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London-born DJ iona serves up an hour of percussive heat, out-there bangers and club cuts for the Fresh Kicks series.

Interview + track list: https://djmag.com/features/fresh-kicks-161-iona

Fresh Kicks 161: iona

Name: iona (@iona-noise)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: London

Influences: 
Dance Tunnel/Dalston Superstore, weird Soundcloud free downloads, big beats of all varieties, Thomas O'Malley, Jerry's Tough Cousin, Tom and Ned from work.

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: 
Field Maneuvers Festival resident
Don’t be Afraid Rinse show radio host,
Production duo: midnight snacc - with benji (semtek/dj persuasion) 

Favorite Quote: 
They who have not Christmas in their heart will never find it under the tree.

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
In the words of Elijah: close the app, make the thing!

With this mix iona asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ The City Lit learning disabilities department is doing really amazing work - I was teaching 'Soundscapes 2' music production course there until July, and the music the students are making is unreal. I made a mix of their tracks which you can check out here: (https://soundcloud.com/iona-noise/soundscapes) (https://soundcloud.com/soundscapes-at-city-lit)
❁ Brighter Sound is a fantastic Manchester-based music charity working to create a fairer music industry: (www.brightersound.com)

Daisychain

Daisychain 257 - iona

There are DJs, then there are DJs who capture—and live—a moment in dance music's evolution. Born in Los Angeles, but based in New York for the better half of a decade, Akua has established herself as the latter, an important voice in the North American techno scene. Akua's DJing practice is fueled by her research in the '90s techno music archive, with a special interest in the history and roots of techno within America. 

Akua's sets are raw extensions of the foundations laid by the pioneers of '90s U.S. techno. Most prominently, the work and influence of DJs like Jeff Mills, Claude Young and Jay Denham can all be heard across her mixes, as well as the spirit of Underground Resistance. Her interest in fast-paced techno comes from these traditions as well as own individualist streak—while there's no shortage of DJs who play high-BPM techno, you won't hear anyone else play it quite like she does.

Her old-school meets new-school sound has catapulted her from the New York underground into the European techno circuit, where recent gigs have seen her perform at dance music institutions like Berghain and Dekmantel. Akua's RA Podcast is her in full-throttle mode, featuring all the stripped-down, hypnotic groove of early techno aside rushes of searing acid, carefully speeding up until closing at a healthy sprint.

@akua_dj

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/878

RA podcast

RA.878 Akua

For the latest instalment of our Pop Zone series, Rinse FM and Field Maneuvers resident iona embraces a gleeful, maximalist all killer no filler energy.

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Pop Zone: iona

A few months ago some of the city's brightest passed through the BR HQ.

Ahadadream | Boiler Room: London

Excited to share with you my very first set of 2024, recorded live at Ratherlost party at LoFi, Amsterdam on January 1st, 2024. 
It was truly one of the best NY shows I've ever been a part of. The club was completely packed and on fire as I took over the decks following Quelza & Nørbak’s incredible B2B set. My aim was to keep this massive momentum going while leading the floor on a journey to get lost in the music. Hope you can feel this mood and energy from the recording. 

Special thanks to everyone who attended, and to Ratherlost for curating such phenomenal parties and granting me the opportunity to share this mix.

Wata Igarashi at Ratherlost 2024.01.01

iona is a long-standing member of the FM fam. Last year she took over Sputnik on Saturday night and melted our tiny little minds. This is what she has to say about this mix:

"Sweat was raining from the ceiling, it was one in one out, everyone was dirty (in a sexy way). I’ve shared my favourite 45 mins of the set. Straight in, no kissing. Stompers and euphoria in abundance."

FM055: iona live from Sputnik at FM2023

an excerpt from the middle of a four hour opening set. enjoy.

photo by willem mevis

Richard Akingbehin @ Draaimolen x Sustain Release, Tilburg - May '24

Initially gaining notoriety in the vibrant NYC techno scene, Akua's one-of-kind, no-nonsense style brings a necessary & poignant intensity to today’s dancefloors, rejecting trends and embodying the essence of techno into an authentic wavelength that’s completely intuitive to her being. This all plays out on this week's Glitch podcast as the Berlin-based Ghanaian-American DJ rips through with her signature blend of techno, fused with a punk edge. Raw & gritty as always, her set pays homage to the pioneers who built the genre with grit and rebellion. It's @akua_dj in full fire-starter mode which you don't want to miss.

Glitch Podcast 082 / Akua

Here is a set recording from one of my most valuable events, CODA by Ratherlost x Pax-Roama at Lofi. I put a massive effort into that night, thinking about the past and future of my DJ career. I communicated best with the dancers and could express myself in a way that only I could. Sometimes I feel insecure about my life as a DJ. CODA gave me all the answers.
Thank you, and I want to show love to all the dancers and friends who were there that night.

https://www.instagram.com/ratherlost_/
https://www.instagram.com/paxromana.xxi/

Mastered by Erik Luebs
Photo by Martijn Kuyvenhoven

DJ Nobu at Coda | Ratherlost x Pax-Romana ADE 2024

Rinse FM Podcasts

Sports Banger presents HERAS records: Benton B2B Denham Audio - 27 December 2024

Rinse FM Podcast

Wisdom Teeth with Facta & K-LONE - 31 January 2025

Tracklist in full is on my Facebook page, SC not accepting that much text ;-)

1. STL - Dungeon CeLL 
2. Ivano Tetelepta & Jocelyn Abell - Rain Forest
3. Sounds And Sequences - Undercover
4. Private Press - Return To Version
5. Rudolf C - T'd Up
6. Loco Dice- Black Truffles In The Snow (Mike Huckaby's SYNTH Remix)	
7. Prince of Denmark - Unknown
8. Traumprinz - Big Baby Jesus
9. Skjöld - Erkennung
10. Skudge - Fusion	
11. Skudge - Downtown (Sims JFF Edit)
12. Spencer Parker - Remember Dub
13. Erol Alkan - Spectrum (Special Request Double Vision Mix) 
14. The Falcon - Sound The Alarm
15. Adryiano - PL303 Style
16. Ben Sims - Free Jack
17. Four Lovers - B1/001
18. Uncertain - Abstract
19. Frankie Bones - Ghetto Technics 007 (Sims JFF Edit)
20. Ron Hardy - Jack My Body
21. 2000 and One - Party Crash
22. 426 - Free Upload
23. Vin Sol - Trac
24. Mike Dunn - Snare Your Ass Off (Edit)
25. Ben Sims - Jack Trax 1
26. Delaze - Bloody Samba
27. Max Watts - Shortlivedfeeling
28. Mr G - Swing Crewz II
29. Avision - Hold No Groove
30. Mr G - Moments
31. Mr G - Lightz (G Out Dub Mix)
32. Franck Roger - Can You Dig It (Beatapella)
33. Floorplan vs Lil Louis (Remy Edit)
34. Marquis Hawkes - Jerk U Later
35. DJ Rush - Jack N Da Box  
36. Parris Mitchell - Rubber Jazz Band (Len Faki Edit)
37. DJ Bruce Lee - The Line
38. Robert Hood - Low Life 
39. The Nighttripper - Phuture (Robert Hood Remix)
40. Ben Sims  -In The Middle (Ron Bacardi Live Mix)
41. Ben Sims - Dollar Bill, Y'all (Vocal Mix)
42. Robert Armani - Fire Alarm
43. K-Alexi - My Medusa (Remy Edit)
44. Truncate - That Thang
45. Sanso - Crcketz
46. Kareem Smith - Nice Mix
47. Geto Mark - Foot Werk
48. Risque III - Risque Madness (Remy Edit)
49. Ben Sims - Xotnuc
50. Altinbas - Rivers...

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Ben Sims All Night Long in Mexico City, March 2024

We are finally walking out of the gloom and doom of January with Spring firmly in view. To give us that extra jolt and wipe off them cobwebs we have reached out to drum & bass and jungle master Tim Reaper to put a shock to our system.
Tim is without doubt one of the striving forces in pushing a new wave of drum & bass and jungle in London and beyond. Alongside other names like Sully, Kloke, Stones Taro and Coco Bryce, Tim has brought a old school sound to an entirely new generation - sounds similar to alumni like Source Direct & Commix but with a new twist. With closing out 2024 with his new album "In Full Effect" with Australian producer Kloke on Hyperdub to much critical acclaim, the name Tim Reaper has never been bigger! So with that being said we are very honoured to have him join us for our series. For Tim's mix he takes us on an hour and half deep dive that he describes as the more chilled side to D&B and Jungle - but don't be fooled this mix definitely has a bit of power behind it. We had a brief chat with Tim about the mix and what hes gotta coming up this year.

Phonica Mix Series 128: Tim Reaper

For her set at the 25th anniversary edition of MUTEK Montréal, Toronto-based producer, DJ, presenter and classically trained pianist Ciel performed a live set built around her debut album, 'Homesick'.

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Live from MUTEK Montréal: Ciel

RIZ LA TEEF: Grime & Dubstep Vinyl Sesh - 07 February 2025

At Field Maneuvers Festival 2024, Deena Abdelwahed delivered a winding, two-hour set packed with bass, experimental sounds and complex rhythms. 

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Live from Field Maneuvers: Deena Abdelwahed

Boiler Room's first show in Sheffield in three years featured some long-awaited Boiler Room debuts including local royalty Big Ang and two rising artists within the speed garage, UKG and bassline scene, Silva Bumpa and Diffrent.

Big Ang | Boiler Room: Sheffield

South London's @angeldlite is a musical thrill-seeker. Her colourful take on rave is all about big moments, big energy, and big love. The newly installed High Hoops resident effortlessly straddles genres. From piano house to emotive trance, always delivering uplifting moods and euphoric drops that turn her dance floors into spaces of pure joy.

This June, she’ll be closing down the Poppy area at Lentekabinet. Ahead of that, she serves up one of her signature sessions for our series: a jam-packed ride through every corner of rave culture. Expect strobe-lit synths, rapturous vocals, thumping bass, and playful twists. It’s the perfect soundtrack for the road to Het Twiske—and a summer full of fun.

Dekmantel Mix 489 - Angel D'lite

Ahead of this weekend's party in collab with iona and her party Low End Dreams, we are sharing iona's set from Sputnik last year. She was in charge of Friday night in the dome and set the tone perfectly for the rest of the weekend: the perfect mix of heads down moments and a big fat sprinkling of fun. 

"Putting together a stage for Field Maneuvers was such an honour and I wanted to curate something that bridged the gap musically between rave and techno. I played after Jurango and before djrum; in somewhat classic style, my set was chunky and skippy for the most part with a breakbeat finale. I love the way tunes with lots space and dynamic range in them sound on the dome’s EvoX 4 point system, it’s such a buzz to play tunes you know you love, but then hear loads of new elements while you’re performing live - genuinely reacting with surprise and excitement along with the crowd."

FM059: iona live from FM2024 - Low End Dreams Takeover

circling the south bermondsey cistern circa january 2025 for ghoul dance x ulnaparti at venue MOT with spinnee and ikava pii and mossambi

come to think of it i shoulda change my name to something ending in eeee

68 minutes of pure brainleak

eleanor - thin end of the wedge (aya's boot end of the leg)
rrritalin - naga
fabaitos - quietus
crrdr x dayvi - sax with me
dj g2g - omj!!??? (ft. hainafromchina)
xterea - demo 12
phace - self talking
gyrofield - superheat
algorithmic - wussupnow
obses - catharsis
96 back - rubber knife
cash cobain - problem
current value - greed 
chozn.$$ - everlong
syzy - caught up (in circles)
esp - break free
hellfish - bring on the hurricane pain
sampling masters mega / sampling masters aya - idiot tube
latesleeper - hellcat
dansa - bog
2k's luv shy edit
blood of aza - stupid hoe
remiseria temperley, nafftero, jaijiu - a brillar mi amor
ramiseria temperley - mamarracho
precolumbian - untitled0001
shitmat - shut up
hydroboi x o-man888 - caramelidansen
jok'air feat. naza - oh nana (bovllov remix)
kamome sano - crepe suzette
trespassed and the dope doctor - break jaws
crim3s - militia

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FM051: Lewis Lowe 

We’re bringing back the title of “soldier of the scene” in order to hand it straight to Lewis Lowe (@lewis-lowe). Hailing from a wee hamlet in the Highlands, Lewis is a proud ambassador of the Scottish rave continuum, carrying the spirit of lochside free partying into all of his on-point curation, both as co-founder of the Redstone Press label (Pseudopolis, Kincaid, Henry Greenleaf) and booker for Glasgow basement The Flying Duck. “We can’t remember how we first met Lewis,” say the always honest FM crew, “but he quickly became one of the team and is our site manager for the build, bossing people about on his walkie talkie.” 

It’s no surprise to find that Lewis’ FM mix opens with a long list of instructions: “Let us beautify the house of Field Maneuvers together!” Recorded inside the Laika tent at last year’s festival (and then lovingly re-recorded at home after the file got corrupted) his mix is a menagerie of big, beautiful hoofers, with every genre, species and colourway represented. Nerdwave electro built by robotic arms and clockwork elves. Debris from a harrowing incident at the airhorn factory. One museum-grade example of late ‘90s trance culture. Tick follows tock follows tick follows tock. Objekt remixing Sampha’s ‘Wildfire’! Notts grime! SOPHIE! These could only be the selections of a DJ with open ears and tidy salute. Now shut up and dance.

FM061: Lewis Lowe

If Field Maneuvers was a spaceship, Local Group (@wearelocalgroup) would be the rocket boosters: extremely heavy, highly flammable, essential for lift-off – yet, tragically, doomed to part ways at high altitude. The twin propellants of Joe Nonlocal (@ecstasygaragedisco) and L Major (@lamjor) have played every FM since day dot, pumping the dome with the noxious fumes of British rave excellence and even releasing their own tribute to the festival’s beloved Sputnik stage (2018’s ‘Laser Dome’ EP on Ritual Poison). But after 10 years together, they’ve finally uncoupled from the FM payload – though both of them will be back at FM 2025, playing sets right next to each other (Joe Nonlocal b2b Angel D'Lite (@angeldlite) and LMajor flying solo. 

On this farewell mix, captured deep inside the Sputnik laserfog in 2023 (sadly 2024's set recording got disrupted by the powercut) smiley faces explode from rushing breakbeats, boyracer basslines swerve between diva vocalchops, fairground wurlitzers pump up the jams, and Missy Elliott sends us a voicenote after a particularly good balloon. This is the spirit of ‘92 – not as cheap nostalgia, but as an eternal code to abide by. Shades on, cig lit: everything is energy.

As their voyage comes to an end, look out for a small asteroid shower of the recent 'Quantacid' release on Dead Trax and the upcoming Maximum Airtime (that one features a remix from hardcore ledge Jerome Hill) as well as new solo music from both of them, with Joe expanding his Corporeal Face alias.

Joe offered some parting words: “Local Group are heading for different parts of the universe – at least for the time being. It’s been a journey beyond our dreams since we got the name from a book called Cosmos, reading it in a basement flat in Clapton. We’ve got to meet and play alongside heroes such as 2 Bad Mice, Mark Archer and Manix, plus too many others to name. We’ve supported Grooverider and seen what’s on Groove’s rider: a bottle of Grey Goose.

Massive gratitude to everyone who’s been behind us along the way, booked us, danced, bought and played our music. Special thanks to Wavey Garms for championing us throughout. And, of course, our eternal love to Field Maneuvers, where it all started and grew. After a power cut plunged Sputnik into darkness during our FM set last summer, it felt like the cosmos’ way of telling us to end it there too. Hardcore will never die, but we all will. Make the most of it.”

Words by Chal Ravens

FM060: Local Group live from Sputnik FM2023

London-based artist Sybil is a true storyteller behind the decks, celebrated in equal measure for her cinematic take on techno as she is for crafting deep ambient journeys that soothe the soul. Whether for the dancefloor or for introspective listening, her selections are always guided by a distinct emotional depth, weaving intricate sonics with a healthy dose of psychedelia for good measure. 

Exploring the inspiration for this flawless session, Sybil describes it as:

“I’ve dived deep into the ocean for this mix, a wave through time, flowing between psychedelia of the 70s, 90s, present-day and beyond. A modern take on 90s chillout mix CDs, a meditation on the ocean, a sun-soaked holographic daydream by the sea ~~~”

Tune in now for a timeless deep trip through the past, present, and future.

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https://soundcloud.com/syberkid
https://soundcloud.com/deep-mind-music
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Monument Waves 005 : Sybil

This year the Sputnik stage hosts a start-to-finish takeover by the rascals at The Gun – formerly the dirtiest discopub in East London until its tragic closure in March this year: rest in sleaze! To honour its unholy spirit we decided to reach out to pub landlord and flame-keeper Nick Stephens to invite the Gun Club first team down to FM. Not only did they say yes, they fielded Vladimir Ivkovic and Lena Willikens, Tia Cousins, Daisy Moon and – it must be said – an undersung hero of London clubland: bloghouse original and techno survivor Casper Clark.

Nick and Casper will cut the ribbon on Sputnik with a two-hour B2B, which might sound a tiny bit like this warm-up session recorded on the first day of 2025. “Nick and I had the honour of opening up The Gun’s last and final New Year’s Day festivities,” recalls Casper, “before Dan Avery, Lukas Wigflex, Tia Cousins and Nathan Wilkins. Some lineup, that!

“In truth we were confronted by a biblical downpour and the slowest of starts, but if anything that emboldened us to dig a little deeper and play even more eclectically that we’d normally be inclined.” Ah, the E-word. A lot of DJs claim to be eclectic, don’t they? Usually playing a heady mix of techno, house, tech-house and everything in between. Not so with these two, as demonstrated on their finely crafted yet freeform, almost supernaturally guided mix, which wanders like a ghost from underwater dub through to ‘80s minimal wave, Muslimgauze and misty Balearica, before setting us afloat on gentle waves of drug-chug. No requests, please!


FM062: Casper Clark b2b Nick Stephens

Need something to listen to en route to FM? Toshiki Ohta has got you covered

As both a meticulous technician and a built-in-the-90s raver, Toshiki Ohta is the kind of DJ who can mega-mix his way out of the tightest genre corner. Which is handy, because his gift to FM this year is a near-three-hour mix crafted entirely from this year’s line-up – a task so excessively awkward you have to wonder if there’s some sort of masochistic kink going on here.

Now the risk, obviously, is completing the task to the letter only to deliver a rizzless plodathon of C-tier tunes and awkward transitions. But this is Tosh we’re talking about: no half measures! The result is monument to the moment: hoving into view under a fog of ambient Midland, it starts heady and heads-y, flowing through chuggy electro (auratekh, Lena Willikens) and rugged club tesselations (Ikonika, Prince of Deptford) before hitting a shinier seam of techno intensity (Roza Terenzi, Benton) and exploding into confetti cannon rave (Angel D’Lite, Big Ang).

Unsurprisingly, Tosh rates it as one of the most time-consuming sets he’s ever put together (including his recent eight-hour Goodhood mix). “It was a massive researching process – there were spreadsheets,” he sighs, “because I treat every mix that I do like I’m recording a mix CD in 1995.” Standing O, please!

https://soundcloud.com/tosh-ohta

1 Midland - First Light Over The Grove | Graded Records [2025]
2 Toresch (Vladmir Ivkovic) - Guayabame | Offen [2017]
3 auratekh - Phat Controllers - Flat Control | Self Release [2020]
4 Oklo Gabon - City Gym (Lena Willikens rmx) | H&P [2016]
5 EM + STAV - Orbit Groove | Graded [2020]
6 Billy Jack - 4th & soundwave | Self Release [2020]
7 ISAbella - That Thing | Self Release [2020]
8 Dan Beaumont - Trippy Pumper | Classic [2014]
9 Wheelman - Broke | Stereotone [2021]
10 Lewis Lowe - Toto's Cave | Redstone Press [2024]
11 Prince Of Deptford - Peak Human | Blaq [2021]
12 Ikonika - PR812 | Hum&Buzz [2012]
13 Jaded & Rami Ali - Acid | Club Sweat [2024]
14 Paurro - Relax The Rax | Cómeme [2022]
15 Daisy Moon - Eclipse | Timedance [2024]
16 Ahadadream - Bamboo Riddim | More Time [2017]
17 mi-el - so shook | HoMies [2024]
18 MJK - Twin Pistons | Kenyon Sounds [2020]
19 JASSS - Turbo Olé | AD93 [2020]
20 Sistrix (Hannah Holland) - Dirty Talk | Shall Not Fade [2024]
21 Jeremy Sylvester - Ghetto Tech | Garage Paradise [2024]
22 Shivum Sharma - Planningtobefull Steel (PTR remix) | Super Nature [2023]
23 Kode9 & Spaceape - Konfusion (Vox) | Hyperdub [2012]
24 Paurro - Marry B | Self Release [2022]
25 Toshiki Ohta - E.I.D. | Unreleased [2015]
26 Desire / Roza Terenzi - Danse Libre (Roza rmx) | Maricas [2023]
27 Volte-Face - Blatchington Mill (Wata Igarashi rmx) | BleeD [2017]
28 Tasha & Kamikaze Space Programme - Nine Spirit | Neighbourhood [2019]
29 Benton - T's Offerings | Neighbourhood [2024]
30 Mike Parker (Richard Akingbehin) - Heat Inducer | Kynant [2021]
31 A For Alpha - Dee Lite | Hardline Sounds [2024]
32 Aloka - The Joker | Self Release [2020]
33 Ambient Babestation Meltdown - The Drum Machine | Ritual Poison [2023]
34 CHERIII - Cupcakke - LGBT | Self Release [2024]
35 A2A (AYA) - Turf | Local Action [2020]
36 Big Ang - Jumping | Self Release [2021]
37 J. ARIA - EGO TRIP | Self Release [2024]
38 DJ Ping - Warp Room One | West Friends [2019]
39 Compliments - On accident | Self Release [2022]
40 Nazar - Pausado | Self Release [2020]
41 Angel D'lite - Aquatic Riddim | Super Drama [2020]
42 FAFF - What's The Other One? | ec2a [2024]
43 Local Group - Watch This Beat | 1Ø Pills Mate [2021]
44 Ryan Lovell - Agora Kills | Self Release [2022]
45 LMajor - 160 Yo | Gutterfunk [2025]
46 Parris - Crimson Kano | Can You Feel The Sun [2021]
47 YNZN.P - Flea | Consolidate [2021]
48 Yazzus - The Wolf Has Come | Self Release [2021]
49 unkle G - Everybody got their hello but me | Equinoxx Music [2023]
50 Raf Reza - Exit Point | Heart to Heart [2019]
51 Cooly G & Scratchclart - Remember | DVA [2024]

FM063: TOSHIKI OHTA 100% FM MIX

03 Uno Dos Rocks (Andy Chatterley Remix)

Residing as the spearhead of her own imprint Neighbourhood. for the last decade, TASHA was an essential presence at our last Ilian Tape takeover. Championing elusive techno cuts and disorderly rhythms, this cherished friend of ours supplied an unruly air of camaraderie to her appearance with her devilish mixing skills and unwavering energy. 

Lucky for us all, this set was also recorded. Stamping her rebellious jigsaw piece into the delightfully mind-boggling party, Tasha slotted in perfectly against the accompanying, mesmeric bedlam from the 24-hour roster.

FOLD X ILIAN TAPE - TASHA

FM2026: 21-23rd August. Somewhere in Norfolk.