I have dreams of ending a set with Halcyon and you absolutely nailed it.

Everytime i relisten to thus i find something new to like

this is unbelievable, entire mix has been so good, thank you!!

goddamn. now *that's* the way to bring in this track!

Damn I love you for closing this mix with Halcyon - epic mix

Ever Afters 2023 Sets

With this mix for the Ever Afters 2023 campout, I wanted to help set the stage (literally) for the lineup that Envelope booked for the Yurt. This took three forms: lesbian soundsystem music to establish dancing in that room as a norm (prog); dark and percussive and carnal tracks to open the gates for wider tempos and sonic palettes (dnb); and experimentally-focused pieces to acknowledge the history of the Yurt as a site of primarily ambient casting (experimental ambient). It works best I think if you imagine yourself in the depths of the California midlands, huddled under swerving UFO lights as the hours from 3-5am careen by 🖤

Track list

#	Artist - 					Track Title					[Year]
1	Adam Pits - 				Cosmic Confession			[2022]
2	Cass - 					Kenjin (Cass Mix)				[2003]
3	Sleepfreaks -				Distant Mellow				[2001]
4	Bipath - 					Paranoize (Flip-Path)			[2001]
5	Tata Box Inhibitors - 		Plasmids (Placid Mix)			[1994]
6	Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany -	Gravity Bongo				[2022]
7	Subtone Trio -				Load (Chab Remix)			[2001]
8	DJ Nukem - 				Secrets (Deep Mix)			[2002]
9	Chab -					Get My Love (Moogwai Mix)	[2000]
10	Spray -					Ratenplan					[2022]
11	Leama -					Melodica (Humate Mix)		[2002]
12	Thing - 					Raw Space Work				[2015]
13	Gesloten Cirkel -			Submit-X					[2014]
14	Andy Toth - 				Subspace					[2022]
15	Maara - 					Rude, Crude & Out Of Control	[2022]
16	Max Watts -				Queue & Throw It				[2020]
17	Spray - 					Puk Codes					[2022]
18	Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany - 	Lil’ Drummer Boi				[2022]	
19	Clarity - 					Kaitain						[2014]
20	Homemade Weapons -		Lamia (feat. Torn)				[2019]
21	Torn - 						The Fear						[2022]
22	Clarity - 					Inclination					[2014]
23	WDDS - 					Slow Burner					[2022]
24	Homemade Weapons - 		Third Rail					[2016]
25	Venom -                                  Torn Fury                                        [1997]
26	Syzygy - 					Luminous (4AM Mix)			[2021]
27	Skream - 	  			Ain’t It Cold?					[2005]
28	Holloway - 					Dust 2 Dust					[2023]
29	Overmono - 				iii’s Front						[2018]
30	Second Woman - 			700358Bc5					[2016]
31	Second Woman - 			/							[2017]
32	Rhyw - 					Aversion Two					[2017]
33	Torn - 						Disolcations					[2022]
34	Orbital - 					Halcyon (On and on)			[1993]

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Dumb serotonin from Day 3 of The Ever Afters Campout

Live Poolside @ The Ever Afters Campout - 3.25.23

@ever-afters
Re-recording
📷: @mariah-tiffany

wyatt @ The Ever Afters Campout 2023

Many lightyears away, a faint signal is received by an unknown entity.  As the transmission took thousands of years to arrive at the distant galaxy, it is now a distorted recollection of the final moments of humanity as a species.  While the purpose and origin of the signal is unclear, it paints a picture of the horrors of the end of a civilization.

@adamtwo
IG: @adam.two

For Adam 2, electronic music has always provided an opportunity for self-discovery, creative exploration, and personal liberation. Since 2016, the Vancouver-based producer and DJ has worn multiple hats in the city’s growing scene, fulfilling the roles of promoter, music curator, and co-founder of Techno label PPRZ.  2020 saw the release of featured mixes on Honcho, Techno Hour of Power, and the creation of Afrofuturism is Now – a mix series amplifying the music of Black artists. In 2022/23 Adam 2 maintained their stride sharing the bill with Carlos Souffront, Shanti Celeste, and Objekt, had high profile performances at Basscoast and Domesicle in Montreal and recently released their debut EP ‘Jungle Dreams’ on Toronto based label Model Future.  As Adam 2’s career gains momentum, they continue to build their reputation by transfixing audiences with evocative, experimental techno that intersects dynamic physicality and playful cerebralism.

For inquiries: mgmt@adam2.ca

Distant Signals 033: Adam 2

Beige dj set recorded live at The Ever Afters

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upsammy at Praia - Waking Life '24

Recorded live from @RefugeWorldwide - this show inspired by Mist, all things deep, atmospheric and spacious, with some warmth and soul -- dub techno, deep house, dub-wise tracks.

𝙡𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 w CCL #12 Mist @refugeworldwide

(mostly) music i've collected over the years but rarely play ... :+)

Urban Tribe - Nebula
Salamanda - Overdose
Pilgrims of the Mind - Chase
Coil - Alternative Theme From Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex
Mystic Tribe A.I. - Telepathic Seduction
DJ Krush - Kemuri (’94 Part II)
Kodek - A Computer Made Lovesong
Hashman deejay - BOOM BOX 12 INCH
shinetiac - K2 Spiritual
Andy Rantzen - Magic Lantern
JFC - No Matter What
Future Beat Alliance - Valium Steps
Overtone Series - Honeycrisp
Break Mode - Wash One
Everything But The Girl - Single (Photek Remix)
Yawning Portal - Water Lvl
Parris & Minor Science - Terrapin
Davis Galvin - Orghu [362 C]
Igaxx - Nap
Dublanet X - MPI9I
m. quake - Annie u r a Bird (feat Jonnine)
Dayjah & The Disciples - Gather Together 
Doug Wimbush - Logdrum
Dregs - Swampy
Smoke City - Underwater Love
Freaky Chakra - Glimmer Of Dope Theme 3
Urban Tribe - Sophistry

collecting dust vol. 1

The in-demand US DJ unfurls dubby, dance floor poetry.

Where does sentimentality fit on the dance floor? For Liv Klutse, AKA livwutang, the answer is everywhere. The New York-based DJ is guided by a deep desire to stir connection, finding themes and points of correspondence across an impressively broad range of sounds, tempos and eras. 

This emotional intuition lends Klutse's sets a depth few others can match. Her selections can seem unpredictable, rooted in an appreciation for feeling over genre—hard and soft sounds are carefully balanced with surrealism and bursts of nostalgia (for instance, the Lazy Dog bootleg edit of Everything But The Girl's "Tracey In My Room"). But as versatile as she is, a few signature traits colour her style, such as a love for dubwise music and rhythms from across the Black diaspora, alongside a refreshingly introspective energy that invites dancers to find moments of meditation—even during peak time. 

A former staffer at our New York office, Klutse has long merited an RA Podcast. Her slow-burning blends and mystical selections have graced near-enough every major festival and club out there, from Dekmantel and Sustain-Release to Nowadays, where she's been a resident since 2022. Despite this cross-continental touring schedule, she still plays plenty of grassroots venues—testament to her days with TUF collective and Orphan Radio in Seattle, as well as her enduring belief in the power of DIY, community-orientated dance music. 

"How did you come down off life?" James Massiah asks at the beginning of RA.975. Across nearly 90 minutes, Klutse's downright beautiful mix seeks answers to this question, reflecting on hedonism in times of political decay. She's in full-on dub mode, moving through meditative bassweight, glitchy house and flat-out weirdo techno with a deftness we've come to expect from one of the most promising, singular voices in dance music right now. She's got there all on her own terms—and we couldn't be prouder.

@livwutang

Read more and find the tracklist ra.co/podcast/975

RA.975 livwutang

Another Barker masterclass.

Sam Barker asks more from techno. The artist known simply as Barker is one of electronic music's most consistently conscientious and curious producers, challenging listeners to question the norms we accept about our shared culture—whether it's the music that fills the room, the process behind it, or the purpose of the space itself.

British-born yet based in Berlin since 2007, Barker forged a connection to many of the city's leading institutions, including Ostgut Ton, and over the course of a long and fruitful relationship, he carved out one of the more singular paths on the club and label's roster.

Not one for orthodoxy, Barker challenged four-to-the-floor techno framework in favor of melodic experimentation. By decentering or completely stripping away the typical trappings of kick drums and claps, his productions are both light and immersive, buoyant in low-end presence and shimmering in weightless space.

Six years after Utility, his sophomore album Stochastic Drift arrives this month. Shaped by pandemic-driven reinvention, it burrows deeper into harmonic twists and freeform drift. "At some point I became conscious of the process," he wrote of his latest album. "The only thing you can do is embrace the uncertainty and see every change as a potential positive.”

Consider his RA Podcast another sequel. Like his much-beloved 2019 mix for FACT, it's a collage of live recordings and a fitting expression of the artist's own internal spring. RA.982 radiates wide-eyed optimism: percussion cloaked in foggy, swirling pads and trance-like chords, neatly synched in synthetic glimmers. 

All in all, it's an hour of music crafted for contemplation, collective euphoria, or heads-down epiphany—or for that matter, any moment, really, its emotive depth seemingly endless.

@voltek

Find the tracklist and Q&A at ra.co/podcast/982

RA.982 Barker

(Full recording) inspired by the Sea of Clouds in Alishan National Park (Taiwan)

𝙡𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 w CCL #14 Sea of Clouds @refugeworldwide

A rare club mix from the ever-evolving artist, with 90 minutes of shadowy, atmospheric pressure.

Music's therapeutic value is often linked to relaxation—gongs, singing bowls and the like. Dense passages of foggy droning and eerie static aren't traditionally considered restorative, but Laurel Halo makes a pretty good case for it.

The Detroit-born, Los Angeles-based musician's abstract, often improvised productions are heavy on sound design and emotional climax. Driven by atmosphere rather than rhythm, they push listeners to grapple with their innermost insecurities, fears and dreams. "I'm lucky my music has helped people through crises," Halo once told Discwoman. It's easy to see why.

Since her 2010 debut King Felix, Halo has built a stunningly diverse catalogue of classically-informed records. A multi-instrumentalist—piano, violin, guitar, keys—her sharpest instrument is arrangement. Inspired by the surrealism of Italo Calvino and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, her releases, from Atlas to Behind The Green Door, unfold with slow-burning narrative and dense emotional weight. Her soundworlds are layered and labyrinthine—an architectonic space where self-reflection happens almost by force.

Even in the club, the sought-after composer excels in immersion. Her sets extend the expressionist palette of her records, trading traditional rhythm for tension, space and surprise. It’s no wonder she takes a genre-agnostic approach to the dance floor—her deep roots in freeform radio began at WCBN-FM in Michigan, followed by Berlin Community Radio, Rinse FM, and now a regular show on NTS.

RA.992 stitches foggy ambient loops, propulsive techno, mutant percussion and heady left turns with care. Tracks from DJ Rush, Octave One and Eddie Fowlkes nod to her Midwestern heritage, balanced out by deeper, psychedelic fare from the likes of Polygonia and Cousin. It's the mark of an artist revealing both deep curiosity and a precise hand as a selector. Rare, indeed.

@laurelhalo

Find the full interview at ra.co/podcast/992

RA.992 Laurel Halo

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The Ever Afters Campout is a three day celebration of queer electronic and dance music in rural Northern California. The third year of the campout will take place from May 1st-4th, 2025 at Saratoga Springs Retreat Center in Upper Lake, CA.

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