favs of 2025

We begin Season 8 with Bounce House organizer and resident, DJ Anarres who shepherds us through shame to get us back up on our feet. For Andi, there you ought to know how to experience the bad, so you know how to experience the good. Those familiar with Andi’s style should expect the same depth and variety they always deliver, but this time with an 80’s soul flare and Kermit the Frog. 

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Moods 77: DJ Anarres

Party-starting stompers from a crossover star.

Even if you've never met Adam Longman Parker, AKA Afriqua, you can get to know him pretty well through his music. His lyrics ("Would you house me in a house, would you house right in my mouth?" from "Dr. House"), track titles ("Wagwan Bhagwan?") and cover art exude a charmingly cheeky demeanour that makes his music personable. It helps that his latest records are absolute smashers–funk bombs with jacked beats and bouncy grooves.

Once ensconced in the minimal world, the Virginia-born artist gravitated towards Miami bass, Midwest house and zesty techno before the pandemic. Thankfully so: his recent discography combines Moodymann's slinky swagger with The Neptunes' killer sense of rhythm. Just like those legendary acts, Parker carries weight in both the underground and mainstream—he's released with Tomorrowland label CORE Records and DJ'd at Ibiza superclubs, while still appealing to more headsy crowds.

His career expansion hasn't cost him his principles, either. A champion of Black history and culture, the classically-trained pianist infuses overlooked Black musical traditions like psyfunk into his work. Coloured, his debut full-length, was a tribute to what he called the "Black musical tree."

"Genre is just temporary housing," the now Berlin-based producer noted in a recent Instagram post. That mentality informs his RA Podcast. From '90s-inspired house and luxurious harp melodies to some of his originals and even a "Satisfaction" remix, it's a celebration of unpretentious, feel-good music. Put simply, it slaps—hard.

@afriqua

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RA.972 Afriqua

Tammy Lakkis plays music to feel weird to.

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Tammy Lakkis @ The Lot Radio 01-16-2025

While traversing a realm of appearances many truths are heard and not seen. An audio representation of a moment in time captured and preserved - a sonic photograph. This recording is one such artifact, one that for me illustrates a fine line bordering cosmos and chaos. Something that can not be duplicated during a controlled studio session which is absent of collective effervescence. So far from a quiet game of solitaire, but more a test of faith where reckless abandon embraces instantaneous risk. The evening was a spiritual conversation that embraced us all through the magical forces of music set beneath a canopy of trees, sprouting from the grounds of an enchanted forest. Evidence of the artist’s hand and thought process is unforgivingly present while creating a range of possibilities for spontaneous storytelling surrounded by an atmosphere of ecstatic energy. This memory will live with me forever.

- Justin Aulis Long

Justin Aulis Long at Draaimolen Festival 2024

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Fabiola is an NYC-based, Detroit-rooted DJ/producer who digs deep into the archive of dance music. Her style is versatile + cheeky with depths of acid and bass. From listening sessions to sweaty dance floors, Fabiola’s sound is known to be eclectic and expansive. Regardless of time or space, Fabiola holds a strong midwestern flare to every set.
Track List:
Dial’Afreaq - Erykah Badu
Machines 2003 - Techmaster P.E.B.
Cellular Phone - Dopplereffekt
Call Me - Bileebob
Phone Home - B. Calloway
Artificial Intelligence - Detroit Grand Pubahs
Dial-A-Freak - The Egyptian Lover
Obscene Phone Caller - Rockwell
The Telephone Call - Kraftwerk
Cuties get connected - Domino
Teknphone - Tekniq
When Can I Call You (Frankie Bones & Tommy Musto British Telecom Mix) - Lisa Lee
Bullet Train (the men from P.A.C.K. remix) - Japanese Telecom
I Fear The Night (Original Subterranean Club 12" Mix) - Tyree Feat. Chic
Toi Et Moi - Pal Joey; Papa Stomp
Behind the Wall - MBRS
Call Me Mr Telephone (Street Dub) - Answering Service
No Estas - Isamar & Compania
4 Who Is It (Uk Club Mix) - Mantronix
Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) -De La Soul
Toy Box - Insane Clown Posse
Circles - Yendri
Gaslighter - Download
Show Me Love (Fabricated Remix) - t.A.T.u.
Fact 2 - POISON GIRL FRIEND
7th Message - Prefuse 73
Be Yourself - Logic System
When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone) - Michael Franks

RND 124 - Fabiola

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