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DECENNIUM27 - Second Storey (Natural Selection, Frustrated Funk)

For the 27th edition of our DECENNIUM series we bring you this exclusive DJ set from Natural Selection resident @second_storey. 

One of the greatest things about 2020 for us was bringing Second Storey (Alec) into the Natural Selection family. Born and bred in UK, now based in Berlin, Alec has been at the forefront of the underground Electronic Music scene for well over a decade and releasing on mammoth labels such as Frustrated Funk, TRUST and Aus Music is fully testament to that. A professional drummer with a lifelong passion for music and a love of experimenting with new sounds, Alec isn’t constrained by boundaries, which is one of the reasons why he has slotted in perfectly with our musical ethos. His roots in bass-heavy Techno and Electro pulse throughout his tracks, whilst he meticulously cares for the defining quality to his craft; Funk. Alec's tracks regularly feature in sets / mixes from an extensive list of heavyweight artists, most notably in recent times, the legendary Autechre. 

Alec has DJ'd and played live all over the UK and Europe. His debut set for Natural Selection as part of our collaboration with Delsin Records, was sadly postponed due to the pandemic, however we were ecstatic to finally have Alec cement his residency at our live stream at FOLD in August last year, playing alongside Ansome, Sigha and fellow residents Kodah, Voicedrone and SWARMM. Keep your ears to the ground for the new date for our Delsin collaboration in which Alec forms part of one of our most lethal lineups to date.

To have such an esteemed artist with us on the Natural Selection frontline is an absolute honour and we are proud to be able to present to you his exquisitely crafted DECENNIUM mix.

RA: https://ra.co/dj/secondstorey
FB: https://www.facebook.com/secondstoreymusic/

TRACKLIST:

Mark Pritchard - One Way Mirror (Outro)
Second Storey - ???
Surgeons Girl - Clouded Steps 
The Black Dog - Cup Noodle
Mesak - Komero
Duckett - Everything Works Backwards
Seldom Seen - Slide Me Yo Luv
Ballet Mechanique - Evolutionary Entities
Autechre - We R Are Why
Human Space Machine - Xplorations 002
Elektroids - Japanese Electronics
Benoit B - Vauge O Ldme
Minor Science - Volumes
Roy of the Ravers - SE1 Acid Pt 2
Exahertz - Cygonic System 
Luke Vibert - Spiral Staircase (AFX Mix)

DECENNIUM - Second Storey (Natural Selection, Frustrated Funk)

Mix recorded for Tronic records livestream - Jan 2021 (Video available on Youtube) 

Tracklist>>>
A Made Up Sound - I Repeat - Delsin
Ed Chamberlain - Resistant - Base Logic
Mesak - T.U.L.E (This is The World) ft. Mono Junk - On-Board Music
Zenker Brothers - Intense Incense - Illian Tape
Barker - Kickboxing - Ost Gut Ton
Junq - Stealth Shadows (Remix)- Subapical
Mark Pritchard - One Way Mirror - Warp
Object Blue & TSVI - Turing Machine - Nervous Horizon
Second Storey - Cross-Hatch - Tronic
214 - Misty Spots(Edit)- Klakson
DJ Glow - Wise to the System - TRUST
The Nighttripper - Machine City - ESP Records
Silicon Scally - Bode - CPU
Stansilav Tolkachev - Farewell - Semantica
Watching Airplanes - Blue is Dope - Klakson
Second Storey- Disrupted Dialect (Forthcoming - Mechatronica)

Second Storey - Tronic Mix

Mix recorded as part of Natural Selection X FOLD London's livestream - August 2020 

Tracklist coming soon>>>

Second Storey - FOLD X Natural Selection Mix

C90 tape recorded for Cav Empt in Summer 2020 - previously unreleased digitally

Ben UFO - Cav Empt Tape - Side 2

'Double Divide' is the debut LP from Second Storey.
Houndstooth store: bit.ly/doubledivide
Available from iTunes: smarturl.it/doubledivide  

Second Storey, formally Al Tourettes, is the futuristic techno exponent who's put out records on Apple Pips and AUS, helped soundtrack mega hit movie Black Swan, and has just released his debut album 'Double Divide' on Houndstooth. He's also made a barnstorming exclusive techno and electro mix for the covermount download card in the October 2014 issue of @djmag ..... To read the interview in full go grab a copy now (cover features Magda) Issue 538

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twitter.com/second_storey

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Tracklist: 
01.	Intro
02.	James Ruskin - Emotion Erode – [Blueprint]
03.	Aurora Halal - Hazy G – [Mutual Dreaming]
04.	ALSO - Dive Prophets – [R & S]
05.	Hodge - Amor Fati – [DnuoS YtiviL]
06.	Silicon Scally - Deodexed – [Cultivated Electronics]
07.	Mariel Ito Ft. Lega - Form Function – [Scsi Av]
08.	Female - Backlash (FeMale Edit) – [RSB]
09.	Asusu - Velez (A Made Up Sound Remix) – [Livity Sound]
10.	Second Storey - Shaman Champagne – [Houndstooth]
11.	Kamikaze Space Programme - Radio – [Mote Evolver]
12.	Neil Landstrumm - Tension In New York – [Tresor]
13.	Surgeon - Particle – [Downwards]
14.	Second Storey - One Sound – [Houndstooth]
15.	Paul Birken - Directed – [Don't]
16.	Bitstream - Bionic Hand of DJ Daddy Longlegs Pt.1- [Pylon]
17.	Second Storey - Combustion Hallmark – [Houndstooth]
18.	Objekt - Agnes Demise – [Objekt]


Second Storey - Exclusive DJ Magazine DWNLD Mix

We are extremely pleased to introduce today's guest, who definitely needs no introduction.

Depending on how your mind is fixed, you may process Second Storey's unique brand of electronic music as a physical, energetic kind of rave music, or you could find yourself postulating on the dense intricacies that his sonic life-forms contain. Such is the dualistic nature of the Berlin based producer. Second Storey, the life’s work of Alec Storey, was born out of the vibrant free-party scene of Norfolk (also the launch pad for the infamous Bloc Weekender), and those roots in bass-heavy techno reverberate throughout his tracks, but this isn’t simple soundsystem fodder. If there was one defining quality to Al’s craft, it would be funk; the kind of crazed, psychedelic, booty-shaking gospel as laid down by Parliament in the ‘70s. The same sound that re-manifested itself throughout the decades as the electro backbone of early hiphop in the ‘80s, the aquatic machinations of Drexciya in the ‘90s, and even on to the omni-limbed freakouts of Autechre et al. Al represents the next logical distillation of these principles, speaking his own dialect of hip-wiggling astral transcendence parallel with the contemporary bass music landscape in the dubstep aftermath, but never quite adhering to it.
The musical make-up of Second Storey, his collaborations with Appleblim, and the numerous projects fore and aft, continue to feed into a thrillingly singular body of work. Much like the energy that crackles around the man-machine when in a fit of drum pad bashing on stage, the alien transmissions that beam out of him are an irrepressible beast, boasting the kilojoules to land in all sorts of unpredictable places.

 Which artists has influenced you the most?

- Drexciya, Cristian Vogel, Ed Rush & Optical, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Prince.

What new projects/releases with your participation are expected in the near future?

- There’s a new EP coming out on Ara-U’s label  “No Static Automatic’ later this year. I’ve also got some new collaborative projects on the way, alongside a bunch of solo stuff I’m in the final stages of finishing. 

What inspires you now to create music?

- Fear of Berlin crows at dawn.

What set-up do you use when creating music?

- I use a Laptop, Ableton Push, Elektron Syntakt, Elektron Machine Drum and Roland SPD-SX.

Tracklist:
Meat Beat Manifesto - Retrograde Dub (Tino Corp)
Two Lone Swordsmen feat Tipper - Slutloop (Ble-Ep)
DJ JM - Eraser (Nervous Horizon)
MXC - Tik Tik (Voitax)
Manao - Automata (No Static Automatic)
DynArec - Specialised in Anything (Cultivated Electronics)
Second Storey - Holografix (Forthcoming - No Static Automatic)
Piezo - Cyclic Wavez (Nervous Horizon)
Jabes - Body Said No (Timedance)
Second Storey - Lotto KiX (Mechatronica)
LDWG - Kool-Aid Cyanide (Veyl)
Client_03 - Panic Multiplier (Client_03)
Second Storey - Are Hands Waterproof? (Forthcoming - No Static Automatic)
LWS - Orange Deuce (Matrice Recordings)
Tactical - Figlioditroit -Go Dam Remix (Forthcoming - Code War Records)
Ben Pest & Kursa - Totally Kippered (Forthcoming - Love Love)
Rhyw - Foamcore (Voam)
Second Storey - Cold Snap (Mechatronica)
Syrte - Beyond Human feat Aura Nox (Science Cult)
Second Storey - V-Runner (Mechatronica)

Follow:
@second_storey

Strange But Dance Music #158: Second Storey

(tracklist below) 

This is part 2 of 3 of the recording from my set at Nowadays Nonstop on April 7, 2024.

I played from 9am-3pm, between JASSS and Bearcat, and it was one of the most creatively fulfilling sets I can remember playing – one of those sets where the audience, environment, atmosphere, tech setup, phase of the moon, whatever, all somehow lined up for a full 6 hours. And happily, the recording is maybe my favorite I’ve managed to capture to date. Huge thanks to Kristin for inviting me and to everyone who was there that morning.


TRACKLIST – PART 2 – 11am-1pm

Ssiege – Drama Lover
Carrier – Harsh Features
Lithe – Modd
aya – Dexxy Is A Midnight Runner
Commodo – Shadowing
Galtier – Absentia Essentia
DJ Zinc – Unstable
Skee Mask – Dachtekker
David Spanish – One New One
Fadi Mohem – Recess
Konduku – Ebedi
Setaoc Mass – It's never too late, or is it?
T++ – Voices No Bodies
Objekt – ???
Marc Ashken – Size 3 (Skream Remix)
Icicle – Need A Job (Original Mix)
LAS – Mental Judgement
Cyrus (Random Trio) – The Watcher
The Bug – Gutted (Human Filth)
Hoavi – PHASE 10
hashman c3d-e – 0-02B
pretty sneaky – PRSN3 A
pretty sneaky – PRSN1 B
Mike Parker – Radar Signal
Fergus Sweetland – Dub 1
Stanislav Tolkachev – Till you get it off
Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 22 [Parallax Mix]
qebrus – ༜°༜ ᓭᘳᓆ⊆⊂⊚⊃⊇ᓏᘰᓯ༜°༜
xupid – Grip
WTCHCRFT – What Do You Call A Flood
ASEC – Traffic
Joline Scheffler – Hathor
Vladimir Dubyshkin – Glucose Guardian
Tracing Xircles – Voyage
Jodey Kendrick – Body Hammer
Squarepusher – Snake Pass
Roma Zuckerman – Like My News
Sympletic – Noname
E-Unity – Avray Link
Arovane – yua:e
Mezey & Nosho – Liverbox Recordings
Phalcon – Foreseen
Ceephax Acid Crew – Red DX Acid
Dolo Percussion – DOLO 27
Dolo Percussion – DOLO 30
Manisdron – Restive Lines
Sepehr – Delicate Senses
Batu – Other Means
Lanark Artefax – Meszthread
RP Boo – Azzoutof Control
Mr. Ho featuring Gedvile Bunikyte – Medicine
DubGuy – Not Massive


Artwork by Brodie Kaman

Live at Nowadays 7 April 2024

Live at Nowadays 7 April 2024 - Part 2

Recording of CCL & Objekt's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

CCL & Objekt at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
@kia-sydney @animalia-label  @cirruslabel

Read more at ra.co/podcast/973

RA.973 Kia

(mostly) music i've collected over the years but rarely play ... :+)

Urban Tribe - Nebula
Salamanda - Overdose
Pilgrims of the Mind - Chase
Coil - Alternative Theme From Gay Man's Guide To Safer Sex
Mystic Tribe A.I. - Telepathic Seduction
DJ Krush - Kemuri (’94 Part II)
Kodek - A Computer Made Lovesong
Hashman deejay - BOOM BOX 12 INCH
shinetiac - K2 Spiritual
Andy Rantzen - Magic Lantern
JFC - No Matter What
Future Beat Alliance - Valium Steps
Overtone Series - Honeycrisp
Break Mode - Wash One
Everything But The Girl - Single (Photek Remix)
Yawning Portal - Water Lvl
Parris & Minor Science - Terrapin
Davis Galvin - Orghu [362 C]
Igaxx - Nap
Dublanet X - MPI9I
m. quake - Annie u r a Bird (feat Jonnine)
Dayjah & The Disciples - Gather Together 
Doug Wimbush - Logdrum
Dregs - Swampy
Smoke City - Underwater Love
Freaky Chakra - Glimmer Of Dope Theme 3
Urban Tribe - Sophistry

collecting dust vol. 1

Milan-based Piezo (@piezopz) sits at the heart of the current club sounds. He has long had an obsession with sound system music and that defines what he does today: mutant and beguiling club tracks with meticulous sound design and thrilling energy, heavy low ends and a real dose of UK influence from d&b to garage, grime and techno. He kicked off the year by dropping his genre-busting Ecstatic Nostalgia EP on our Dekmantel-UFO sub-label and now returns with a podcast that is just as fresh.

It's a futuristic mix of bleeping machines and lurching rhythms with bright synth designs and deep space ambience. Over the course of 90 minutes, the pace picks up and you're whisked along a variety of rhythms from broken to dubby, head spinning to minimal. It feels utterly spontaneous but is also a fully coherent mix from this restless innovator. 

Dekmantel Mix 483 - Piezo

livwutang thrives in the fluidity of genre, delivering eclectic, high-energy sets with introspective depth and chaotic dexterity.

Rooted in dub’s spatial awareness and the rebellious spirit of dance music, her sound blends the vibrant rhythms of Central & West Africa, the innovation of Black American music, and timeless vocal melodies spanning six decades.

livwutang @ Kiosk Radio 10.03.2025

NIKS B2B livwutang - 26 March 2025

DJ Stingray 313 presents Micron Audio - 23 June 2025

For the 137th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome @fleet_dreams! Texas-born, Brooklyn-based producer and DJ, fleet.dreams is crafting raw, immersive club music that resists easy classification. Drawing from deep musical roots in Texas, Detroit, and Brooklyn, his sound fuses leftfield rhythms, the immersive echoes of dub, and deep hypnotic techno into something entirely his own. 

This mix is 2 hour journey through hypnotic house, deep techno, sultry electro & leftfield dub.. Enjoy the ride! 

TRACKLIST: 



Roach Om - Side B	

Susumu Yokota（横田進) - Zenmai	

Levon Vincent - Double Jointed Sex Freak (Part 2)

DJ Jes - Time is comin

Presence - Gettin' Lifted

Downlink - Mesh

Spiral Tribe - Untitled

Dub Taylor - Opium Reality + Destroy

David Alvarado - Oracion	

Whirlpool Productions - In The Land Of My Birth

Spacer IV - Dust

Unknown Artist (Primitive) - Urges 3 (Dub)	

P-Dog - Get Ya Hands Up

Space Bunny - Space Dub

Basement 5 - Paranoiaclaustrophobia: Dub	

Rockers Hi Fi - Destination Unknown

King Midas Sound - U	

African Nightflight - Brubaker's Skank

fleet.dreams - iLL Enargeia

Xes Noiz - [untitled]	

T. Millar - Gemini Wing

Terence Fixmer - Electric Vision

Prince Of Denmark - Neoclassicdub

K-Alexi - Take 'Em All

Planetary Assault System - Forms

Jay Denham - Alien Nation

Madrid Inc. - My Sunday's Love

Keith Tucker - (Techno) It’s On My Mind	

Black Electric - Come To Me

The Flying Lizards - Postscript

J A ft. Donato Dozzy - Eclisse Indolente

Controlled Bleeding - After the Rain

La Cienda Honduras - Tid Hos Doktor Pepper	


Unity Dub - Pastoral Journey (intro)	

Honcho Podcast Series 137: fleet.dreams

Appleblim and Second Storey are amazing artists each one for themselves, but they have also been a team for while: they have released a few releases under the AL/SO moniker on R&S and they play b2b sets every now and then, where they cross over from bass music to electro, from house to electronica with a big portion of funk and dub. They did this for this mix and they will do this for our upcoming event on 28th of December at ://about blank. Enjoy the mix and see you there then!

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/420604728893079/
RA Event: https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1338027

Tracklist:
Shigeto - Alley Oop - Vanity Press
Suzanne Kraft - Slam - Animals Dancing
Area Forty One - Nocturnal Passions III -  - Delsin
Cygnus - Her Majesty -CPU
Jesus Loves Acid - Higher Functioning Movements (Radioactive Man Remix) -  Vitalik
Z-Formation - Sound Waves - Hi-Bias
Kaap - External World - De Lichting 
London Modular - Glove Box - Electrix
Al Wooten - Body Healthy - Trule
Derek Carr - Binary Systems - Subwax Excurstions
K-Lone - Missed Calls - Wisdom Teeth
Lou and Bebe Barron - Main title From Forbidden Planet 
Client 03 - Prosperity Stream Divider - Astrophonica
Alphonse - Mystical Wisp - Klasse Wrecks
Hooverian Blur - Phantom Space - Ritual Poison
Second Storey - Fight or Flight - Varvet (Forthcoming)
Dj Rush - Don’t you Love me (Hacker Remix) - Basic Beat Recordings 
Go Nuclear - Time 2 Party - Bass Agenda
Headie One ft Skepta - Back to Basics (Floating Points Remix) - 
M Twelve - Time Spent (Sync 24 Remix) - Electrix
Second Storey - Scaldy Mott - Varvet (Forthcoming)
Overworx - Flybot - Overworx
SP:MC - Slugfest - Sentry

KILLEKILL PODCAST #55: SECOND STOREY & APPLEBLIM

For DJ or Live bookings please contact : 

lou@rocketsciencemedia.com

For remixes or further info please contact :

alec@secondstorey.co.uk

UK record label based at fabric, East London. Run in part by Rob Booth (Electronic Explorations)

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