This mix is exactly what i wanna hear in a rave right now... incredible 👏👏👏

With sizzling electro, crunching breakbreats, frenzied footwork and much more in between, @nikki-nair records a jaw dropping productions mix for the Recognise series.

Atlanta-based Nikki Nair has made waves recently thanks to his sonically varied productions, released on labels such as Scuffed Recordings, Dirtybird and Gobstopper. For this month's Recognise interview, he chats to Katie Thomas about his route into music-making and DJing, the importance of respecting dance music history, and the push for a more diverse scene.

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/features/recognise-nikki-nair

Recognise: Nikki Nair

Tuck into Client_03 live at fabric [25/02/2022] – taken from the masked mystery’s most recent outing in EC1 back in February where they played in Room 1 alongside DJ Assault, Simo Cell, DJ MEG G and more. Warpy, weird and wonderful. A note from the master below.

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"Client_03 - Host Body Rule set. 

The Host Body is selected Through process of elimination to physically represent Client_03 in a performance setting. This is a commencalistic relationship in which Client_03 benefits and the host body feels nothing and has no recollection of the experience. 

Below is the the formula given to the host body as a base on which to elaborate for the duration of the performance. Whether or not the Host body can add have add value based on performative gestures is unclear. Future iterations may include limitations on the host body’s physical movement. 

Host Body mix and performance rule set Sample: 

#include <performance_settings.c03>
int main() {
    Combine A, B, product;
    
    Source A: 
    Left Side 
    
    Source B: 
    Right Side 

    printf(“Simultaneous_playback: ");
    scanf( %.2lf ‘bpm", ‘key’_a/b’, ‘genre_a/b’);  
 
    // Calculating product
    product = a * b; 

    // %.2lf  returns synchronous result from 0%-100% process completion
    printf("Product = %.2lf", product);
    
    return remainder 0;
}

In Conclusion: 

The General progress measured through the collective appreciation of the Testbed as whole is greatly increasing. The current host body is satisfactory and will continue to serve as above with further experimentation and iteration on the process to ensure that its performance ability is viewed as <70% Favourable to the Testbed as a whole."

Client_03 (live from fabric)

Sometimes there are moments and sets in London clubland where the stars align, certain artists are in the building and the energy is LOOSE.

Skee Mask at the HVYWGHT 4th Birthday back in February was one of those moments.

Following on from a South London Digital Mystikz homecoming at peak time to a fever pitch Brixton Electric. Playing a dubstep party for the first time, alongside legends of the scene - Skee Mask proceeded to play one of the hardest sets we’ve ever seen, effortlessly mixing classic grime into dubstep into techno into breaks and beyond.

A flurry of MC’s were in the wings, none of whom were booked to host the set but had no choice but to jump on. The energy was infectious - Flowdan B2B Trim B2B Chunky B2B SP:MC over Skee Mask on the Sinai Soundsystem. We can guarantee you will never get this combination of artists on a set EVER again.

Listen back as we jump into the set roughly 10 minutes in. Flowdan has just jumped on and Trim is lurking.

Skee Mask w/ Flowdan, Trim, SP:MC & Chunky - Recorded Live at HVYWGHT 4th Birthday

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Breaka in Hör October 2022

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Breaka - 06 December 2022

This months Disconnecting The Dots With Etch show features a rare UK Hardcore guestmix from legendary producer Benny Ill (Horsepower Productions), along with Etch's usual dose of new music from producers such as Paradox, Josi Devil & Mosca.

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Disconnecting The Dots w/ Etch and Benny Ill - December 2022

Kessler with Koboro - 23 February 2023

As a former member of the Sicaria Sound duo, Mia Koden now is exploring wider fields and tempos of electronic bass music. With her South Sudanese and British roots she is also working across heritage, culture and community projects. Enjoy!

ITPS092 MIA KODEN

It's 3:30am in Brixton. Mala has just played ONE of those sets...

Up steps Martyn with 75 minutes of pure bliss at 140bpm.

Enjoy.

HVYWGHT 5th Birthday

Martyn (140 Set) ft. SGT Pokes - Recorded live at HVYWGHT 5th Bday

April

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Breaka on Hör London April '23

TRACKLIST –– https://www.dummymag.com/mix/dummy-mix-589-breaka/

During a pandemic, the concept of a DJ mix takes on a different meaning. Firstly, you know the listener is probably going to be sat at home, rather than at a pre-drinks or afterparty with a group of mates, and most likely on their own. On the other hand, music is one thing helping many through what is an anxiety-inducing time for all of us, and you could say that mixes are needed more than ever. London-based producer @breakaleeds knows what he’s doing when it comes to putting together a mix. A Reprezent Radio resident, the DJ and producer is – as his name might suggest – all about the breaks. As well as dropping releases on Scuffed Recordings, Mad Decent and Instinct, while recently featuring on R&S’s ‘In Order To Care’ compilation raising money for the NHS, Breaka recently started his own label, a destination for self-releases. The three-track ‘Breaka002’ is dropping tomorrow (listen to ‘Steeze Flex’ which we premiered recently), which finds Breaka sampling samba and Afro-Cuban beats among a shedload of breaks. “It’s interesting thinking what a DJ mix really means these days, haha,” Breaka says of his Dummy Mix, “but with home/park listening in mind, I’ve made this mix in a bit of a melting pot of different sounds. Most tracks are personal faves from close friends who are moving in directions I’ve been trying to explore in my own production during lockdown.”

Dummy Mix 589 | Breaka

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