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Alias: PlayPlay
Pronoun: They / Them
Location: NYC
Collectives: Party Ilegal
Label: Sorry Records
Name of the mix: Paradise Mix
About the mix: Discos of the 70s were intended to be safe and welcoming spaces for self-expression and celebration for queer and trans BIPOC communities, and the music played in these spaces would come to influence the innovators of house music. This mix focuses on house music’s queer roots in disco, with disco originals, edits, and current house tracks that reference these roots or otherwise feel “timeless.” Also sprinkled throughout are personal deep house fantasy favorites.  
Follow: @dj-playplay

Tracklist:
01. N.Y. House'n Authority - Apt 3b [Nu Groove Records/Burrell Brothers, 1990]
02. Sparque - Let's Go Dancing (Eli Escobar Remix)[Original from West End Records, 1981]
03. Man Friday Ft Larry Levan - Real Love (Paradise Garage) [Nite Grooves, 2007, original late 80s]
04. Goody Goody - It Looks Like Love (Breach and J33 Re edit)[Original from Atlantic Records, 1978]
05. The Daou - Are You Satisfied? (Def Drums Mix) [David Morales] [Tribal America, 1994]
06. Medlar & MSSS - Baby Gone Batshit [Self release, 2018]
07. Louie Vega - Vince Montana Tribute (RickLou Detroit Groove) [Nervous Records, 2021]
08. Aries, DJ Duke - Moon Over Egypt (Flute Mix) [Power Music Records, 1992]
09. Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face? (Masters At Work Remix) [West End Records, 2001, or. 1980]
10. Nuyorican Soul - The Nervous Track (Ballsy Mix) [Nervous Records, 1993]
11. Patrick Adams Presents Phreek - I'm A Big Freak (R•U•1•2) [Atlantic, 1978]
12. Patrick Cowley Featuring Sylvester - Do You Wanna Funk [Dance Records, 1982]
13. Gat Decor - Passion (Naked Mix) [Effective Records, 1992]
14. Ladymonix - The Nerve (Original Mix) [Frizner Electric, 2021]
15. Cream Dream - Spice [Easy Bay, 2016]
16. Kenny Dope, The Bucketheads - The Bomb! (X-Mix Remix) [Henry Street Music, 1994]
17. Paul Johnson - Boogie Til' You Oogie [International House Records, 1998]
18. Kerri Chandler - Light The World [Deeply Rooted House, 2005]
19. MoMA Ready - Cerulean [Hot Rebels, 2017]
20. Lrusse - Extra Time [The Nite Owl Diner, 2017]
21. House Syndicate - Jam The Mace (Paul Woolford Re-Edit) [Original from Dopewax, 1990]
22. Rick Wade - I Can Feel It [Harmonie Park, 1994]
23. Moloko - Sing It Back (Todd Terry Tee's Freeze Extended Mix) [F-111 Records, 1999]
24. Big Baby - Big House (Deep In Big Baby Acid) [Big Productions, 1989]
25. Green Velvet & Oliver Dollar - Dance To My Beat [Relief Records, 2013]
26. Cherushii - Wild Abandon [Self release, 2015]
27. Luke Vibert - Disco Derriere [Hypercolour Records, 2022]
28. Iridium - Ill America [Lowdown Records, 1997]
29. Deee-Lite - Runaway (Masters At Work Dubb) [Elektra, 1992]
30. Octo Octa - Find Your Way Home [T4T LUV NRG, 2021]
31. Seal - Newborn Friend (Morales Club Mix) [David Morales] [Sire, 1994]
32. Jaco Matthews - Lesson One (Original Mix) [Rocksteady Disco, 2020]
33. Mark Hawkins - Sixth [Houndstooth, 2020]
34. Kerri Chandler - 11th Hour [Downtown 161, 2010]
35. Gossip - Get Lost (Junior Vasquez Remix) [Columbia Records, 2012]
36. Genichiro - Topaz [NC4K, 2022]
37. Fingers, Inc - Never No More Lonely [Jack Trax, 1989]

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House of Others #014 | PLAYPLAY | Paradise Mix

Our latest SORRYMIX comes via old friend and Sorry Records veteran PlayPlay (@dj-playplay), one of our favorite fixtures in East Coast Raveland and an overwhelmingly skilled presence in the studio and on the decks. 

SORRYMIX22 finds the NYC-via-NC firestarter kicking things off right at our first Sorry Records Good Room takeover, spinning vibey breaks, nostalgic house, percussive and at times winding techno, UK speed garage, Baltimore club, and more with precision and glee 🚀 💨

"My sets are usually a bit nostalgic in nature and I stayed true to that here."
- PlayPlay (Sorry Records, Party Illegal)

Recorded live at Good Room in Brooklyn for our Sorry Records takeover on Nov 4th 2022

SORRYMIX ARCHIVE:  http://bit.ly/SORRYMIX
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SORRYMIX22: PlayPlay @ Sorry Records Good Room Takeover

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yellow river radio [28.06.23] [100 - 141bpm]

Live recording from BUKA, Milan 08.07.23
Mix of the day on @resident-advisor: https://ra.co/news/79329

Alicia Carrera @ BUKA live DJ set 08.07.23

Gigi Masin has had a long career writing and producing some of the loveliest, warmest, most delicate music.

Over the past ten years he has received critical acclaim and praise for a number of albums and projects which have seen him collaborate with a wide variety of labels and musicians.

From Ambient material, through to works which are at times more Psychedelic or Balearic influenced – his music has been released on the likes of Apollo, Music From Memory, Hell Yeah Recordings, Melody as Truth and many more.

He has also worked on a number of collaborative projects with the likes of Tempelhof, Jonny Nash, Young Marco and Alessandro Monti. These are but to name a few.

His latest release is a collaborative album with Greg Foat, a record on Strut which weaves its way between a number of styles and genres with intricate precision.

Given Gigi has such a lengthy and prolific career in music we felt it apt to invite him to record a mixtape which showcases some of his musical interests and passions. Whilst not a DJ, he has a broad, far reaching taste which this mixtape demonstrates.

Gigi Masin: The 'Monday Is Okay' Mix

Isle of Wax 019 is brought to you by Hamburg-mainstay Robert Etzold, curator of the eclectic Breakfast of Champions mix series, as well as Intercept Tango Radio on Hamburg's @hallo-radio.

Tune in for 75 of hazy, carefully crafted electronic music. 

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Isle of Wax 019 by Robert Etzold

Tonights Somersault mix is Brought to us by PlayPlay with a live mix from the last breaking capacity set at Trans Pecos in Brooklyn 

“PlayPlay combines their penchant for percussion and bass with nostalgic samples & dreamy synths in both their DJ sets & music production. Their sound is inspired by years of clubbing, crate digging and the sounds they grew up dancing to - 90s club anthems, jungle, breakbeat hardcore, industrial, classic house, techno and old school hip-hop. With releases out on labels such as Sorry Records, Worst Behavior as well as a slew of self-releases and collaborations, PlayPlay has been slowly and steadily amassing a thumping discography over the years. Their most recent EP out on Brooklyn-based @SorryRecords has been described as “euphoric and joyous” (Untitled 909) and as three “springing, two step-inspired club tracks” (DJ Mag).

PlayPlay has spun at venues such as Elsewhere, MOMA PS1, Good Room, Jupiter Disco, Bossa Nova Civic Club and currently hosts Breaking Capacity, a quarterly party at Trans Pecos dedicated to all things breaks.”

Cover by Jean Pierre Consuegra of Working Title Studios NY 

We hope you enjoy 🤸‍♀️

Somersault 291 (PlayPlay) "Breaking Capacity"

Benedikt Frey (@freybenedikt) has been on a journey of musical adventure and exploration over the last 15 years. He has made everything from deepest house to bottomless dub, UK jungle to irresistible edits of Notorious BIG. Those early forays came on labels like Nous'klaer Audio and Hivern Discs but in the years since the German has looked more to industrial and post-punk for inspiration. His Fastlane album on ESP Institute this summer blended those vibes with his own take on techno and resulted in his most accomplished and singular work yet. 

Now, the Lopasura label head steps up with an extra special two-hour mix that peers into the farthest corners of his sound. It is the sort of all-consuming trip that plays out like a mind movie as it works through serval different chapters - some heady and deep, some direct and unsettling, always with great control. Whether laying down electro, wave, techno or serious bass weight, Benedikt Frey is always taking you somewhere new.

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I:Cube live au Forum des Halles, Paris, 18 Mai 2019.

A few words by I:Cube. 
I've always been collecting records—for the pure essence of music, of course, as a sound source for sampling, for my DJ sets in various clubs, and, not to forget, for the weird and captivating album covers.
During my teenage years, I had a unique Saturday tradition. I would explore Parisian public libraries in search of unknown records to feed my sampler. 
Records were expensive, and without the internet, apart from the radio, this was my way of discovering new music and refining my musical taste.

Fast forward more than three decades, a serendipitous encounter took place with Damien Poncet, a cultural mediator who works at the Médiathèque Musicale de Paris. This remarkable institution boasts an impressive collection of over 100,000 records. 
Following an extensive conversation, a captivating idea emerged: to craft a musical composition using samples from this vast vinyl archive. 
The grand stage selected for this daring concert? None other than the iconic Forum des Halles, located in the heart of a historic Parisian district. Once renowned as Paris' largest food market, bearing the moniker "le ventre de Paris," the Forum des Halles underwent a transformation into a massive shopping center in the early 1980s. 

Performing this diverse and otherworldly musical blend live at the very core of this consumer paradise was also an immense source of enjoyment and highly surreal.
The concert was open to all, inviting anyone passing by to join in and listen.
This project was a golden opportunity to pay tribute to Paris's public libraries in a place rich with history and full of personal memories.

Many thanks to Damien Poncet and the entire team at the Médiathèque Musicale de Paris. Additionally, I want to express my gratitude to Géraldine Hervé-Dannhauer, Mehdi Herzberg, Stéphane Laporte, Patrick Santos, and all the students from the Ecole Estienne in Paris, who contributed to the visual performance inspired by a selection of record covers during the show.
Music written, produced and performed by Nicolas Chaix.

Versatile records.

I:Cube Live Au Forum Des Halles, Paris, 18 Mai 2019

Heads Show 137 - Saeko Killy LIVE // 06.12.23

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Saeko Killy LIVE - Heads Radio 137 :: 06.12.2023

For the last live-show in 2023 @menqui and @hendrik_stein teamed up once again for another decemberish B2B-session focussing on contemplative new-age vibrations, slow-paced outsider-pop and some well-aged Folk records. 

Artwork by @kryptic_dj

The Past Forward radio show is hosted and aired on Cashmere Radio. Find more info and other episodes on the Cashmere Radio website - cashmereradio.com/shows/past-forward/

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Past Forward #85 with Menqui & Hendrik Stein

It's certainly been a very strange and unpleasant year, finishing on an extremely sour note. However, some very, very wonderful and beautiful music has been released despite this, helping elevate one's spirit above the noise and dismal situation our planet is facing.

I didn't celebrate new year (a pint with my pal was it)...but earlier in the evening I made myself record this 2.5 hour mix of some of my favourite ambient and downtempo music of the year.

It includes Saeko Killy, Ramzi, XIII, Michal Turtle, Alek Lee, Quade, Pieter Kock, Secret Circuit, Erik Wollo, Ssiege, Jon Keliehor & Signy Jakobsdottir, Greville & The Lonely Voices, Finis Africae, Khidja, Froid Dub, Sign Libra, Habitat Ensemble, Simplists, The Black Frame, Kane Ikin, MD Pallavi & Andi Otto, Claire Rousay, Deep Nalstrom, Juna, Severin Black, Peter Power, Shakali and maybe a few others.

Leave a comment if you can't ID something and I'll try and answer. Mostly played from vinyl with a few exceptions.

Wishing you all a good 2024. Let's get together and make our voices heard!!!

2023 Revue (Part 1): Ambient & Downtempo

Rainbow Edges

PlayPlay (they/them)

PlayPlay is an energetic voice of the US queer rave underground, combining their penchant for percussion and bass with nostalgic samples & dreamy synths in both their DJ sets & music production. Their sound is inspired by years of clubbing, crate digging and the sounds they grew up dancing to - 90s club anthems, jungle, breakbeat hardcore, industrial, classic house, techno and old school hip-hop. With releases out on labels such as Sorry Records, Worst Behavior and Clasico Records, as well as a slew of self-releases and collaborations, PlayPlay has been slowly and steadily amassing a thumping discography over the years. You can catch them DJing and throwing parties all over Brooklyn, as well as in their hometown, Durham. 

Notes on the Mix ///

"This is a mix of gay n' guilty pleasures - luscious 90s vocal house, 80s hot rod fantasy tracks, a dash of filthy speed garage and of course, lots of percussion. This is exactly what I would like to be dancing to in a spacious corner during peak time."

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TRACKLIST:
DJ Sprinkles - House Music is a Controllable Desire You Can Own
Night Moves - Transdance (New York Disco Mix) 
Bassbin Twins - Two Turntables and a Crate of Skint
Classic Man 93’ - No More Mind Games (Waste No Time Mix)
Jaco Matthews - Snacks (Original Mix)
Cherushii - No Doubt in My Mind
Sylk 130 - The Reason (Sleaze Mix)
Club Asylum - Don’t U Wanna Be (Original Mix)
Marradonna - Outta My Head (I’m Going Out Of My Dirty Dub Remix)
Fear-E presents Breakbeat Energy - Dubplate Special
John Noseda - Used Future (DJ City Remix)
Madre Guída - Battle Beat
Armand Van Helden & DJ Sneak - Psychic Bounty Killaz
Kerry Chandler - Powder (6:23 Again)
Janet Jackson - Got ’Til It’s Gone (Armand Van Helden Bonus Beats)
Charlotte - Skin (Underground Solution Full Vocal Mix)
ODF - Beside Me
Way Out West - Stealth (Way Out West Club Mix)

XOXA BLEND 203 - PlayPlay

Footwork Jungle is happy to present our latest mix by NYC club producer/DJ  PlayPlay. They combine their penchant for percussion and bass with nostalgic hip-hop and rave samples in both their DJ sets & original music production. Their music is inspired by what they grew up listening to - namely jungle, breakbeat hardcore, industrial, jock jams, classic house & old school hip hop. Get into this mix full of classic gems and fresh perspectives.

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PlayPlay recorded live in the Bad Room for the @sorry-records livestream on 1.29.21.

Good Room is currently closed due the COVID-19 pandemic. If you would like to donate to the club to help cover staff and fixed costs you can donate on Venmo @goodroombk or PayPal - paypal.me/goodroombk

You can follow PlayPlay on Soundcloud @dj-playplay

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PlayPlay - Sorry Records Livestream - 1.29.21

Specializing in late nights and disco lights

Inquiries/Booking: heyplayplay@gmail.com

inspired by jungle/DnB, breakbeat hardcore, early house, industrial, techno, Baltimore club, and old school hip hop, PlayPlay combines their penchant for percussion and bass with nostalgic sample chops and lush synths in both their DJ sets & original music production.

music out on @sorry-records I @clasicorecs I @fperecs I @worstbehaviorrecs I @delusional_records I and more 

Brooklyn-based

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PlayPlay - Sorry Records Livestream - 1.29.21

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