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The new FRiends and Family mix is live! For episode 45, we have a real treat from @shadyackk, just under an hour of club rhythms and techno bass explorations. Shadya is a DJ, producer, and resident for the Tempio Nero nights in Montreal. She has been the founder and label manager of @chezkitokat since 2006 and has been involved in music through writing lyrics and poetry since 1996. She was part of the electro-synth pop band Beat For Sale as a singer and performer (2006–2014). At the same time, she toured as an artist in France, Canada, and the US. Her mixing explores the dark side of techno. At the moment, she is working on new tracks and a live set.

In addition to her work as an artist, she is a music journalist for Panm360. She supports inclusive night life culture (MTL24H/24H, FANTOM), intersectional feminism, and fights against systemic racism.


LINKS:

https://ra.co/dj/shadya

https://chezkitokat.com/

https://soundcloud.com/shadyackk


TRACKLIST:

@1djplead - Liquify

@tsvisions - Hossan

@ladystarlightnyc - You

@magnapia - Alaska

Pariah (@voamlabel) - Caterpillar

@the-subliminal-kid - Big Ball

@slone-techno - Encore une fois

@vegim - Dying to survive

@z-i-g-l-e-r - Torsion waves

Vee - Aethar Prostitute Reduced

The Prescriber - Confucio

@axel-karakasis - Bouncy subject

@cocktailpartyeffectmusic - Gecko Slide

@1djplead - Baharat

Equal Speed: FRiends And Family Ep. 46

For episode 47 of the podcast series, we have @sassmouth in for a stellar mix of predominantly electro with some acid, breakbeat, and a touch of UKG. Sassmouth is a DJ based in her longtime adopted home, Chicago. She playfully mixes all kinds of records with a focus on techno, house, acid and electro sounds. She created her label @god-particle-vinyl as a homage to this style of DJing- a place for friends to showcase music that connects the dots between all these styles of dance music. She is a rave mom and real mom and co-runs Walking and Falling- a mentor program for woman and non-binary music enthusiasts that want to learn to DJ. If you don’t see her in the booth she is very likely dancing her ass off by the front left speaker.

Track list:

Datahata- The Maze

Japanese Telecom- Character Maps (Perspects remix)

The Maghreban (@maghreban) feat. Nah Eeto (@naheeto)- Got Your Number (Boss Mix)

Si Begg (@sibegg) - Energy

Transparent Sound (@transparent-sound)- Haircut Fantasy

Mr Velcro Fastener (@mrvelcrofastener)- Phlegmatic

Solar X - Dominatrix

Decal (decal-artifacts) - T*Shock

xamiux- Radiotherapy

BufoBufo (@bufobufo-1)- Luminous

Linkwood (@linkwood)- Fresh Gildans

Morphology (@morphology-electronics)- Shadows from the Past

Alien FM (@keith-tucker-k-1)- Nightmare (Dub)

Transparent Sound (@transparent-sound)- No Call from New York (Acid Mix)

Silicon Scally (@siliconscally)- Revelations (Fleck E.S.C remix)

Marcela Dias Sindaco (@marceladiassindaco) - A Flor da Pele

Sassmouth: FRiends and Family Ep. 47

DC-based @bossrossdj comes in hot for our 48th episode of the mix series with an eclectic mix of tough tracks. Lots of styles, all of them coming together in a way that only a pro dj knows how to work it. Associate is your DJ, my DJ, the DJ's DJ. He also runs the Midwest Plenty newsletter. If you're in the DC area, definitely sign up here: https://mailchi.mp/def17911d214/midwest-plenty

Track List:

XP+++ - sard ( @sardashhh )
Suzumebachi - otodojo ( @otodojo )
Velcro Spider - Herron ( @clubnightclub )
Schorl - NWHR ( @nwhr_music )
Feed Forward 01 - Sandwell District ( @sandwelldistrict )
Mockba - Neil Landstrumm ( @neil-landstrumm )
d.o.s. - sard ( @sardashhh )
Free - Orlando Voorn ( @orlando-voorn )
One Two (FIT Siegel Edit) ( @fit)  - Bizz OD ( @bizzod )
Do It Live (Fk It Dub) - Devoye ( @devoye )
Big Bop S.F. Shuffle (Aaron Carl Mix) ( @aaroncarl ) - K-Hand ( @khand )
Slippery (Lone Romantic) - Freddie Fresh ( @freddy-fresh )
Floods v. 3.1 (The Bass Soldier Remix) - The Black Dog ( @the-black-dog )
Eagle Dance - The Martian 
Kenotic Majic - Deepchild ( @deepchild )
Bad Hands Break (live mix) - Surgeon ( @dynamic-tension )
This is Serious - Overland ( @jodieoverland )
Scrawler - Rod Modell ( @rodmodell )
Own Pace - Adam Jay
Bootcut Chords - 2Lanes ( @2lanes )
Side Effect - Robert Hood ( @roberthood )
Somatic Mutation - Devoye ( @devoye ) 
Nothing About the United States - Marcal ( @laertemarcal )
Ice Notes - Dario Evangelista ( @enterthevoid_it )
The Heath - Surgeon  ( @dynamic-tension )
Stop Motion - Plural
L0V3S1R3N - Pervocet ( @ithqdetroit )
Network (Noncompliant Remix) ( @noncompliant1 ) - Moodtrax ( @moodtrax )
Aww Sh*t - Paul Johnson
Sidewinder - autokinetic ( @autokinetic )
Party Glitters - Alien D ( @aliendan )
Rushing Into Water - Toulouse Low Trax ( @detlefnet )
LSD - LSP (Flute Mix) - Lee Scratch Perry ( @lee-scratch-perry )
Eternal - Front Line Assembly ( @frontlineassemblyofficial )

Associate: FRiends and Family Ep. 48

For episode 49, we have Czech Republic-based premiere maestro @moskalus ! He runs an eclectic variety of dance music premieres and had a show on Threads Radio. We're thrilled to host an hour of hardgroove techno selected and blended by Mr. M, himself. Tap in for pure ENERGY and check the track list below to cross-reference the party materials used.

Tracklist:

DEAS ( @deasdj ) - Scope
Uma Scheffer & EOYYV ( @umascheffer & @EOYYV ) - Cadillac
Dajusch ( @dajusch ) - Its the E
Wongo ( @wongomusic ) - Melted Disco
Maccari ( @maccarimusic )- Resurgence
1morning ( @1morning )  - Signal Flow
Dokker ( @user-148241090 ) - Broken Deal
Felix Leiter, Ango Tamarin ( @djfelixleiter ) - Gotta Let You Go (ft. Dominica ( @dominicaofficial )) (Little Fritter Extended Remix) ( @little-fritter )
Mark Broom ( @beardman ) - Late Night Rave Muncher (Tribal Mix)
The Advent ( @ciscoadvent )- Don't Do It
William Arist ( @williamarist )- Neo Groove I (Truncate Remix) ( @truncate )
Estella Boersma ( @estellaboersma ) - Sweat
Malugi ( @malugienergy ) - Bad Habits
Estella Boersma ( @estellaboersma ) - Subspace
LB aka LABAT ( @lb-aka-labat ) - SECRETS (Kettama Remix)
Fort Romeau ( @fortromeau )- FWD NRG (AceMo Remix) ( @acemo )
Joshua James ( @joshua-james-72 )- Love To Do It (Mella Dee's 'Law & Disorder' Mix) ( @melladeemusic )
Sterac ( @steverachmad )- Muff Case
Sol Ortega ( @solortegadcg ) - Camea
Quadrant ( @quadrant ) - Infinition

Moskalus: FRiends and Family Ep. 49

For our 50th podcast episode of FRiends and Family, we have a live hardware set by Chicago's @chaosiskoz . Performing at clubs like Podlasie Club and The Listening Club in Chicago and releasing mixes for @rumorschicago , @komfortloch , @researchndevelopment , and @kaltblutmagazine , playing parties like @bwanz 's H.O.T.H., Joel is interwoven in the underground scene. I started following their sound a few years ago...they understand that hard has to have funk, that madness has groove. 

Strap in and lock in to the peak-paced machine-torque techno that's hard-hitting, groovy, bubbly...this is music that reacquaints you with your body...focusing in on a sound, an instrument, and really working it til you're lockstep with the motif....when I first listened to it, the weekly tornado drill sirens in my city went off right in time with the set within the first ten minutes. And the break about 3/4's into the set...cyber-divine. Get into it!

K.oz: FRiends and Family Ep. 50

For our 51st episode of FRiends and Family, we're thrilled to host a brilliant recording of a two hour set by @nathanielyoung who makes music and DJs as Guilt Attendant. Nathaniel runs the @uxz label alongside @lycheefrut , and they are also a brilliant designer, working as the creative director for @daisrecords (check out the insane Juno X merch collaboration between Dais and @rolandcom on their website linked below!!). This is two hours of techno as both escape and resistance, recorded live, March 7th, 2024, at Mansions in NYC for the UXZ-03 release party and label night a few weeks ago. Strap in and get lost in the blends!

UXZ-03: Guilt Attendant, 'A Flower Wilts Under The Heat Of The Son': https://unimatrix-zero.bandcamp.com/album/a-flower-wilts-under-the-heat-of-the-son

For more on Nathaniel Young: https://nathanielyoung.net

Tracklist:
Substance & Vainqueur ( @peter-kuschnereit &  @vainqueurofficial ) - Emerge 1 (British Murder Boys Remix 1 @dynamic-tension and Regis)
DJ Shufflemaster ( @shiki-kyokai ) - Guiding Light
Brandon Braun ( @brandon-braun-506288682 ) - Zero G (Unreleased)
Subway - Destination
Electric Envoy ( @electricenvoy ) - Channel Deluxe
DJ Bone ( @djbonegoesfurther )- The Divine Call (Original Mix)
Roman Poncet ( @roman-poncet ) - Walfisch
DJ Shufflemaster ( @shiki-kyokai ) - Inner Visions
Mark Broom ( @beardman ) - Tracker
Scan7 ( @scan-7 ) - The Resistance (Ma Haiping Remix @mahaipingtechno )
DJ Bone ( @djbonegoesfurther ) - My Tribe (Original Mix)
Brandon Braun ( @brandon-braun-506288682 ) - Memories (Unreleased)
Sansibar ( @sunnysibar )- Sissi
Floorplan  ( @roberthood )- Funky Souls
Max Watts & Huey Mnemonic ( @limitednetwork & @hueypmnemonic ) - Echoes of Change (Mnemonic Mix)
Round One ( @roundoneofficial ) - I'm Your Brother (Chicago's Twisted Mix) (Feat. Andy Caine)
Samuel L Session ( @samuel-l-session )- Riot On 33 1/3
Brandon Braun ( @brandon-braun-506288682 )  - Circling The Sun (Unreleased)
Dustin Zahn ( @dustin-zahn ) - Tangie Groove
x club. ( @itsxclub ) - Turning a Blind Eye to This Nonsense
Yaleesa Hall ( @yaleesa-hall )- Fourth Perrin
Guilt Attendant ( @nathanielyoung )- Elation Shimmer At Sunrise (Forthcoming on Perimeter Junk @fleet412 )
K. Hand ( @khand ) - Sound 6
Scan7 ( @scan-7 ) - The Resistance (UR Rusted Metal Mix)
Sansibar ( @sunnysibar ) - S1 Type Beat
D. Dan ( @ddan-sounds )- Sun Over I-5 South
Dustin Zahn ( @dustin-zahn ) - Crimson Cheeks
Deadbeat ( @deadbeat88778 ) - Mercy Cage

Eda3004: FRiends and Family Ep. 53

Landing here on planet Earth for episode 52 of FRiends and Family is @djhockey for an hour of shapeshifting, tripped in and out techno. An absolute delight, best (of course) listened to loud and with headphones on. If you haven't already, follow and get on board with DJ Hockey and the @pprzrecords label he co-runs alongside @adamtwo . Cream of the cream stuff they're presenting. 

Don't forget to preorder your copy of DJ Hockey "Push:Pull", his vinyl debut, out May 8th on Fixed Rhythms. Link to buy here:
https://djhockey.bandcamp.com/album/push-pull

Take it straight from Mr. Hockey himself about the mix--"it's very close to the core of what you'll hear on a night out if I am playing to a very heady crowd."

👽 Take me to your party 👽

Track list:
Joachim Spieth (@joachim-spieth) - Flow
mod21 (@mod21) - Black Ink (Refracted remix) @refracted-music
Neel (@neel) - Afnio
DJ Hockey (@djhockey) - Restraint 
Joshua Calleja (@joshua-calleja-1)  - Mindless Chaos (Centrific's Lysergic Dub) @centrific 
JXTPS (@jxtps) - Perimeter
Aleksi Perala (@aleksiperala) - GBBVT1337152 (Len Faki Hardspace Mix) @lenfaki
Temudo (@temudo) - D is for Dissonance
Mike Parker (@geophone) - Tripartite
Pulso (@pul_so) - Dash Back
Biemsix (@biemsix) - Whisper
Kamellia, Decoder (@amotikmusic @iamdecoder )- Beyond
Sleeparchive (@sleeparchiveofficial) - HH1 Session 10
Jero Claires (@jeroclares) - Radial Velocity
Metapattern (@mptrn) - Blinded by Safety
DJ Hockey (@djhockey) - Release
Adriana Lopez (@adrianalopez) - Gradual Illusion
Staffan Linzatti (@staffan-linzatti) - A rush of reason
Sleeparchive (@sleeparchiveofficial) - Before
Alex Dolby (@alexdolby) - Rd203
Dasha Rush (@dasha-rush) - More than ones
NWHR (@nwhr_music) - Schorl
Nørbak (@norbakmusic) - Gare
Kerrie (@kerrie_dj) - Inner Space

Buy "Push:Pull" here!

DJ Hockey: FRiends and Family Ep. 52

@dj-trident-ii lives in San Diego and knows how to mix some techno records. We've shipped records back and forth to each other for the past 5 years or so. Before the pandemic, he mailed me a CD of a mix he recorded. Energetic contemporary techno on wax. And this year he sent me this new mix as a submission for our FRiends and Family series. We're excited to host it. You won't find him on social media. Just throw the mix on and rev it up! 

Track List:

1. @blame-the-mono "Forlorn (ft. Herr Clem)" Sustain the Rigour @taapionrecords 
2. @renereiter "Core 1" @collabs_events
3. @pedrodelgardo "Ayahuasca" Futurists EP, Innervate
4. @exos "Time to Time" Time to Time @figure-official 
5. Blawan (@ternesc) "Tasser" Wet Will Always Dry, @ternesc 
6. @anethamusic "Endless Sea" Urban Utopia, @blocaus Series
7. @dj-i-am-bam "Trezor" I Am Bam EP
8. @schacke "Trained to the Floor" Feeding the Chaos, Kaos (@hectoroaks)
9. Mezmeric "Digital Washing Machine" Digital Washing Machine, Submissions 
10. @bermuzik "Up and Down" Easily Disturbed, @fixedrhythms 
11. @toni-moralez "Ghetto Techno (Original Mix)" Ghetto Techno EP, FTP
12. @hadonesector "Things We Never Did" What Was I Running From. @twndmusic
13. @the-exaltics "i.m.p.E.H. (Gosub Turbidty Mix)" Remixes, @solar_one_music 
14. @shedofficial "Crystal Cubes" Constant Power, The Final Experiment

DJ Trident II: FRiends and Family Ep. 54

For our 55th episode of FRiends and Family, we are excited to host just over an hour of @zvrra on the controls, dialed in as ever. Spacey and hypnotic techno, shapeshifting sonic structures, really potent music here. Imbibe responsibly! 

Follow @zvrra and check out their other mixes as well as their productions on labels like @avian-music @30drecords @herrensauna @eatdislabel @pprzrecords and loads more. 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/zvrra_ig
RA: https://ra.co/dj/zvrra


TRACK LIST:

Assad Harri (@assadharri) - Blato [Self Released]

Korre (@korreeeee) - XF (Richard Holhburn's Premium Bottom Shelf Mix @richard-holhburn) [Perimeter Junk @fleet412]

Decoder, Zisko (@iamdecoder , @ziskomusic)  - State of Awareness (Decoder Remix) [E-HRZN Records @ehrznrecords]

Hattori Hanzo @hattori-hanz-500995865) - Natural Walls (Original Mix) [Modern Minimal @modern-minimal ]

Assad Harri (@assadharri) - I hate lab techno [Self Released]

Franco Alesso (@francoalesso) - Alunizaje (Original Mix) [Xelima Records @xelimarecords]

Zvrra (@zvrra) - Atlantica [Zvrra]

Jerome Baker (@jerome-baker) - Devices (Original Mix) [Mental Schizophrenia]

The Advent (@ciscoadvent) - Sketched For Life (Salsa Mix) [Tresor @tresorberlin)]

Joel Mull (@joelmull) - The Mole (Gaetek Remix @gaetano-parisio) [Primevil]   

Decoder (@iamdecoder) - XX 15 B1 [Molecular Recordings @molecular-recordings]

Worg (@worgmusic) - Oracolo (Neel Remix @neel) [Lykos Records @lykosrecords]

C-System (@c-system) - Dead Sea [Hardtools records @pwccaofficial]

Alexander Kowalski (@alexanderkowalski) - Black Channel (Original Mix) [Milligramme @milligramme_music]

Jonas Kopp (@jonas-kopp) - LIM 5I (Original) [TREMSIX @jonas-kopp]

Convextion (@convextion) - Ebulience [Mojuba Records @mojubarecords]

JUDAΣ (@judas-aka-juda) - INTENΣE IV [ARTS @artsltd]

Matias Freccia (@matiasfreccia) - KX002 [MERIEN RECORDS @merien-rec]

Mathys Lenne (@mathys_lenne) - Backroom [mord @bas-mooy]

Michaelangelo - Shape Shifter (Original Mix) [Labrynth]

Zvrra (@zvrra) - Ancients [Rotanev]

Zvrra: FRiends and Family Ep. 55

For our 57th episode of FRiends and Family, we have Madison cool ruckus freak mode slayer @balkan-babushka for an hour of sexy dance music for your listening pleasures. I met Bledat at The Great Beyond in 2023, and we hit it off instantly. His bonhomie and capability to party forever drew me into his zone with ease. The dance floor needs more Bledats. Cause we all know it's about the dancers. But also, he's a stellar DJ, so you know we had to ask him for a mix. Throw it on and enjoy!

Track List:

0:00 - Berlin | Cairo [January 2010 / September 2006] by Dr. Nojoke
1:00 - Nivin by Dr. Nojoke
4:00 - Black and White by @oleg-makovskiy
7:00 - Quebec Nightclub by @aku-en
9:15 - When Numbers Align by @liambinks-illi
12:10 - Rollin in the Gutter by @jaytripwire
15:15 - Today by @matt-john
17:25 - Iron Man by @andrea-ferlin
20:55 - Expression (Original Mix) by @subb-an and @luthervinemusic
27:20 - Get Stuck (Original Mix) by @dubfound
29:35 - Flutter by @aguycalledgerald
32:10 - Born to Dance by @riccardo_buccirossi
35:00 - Palasquesea by @fedemolinariand @alexiscabrera
36:30 - Orbit 1.4 by Second-Hand Satellites
41:35 - Black Back Moniqa (Original Mix) by @andrea-ferlin
46:40 - Aura (Original Mix) by @vladcaia
50:25 - Bang Goes the Clock by @conniescrew
53:20 - Midnight Hours by @delano_smith
57:00 - The Sun Can’t Compare by @larryheardofficial

Bledat: FRiends and Family Ep. 57

For our 56th episode of FRiends and Family, we have @threehz , who is no newcomer to NYC underground arts. They run the @no_dawn monthly show on @thelotradio , have played many parties alongside New York movers and shakers @lycheefrut @tiffwanee @tomsobolikmusic and @nathanielyoung as well as global heavy hitters like @polygonia and @rrose1921 . They are a serious musician, and it shows when they DJ.

It is based off a set originally performed during yoga with Yaya Flows at Antidote in Brooklyn, NY. It's blissful, dubby, and lush. A perfect end to the rush of the summer. Do enjoy....

Track List:
Daniel[i] (@danieli_whs) - Amiskwia [white label, 2022]
Porter Ricks (@porterricks) - Port Of Tangency [Tresor, 2017 @tresorberlin ]
Deepchild (@deepchild) - Gnade Und Vergessen (Echologist Pub Tech Tool) [Affin, 2021 @affin ]
Anthony Linell (@anthonylinell) - Onset Of Action [Semantica, 2022 semantica-records ]
Primal Code (@primalcodemusic)- Alhambra [End of Perception, 2018 @endofperception ]
Jozef K & Tin Man (@jozef-k & @tinman ) - Nice Acid (Voiski Remix @voiski) [Sungate, 2022 @sungaterecords ]
Evigt Mörker (@evigtmorker) - Högre [Evigt Mörker, 2013]
Voiski (@voiski) - Reaffirming Eternity [ara, 2019]
Archivist - Stone Eater [Sure Thing, 2021 @sure_thing ] @monument-podcast 
Murky fm (@murkyfm) - Mirage [NFEREE, 2022 @nferee ]
The Field (@garmonbozia-2)  - Kappsta [Kompakt, 2006 @kompakt ]
Furtive @furtivetrax - Pillars [Furtive, 2022]
Lakker (@lakker) - Milch [R&S, 2015 @r-srecords ]
Savvas Ysatis (@savvasysatis) - Alright (Surgeon's Keith 4 Nat Mix @dynamic-tension ) [Tresor, 1999 @tresorberlin ]
Markus Suckut (@markussuckut) - And Dreams [SCKT, 2023]
Sebbo - Watamu Beach (Moritz von Oswald Rework @moritz-von-oswald ) [Desolat, 2008 @desolat-music-group ]

This mix was recorded in studio on 3 XDJ-1000mk2's and a XONE:96. 

Photo by AJ Annunziata

threehz: FRiends and Family Ep. 56

For episode 58 of FRiends and Family, we have Oklahomie Sick Nick cutting it up. Nick has long been an Oklahoma dance music addict. He started raving in the 90s, and he is still just as excited about new electronic music as he was back then. He's always digging for new stuff. He's into everything...techno, jungle, drum and bass, acid, breaks, footwork, juke, edits, club, and he plays it all out! He keeps fun in the foreground, and he creatively blends different sounds together all while keeping the energy steady. It's been a long time coming having him on for the series. He's played our parties before here in Oklahoma City, and he's been a day one supporter of the label. This mix is his set, blending in after another local DJ FRiend of the label @chromedex from one of Nick's Beats and Brews nights he holds at Norman brewery Lazy Circles. He's delightfully in full Sick Nick modus on this recording. Strap in and enjoy!

Tracklist:
Sister Zo (@sisterzo)  - Chop Day (Amy Kisnorbo & Sam Binga RMX @alchemist101 & @sambingamusic) 
FORK AND KNIFE (@forkandknife000) - HOT PURSUIT 
Yraki (@yraki) - Crawl 
AceMo (@acemo) - Satellite From The Ghetto 
Honey B (@honeybbzz) , nextdimensional (@nextdimensional) - BOY U UP? (RITCHRD remix @ritchrd) 
Dj Deep RH (@djdeeprh) - Prince of Persia 
Rob Stow (@rob-stow) - Hydraulix 7 B (Original Mix) 
Toni Alvarez (@toni-alvarez) - Acid Spikes (Original Mix) 
Devoye (@devoye) - Nucleotide Sequence 
SOPHIE (@msmsmsm) - Berlin Nightmare (feat. Evita Manji @evitamanji) 
badsista (@badsista) - BELÉM BRESSER 
10010 (@1oo1o) - MOLLY (trance mix) 
JIALING (@pbnstrawberryjam) - PERCOLATE ON ACID 
DJ Funk - I Am Getting High 
Oak City Slums (@oakcityslums) - PIANO FINGAS 
Ariel Zetina (@arielzetina) - Dive Down feat. Glamour Cadaver 
BASHKKA (@bashkka) - Act Bad 
AnG (@ang076) - DJ Play It 
Yazzus (@yazzus-1) - Three Deities 
D.A.V.E. The Drummer & Jerome Hill (@dave-the-drummer & @jeromehill) - Wormal Distortion ( D.A.V.E. The Drummer's Booty Shakin' remix) 
10010 (@1oo1o) - JAGUAR (10010 7AM mix) 
10010 & Eric Uh (@1oo1o & @ericuh) - Acid Playero 
INVT (@invt305) - SUBELO Y BAJALO 
JIALING & Farsight (@pbnstrawberryjam & @djfarsight) - WHISTLE TIP 
RITCHRD (@ritchrd) - THUMPIN' 
Kush Jones (@kush_jones) - BONGO MAYNE 
Moma Ready (@moma_ready) - Booty Ass-O-Matic

Sick Nick: FRiends and Family Ep. 58

For episode 59 we have Madison, Wisconsin techno groover and maker @glynis-fisher . This is a psychedelic 2 hour trip of textural electronics. We're in the deep end here and loving it. Follow Kitty Spit for more info on mixes (like the recent stellar mix for @pprzrecords ) and upcoming gigs! 

Tracklist:
Toni Dimitrov and Stefan - Balkan Winds (@tonidimitrov)
S. English - Invasion Threat (@shane-english)
MTv - Snow Ball (@mtv-sc)
lurifax - morgeniatte (@lurifax-1)
Ghetto GEM - Disfunctionerende Samenleving
Martin Schmitz - Toxic Wheatfield (@martinschmitz)
Russell - Give In (Original Mix) (@lbr-records)
Circa Tapes - Reality Believes (@circa-tapes)
SOLOTAPE - amnesia (@enceence)
Seth Troxler & Patrick Russell - Love Spray (@sethtroxler @ptrckrssll)
Interviews - Cosmic Shuffle (@inter_views)
GIL.BARTE - St Anne_s Asylum (@gilbartemusic)
Captain Mustache - Diavola Original Mix (@captainmustache)
Beroshima - redlightlove (@beroshima)
Hair - Brunettes
Beroshima - deebeephunky (@beroshima)
Claude Young - Electronic Discussion Rmx (@claude-young-238394592)
J. Hooks - -y
Colin Self - Polyvagal (@colin-self)
Cosmo Vitelli - Delayer (@cosmo-vitelli)
Mike Denhert - Rgs2
Resistance D. - Identify (Audiosex Mix IV)
XY0815 - Cleo's Theme (@xy0815)
Doubt - Frosx
DJ ALLSKYNZ - UR 2 3L3CTR0NIK 4 M3
Doubt - Frog Ship
Lee Gamble - Frame Drag (@leegamble)
GALAKTYKA MIESA - Von Hutten (@galaktykamiesa)
Gardland - Ride Wid Me (@gardland)
Krypton 81 - Dobbeltgænger (@krypton81)
fleck E.S.C. - responsible grown up (UnSonore remix) (@fleck @unsonore)
Evelyn - Neptune's Gaze
Kryten42 - Smug Mode
David Spanish - Dead King By Knight (@davidspanishofficial)
Ottagone - Ottagone013
The Other Two - FF Dom Remix (@the-other-two)

Kitty Spit: FRiends and Family Ep. 59

For episode 60 of our FRiends and Family, I'm happy to have a pillar of the US underground @djmitchsmith . Mitch lives in Denver, vis a vis Florida. He's a real Florida dance music enthusiast and has shown me so much of the IDM-miami-bass-techy-housey fusion that the state has gifted to the world of dance music. He djs alongside @wngdu (see FRiends and Family Ep. 21) in Denver as Loudmen. They've brought @billconverse, @jonnyfromspace, DJ Fitness, and others into Denver, and they have huge plans (can't reveal yet) for Denver this summer. So if you're in the area...TIP!

At TGB last year, we had a conversation about the importance of sexy groove. This has it all. Acid, hand drums, psychedelic vocal fuckery, basslines, touch of breaks....come onnnnnnnn, tap in! 

DJ Spun Acid Experience - DJ Spun & Dyhan Moller (@therealdjspun @stillmusic)
Norgan - Hazed
Peyote (Hard Mix) - Anatolian Weapons (@anatolianweapons)
Chasing Away The Night - Gesloten Cirkel (@gesloten-cirkel)
Sub-Urban Pt 2 - Witchman vs Jammin Unit
Intoxication - Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia
Tüdeldub (quadratschultz bleep Remix @quadratschulz) - Jacques Palminger & Viktor Marek (@jacquespalminger-music @viktor-marek) 
It's (Not) Just An 808 (Warehouse Mix) - The Loose Control Band (@therealdjspun @spacetime-continuum )
I Am Sitting In A Version (Re-Edit) - Flexitone
Untitled - Ro 70 Meets Move D (@ro70-music @move-d) 
Here's Your Chance Now Dance (3-D Mix) - DJ Reckless Ron
Loving Your Mind - Mono Junk (@mono-junk)
Mondo Hehe - Lutto Lento (@luttolento)
Cazbot - Alphonse
nubJa - SW. (@sw-sc) 
We Gave You Life - Lab Technicians (@labtechnicians)
Feel The Joy - Lockgroove
Moody - Eddie Richards (@eddie-richards)
Microton - DJ Fitness

Mitch Smith: FRiends and Family Ep. 60

For episode 61, we have OKC close scene co-conspirator @crkdjw. I met Garrett when he came to one of our Critical Mess parties a while back. I didn't know who he was, but I just saw the way he was dancing and really listening to the music that he knew what was up. While trying to not make too eager of moves, I went up and told him we gotta chop it up. 

When I think of the most exciting DJs in OKC right now, Garrett is always there in my mind. He has an appetite for brain-scratchy sounds, drummy techno, with a dose of minimal inflections...and there's always excitement selection-wise given his broad taste in music outside of the dance floor. What we're all about! He's been really exercising some restraint lately, and this mix shows where he's been at in his bag lately. Excellent music, enjoy!

Track List: 
Dew Drop Refraction - Squash and Biscuit
I Killed Picasso - @ike-yard
Test - Baby Ford
Upside Down (Instrumental) - @polygonia
Back To The Start - Herbert
Heal Yourself And Move - @theoparrish
I Am Running All My Drum Machines At Once
And Dancing - @massimilianopagliara
Lies (Watch Your Lift) - @losoul-official
Machinik 28 (Machinik plane) - @studio-of-scott-grooves
Love & Passion - @patrickcowley
Keep Rockin’ (Thumping House Mix) - Love
From San Francisco
Dreamscape 500 - @unitmoebius
Boire Comme Un Trou pt1&2 (Re-edit) -
@cherrystones
Snake Charmer - Ectomorph
Jack it up - @huey-mnemonic
Turner’s House - LB Dub Corp (@luke-slater)
Still Buggin’ - @daniel-bell
Raverd (Dub Version) - Virginia (@ostgutton-official)
Route 505 - C.L.A.W.S. (@dematorikibuhile)
Technic Electric - @anthony-rother

Crooked Jaw: FRiends and Family Ep. 61

For episode 62, we have @yaxofficial from Adelaide, AU. He has invited many FRiends of ours to take part in his techno mix series Yax Invites...seriously impressive series with #229 just coming out this week! Techno for techno lovers here. Enough said, track list below!

Track List:
1	@cerrot  - Gradual07
2	@mental-availability - Recognition and Recall
3	@ignez_smv - Awakening
4	@ninom4lo - Dffrent
5	@benjamindamage - Hydra
6	@nedbennett - Engineered Movement
7	@mptrn- Strain
8	@technosbnc - Chorofobia
9	@the-miller-1 - Compact (@mamwadi remix)
10	@warnung- you talk
11	@mental-availability - unreleased
12	@carilekebusch - Olydig
13	@technosbnc - Crevicing
14	@mathys_lenne - Blind
15	@dxrvo - Piano Mercy
16	Max Watts (@limitednetwork) - Dixon (@charlie-conway Mix)
17	@aints-music - Wisdom
18	@kussmusic, @sicion-techno- Ego Death
19	@neonaarm - The Present is a Gift
20	@roberthood - Radio Active
21	@@technosbnc - Sorge
22	@mental-availability - unreleased
23	@jonas-kopp, @oliverrosemann - Mindwave Convergence
24	@exos - Everyday
25	@jonas-kopp, @oliverrosemann - Syncing Frequencies
26	@neonaarm - Deleterater
27	Dolph (@kargoelektronik) - Fuji Speedway (Bonus)

Yax: FRiends and Family Ep. 62

For episode 63, I am very excited and honored to have a special mix by Oklahoma City major head Stin from @chatpile . This is just over an hour of a musical history of all shades of underground freak rock/punk/metal from Oklahoma City. Beginning in the 70s and ending with our current moment. As someone who stepped into this chronology as a fan and fellow noise-maker in the late 00s/early 10s, I personally found it invigorating to understand on a deeper sonic level where the sounds were coming from that we were all making. Today you will hear people talk about the loss of regional sound identities, but I’m hoping that the act of drawing from the ghosts of your local alternative spheres has not completely died out. After listening to the mix, it seems like those connections you find with the roots of a scene happen in many different ways and are often unconscious. For example, playing in bands with people slightly older than you, finding the same records at the local shops, attending gigs together and soaking up the same influences. There are bands, people, and labels mentioned in here that make up the core of my music-loving DNA. There were so many older freaks who were taking care of me as a teenager while I was out on a school night at The Conservatory (legendary OKC venue) catching music from around the world at wildly cheap door costs. And then I imagine that happening to those who were older than me when they were kids…a beautiful freaky cycle. 

I can’t mention enough how much Stin is a pillar of our local music scene in OKC. He ran a tape label called Nerd Party, which he mentions. @dusthousestudio is where I and so many people in the City recorded our records (Chat Pile still records there!). I wouldn’t have seen so many awesome bands that came through OKC in the 00s and 10s, if it weren’t for Stin and his friends nudging me to go. The Speed Falkon tape that he put out (he plays a track off of it) is one of my all-time favorite OKC underground installments. I played that tape OUT. And I just checked…it’s not even listed on Discogs. There are some real delights here that you won’t hear outside of Stin’s bedroom. Truly honored to have him open up his media collection to us with this Okie curatorial lens and for the bits and bobs shared in between the music. I hope you enjoy, and since he says he’s down, we will definitely be inviting him for another episode of specialties. But first, sit back and enjoy the sounds of the OKC underground as selected by Stin! 

Tracklist:
Debris - “Witness” - S/T - 1975
Defenestration - “Cars in Trees” - Dali Does Windows - 1987  
@flaminglips- “Right Now” - Telepathic Surgery - 1989
Stin Speaks
Syringe -  “On the Other Side” - S/T Single - 1996
Microlight Sound - “Eyes Bleed Silver” - S/T Single - 1996
Stin Speaks
Subsanity - “Human is Shit” - Human is Shit EP - 1997
Dominant Minority - “Fuel for the Machine” - The Years of Defiance - 1997
@traindodge - “The Buzzard” - About Tomorrow’s Milage - 1999
Stin Speaks
Gravity Propulsion System - “What Can I Say” - Get Destroy - 2005
Speed Falkon - “Fantasy” - No emotion - 2006
No Man’s Slave - “Tooth Decay” - I Resign/No Man’s Slave Split 7” - 2010
I Resign - “No Prospect” - Final Songs 7” -  2010
Stin Speaks
CHUD - “Handsome Vampires Live” - CHUD S/T 7” - 2012
Glow God - “Man Down” - House of Distractions - 2013
Found Footage - “Lovers Down” - As Far As Far -  2014
American Hate - “Pissing” - Our Love is Real - 2017
Stin Speaks
W/OE - “No Cure” - Without Empathy - 2019
The Tooth - “Hatred’s Wings” - Cascade Effect - 2021
Peeling Flesh - “Make A Move” - Slamaholics Vol. 2 - 2023
Free 4 All - “Pain 4 Ever” - Volume 4 - 2025 
Stin Speaks
@chatpile - “Cut” - Brothers in Christ Split EP w/ Nerver - 2023

Stin from Chat Pile: FRiends and Family Ep. 63

For episode 64 of FRiends and Family, we have long-time listener, first time caller Language Models (@t1ck). Language Models is a raver and fan of Fixed Rhythms who lives in Milwaukee, WI doing DJ stuff at Cactus Club and teaching stuff at UWM.

With this vinyl mix, clocking in a little under 2 hours, LM takes it into lots of zones. Twists and turns exploring a surplus of possibilities with touches of honest cynicism and a couple reorienting deconstructions. Lots of questions posed, and lots of hope. 

I love music. You love music. Throw it on....

1. Iori – Vortex
2. MRSK – Twirl
3. Rabit – Hex
4. Color Plus (@colorplus) – Medical MF
5. Shiva – Work It Out (Morales Club Mix)
6. Doc Sleep (@docsleep) – Geospatial
7. Lützenkirchen (@lutzenkirchen) – 3 Tage Wach
8. Obstructor (@obstructor7) – Meursault
9. Henry Chow (@henrychow) – Piece Of Me
10. Blake Baxter (@blakebaxter) – Sexuality
11. Sylvester – Sex (Ian Levine Remix)
12. Steffi & Rosati (@dolly-records) – Minor Slider
13. Technasia (@technasia) – Cyclone (Tempest)
14. Biochip C – Acid Frogs
15. Autokinetic (@autokinetic) – Wakeword
16. Casual Treatment (@casual-treatment) – Living Cells
17. Sd Laika (@sd-laika) – Meshes
18. Phreax – Lindup Skinup
19. Treega – Fire Flare
20. DJ Pirna (@djpirna) – Cosmic G-String
21. Anastasia Kristensen (@anastasiakristensen) – Volshebno (Stretched)
22. Vilamar – Vilamar 04
23. JLIN (@jlinnarlei) – Embryo
24. Maara (@maara) – Scissor Me Timbers
25. Polygonia (@polygonia)– Never Have I Seen
26. Pessimist (@pessimist) – Ridge Racer Revolution
27. Chris Korda (@chris_korda) – Baby Batter Bingo
28. Phoebe – Estou Perdido
29. GiGi FM (@gigi-fm) – Awakening The World’s Heart
30. Ricardo Villalobos (@ricardo-villalobos-28) – 909 Track
31. Lonefront (@lonefront) – 56 (ft. Decoder @iamdecoder)
32. SU01 (@su01unitedsonicplanet) – No Force No Light
33. Surgeon (@dynamic-tension) – BDF-521
34. VTSS (@vtss) – Sensor 150
35. Dig-it & Ricardo Garduno – Get Going
36. Summer Skool – Tribaltone (Smokin Jesus RMX)
37. Salar Ansari (@salaransari) – Cyber Daze
38. GRRL X Made Of Oak (@grrl-music @madeofoak) – Chord Thing
39. Wata Igarashi (@wata) – Interweave
40. X -Alterra – Entry