DjSport is joined this month by special guest Ikava Pii for a 2 hour physical and mental practice. Ikävä Pii is a musician, producer and DJ who explores abstract and detailed club music. Hailing from the Mediterranean sea and now based in London, they stand out for their playful approach to sound design and unconventional textures. Co-founder of SODAA, they work with queer collectives like Riposte and HOWL, and recently launched Niche - a "weird sounds laboratory" and monthly event at the Baths, offering artists and noisemakers a space to experiment and perform together. 

DjSport & Ikävä Pii team up for a speed walking session, an exercise that is performed by keeping one foot on the ground at all times while exploring fast rhythms. They accelerate quickly without breaking into a run. Ikävä Pii leads the first hour of the show and DjSport brings you to the finish line, taking you through the second hour. Ready, steady, go!

Tracklist: https://radioflouka.com/shows/djsport-invites-ikaevae-pii-17-11-2023

DjSport invites Ikävä Pii - 17/11/2023

https://radiopunctum.cz/shows/reach

November Reach by Freddie Hudson (@fh_1138). Recorded live at Tendance Listening Bar. (@tendancedance)

Tracklist:
Strategy - Freshmosphere [Community Library]
Strategy - Irresistible Gravity of Rhythm
Ross Alexander - Piece 4 [enmossed]
Panghalina - Whale Dance
Varuna - (A Trip To) Masdar (Hems Remix) [A Walking Contradiction]
HUUUM - Banzol [Accidental Meetings]
Rlung - Shimmer [YUKU]
Wild Terrier Orchestra - A Confident Leap
HUUUM - Bahre Tavil [Accidental Meetings]
GiGi FM - Tevora
Will Hofbauer - Giraffes [Control Freak Recordings]
Andriy K. - Getaway [YUKU]
Cel - Folktale (DOOM Version) [XCPT]
Kombé - Batian
Tristan Arp - Beamed In [Maloca Records]
Ikävä Pii - Major Renovations [Dreaming Vinyl]
Varuna - Jewel Changi (Jan Loup Remix) [A Walking Contradiction]
Julek polska - Poisoned

Reach 11/23 by Freddie Hudson

For the last 3 years, @dreamingvinyl have been operating as a motion graphics studio and music discovery platform; where they reimagine a variety of their favourite records in the form of animated vinyl stickers. Their studio have been commissioned from the likes of XL Recordings, Blue Note, Rhythm Section, Anz & EGLO Records + more.

This year Dreaming Vinyl launch their label: DV Records, kicking it all off by celebrating 9 exciting electronic dance tracks for their V/A charity release. The 9 compilation tracks are paired with 9 visualisers, designed and animated by the Dreaming Vinyl co-founders, who have a deep interest in audio-visual relationships. The compilation features talent from the likes of Elphin, LUXE, Impey, Herman, DJ ojo, Sister Zo, GoodMostlyBad, Ikävä Pii, and Tim Reaper.

Buy: https://dreamingvinyl.bandcamp.com/album/dreaming-vinyl-compilation-01-dv001

Dreaming Vinyl Compilation 01

PREMIERE: Ikävä Pii - Major Renovations [DV Records]

Alec Pace b2b Ikävä Pii | TO-031223

Recording of Mika Oki's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

Mika Oki at Dekmantel Festival 2023

IKÄVÄ PII 12.12.23

London based @striations-night co-founder, @ryokurashina provides this incredibly sultry and hypnotic journey through dub-infused rhythms for our 22nd mixtape. Moving seamlessly through genres, energies & tempos, this is a very very enjoyable listen. 

Thank you Ryo <3

𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 / 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬 / 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞
Ryo / he / London

𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐱
I got the idea to record the mix after running a few of the @striations-night nights. I wanted it to represent all the different energies, genres and tempos which we go through during one of our nights. It’s quite hypnotic yet has a lot of that deep, danceable energy you get from sub-bass heavy music.

There’s lots of tracks inside that I play out quite regularly but it’s the first time I’ve put them all together in the way that I did. It was definitely tricky to get the balance right at times, but I’m really happy with the mix and glad it’s out on a great platform!

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜?
A lot of influence for sure comes from running the @striations-night nights. Hearing lots of great artists you admire play out, and getting to test ideas on a semi-regular basis really helps you to learn what you like. 

I’ve also put a lot of music made by friends in this mix as well. Knowing the person who made the track definitely helps make the mix feel more personal, and it’s something I always try to build into my mixes.

𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 & 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
I started the night with a couple of friends (big up Rob and Elspeth) back in 2022 because we weren’t seeing the artists we wanted to see in a venue that we liked. Spanners was still fairly new back then and we loved the space so we went for it. Mary and Tobs who run it are the best and they’ve always been very welcoming. You can tell they really care which makes a big difference!

In terms of curation we try to keep it quite organic. We book (mostly) local artists who we really like and think complement each other nicely. I think a lot of it’s about helping the artists feel relaxed and free to explore their sound when they get on the decks.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 / 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨?
Diversion! Shamefully still haven’t been.

𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐮𝐩?
Here’s a few: @terra-obscura-london, the Third Place nights & Melty!

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 (𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞) 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞?
Seeing DJ Sotofett (@sophatmixes) last summer at Ormside was a really special one

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨?
@notyumiko mix on @juanitasnyc

> https://soundcloud.com/juanitasnyc/juanitas-mix-090-yumi <

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨?
André 3000 - New Blue Sun

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝?
A Nintendo Switch, I’ve wanted one for years!

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭?
Big Hands / Banishsh - Swggn

𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫?
Either Beat Crime in the marshes over summer or what’s now called Trudging Mind at Spanners. Both amazing in different ways.

𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫?
Hard to pin down but I really like IFS MA - Enshooritz & the unreleased Ikävä Pii track I’ve put in the mix. Both oddball tracks that are quite different but work really well together.

𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐱?
Maybe one of the @loop_lf mixes on NTS. I really love the multiple tempos and genres that flow effortlessly. Have been chasing that sound ever since.

kinetic mix 022: Ryo Kurashina  "joining the dots"

DJ OJO 16.1.23

Framework presents the first edition of TOWER Imports, a limited mix series designed to incorporate international artists into New York's TOWER project. 

The inaugural mix comes from experimental Italian musician, DJ, & producer @ikavapii. Exploring abstract and detailed club-adjacent music with releases on @earlyreflex and @pampsychia, the London-based artist driven by a playful approach to sound design and unconventional structures. With this mix, they initiate explorations of waterlogged sonics in preparation for the next edition of TOWER, February 29 at Bossa Nova Civic Club in Brooklyn.

"A selection of oblique, slowfast music, mostly made hitting tanks, blowing through pipes, and placing microphones near dripping leaks, or splashes of water. No to boring club tools, yes to sounds of actual tools and machinery. A mix from worker to workers, from builder to builders, created while dreaming of very real shared spaces <3" - Ikävä Pii

Mastered by @specialguest-dj

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TOWER is a building function that aims to channel the sonic palettes of production and construction skyward, celebrating and embracing an industrial optimism that resists both nihilistic and utopian escape. TOWER is a subsidiary of Framework, an NY bass & drum label in development.

https://www.instagram.com/tower__________
https://frameworkny.info

TOWER Imports 001

TOWER Imports 001: Ikävä Pii

Our next mixtape comes courtesy of Puglia born London based Niche founder, 	𝐈𝐤ä𝐯ä 𝐏𝐢𝐢.

A high energy hour of weird swampy sounds, eery melodies & intricate detail, put together with so much love and care it feels like one full track. 

Sometimes you listen to a mix & it feels like a true expression of someones personality, and that’s how we feel with this one. Thank you so much Giacomo <3

@ikavapii

𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 / 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬 / 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞
Giacomo, Ikävä Pii / he, they / Hackney Wick

𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐱
Weirdness and detail. This is all I want as a listener and a dancer, and what I want to convey as Ikävä Pii. In this mix I’ve explored slowfast ambiguity, music for ponds and futuristic punk, pairing Italian Sunitty with warped UK techno, with a couple of WTF turns.

For the most part, it is extremely detailed music. It’s abstract and rich. I don’t like the definition of “sound design” anymore: it sounds “functional”, as if the goal was creating a product. These producers are (like me), instead, trying to spawn detailed worlds.

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜?
I’ve started making music with a punk band in Puglia. I picked up a guitar because my father and all his brothers played. Family gatherings were beautifully loud. Puglia was still a poor and tough place when I was a kid, so my love for international music was a form of escapism. I was (like many others) online a lot and in touch with musicians from all over the world. I started dreaming of London listening to The Clash at maybe 12yo? London has truly shaped me, I was radicalised here. Politically and artistically. And here’s where I embraced my queerness.

I think, in many instances, it was here that I was exposed to some really fringe stuff, and that’s how I realised I loved everything that was genuinely weird or boundaries-pushing. Furthermore, I believe that Hackney Wick makes my life as an artist easier. Cheap rent, community and proximity: it’s a 5 mins walk from the warehouse to the studio and the venue, and sometimes special things only happen thanks to the support of other locals. You know who you are! <3

𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 & 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
Niche started in April 2023 as a monthly sonic hangout; noisy jams, open decks, and improvised sets. Now it’s a full-scale event, with performances by some of the best artists we know. It started out of necessity: an accessible space to experiment with fellow noisemakers. 
My relationship with the venue was crucial; I’ve been a resident at The Bath House for 2 years now, and Niche can only happen because my studio is there.

It is a lovely ecosystem of musicians, DJs, listeners and dwellers. We are trying to bridge the gap between the bedroom and the venue, offering a space for people to try new things out and take risks, playing for the most understanding audience. In terms of curation, I am looking for the most daring acts out there - no genre limitations, but definitely priority to live shows, and musicians in particular. 
Alongside artists I know and/or follow, we met incredibly talented people through the open calls, or other nice folks who just jumped on the groupchat and asked to play! Keeping it as open and diverse as possible is at the core of our practice. We only have one resident at the moment - the amazing Queenie.

𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬
slowfast, weird, detailed

interview continued via substack - https://allmovingobjects.substack.com

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐫𝐦𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 [𝐈𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞], 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨, 𝐃𝐣 𝐰𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 & 𝐑𝐲𝐨 𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 https://ra.co/events/1883623

kinetic mix 027: Ikävä Pii "weird details"

@lucreciadalt - Seca
cico - cloak-C3fZ
Filippo Scorcucchi - Visione
dj python (@worldwideunlimited) - ooophi
@d-tiffany - 4 Leaf
@parris_dj - Yurei
@sosotharpa - Kala Pani
@ccl-url - Tachyon Frog
Gavsborg - Julie Mango Appreciation tweet
Kouslin - The Beast of Bolsover
Nicolas Gaunin - Tumu Haari
Ido Plumes - Walking With The Tasman Abel
Nicolas Gaunin - Manao Tupapau
@willhofbauer - (unreleased)
Kouslin - Sharper
@piezopz - The Mandrake
@millia-rage - hopper7
@physical-therapy - Pig
@facta - Not Now
Bruce - Post Rave Wrestle
BFTT - Intrusive / Obtrusive
@galtier - Damaged Cerebellum
@piezopz - Rash
@hezziane - Pivot
Julixo - Shaolin Commando
Privacy - Always On
Dolo Percussion - DOLO 17
@bbyeco - Innerlife
@yung-anz - Gary Mission
@oceantiedmusic - Fox
Barow - Chasing Spring
Hagan - On Sight
@laksa - FWD Ghosts
@discopuppet - OK

Ikävä Pii @ Threads Radio 23.10.20

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tunes via @earlyreflex @pampsychia - 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸

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Ikävä Pii @ Threads Radio 23.10.20

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