Recording of my 2021 Essential Mix for BBCR1, originally broadcast in September.

Ben UFO - Essential Mix 25.09.21

"Working my ass off, to be honest," is how Eli Escobar starts our interview  below. That basically sums up his vibe. The New Yorker might not have the same household name status of other DJs who have been soundtracking Manhattan clubs since the early '90s, but he certainly deserves it. Any New York resident worth their salt should have him near the top of the list of their favorite local DJs. He plays anywhere and everywhere in the city, and he can play pretty much anything he wants to, as his RA Podcast will attest.

When it comes to his own music, Escobar puts out records equally informed by disco, hip-hop and house—in other words, a very New York sound. He hasn't been producing as long as he's been DJing, but his albums and EPs for labels like Classic, Night People and Razor N Tape are full of the soul, humor and talent of someone who knows dance music inside out.

As Escobar says below, he doesn't really have any one type of sound. His DJing varies greatly from night to night, and he's always adding to his considerable collection, so no one set is quite the same as another. For his RA Podcast, put together painstakingly with many specially edited tracks and recorded in a hotel room in Colombia, he strikes a relatively reflective tone, but it's still eminently danceable. He moves gradually through two hours of house and disco that ranges from celebratory to muted, from minimalist to rich with live instrumentation. It's the sound of New York dance music as passed through generations, from one of its best and most beloved musical storytellers.

@eliescobar

Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/839

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RA.839 Eli Escobar

Berlin-based DJ and Elevate record store owner, Cinthie has been pushing her tasteful raw House sound for quite some time.

On 3rd Feb she joins us at fabric for the first of our 'Invites' series celebrating 25 years of fabric.

https://ra.co/events/1801823

031 - Cinthie - fabric Podcast

Mix by Octo Octa:
https://soundcloud.com/octoocta
Art by Brandon Locher: 
http://www.brandon-locher.com/

Tracklist:
Aaron"Fit"Siegel Feat L'Renee - Tonite (Detroit Mix)
The Deep - Love Your Brother
Ele Ferrer- I'll Make U Happy Baby (x-tended club mix)
I:Cube - Piano In Paradise
Levon Vincent - Late Night Jam
DJ Dozia - Pop Culture (Original Mix)
Kresy - Do You Enjoy
Ralphi Rosario feat. Xavier Gold - You Used To Hold Me
High Powered Boys - Udon (Julio Bashmore Sax Dub)
Cajmere feat. Dajae - Brighter Days (Underground Goodies Mix)

GhostlyCast #56: Octo Octa - Get In My Room

This a recording of my set at Nowadays Nonstop from December 2024.

Shared this to commemorate the Voüch zine I was on the cover of for Valentine's weekend 2025 ~~~ (insta: @vouchwick)

Did you get your copy?
Gotta ask IRL 
when you see me or Zach <3

before it's out of our hands and into the archives.....

~Reflections~

My favorite moments in the mix are when a sense of urgency to play around, to switch moods, to linger and lean into experiments,  all of it riles up and smooths out the beat connection again and again. Just like the oceans tide, it comes in swells of beautiful music and risky stitching of all the messages together. It's not perfect, but I am living in these songs for this moment. Washing them through my being and my perspective, that's the fun part and the part I feel the deepest, that somehow I'm bringing this music to life through appreciation and reverence. 

Giving you something new at the end. The culmination of all the inspiration - when new meets old music in perfect harmony - I am in awe that these hands are the channel for this risky jazz but kno she must keep twisting the knobs and sonically pushing to channel more light to this world, as God herself intend. 

<3 
DD

Nowadays Nonstop Dec 2024 Closing set

Part of the NTS family since day dot, Moxie has held her Wednesday show since the stations first broadcasts. Inviting esteemed guests for interviews & mixes and breaking new, unreleased music, she’s got your Wednesday afternoons covered... Tune in to hear anything from Soulful House, Garage, Afro beats and all the way through to rolling techno. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-chris-cruse-25th-june-2025

Moxie w/ Chris Cruse 250625

Recording of Palms Trax's closing set at RDC Stage on Saturday night.

RDC 092 - Palms Trax at Rainbow Disco Club 2025

Painting / Photo: Katharina Sophia Ludewig https://www.borderlinecuts.com/

Berlin Hypnotic House XXVII - Echo Head Mix II

Recording of Omar S's set at Dekmantel Festival 2017.

Dekmantel Festival 2017

Omar S at Dekmantel Festival 2017

Download the set here: 
http://corenews.me/avalon-emerson-essential-mix-2018-08-18/
Tracklist over here:
http://tracklists.thomaslaupstad.com/avalon-emerson-essential-mix-2018-08-18-tracklist-playlist/

Avalon Emerson - Essential Mix 2018-08-18

“Love Hypnosis” is a message.

It’s a narrative meant for personal empowerment; to become the person you want to be. I’ve conducted a few “Love Hypnosis” rituals as extended six hour sets broken into three segments that signal my intentions about love, body, and spirit. For this tape series, they will be shorter missives meant to build upon one another and show a growing idea of how music can explore the magic and actualization of ourselves.

The act of DJing itself is to cast a spell. Dance music as an art form that sends an immediate direct statement into one’s body. It can shift and evolve over time to reveal information, but first it will move you. This message is meant to move you both physically and emotionally. “Love is the fire I need”. I believe it’s what we all need these days. We’re here together. Nobody can stop us now.

A limited run of Love Hypnosis Vol. 1 cassettes are available now exclusively from the label’s Bandcamp and hi-resolution versions are available for download on the same page. 50% of the profits the mix will be donated to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), which works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. 

xoxo Maya (Octo Octa)

Octo Octa - Love Hypnosis (T4T003 Mixtape)

Ghostly International and Spectral Sound. Of Art & Artifice since 1999.

GhostlyCast #56: Octo Octa - Get In My Room

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