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14.4 LO-LOW Guest Mixes

Friday 21 July 23' at Dalston Superstore: ra.co/events/1727724

Psybuzz at Dalston Superstore ~ Friday 21st of July 23' - Presents:

Up next on our Tapes series #43 is LO-LOW, a self-confessed club kid and music enthusiast from London. LO-LOW found her way into the world of music through journalism, writing for CLASH Magazine and is now the co-host of two radio shows; Melatrois on Reform Radio which airs monthly and has been running for 5 years and Love Music Hate Racism’s fortnightly #speakupthursday radio show on Soho Radio. Spirited by nature, the aim of LO-LOW’s sets is to give back to audiences, what the club has done for her. By finding freedom in the expression on the dancefloor, euphoria, community and making you break a sweat. Enjoy!

Interview: https://www.originssound.com/os-tapes/lo-low-mix

Follow LO-LOW:
https://soundcloud.com/lo_low91
https://www.instagram.com/phtba/

Tracklist: 

1. Paula Tape – Panamericana
2. Palms Trax & Nonku Phiri – Petu (Original Mix)
3. Anthony Naples – Ott 
4. Lady Gaga & COUCOU CHLOE – Stupid Love (COUCOU CHLOE Remix)
5. Leonce – Jungle 
6. Xyla – Feel
7. Baby – Baltra 
8. Kristy Harper (feat. Samirah Raheem) – My body. My Future.
9. Avalon Emerson – One More Fluorescent Rush
10. Ase Manuel – Lawdaa Mercy 
11. Soundstream – 3rd Movement 
12. Loods – Three Blocks
13. Lxury – Dimly Lit 
14. Breaka x Guava – Fiscal Hibiscus 
15. Ikonika – Bodied (OG Mix)
16. Beep Tzt – Yes, Ok?
17. KG – BBM Remix 
18. ASNA – ATALAKU
19. The Chemical Brothers – Got To Keep On (Midland Remix)
20. C&G Southsystem & Honey Dijon – Dual EP B1 (Honey Dijon Re Rub)
21. Lone x KETTAMA – The Way You Feel 
22. LSDXOXO – BURN THE WITCH 
23. ASEC – Catharsis 
24. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx -Ur Soul And Mine
25. LCY – teeth 
26. Martyn Bootyspoon – Tom Tom Club
27. Barker – Positive Valence 
28. LSDXOXO – Baby 
29. Cromby – IXP-42
30. Gareth Wils – Common Assault 
31. No_4mat – Game Shark 
32. UniiQU3 – 7 Day Weekends
33. Moma Ready – Nothing Can Save You
34. SHYBOI – Head Top 
35. Laurel Halo & Hodge – Tru 
36. Skin On Skin – Got Me Fucked Up
37. OSSX – DON’T CARE, DIDN’T ASK
38. Witch Trials – Child 
39. Otik – Switchways (Zenkers Brothers Remix)
40. Black Rave Culture – 4 Matic (Amal x James Bangura)
41. Mall Grab – Switchblade 
42. Foul Play – Feel The Vibe 
43. Fracture – GETTING DIS PAPR 
44. Yazzus – Sleazy 
45. TYGAPAW – So It Go

INTERVIEW

Origins Tapes 043 - LO-LOW

Self-confessed club kid and music enthusiast, @lo_low91 blends eclectic selections in our latest DETECT, from deep house to techno and breakbeat.

Spirited by nature, LO-LOW aims with her sets to give audiences what the club has given herself: freedom in expression on the dancefloor, energy, euphoria and community.

Initially breaking into the world of music through her journalism at CLASH Magazine, LO-LOW recently opened HOWL’s fourth edition at Colour Factory and can be regularly heard co-hosting Melatrois on Reform Radio and Love Music Hate Racism on Soho Radio.

LO-LOW has recorded an exclusive DETECT for FOLD.

DETECT [093] - LO-LOW

The Smoker's Lounge - Show 41
Broadcasting every 2 weeks on @Orbital_Radio
Sunday 1pm - 3pm AEST
www.orbital-radio.com

1st hour mixed by RT
2nd hour mixed by special guest @marley-sherman

Tracklist:

1st hour mixed by RT

Num.	Title	Artist	Label

1	Galactic Zone - Bill Laswell - Reachout International
2	Star Faraway	- Softone - Global Trance Netwrork
3	El Benson - Pachyman - ATO Records
4	You Ready - Telemakus - Radio Juicy
5	Midnight Sarabanda - Cape Coral - Business Casual
6	Incense - Edo Lee - Radio Juicy
7	Cold Winter's	- Byron the Aquarius - Apron Records
8	Blessing	Silent Poets	Klik Greece
9	Devil Call an Angel (Mazelo Nostra Funk Mix) - The Diventa Project - Catharsis
10	Meditation - Jon Moon - Yutman Records
11	A Liquid Moon - Yantra Mantra - 7AGE Music
12	Gold Star - Woo - Quindi Records
13	Even If - Inquiri - Soma
14	Space Shimmy - Chris Joss - Distrokid
15	Juntos Mais uma Vez - Azymuth - Far Out Recordings
16	Reign Dub - Dual Tone - K7 Records

2nd hour mixed by special guest - Marley Sherman 

Track - Artist
Herbsman Anthem - Jah Warrior	
Easier Said Than Done - Community Recordings	
Wall Street (feat. Andrew Ashong) - Hector Plimmer	
Language Symbolique - Thievery Corporation	
Viewing Space - downstairs J	
Righteous Dub - Uptight Sound System
Ultra Stimulation - Finley Quaye	
Hard Like a Rock - Daddy Ous	
Dub Massacre - DUAL TONE
The Outernationalist (Rewound by Thievery Corporation) - Thievery Corporation
Smooth Talkin' - Mr. Barth	
See the Light	- Sofa Surfers
Marley Sherman - Aye Aye

2nd hour guest mix by Marley Sherman

The Smoker's Lounge - Show 41 - Orbital Radio - w guest mix by Marley Sherman -Apr 2022

Download the set here:
https://corenews.me/sofia-kourtesis-essential-mix-2022-04-09/?utm_source=soundcloud
Tracklist over here:
https://tracklists.thomaslaupstad.com/sofia-kourtesis-essential-mix-2022-04-09-tracklist-playlist/?utm_source=soundcloud

Core News - https://corenews.me/

Sofia Kourtesis - Essential Mix 2022-04-09

radio mix for Ed Isar's "-vite+loin" show on Rinse FR.

I-Cube radio mix for Ed Isar's "-vite+loin" show on Rinse FR

I:Cube radio mix for Ed Isar's "-vite+loin" show on Rinse FR

Hey DJ ! Fresh New Weapons are available on my personal Bandcamp !

https://princedetakicardie.bandcamp.com/album/force-rouge

released April 10, 2020 

Design and Produced by Prince de Takicardie. 
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino, Analogcut.

Force Rouge

Live Sets

Alex Downey Live at Infinite Space - Birmingham 2022-04-02

My live set from Daybreak Festival. All unreleased material :) enjoy

Reflex Blue (Live) @ Daybreak Festival [AU]

For this installment of Juicy Tunes, LO-LOW has curated an hour of the finest tunes that make her feel her most juiciest self, blending eclectic selections of deep house, techno and electro, through to breakbeat and pop - it's not always just about techno kids! 

A self-confessed club-kid and a great supporter of us all, you can find LO-LOW on Reform Radio, and now slaying it down in the white studio for her E1 residency. We are so gassed for LO-LOW and all the moves she is making and can’t wait to see what next year has in store for her!

JUICY TUNES 006 w/ LO-LOW

This week’s exclusive mix comes from LO-LOW. The self-confessed club kid and music enthusiast blends eclectic selections of deep house, techno, electronic, ballroom through to breakbeat and pop.

Spirited by nature, the aim of LO-LOW’s sets is to give back to audiences, what the club has done for her. Designed to take the listener on a journey through various aural portals. Finding freedom in expression on the dancefloor, euphoria, community and making you break a sweat. 

TRACKLIST

1. Byrell The Great - DANCE WITH THE DEVIL
2. LWS - Hedges
3. Doss - On Your Mind (VIP Mix)
4. dyLAB - Coming Out of My Ears 
5. The Freak Show - Gabriella Vergilov 
6. Gel Gidelim - Sedef Adasi
7. Likshot - Surusinghe 
8. LCY - 0NLY 0NE
9. Martyn Bootyspoon - Ghetto Sexual 
10. Ciel, Kilig - girls only want 1 thing and it’s music! (B2)
11. badsista - SÓ ME CHAMA SE FOR HOUSE
12. BLANKA - Time Machine (Original Mix)
13. Reece Spooner - Gucci, Prada 
14. Alarico - Drippin’ Blood 
15. Skin On Skin - Slow It Down 
16. Monophonik x Riva - Morsing 
17. NARA - Cigarette Break 
18. Effy - Get Down
19. DJ Gigola & Kev Koko - Papi 
20. Byron Yeates - Cauldron Of Chaos
21. Yazzus - Human Error Processor 
22. RUTHLESS - rite now (demo)
23. BASHKKA - DeFol
24. NARCISS & DJ HEARTSTRING - JUICY

FFS131: LO-LOW

The fifth instalment in the fledgling X-Kalay mix series is delivered by Berlin based DJ, Zeynep. Here she contributes a heady blend of propulsive club centric sounds; seamlessly moving through contemporary styles of house, acid and trance. 

In her own words: "I recorded this mix in winter dreaming of warmer days and sunny raves. One and a half hours full of energy driven stompy tunes that release huge euphoria in me. I hope you enjoy this mix as much as me when I was recording it since it’s for one of my favorite labels out there. Hi-NRG 4 EVER 🗣️!"

@zeynep

XKM005 | Zeynep

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Prepare to kick back and go all in on this sonic odyssey with @Zeynep, the German-born Syrian DJ who radiates an unparalleled passion for music. Now an integral part of Berlin's vibrant party scene, Zeynep has evolved into a dynamic selector and a masterful storyteller. Her latest mix for us is teaming with euphoric, alluring house, expertly introducing each tune with seamless transitions and an irresistible energy that we just cannot get enough of. Basically; just play the goddam mix, it's a corker! 🌀🌀🌀

HAWSMIX083 / Zeynep

Radio Limo returns with our very own Reflex Blue. Fresh off his move from Australia to Berlin, it’s a proggy flex that reiterates the sound of his latest TSOL release in smooth ride mix format.

Reflex Blue - Fantasy Value [TSOL008]
Order here: https://limousine-dream.com/tsol008/?noamp=mobile

Reflex Blue
Hailing from Melbourne Australia and now based in Germany, Reflex Blue’s take on electronic music leans heavily on 90’s nostalgia with a mix of contemporary sound design. His solo productions have taken flight over the last years with his tracks reaching sound systems in all corners of the globe. With initial releases on Rand Muzik and a recent forthcoming outing on Gene On Earth’s Limousine Dream label, Reflex Blue shows no signs of slowing down. His approach to DJing showcases his deep record bag with a mixture of locked grooves, 90’s sampling and his own signature flair. 
IG: https://www.instagram.com/reflex__blue/?hl=en
SC: https://soundcloud.com/reflex-blue-x

Find our releases here: https://go.limousine-dream.com/shop-links
More about Limousine Dream: https://go.limousine-dream.com/linkinbio

RADIO LIMO | Ep. 4 | REFLEX BLUE

Gaining her first show out of London in August 2022, she played the pre-party for Scotland’s number one queer alternative night SHOOT YOUR SHOT, ahead of founder Bonzai Bonner and headliner Cormac. This year has seen her go from strength to strength; opening for CEM and Giant Swan at Phonox and an extraordinary three hour set ahead of DJ Bone, at one of London’s most iconic clubs Fold. 

Co-founder and co-host of Melatrois on Reform Radio, which airs monthly and has been running for over 6 years serves a balanced mix of heartfelt chats and tunes. Extending her radio sensibilities LO-LOW has made a few radio guest appearances on Voices Radio, Stripped.fm show and Netil Radio. She was also invited by co-founder Nala Brown of AMPFEMININE to curate a mix for a takeover on Ghana based station, Oroko Radio amongst new talent and other members of the collective. LO-LOW also co-produces and has presented Fold Talks, a new series ran by the London club, which is aimed at giving under-represented communities a voice in the electronic music realm.  

Instagram: lo_low_ldn

Track list
1.    AFRODEUTSCHE – DRINK 
2.    Jun Kamoda – Misty Funk 
3.    Anz – Clearly Rushing 
4.    Shinedoe – Triplex 
5.    Manni Dee x River Moon – HOT
6.    ASEC – Acrylic 
7.    moktar – Send It 
8.    Drevv – swing at the king
9.    BLACK GIRL/ WHITE GIRL – LOUI3
10. Jasmine Infiniti – BE READY 
11. SUCHI – Birdy Bell 
12. RQVX – X-Humans (Main 2)
13. Player – Player 003 A1
14. Moma Ready – A Graceful Landing 
15. Witch Trials – Dilemma 
16. AceMo – System Override 
17. Gareth Wild, Voicedrone – Que?tion (Works Unite Remix)
18. Benny Benassi x Rosalía – A Pale Statisfaction (Jenson Interceptor’s Pushin Mashup)
19. GLASKIN – Sage Mode 
20. Theo Nasa – Summertime Raving In London 
21. Rudoh – Traybal 
22. SONIKKU – Megalomaniac 
23. Alphaconda – Hey Mami (presented by Hyperaktivist)
24. Binary Digit – Untitled 38490
25. LSDXOXO – Double Tap

LO-LOW - Black Techno Matters Radio

'Faith In Strangers' is the title track from Andy Stott's forthcoming album, due for release via Modern Love on November 17th/18th.

Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers

M.E.S.H. — Exasthrus (Pane)
Lara Sarkissian — Gerhard
Hilt — Hilter
Superfície — Febre do Vale
rip ME — skip_hop.emo
Galtier — Balms
Leonce — Marimba Track
Kassett — Yugo Baby
Fraxinus — Uplink
TSVI & DJ JM — Aziza
DJ Lycox — Hotel Radio Paris
Tomás Urquieta — ???
White Visitation — ???
Physical Therapy — Leipzig Swing
LIMIT — Limit#02
Alfred English — Piston (TSVI & Luru remix)
Kotai + Mo — Black Acid
Download — Lebanull
Florentino — Sientelo
M.E.S.H. — Kritikal Thirst
Kelela — The High (DJ J Heat remix)
Tuxedomoon — Les Odalisques

MIMIC I 17/1/17 on BCR

V/A - mono no aware もののあわれ

Format: 2xLP / Digital
Label: PAN
Cat.No: PAN 77
Release Date: 17 March 2017

http://p-a-n.org/

purchase:
site: http://bit.ly/2mQN5AO
bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2n9ToSm

mono no aware (もののあわれ) is the first compilation to be released on PAN, collating unreleased ambient tracks from both new and existing PAN artists.

Featuring Jeff Witscher, Helm, TCF, Yves Tumor, M.E.S.H., Pan Daijing, HVAD, Kareem Lotfy, ADR, Mya Gomez, Sky H1, James K, Oli XL, Bill Kouligas, Flora Yin-Wong, Malibu, and AYYA, the compilation moves through more traditional notions of what is called ’ambient’, to incorporating wider variations that fall under the term.

“Mono no aware”, ‘the pathos of things’, also translates as “an empathy toward things", or "a sensitivity to ephemera”. A term for the awareness of impermanence, or the transience of things. A meditation on mortality and life's transience, ephemerality heightens the appreciation of beauty and sensitivity to their passing. In investigating the passing of time, the boundaries between memory and hallucination become blurred; between fiction and reality. The movement of time transforms into an eternal present.

The album is mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, featuring photography by Molly Matalon and design by Bill Kouligas. A limited version of 100 copies will be released as a special art edition in collaboration with Mount Analog for the LA Art Book Fair 2017, before going on general release.

mono no aware

6. AYYA - Second Mistake (PAN 77)

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Wuza Waves. Soundscapes evaporating from the island in the sky. Listen closely and you might hear the subtle chants and delirious drums behind the clouds.
The Waves will reach the earth's shore twelve times per year and this is the place where you'll find them, hand-selected by gifted artists from around the globe, with our family members Gyrl kicking it off.
See ya on the other side

Wuza Waves #001 - GYRL

Our set from friday, 03.08.18, 14-17h on Buk Corner stage at Garbicz Festival.

Thanks for those who were raving with us. 

Nichts ist gut. <3

miniproductions

Garbicz Festival 2018 @ Buk Corner

© artwork by franz zünkler ➲ contact ✉ franz@afterhour-sounds.com

GYRL (https://soundcloud.com/gyrlz) presents Afterhour Sounds Podcast Nr. 148

Die schön unverblümte Afterhour, heute im GYRL Warehouse.

„Ja hey das ist einfach GYRL-Sound," ... Was bitte ist „GYRL-Sound“ habe ich mich noch vor ein paar Jahren gefragt.
Einen live Tango später, in einer wunderschönen Bucht war alles klar... Die Produzenten @NikolasNoam und @garstique schaffen mit ihrem Projekt GYRL ihr eigenes Genre. Wer kann das schon von sich behaupten? Seit drei Jahren kapert das Duo die Downtempo Zone mit ihrem unverwechselbarem Sound und gestaltet diese durch ihrer beider Talente munter mit.  
Ihre Produktionen: Aus Leipzig nicht aus Zucker. 
Ihre Sets: Dark-Techno auf Slomo, der gekonnt in ein ekstatisches Jenseits lotst und durch ihr Musikspektrum führt, welches so unverschämt gut ist, dass es sich einfach nur verboten anfühlt. 

Wir sagen danke, für euer musisches Schaffen, euch als Inspirationsquelle und die heutige, mehr als gelungene Afterhour lieber Carsten und lieber Hannes.  <3

Ladies and Gentlemens, 
willkommen auf der @slowereastside...willkommen im Warehouse von GYRL. 
K4 Bookings | Drossel | Heimlich

@gyrlz
https://www.facebook.com/GYRLmusic/
https://k4bookings.com/GYRL.html

GYRL presents  Afterhour Sounds Podcast Nr. 148

Ein kleiner Mitschnitt vom Funkloch-Festival 2019, auf der Zenit Stage von der wundervollen Friz-Crew.

https://soundcloud.com/freudeundradauimzenit

Funkloch-Festival 2019@Zenit

For our new bi-weekly series Detect, we are shining a light on our favourite artists who are all on their own unstoppable rise in the industry, profiling their musical career, upcoming projects and more alongside accompanying mixes for those frequent indoor weekday breaks away from the home office.

Kicking off the recommendations we have the rebellious duo Blasha and Allat, who have hit their own stride since the catalyst of their Meat Free parties and other projects based in and around Manchester since 2013. It’s been a flourishing subsistence since then, with their punitive brand of techno, breaks and electro generating copious waves of influence despite the competition in their busy city. A demanding calendar has ensured that their sound is never out of attention, with bookings everywhere from Printworks and Dimensions to Freerotation and Headroom validating their capability in tackling large or little crowds with a discerning ease, balanced awareness and stable reputation. 

With FOLD, the pair have always been a guaranteed choice for the booth, operating a sweeping and comprehensive appearance back our extended MORD takeover in February, as well as closing our Room 2 space with a driving, guttural set at the RA twenty four/seven coup just before last Christmas. This mix, recorded at FOLD during the MORD party, flaunts a carnival of absurd and thrashing records right from the bottomless void of the twosome’s record bags.  With an impressible proficiency at interchanging moods and genres with little effort, Blasha and Allat lecture to crowds with a tongue that takes no prisoners.

DETECT [001] - Blasha & Allatt (Mord x FOLD)

Our very own @voicedrone is the next artist stepping into the limelight for DETECT. Lasha Jorjoliani is an often-unreadable enigma, lending much of his time to his studio, curating line-ups and sharpening his performances in the booth. Although an undeniable figurehead of the scene, Voicedrone is by no means explicitly tied to co-founding FOLD. Before our inception, Lasha travelled his own personal journey into the scene, hailing originally from Georgia and arriving in the U.K. solo to pursue a music career he built his reputation through sheer will. In 2016 he established his label Imprfct., which along with his ever-expanding network and dedicated grind within London directed his path towards creating and curating parties. 

Four years on, Lasha is in an indestructible one-way lane, having developed a graphic, dynamic sound that we come together to experience. At his core is a passion to create and nurture community; this purpose is channelled into every event he plays - here at home, in Europe and beyond. Playing at influential venues and parties included his beloved HTBX London has preserved his significance in the underground scene and his constant admiration from the FOLD family, and his closing set from our Unstream two weeks ago was testament to this. Broadcasting live from his own home, Lasha took us through the best reasons why UNFOLD is what it is now.

The phrase “leading by example” may be somewhat overused, but in the case of Voicedrone, such a statement is entirely appropriate.

DETECT [002] - Voicedrone (Unstream001)

When you think of Natural Selection, Michael Silmon is one of the people you have to thank for its existence. As one of the founders of the collective, Natural Selection is now in its tenth year, returning frequently to Canning Town with killer lineups after having migrated south with Silmon from Newcastle where it was formed in 2010. On the many occasions that we’ve invited Natural Selection to host nights at FOLD, the result has always been an incredible marriage between sounds, our threads woven together to create a blazing tapestry of sonics that seek to pay homage to the legends and veterans of the scene. 

Meanwhile, Michael’s performing alias, Kodah, is doing equally as well. Brought up upon a diet of hardcore and gabber which was prevalent in Newcastle when he was a teen, Michael satiated this interest initially by collecting tapes from the raves that were running at that time. This inspiration from collectives such as Rezerection and Judgement Day became the primary creative motivations in discovering his musical vocation, and went on to seek how to develop this, eventually entrenching himself deep within the experimental, warped allure of techno and electro. A common face at UNFOLD, his most recent set at our 6th instalment back in November was unforgettable, reminding our community of why we took him on as a resident at FOLD; he is an artist with true knowledge, passion, and appreciation for the past.

For this DETECT accompanying mix, Michael recorded a very special hour of towering, alien selections from his own home in isolation. Keep your ears peeled in particular for the closing track; as he put it himself when he sent this over, this mix was the precursor to an exquisitely Good Day, and he hopes that the message speaks for itself, and that it precedes only positivity to those who listen to it.

DETECT [003] - Kodah (Natural Selection)

Despite there being just four years between her arrival onto the scene and the present day, McKenzie Simone has explored a broad groundwork of music and locations before discovering that her true home lay nestled deep within Eurasia. Kickstarting her career in Dubai, the 25-year-old American native has since settled into her current home of Tbilisi, Georgia, her attachment to the underground circuit earning her both a familial reputation and regular bookings across the city in venues such as Khidi and Drama. Her appreciation for a culture that finally celebrated and encouraged individuality and free expression was the motive for her permanent move there following a short visit prior, and in July 2019, McKenzie risked everything she knew by choosing to call this new place home. Her gamble was rewarded and she is now a true rising star of the city, subscribing to a fresh approach on techno within the tangle of bustling clubs that scatter the streets at night. 

For this next instalment of DETECT, we were lucky enough to present a love-letter to the scene from McKenzie in the form of an exclusive mix that she recorded from home for us. Acidic, wild and full of focused determination, this hour-and-fifteen of selections is a punchy statement on the confident direction that McKenzie has with her career, and a declaration of the devotion she has for the city of Tbilisi.

DETECT [004] - McKenzie Simone

@S_RUSTON has been the perpetrator of a mean set of accomplishments throughout her career. Since landing in Berlin in 2010, Sophie has focused on building up the scene she found and felt at home in; imparting her musical know-how to ongoing residencies with femme collective Lecken and at Wilde Renate, plus nurturing an array of queer parties in the capital. Before then, Sophie was shaped by the Bristol drum and bass/jungle scene in the early noughties, eventually reassigning this energy into her ensuing move between countries and from her 170 roots into the turbulent rave sound that she is now known for. 

Notwithstanding her finesse behind the decks, Sophie has also produced an admired discography, moving between bassy cuts and hefty drumwork with her releases on labels such as Suspension, as well as heading imprint One4Ho. Her unorthodox approach to production and mixing has been a bubbling recipe for success. Since FOLD launched she’s been a habitual presence, most recently stepping up to our centralised booth for UNFOLD in January, and also playing side to side with Voicedrone in Autumn last year for a fusion between European exports with UVB heading up the night.

For this exclusive mix for our DETECT series, Sophie bestowed upon us her notorious selections in an uproar of a mix, presenting to us the noble reasons why everyone craves a second helping when she appears - and how sometimes, in the uninhibited situations she attends, more is more.

DETECT [005] - S Ruston

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Mila Stern (https://soundcloud.com/mila-stern) presents United We Rise Podcast Nr. 045

🗯🗯 How Did Corona change your artist life? 🗯🗯

I’m not on the road anymore, obviously. I really miss travelling and since work and private interests are so much connected as a DJ I also miss many of my friends who I don’t see anymore. Since March I had many ups and downs. There were times where I was really un-inspired. Sometimes I need these tired, grumpy days after a long weekend to get into my music mood. The only feedback on your work is happening online such as comments and likes and followers - which are super nice, don’t get me wrong - but this feedback doesn’t replace a crowd on a party.

To play a few small festivals and Open Airs this summer got me back on track. I took many mental photographs to have the memories of these moments to keep them as some sort of tool to remember them over the hard winter time.

I try to stay active. With the beginning of the pandemic I started a weekly radio show together with my friend and colleague Mira until summer. We continue doing this irregular now. You will find my newest track you will find in this Podcast. It will be released December 1st on the 43 Katzen tanzen auf’m Tisch Compilation at Kiosk I.D.. I’m motivated now to continuously work on my own productions - finally!

Another for me very important project is working with the Bewegungsfreiheit solidarity party crew which raises money and awareness for refugees, their support structures and their situation in and around Berlin. In times like these you need new ideas how to do that without throwing a party. There is an ongoing donation campaign on an online platform. In the next weeks there are some nice  Bewegungsfreiheit merchs available such as hoodies and shirts - great Christmas/ end of the year gift by the way ;) In addition to that we plan to release a compilation next year with tracks of close artists.

And of course we - my Station Endlos crew and I - have to figure out how to adapt our plans to the current situation. We were supposed to open our venue in Halle in April this year. Usually the crew builds many festival stages during the summer which was only possible in a very limited way this year. Of course until now we couldn’t open our new home as we hoped. Let’s see which shenanigans we can plan for the upcoming year.

🗯🗯 Where did you record the mix and how did you feel? 🗯🗯

I recorded the mix at home in my small cozy apartment in Berlin. I was in quarantine because I had contact with someone who got tested positive. Luckily I don’t have any symptoms. I’m very good in spending time on my own and I don’t get bored that quickly. But when I recorded the podcast I slowly felt the insanity of not being able to leave my one room apartment, not even for a walk outside or to bring the trash down slightly kicking in.

🗯🗯 What are your wishes for the time after Corona? 🗯🗯

There are so many: world peace, everything for everyone until every person is happy, a healthy planet with healthy people and so on and so forth… Well, maybe a bit smaller: I really don’t want this situation to be the new normal. I want to play in a crowded, dark and dirty club again with smart and beautiful people and everyone less than 1 1/5 meter dancing from each other.

✘ Mila Stern (Station Endlos / Halle – Berlin)
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United We Rise

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Mila Stern presents United We Rise Podcast Nr. 045

FOLD is an artist-led, community-driven nightclub and arts space. Positioned at the forefront of electronic music, audio-visual performance, and live streaming. FOLD prides itself on striving to be a safe space for our predominantly queer techno community.

Resident Bookings: Gemma@fold.london


FOLD RESIDENTS: 

Voicedrone - https://soundcloud.com/voicedrone
Anabel Arroyo - https://soundcloud.com/anabelarroyo.
Andromeda - https://soundcloud.com/andromedaldn
Gareth Wild - https://soundcloud.com/eartoground
James Newmarch - https://soundcloud.com/jamesnewmarch
Alba Heidari - https://soundcloud.com/lemmiwinks
Lockhart - https://soundcloud.com/lockhartsj
Riva - https://soundcloud.com/riva999