Composer, DJ and sound artist @yu_su is Vancouver-based but China-born and she makes music that travels just as far. It is rooted on the dance floor but with influences that span a wide array of emotions, styles and scenes. From jazz to ambient to organic synthesis, wistful texture to her own multi-instrumental skills, she brings a new style of composition to her work. That was best exemplified on her adventurous and accomplished 2021 album Yellow River Blue which picked up plenty of critical acclaim. 

Her mix for us this week brings Su's signature blend of dub, downtempo, house and trippy leftfield electronics. She says, "Once again, the story has a start and an end, but you could be anywhere you want inside the journey." She's not wrong - it is a living and breathing selection packed with cultural references, interesting rhythms and carnival atmospheres that is perfect for out door dancing under the sun with music from Pearson Sound, Jimmy Edgar, Midland, Carl Craig and many more.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 386 - Yu Su

DJ Voices presents Mixtape Club 009, ‘Avoiding Bad Thoughts’ - 90 minutes of escapist dance records, built for long journeys.

Download and read more on the Mixtape Club website: 
www.mixtapeclub.net/dj-voices

Tracklist:
Amandra and Karim - Sqala 4.2 (natural/electronic.system. remix)
HhÉiR - Hang My Hat
Nvs - Avoiding Bad Thoughts
DJ Headshot & Matris - Space Bells
Harry Mariani - Nagchampa
Lowplay - Pulser
Protect Ryan - Liam Features (Boulderhead Remix)
Steve O'Sullivan feat. Ben Buitendijk - Take It
Nathan Kofi - My Heart Will Go On
A Hutchie - Coco (NPNP Dance Mix)
Ayuji - Heliopolis
Maroki - Alfred Stole My Brain
Emissive - Sunset Yellow
Aria Rostami - Bolbol (Sepehr Dark UKG Mix)
Maara - Ultimate Revenge
St. David - Da Love Feeling (Main Mix)
YT8K - DJ DJ
Quelaan - Veleity
Piezo - Unto
Fictional Devices - Asteroid Island
Wavesense - Mirage
C O N T X T - Beneath the Bloom
FFF - World is Closed
DJ Hank - Stay
AGILITÄT - Logopedics

Mixtape Club

DJ Voices - Avoiding Bad Thoughts

"I am still dizzy ... flying from Tokyo eastbound through Los Angeles and Detroit to London. I see pigeons nesting in the pine trees from the hotel window."

@thinner_groove

Mantissa Mix 250: Powder

Recording of Yu Su's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

Yu Su at Dekmantel Festival 2022

https://www.nts.live/shows/beautiful-swimmers/episodes/beautiful-swimmers-21st-september-2022

Beautiful Swimmers 210922

Interview + Download: https://truantsblog.com/2022/truancy-volume-296-jennifer-loveless

Soundcloud: @jenniferloveless

Access the download and tracklist (TBC) on our Patreon: patreon.com/truants

http://truantsblog.com

Truancy Volume 296: Jennifer Loveless

As part of RA2122, our ongoing celebration of 21 years of club culture, we'll be featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties or clubs most important to their lives in dance music. First up we have Tama Sumo and Lakuti, both residents at Berlin's Panorama Bar, the house-focused room upstairs at Berghain. Panorama Bar has played host to thousands—if not millions—of people's most formative dance floor experiences, with an unparalleled vibe, near-perfect sound and window blinds that have taken their own place in dance music mythology. 

The duo's mix highlights the style that Tama Sumo and Lakuti have brought to the club and represents its anything-goes energy, mixing tracks from iconoclasts like Hieroglyphic Being (including one of his best-ever tracks) in with old-school favorites from Reel By Real, Larry Heard and even Ministry, moving from house to industrial to disco without batting an eyelid. Tama Sumo and Lakuti's loose but impeccable flow ties together house music history with a deep love and knowledge of all genres and, perhaps most importantly, the desire and know-how to just make people dance. We couldn't be more thrilled to feature Tama Sumo and Lakuti for the first mix in our birthday series, and we hope that you enjoy it as much as we do.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/853

RA podcast

RA.853 Tama Sumo & Lakuti

Priori and Ciel go b2b for 2 hours prior to their set at Public Records on NYE

http://www.instagram.com/priori_tize  
https://www.instagram.com/ciel_dj

Ciel b2b Priori @ The Lot Radio 12 - 30 - 2022

Butter Sessions is one of those labels that can go absolutely anywhere and still make sense because theres an element that tags it down to the ears of Sleep D aka Maryos Syawish and Corey Kikos. The two label heads behind the absolutely iconic institution straight outta Melbourne, Australia have worked with aritsts like Roza Terenzi, D.Tiffany, Tornado Wallace, Yuzo Iwata and more creating a platform for upcoming and solidly established artists to broaden their sound and explore into the unknown. Like the artists they represent Sleep D as DJ's and producers have touched all sides of the club and eclectic spectrum having dropped many anthem filled 12's(including a very solid LP on Anthony Naples' Incienso) as well as experimental outings on labels like Play On Records. 
For Off The Record #37 Syawish and Kikos have dropped us straight into the elements of the main room. A smoke machine filled warehouse of house, techno, bass and percussive club rolling excursions. Strap yourself in(or don't?). 
We had a quick chat with Sleep D about the mix, the Melbourne scene and Butter Sessions and more!

Off The Record Mix Series 37: Sleep D

Danielle live from the Beach Stage at Love International 2022.

Love International returns in 2023 from July 12th - 18th, tickets available now at: www.loveinternationalfestival.com/

Live from the Adriatic 2022: Danielle

Xi'an-born and Toronto-based producer, pianist, and DJ Ciel steps up for the next Phonica Mix with a slow building club room warm up. With a selection of deep and chugging bass, house and techno this is a mix that equally see itself lending its ears to the home listener as well as the club dancefloor frequenters. Its this diverse sound that has seen Ciel take the helms of some of the greatest clubs, festivals, radio shows and podcasts as well as releasing solid records on labels like Mister Saturday Night, Peach Discs, Coastal Haze and more her sound is truly solidified through these outputs. We are delighted to have Ciel join us ahead of some of her amazing shows this year like Kala Festival & Multi Multi(Where we will also be hosting a 20 Years Of Phonica Stage). We had a chat with Ciel about the mix and about some of the releases she has coming up.

Phonica Mix Series 107: Ciel

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Dekmantel Podcast 386 - Yu Su

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