In the 38 issue of Koche Records we are listening to Lexia Majora (@lexiamajora). Lexia is a Romanian DJ based in Exeter where she’s currently studying for a PhD in Anthropology and focusing on the ro-minimal community. She’s shared the booth with names such as Daniel Avery, Afrodeutsche, Mall Grab and Skin on Skin, to name a few. She’s also co-managed Room 303 and Sister Sounds nights in Exeter, and recently headlined an Epika night in Edinburgh. 

Lexia Majora enjoys and specialises in hard groove techno, but is equally versed in minimal house and techno. This mix explores the depths and complexities of (ro)minimal, and focuses on the beauty of overlapping sound, textures, and various moods.

Koche Podcast | 038 - Lexia Majora

ROOM 2 - SATURDAY 20 til 22 🐊🐊🐊

Thanks to Suzybee & Steevio, the volunteers, the dancers, the musicians, Théo & Ugo, the Friends of Fictions, Alex & very special thanks to @iambruce for mastering the recording :)

Hug to @r4r_luz who sadly couldn't make it this year and was supposed to play before me.

Shorter context: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9NI2bwMVcu/

Longer context: https://nonogigsta.substack.com/p/1ec95196-66ba-45d9-91d0-3b1031fc5c42

Freerotation 2024 : The House Of Crocodiles Part 2 (Live Recording)

(tracklist below) 

This is part 1 of 3 of the recording from my set at Nowadays Nonstop on April 7, 2024.

I played from 9am-3pm, between JASSS and Bearcat, and it was one of the most creatively fulfilling sets I can remember playing – one of those sets where the audience, environment, atmosphere, tech setup, phase of the moon, whatever, all somehow lined up for a full 6 hours. And happily, the recording is maybe my favorite I’ve managed to capture to date. Huge thanks to Kristin for inviting me and to everyone who was there that morning.


TRACKLIST – PART 1 – 9am – 11am

Moritz Von Oswald – Opaco
La Fe – Alta
Xcor – transmission
Levl – Nullpunkt #4
DB1 – B5
Es.Tereo – Temple of Ra
Skeptical, dBridge – Poor & Poverty
Last Life – Hope Killer
Metrist – GMFGR
Fracture & Deft – I Just
Reeko – Rooted
Massive Attack – Inertia Creeps (Floating On Dubwise)
Overlook – Phantom
Scotch Rolex and Shackleton – The Eleventh Voyage
Cortex of Light – Key Hall Mix
Sote – Kangaroo Court
Meo & Steve – Global Village (Funk Version)
Ali – Abyadh Aswad
Kalua feat. Dj Brahms – Brain
Hysterical Love Project – Boyracer
Scorn – Exodus
El Alfa, El Mayor Clasico, Chael Produciendo – Galapin
Osheyack & Nahash – Bait (Florentino Remix)
Material – Reality Dub
Golden Bug – Tokoyo No Kuni (Wolf Müller Remix)
Tammo Hesselink – Work Work Work
Robo-Gnostic – Ghost Rider
Sea Of Disillusions – Voodoo Heaven
Om – Brother That (Tribal Om Acid Remix)
Mosca – Thin That Blood Down
Timeblind – Come Back Wicked (Original Mix)
Pluralist – Body
Einstürzende Neubauten – Yü-gung (Fütter mein Ego)
Piezo – Skinner
Hypna feat. Warrior Queen – Rolling Deep
Kouslin – Michael
Siu Mata – Vaalbara
TEACHI feat. カクマクシャカ – Esther
vromb – emphase
Two Dogs in a House – Dogs DJ Tool
Neon – Voices
The Knife – We Share Our Mothers's Health
Unknown Artist – Spider Crab [Sacred Stones 01]
Ssiege – Drama Lover


Artwork by Brodie Kaman

Live at Nowadays 7 April 2024

Live at Nowadays 7 April 2024 - Part 1

free DL :)

Chappell Roan - Hot To Go (Kiana Nadine Remix) | UKG FLIP

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
@kia-sydney @animalia-label  @cirruslabel

Read more at ra.co/podcast/973

RA.973 Kia

Here's the next free download featuring VICI, this time we have a vibey cinematic flip of an absolute banger!
Follow VICI here: @vc-new

Free Download

Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (VICI FLIP) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

The sun is out! So here's something sunny. Loose and funky sounds from West Africa, South-East Asia, the UK and beyond.

Spring Forward

Wildchild - Renegade Master (DJ Hybrid & Gatehouse Bootleg)

YUSSI - PARANOID (Out now on Spotify/Apple) FREE DOWNLOAD

I made this as a submission to be considered to play at a wedding in Tuscany, Italy - please like if you listen and love it :) Sammie 

I didn’t plan a set list for this mix, I just picked tunes that felt right, and were about love 

Ps I HATE recording sets  🤣

Wedding Audition Miss Jackson June 2025

An investigation into fourth-world undercurrents in Japanese ambient and pop music, years 1980-1986. Mixed 2010.

Fairlights, Mallets and Bamboo (2010, Expanded)

Party DJ, Disco Neurotico Co-Director, Shambolympics and Club House Resident, Very Polite 

Festivals, weddings, birthdays, roller discos, village fetes, sound system and some cars in a field, anywhere you want tunes played, I will happily come and play them. Bristol based, but can - and will (and like to) - travel.

stefmowords[at]gmail.com for bookings

Spring Forward

DJ Stef Mo