Physical Therapy x Club Mel

a mix of all trans/nonbinary artists
originally for BBC 6 Music Loud and Proud series
aired on Jun 4th 2021
tracklist here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wmy9

Bored Lord for BBC 6 Music on 6/4/21

live @ nowadays oct 9 2021

A high-energy trip through international rave sounds old and new from Belizean-American DJ and producer @arielzetina.

More info and tracklist here: https://www.factmag.com/2022/12/12/ariel-zetina-fact-mix/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 887: Ariel Zetina (Dec '22)

Live at Hot and Ready 2/16

@omgitsjuicy b2b @djnsa
on the main floor of GoodRoom NSA and JCY go b2b for the third time.
classic start into a slowed down moment right before lift off for a high NRG rest of the night. 
special night with precious family

NSA b2b JCY @ The Carry Nation (Good Room) . Jan 21 2023

my bedroom playlist for interview magazine now in seamless mix form

https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/brooklyn-dj-physical-therapy-starts-dancing-once-the-drunks-go-home

interview

revolving door of sin

smart mix 76: @misstwinkusa

as part of the rumors crew, del hale aka miss twink usa is a fixture of chicago's underground electronic scene. known for invigorating b2b sets alongside smartbar resident ariel zetina, here miss twink serves up a tasty blend of house, club and techno, sure to make you move.

Smart Mix 76: Miss Twink USA

https://soundcloud.com/delilahtov's entry point to dance music was finding the West Coast bass scene in high school. some interesting stuff was starting to emerge from the post-dubstep soup, and it fostered an underground culture of festis and freaks whose alternative lifeways became my map out of suburbia. bass parties like Oakland’s Wormhole Wednesdays put me in my body and exploded my sense of what music could be.

then i spent six months in England, going to garage nights at a low-ceilinged club called Cellar that was literally under the High Street in Oxford. i drew closer to bass music’s roots, finding love for 2-step and old school labels like Deep Medi (who, in a full circle moment, i later saw do an all-night showcase in a redwood grove at a festival in Oregon). i learned to trace the family tree of drum patterns and rhythms—this comes from that, and in the end it pretty much all comes from Black music.

i started DJing 10 years ago, but gave it up partly because i didn’t think there was space for the music i liked in queerdom; at my first gay parties, all i heard was house and techno. there were of course the trans raves with their genre-defying splatterpaint, which can be great, but it wasn’t until i moved to New York that i got to frequent queer events where stuff like UK bass and footwork was regularly on the menu. i met queer producers making everything from garage to sounds from all over Latin America.

thus this mix was born—from the profound relief that i don’t have to choose between my loves. as Nita Aviance once put it, “it can all go together, and it all makes sense.” 

for Deep South i’ve focused on elements that defined my sonic path: thick basslines, warm textures, stuttering vocals, and bubbly British fizz. for me, making a mix is like putting together a puzzle, and when it’s done the picture is an expression of where i’m at in life. with this mix i was very intentional about building, sustaining, and ultimately resolving a narrative around some feelings i’ve had during the past couple years. i am nothing if not a storyteller, and DJing is a way of discovering the story as i go.

i’m a huge fan of the phone speaker, but this is best played on something that does at least a fair amount of bass :)

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