Complete recording of my all night set at Nowadays in all it’s flawed glory. First 20 minutes or so I was still loading my usb in the booth, after that I fully lock in and don’t step away from the mixer until the set is finished (nope no breaks, not once!).

This was the journey of my little dj lifetime, big big love to everyone who was there for any part of it <3 

Energy and drama over genre 4E 🤘

Live @ Nowadays // All Night - Nov 11 2023

Transmissions From Planet Groovy — Simsea [@simisea] (Recorded on 09/23/23)

Words from Simisea:

Groovy Groovy is one of the few nights where as a DJ, I know I’ll be held and supported by the dancers, organizers and community surrounding it no matter what journey I take them on. Tracing my journey of going to Groovy for many years, to collaborating with them on parties, to now playing the party for the first time this past September, I realized my Groovy arc has been fulfilled. Coming into this set off the back of a reinvigorating and inspiring time at Sustain-Release just the weekend prior, I had a lot of creative energy to exchange at Groovy. “Sexy party,” as Akanbi often says on the mic, is what I wanted to share, and I feel I accomplished that in what became one of my favorite sets I’ve played <3 Give it a listen and hope you enjoy! “Sexxyyyy paaartyyyy!”

Transmissions From Planet Groovy 005 — Simisea

Recording of Kiernan Laveaux at The Forest Rave, Draaimolen Festival 2023, Day 2.

Kiernan Laveaux at Draaimolen Festival 2023

@ccl-url blasted us all into space in their closing set atThe Grove on Saturday night.

Campout Mix Series: CCL

Juanita's Mix 097 with Ma Sha @masha-ny

Q. How would you describe yourself? 
A. Energy bunny, plant mom, ridgewood lover, b-girl, bass addict 😎

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. Since 2016 when we threw our first little backyard party in Brooklyn and called it Kindergarten ◡̈ ❀ I feel very grateful and lucky to be surrounded by the most amazing, hardworking and cute people in the scene here :')

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. Tender, vibrant bubbles of energy dancing in the air ⋆｡° recorded while drinking tea with friends on Sunday night ‧₊˚ ⋅ 𓐐𓎩 ‧₊˚ ⋅

Juanita's Mix 097: Ma Sha

Purelink have been described more than once as an "ambient boy band." (They themselves say "jam band.") It's not meant dismissively—the American trio purposefully mean to function as a band, even if their main instruments are laptops. Ambient might not quite cut it as a descriptor, though. The group's music crosses eras and scenes, touching on the late '90s clicks & cuts boom as well as the billowy ambient techno put out by labels like 3XL, West Mineral Ltd. and NAFF. 

Their most recent LP, Signs, released on enigmatic imprint Peak Oil (and one of our favourite albums of 2023), is especially impressive, made of stuttering rhythms and glassy textures. In other words, it's ambient-not-ambient. While members Concave Reflection, kindtree and Millia have all made excellent music on their own, something special happens when they come together.

Purelink's RA Podcast is another stellar contribution to our post-New Year's tradition, where we highlight a more laid-back sound to soothe weary minds and frazzled brain cells after the heavy holiday celebrations. This is 90-plus minutes of intricately textured downtempo, dub techno and even UK garage, all cut through with a floaty, almost drowsy quality, with plenty of exclusives and unreleased cuts from the likes of Nick León, James K, Downstairs J and more. It highlights Purelink's position as a bridger of worlds, sounds and tempos.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/917

RA podcast

RA.917 Purelink

brooklyn based @como-se-dj takes over Earth Dog this month with a rolling mix of drum & bass <3 lock in

Earth Dog 027: como se DJ

40.6993943, -73.8881552

@razrbark sews together a stunner soundscape akin to the primordial soup. Mirroring a volatile atom swaying in the sky, listen as the ecstatic integrity of the cosmos is restored.

d o w n 2 e a r t h 48 - Razrbark

Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp: https://cclurl.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-in-the-skull-discotheque

Side A: Bass is Eternal
Side B: 2-step Mutual Dream

A Night in the Skull Discotheque by the beloved underground selector CCL is the latest offering in the T4T LUV NRG label’s highly limited DJ mix series of cassettes. This immersive journey through a wonderland of proto-dubstep sounds from the late 1970s through the year 2000 is a sonic sibling to CCL’s acclaimed 2018 mix Ode to Queer Steppas.

Inspired in part by Eris Drew’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments” on her Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 mixtape (T4T LUV NRG, 2019), CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Created with 3 CDJs, one Turntable, and a Boss Digital Delay 200, the tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the 'wrong speed', pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.

With a solid nod to seminal mixtapes of the early 90s, CCL references the namesake for Side A, Bass Is Eternal, an unreleased 1992 mixtape by influential Bristolian producers Smith & Mighty, an important sonic fulcrum amongst the musical tributaries of the hardcore continuum that continues to reverberate to this day. CCL experienced the after-effects of this ‘proto’ sound genesis in 2008, while living in Bristol, by which point its emergent whispers had coalesced into what became known as dubstep. Tracing a rich history of reference through the samples, basslines, moods, and drum patterns emanating from Bass Is Eternal while looking for connections that predate it became a long-term fascination for CCL. The result is a DJ mix that connects the oft-forgotten dots between proto eras and modern developments in bass and dubstep.

For the resulting sonic ride on A Night in the Skull Discotheque, CCL leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.


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A portion for the proceeds from this release will go to fundraiser "SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!". You can also directly donate via:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-palestinian-solidarity-in-europe
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Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL 
Linear notes: Nevan Jio

A Night in the Skull Discotheque [T4T015]

CCL - A Night in the Skull Discotheque

Prescribe yourself a genre-free, highly emotional course of Physical Therapy. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/physical-therapy/episodes/physical-therapy-26th-january-2024

Physical Therapy Invites: Palestine Forever 260124

getting to this was moment was a long labor of love and hugely emotional
bigggg thanks to all who have been a part of the journey
i will never forget it!

graphic art by franki farb 💜

Opening @ Nowadays Nonstop 1/20

If you're sweating...you're doing it right.

Deep dive boogie sessions from the minds of Akanbi & DJ Temporary.

BIG ROOM BOOGIE w/ @slinknyc

Contact: andrew@groovygroovy.club / declan@groovygroovy.club

Upcoming:

GROOVY GROOVY 10YR WORLD TOUR

June 14-16: Dripping, New Jersey

Transmissions From Planet Groovy 005 — Simisea

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