Marissa welcomes a guest mix in the 2nd hour of the show from the incredible Nancy Grim Kells aka Grim who produces soundscapes and writes dark folk music as Spartan Jet-Plex and is a recipient of a 2023 Songwriting Fellowship with the Virginia Commission for the Arts. They serve as both a member of the Virginia Anti-Violence Project’s Board and the founder and Facilitator/Executive Director at nonprofit, Grimalkin, in Virginia, Grimalkin's mission is to mentor and support trans and queer musicians, particularly BIPOC and disabled artists, using an artist-centered holistic approach to break down barriers, create new systems and structures of support, and expand the reach of marginalized voices.
Grim identifies as nonbinary, agender, and fluidly trans. Grim has a BFA from Tyler School of Art and a MS in Special Education and was a public middle school teacher for 14 years in both Los Angeles and Virginia. They also were a Vocational Counselor for 7 years, and they are currently a Certified Workforce Development Practitioner and Work Incentive Specialist Advocate (WISA). As a disabled and neurodivergent person, disability advocacy is part of the work they do in and out of Grimalkin.

Over to Spartan Jet-Plex: "Much love to Marissa for having me on. I’m also the founder and facilitator of Grimalkin Records. We’re a trans and disabled run collective and nonprofit. We are cultivating a community of care and support while creating opportunities for artists to share their skills through music releases, shows, events, our annual festival, workshops, and through mentoring and production services. Our vision is that artists earn a living wage and we’ll have carved a space and opportunities for ourselves towards doing that outside of music industry structures and norms. Check out our work and learn more about our mission, services and artists at https://www.grimalkinrecords.com/.
In addition to us coming together through an intersection of various marginalized and historically underrepresented identities, what also ties our music together is a commonality in experimenting in our respective genres that sonically and often lyrically bends and blends various genres of music and challenges mainstream notions of popular music and culture.
Music is a vehicle for change and together we are the change. We’re making progress in our mission and we hope you’ll support and/or join us. 
Music has always been an important part of my life. Through a lifetime of digging and discovering different kinds of music around the world, those sounds have seeped into my mind, body and soul. You can hear it in the different kinds of music I make. Those diverse sounds are also reflected in the artists with whom we work. I made this mix with that in mind by curating a collection of songs that highlights several artists we’ve released last year, as well as some unreleased and upcoming tracks. By juxtaposing my songs with theirs gives the listener a sonic understanding of how Grimalkin came to be and how it has evolved and continues to do so."

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NOT YOUR MOTHER’S TONGUE W/ MARISSA + GUEST: SPARTAN JET-PLEX - 5 APR 24

This is the second single from MERGE out April 12, 2019! Download on Grimalkin Records available only to subscribers in advance of the album's release!
releases April 12, 2019
Merge is a collaboration between Berko Lover and Spartan Jet-Plex.
berkolover.bandcamp.com
spartanjet-plex.bandcamp.com
grimalkinrecords.bandcamp.com/

Full length will be out on cassette & 2 singles will be available on 7" lathe cut. Proceeds from physical sales will support label & digital only sales will be split evenly between label & Berko.

MERGE - Kingdom Comedown

SLIMEY SONIC AMALGAMATION WITH 6 EYES and a CUTE TENTACLE <3
Glacially Spooky SYNTH GOOP MIXX for the HALLOWEEEN TIMEZ :3
All of these tracks make me SLUDGE and I hope they do the same for u ;)
*sparkles and Skeletonz*
<3 <3
1
Vampie
Halloween Love Affair
2
Take Me Higher
Qual
3
Fokus (Sarin Remix) [K009]
Schwefelgelb
4
Like I am / Comme je Suis
Unovidual / Tara Cross
5
Exces De Vitesse
Marie Davidson
6
Ktano
Three to Forgotten
7
Vulgar Displays
Void Vision
8
The Ice Queen
Astaron
9
Mickey, Please...
Bene Gesserit
10
Raid
Das Ding
11
Give it Back
Laugh Clown Laugh
12
Were Afraid
Geneva Jacuzzi
13
American Orphan Girl
Bene Gesserit
14
La-Di-Dumm
Der Kunftige Musikant
15
Puppenkiste
Der Ewige Musikant

✧･ﾟ​:​*STICKY INKY SPOOKY GOO✧･ﾟ​:​*

DEVIANCY

BAD JUJU(Produced By Flying Fisher)

DON'T COME TO THE WOODS(PRODUCED BY BACKXWASH)

DEVIL IN A MOSHPIT(PRODUCED BY FLYING FISHER)

Parallel (live demo)

Material (live demo)

God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It

Spells (Feat. Devi McCallion) (Produced by Backxwash)

Black Dresses - Static (Backxwash Remix)

Ailbhe caught up with Backxwash who talks her astounding new release 'GOD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, LEAVE HIM OUT OF IT' plus chat about Lingua Ignota, Danny Brown being a genius and Chromatica transitions. 

Plus new music from Code Orange to Denzel Curry. 

@backxwash  - @ailbhemairead on all socials

with BACKXWASH

Grimalkin mentors and supports queer and trans musicians, particularly BIPOC and disabled artists
501(c)(3) nonprofit
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MERGE - Kingdom Comedown

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