An emotional rollercoaster of a mix comes to us this week from Groovy Groovy boss Akanbi, recorded live and direct from the Nowadays booth deep in the summer of 2021, alongside DJ Voices and EQUISS. These were the early days of our reopening and New York's return to nightlife, after a difficult year of closures due to the pandemic. There was a sense of cautious optimism in the air for some, and exuberant joy for others. Akanbi's set on this night met the dancers where they were, merging a tender emotional tenor and uplifting soulfulness with headier rave moments through his unique sense of pacing, all laced in groove and full of surprises. Here's two hours of a DJ fully immersed in their signature style, a set packed to the brim with bubbling percussion and downtempo interludes. 

Big thanks to all the staff and dancers in the house on this night. Until next time!

Nowadays Live and Direct 013 - Akanbi

Toronto's Cindy Li, AKA Ciel, has a knack for balancing warmth and pressure. Her productions and mixes often feel coated in an iridescent gloss, evoking the trippy stylings of '90s UK tech house and the swung drums of classic New York house. In between that, though, there's lots of vigor via sleek electro, rippling trance, barrelling techno and big, bad breakbeats. Her style may lean towards the atmospheric but it's loaded with moxie, giving her the versatility to close out a main room or kick off the afters.

Her fluid movements between bouncy basslines, spiraling synth patterns and weightless house grooves are just one facet of her impressive rise as a DJ and producer. When she's not behind the decks, presenting radio shows or working on the excellent Parallel Minds label she runs alongside other Toronto acts Yohei S and Daniel 58, Li throws herself into community work. Committed to diverse dance floors, affordable housing and overall equality in the music industry, she's a hard worker in the realest sense of the phrase.

Li's RA mix is a treat. Rolling through scintillating drum work, wonky rhythms and dreamy pads, it feels like quintessential Ciel. In her interview below, she described how she enjoys "the challenge of trying to combine and make cohesive all the diverse styles of music I loved in a DJ set." Judging by this mix alone, it's safe to say that Li succeeded.

Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/832

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RA.832 Ciel

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ICYMI (hopefully you didn't 👀) one of our latest FKOFd releases welcomed @mabarkabeats to FKOF Records. The boys joined a recent FKOF Sessions show with this mix, so here it is as a standalone for you to enjoy... Free DL via our bandcamp! 

Buy the EP on bandcamp: https://fkofd.bandcamp.com/album/fkofd057

Check the full FKOF Sessions show here: https://soundcloud.com/subtleradio/fkof-sessions-w-ma-barka-subtle-radio-30092022

1. Morning High - Endangered 
2. Mr. K - Film
3. Quasar - Badlands
4. Ma Barka - Sizzle
5. Ma Barka - Grim Force 
6. N-Type & Sleeper - Dozer
7. Monty - Righteous 
8. Ma Barka - Killsound
9. 11th Hour - Immortals VIP
10. Ma Barka - Ha Um
11. Dubape - Woob
12. V.I.V.E.K. - The Big Bang
13. ØZ - Rust
14. Numa Crew ft. Riko Dan - Babylon
15. Chef Boyarbeatz - Run It 
16. J:Kenzo ft. Navigator - Narky (Body Dem) 
17. Ma Barka - Slugger 
18. Mythm - Watch Out
19. Enigma Dubz - Troll Dub 
20. Ome & Yoofee - Talkin’ Mathematics
21. Biome - Sludge 
22. J:Kenzo ft. Juiceman - Urban Guerilla 
23. Skream - Rutten
24. Ma Barka - Peeler
25. B-Say - Empire
26. Ma Barka - Called It
27. Kryptic Minds - Six Degrees
28. Ma Barka - Fracture
29. J:Kenzo - Ultrasonic Vibrations
30. Cesco - Juan40
31. Dubape & Ramsez - Doc Pullem
32. Ma Barka - Skullcrusher 
33. Cardopusher - Toothsmasher (Innasekt remix)
34. Rusko - Somebody to Love
35. Biome - Ride or Die 
36 Zuke - Gemini

EP showreel: https://soundcloud.com/fatkidonfire/ma-barka-fkofd057-fkof-promo

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FatKidOnFire Mix

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Ma Barka x FatKidOnFire (FKOFd057 Promo) Mix

recording from an opening set played at a party in victoria, bc

please enjoy

live and direct (29/10/2022)

Recorded in 2014 for Re:Publik Music's Mix Series 
Vinyl Only: Recorded on 2 x Technics 1210s and an Allen & Heath Xone 62

Re:Kord Podcast

@perkopair closing set @ Miscellania for the Animalia x Temporal Cast party on 03/12/22, 1-3am.

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ani/live Four: Perko @ Animalia x Temporal Cast

Everybody Shut Up Tool

Wojciech Rusin — Swedenborg in the Forest [AD93]
Stone — Seedling [3XL]
Skee Mask — Birdland Skit [Self-Released]
Wordcolour — I Am Sixty Years Old And Trying Salvia For The Very First Time [Houndstooth]
Upsammy — Current Between Objects [Self-Released]
Salamanda — Overdose [Human Pitch]
Pearson Sound — Around in Circles [Hessle Audio]
HENZO — It’s Ours and Hours Alone [Nervous Horizon]
Suzi Analogue — 2DEEP (feat. Junglepussy) [Disciples]
Dome Zero — Kettle Of Fish [Egregore Collective]
Coe — Lemonade Spaces [All Centre]
HENZO — A Pocket You Didn’t Expect [Nervous Horizon]
Jäde, Bamao Yendé, Low Jack — Étoiles [PAN]
Monotronique — No Other Place Like Home [Livity Sound]
D’Arcangelo — Duty [A Colourful Storm]
Katatonic Silentio — Down In Tempo [PHO BHO]
DJ Double Oh! — Cuerpo [All Centre]
Toma Kami — Mzecal [Livity Sound]
Emma DJ & Toma Kami — Julia Bashmore [YOUTH]
Chrisman — Makila [Hakuna Kulala]
Eszaid — Ophis Dub [WORSHIP]
Batu — Squall [Timedance]
Plead Slyngshot Neewt — Studio Relief [OK SPIRIT]
MSJY — Crab Walk [Fever AM]
700 Bliss — Nightflame (feat. Orion Sun) [Hyperdub]
Glimmerman — Plant Passport [Egregore Collective]
Dome Zero — Chewing the Scenery [All Centre]
Eszaid — Chained [WORSHIP]
Vod Kasat — Passenger Princess [All Centre]
Rilla — Magatama [SVBKVLT]

Ostara 22

Recording on april 21 from the studio in Montreal

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2 Live PA sets from myself and @Softcoresoft mixed and mashed by @Anabasine. Un-edited excerpt recorded live at Greenbeam: Love of Angels Energy Booster 
September 2016

Excalibur vs. Softcoresoft Live Duel Feat. Anabasine

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