. We need both on this search ~ both night and day. Symbiosis leads to quantum leaps. On this search for no place, memories arise, and with them we move ahead in awareness. Memories fragmented and fractal, morphing and merging and changing with the tides. They gather along the way into a collection of dark and shiny pieces of us. Some we choose to keep. Some we choose to free. We honor them all, for without them we would not be here, right now. On the boat. On this search. Shaping new memories as we float. The Utopian heartbeat thumps to the rhythm of just one sound. Do you hear it? Love is calling.

ghunghru 058 // Leesh / The Shape of Memory

Pride month comes to a close but queer joy lives on forever. Daisychain’s Leesh (@dj_leesh) celebrates bubblegum energy with a mixtape-esque collection of bass and pop, capturing many of the feelings that can come with being a deeply emotional queer. This month's installation of Refuge Worldwide is for all the QTs. 📡🌐🌼

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
refugeworldwide.com @refugeworldwide

Leesh - Refuge Worldwide x Daisychain | 014

We’re talking pure XTC NRG. Daisychain's Leesh (@dj_leesh) harnesses 2 full hours of raving for this DIREKT installation via Copenhagen’s SOUNDBOKS mix series collab with Refuge Worldwide. 📡🌐🌼

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
refugeworldwide.com @refugeworldwide

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Refuge Worldwide x SOUNDBOKS

Leesh - Refuge Worldwide x SOUNDBOKS x Daisychain | 015

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https://soundcloud.com/daisychain_podcast
Chicago's Leesh lives for the Rave. Rooted by the beautiful moments of community and camaraderie on the dancefloors and behind the decks, they created Daisychain at the very start of 2018. The weekly mix series sheds light on the sonic energy from trans and nonbinary folks and women from around the world. Inspired by new beginnings, prismatic light, daisies and the power of genuine connection ~ Daisychain sprouted to life and has only continued to grow. Leesh hosts a monthly Daisychain residency on Berlin's Refuge Worldwide radio station. You can also find them in the Bay Area from time to time as a resident of Squish.

And when Leesh isn't speaker freaking until the daylight comes, they can always be found emotionally exploring, bouncing and rolling through the many pools of sound. Sharing, caring, DIY.

RND 063 - Leesh

Squish Radio With Leesh & Overland | September 22, 2022

*Recorded Live* at Pulse (Milwaukee) Dec '22 -

Leesh crushing it at our 2022 closing party. 

xoxo <3

001 - LEESH

Daisychain's Leesh (@dj_leesh) closes out the 2022 residency on Refuge Worldwide with a live recording from <<REV in Chicago, a party dedicated to the sounds of the UK. This mix explores some of Leesh's origin tracks and big big new favorites from the realms of UK bass, grime, dubstep, UKG and more. 📡🌐🌼

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
www.refugeworldwide.com
@refugeworldwide

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Leesh - Refuge Worldwide x Daisychain | 019

this is my friend matthew, aka likeholywine.
matthew is an ANGEL of a person and an amazing dj. 
he lives in sf and we are both members of squish.
the kindness and support that matthew brings to the friends in his life is undeniable. a positive being i am grateful to call one of my sweet friends!

matthew says: "Friendship to me is…being able to communicate with someone without words, feeling the same connection with someone no matter how much or how little time you spend together, and most importantly: being understood, accepted, and loved by someone for who you really are, strengths and flaws and all."

i just loveee this mix from him and i bet you will too :)

@likeholywine

Gay Club 2 Final Part 2

Leesh & Friends - likeholywine

smart mix 70: @dj_leesh

recorded live in smartbar, chicago's leesh delivers over 90 minutes of groovey vibes. leesh is perhaps best known for starting up the daisychain podcast back in 2018, a groundbreaking weekly mix series highlighting trans, nonbinary and femme djs around the globe. they can be found djing around chicago, the usa and over the airwaves.

check out leesh's foundation of choice, beagle freedom project, and consider donating: https://bfp.org/

Smart Mix 70: Leesh

This recording is from my opening set at the Libra Love party during the October Walking & Falling workshop week in Chicago. Walking & Falling is a DJ mentorship program geared to teach female-identifying and nonbinary folks. It encourages learning and growing from mistakes. I began learning to DJ in March as a mentee during the first workshop, so this set is the second time I have ever played out. Reflecting perfectly the mission of the program, it's a raw beginner set that is a pure representation of myself in time, learning as I go along.

"You're walking. And you don't always realize it
But you're always falling
With each step, you fall forward slightly
And then catch yourself from falling
Over and over, you're falling
And then catching yourself from falling
And this is how you can be walking and falling
At the same time"
-Laurie Anderson

Libra Love Walking & Falling Edition

With an unknowing fever under the disco ball in the red room of Robinia Courtyard, recorded live for December's edition of JAMS in Madison, Wisconsin. That night $555 was raised to donate to GSAFE, a Madison-based organization that "envisions school communities where all LGBTQ youth and students thrive."

Leesh's Fever Dream Set at Madison JAMS

what feels like a lifetime ago, straight from the Club Bubble 1 headquarters on May 25, 2020 ~ my set for virtual Industry Brunch. what would have been the rave family gathering under the acid soaked sun in Detroit, with quarantine in full effect Industry Brunch instead took to the world wide web.  NBFC love was strong in the chat for a day of amazing music from some of the loveliest people i have ever come to know ~ my rave family (Sassmouth, Acid Daddy b2b Dana, Pat Bosman, Christina Chatfield, Shawn Rudiman, Titonton Duvante, ViiV, Clinker)

harnessed all the love and emotion for this set ~ thank you Acid Daddy & Dana for providing the space for all of us to freak together! thank you everyone who was deep in the chat for it and on the ride with me. y'all had me laughing and crying with some of those messages! and if you weren't in the www rave space, i hope you enjoy it here. cheers 2 friendship xoxo

video stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/633528339
visual art by:  Geography of Robots
Club Bubble 1 twitch page: https://www.twitch.tv/club_bubble1

Live for Industry Brunch @ Club Bubble 1

10am ~ Chicago, IL
a special NBFC morning set for Virtual Industry Brunch on 12.19.2020
a collection of sounds from my typical Saturday mornings spent stretching, sipping coffee and taking care of my plants.

"do you believe in Ecstasy? do you believe in hygiene?"

Virtual Industry Brunch @ Club Bubble 1

speaker freaking forever (✿◠‿◠)
@daisychain_podcast organizer 
@squishsf resident

for booking inquiries ~ daisychain.network606@gmail.com

Leesh

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