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Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp @ https://djbeige.bandcamp.com/album/amen-vol-1

T4T LUV NRG is proud to present “Amen! Vol. 1”, a breathtaking DJ mix tape conceived and blended by Detroit’s DeeJay Beige. “Amen! Vol. 1” is a singular presentation of a sound developed by Beige that is very personal and deeply connected to their history. Beige’s mix is an amalgam of ecclesiastical breaks and gospel house delivered with intensity and soul power like only they can do. Prepare to be enthralled with one of the most exciting DJs currently burning their way through the American underground. From the Holy Ghost TO YOU, this is Beige! Be not afraid…

ARTIST STATEMENT:
In the strictest sense, Amen! Vol. 1 is the result of more than a year’s worth of obsessive brainstorming, digging, planning, arranging, re-arranging, and countless discarded takes. And in another sense, this mixtape has been in the works for the six years since I started DJing, the ten years since my baptism as a teenage club rat, and for my entire life, which for better or for worse has been shaped by The Church and church music since birth. 

My mother was a promiscuously Christian divinity school dropout who pushed my family through a run of increasingly conservative churches: Unitarian, Episcopal, Baptist, Presbytarian, Charismatic-Evangelical, and probably a few others I forget. My fathers family on the other hand were career scientists and committed atheists who also all happened to sing in church choirs for fun. I cannot remember a time when Beethoven, Bach, folk hymns, old negro spirituals and gospel were not playing in my house, day in and day out. 

Cutting ties with both family and organized religion in my early teens left a void of community and belonging that wouldn’t start to be filled until my first experiences with clubbing (sometimes with drugs, sometimes without) years later. And when I started collecting records years after that, I gravitated heavily towards any music incorporating the familiar imagery, themes, musical motifs and language of church (especially Liberation Theology) which remained kind of bittersweetly comforting long after I stopped trying to believe. This might sound heretical, but over the last several years “gospel” has become much more of a feeling to me than a genre or even a sound. As far as I’m concerned, the rave, the club, the congregation, the choir, are only different ways to experience a many-sided mystery. 

For this project, I wanted to challenge myself to imagine going beyond just using a little soulful house to end the night or the mix on an uplifting note, and instead program a fantasy “gospel rave” for a thousand of my closest friends dancing in a field on a moonless night. How would I do my best to deliver a powerful, meaningful, salvatory collective experience from midnight until sunrise? Amen Vol. 1 is a snapshot of that imaginary night. 

The need to use contrasting peaks and troughs to create a sense of narrative for your audience includes emotional or spiritual contrast just as much as it does changes in BPM or a kick pattern.  So, it was important for me to try exceeding simply the emotions associated with “praise” music (like joy) because encountering the truly divine should also inspire fear and awe. Disregarding genre as much as possible, each piece of music was chosen for the sensation or sentimental meaning it inspires for me personally: you probably wouldn’t call most of them “rave tracks”, and plenty aren’t explicitly religious at all. Finally, of course I had to make sure that Detroit and Chicago were properly (but not exclusively, that’s for another mix) represented in the tracklist. Where I’ve ended up, grounded by a repeating classic “anchor track” for each side, is an attempt to simulate Genesis and Revelation, the Good News and the Flood, the dark night of the soul and the moment of salvation–whatever those might mean for you. Can I get a witness?

Beige - AMEN! Vol. 1

Toronto's Cindy Li, AKA Ciel, has a knack for balancing warmth and pressure. Her productions and mixes often feel coated in an iridescent gloss, evoking the trippy stylings of '90s UK tech house and the swung drums of classic New York house. In between that, though, there's lots of vigor via sleek electro, rippling trance, barrelling techno and big, bad breakbeats. Her style may lean towards the atmospheric but it's loaded with moxie, giving her the versatility to close out a main room or kick off the afters.

Her fluid movements between bouncy basslines, spiraling synth patterns and weightless house grooves are just one facet of her impressive rise as a DJ and producer. When she's not behind the decks, presenting radio shows or working on the excellent Parallel Minds label she runs alongside other Toronto acts Yohei S and Daniel 58, Li throws herself into community work. Committed to diverse dance floors, affordable housing and overall equality in the music industry, she's a hard worker in the realest sense of the phrase.

Li's RA mix is a treat. Rolling through scintillating drum work, wonky rhythms and dreamy pads, it feels like quintessential Ciel. In her interview below, she described how she enjoys "the challenge of trying to combine and make cohesive all the diverse styles of music I loved in a DJ set." Judging by this mix alone, it's safe to say that Li succeeded.

Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/832

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RA.832 Ciel

****Physical Cassette Mixtape Available Our Bandcamp****
https://octoocta.bandcamp.com/album/love-hypnosis-vol-2

I heal myself weekly with the music I play. I listen deeply to the words buried within; the intention behind the lyrics either peppered-in or chorused. So much of the house music I connect with is rooted in love. It’s rooted in desire and hope. It’s rooted in narrative, “Do you want to trip with me?”, “I’ll outstretch my hand”, “I won’t forget about you, you won’t forget about me, we won’t forget about love vibrations!”. I listen to the messages to remind myself what I need and why I continue to move forward.

Vol.2 is represented in two mixing styles; long-melded blends (Trippin’ On Love) and fast, tight radio-style cut mixes with overdubs (Slammin’ With Love). Both convey the deep need for connection to one’s body and to others. It’s this connection energy that I find so powerful about house music’s healing magic.

Xoxo Octo Octa

♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ 50% of the profits the mix will be donated to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), which works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎

Octo Octa - Love Hypnosis Vol. 2 Mixtape

Liv is a Brooklyn-based DJ who holds down a residency at Nowadays.


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Underground & Black w/ LIVWUTANG 200423

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

Excerpt of closing set for Aurora Halal's residency night at Nowadays in Queens, NYC. Thanks to the dancers and the Nowadays team! ♡

These Violent Flowers	- aint about me
Three Four	- Itinerant Dubs
Temazepan	- Paradise 3001
Wychwood Dub	- Al Wootton
Fantasy	- Tim Jackiw
My Life	- Adam & Steve 
TB Square	- Donato Dozzy
Meine Lederjeans (Paranoid London Remix)	- Josh Caffe x Al White
Happy To Be Here	- Anthony "Shake" Shakir
Nasty	- Sally C
Sideways (Sworn Virgins Remix)	- la.ura x SECAINA
Kein Ufo	- Jakob Seidensticker & Melina
Molting (Boulderhead remix)	- Otodojo
Mind Print	- 2Lanes
Make It Clap	- Alden Tyrell
Ghost In The Machines	- Quince
Automatic	- Continuous Cool
Die Kosmischen Kuriere	- 3MB feat. Magic Juan Atkins
Heart Pacing	- Developer
How Do You Plead	- Soofle
Disideratum	- Doxa
Beefcasen	- Ben Pest
Hologram	- Chino
CLUB MEGAMIXXX (DUB MIX)	- DJ SWISHA
Big Room Technow	- Piezo
Inside Out	- Local Group
Spiritual Currency	 - Trevor Linde
Rentre dans le donjon	- 2HOT2HANDLE
OakCliff	- PanicMan
U Give Me	- Denham Audio
Computer Incarnations For World Peace	- Make A Dance
Oviraptor (Marco Shuttle Remix)	- Space Drum Meditation
Feminine Allure	- Developer
X-Ray	- Simone Năstase
Segunda Creación	- Univac
Acid from Hell	- In Verruf
Pitchy D'Lish 	- Superabundance
Oltremanica	- Los Malpelos
VBS.Redlof.B	- AFX
NYC Smile On Me	- Aqua Regia
Dreaming Of A World	- Ali Berger
Dream Traveler (Original Mix)	- M5 
I'm Gonna Love You	 	- Summer Junkies
Felt this way	- D Palace
You Can't Forget To Groove	- Ambien Baby
Seasick Acid	- Gunnar Haslam
The Journey	- Isaiah
Inside	- Beste Hira
Acid Maddness	- Aubrey
Illision		- Detroit's Filthiest

Laurel Halo @ Nowadays, NYC (05-06-23)

LA-based Canadian artist Jessy Lanza has brought dance and pop music together and elevated both art forms in the process. At the heart of her work are her own sensual vocals. They bring human warmth and emotion to vibrant and uptempo grooves and result in music that is both energetic and accessible yet personal and honest. Next to critically acclaimed studio albums for Hyperdub, she has made a fine entry into the DJ-kicks mix series and toured solo from Asia to Australia. Europe to North America. Her latest album is her broadcast and boldest yet - Love Hallucination features work from producers such as Pearson Sound, Jacques Greene, Tensnake, Paul White, and Jeremy Greenspan and conforms Lanza to be out in a class of her own. 

Lanza brings her feel-good vibes to the podcast series this week, not least with a couple of her own exclusive new cuts as well as one mysterious known gem early on. They add up to a perfect representation of her sound - the first half is a feel-good mix of retro-future boogie, glossy 80s r&b, party-starting funk bombs and many more irresistible moments of pure heat from Brenda and The Big Dudes, Debbe and The Code and Gino Soccio. Things then turn more towards the dance floor with deep house from Frankie Knuckles, bass-heavy rhythms from Addison Groove and a piano banger from Mall Grab. It's just the sort of happy, sunny mix you will be coming back to all summer long.

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Dekmantel Podcast 434 - Jessy Lanza

People in Los Angeles usually remember the moment they first saw Colored Craig DJ. He cuts a memorable figure: throwing down records on the turntables and dancing like he's in the crowd, not behind the decks. He's one of those rare selectors who's almost as fun to watch as he is to listen. But the rest of the world should be listening. Over the past few years, Colored Craig has become one of the LA area's most in-demand DJs, not just because of his considerable skills, but because of his old-school, loved-up ethos. He plays classic house records with a verve and style that you can't really teach or learn. You just have to have it.

A choreographer by trade, everything about Craig has to do with movement, the joy of it, the energy you both gain and lose through dancing. His RA Podcast, recorded in his living room (a sort of nightclub in itself) gets across the infectious, uplifting energy of his sets, blazing through tracks from Kerri Chandler, Masters At Work and Chez Damier, and even including a disco house track that samples the Price Is Right theme. You might call this sound nostalgic, but it doesn't feel that way coming from Colored Craig, who is obsessed with the now, and the power of the moment. That outlook is all over this mix, and with any luck, you'll be hearing and watching him DJ around the world outside of LA sometime soon.

@coloredcraig

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/898

RA.898 Colored Craig

From my personal collection comes a set of favorite bass tunes and breakbeat jams mixed, cut 'n' scratched with psychedelic love from my studio in New Hampshire, USA. For this mix I pulled records from many genres, like electro, dub step, hardcore, techno, subwoofer test, house, club, UKG, bassline, & acid. I hope you enjoy these ecstatic jeep beets on long rides into the sunset or a on trip with friends into the Mystery! Please check out & directly support the work of the amazing independent artists featured on the tracklist below. xoxo - Eris 

Equipment: Two (2) Pioneer PLX-1000 Turntables, Ortofon Elliptical Styli, Ecler Nuo 4 DJ Mixer, Sennheiser HD-25 Headphones, Apogee Element 48 (A/D), LogicX (editing & mastering), Waves L3 & SSL plug-ins (mastering), Yamaha HS8 tops & sub (studio); Infinity car stereo & sub (A/B).

Mastered from vinyl by Eris for Ultra Bass. Podcast cover design by João Ervedosa. Photo by neris_k of Eris live in the mix with Make Me London at MOT Unit 18. 

Tracklist (not including scratches & drops):

1.	D.J. Essentials Inc. – Grace in Your Face (Acapella Anonymous 1996) [excerpt]
2.	E-Unity – Unknown Graffito (Intramuros 2018)
3.	Basic Rhythm – Get Up (Planet Mu 2019)
4.	Bassbin Twins – B-Boy’s Take Control (2004)
5.	Walton – Rolla (Illian Tape 2019)
6.	D. Tiffany – Feel U (Planet Euphorique 2018)
7.	Tom Joyce – Aquaplaning (Ninja Tools 2017)
8.	Ebb – Surface Tension (Subtle 2019)
9.	Wink – Hypnotizing (Nervous 1996)
10.	Roxy Breaks – The Funk is On (303 1996)
11.	Phone Traxx – No More Mr. Nice Guy (Eris No More Nice Girls Overdub*) (Phone 2019)
12.	The Sounds of Silence – S.O.S. Theme/I Got the Rythm* (Inner City Records, Co. 1993)
13.	Tessela – Hackney Parrot (Poly Kicks 2013)
14.	Edge DJ – FL IT (Edge Records 1992)
15.	Edge DJ – CLR SKY (Edge Records 1992) 
16.	D. Tiffany – Spirit Alien (Word & Sound 2018)
17.	E-Unity – Everlasting Legacy (FTD Records 2018)
18.	Trixx-sentials – South of Acid (ESP-Sun 1996)
19.	Hebbe – Tumble (System Music 2019)
20.	Bassbin Loops – Superstar Loops (1998)

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