While somewhat successfully scraping that covid-rust off our shoulders, we had several moments of pure joy in the last few months. One of the joy-gems surely was the San Trancisco night, which returned to the club after a drawn-out sleep and it was an awakening of dragon-like proportions. All the louder since our resident @yanmmxiv, who has been kind of secretly digging trance tunes lately, joined the jam. He was incredible – the whole thing was – and hopefully this recording will transpire to you as a proof. If you’ll need to feel better, or straight away ecstatic, put it on and the gloomy skies won’t matter anymore.

Ankali #017 – Yan [extract]

Recording of Black Rave Culture's set at Lentekabinet 2024.

Black Rave Culture at Lentekabinet 2024

José Acid - DJ Set at Fade Out Fade In, Lux Frágil (28.09.24)

Comic Sans Records label-head and Lyl radio resident, sleek fata explores through his Cremation of Care show a wide spectrum of experimental music focused on tracks with an high sound design profile going from psychedelic electronics to jazz with a touch of punk and trip hop between. When it comes to make people dance at peak time, his selections varies between deep dubstep, psychedelic tribe and sci-fi dnb. Often dubby, always trippy!

SC : @https://soundcloud.com/sleek-fata
IG : https://www.instagram.com/sleekfata/

#38 - Sleek Fata - Mercurial Vapor

Take a break from doing. 

Enjoy being.
Enjoy the date with Self.

Sensuality, fluidity, vulnerability, liquidity, softness, hotness, coziness, exploration, nurturing the longest and most precious relationship you have.

Cleyra - Cross My Mind
Xingu Hill - Identities Are Fluid
Entire - Outward (Demon Time)
Azu Tiwaline - Nissa
E-Saggila - N3n
Barker - Gradients of Bliss
Biosphere - Birds Fly by Flapping Their Wings
Bjarki - Scale of self worth (Bjarki pandemix)
Jennifer Walton - Neo Renaissance Girl
upsammy - Patterning
Varuna - Culex Sitiens
Undulae & Morasso - Love in Potential
IFS MA - Heddchara (Loopdrive Remix)
Salamanda - Catching Tails (Yushh Soft Spin Remix)
Piezo - V

A Date with Self

When in doubt, dance it out. Hailing from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this month’s transit is brought to us by @just-callmedaddy, who takes us through a polyrhythmic soundscape with percussive elements reminiscent of the drums of Carnaval. Weaving together murky synths, thought-provoking vocals, and jazz-inspired instrumentals, she combines her latest digs with the sounds rooted in her upbringing. As a member of FLINTA* collective Sugar Slip, her approach to dance music is powerfully intersectional, aiming to highlight Latin American producers and reclaim the club as a space to celebrate marginalized perspectives. Experimental and deconstructed, festive and combative, this mix serves as a powerful reminder of music as a tool in resistance, a heartbeat of communities, and in her words, a soundtrack of radical joy. Tracklist in the comments. xoxo!      

INSTA: instagram.com/sugar_slip/
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1. What was your inspiration for the mix?
Inspiration came from so many places. Whenever I am asked to record a mix, I like using the opportunity to record things I wouldn't usually have the chance to play in a club. I have been listening to a lot of experimental and jazz music. Recently, a friend introduced me to the work of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. I got immediately hooked, and had to open this mix with one of their songs, played together with this eerie-dreamy spoken track by Juan Ramos. The lyrics really spoke to me when I first heard it. This jazz-experimental nod will be a recurrent element in the mix.
 
The world is such a weird place right now, and recording a bouncy and sunny mix just felt unright. Then I remembered that Carnaval was just around the corner. I am from Brazil, and Carnaval is this special time of the year when people connect with their communities in bloc parties that last for days. These parties become a liminal space of transgression, offering a celebratory freedom of expression synonymous with challenging the powers that be. Throughout history, Carnaval has been a bastion of Brazilian resistance, led by the beat of the drums and some radical joy. I took inspiration from this date - I wanted this mix to be an exercise of bold experimentation and rhythmic complexity. You will hear a lot of percussions resembling Carnaval drums throughout this mix - sometimes they will feel festive, sometimes they will feel combative.
 
Towards the middle of the set I included some Brazilian history, with a song that brings vocals by Rio’s funk legend, Mc Carol. I close the mix with a bit of an oddball, my favorite song from the latest EP by São Paulo’s Teto Preto. The lyrics say “just give me my money back”. It is an internal joke Brazilians have, where we tell Europeans, particularly Portuguese, to give back our “gold”. I suppose humor is our way of denouncing the historical harms of colonialism. 
 
2. How has your local music scene shaped your sound as an artist / approach to nightlife?
I am from Rio de Janeiro, but I spent most of my early adulthood in São Paulo. The two cities are so different - the landscape, the people, the vibe. I think this contrast influences a lot my approach to music. This blending of different tempos, elements, genres... Whenever I am playing something, I want the music to celebrate diversity and push boundaries - of sound, body, and mind.
 
I am currently living in Vienna, and this mix is also influenced by the local scene here. I am lucky to be surrounded by very inspiring people from so many different places. This mix is a result of my exchanges with them, the music we send to each other, and the kindness and support we mutually share.

UNITED TRANZIT 007 - call me daddy

SUBFEELS X Campette

20250305 // [sic]nal - PL4STIC WORLD - VINYL ONLY w/ Finona Rider

The Drake  Equation...

make your choice

This is the sound of memories dissolving in rain-streaked neon, of love letters left on answering machines that no one will ever hear again, of floating weightless through the ruins of relationships you still haven’t let go. Intimate, cinematic, quietly devastating; music for 4 a.m. when the city sleeps and the holograms finally reveal what was real all along.

Snow on the Screen

𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘑 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 @ Irl.berlin  @fraktionnimmersatt 

𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦: @sfora_art @szlag_my_pitch_up.

𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴. 𝙉𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭.

𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵:

27.12 - Bydgoszcz, Mózg, Coincidance
13.12 - Berlin, Irl x SCAM
9.12 - Rotterdam, Operator Radio
29.11 - Poznań, Hiatus Festival
22.10 - Oramics Podcast
11.10 - Berlin, Irl @ 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
25.09 - Berlin, Giri, Tecnica
19.09 - Bydgoszcz, Mózg Festival
15.08 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, Irl @ 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
27.07 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮, 𝘐𝘳𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴
13.07 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, Irl @ 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘉 
25.06 - 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘻𝘺𝘯, 𝘓𝘢𝘴 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭
31.05 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘪, 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘪𝘤
17.05 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘈100 𝘞𝘌𝘎𝘉𝘈𝘚𝘚𝘌𝘕 – 𝘓𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯.𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘵.𝘒𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳
16.05 - 𝘉𝘺𝘥𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘻𝘤𝘻, 𝘔𝘰𝘻𝘨 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨
4.05 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘴 𝘹 𝘚𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘶
26.04 - 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘸, 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘯𝘢1
22.04 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘋𝘉
19.04 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬1
8.03 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘕𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘷𝘰𝘨𝘦l
7.03 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘬𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣
28.02 - 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘶

𝘐𝘎: @𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘢__𝘬, @𝘪𝘳𝘭.𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯

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𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘢.𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤@𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

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A Date with Self

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