Artists 2024

Toronto's Cindy Li, AKA Ciel, has a knack for balancing warmth and pressure. Her productions and mixes often feel coated in an iridescent gloss, evoking the trippy stylings of '90s UK tech house and the swung drums of classic New York house. In between that, though, there's lots of vigor via sleek electro, rippling trance, barrelling techno and big, bad breakbeats. Her style may lean towards the atmospheric but it's loaded with moxie, giving her the versatility to close out a main room or kick off the afters.

Her fluid movements between bouncy basslines, spiraling synth patterns and weightless house grooves are just one facet of her impressive rise as a DJ and producer. When she's not behind the decks, presenting radio shows or working on the excellent Parallel Minds label she runs alongside other Toronto acts Yohei S and Daniel 58, Li throws herself into community work. Committed to diverse dance floors, affordable housing and overall equality in the music industry, she's a hard worker in the realest sense of the phrase.

Li's RA mix is a treat. Rolling through scintillating drum work, wonky rhythms and dreamy pads, it feels like quintessential Ciel. In her interview below, she described how she enjoys "the challenge of trying to combine and make cohesive all the diverse styles of music I loved in a DJ set." Judging by this mix alone, it's safe to say that Li succeeded.

Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/832

@ciel_dj

RA podcast

RA.832 Ciel

@lux-io We are still waiting for the Nachtiville and to override the time here comes a vibing masterpiece from the hand of LUX. Her mix sounds like old music from the future, a touch of Detroit. With pleasure we remember her sets from Nachtdigital and we are already looking forward to her coming to Nachtiville.

Waiting for NACHTIVILLE

Lux // Nachtipod // Waiting for NACHTIVILLE

For our 10th edition of our SYLPCAST we invited cologne based Philo & Aino DJ from the précey collective. They start their mix with some punchy breaks followed by progressive and trancy vibez just before they add some bouncy and shaky techno. It is a mix full of dreamy melodies and percussive rhythms. Press play and u can experience this lovely mix by yourself!
They will play on our event taking place on the 10th of December at Artik Freiburg. Come over :)

Podcast-cover made by lovely Matilda:
https://www.instagram.com/matildnz/

Now some more infos about the artists in general:

During a year in France, Aino DJ finally got the courage to step behind a turntable and started mixing for fun. Since then, she has played in clubs like Gewölbe and Jaki and has made first steps outside of Cologne with gigs at Melt Festival and Silbergold, Frankfurt.
The cologne based DJ brings a selections of a whole variety of different subgenres, always rooted in a dynamic mixture of electro and breaks. She loves to twist her sets into unexpected directions and never just focuses on one genre, unwilling to fulfill expectations regarding the sound she plays.

Philomène Robinne aka Philo proves you don't need decades of experience to understand and push boundaries of a genre. With national and international recognition, Philo's originally vinyl-exclusive selection has evolved over time into a digital hybrid in the pursuit of the best possible sound. Characteristics of her eclectic selection involve rough UK bass, which is somewhere between breakbeat, 4 to the floor, dubby bassbin jungle and footwork, with a splash of classic 90s aswell as house and trance influences according to the maxim " keep moving forward“!  
Not long ago she started producing and released on Headlight Records, Nice & Deadly, nonesuch, Stereo45 and Defrostatica - more to come soon!  In 2021, together with Marie Montexier, Aino DJ and No:elia, she founded the event series Précey, which focuses on female and non-binary artists to push the scene in Cologne.  She also hosts her radio show on jungletrain.net monthly on Wednesday from 10:30pm (CET).

Some information about their précey collective (just in german):

Die DJ-Szene in Köln ist immer noch sehr männlich geprägt, was wir, die in Köln und Leipzig lebenden DJs und Veranstalterinnen Philo, Marie Montexier, Aino DJ und no:elia mit der Eventreihe im Klub JAKI seit 2021 ändern wollen: wir freuen uns, Euch Précey präsentieren zu dürfen. 

Précey möchte Raum für Diversität geben, um Safer Spaces und Empowerment in unserer Szene entstehen zu lassen, aber auch Genregrenzen zu überwinden und Raum für Eklektizismus bieten. Wir möchten die Vielfältigkeit der Menschen in der Kölner Szene auch auf unseren Line-ups repräsentieren und lokale aber auch internationale Artists unterstützen und ihnen eine Bühne geben. 

‘Précey‘ ist eine Wortneuschöpfung und setzt sich aus den Wörtern ‘présence’ und ‘Sarcey’ zusammen. Wir verstehen den Namen unter anderem als Hommage an starke Frauen und entschieden uns daher den Nachnamen von der französischen Feministin und Historikerin Michèle Riot-Sarcey in unsere Namensfindung mit einfließen zu lassen. Das Wort ‘présence’ haben wir in Kombination gewählt. Die deutsche Übersetzung dieses Wortes lautet ‘Gegenwart’ und präsentiert unseren gegenwärtigen Moment. 

Ein wichtiger Output des Kollektivs ist auch die musikalische Vielfältigkeit, die sich nicht nur auf ein Subgenre beschränkt. Der Fokus liegt dabei immer darauf, einen roten Faden durch die Veranstaltungen zu ziehen, der durch die eklektischen Spielarten jeder Einzelnen eine frische Dynamik erhält.

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/philocgn
https://soundcloud.com/ainodj

https://www.instagram.com/luisa__paolini/
https://www.instagram.com/philorbn/
https://www.instagram.com/precey__/

SYLPCAST 10 w/ Philo B2B Aino DJ [Précey]

DHC for The Crave Festival

"I'm usually the first person to label Valentine's Day a commercial scam," says Kikelomo in the interview below, "however I recently realised that sharing music and connecting with people through sound is one of the ultimate expressions of love for me." When the Berlin-based DJ sent in her mix to RA, she subtitled it "All about love." It's nearly two hours of dance music that radiates warmth, positive energy and compassion, expressed through the wide, almost kaleidoscopic genre lens that Kikelomo has made her own. House, jungle, electro, hip-hop, you name it. The mix is even split into two distinct sides, like an old-school cassette mixtape.

In addition to being a great and adventurous DJ, Kikelomo also started @orokoradio, a station based in Accra, that connects the Ghanaian capital—and other African cities—with the usual electronic music hotspots, and showcases homegrown talent and sounds through a platform of their own making. It's all part of her mission as a DJ to not only share music and love, but also to connect, uplift and create real community, as she also discusses below. It's not just a buzzword for Kikelomo, but a mission.

@kikelomooo

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/871

RA.871 Kikelomo

New record label VLOP releasing its first catalog number! The 4 Track EP ''Endless Pleasure'' is the debut release by female vocal artist and newcomer Deslin Ami Kaba. She teamed up with Cyan85, who runs the label as a sideproject beside his techno productions. The release doesn't shy at mixing classic 80s and 90s influences in a modern way. Side A is heating up any funky dancefloor out there, while the B-side is giving you more intimate feelings. All tracks have their very own moments. VLOP will be focused on original songs in a wide range of genres to give a platform to talented artists, who fly under the radar.

Produced by Cyan85 
Written by Deslin Ami Kaba, Cyan85 & Max Priesnitz 
Guitar by Alain Fuentes 
Mixed by Martin “Yngwie” Rödiger (Nada Sounddesign) & Cyan85 
Mastered by Zino Mikorey 
Photography by Matthias Wolf 
Artwork by Frieder Oelze 
Distributed by Inch by Inch

Deslin Ami Kaba - Endless Pleasure EP (VLOP001)[SNIPPETS]

Spin w/ no:elia 22.03.23

Jammin' through centuries and bpm – with a bouncy selection of iconic productions only.

Music by Apparition, Lull, Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany, DJ Life & Reflex Blue, Human Space Machine, DJ Gigola, BASHKKA, Fireground, Chris Flannigan, Stef de Haan, ntbr, u.r.trax, DJ SWISHERMAN, DBBD, Miss Bashful, 240 KM/H, Thommy Coconut, MOFANG333, Juri Heidemann, room trax, Amor Satyr & Same O, Fireground

Photo by Baptiste Carboni

vision board: everglade sceneries, woodland creatures swaying in swamp, deep red lights, sweat soup cooked in a witches pot, foggy abyss… and eventually: smol hints of tech house 🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱

big pandemonium energy, thank you herrensauna for having me for your weekender back in may at RSO

yup played my fav twice :p

cryptofauna at herrensauna RSO may 2023 (2hrs extract)

was it fantasy? reality? 
recorded live at fusion festival, friday 30.6.2023, 18-20 @ Querfeld

Marie Midori | Fusion Festival 2023 | Querfeld

Imad b2b Triqi at Garbicz 2023

Live Recording from my closing in the vault for the Tresor New Faces Series, hosted by @cecilia_berlin.

Salty DJ @ Tresor Berlin 27.09.23 (Closing Set - Vinyl Only)

A rager to close out Pride weekend in Berlin with Weeeirdos, the queer platform & event series founded by Iraqi-American superforce Lolsnake.

Neri J | Boiler Room Berlin: Weeeirdos

Name: Ophelia
Alias: DJ Luv You (@djluvyou)
Pronouns: They/Them
Location: Naarm (Melbourne)

Influences: Magick, Nature, Mushrooms, Synchronicities, Bodies of Water, Astrology, Skirts and Boots, French Language, Mirrors, Place, Touch, The Body, Dance.

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: LUNA Blessings

Favorite Quote: L'important c'est pas la chute, c'est l'atterrissage

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: Make and play with what you love, never take yourself too seriously but give it all you can. Don't chase other people's definitions of fulfillment or success; Trust in your uniqueness, your creativity, your passion, and eventually what you seek will find its way to you <3

About the mix: Recorded in December last year at the beloved Club 77 in Eora (Sydney). I was lucky enough to be asked to play before dear newly made friends Octo Octa & Eris Drew <3 Was an awe-inspiring challenge to play an all-vinyl set before two who know the craft so well. Please enjoy this frolic through euphoric 90s house and high NRG joyful rave.

With this mix DJ Luv You asks for you to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ Palestine Children's Relief Fund (https://www.pcrf.net/)

Read more at - https://thedaisychain.club/2024/02/06/daisychain-316-dj-luv-you/

Daisychain

Daisychain 316 - DJ Luv You

"So I took advantage of this opportunity to deliver one of my most club-oriented podcasts. Well, all my podcasts are club-oriented, but I wanted to get as close as possible to the energy I like to give off in the club by recording from home.
I always like to go through different emotions, whether it's via progressive house which, for me, lays the foundations for a set, hardhouse which I use almost every time, in the middle of the set for its energy, and those communicative voice samples, and trance which I leave to wait for the dose of melancholy. Of course, this order is never definitive, and depending on the audience, even if the trance is at the heart of my artistic approach, I like to create frustration, having people wait for it to arrive by leaving a few bits and pieces during the set!
In a podcast, unlike a live show, it's me who completely chooses the order, and I hope that people will understand this when they listen at home."


She’s setting the standard for tran(s)ce on the queer landscape, in Paris and beyond. Producer and DJ, @juliiiiiiiedesire holds a special affinity for cheesy euphoric trance that tickles your emotions and sets dancefloors aflame, and this set is no different. 

Read our full interview with her here:
https://www.hueandsaturation.net/blog/2023/desire

Hue & Saturation Mix #063: Desire

Sha Ru are a New York-via-Berlin based duo perpetually in nomadic motion, renowned for their deft blend of spoken word and bass-heavy electronics. The band are notorious for their exhilarating productions, sonic elegies of political and queer liberation, coupled with infamously raucous live, hybrid and DJ sets.

Sha Ru @ Kiosk Radio 17.02.2024

AGY3NA (@agy3na) draws on many different things when it comes to the music he plays and the messages he shares. There is an intersectionality to his identity as a gay black man growing up in Germany that informs everything he does from DJing to promoting parties. He has a background playing baritone and percussion, has a degree in psychology and a master's in cognitive science, and continues with academic research alongside his music pursuits which blend house, electro and Afrofuturism in all new ways. What underpins it all is his focus on feelings of freedom and playful rhythms from across many different genres and decades.  

All that bares out across this week's mix which unravels over the course of 90 subtly uplifting minutes. It's a peaceful selection to start with where gentle rhythms and organic pads awaken the soul before vibe-fuelled house ups the energy levels. AGY3NA unobtrusive, efficient mixing style then works through Afro-centric grooves, broken beats, and worldly percussion which all bring vigour and vitality and leave you feeling high on life.

Dekmantel Podcast 456 - AGY3NA

@stella-zekri-ouiddir

This mix is a journey through different textures, rhythms and moods inside the house spectrum. A translation of my feelings played in a raw and honest way.

Mood II Swing - Call me (Duke’s Pink Dub) 

Carl Craig - Throw (K. Hand Mix) 

Grace Jones - Sex Drive (Sex Pitch Mix)

Blast Master’s - Innocent Love (DC Dungeon Mix)

Gene Hunt & Ron Hardy - Throwback 87

Peter “At Work” Presta - Who Could Dance (The Presta House Mix)

Daft Punk - Burnin 

Lonnie Gordon - Dirty Love (Alkemy & MBG Garage Mix)

Laurent Garnier - Storm (the doody dodgy mix)

Dance Syndication - Dancefloor (Bus Stop Mix)

Bizarre Inc ft Angie Brown - Took My Love (Sure Is Pure Golden Dub Mix)

Nush - Nush (NY Strings Mix)

Mentalinstrum - Ah! I’m Coming 

M.C.J. Ft Sima - To Yourself Be Free (Bonesbreak Rave Mix) 

Joe Roberts - Lover (Pharmacy Dub)

Dana Dawson - Show Me (Eric Kupper Dub Mix)

DJ Dado vs Michelle Weeks - Give Me Love (Full Intention Mix)

MARICAS - Stella Zekri n.64

Of all the Berlin DJs who make a living spinning strange, I'm-not-sharing-the-tracklist kind of records, Sugar Free, originally hailing from Madrid, might be the most fun. She plays bold, colourful tracks with an air of sci-fi and sleaze, somewhere between Italo, hi-NRG, electro and house. (Her Dimensions Mix last year was one of our favourites of 2023.) She's the kind of DJ who messes with your perception of genres and tempos by how she blends tracks together, and also a DJ with a rare grasp of mixing melodies and moods—just check out the first transition of this RA Podcast for a spine-tingling example.

Sugar Free doesn't speak much publicly, and you won't find a lot about her on the internet. She prefers to let her DJing speak for itself. And her RA Podcast says a lot: proggy basslines, heart-in-mouth descents into reverb-heavy breakdowns, eerie vocals and a general feel of psychedelia and '80s decadence. It's difficult to tell what era these records are from, which is part of the charm. For a bonus point, try and pick out two just-completed Sugar Free originals, some of her first productions ever after her debut track came out on Limousine Dream in 2022.

@freesugarfree

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/927

RA.927 Sugar Free

One-Hundred-Seventy-Seventh Hate Podcast with nthng. The whole podcast consists of works produced by nthng, mostly unreleased. 

Download available.

nthng - unreleased
nthng - unreleased
nthng - unreleased
nthng - I Just Am
nthng - unreleased
nthng - Embryo
nthng - unreleased
nthng - Heitt
nthng - Hypnotherapy 
nthng - unreleased
nthng - unreleased

Follow nthng here:
https://soundcloud.com/nthngnthng
https://www.instagram.com/nthng_0000/
https://www.facebook.com/nthngnthngn

Follow #HATE here:
https://www.instagram.com/hate_collective/
https://www.facebook.com/hatecollective/

HATE Podcast 177

Nthng - HATE Podcast 177

Fluid Festival goes 2nd edition: 

14/06 - 16/06/2024 

at Ziegeleipark Mildenberg

AGY3NA
Aino DJ
Akua
Byron Yeates
Ciel
Cryptofauna
Deslin Ami Kaba (Live)
DHC
DJ Luv You
DJ Sex
Imad 
Julie Desire
Kikelomo
Lux
Maara
Marie Midori
MSJY
Neri J
no:elia 
nthng (Live & DJ Set)
Philo
Salty DJ
Sha Ru
Stella Zekri
Sugar Free
Triqi 
Victor
& many more tba soon

past

24.11.23 - mjut (Fluid Festival Showcase)
16.09.23 - Jupiter Dachgeschoss
01.09.23 - Fluid Festival Showcase @ THF Radio
06.05.23 - Fluid Festival Showcase @ Radio 80000
07.04.23 - Den Anden Side (Fluid Festival Showcase)
30.03.23 - Fluid Festival Showcase @ Callshop Radio
25.02.23 - PAL (Fluid Festival Showcase)
23.12.22 - Fluid Festival Showcase @ Hallo:Radio
19.11.22 - IFZ (Fluid Festival x Closed Showcase)
05.11.22 – Frappant
17.09.22 – OXI
23.07.22 - MS Artville 
21.07.22 – Input @ IFZ (Closed x Fluid Festival)
24.-26.06.22 Fluid Festival
01.04.22 ÆDEN
26.03.22 Frappant

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Fluid Festival aims to create a meeting space for subculture, where dance enthusiasts and lovers of progressive electronic dance music can come together to experience a carefully selected line-up of DJs, live acts and artists, as well as organic rhythm selections, the finest house, technoid ecstasy and moving art installations.  



At Fluid Festival, behavior or statements that are to be classified as anti-LGBTQ+ or misogynistic are just as little tolerated as racism, anti-Semitism, or sexism. The same applies for exclusion or discrimination based on perceived origin or religion, gender, sexuality or skin color.