Unpredictable as both a DJ and an event organizer, Seattle's @grymnk brings a fresh, community-centered energy to the North American dance music scene and beyond. From throwing notorious raves in rented mansions and other unconventional spaces and bringing together international favorites and local heroes, to playing alongside artists like Ayesha, Object Blue, and Azu Tiwaline, grymnk is an energetic force. Their mix for Spontaneous Affinity is trippy, wonky, and devilishly fun.

Read the interview:
spontaneous.zone/046-grymnk

"When I made this mix, I had a couple weeks of being alone and to be honest things got a little weird. I think this will come through when you listen.

When I imagined people listening to this, my hope was that they would hear the struggle, the mental illness, but also the celebration of oneself and the wiggle of dancing in a room alone."

@grymnk

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Spontaneous Affinity #046: grymnk

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2023/truancy-volume-305-2lanes

Soundcloud: @2lanes

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Truancy Volume 305: 2Lanes

interview: www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/opheliaxz

Shimmering dubby perfection from Philly.

Excited to welcome one of the best around to the series, Philadelphia-based DJ and producer Opheliaxz. As well as being one of the finest DJs around, Kelsey has been teasing tracks on soundcloud and various compilations for the past few years. In April, she released 11/11 on Bandcamp, a collection of incredible dubby ambient works spanning from 2020 to 2022. If you haven’t checked it out already, you absolutely need to. 

Kelsey’s mix is a homage to her time in Berlin when she played at Kwia. “I thought it would be fun to rummage through my music folder I made to play live there a few months back at Kwia and squish in an additional bit of tracks I vibe with.” You all know this one is going to be good. Enjoy.

@opheliaxz

Theory Therapy 53: Opheliaxz

@akiiimatamik0 x @connaharaway x @cybermission x @exwiiiiiish x @muein x @s_l_y_n x @xeniareaper

recorded live on Subcity Radio, Glasgow [18.11.2023]

b7b fantasy

New year old me

inspired by the hard groove techno i heard in a warehouse in oakland
been sitting on this one for a minute —my first recording and introduction into mixing mostly hard groove and hypnotic techno with those sneaky half-time tracks. she's not pristine, but it embodies the point in time where i was.

fuga / 01.31

“It was at the end of August. I get really burnt out at the end of the summer here in Seattle. Because we have so few months of good weather, people are just like, Let's hang out, let's hang out, let's hang out.

And once it comes to the end of August, you're like, Oh fuck, I only have two more weeks of this good weather left, what am I going to do? So for this set, my mood was, Let's have one last bash.”

- @miseryconfusion

Read the article: https://atmospheric-river.com/nohup/

Wetcast: 'nohup' [Atmo 01]

There is nothing ordinary about Sepehr (@sepehr-a): he hails from the Bay Area of San Fran, is based in New York City but has Iranian heritage and takes great pleasure in pulling apart everything you think you know about dance music. His maverick approach results in versatile and genre-defiant sounds that collide EBM, drum & bass, techno, electro, acid and plenty more on some of the finest labels out there. He runs his own Shaytoon Records which is focussed on the Middle Eastern underground, and in May lands on our own Dekmanel Records with Genesis Domain, a varied EP full of intriguing sounds.

The same could be said of his mix for us this week. It's a deep dive into his eclectic and eccentric musical mind that spans several sounds and scenes. Although united by body-moving rhythms, there is everything from club to techno to broken beat and plenty more besides. Each track is packed with detail and surrealist sounds that will keep your head as busy as your heels.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 463 - Sepehr

Simon Aussel is known for a particularly wild DJing style and leftfield bassy bangers, and it's his curious and playful approach to clubland that's won him loyal fans over the years. Whether photographing drink tokens from gigs or creating an 8-bit version of his debut album on a Game Boy cartridge, he seems to approach every endeavour with childlike joy and wonder—rare qualities in an industry that can leave so many jaded.

The Nantes-born, Paris-based artist's love of club culture, digging and world-building has set him on a blazing path in club music. He's released an exceptionally wide range of music, including a Memphis rap tape for Trilogy Tapes, dubstep-trap-jazz hybrids with Egyptian singer Abdullah Miniawy and deadly hard drum for Livity Sound. His mixes, meanwhile, are fast becoming DJ lore thanks to his knack for connecting seemingly opposed genres like new wave and fast techno. Look no further than his now-infamous Dekmantel Selectors set from 2021 or a marathon back-to-back with Skee Mask in 2022. 

As the French DJ gets more comfortable with story-telling, he's getting more personal and focusing on deeper, slower sounds. That's evident on this RA Podcast—six months in the works—which incorporates woozy downtempo, weighty dub and bleepy beats. Of course, in the chaotic middle section there's plenty of huge basslines, plus old-school electro, acidic techno and even a bouncy edit of the Montell Jordan classic "This Is How We Do It." Showcasing his quirks, influences and growth, this is Simo Cell in prime time.

@simocell

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/934

RA podcast

RA.934 Simo Cell

C89.5 Mix

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Illegal Afters 03 - 
https://illegalafterstracks.bandcamp.com/album/illegal-afters-03

particle mag comp - 
https://particlemagazine.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-vol-i

secondnature comp - https://secondnature.bandcamp.com/album/secondnature-friends

Apt. E record - https://apte.bandcamp.com/album/apt-e-vol-1

Spontaneous Affinity comp - https://spontaneousaffinity.bandcamp.com/album/spnt001-for-the-rave-when-the-rave-is-not-enough

Jungle Gym tape - https://junglegymrecords.bandcamp.com/album/udg-017-zxc

abstract work - https://z-a-croft.bandcamp.com/

booking etc. - zac_croft@hotmail.com

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