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For the inaugural edition of the Nina Label Mix series, we invited @kia-sydney to kick it off with a mix of material from her labels @animalia-label and @cirruslabel. A purveyor of trippy, psychedelic sounds, the Naarm/Melbourne and Berlin-based selector recorded the mix live at Nina HQ while in NYC to play the Nowadays Nonstop party in May 2023.

Free download, tracklist, and interview with Kia can be found at https://hubs.ninaprotocol.com/nina-label-mix/posts/BdJT1Pk5m354ZenSt2nu1HY7fi7AuFXvYuD5yLwSq6sk

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Nina Label Mix 001: Animalia

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All those spirits, those walks of life, all those sound journeys between worlds, between continents. Australian duo KXB is back at R.i.O., bringing a follow up to their first record “Areas of Uncertainty”, released in 2023. This time an exquisite collab. With filmmaker and vocalist Thrush, member of the feverish band Concentration. The duo from Melbourne, and the singer from Berlin bring a collection of tracks, dubs and versions - written and produced over the last two years with the tape format in mind. Inspired by fabled underground cassette labels like New Zealand-based late 1980ees/ early 1990ees sensation Xpressway and mixed continuously as a nod to 90s jungle bootleg mixtapes like the Yaman tapes by LTJ Bukem, DJ Hype, Randall, or Peshay. Distinctive vocalist Thrush travelled South, and spent two sweltering afternoons with KXB in Melbourne, doing free-spirited improvisations in the studio, that were later pieced together into the resulting album. 13 variations in sound, in which Thrush's lyrics explore chasmic spaces and energies common to both Germany and Australia. Her voice dances partly on trip hopping rhythms and indie-tronics, while technoid vibes, alternative house zones, and vivid trips into kosmische top the collaboration off. A piece of art formed by a clique of like-minded souls – gathered their walks of life between worlds into explorer music of unexplored districts.

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KXB & Thrush - DRIVING THROUGH A TUNNEL THAT IS FILLING FROM BOTH ENDS (Snippets)

While putting this mix together, @elsa-9-9 discovered that her collection could be split into two parts: on one side, the tech and progressive house of the 90s and 00s, and on the other, the newer, deeper techno and bass. In this mix, she brings these two elements together seamlessly, creating a cohesive journey that's both driving and uplifting with moments of depth and darkness.

 Release date: 10th March 2025

WHOMP011 : Elsa

naffcast005 comes from B. McQueen, who also has a record coming out on naff later this year. 

From the artist :

B. McQueen’s cocktail of recent vinyl purchases (except for a forthcoming Priori collab) from Paris shops like Syncrophone and Dizonord, and a discogs seller in the UK. Wafty 120 bits, some playful some deep, recorded in Paris on a sunny day in a flat with no sunlight.

naffcast005 ⦾ ───── ⋆⋅ ☆ B. McQueen ☆⋅⋆ ─────

The 13th 'Virtual Utopia' program has completed its beta testing stage and is now available for download. This edition is designed by DJ Athome @dj-athome and offers a 68-minute transcendental voyage through the inner and outer realms of warping psychedelia. It spans every corner of his record collection, from spaced-out dub to ever-unfolding fractal trance, all laced with an inspiring optimism to remind you of all that is good in this world—providing you with a hopeful mindset for a positive future.

As you lay back in the soft grass of a never-ending glade of cheerful vibrance, feeling the gentle breeze brush against your skin, the pulsations of euphoric energy vibrate through your soul with a benevolent embrace and understanding. The sky above is a brilliant blue, scattered with clouds that drift and mutate slowly, shifting shapes as if they were sentient. As you stare into them, they begin to morph and merge, unfolding into intricate patterns, each cloud splitting into smaller and smaller fractals, repeating endlessly like a visible code of a hidden universe. It is as if nature herself has decided to reveal her secrets to you, a harmony between the world above and the world below. Time seems to slow, and for a moment, you lose yourself in the beauty of it all.

Thank you, Maurizio, for this beautiful piece—a ray of sunshine to brighten the next hour for everyone who listens.

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