You only need to have a quick nose around phil in a maze’s impressive raft of self-released singles to understand the depth of his production skills. Alternately harnessing the raw power of tech-inflected dnb and the impressionistic sophistication of dub, his set at the Unsound Closing Party at 89 was a game of tempo division and multiplication, featuring stuttering drum patterns and sludgy dancehall.

Relive the set via Unsound Podcast 100. Thanks to all the amazing artists who’ve contributed mixes over the years to get us to this point!

Unsound Podcast 100: phil in a maze

box (@boxofbox) is one of the dearest friends we’ve made in this dance music thing. A seemingly eternal well of kindness and intention, the legend of boxofbox is slowly spreading far and wide. To know them is to love them and to hear them play is a gift (always). When I first heard box would be playing @hot-mass for the first time for Pittsburgh’s fantastic Transit party, I almost cried…. before immediately began making a plan to get to Pittsburgh cause I wouldn’t miss it for the world. 

The reality of that night far outweighed my high expectations. Making their way through the world’s longest playlist, box sloshed an enthusiastic crowd of friends and strangers, human dancers and prancing pups alike through their expansive musical soup that touched on so many much loved musical traditions and diverse dancefloor sounds that we hold so dear. I won’t spoil the ending but I’ll never forget hearing those last few tracks and then emerging from Hot Mass to discover the outside world blanketed in a still, untouched fresh layer of snow that had neatly fallen while we were sweating it out inside.

This recording is a pleasure and we’re so happy to share it with y’all.

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙤𝙭𝙤𝙛𝙗𝙤𝙭...
Hot Mass might be my favorite dancefloor. The friendships that have flowed from/through there are some of my most cherished, and this set in many ways was a love letter to all those folks.

It was my first time playing on the system (if you don't count a mini set of trance bangers to annoy Aaron Clark during a Humanaut party setup). I came in with flexible open format intentions – I have seen the full gamut of DJs play there for some of the most up-for-anything crowds you could hope for, and I wanted to meet that dynamism full-on.

A couple selected track notes:

There are a couple "ambient" washes, which I love doing when I can get away with it. The tiger snoring specifically is something I've wanted to try inspired by Plaslaiko closing Panorama Bar, where mid-set he spontaneously blended into a pitched down loop tool that made it sound like pulsating/purring. He let it sit for at least a full minute while he ducked down to re-up some vitamins before knocking back into something breaky. Truly a floor-melting moment for me; hopefully I melted a few heads in return.

I threw on a block of tearful tracks for the landing. Spring's "No Time (for crying)" in particular was a must play for me; I listened to it almost every day during covid lockdown, and I wanted to forever link it to one of the spaces (as Not Mass) that brought me consistent solace during that hellish era. The last three tracks were inspired by seeing the faces of loved ones left on the dancefloor and wanting to give them something for a good happy cry.

****
 
Huge shout out to the Transit crew for inviting me to play one of my dream gigs, and to all the Hot Mass dancers past, present, future: this one's dedicated to y'all.

Shouts out
Lexie (@lexcd)
Joey (@joeykilona)
John (@john-ricci-246961112)
Michael (@m_kaiser)
+ Lights: Davis Galvin

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February SEED by Not_me (@not-me). Recorded live at Tendance Listening Bar. (@tendancedance)

Tracklist:
Mark Barrott - Island Life 
Schaum Der Tage - Freundschaft
84PC - Shkarim Ba Afela
Shriekback - Into Method (Planet Mix)
Bernard Szajner - Dune 2 (Tyler Pope & Clara Moto Remake)
CrimeaX - Summer Rain
Velmondo & Iro Aka - Kyushu
Air - Radian (Thomass Jackson Rework)
Emiliana Torrini - Speed of Dark (Andy Weatherall Remix)
Anatolian Weapons - Sunbeam Dance
Mudd - Spielplatz (Quiet Village Unreleased Instrumental Remix)
Sigward - Triptych
The Blyz - What Is Sound
Tommy Awards - Little Man
TM404 - Oxfor
2Katara - Mr.Blaze
Von Spar & Eiko Ishibashi - IV
C.A.R. - 19s
Heart People - In Your Eyes

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