Juanita's mix 51 with Simisea @simisea

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Sugar, spice, and everything nice.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. I’ve been a part of it for as long as I’ve lived here, which is 10 years now. Before that I was working in nightclubs & for promoters in Miami, my hometown, before I moved to NYC to go to music school. The music communities I’ve been a part of here have been my life & family for the past decade. I don’t really know that I can do anything else but work in music. I’ve had a few different music jobs throughout the last decade, but currently I work at the record label RVNG Intl. which has been my musical home for the last 6 years. There I project manage records and manage artists. I also run my own label with Tristan Arp called Human Pitch, and run another label and party series with my pals Enayet, K Wata and rrao called SLINK.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. This mix is my love letter to summer, my favorite season. Just as I was about to begin pulling tracks, I came across a beautiful book called Summer Solstice by Nina MacLaughlin. It’s a heartwarming essay exploring the meaning of summer in our lives. A perfect and inspirational coincidence that this book and I would find each other for this mix.

In this mix is a full summer day and all of its possibilities….Waking up to a balmy summer morning, sun bouncing off leaves from vines desperately trying to crawl through your apartment window. A cold shower to rinse off the dewy night’s sweat. It’s hot out. A stroll outside, thick humidity filling your lungs. A car ride to the beach with friends, windows down. Nothing beats a summer ride to the ocean; the perfect amount of time to listen to a mix. A BBQ in the park; a loud PA system blaring summer’s ecstatic joy. Sunset…an endless pastel New York sky that stops everyone in their tracks, no matter how many summer days they’ve seen come to a close. You feel cute, you’re kissing your newly blossomed summer crush. Is this the best day ever? Is this summer better than the last? An evening out with friends. What’s the move? Too many. You're unstoppable. Stumbling into bed, full moon so bright your cheap window shades don’t do shit; but it’s ok, you lay there and reminisce on a beautiful summer Saturday. “I have so many more left”….You wake up abruptly the next morning to a knock at the door. Fall is here.

Juanita's Mix 051: Simisea

“… perception is empty and shapeable. We see that we inevitably participate in making the world through the ways we sense and see. Understanding this, the soulmaking practitioner learns to open and tune their heart, body, imagination, desire and intellect to form an instrument for soulful perception: sensing and seeing self, others, and world in ways that bring more beauty, dimensionality, and meaningfulness, and that restore, open, and expand senses of sacredness.”

90mins of cosy vibes, quiet sounds and meditative insights to celebrate the winter solstice!

Winter solstice, late Burbea and tales of the other Gigstas: https://noemverm.substack.com/p/-peek-a-boo-with-a-blue-eyed-spider

Meditations by Rena Anakwe, angel Kyodo williams & Catherine McGee

Full tracklist: https://cashmereradio.com/episode/fictions-w-gigsta-in-the-ambient-room-soulmaking-thread/

Fictions #48 w/ Nono Gigsta 21.12.2021 - In The Ambient Room (Soulmaking Thread)

A beautifully warm, diverse and wiggly mix from Oakland, California based Wonja (@wonj). Alongside being a talented dj & avid record collector, Wonja makes up one half of Motoko & Myers with her partner Dan. 

I'm constantly impressed by the wide-spanning range of genres, styles and moods that make up Wonja's mix catalogue - always new and always fresh.  For this mix, she's put together a playful and eclectic mix of glitch, groove and interesting soundscapes.

Thank you so much for this one Wonja! <3

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North London native and Hyperdub signee Loraine James is an electronic producer who effortlessly blends Electronica and IDM with whispers of jazz and ambience all wrapped up in the artists key avant-garde aesthetic and sensibility.

https://www.nts.live/shows/loraine-james/episodes/loraine-james-27th-october-2022

Loraine James w/ Kiernan Laveaux 271022

Yumi @ Nowadays (12 - 10 - 2022)

Name: Isa Soto
Alias: Nada Fácil (@nadafacil)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Chicago via South Texas

Influences: 
i grew up a dancer, so dance is definitely the central influence when it comes to my relationship to music and how i interpret it. if it moves me, i'll move! major influences are also my beautiful talented creative friends in chicago and beyond, delicious food, merengue bachata and dembow, drums, bass, heat, sweat, love


Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: 
TQM.FM on Beloved Radio


Favorite Quote: 
“It is because I dove into the abyss that I am beginning to love the abyss I am made of.” - Clarice Lispector

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
i feel silly offering advice since i am still really new to DJing, lol. but! one thing i try to use as a guide for myself in all parts of life, and specifically in exploring music and DJing, is taking comfort in the fact that i will never know everything and understanding that there is always something to learn somewhere else or from someone else. thinking of myself as a student keeps me infinitely more

With this mix Nada Fácil asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ South Texans for Reproductive Justice: South Texans for Reproductive Justice advocates for reproductive rights, bodily autonomy, and access to reproductive health care. By hosting community events, civic engagement, practical support, and educational outreach, South Texans for Reproductive Justice seeks to eradicate all forms of restrictions to reproductive rights.  (https://strj.org/)
❁ The Frontera Fund: Frontera Fund's mission is to make abortion accessible in the Rio Grande Valley by providing financial and practical support regardless of immigration status, gender identity, ability, sexual orientation, race, class, age, or religious affiliation and to build grassroots organizing power at intersecting issues across our region to shift the culture of shame and stigma. (https://fronterafundrgv.org/about-us/)

Tracklist - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnzlc9MuOEN/

Daisychain

Daisychain 262 - Nada Fácil

Controlled chaos and blissed-out bass from False Peak fixtures Amelia and Yumi

https://www.instagram.com/ameliaholt 
https://www.instagram.com/notyumiko

Further Back and Faster with Amelia Holt and Yumi @ The Lot Radio 01 - 26 - 2023

Prescribe yourself a genre-free, highly emotional course of Physical Therapy.

https://www.nts.live/shows/physical-therapy/episodes/physical-therapy-9th-march-2023

Physical Therapy - Slow Acid Special 090323

Enter the mythology of NYC artist James K - her sound, equally organic and electronic, is a combination of odd dreams, hybridizing enchanted samples, ripped, broken and morphed rhythms, and vocals, both incomprehensible and appealing.

https://www.nts.live/shows/james-k/episodes/james-k-5th-april-2023

TRIP LICK W/ Moopie 050423

Forward-thinking sounds from across the bass spectrum from NTS WIP artist re:ni and Timedance/Ilian Tape producer Laksa.

https://www.nts.live/shows/relax-w-reni/episodes/relax-w-reni-30th-april-2023

re:lax: groovy groovy takeover 300423

Awe is something you feel when confronted with forces beyond your control: nature, the cosmos, chaos, human error, hallucinations. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/laurel-halo/episodes/laurel-halo-12th-september-2023

Awe w/ Laurel Halo & Leila Bordreuil 120923

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upcoming gigs:

04.05 - All Night Long, Sameheads, Berlin, DE
08.05 - Panel & Workshop, Nuits Sonores, Lyon, FR
11.05 - DJ set, Nuits Sonores, Lyon, FR
18.05 - TBAAAA <3
31.05 - Iboat, Bordeaux, FR

01.06 - Octofolies, Baleyssac, FR
08.06 - TVS - Open Air, Berlin, DE
08.06 - Acud, Berlin, DE
09.06 - TBA, PL
15.06 - Dans An Diaoul, Brittany, FR
23.06 - Museum Schloss Moyland, DE
30.06 - TBA, London, UK

07.07 - Freerotation, Wales, UK

31.08 - Meakusma, Belgium

21.09 - TBA, Berlin


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Fictions #48 w/ Nono Gigsta 21.12.2021 - In The Ambient Room (Soulmaking Thread)

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