Top Listens 2019

Thought I should make this officially available for download.
It's been in the cloud for too long...





Boiler Room Daytime Berlin 001

@savile

Gianpaolo Dieli wears his heart on his sleeve, literally. Written in big, bold letters on his arm is a tattoo that tells you to "Share Power." Sounds serious right? Well, Savile does not fuck around. A Chicago native, resident of Smart Bar, and label partner at Argot records, this man not only respects the hustle of his home, he takes the politics of dancing straight to the skin on his body. In the first minutes of the 232nd edition of the HNYPOTCAST, a prefacing voice suggests the potency of music un-interrupted - a call to action? a warning? Certainly both. Not only does Savile want you to move, he wants you to ponder - because the sound of industry, the hard electronic and metallic beats of midwestern techno are not about hypnosis, they are about creation, connection and conglomeration. Naming his original productions things like "Effort Won't Betray You" and "The Only Rule Is Work" strangers get a sense that this is someone not only with the determination to make it but the ethos to make it better. Thoughtful people aren't always thoughtful artists, but in the case of Savile - all the details of his output leave no trace of stoner bullshit. Particularly potent was the cover for his last record, featuring the remnants of a queer installation space and community rave warehouse called 42 Jenkins - a record which also features a poignant secret recording of The Black Madonna talking about how determination and spirit will never let you down. In the increasingly depressing world of corporatized music media, .0084 a cent revenue streams, and tyrannosaurus rexstivals, Savile wants to remind you that good music has always been in bed with radical politics and unclaimed spirituality. This mix may ask you to do some things, but it is union owned and operated so - it won't tell you to do anything it isn't prepared to do itself.

Honey Soundsystem Potcast

HNYPOT 232: Savile's Tangent Gallery Broom Closet

An electrifying session from Acid Camp (@acidcamp) affiliate Perlin Noise, who tears through a vivid and diverse selection from some of the sharpest new labels around including Denmark's Ectotherm, Seattle's Secondnature, and our friends at Acid Camp itself.

Tracklist:
Floex - Perlin Noise - Floex Music (2011)
John Tejada + Justin Maxwell - Field Notes - Acid Camp Records (2017)
Acronym - Canopy - Northern Electronics (2013)
Fugal - New Autonomy - secondnature (2016)
Archivist - Weights & Measures - secondnature (2017)
Jason Loveland - Epoxy (Patrick Russell Remix) - Acid Camp Records (2018)
Will Ward - Bad Company - DETOUR (2016)
Tin Man - Surfing Acid - Tin Man (2017)
Richard Holhburn - No Trend
Schacke - A Future Not Materialized - Ectotherm (2017)
Sinfol & Octual - Gold Juno Sword - Anagram (2016)
Agonis - Dark Night Of The Soul - Amenthia (2016)
Stefan Vincent - Everything I See Returns To You Somehow - Anagram (2017)
Djrum - Showreel Pt1 - R&S Records (2017)
Field Recording, Berlin 2018

Photograph by Erin Keeffe.

Sure Thing Mix 50: Perlin Noise

This set felt like pushing butter out of the speakers. Even better to pull it off at the incredible @kornersound club in Taipei for @acidcamp and @mysteriesofthedeep . Huge thanks to Erin Keefe aka @erin_platner for the honor of playing alongside the rest of this beautiful lineup.

Aaron Clark @ Acid Camp - Korner, Taipei, 4.20.18

live set recorded on the 28th of april 2018 at organik festival, taiwan.
thanks to the whole smoke machine crew and everyone who took part!
@agonis-amenthia

Organik Festival 2018

agonis (live) at organik festival 2018

This recording of the current version of my liveset was recorded at a very special annual party in the mountains outside of Seattle on August 4th 2018. Thanks to the dancers.

Photo by Nik Zeynalnia

The Lodge (Live PA August 2018)

Examining the complex relationship between club culture and corporations.

For more, visit Resident Advisor: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=428

RA Exchange

EX.428 Branding In Dance Music

Thanks to @popgunpresents for inviting me to do this mix for their new series. Originally posted a month ago, over here:
https://soundcloud.com/popgunpresents/elsewhere-mix-003-aaron-clark

Linkwood - Solar Panel 
Alan Backdrop - ESP 
Kareem El Morr - Eros 404 
Dauwd - Dolly Silverlake 
Roza Terenzi & DJ Zozi - Strobe Fountain 
E.B.E. - Hubble 
Dorisburg - Om Oceanen 
Audiokern - Sorry (Tobias Mix) 
AtomTM - Acidsexmagic 
Etapp Kyle - Source Almaty - Gennaro (Photonz Mix) 
Mad Rey - Volonté Breaker 
Grey People - You’re Hilarious 
Polyfan Polyphenix - Polyester 
Shaknis - Friction 
Barker - Filter Bubbles

Unknown Album

Elsewhere Mix 003

The Hot Mass podcast series is back and for the next 4 editions we'll be looking back on the past year in advance of our 6 year anniversary. Each set was record live at Hot Mass and for this round we'll be featuring two of our residents, along with two guests. 

@tabasheer is a Pittsburgh local and one of the most studious and dedicated DJs around. That dedication is shown in this mix ahead of Answer Code Request from last May. Featuring a heavy collection of atmospheric techno with hints of broken beat and electro, Tabasheer constructed a superb warm up set, leaving the dance floor primed for more.

MASS CAST 007: Tabasheer  @ Hot Mass

Released in October 2017, this mix was previously only available on a limited cassette from Brevity Tapes and featured a separate mix from Karl Meier on the flip side. The approach was to do something slightly different than the average podcast or live mix, instead reaching a bit deeper into our collections and present a dynamic narrative with the framework of a 45 minute cassette tape. This one was super fun to put together and features a range of IDM and electro tracks from Dynamo, Andrea Parker, Aphex Twin, Peder Mannerfelt, DMX Krew, Sleeparchive, and more.

Patrick Russell - Brevity Tapes Mix

HNYPOT 321: Paul Fleetwood's Levitating Mix

Summer is here! And the winds are warm :) We have the perfect June match with this month's mix by Nancy Kim (@niteplant) and Erin Keeffe (@perlin_noise). Nancy (the first half of the mix) is by trade an architect, designer, and apparel mastermind; Erin (the second half of the mix) is a photographer, designer, and co-founder of Acid Camp. Together, I call them my rave parents (and many of you do), as they help usher in new talent across techno and make space for newcomers from Taiwan to New York.

For the full interview, head to the archives: https://moods.substack.com/p/moods-18-nancy-kim-and-erin-keeffe

List
Logic - The Warning (Inner Mix
Robert Owens - Bring Down the Walls
The O’Jays - I Love Music
Jomanda - Make My Body Rock 1990
Black Box - Everybody Everybody
RuPaul - Supermodel (You Better Work)
Barbara Tucker - Beautiful People (Underground Network Mix)
J.J. Fad - SupersonicDMX Krew - Bump to the Beat
Chris Clark - Slow Spines
Prefuse 73 - 90% Of My Mind Is With You
Kristuit Salu - êthno-cen
Squarepusher - Beep Street

L'Art

We paired Nancy and Erin's mix with an infamous detail of a poster by artist Jeremy Deller. The yellow smiley face—eponymous of the acid house genre—has the words "Do you remember the First time?" with the "First" and "time" replacing the eyes of the face echos the moments Nancy and Erin highlight in their interview. The first time—which could mean the first time on a dance floor, the first time listening to music, or something totally different—is a method we've also been using on Moods to discover each other's paths and directions. "How did we get here?" has really become the question we've been answering here. And I want to thank y'all again for sticking it with me here, and for the future. We're archiving together <3

Moods 18: Nancy Kim and Erin Keeffe

My set from @detournaeem's radio show, 'Side A, Side B' on @wrct_883.

Also credit to John Healey for capturing this image of me on the live stream clearly neglecting my deejay duties..

Tracklist:

Zaumne - Special [czaszka]
Toasty - Skinny [Hotflush]
Peverelist - Gather [Punch Drunk]
Hame DJ - LL [Vulcan Venti]
Martyn - Voids Two [Ostgut Ton]
Marco Shuttle - Tablharmonium [Lavibe]
Torvvo - Grip [Unreleased]
The KLF - Justified And Ancient (Let Them Eat Ice Cream)
Lone - Pulsar [R & S Records]
Klein Zage - She's Out There (Local Artist Cult Mix) [Orphan Records]
Piezo - Parrots [Ansia]
Levon Vincent - These Games [Novel Sound]
Cardopusher - Nambu Line Dub [Dark Entries]
Zaumne - Friends (stay put mix) [czaszka]
Sharif Laffrey - EVERYTHING IS NICE [ESP Institute]
Luar Domatrix - Una Lira [naivety]
Ian O'Brien - Midday Sunshine [Peacefrog]
Photek - Into The 90's [Metalheadz]

Side A, Side B Radio Show on WRCT - Guest Mix

Happy August bbs :) our @mooooods mix for this final hot month is a cooldown session by Cara Daley (@cdaley), a cultural make-happener via booking agent duties at Liaison Artists. Read below for the tracklist, interview, and art pairing. More on Substack @ https://moods.substack.com/p/moods-20-cara-daley

Jan Jelinek - Moiré (Piano & Organ)
Jim James - States of the Art (A.E.I.O.U)
Golden Daze - Blue Bell
The Warlocks - We Took All the Acid
Stella Donnelly - Allergies
Schoolboy Q - Neva Change (feat. SZA)
CAN - Yoo Doo Right (3p mix)
Eddie Kendricks - Girl You Need A Change of Mind
2pac + Digital Underground - I Get Around
Bahamadia - Pep Talk
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - She’s Leaving
Hovvdy - Late
Shame - Angie
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Hold that Thought
Pavement - Harness your Hopes (b side)
The Jesus + Mary Chain - War on Peace
Odd Future - Oldie

Daley grew up in the Midwest, moving from Fox Point in Wisconsin to California when she was 18. San Francisco was her home base up until the end of last year, where she’s now based in New York City. The new location sparked her set. “I put these songs together on a rainy Sunday at the end of spring in Brooklyn. It can work for a long summer bike ride, or lying in the park on a hot day.”

And while the mix navigates R&B from SZA to soft rock from Shame to rap from Odd Future, Daley’s love for electronic music isn’t held above other genres. “It’s equally important for me to continue to listen and discover a wide swath of sounds. I love hip hop, psych rock, and indie as electronic music.”

An equity in genres is something we hear on Moods over and over. Techno people love their techno, but genres and sounds outside the club orient and define us just as much. It also equates to Daley’s wish for others into techno to practice empathy—independent of their tastes and lived experience. “In a community that's often based on freedom, love, and release, we so very often forget the struggles and viewpoints of those who surround us. A bit more of an attempt to understand—and check in—with others can go a long way.

“Also... maybe delete Twitter.”

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I’ve paired Daley’s set with an Alex Da Corte piece from 2017. Many of Da Corte’s works use soft fabrics, palettes, and lights to build immersive installations that often comfort a viewer. It’s in this way that both works from Da Corte and Daley fit well together for this six-back-and-relax atmosphere.

Daley also donated her $35 payment to We Reclaim Our Pride, an event in Amsterdam during Pride Week. To donate yourself, head here: https://garagenoord.stager.nl/web/tickets/346555?fbclid=IwAR2sp7nAUWKZ4yQEpsyBOZ0o1rhafVheg590JLG3zlzAY_yEkTDCP0fl1RA

Moods 20: Cara Daley

Ostgut Ton's Barker welds together recent live performances for this special mix of exclusive material.

For more information head here: https://www.factmag.com/2019/08/07/barker-ostgut-ton-fact-mix/

FACT Mixes

FACT mix 720 - Barker (Aug '19)

Breaks, techno, hardcore, bass—Skee Mask tore through genres with ease during RA’s takeover of The Void at Dimensions Festival 2019.

@dimensionsfestival

Photo: Rob Jones for Khroma Collective

RA Live - 30.08.19 - Skee Mask, Dimensions Festival, Croatia

F-on tells a story about time and space..

Cover photo by Magda Kozuba:
www.instagram.com/magda_kozuba/

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/f-ondj

eudemonia podcast 012 - F-on

As expected, Mike Servito, turned Open Haus completely upside down with his closing set. A shining representation of Detroit and New York, he ripped the dance floor with two hours of jacking techno, house and acid. Strap in for yet another reminder of why he’s one of dance music’s very best.

Campout Series: Mike Servito

Luxurious deep house explorations from a master of the craft, Galcher Lustwerk.

Ahead of the release of his new album ‘Information’ on Ghostly International, Lauren Martin speaks to Galcher Lustwerk about growing up in Middle America, folding a sense of luxury and the experience of burnout into his style of deep house music, and more

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/cue-galcher-lustwerk

On Cue: Galcher Lustwerk

Weird Science is Sunday afternoon monthly event series at Magick City for local and guest dj's to showcase their personal tastes beyond regular club environment.

Presented here live recording of Ken Meier 2 hour set recorded on a Sunday of September 29th, 2019 in Brooklyn NY.

Ken Meier is DJ, producer and "proprietor of the Fear of Music podcast and occasional event series, based in New York."
@ken-meier

Top Listens 2019

Erin Platner