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carbon:file is a curated mix series highlighting the diverse soundscapes of independent and rising artists. The element carbon is essential for life and so should all creative voices be celebrated.

Gracing our fourth installment is the talented artist/producer J.dB. With an affinity for sound design and organic java, they are purveyors of cohesive narratives; gifting us this month with a gradual rise of emotions and keen sense of movement.

Soundcloud: @djlactaid
Instagram: @J.dB
Bandcamp: djlactaid.bandcamp.com

carbon:file 4 - J.dB

Previously recorded during a live performance at Monarch in San Francisco for a Sunday gathering called WERD. The original recording was damaged by a poorly set needle, so I set out to re record with slight adjustments to the original journey. Both nights were colored by the rain, the changing season, and a desire to move.

JdB resides in Los Angeles, working as a sound engineer and entrepreneur, deploying Klipsch sound systems in the rave space as co founder of Corduroy Garden. JdB is a live hardware artist and vinyl DJ. Romanced by the Berlin club sound, he conjures a meditative dance floor energy harkening back to the pioneers of dub techno, employing DAW-less electronics. 

Ole - Tony Allen (Moritz Von Oswald remix) 0:00
Sand & Stars - Dubatech 9:20
Dissoant III - Satoshi Tomiie 16:00
“Starlight” Original Mix - Model 500 21:00
Flatline - Bioroot 25:45
Expectations - Djoko & Nikita Sisov 31:20
Vibert - Fletcher 36:20
Marble - Bärtaub 41:35
Séattle - Kike Mayor 48:10
Time and Space - Pharba 52:25
A Tale of Two Cities - Delano Smith (Efdemin Mix) 58:10

JdB on BAIHUI Radio

Substrate Vol.1 / July 26th, 2024 / 22:00-00:15

Track List
Still - WSMN
CMD - Attenuator
Iten - Vørticė
Visie - Rambadu
PL1 (Antonio Vázquez Remix) Modvs
Floating Sequence - Noah Lyas
Quantum Vacuum II - Simone Bauer
Ajna - Rambadu
Flora - WSMN
Bioluminescence (Deepbass Remix) - Luigi Tozzi
Pulse - Federico Corrado
ID94 - Shkedul
Exomoon - Deepbass & nAX_Acid
Obsessed - Federico Corrado
Dunkla Former - Kris Dubinsky
Endor (moon) - Luigi Tozzi
Submarine Public Transport - Shaded Explorer
Function 303 (Warehouse Mix) - BLNDR
Reduction 2 (Reminiscent Mood Mix) - JS
Atacama - Luigi Tozzi
PL1 - Modvs
Zoviet France (Remix) - Panasonic
Reflection V - Noah Lyas
Taris - MTLR / Polygonia
Eclipse - Feral
Stormur Sex - Yagya
Allergic - Luigi Tozzi
Ionosphere - Altinbas 
Mnajdra (Shifted Remix) - Mike Parker
Cygnus - Cirkle
Koko (Takaaki Itoh Remix) - DJ Nobu
003.1 Company

Substrate / vol.1 / JdB

Psychic Skin ~ Episode Seven with J.dB & Jane Margarette
Streamed on KCHUNG Radio December 10, 2024

J.dB 00:00 - 1:02:00 
Jane Margarette 1:02:00 - End 

J.dB is a dawless producer focused on the dubbier sounds. Recently featured on New Palm’s latest compilation NPAOO-03, “LA River Tracks”, as well as releases on Pseudonote and a few self released projects. Co-founder of Corduroy Garden, Josiah curates musical gatherings at PSStudio as well as deploys High Fidelity PA’s for the LA underground.



Ep. 7 J.dB & Jane Margarette - Psychic Skin

10-2 am (the first part of the set was not recorded)

mastered by @frdmclub
cover photo by @guarionexjr

Lychee @ Nowadays Nonstop - March 29, 2025

subcast is born, an incantation of adventurous sonic alchemy behind radiant subs. The inimitable Razrbark kicks things off. Strap in for a chemistry-altering ride.
@razrbark's interview below--->

ℚ: ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕖 ℝ𝕒𝕫𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤?

A: Live edge, live wire

Q: Describe the story behind Razrbark's Specific Heat.

A: Specific Heat measures how resistant (or not) substances are to temperature changes, specifically how much energy is needed to raise the temperature of something by one degree. This concept from chemistry has always stuck with me and is something I thought of after listening to the finished product of this mix/let's be real I just think it sounds cool.

When I first started prepping for this mix, I went in a very different direction and had a rough draft, but it felt tedious, trying to force ideas and tracks in a way that required a lot of energy with little output. Sometimes, things pour out of you and sometimes, they don't. 

One day, a very exciting booking came through (spoiler alert: it was Honcho @ Hot Mass). With the adrenaline rush of the booking, I immediately started mixing tracks from the extremes of my USB, and everything flowed really easily. I decided to hit record, and it came together in a way that felt much more organic. I also unearthed many tracks I had forgotten about that were collecting cobwebs on my stick but that I always loved.

Anyway, all this to say, just like in chemistry, sometimes you need the right conditions for a reaction to truly take off~~~

Q: What is your ideal dancefloor (fictional or real).

The Bronze.

Q: When is the last track that made subs glow for you?

A: Two specific tracks come to mind:
https://snappedankles.bandcamp.com/track/come-play-the-trees-crooked-ankles-2
To me this is the perfect track. I played it at Hot Mass in Pittsburgh sometime after 6am a bit slower than this. I love how it has so much raw power behind it. Big chug NRG. I've always loved this song from the same band. It has a very Iggy Pop/Plastic Bertrand sensibility to it, but I've never been able to play it on a dance floor, so I was happy when I found this edit that is a bit more dance floor friendly and still has the rock/dance vibe that I feel is a hallmark of my sound.

Another track:
I just played this song towards the end of my set at Afterlife in Seattle this weekend. The bass was so intense my drink literally bounced across a table and fell to the floor. I'd say the subs were glowing hard.
https://normalpleasure.bandcamp.com/track/heart-palpitations-on-the-m1

Q: What track/artist was a musical game-changer for you?

A: Föllakzoid. It's psych rock, it's techno, it's everything. Each time I've seen them play, it's world-building and expansive. 

Q: If this mix was a book or a movie what would it be? 

A: It would be in Walk Hard Part 2, when Dewey goes through his drum and bass era.

subcast #1 ✹ Razrbark's Specific Heat

(Full recording) inspired by the Sea of Clouds in Alishan National Park (Taiwan)

𝙡𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 w CCL #14 Sea of Clouds @refugeworldwide

recording from my set at unfold 100 back in may - every time i play at fold is so so special but the energy for this 36 hour party was crazy. 

big big love to everyone who came & danced - one I'll remember forever <3 

starts pumping before spiralling deeper 🌀🌀 w / music from sunju hargun, aerae, polygonia, conrad pack, emily jeanne, vardae, upsammy + more

Dj wiggles ✼ steam room at unfold 100 ✼ 250525

Presenting the ever-lovely and ever-inspiring @mikemidnight for #175 in the series. The Boorloo/ Perth based artist initially garnered attention through his output of insanely dreamy trip-hop productions... the perfect combination of emotional & uplifting, and immaculately produced. Mike plays live as a solo artist and now makes up 1/3 of the exciting new band Trickpony, made up of Roza Terenzi, Emkay & Mike himself. 

Beyond his knack for weaving tear-jerkingly beautiful trip hop infused songs - Mike is also a great DJ. Here, with a more club-oriented mix, he showcases his taste & talent, a BTS look into the genres & moods that make up the mind of the talented artist.

Very happy to have you in the series Mike! Thanks for the mix <3

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Animix One Hundred & Seventy Five: Mike Midnight

@djlactaid

J.dB is a resident of 𝔾ℝ𝕆𝕋𝕋𝕆, a dub techno enthusiast, and one of the most tender souls in the underground LA music scene.  𝔾ℝ𝕆𝕋𝕋𝕆 is thrilled to launch it's mix series with this live vinyl set recorded from the very first event back in May.

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J.dB is a lover of the dub, the wub and aquatic sounds, an aspiring audio engineer, curator, producer and speaker enthusiast. Show Curator and production designer at Porter Street Studio, working on shows that range from ambient and experimental to house and techno.  Currently releasing dawless dub techno with Los Angeles based label and event series “New Palm”. Keep a look out for an upcoming vinyl release this summer.

𝔾ℝ𝕆𝕋𝕋𝕆 Mix 002 - J.dB

may31 2pm-4pm @ parquette
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Universal Sucker - Folie 2
Rüdi At Parkaue - IVU
Fuzzy Detail - Morgan Geist
Pyramid (Usu Original Mix) - shjva
2 Tired - dj_2button
Today - 5am
Nara (NCR edit) - The Dude Of Stratosphear
Elektri - VC-118A
Womp Bass 8beat - Scott Grooves
Universe - Aquarius Heaven
Think It's Not Illegal Yet - Deenamic
Sequel - Gombeen & Doygen
Klassic - Dr. Ozo
a.b.c. - zedmoco
Life Worth Living - Aquarius Heaven & Eric Volta
Movement III - Solitary Dancer
undressing aphrodite - zedmoco
Track 1 - Montel Palmer
Untitled II - Vedagor
a frame for u - Adam Feingold
1st Time  that eye saw u - L.B. GooD
Monotone - Pablo Bolivar
Neepawa - Ghoti
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (INIT Cover)
Night Heron - Scøpe
Germ Identity - Garum
COMMAND4 - KOOLMFL
People's People feat. Blane Lyon (Felix Dickinson Dub)
HEPING - SHLM
Even Angels Tire of Ecstasy - Ivan & Johnny
Ghost Story - Bond & Blome
Dial Me In (Club Mix) - Factory Floor
Sligo B - Plop
Modern Times - Misc.
B_ Unknown Artist - Key All for All
random access memory - Bergheim 34
Outlaw (Prt. 3) - Pulse
DBJ - DJ Pistachio
Conga - Skatebård

sako @ flip

It is not easy to find Saphira, and it is even harder to leave. If it so chooses, the city will appear first as a quivering mirage on the horizon, second as a blinding stone mirror, and third as a sprawling maze whose sounds and sensations embrace the traveler in a slow and languid frenzy. Quite famously, it is home to countless locked eyes and spellbound hearts. It is a place whose deep currents of longing, like the sound of its ocean shore, seem to rumble and hiss under the surface of every word and gesture, in every bead of sweat that blooms from the glimmering skin of its people.

Saphira is at all times caught between a low-lying sun to the west and a glowing moon to the east. They hang above the skyline with an eerie stillness, watching the city’s tireless creatures writhe together in tenderness and sin, casting upon them a pale, silvery gold light that hangs heavy in the humid air. It is in the tension of this peculiar light and its slender, tangled shadows that Saphira’s longing grows dense and time thickens within its walls. Traveler and resident alike are suspended in an endless eros, caught tightly between pain and pleasure, between the sting of saltwater in one’s eyes and the sticky sweetness of ripe fruit on one’s lips. 

Perhaps this is why Saphira’s radios and televisions stutter with phrases and images so ghostly yet so intimately familiar, why its dusty buildings seem always to crumble so gloriously yet never collapse, why around every corner there is a street that so closely resembles one of a distant and loving memory, and why the curling flakes of paint on its walls and facades will reach out against the heat without fading or falling. It is a city inside of want and outside of time.

Text by Devon Hansen, Photo by CCL

Invisible Cities Ⅰ: 𝓼𝓪𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓪

🌐 Refuge Worldwide is a radio station and community space based in Berlin-Neukölln.
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Help us stay on air by donating to our fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/f/help-refuge-wo…-community-radio

untitled 909 - basic chanel - 11 Aug 2025

The recording is from a night at Ohm back in March put on by Kontinuum and New World Dysorder. I remember feeling so comfortable with the space and the crowd who were up for good sound system pushing fun going freely through everything from d&b and elektro to freetek and jungle. Also shoutout to Ohm for always providing a solid vinyl setup!
---- @abnama

Ep. 7 J.dB & Jane Margarette - Psychic Skin

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