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Kyoto-born, Berlin-based DJ, producer and artist, Alex Kassian has become a firm favourite of ours over here at Phonica over the past couple of years. His sophisticated, lush and organic sounding productions have been picked up by labels such as Paramida’s Love On The Rocks and Alex Bradley’s Utopia Records in recent years. His most recent release, Leave Your Life, was released in 2021 via Pinchy & Friends, and we can safely say it was one of our most-played, and bestselling, records of the year.

Together with Hiroaki OBA, Alex is also one-half of Opal Sunn, who have been operating their own imprint Planet Sundae since 2017, through which they self-released a number of EPs, catching the attention of and support from dance music luminaries such as Andrew Weatherall and DJ Sprinkles.

Check out the full feature & interview over at offtherecord.net

Full Feature

Phonica Mix Series 93: Alex Kassian

Palms Trax - BBC Radio 1 Residency 2022-12-08

01. Sabrina - Vision In The Night [ZYX]
02. Gaz Nevada - I.C. Love Affair
03. L.D.C. Music - Disco Lido Dance
04. Radio Move - Risky (Long Version)
05. Who's Who - Hypnodance
06. Lama - Love On The Rocks [BEST RECORD ITALY]
07. Methusalem - Zombie
08. The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord [UNIDISC]
09. Hugh Bullen - Alisand
10. Wish Key - The One You Love
11. Teaz-2-Pleaz - That's What I Like (Extended-2-Pleaz Mix)
12. Ris - Let's Stay Together
13. Palms Trax & Nonku Phiri - Petu (Masalo Remix) [CWPT]
14. Lorena Michelon - Sogno D'Amore
15. Charly Danone - Go!
16. Mike Mareen - Love Spy (The Badman Mix)
17. Miquel Brown - So Many Men, So Little Time (Intstrumental) [VANILLA OMP]
18. Sylve - I've Only Got You To Blame
19. Dreams Come True - Sweet Magic

Palms Trax - Italo Disco - BBC Sounds Residency

If anyone can capture the vibes of NACHTI, it's Elias Mazian. He's been a fixture and a friends to Olganitz for many years. You could recognize one of his sets with your eyes closed; @eliasmazian loves blending top influences with house, always with a touch of sentimentality and never veering into the cheesy territory (well, sometimes. A little.). Not only is Elias a fantastic DJ, but he's also a gifted producer, as he demonstrated with the "NV02" vinyl release on Nachtiville, a few copies of which you can still find in our shop. On the lakeside stage, he undoubtedly created plenty of hands-up moments, and we hope his set can still bring a smile to your face even now.

Nachtiville 02 Vinyl

Elias Mazian // Nachtipod // Nachti 2023

After first crossing paths in the Summer of 2012, Bradley, Edd & Simon finally joined forces on home soil for an unforgettable b3b to close out the annual Wax'o Paradiso Open Air bash at the  Abbotsford Convent.
Quite possibly one of the most epic 3 hours you've ever heard.... just don't fast forward!

Bradley Zero b2b Wax'o Paradiso January 13th 2024

Recording De School closing set

♥️

I haven’t posted a recording of my djing for quite some time now, I feel this is a moment I can and want to share.

This 5 hour closing set has been something special for me. 

02•01•2024 
09:00 - 14:00

Walking into de school not knowing what was about to happen, only thinking that I would see this as my musical homage to being a resident to this amazing place, a space where I was going to play one of my most memorable sets to this day. What started as 3 hours planned of a closing ended up in 5 hours of pure bliss. 
The responses on that moment have changed a lot for me. It made me rethink why I dj, why I make music and why I love doing this thing I do so much. 

These 5 hours are filled with: unknown hits to big dance bangers, music for happiness, loneliness, loving, hating, remembering, forgetting, friendship and everything in between. 

Amsterdam
hope you enjoy.

Love
L.

BSS - 02•01•24 - Closing De school

B.P. live from TOLA Peckham (8 TIL LATE - 17.02.2024)

Berlin-based, British-born underground hero Christian AB takes the reigns for Crack Mix 584, with a nostalgic, groove-laden journey back to London’s notorious afterparty spot, The Boat, taken from a 2019 Sunday afternoon.

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Crack Mix 584: Christian AB

With more than a few aliases and past lives under his belt the sometime graphic designer, the artist formerly known as Mic Newman has been enjoying huge success under his Fantastic Man moniker. Being a go to name for acid dipped feel good house music, the Melbournite excels at keeping thronging crowds grooving. [continue reading at...https://trommelmusic.com/music/podcast/trommel-201-fantastic-man/]

Trommel.201 - Fantastic Man

Recording of Suze Ijó's set at Dekmantel Ten

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Suze Ijó at Dekmantel Ten

recorded live + direct from east london's most iconic tech-house boozer (during the first few hours of my 31st birthday)

big up jon for leaving the recorder running... was all pretty impromptu but quite happy with how it turned out. hope yous enjoy xx

live @ the lion & lamb, london (14102023)

Quest recorded live on The Pavilion on Thursday night of Houghton 2024.

Recorded at Houghton - Quest (2024)

Live recording of my set from Space Miami - Saturday 11/01/2025 2-4am on the Terrace. 

Luke Alessi Live @ Club Space Miami [Jan 2025]

The Berlin-based Irishman with the biggest smile and warmest vibes graced us with a visit in Utrecht last December. Two hours of cheeky basslines, dreamy drone synths, and pumping kicks pushing the party forward are now online on our soundcloud.

TASCAM DR-44WL

Cromby at ZeeZout x WAS. 2024

Tracklist — https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2015-08-01_-_Palms_Trax_@_Dekmantel_Festival,_Amsterdam

Live From Dekmantel '15

Carving her name as a trusted selector and DJ, we're excited to host Sally C on our AVA Festival stage in Belfast.

Sally C | Boiler Room x AVA Festival 2019

Big thanks to Hopkins Creek for letting me take it home for this years amazing festival <3 <3 <3

Image credit Dave Smiley :)

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