Ashland Mines, AKA Total Freedom, AKA Big Gay Idiot DJ, AKA Bobby Beethoven, is one of the best and most influential DJs of the 21st century. Starting out at pioneering parties like Mustache Mondays and Wildness (which he cofounded with Wu Tsang)—and a regular at GHE20G0TH1K—Mines helped to define the style that would become known, however cringe-inducingly, as experimental club or deconstructed club, directly inspiring fellow visionaries like Arca. 

Like some of the best DJs before him, Mines uses the CDJs as an instrument, but that doesn't mean just fancy tricks and looping. Instead, he artfully throws together clashing sounds—effects, samples, monologues, pop and R&B acapellas, and beats that run the gamut from dancehall to kuduro to breaks and techno. He's not afraid of the grotesquerie of human life and movement (just check out the monologue at the beginning of this mix), and he likes to push buttons. Once he put on a party where dancing wasn't allowed. Some of his sets are intentionally anxiety-inducing, evoking horror movies and modern classical composers like Penderecki, while others are bouncy and ebullient, weaving between genres and tempos like an old-school platformer. The best are both.

On Mines's RA Podcast—a milestone 900th in the series—he shows off this inimitable style, sharpened and reinforced over a decade-and-a-half of playing some of the world's best parties, fashion shows, you name it. He's the kind of DJ who creates his own music as he goes along. He makes you hear old tracks—especially pop music and R&B—in a whole new way. Titled "Cursed Piercing," this is a near-hour of controlled chaos that'll confound you at one moment and deeply move you the next.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/900

RA podcast

RA.900 Bobby Beethoven (FKA Total Freedom)

ADHD, a mix by yours truly.  L1nk in the bi-oh ~ ⭐️ Going on tour this spring/summer 📧: archangelcdj at gmail dot com for worldwide booking inquiries. 

Living up to its name: this mix goes just about everywhere and does just about everything. These days, I’m feeling a little calmer and more of a creature of (new) habit(s). So I wanted to give y’all one last chaotic treat for a while before approaching mixes with a more focused approach in terms of genre later throughout 2024 🫂

Mixed r&b , club, techno, drums, soca, ballroom, drum & bass, jungle, left field tunes & more.

2023 felt like three separate years. First Europe tour, first time scoring a documentary, shows around the country, heartbreak, a new kind of love, new friendships, losing all my music, & a life changing medical procedure. Many times it felt back to back life altering events- with “keep going” written down in my journal for about every month. This mix is a lil taste of that spiral.  

Thank you @ramie_is_ramie for this photo from @angelito.collective ‘s Black Trans Dinner 🌎

Still looking for a booking agency btw. The big requirement is that you gotta be better at getting me gigs than I am😝.

ADHD - ARCHANGEL

Manuka Honey Guest mix for SHERELLE on BBC Radio 6. Aired on 5 May 2024.

BBC Radio 6 - SHERELLE'S The Sweatbox: Manuka Honey

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I'm Not Gay/Love Your Boots

Bobby Beethoven (fka Total Freedom) - live from Boiler Room in Los Angeles.

Bobby Beethoven | Boiler Room LA: Hood Rave

recording of my set from SLIP @ Bossa Nova Civic Club 11/16/24 <333 my second live set ever and i carried, STORMED even. enjoy 🌪️ ilyyy!

SIS, YOU CARRIED.

BEARCAT is a London-born, New York-based, DJ, producer, and performance artist of Jamaican and Irish descent.

BEARCAT’S DJ sets activate her masterful knowledge of black diasporic genres to evoke a dance floor experience of healing and release; both for herself and others. This incantation of uncompromising, pulsating rhythm and bass has brought her to perform at prestigious nightclubs around the world; festivals like Pitchfork, Afropunk, and Panorama; and museums like The Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim, The Whitney, and The Brooklyn Museum. Most recently she was Madonna’s opening DJ for a portion of her U.S. Celebration tour, additionally playing her iconic Oscars party.


BEARCAT’s sets are best described as transcendental, captivating, pounding and eclectic at their core, seemingly bringing together everything from jungle, drum’n’bass, techno, and house; to dembow, dancehall, rap, punk, deconstructed pop edits, and grime. This range of musical interests is reflected further in her work as a producer. BEARCAT has created a number of mixes for Boiler Room, RinseFM, NTS and The Fader. As well as producing fashion soundtracks for brands like Chromat and NoSesso. She's been a part of recent vinyl releases from legendary labels Invadar and Epitaph and a digital release with Nervous Records. BEARCAT’s next release as a producer is an album that spans experimental sounds, blending unlikely genres but stressing visual storytelling through film.

BEARCAT has always embraced music as a part of her lifelong, anti-colonialist project, which began growing up in London; performing on the live music scene and discovering music as an escape from the daily violence of white supremacy. Throughout her journey, BEARCAT has conceived of her work as a therapeutic release, not only for those listening in the present, but as a healing exorcism that channels ancestral pasts through music. BEARCAT has performed and talked on panels regarding anti-racist /-colonial rhetoric, spirituality, queer politics and art at universities including Cornell, Wesleyan, and Oberlin, additionally sharing deeply personal stories of survival and adversities she has overcome.

BEARCAT’S queer politics, vast experience in the industry, and passion for equality inspired her to curate SELTZER, a night prioritizing queer, black and brown, experimental club DJs and artists. Originally born out of DIY spaces in West Philadelphia, SELTZER went on to hold a five-year residency at the infamous NYC nightclub Nowadays where, notably, BEARCAT was the first DJ to ever perform. She was one of the first DJs to be represented by the original female-lead booking agency Discwoman, and as a part of this collective, helped diversify club lineups around the world.

BEARCAT - Black Techno Matters Radio

Henry R. Live DJ set with Ledef and Breezy MCing

Henry R. Live at Touching Infinite

This is my November 2025 freebie. You can grab it on Hypeddit here (or message me if it's no longer November 2025): https://hypeddit.com/gruv42/oohchild

O-o-h Child - Five Stairsteps [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Clara! - Reggaetoneras 2
(Feat. DJ David Coquelin)

A - Reggaetoneras 2 (Face A)
B - Reggaetoneras 2 (Face B)

Tracklist: https://www.discogs.com/Clara-Reggaetoneras-2/release/8843941

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Clara! - Reggaetoneras 2

A mix containing some newer edits and some recent ones.
Made especially for my dearest friend Carl.

Intro Sound Byte:
Evangelion : “If all goes well, I’m just doing my job and no one will praise me, and if I fail, I will die”


Tracks:

Salute - Feel The Same
Kelman Duran - Aeon II, 1984
Kelman Duran - Aeon II, 1492
Demuja Loose Legs
Dj Rashad- Work 07
Kelman Duran - How Deep (Calvin Harris & Dirty Vegas KD Edit)
Puto L X Kareem Lotfy (KD Edit)
Don Toliver - No Idea (KD Edit)
Kelman Duran - Yaviah
Don Toliver Feat. Sheck Wes- Spaceship (KD Edit)
Frank Ocean - My Room (KD Edit)
Anderson X Quimico Ultramega- Bart Simpson Flow (KD Edit)
DJ NA X Kiko EL Crazy X Omy De Oro - Bajale (KD Edit)
Rihanna X William Basinski
Kelman Duran - Z’z
Kelman Duran - Q Fields

Kelman Duran - Used To Have You

Fruit of The Loop