Longtime Chicago boss and techno matriarch, Walking and Falling mentor and co-founder, and God Particle label head Sassmouth delivers a dizzying hour of dance invoking what feels like dropping acid on a wild road-trip through the middle of nowhere.  The perfect start to this weekend's annual Detroit Techno-Mecca pilgrimage. 

@sassmouth
@god-particle-vinyl

Tin Man- Let's Do It Acid 
Luke Vibert- Surrounded by Neighbors 
Ruth- Polaroid/Roman/Photo
Circa Tapes- Oleto Lev
Natalie Smash- New Start (Loose Control Band Live in SF)
Woodleigh Research Facility- Crack-Ed
Niv Ast & Roe Deers- Nicotina 
Jerome Hill- Snake Charmer
Sequence 87- The Flashbak!
Derek Plaslaiko- For Play (Day One)
Laurent Garnier- Planet Sex (Arse Mix)
Malin Genie- Lust Crazed Muck Men
Watch Patrol- Focal Interruption 
Ephemeral- Azure
Morphology- Luminous Entity

Braid Recordings // 026 - Sassmouth

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Barclay Crenshaw Wakaan 2023 Set

Wakaan Festival 2023

For the grey days of winter.  This one's for the lovers.

Mix opens and closes with new album tracks from Open Channel out March 8, 2024

Shyboy - Barclay Crenshaw (new album Open Channel)
Glow - chromonicci, brillion.
Eternal - Kenny Beats
litework (w/ j.robb) - Patches
Packed - Woosta
Free From These Chains  - Otxhello
Ain't a Damn Thing Change - Statik Selektah, G-Eazy, & Joey Badass
I Can’t Explain It - J. Louis
Got You hooked - 1ONY
I Am A Strange Loop - Moon Bounce
Spirals - Decap
On Formulation - John Glacier
?? - Moon Bounce  (some ID this for me??)
Maluco - Sango
Control - Dal
Sleepless - C Y G N
 Betty White - Ivy Lab, Barclay Crenshaw
The Quiet Storm - Barclay Crenshaw (new album Open Channel)

Grey Day Mix - Barclay Crenshaw

One of Walking and Falling's primary founders, Sam Kern aka @sassmouth, is our contributing artist for the eighth installment of the series.  In addition to being a mentor to many women and nonbinary artists through Walking and Falling, Sassmouth is a Jill-of-all-trades: labelhead of God Particle, long-time Smartbar resident, Planet Chicago event founder, plus Chi-based Naughty Bad Fun Collective AND SF-based As You Like It affiliate.  She is undoubtedly a staple of the Chicago scene (and the global underground), and her prowess and versatility as a DJ is remarkable - shifting through the worlds of Chicago house, to techno, acid, electro, and beyond.  And no matter what's she's playing, she always knows exactly how to get the crowd moving.

For this mix, she has taken it a step beyond, giving us an eclectic and yet extremely smooth, flowing mix that begins with feel-good dub and reggae, before skillfully moving into more the angular rhythms of dance music. 

We are absolutely thrilled to showcase this artist.  Walking and Falling would not exist without her!

@god-particle-vinyl
@as-you-like-it

W&F 008: SASSMOUTH

Over a decade after first starting to DJ at Smart Bar, Chicago’s best known and the USA’s longest-running house and techno club, American DJ Samantha Kern AKA Sassmouth has become one of the most familiar faces in the city’s dance music scene. Originally from the north western US and also holding a residency at San Francisco party As You Like It, Sassmouth became a resident at Smart Bar 7 years ago and has gradually developed her relationship with the club and its web of DJs, producers and dancers. She launched her label god particle in 2013, which has released music from artists such as Pittsburgh’s jazzy techno artist Shawn Rudiman, among others, and her Planet Chicago party at Smart Bar in 2014, which she uses as a platform to showcase live hardware PAs as well as DJ talent.

Originally broadcast on redbullradio.com on January 24th 2017. Choice Mix is Red Bull Radio’s home for mixes from some of the world’s most forward-thinking DJs. Unconstrained by location or genre, each Choice Mix spotlights a unique artist from the global underground whose style is pushing music forward. 

Engineered by Joe Hazan and Ryan Woodhall

Choice Mix: Sassmouth

Oktave Podcast 011_Sassmouth

Oktave Podcast 011: Sassmouth

From my personal collection comes a set of favorite bass tunes and breakbeat jams mixed, cut 'n' scratched with psychedelic love from my studio in New Hampshire, USA. For this mix I pulled records from many genres, like electro, dub step, hardcore, techno, subwoofer test, house, club, UKG, bassline, & acid. I hope you enjoy these ecstatic jeep beets on long rides into the sunset or a on trip with friends into the Mystery! Please check out & directly support the work of the amazing independent artists featured on the tracklist below. xoxo - Eris 

Equipment: Two (2) Pioneer PLX-1000 Turntables, Ortofon Elliptical Styli, Ecler Nuo 4 DJ Mixer, Sennheiser HD-25 Headphones, Apogee Element 48 (A/D), LogicX (editing & mastering), Waves L3 & SSL plug-ins (mastering), Yamaha HS8 tops & sub (studio); Infinity car stereo & sub (A/B).

Mastered from vinyl by Eris for Ultra Bass. Podcast cover design by João Ervedosa. Photo by neris_k of Eris live in the mix with Make Me London at MOT Unit 18. 

Tracklist (not including scratches & drops):

1.	D.J. Essentials Inc. – Grace in Your Face (Acapella Anonymous 1996) [excerpt]
2.	E-Unity – Unknown Graffito (Intramuros 2018)
3.	Basic Rhythm – Get Up (Planet Mu 2019)
4.	Bassbin Twins – B-Boy’s Take Control (2004)
5.	Walton – Rolla (Illian Tape 2019)
6.	D. Tiffany – Feel U (Planet Euphorique 2018)
7.	Tom Joyce – Aquaplaning (Ninja Tools 2017)
8.	Ebb – Surface Tension (Subtle 2019)
9.	Wink – Hypnotizing (Nervous 1996)
10.	Roxy Breaks – The Funk is On (303 1996)
11.	Phone Traxx – No More Mr. Nice Guy (Eris No More Nice Girls Overdub*) (Phone 2019)
12.	The Sounds of Silence – S.O.S. Theme/I Got the Rythm* (Inner City Records, Co. 1993)
13.	Tessela – Hackney Parrot (Poly Kicks 2013)
14.	Edge DJ – FL IT (Edge Records 1992)
15.	Edge DJ – CLR SKY (Edge Records 1992) 
16.	D. Tiffany – Spirit Alien (Word & Sound 2018)
17.	E-Unity – Everlasting Legacy (FTD Records 2018)
18.	Trixx-sentials – South of Acid (ESP-Sun 1996)
19.	Hebbe – Tumble (System Music 2019)
20.	Bassbin Loops – Superstar Loops (1998)

ECSTATIC BASS TRANSMISSION 1

Track List:

Cocteau Twins- The Thinner The Air
cv313- Two Way Inn
Kuf- Span 1
Steevio- Cynnal
Kuf- Span
Tob Jona- Metro 501
Orlando Voorn- Traveling Through the Speed of Music
Gabriel Ananda- Bassmaschinchen
Francios K.- Hypnodelic
Christina Chatfield- Descent
Reedale Rise- Barbary Coast
Miss Dinky- Nostalgia
Shawn Rudiman- Simplexity

010 LIBRA SASSMOUTH

For episode 28 of W&F we've invited Melbourne(Naarm)based DJ & music maker Mtlda to bless the decks. Beginning with a noise intro layered over ethereal vocals, Mtlda moves into high-energy electro and industrial sounds. It has an undeniable old-school breakbeat feel mixed in with new influences. Staying in at least the 130 bpm range for maximum umpfh.
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ɴᴀᴍᴇ:  MTLDA
ᴘʀᴏɴᴏᴜɴꜱ: she/her
ʜᴏᴍᴇᴛᴏᴡɴ: Nambucca Heads
ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏᴡɴ: Melbourne/Narrm

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝘿𝙅𝙞𝙣𝙜?
I've been performing and studying music most of my life, so when I discovered DJing/nightlife and the impact it had on people I was pretty keen to learn. I see it as another way to connect and that's what really drew me to it.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨?
In Jeff Mills' art of DJing he talks about bringing tracks in slightly off so that the audience can hear the two tracks come together - and to remind people you're human. I think about this a lot when I'm playing... More broadly I've been inspired by artists such as Miss Kittin, Grace Jones, and Patti Smith, and labels Phormix and L.I.E.S.!

𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮?
Outdoors, daytime, big bass, heat, and energy. Otherwise inside, heaps of smoke and barely any light - either way, there's got to be heat and energy.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 (𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨) 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚?
Letting go

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛? 
Don't hesitate!

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