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https://www.nts.live/shows/bergsonist/episodes/bargsonist-4th-december-2021

Bergsonist is a musician/dj based in NYC originally from Morocco. She is the founder of bizaarbazaar, an independent platform showcasing music since 2010. Monthly she will use her radio show as medium to showcase guests with unique sonic visions as well as her own mushrooming music archive.

Bergsonist w/ Baby Leo - 4th December 2021

40°42'48.5"N 73°57'45.7"W

Seething from its core and polar edges. Grittiness, expansiveness, warmth, purity, and harshness in perfect harmony. Brace yourself for the Baby Leo (@djbabyleo) ride.

d o w n 2 e a r t h 37 - Baby Leo

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

opening set live at @nowadaysnyc, 26 November 2022, 10PM - 1AM

BABY LEO Live @ Nowadays Nonstop 11.26.2022

hello hello we’re so excited to to give you a treat - recordings we’ve unearthed from the space debris of Q𝐮ꪖη𝕋υϻ Fට𝐚𝓶. we start with Baby Leo's euphoric trip to the edge of space and time. highly recommend to check this one out.
[Recoded at Market Hotel 12.9.2022]
@djbabyleo

16 ---- Baby Leo  (live @ Q𝐮ꪖη𝕋υϻ Fට𝐚𝓶)

Live set from our midweek series at @nowadaysnyc 4.20.2023

Baby Leo live from Dripping @ Nowadays - 420 Special

For extended Q&A, please visit our website -----> pipipi.life <------------

@djbabyleo

Introduce yourself? Pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 

Baby Leo (he/him) residing in Bedstuy, Brooklyn. Soon I’ll be relocating to San Francisco, where I grew up.

Describe your walk around where you live?

Consistently stunningly beautiful. I spend the majority of my time in Bedstuy and am always so grateful to be here. Big trees, beautiful buildings, many friends.

Favorite DJ mixing trick? 

Playing a great song, letting it finish and then playing a different great song. No blend. 

How do you make a mix? Any key tips?

I have three decks at home and record on a little zoom thingy. I may have to do it a few times because I don’t do any post-editing and the first attempt is usually clipping pretty hard despite my best efforts. To prepare, I get fairly stoned and just mix for a while and go back in my rekordbox history and pull the good parts into a playlist. 

Describe your most recent dream in detail...

I almost never dream, but last week had a pretty strange and memorable one. I was involved with some pretty sketchy drug users who were into eating ancient dead people’s big toes. The high was extremely addictive and terrible, but once it started there was basically no way out. The toe that was presented to me was very gray and moldy and flaking apart except the toenail was still pretty solid. I woke up before eating it.

What is your favorite party/collective where you reside and why?

Groovy Groovy. 100%. As a dancer or DJ, you get complete rave catharsis every time, with a courageous, loving and boundless DIY energy guiding the ship. The attendees are open and adventurous listeners. Everything - sound, lights, artwork, curation is life affirming. It makes me want to live this life fully. I played it twice last year which were the two most gratifying DJ sets of my life.

If you could transfer all your knowledge from what you do now into something completely different, what would it be and why?
When I find out, I will just do it. I have made many life changes before and plan to keep transforming. I don’t know what comes next for me, but I know it’s coming and it will certainly be different. I am excited about kitesurfing and eventually hang gliding, but it certainly won’t require a transfer of any knowledge.

Where do you see yourself musically in 2069?

Hopefully somewhere that doesn’t currently exist.  Probably mostly deaf. Perhaps just enjoying the feeling of sonic vibration. 

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

My vision for this community is articulated and realized through Dripping. You will have to come and find out. Dripping is June 30-July 2 2023. Dripping.fyi

Baby Leo - 100˚

Baby Leo live from The Inn @ Dripping 2023

@djbabyleo

Baby Leo at Dripping 2023

Fine Homebuilding 03: Baby Leo

Fine Homebuilding 04: Baby Leo

Baby Leo live from the Groovy Groovy showcase at Dripping 2024

@djbabyleo
@gggroovyyy

Baby Leo at Dripping 2024

Fine Homebuilding's @babyleo brings Planet Groovy into the studio~

@andrewakanbi
@djtemporary
@gggroovyyy

Fine Homebuilding 05: Akanbi, DJ Temporary, and Baby Leo

In the studio with the legends @djbabyleo and @relaxerelaxer

Fine Homebuilding 06: Baby Leo b2b Relaxer

Baby Leo returns to NYC

https://www.instagram.com/babymfleo

@djbabyleo

Baby Leo @ The Lot Radio 11-20-2024

Sunrise at Nowadays Nonstop 12.01.2024

A much loved figure within the American underground scene, California's Baby Leo has been consciously connecting body and mind from coast to coast, finding space for the unpredictable and the awe inspiring, hypnotising dancefloors with wildly eclectic DJ sets filled with energising twists and turns.

An innovator and sonic boundary pusher at his core, the Dripping festival Leo runs alongside Relaxer is a deep underground oasis in the woods of Sparta, New Jersey, and returns for it's third mind excursion this June, with Leo and DJ Plead combining this year for a hotly anticipated back to back. 

@djbabyleo

Q. The mix is truly a wild ride! What sounds or feelings did you draw upon when gathering inspiration for this, and what listening environments could you imagine it being enjoyed in?

A. This is the deepcast right? For this one, we’re going deeper than what I might usually do in a club. Some of these tracks came to me while laying blindfolded on the floor during guided high-dose mushroom journeys. Because this is a space of complete emotional surrender, many of these tracks became permanently embedded in my heart. Awe, fear, reverence, gratitude are all part of the recipe. The ideal listening environment is similar to how you might want to watch a movie - cozy, undistracted, and fully immersed in sound. Perhaps by yourself and hopefully something to return to and discover something new.

Q. Are there any songs in the mix that are especially close to your heart, and what is it about these tracks that resonate with you so much?

A. I think Untitled (How Does it Feel) by D’Angelo is my favorite song of all time. It feels amazing every time. The way energy builds and boils over is unmatched. I played it backwards.

Q. Your festival Dripping returns to the majestic woods of Sparta, NJ for its third year running in June, and I see you’ve got a special extended b2b set with DJ Plead planned which should be quite the mind-bend! How have you been preparing for that one, and what things might you guys be doing differently this year that you’re excited about? 

A. Preparation hasn’t really begun in any serious way, but we are both anticipating and very excited to play together. Especially at Dripping, I’m typically trying to push the energy forward for a fully explosive impact. I will usually do a lot of preparation for a set like this and plan certain sequences. In contrast, I’ve seen Plead play sets with incredible restraint, patiently working a crowd into complete hypnosis. I guess the thing about a back to back set is that it will take on a life of its own and just go where it needs to go. There will be less planning for this and more intuition, but mind-bending and heart-opening is certainly the goal and we haven’t discussed anything other than that.

Tracklist:

Avartuva nake - Esa Kotilainen
La Symphonie - Cute Heels
Marka - Carmen Villain
Portamento - Stine Janvin
Flusso I - Donato Dozzy
Winded - 7038634357
O Berimbao - Nana Vasconcelos
Polar Sun - Feral
Temples - Anunaku
Doubles - Untold
Drop it On The One - Untold
Wormhole Chant - Vector Trancer
Through The Cobalt Desert - Marco Shuttle
A Touch Of - Piezo
Andnowawordfromoursponsors - Kabeaushe
Shimming - Yor Kultura
Untitled (How Does it Feel) - D’Angelo
Hamburger Lady (Carter Tutti remix) - Throbbing Gristle
Guboo - Lights in a Fat City

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