Perhaps best known for his association with beloved dance music blog Truants, @riccardovillella is also one of our favorite DJs—with a streak of mixes that always feel like instant classics—and a staple of the broader dance music scene in his own right. Villella's penchant for community began on early dance music forums and extends into today's social media networks and elevating others through mixes and in-depth interviews on @truants. His mix for us, inspired by timeless mix CDs like those of Fabric and a 'spiritual successor' to his mix for our friends at @sure_thing, is also a vivid memory of teenage bike rides along the beach in 2006.

Read the interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/051-villella

"For the last 11 years I’d been living in London and for a long time, I had no desire really to leave. People say you can call somewhere 'home' after living there for a duration of seven years, so I was well past and on my way. The last three years though, I had really burnt out quite hard creatively, and was kind of just trudging along. It took me a while to realize that I’d maybe needed a break away from London and the constant living for the weekend parties. Work had gone remote, so the option of moving back home to Brighton on the seafront for a temporary reset and to save some money seemed like the logical next step.

I was quite excited about moving back, as one of my friends Bobby had moved back home from London a year prior to also work remote, my friend Sean was still down there and had been making some really cool art recently so we’d been reconnecting, and my friend Sam who moved to Australia 10 years ago was going to be back for a short trip in Brighton this year for a couple weeks. This felt kind of important to me as, as we’d all be in the same city for the first time in a very long time, and these were people that made up my favourite summer ever - the year 10 one in 2006.

... We spent most of that summer going on these really long bike rides from Shoreham-by-Sea, past the cement factory before reaching Brighton beach, and just cycle as far as we could until the sun went down. Me and Bobby would pack our little MP3 players (think I had a Creative Zen Touch then) the night before with as much ‘feels’ music as we’d like to call it, anything that would make our cycles feel like an extended Michael Mann movie, or "LA Action" we’d say. There was just something quite life-affirming as a 16 year old, headphones in, cycling back as the sun sets after exploring some beach cave and you’ve got either of Fila Brazillia - "Subtle Body", Groove Armada - "Paris", or DJ Shadow - "Blood On The Motorway" playing in the background. It was all very Stand By Me in the most musically liberating way possible. I’ve caught myself thinking of those times a lot lately.

I’ve tried to channel a lot of those feelings quite subtly into my studio mixes over the years—hopeless nostalgia, bittersweetness, a sad euphoria—more so on ones where I’m trying to achieve something other than a club-mix. The Sure Thing mix comes to mind especially, but that was also very influenced by the techno aspect of the series and certain life events. Whilst this feels very much like a spiritual successor to that mix, I didn’t want to be so subtle with this one. It’s a straight ode to a single perfect 24 hours that summer, and all the tunes that I was listening to back then, plus some that capture that perfect world-at-your-feet, carefree, teen vibe for me. It covers many moods and feelings of a hot day down at the beach and the transition as the sun sets and you’re getting ready to dance the night away.

I’ve wanted to record something like this for a long time, something that kind of felt like a timeless mix CD, and think you gave me the best opportunity and timing in wanting to put it together, especially as I’ve been doing that same cycle route every other weekend whilst down here."

@riccardovillella / @truants

Spontaneous Affinity

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #051: Villella

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This is a recording of my Set at the Got Music :Aquarius Rising party at the start of Febuary this year. It was a great vibe and I closed the outdoor area playing 10:30pm- 12am to give some context of the energy and track selection.

Tracklist

1 Shota Sakamoto - Green Pepper #2 /SinkichiRemix [Altzmusica]
2 The Godson - Analog Love [Rush Hour]	
3 Harddrive - Deep Inside (Vandalized Edit) [Self Released]
4 John Tejada & Justin Maxwell - I’ve Got Acid (On My Brain) [Acid Camp]
5 Mike 'Agent X' Clark - U Know How I Feel [Third Ear]
6 Pendle Watkins (Matt Whitehead & No Data Available) - Deal With It [Super Rhythm Trax]	
7 Shan - Work It (Piano Mix) [Running Back]
8 Autonation -Sit On The Bass (Optimo Edit) [R&S]	
9 The Vision 	- Crush, Kill, Destroy [UR]
10 Green Velvet - (You Don't Have To Be) Fake And Phoney [Relief]
11 Lemon Jaxx -  Smokin' (Extendo Edit)	[is/was]
12 Like A Tim - Zilver [Like]
13 James Welsh - Multimode Self [Strid]
14 James Shinra - Trippin [Shinra Electro Company]
15 Tessela - Headland	Hackney Parrot (10_Ton_Mix)  [Poly Kicks]
16 DJ HMC - LSD [Reflector]
17 Natalie Yorke - Chutney Boy (Instr) [Frederiksberg]
18 Dave Clarke - Way of Life (Technasia Remix;Live) [Skint]
19 DJ Dic - All A Dream Mix 1 (Light Fromage Edit) [is/was]     	
20 JIALING & Farsight - Whistle Tip [Clasico]	
21 Luke's Anger - Party Hype [Don’t]		
22 Dusky - Spillage [Fabric Originals]
23 Luke's Anger - The Sentinel [Co-Accused]
24 Blackmass Plastics - Pandemic [Rag & Bone]	
25 JIALING - Get Freaky [Self Released]
26 Machinedrum - Habits [Ninja Tune]
27 Villager & Waleed - Pig [Pretty Weird Music]
28 Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (Rave Yard Mix) [GutterFunk]	
29 Ben Pest	- Strict Saws	[Mechatronica]
30 Doctor Jeep - Mecha [TraTraTrax]	
31 Mr. De' - Big Booty Hoes & Sluts Too  (instrumental)	[Electrofunk]
32 Voiron - Voironizer [Nocta Numerica]	
33 Unknown Artist - The 212 [Illegal Series]
34 Chrissy Murderbot - Thighs (Shinra Remix)	[Wide]	
35 Chloé Robinson x DJ ADHD  - Last Night ft. Dumbblonde [Warehouse Project] 		
36 Freakenstein - RAAAH (I LIKE IT)	[Hot Haus]
37 DJ Laxxiste A - Crescendo Dub [Natural Sciences]

RecThera Podcast 039 - Drox

Artist: Acidalius
 @acidalius

IG:https://www.instagram.com/acidalius/

Live from the vortex at Sensilab, Melbourne.
Acidalius´s gear: Elektron Digitakt, Digitone,  Syntakt, Nord Rack 2, Cyclone TT-303. THC SY-1 Syncussion, Strymon Nightsky, N.U.X. Tape Echo, EBS MultiComp, Shik N32B controller, SSL BixSix.

Episode 004 | Acidalius (Live)

Bookworms: 26th June '25

L'artiste: Neonlichter (@neonlichter-dj)
Le mixtape: Stock 084
 L'esthétique: rassemblez et dispersez

La sélection:
Sub Dub - Vision Quest Pt. 1 (Drums Mix)
Dreams - Not Phazed
NHK'Koyxeи - 693
Never Test - Spikes & Studs & Chains
Alan Hurst - Nzambi (Terekke Remix)
Random Method - Souljunk
Primitive - Urges 3A
Silverlining - Breezin’ Thru
Analog Tara - Percolation
Tom Carruthers - Zone
Acid Jesus - Radium
DJ Skull - Don’t Stop The Beat
Robert Hood - Home
Priori - SCN 3
Max D - Shoegaze
Nikolajev - Lego Dub
Piezo - Antelope Swing
Sard + Anabasine - Thomas Julia
Appleblim & Peverelist - Circling (Bass Clef Remix)
Acrelid - Right There

Recorded in Montréal in May 2025.

Stock 084  par Neonlichter

Phone call action by good friend General K the other day. Instead of doing our own seperate radio shows right after each other at the Echobox HQ, he suggested to team up last week [10.07.2025] and combine Version Galore x Circus Underwater. Ended up with 2 hours of Version Underwater. Doing it all over July 25th. It'll be De Nada [Amsterdam] serving jerk chicken and cold drinks, us providing the musical guidance. Friday night sorted? Dive in!

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Version Underwater w/ General K & Jouko [Echobox Radio]

December [15.7.25]

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Weirdos Inc. records captain sharing new finds from pub chug, industrial and drifting electronics.

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Weirdos inc. with dj_2button @ The Lot Radio 08-12-2025

set played for the RALLY after party at Venue MOT

for the archive 003

Echo w/Achordat - August 2025

Drox is an Australian  DJ, live act and producer recently relocated to the Gold Coast / Yugambeh.

His DJing style can be described as heavily influenced by electro, industrial and bass music. 

His sound embodies a spontaneous charm that nods to early 90s Detroit machine music, rich IDM sounds, and dystopian sci-fi tones.

Label: @delphiciris records 
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Podcast: RecThera is a series of guest DJ mixes and live sets from producers, live acts and DJ's who are rising or established talent leaning towards underground and experimental sounds.


Guests are encouraged to explore a bit further into their collections with an opportunity to step away from the dance floor if they desire.

RecThera Podcast 039 - Drox

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