collaborations

What a serious pleasure it is to welcome Aurora Halal and DJ G! Without doubt two of the classiest operators in the NYC dance scene, Aurora and Gareth are some of the people behind parties like Mutual Dreaming, Sustain-Release and Nowadays, and are two of our favourite DJs in the biz. 

Joining us for their first mix together since the height of the 2020 lockdowns, where their combined palates seemed to gel effortlessly across the downtempo and d'n'b spectrum for the wonderful Juanita's series, their follow up offering remains cosmic at its core, but with dance floors back in full swing we're hit with a high octane amalgamation of souped-up alien techno, mysterious atmospheres and wonky futuristic breaks, ever progressing with blends of the surgical variety. Strap yourself in, this one's a mind trip!  

Click here for our chat with Aurora and G: melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/aurora-halal-&-dj-g/

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Interview

MDC.273 Aurora Halal & DJ G

pi/live: Aurora Halal b2b deep creep @ Mansions 02-16-2024

Dekmantel Ten: A Decade of Dekmantel Festival

Villafunk

Train Wrecks Podcast ft. Dustin Zahn

Train Wrecks #083 - Aurora Halal

Recorded in Bushwick, November 2015.

full tracklist at: http://thebunkerny.com/podcasts/113-ital-halal

The Bunker Podcast 113 - Ital & Halal

Tower B

Powerful and darkly tripping live hardware shows - that's what Halal & Relaxer are all about. A perfect combination of playful, psychedelic, acidic and intense vibes mixed with pulsating, bass-line driven grooves and paranoid vocals. Rewind to August, please!

Dekmantel Festival 2018

Halal & Relaxer (live) at Dekmantel Festival 2018

Juanita's Mix 023 with DJ G & Aurora Halal

Q. How would you describe yourselves?

G: I’m the venue manager and a booker at Nowadays and grateful participant in independent New York dance music culture generally.
H: I guess I used to be a DJ?

Q. How long have you both been a part of the music scene in NY?

G: I came here from Dublin in 2011 but had to leave at the end of 2013 because of visa issues. After that I kept in close contact with friends here and I was lucky enough to be able to come back in early 2017 so it’s been just over 8 years now.
H: I moved here in 2007 very starry eyed, and the scene was much smaller then. When I starting throwing my own parties in 2010, it felt like everything was changing, which was exciting to be a part of. And actually that feeling hasn’t slowed down, even now.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.

H: This was recorded in April during our peak-Quar isolation and existential questioning. We imagined a soundtrack for cyclists and the lone stoned headphone wanderers who were doing the same types of thinking. It was Gareth’s first time making a mix and it was fun to find music we had in common for it, which was mostly sub-100bpm and above 160. It goes all over the place genre-wise but stays in the same mood space.
G: Yeah Aurora taught me how to use the CDJs and I used some of the early quarantine free time to go back over music I had always wanted to spend more time with but never really got around to. Doing this was a fun way to reflect on the kind of sounds I’m interested in and find out where they overlap with Aurora’s. Very, very grateful to her for showing me the ropes and to Juanita for the chance to stitch a few of them together.

Tracklist:
The Pharcyde - Homegrown
Dettinger - Untitled
Simo Cell - Consider The Internet
Tzusing - Esther
Black Merlin - Isolation
Coil - Alternative Theme From Gay Man’s Guide To Safer Sex (End Version)
Mappa Mundi - Trance Fusion
Mr Fingers - Aether
Internal Transfer - Wave Progression
Jackson Lee - Three Mile Island
Area Forty_One - Supernova
Sensorama - Echtzeit
Mohlao - Form
The Sentinel - Toulepleu
Andrea - Track XL
Bop - So Unloved
Archivist - Cinder Cone (Patrick Russell Remix)
P.F.M. - One & Only (2002 Rework)
Actress - Harrier ATTK
Wax - 10001B (Panamax Remix)
Higher Sense - Cold Fresh Air [fragment]
Harvey Mandel - Christo Redentor
Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness

Juanita's Mix 023: DJ G & Aurora Halal

http://mutualdreaming.com

bookings:
US/Americas : marlena@liaisonartists.com
EU/World : rene@octopus-agents.com

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