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These are mixes made by the current members of Research & Development, Makeen and JS Alvarez

Mixes by R&D members

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Tracklist:

Fernando Falcão - Memoria das Aguas
Pulse Emitter - Void Engine 1
Uun - Junkspace
Inox Trax - Sound Effects
Franz Jager - Lana Hunts (VIL Club Edit)
Robert Hood - Ignite A War
Hardcell & Grindvik - Silver (Hardcell Remix)
Sibilant - Screecher Creature
Overland - NASA
1800 Haightstreet - Permafrost
Pelada - Desatado
Vinicius Honorio - Heartbeat (Alex Bau Repaint)
Andre Kronert - Tenth Street Rag
dj ESP Woody McBride vs. John Frank - The Pitch of Madness
Clouds - T12
Sound Associates - Jackknife (Len Faki edit)
Subjected - Thtswhtwnt
Merino - Como Desaparacer
Lonefront - 19
Furtive - Crossfire
Russell E.L. Butler - Maggots
Are:gone - 721.2
Tarker - Enhanced
Jaq Attaque - Martian Immigration (Raw Mix)
Free Range - The Grey Goose
Paul Bailey - Battery Girl
Blacknecks - Don’t Say Goodbye
Frankie Vega & Gabriel Palomo - The Tempest
Decks - Fractured
Keanu Raves - Secret Base Aesthetic
Fjaak - Bassani
Alphaconda - Hey Mami
LSDXOXO - Mutant Exotic (D.Dan Remix)

JS Alvarez- minimal detroit

Jana has 'shape shifting lizard' JS Alvarez on the show to select some mutant techno and unruly bass music. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/jana-rush/episodes/jana-rush-24th-february-2024

Jana Rush w/ JS Alvarez 240224

@jsalvarez
@researchndevelopment
Interview: https://www.ayli-sf.com/2024/05/16/ayli-ground-level-019-js-alvarez/

Track-listing: 

Michal Wolski - Qi
Architectural - Rare Ceremony Tapes
Space Drum Meditation - Oviraptor (Marco Shuttle Remix) 
Felix K - Fundamentals (Onar Anxiety Remix)
Uun - Blood Money Redux
Wata Igarashi - Gravity 
DJ Hockey - Whirlpool 
Jeremy Caufield - Station A
Aliasing - Bline
DJ Nobu - pressure point 
Ezy - Too Deep
Marçal- Bionic Jungle 
Gag Reflex - Tomb 
Ungar - Aggressive 
PS11 - Chiron 
Decoder - Visionary
Legless Lizard - Something Better 
Are:gone - Organic Taste 
Aadja - post natal drip

AYLI Ground Level 018: JS Alvarez

Neptunian Influence, Sixty-Seven | Featuring @jsalvarez

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike. He is the founding member of Research & Development. ﻿What started as a monthly event series at Smartbar took on a new path with a biweekly mix series focused on nurturing new sounds, experiences and atmospheres while exploring the music and culture it was born or mutated from. Find him at Podlasie Club or sweaty basements and warehouses in Chicago and beyond.

SUPPORT: @researchndevelopment

| Tracklist | 
Phoenicia - Diagnosa
Forest Drive West - Time
214 - Body Control
Annika Wolfe - The Art of Abduction Dark
Atrice - Multiplex
Del Hale, R. Mohr - Gambit
Keith & Kevin - No Hot Water at St Regis
Future DZ - Sawed Off
Gesloten Cirkel - Everything For The Dev
Only Now, Flore - Cut & Run (Only Now Version)
Pedrolino - I Don’t Believe You (Filmmaker remix)
Marcela Dias Sindaco - Rio Ofegante
Privacy - Sword, NYC
KEEFE - Bad Boi
Identified Patient - Digital Drain
Deandrah - Red Grey
MANASyt - No 13th Floor
Data Assault - Pesadelo Absoluto
Rescript - Regurge
Shcuro - Unbearable Heaviness
Cressida - Al Gore Riddim
Machino - Pusher
Jensen Interceptor - The Fountainebleau
Raavel - Insect Repellent
Nite Fleit & False Persona - Parallax
Cyan 85 - 4 ma C-Borgs
TANS - The Priest’s Morsel (DJ Nephil RMX)
Vorp - I Plead the Filth

Meet you in the Great Dark Spot

NI67 | JS Alvarez

This mix is from a very special at night November 09 2024 at Smartbar with my dear friends Nikki Nair, Madeline and Pen Pals. I was tasked with closing out the evening and was an honor to do so. Thanks to everyone who came out and stayed till the lights came on.  Hope yall enjoy!

Live mix at Smartbar Nov 09 2024 - Dan B Hood

We are so lucky to release this mix for our 37th entry, recorded live at SmartBar (Chicago) by our friend and excellent DJ Shanti!

From the artist:
I am so grateful to be able to share this mix with you all through PPRZ! This is a mix that was recorded at Smartbar in Chicago when I opened for Lady Starlight as part of Justin Aulis Long's series, Flowers of Romance. It was a 3-hour long set from 10pm-1am on a Pioneer V10 Mixer with 3-4 CDJ 3000s. 

What I love about opening sets is having the ability to set the tone for the night as people are arriving and making the transition from wherever they came from to the communal embodiment of dancing. The other fascinating element about an opening set is the dramatic contrast between the beginning and end as one first experiences an empty dance floor and sees the gradual process of it growing with energy and feeling even though I can really only see beautiful silhouettes moving in the darkness. I take an opening set to be about the gradual cultivation of energy but also an opportunity for creative tension and exercising restraint for the headliner and rest of the night.

Bio:
Shanti is a Chicago-based DJ who explores philosophical themes of existential angst and ambiguity through surreal, foreboding, and atmospheric soundscapes. Her sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition. 

While she is thoughtful about curating multifaceted energy and emotion within her sets, she also co-curates events such as Otherworldly Ambiguity as Evanti, a conceptual experience centered around the phenomenon of hybridity, occupying the spaces in between and outside of pre-existing concepts and rigid categories. She is also a part of Chicago-based DJ collective and label, Research & Development which is a mix series and curator of multifaceted music-centered experiences. 

Mix mastered by: Umair Chachar

Tracklist:
Part 1:
Lemna - Memories
Lemna - Hallucination 
Voices from the Lake - Mika 
Donato Dozzy - Aquatica
SHXCXCHCXSH - A Sunny Day in Ostrogothia 
Dan B. Hood - Ode to Drome
BMG & Derek Plaslaiko - Ghost Ship 
Rrose - Signs 
Alexskyspirit - The Travelers (Polygonia remix)
Etapp Kyle - Source 
Mike Parker - Heat Inducer 
Love Letters - Morse (BMG mix) 
Club Drippy - Crashed
Ryogo Yamamori- Zw
Marcel Dettman - Rush (Deep Release mix)
Pause - Crater  
SHXCXCHCXSH  - HHHHHHHGGKS 
Part 2:
Rrose - Solaris 
Lonefront - Stera
Modes - M52 
NØRBAK - Luyr 
Allana Letm - Tempos Multiplos (Centrific Remix)
Nubbles - Reflect 2 
Maedon-X - Caged Animal 
Perc - Milk Snatchers Return
Ritaffein - Laiva
Regis - Body Unknown 
Jamaica Suk - Tes Levrés
British Murder Boys - We Will Show You 
Uun - Junkspace 
Kanding Ray - Dark Barker 
Peter Van Hoesen - Vola Flash 
Surgeon - The Golden Sea 
Alexskyspirit- SNCTR2 
Decoder - Falling Flat 
Part 3:
Quelza - Plastic Waves 
Neel - A Thought without Time 
Oscar Mulero - Tormenta 
Regis - The Theme from Street Walker
DASH3D - Neuropulmonar
CRØG - Fire 
Oblivion & Uranya - Bassa Marea 
Sorcery - Dark Scan
GiGi FM - Amadamushies
Neel- Riflesso 
Quelza - We’ll Never Be Friends Again 
J. Blofeld - Uranus 
Cej- Itchy 
Char - Free 
Psyk & Orbe - Tunnel Diode
Surgeon - Convenience Trap Pt.2

Donations if you enjoyed this mix from Shanti's recommended organization: https://www.newrootsinstitute.org/ - creating a just and sustainable food system for all through education.

PPRZ Podcast 37 - Shanti live at SmartBar Chicago

ZONA CINCO - MICTLAN - VOL 4

We are thrilled to present this mix by Chicago based JS Alvarez for our 39th entry in the series. Both Adam and I admire what Jeremy contributes to the music scene with their podcast and event series Research & Development.

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that has learned human behavior from living in cities such as Chicago and Miami. He succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike.

He is the founding member of Research & Development which ignited in the iconic Chicago mainstay of Smartbar. The event series has moved on to host community focused events centered on a wide variety of often cutting edge electronic sounds at venues like Podlasie Club, The Whistler and various DIY spaces. R&D also hosts a biweekly podcast 100+ episodes deep ranging from rising talents, hometown heroes and well established DJs and producers from North America and around the world.

He's shared the booth with artists such as DVS1, Veronika Vasicka, D.Dan, Hodge and others. His mixes have been featured on NTS Radio, Mutant Radio and SutroFM among others. Catch him at The Great Beyond this July! 

I was trying to find a very textured sound within the first quarter of the mix. My attempt at some sort of atmospheric sci-fi horror score followed by something a bit more hypnotic. By the end of the mix I wanted those vibes to explode into something highly rhythmic. Something to shatter what came before and get the sweat dripping off the walls. 

If you enjoyed this mix, please consider donating to JS Alvarez' organization of choice:
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/ 
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/donate

PPRZ Podcast 39 - JS Alvarez

Rising from the shadows comes a 90-minute blend of hang-tough beats for this latest in the Bassiani Podcast series. This one comes by way of Kaytseng, a Taiwanese transplant in the Netherlands who cut her teeth down under while playing Melbourne’s local circuit. Though the Amsterdam relocation’s only two years old, the move’s already budding a promising path for her sinister sound and bringing her into the European techno fold. Think merciless fast-trance, gritty and thrashing sounds that pack a punch with every beat, it’s a measure of brutal craftwork for footloose and die-hard raving, tough and highly physical. Her warpspeed tempos are racking up a following, and her Berghain debut as part of the CRUDE roster’s reared a long-term residency with the Berlin label to boot. Her sets are fun and quick on the draw and this latest one’s not afraid to show it. Kaytseng delivers an hour and a half of pulse-quickening rhythms that ramp up and roll to the hilt for Bassiani Podcast 262, rattling clicks and primeval bass, apocalypse ready techno that’s breathing fresh life into the global scene. The future of sound is fast approaching and this Taiwan selector’s both emergent defender and catalysing force.

@kay_tseng

Bassiani invites Kaytseng / Podcast #262

Special guest mix from Chicago based dj SHANTI  - cohost of Otherworldly Ambiguity with Scum.ee, member of techno collective Research & Development, and host of “Liminal Radio” on WIIT 88.9 FM. Shanti kindly shared a 3 hour opening set she did for Aurora Halal in Chicago on May 9th 2025 at Smoke & Mirrors - toon in! 🚀🚀🚀
https://soundcloud.com/shantievanti
https://soundcloud.com/researchndevelopment

See video of Shanti’s set at https://youtu.be/QqfMYAyS8bM?si=FPZJDhNdZqlf63YS

BL Radio EP 130: SHANTI [Research & Development]

FORMAT.FM - FFM002 | KOMPREZZOR - 02/07/16

We welcome you back to another installment of FORMAT.FM, bringing you the biggest and baddest TECHNO artists from across the globe. Live every Saturday 9-11PM CST / 3-5AM UK.
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KOMPREZZOR
Format-Rec | SecreTechno - Chicago, USA

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FFM002 | KOMPREZZOR

FFM002.2 | KOMPREZZOR

FORMAT.FM - FFM003 | RALPH DRIVER - 02/14/16

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RALPH DRIVER
Peace | Love | Music - Chicago, USA

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FFM003 | RALPH DRIVER

FFM003.1 | RALPH DRIVER

FORMAT.FM - FFM004 | STEVE NOAH - 02/21/16

We welcome you back to another installment of FORMAT.FM, bringing you the biggest and baddest TECHNO artists from across the globe. Live every Saturday 9-11PM CST / 3-5AM UK.
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STEVE NOAH
Reverse | Cold Tech - Chicago, USA

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FFM004 | STEVE NOAH

FFM004.2 | STEVE NOAH

FORMAT.FM - FFM005 | ZUCCARO - 02/28/16

We welcome you back to another installment of FORMAT.FM, bringing you the biggest and baddest TECHNO artists from across the globe. Live every Saturday 9-11PM CST / 3-5AM UK.
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ZUCCARO
MKE Techno - Milwaukee, USA

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FFM005 | ZUCARRO

FFM005.2 | ZUCCARO

FORMAT.FM - FFM006 | AXKAN - 03/06/16

We welcome you back to another installment of FORMAT.FM, bringing you the biggest and baddest TECHNO artists from across the globe. Live every Saturday 9-11PM CST / 3-5AM UK.
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AXKAN
Format Rec | Omen | Reloading - L.A., USA

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FFM006 | AXKAN

FFM006.2 | AXKAN

DCR520 – Drumcode Radio Live – Julian Jeweil studio mix recorded in Aix-en-Provence⁣⁣
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Drumcode Radio Live this week is Julian Jeweil studio mix recorded in Aix-en-Provence.⁣⁣
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01. The Reason Y, Patrick Milaa - 2020⁣⁣
02. Julian Jeweil - ID⁣⁣
03. Jerome Isma-Ae - Hold That Sucker Down (Charlotte De Witte Rave Remix)⁣⁣
04. Julian Jeweil & Popof - Dance Escape⁣⁣
05. Mac N Dan - Given⁣⁣
06. Julian Jeweil - ID⁣⁣
07. Julian Jeweil & Popof - Rotation ⁣⁣
08. Wehbba - No Sleep⁣⁣
09. Xander - Evasion (Marco Effe Remix)⁣⁣
10. Adam Beyer & Henrik B - Year Of Reflection⁣⁣
11. Pina Tesla - Animals Time⁣⁣
12. Mode_1 - Vancant⁣⁣
13. Gallya - Relativity⁣⁣
14. Julian Jeweil - Metallique⁣⁣
15. Spuri - Accept⁣⁣
16. Planetary Assault Systems - In From The Night⁣⁣
17. Temudo - Tough To Say

DCR520 – Drumcode Radio Live – Julian Jeweil studio mix recorded in Aix-en-Provence

1.Conjunction (Original Mix) – Zafer Atabey [Future Forward Music] [Unreleased]
2.Quantum Dust (Original Mix) – Zafer Atabey [WILD]
3.Communing With Spirits (Original Mix) – RSRRCT [Gem Records]
4.Isolation (Original Mix] – Zafer Atabey [Renesanz Records] [Unreleased]
5.Cognitive Resonance (Original Mix] – Zafer Atabey [Riot Recordings]
6.Divergence (Original Mix] – Mehmet Ozbek, Zafer Atabey [Ballroom Records] [Unreleased]
7.Ultra City (Original Mix) - Dok & Martin, FRiGiD (CR) [Ballroom Records}
8.Broken Signs (Original Mix) – Zafer Atabey [Renesanz Records] [Unreleased]
9.Peace (Original Mix) - Drunken Kong [Tronic]
10.Reversis (Original Mix] – Zafer Atabey [Set About] [Unreleased]

GEM FM 175 ZAFER ATABEY

Don't miss ECTIMA's live set in this year's last Tesseract show.

Ectima is a progressive tech trance project created by Dalibor Delic (aka Flegma) and Nikola Kozic (aka Zyce), project created by founders of TesseracTstudio. This unique style can be described as constant sound-shifting, dynamic breaks and changes of rhythmic patterns. The dynamic duo started their collaboration in the year 2004...
Soon after first album "NO WAY OUT" was released for Geomagnetic TV from USA, Ectima explode and started to spread all around the world. Folowing the success of the first album, duo released two more studio albums,"Ground Defense" as a debut CD on TesseracTstudio records, and "Clash Of The Civilizations ". Fourth studio album is on the way, duo is working on very special, unique, underground sound for our new album, for which we were inspired by travelling and playing some of the major festivals around the globe such as, boom, ozora, unverso parallelo, vortex...

Ectima on Facebook | Soundcloud
https://www.facebook.com/ectimamusic
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ECTIMA | TesseracTstudio series #42 | 18/12/2020

Enjoy the full episode of TECHMESI's year ending mix of Something For The Weekend RadioShow - Live streaming from the studio / ON AIR: 15:00 CET 28.11.2020 

Techmesi on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/kristof-temesi

TECHMESI | Auua - Sounds 3 | Live Recordings | 2020 December

TECHNO / UNDERGROUND / CHICAGO

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