Recording of my 2021 Essential Mix for BBCR1, originally broadcast in September.

Ben UFO - Essential Mix 25.09.21

With their Wisdom Teeth label, British artists Facta and K-LONE are at the vanguard of a sound that mixes New Age-inspired ambient music with loopy tech house and the staggered swing of Bristol techno. Now split between the West Country hotspot and Brighton, the duo have perfected a balance of carefully considered long-players and wicked club EPs, making Wisdom Teeth one of the most essential labels anywhere in the UK right now.

As DJs, their sound leans more towards the clubbier end of Wisdom Teeth—and don't sleep on K-LONE's lovely other labels, Sweet 'n' Tasty (for garage) and Wych (dubstep-ish)—but they've got a slightly softer, slow-and-steady approach than many of their peers from their spiritual home of Bristol. It's clubby, but it's more hypnotic and loopy than loud and banging. The duo jump through a fair amount of sounds—and you'll still get some bass wobbles—touching on tracks from Genius Of Time, Martinez Brothers, Jan Driver, Polygonia and more, bridging not only genres but local scenes and continents. There's a measured and steady touch to the way they DJ, like musicians who know the instruments like the back of their hand, and as always, it's a pure pleasure to hear them put tracks together like only they can.

@facta @k-lone93 @wisdomteeth-uk

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/908

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RA.908 Facta & K-LONE

Tracklist and interview: https://bit.ly/themixdd

First up for The Mix is Danny From Miami 🌴

@dannydaze takes us on a trip through Miami dance music history, diving into the irregular rhythms he grew up with and nodding to the new wave of flag-bearers. It also features an in-depth interview, exploring  his journey from childhood DJing to time in prison to rising up as Miami’s favourite figurehead, and the first explanation of the concept behind his long-awaited debut album ‘::BLUE::’.

"With this mix, my intention is to show a side of the IDM world I grew up with, steering away from the misconception that IDM is chaotic kitchen utensil-like sounds. I wanted to show a softer side focused on “danceable IDM” and electro. Music you can still bop your head to. As a youngster, I grew up dancing to non-traditional rhythms coming out of labels like M3rck, Schematic, and Beta Bodega, so I wanted to represent quite a bit of this Miami-infused sound along with some newer acts I’ve been immensely into at the moment," he says.
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The Mix is our new online mix and interview series, dedicated to the spectrum of electronic music from around the globe, exploring sounds and stories from the early days of rave to the future. 

Mixmag has a long history of publishing mixes, from our legendary cover CDs accompanying the print magazine to our worldwide video streams in The Lab. Last year we celebrated 40 years in the game and The Mix now arrives as a fresh outlet to document DJs and the musical movements they represent, showcasing their sound alongside an in-depth interview. The design pays homage to a previous Mixmag logo from the ealy ’90s, nodding to our heritage while using the square and rectangular building blocks to construct an aesthetic that works cohesively with contemporary design elements and digital motion systems. 

We’ll still be bringing you the Cover Mix, The Lab and occasional sets in other formats, with The Mix is taking the place of our In Session and Impact features, intending to bring an updated look and vision to our flagship weekly DJ profile and sequencing them into one place, without separation. We hope you enjoy.

Tracklist + Interview

The Mix 001: Danny Daze

This week on the FMB Mixtape series we welcome Dj wiggles, UK Based DJ and founder / curator of the event and mix series ‘Kinetic’. We first caught up to find out a bit about the mix & what she’s been up to lately…

I started the year off pretty busy & focussed but Aprils been a much needed slower month for me. We recently adopted a rescue dog so a lot of time has been spent on helping him adjust to his new life, and creativity levels have been fairly varied so I’ve tried not to push myself too much. Lots of walks, nature & wholesome activities – getting my fix before the summer & festival season begins.

I’ve had a bit of a rollercoaster start to the year & like many people, been feeling pretty emotionally drained. When coming up with a concept for this, I thought about what bicep’s music (and the platform) had meant to me when I was in my 20s, and settled on something emotional and nostalgic. This mix is in part a fairly raw response to how I’ve been feeling emotionally recently, but also a collection of some of my favourite records which I’ve loved for years and will love forever.

Dubstep can be a super emotional genre but it’s not something I hear out very often, or that I get a chance to play a lot so this felt like the perfect opportunity. This is my favourite kind of dubstep, the late night / early morning rollers which really tug on the heartstrings, tears in the club kind of vibe.

I have very nostalgic memories surrounding these records and it was both a pleasure and a challenge putting them together. I feel like a heavy weight has been lifted after recording this mix, so hopefully this evokes a similar emotion for the listeners.

Sad girl dubstep ✅

Full interview: https://www.feelmybicep.com/

FMB Mixtape 237 | Dj wiggles

This past February, Tesfa Williams released his debut album—over 20 years into his career. Raves Of Future Past distilled decades of experience on London dance floors into a potent and powerful blend of grime, house, rave and techno. Made with an Elektron Digitakt to imitate the rough textures of early '00s UK dance music, the LP is an anachronistic history lesson that throws everything in a blender, imagining what gqom might sound like as an Eski track and giving new life to the short-lived "sublow" sound Williams helped invent with classic tracks like "Invasion," released under his earlier alias DJ Dread D.

Since the sublow days, however, Williams has become a torchbearer for UK house music and African diasporic sounds like Afro house and gqom in London. He's put out soulful hits like "Heartbeat"—recently reissued by Local Action—and released a steady stream of dance records for PMR and Strictly Rhythm. He's what you might call a jack of all trades, except for that he's actually a master of them all.

His RA Podcast charts his musical journey in reverse chronological order, starting with smooth, African-influenced sounds and winding through grime and dubstep, eventually landing at jungle. He threads a needle through diverse genres (and eras), and posits that the traditional UK hardcore continuum is a bigger spectrum than you might think, with gqom's heave and amapiano's log drum equally important in the musical equation. It's nearly two hours of UK dance music past and present, from a DJ who has lived it all.

@twilliamsmusic

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/935

RA.935 T.Williams

Sónar Lisboa is the Portuguese strand of one of Europe's most prestigious cultural events focused on merging art, technology and music to create an immersive experience across 3 days and nights.

Today, we are gifting you with a set recorded live at the festival’s latest edition. This one, from rising local artist XEXA, is a beautiful trip into a world of afro-futurism and captivating sound design.

Príncipe Discos’ XEXA, a Lisboan with Säo Toméan ancestry, created 60 minutes of magic under the canopy at SonarPark. She crafted a unique soundscape featuring varied synthesisers and traditional wood instruments blended with field recordings and her own vocals. An essential listen for any lover of sound.

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Live from Sónar Lisboa: XEXA

Rinse FM Podcast

Krystal Klear - 29 May 2024

Four Tet invited us to stream the second stage of the massive party he threw May 4th & 5th under the Kosciuszko Bridge in NYC.

The first day was curated by Incienso and the second one by 9000 Dreams.

Four Tet & Friends x 9000 Dreams with Avalon Emerson

Kiosk & The Lot Radio proudly present their three-day broadcast at Horst Festival’s Moon Ra stage, showcasing New York’s and Brussels’ vibrant communities at one of Europe’s leading festivals. 

Endgame Moon Ra! Broadcasting the final dance in Horst Festival’s iconic UFO stage as the unrivalled Ben UFO - what’s in a name? - steers us into higher spheres.

www.kioskradio.com
www.thelotradio.com 
www.horstartsandmusic.com

Ben UFO | Kiosk x The Lot Radio x Horst Festival 2024

Balamii regular Morgan Elder returns with another late night special, this time joined by Cost Of Art for a 1-hour live guest mix journeying through techno.

Morgan Elder w/ Cost Of Art - June 2024

Kassian - 03 July 2024

Dj wiggles.

Bookings - dj.wiggles.dj.wiggles@gmail.com
curating @kineticldn

ｕｐｃｏｍｉｎｇ ｄａｔｅｓ

01.09 - get on festival, exeter
04.09 - kiosk radio 🇧🇪
05.09 - kinetic x future intel, the hague 🇳🇱
20.09 - kinetic, netil radio
21.09 - balleremo, milan 🇮🇹
27.09 - kinetic label launch party, spanners
28.09 - transmissions from hackney, all my friends
28.09 - wiggle room, the goose ldn
10.10 - melty, venue mot
11.10 - 🤫
18.10 - kinetic, netil radio
23.10 - tba, berlin 🇩🇪
26.10 - kinetic 2nd birthday, ormside projects
15.11 tba, rotterdam 🇳🇱
22.11 tba, bristol

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25.08 - UNFOLD xxl, fold ldn
24.08 - lost valley w mosca, tola peckham
23.08 - shambala festival, northamptonshire
16.08 - field maneuvers, norfolk
28.07 - melty, avalon cafe
27.07 - secret bday b2b w sweet b
26.07 - twisted, venue mot
19.07 - fidida, pelican house ldn
19.07 - kinetic, netil radio
02.07 - kindred radio
21.06 - kinetic, netil radio
07.06 - gnojki samba, poland 🇵🇱 
01.06 - above below festival, chiltern hills
30.05 - double trouble, berlin 🇩🇪
29.05 refuge worldwide, berlin 🇩🇪
17.05 - kinetic w / struction + jurango, ormside projects
11.05 - striations b2b alpha fett baby, spanners 
04.05 - dyslecta invites, planet wax
04.05 - queens yard summer party, hackney wick
19.04 - kinetic b2b basic chanel, netil radio
18.04 - pocket radio x folly takeover, ldn
30.03 - KUL x Future Intel, PIP den haag 🇳🇱
30.03 - can't mix fm w Seb H., operator radio 🇳🇱
30.03 - rinse fm 
28.03 - future intel, den haag 🇳🇱
23.03 - sonic arcana, the waiting room
16.03 - materials w / verraco + mjk, corsica studios 
01.03 - kinetic w / jasmín + softi, the carpet shop
28.02 - cozi invites kinetic, rinse fm 
24.02 - terra obscura, ormside projects [cancelled]
17.02 - mission ldn w / syz, gem, dusty dan, jess hands & hannah 
16.02 - w / djrum & ehua @ fold, london
06.02 - kindred ldn

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22.12 - open ground, wuppertal 🇩🇪
16.12 - @keep-hush room takeover, tribes @ the cause, london
16.12 - @mantissa1 x aj's dance party @ the snake pit, london
05.12 - @kineticccccc, netil radio
18.11 - platforms w mia koden & oli syz @ the carpet shop, london
09.11 - hör, berlin 🇩🇪
07.11 - @kineticccccc, netil radio
27.10 - Dj wiggles + Friends @ All My Friends, London
10.10 - Kindred
07.10 - Transmissions From Hackney, London
07.10 - Materials, London
22.09 - 134% OK w Joe (Hessle Audio), Brighton
07.09 - Pauze Takeover, Operator Radio
06.09 - Radio Radio, Amsterdam
05.09 - kinetic b2b Sweet B, Netil Radio
01.09 - kinetic 1st bday w/ Caldera, Daniel, Max Q + Sweet B @ The Carpet Shop, London
30.08 - Transmissions From Hackney Takeover, Netil Radio
25.08 - Bodily Retreat 
18.08 - Loneman Sounds @ Dalston Den
23.08 - Rinse FM w Alicia
01.08 - kinetic, Netil Radio
29.07 - The Cause w / Charles Green, Niks & Dj Winggold
21.07 - Club Neptune B3B w/ Max Q & Sweet B (secret warehouse party)
15.07 - Patterns w Djrum, Brighton
15.07 - @1btn
11.07 - @kindred_ldn
04.06 - Kinetic, Netil Radio
03.06 - Above Below Festival
01.04 - Risen After Party @ Colour Factory w / Marie Montexier, Danielle & Courtesy
19.03 - Guest Mix 4 Oaty G, AAJA
10.03 - Club Neptune @ TBA
04.03 - Materials @ Fox n Firkin
23.02 -  Dancing Life b2b w / Vita D, Netil Radio

FMB Mixtape 237 | Dj wiggles

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