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If you checked out our show on BBC Radio 1 last month you may have noticed something curious about the tracklist for Nina Kraviz's guest mix: eight of the 17 cuts she selected were by Bjarki. Kraviz used the mix to showcase the upcoming releases on her label Trip, and since it launched last year, Bjarki has emerged as its brightest talent. So far we've had just a taste of the Icelandic artist's style. His recent EP, Arthur And Intergalactic Whales, featured the wonderfully mindless "I Wanna Go Bang," which is shaping up to be one of the biggest techno tracks of 2015, and the more subtle but no less powerful "Orange Juice Man." His tracks for the Trip compilations De Niro Is Concerned and The Deviant Octopus were more functional, but "Revolution" and "Polygon Pink Toast" were both quietly unique. As strong as Bjarki's music has been so far though, it's his vast quantity of unreleased tracks that confirms just how bright his future could be. A brief biography on his Facebook page describes him as "a very low profile, stay-at-home audiophile," and below Bjarki says that it's a total necessity for him to bang tracks out quickly. This frees him to shoot off in many different directions while maintaining the rock-solid low-end that's become one of his trademarks. 

You'll see what we mean on RA.484. The mix is exclusively made up of unreleased Bjarki tracks, some of which will come out on Trip, some of which will never be released. The strikingly diverse hour takes in jacking, Chicago-influenced cuts, deadly serious deep techno, and a moment of hardcore revivalism that, like Bjarki himself, we're sure you'll be hearing more of. 


What have you been up to recently? 

We have been working on a music video for "I Wanna Go Bang." Very exited to see the final outcome. 

How and where was the mix recorded? 

In my basement in Copenhagen, where most of the tracks were made. 

Tell us about the idea behind the mix. 

It's a selection of tracks from earlier this year. All unreleased, some will be out on Trip and others might never see a release, who knows. I don't think all my music needs to be released. Sharing it with my Trip family members and see them playing it live is enough. 

The opening track in the mix is something that got me inspired after talking to a friend who is a ballet dancer. She told me about the serious steps ballerinas can go through. It sounded like a lot of pain and tears. I ended up writing a short fiction about a traumatised ballerina. She is in deep water, almost drowning, building up her strength and control as her movements are slow, struggling to dance her way up to the surface to breath. 

Do you tend to produce quickly? The volume of unreleased music in the mix would suggest so. 

Yeah I make music quite quickly. It's just like a photo, a moment of excitement that I capture and if I like it, it's done and I bounce it. Sometimes I make music right before a show and then just play it. Every time I spend too much time on it I end up getting really bored and lose the feeling. 

Tell us about the techno scene in Iceland. 

There has always been a lot of music coming from Iceland. There aren't many clubs in Reykjavik, mostly bars. There is one venue that has clubbing standards called Paloma, where we did our first Trip party. Maybe with the trip label we generated a buzz in the scene. Our cave party earlier this summer and my latest release caught a lot of attention.

What are you up to next? 

Learning more about composition, and working with real musicians. It's seems like a right moment for a deeper musical knowledge. I really need it to be able to create the music I want. So studying is definitely up next.

484 RA.484 Bjarki - 2015.09.07

"It’s kind of whacky, but it comes from the heart,” says Anthony Naples about his Dekmantel podcast. Frankly, you would expect nothing less from the New York producer, who in just a couple of years has emerged as one of the most exciting artists in modern techno. His crowning glory to date was Body Pill, the album he released earlier this year on FourTet’s Text label after cult EPs on Miter Saturday Night and The Trilogy Tapes. His sound in the studio is raw and rugged, visceral and honest, melting together ambient and experimental tropes with his four four grooves. Importantly, his work in the DJ booth is just as idiosyncratic. 

From UDM’s disco to Theo Parrish’s shamanic house via DJ Sneak’s loopy jams and Fresh and Low’s slick tech, this is a wild mix that covers many stylistically diverse dance sounds in just 75 minutes. There are blends and fades, quick mixes and longer transitions and it lends the whole thing a live and authentic, playful, party starting style that is effortlessly enjoyable. 

Dekmantel Podcast 046 - Anthony Naples

RA.272 Kassem Mosse

A leader of the scene looks to the future.

Ben UFO, Dixon, Steffi, Nicolas Jaar and Omar-S mark our 500th podcast.

Read more: http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=500

@benufo

RA.500 Ben UFO

Recorded live at Twitch in Belfast
The final 3 hours of a 5 hour set, from the start of peak time to a fairly sweaty and disheveled close.

Live at Twitch, Belfast 16.03.16

Recorded live at Unit Tokyo for Club Museum's 13th anniversary party
Big thanks to Maayu and Rok Da House for the invitation!

Live At Unit for the Club Museum 13th Anniversary  - Tokyo 23.04.16

DEBONAIR NTS Podcast 12th June 16

Dj Python's 2016 Old Skool Summer Vibes (Garage, R&B & Hip Hop)

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Rinse FM Podcast - Bjarki - 18th March 2017

In Hour 2 we hand over to Kelly Lee Owens following the release of her self titled debut album on Smalltown Supersound. The self produced album (which has already gained glowing reviews from the likes of Pitchfork to Vogue) features Jenny Hval and Daniel Avery, who she worked alongside in a record shop. Her mix includes tracks from John Talabot, Tiga, Audion, Roman Flugel and Blawan, and she told us;
"This mix features a few of the tracks that I'm playing out at the moment, plus a few personal favourites of mine.. ! 
I often play tracks that include vocal lines or samples & people seem to react best to these when I'm playing them out.  Enjoy! KLO “

The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows.
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Email solidsteel@ninjatune.net

Go to Hour 1 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-3132017-hour-1-little-dragon/s-ThOmw

Hour 2 - Kelly Lee Owens  https://twitter.com/kellyleeowens

John Talabot - So Will Be Now 
Tiga vs Audion - Fever ( Tom Trago remix )
Audion - Sky ( Daniel Avery remix )
Tiga - Plush
Danny Daze - When The Freaks Come Out
Simian Mobile Disco & Roman Flugel - Hachinoko 
Azari & III - Indigo
Roman Flugel - Sliced Africa
Matthew Dear - Neighbourhoods
Vladim Yershov - We Do Pagan Things
Danny daze - Zone
Tiga - Trust Your body
Blawan - Getting me Down
Tiga Vs Audion - Let's Go Dancing
Mike Mind - Acid Machine

Solid Steel Radio Show

Solid Steel Radio Show 31/3/2017 Hour 2 - Kelly Lee Owens

Crack Mix 145 - Anthony Naples

Rinse FM Podcast

Rinse FM Podcast - Kassem Mosse - 7th May 2017

Workshop Takeover - Kassem Mosse - 2nd September 2017

DEBONAIR on NTS Radio 26th October 2017

Playing at the Tate Modern Turbine Hall for NTS last year was absolutely one of my career highlights so I thought I'd post it here. The tracks I selected were super site-specific - I definitely felt my way through this set and there were a few technicals too, but it was one of the best things I've ever ever done <3


NTS SHOW: https://www.nts.live/shows/debonair

DEBONAIR at NTS x The Tate Modern Turbine Hall, April 2017

What's in a name? That might be a good question to ask Brian Piñeyro aka DJ Python.  As well as recording one of 2017's most coveted albums in Dulce Compania, the inaugural release on Anthony Naples and Jenny Slattery's Incienso label, Piñeyro also records as DJ Wey, Deejay Xanax and Luis.  All guises which have a particular aesthetic direction without ever being too rigid.  Under his DJ Python moniker however, and in particular on the album, he demonstrates an ability to create a sonic world that's engulfing.

For his Dimensions mix, Piñeyro repeats the task of creating a musical world to get lost in, and further demonstrates his ability to suck the listener into a place that is so comfortable it's hard to switch off, whilst simultaneously retaining an air of mystery and a diversity in form.  Here Python provides low slung and deep sounds that will demonstrate just why he's become so well travelled in the last year as he continues to bring his DJ and live sets to an ever growing audience.

https://soundcloud.com/wnkrs

TASCAM DR-05

DIM 119 - DJ Python

Rinse FM Podcasts

Hessle Audio feat. Kassem Mosse and LAPS (recorded live at XOYO) - 4th June 2018

The wonderful @kraejiYaeji joined me on NTS radio for a super fun b2b!

https://www.nts.live/shows/debonair

DEBONAIR b2b YAEJI on NTS Radio, 7th June 2018

Crack Mix 218 – DJ Python

More info here: https://crackm.ag/2NdY1VN

Crack Magazine

Crack Mix 218 – DJ Python

Producer and vocalist Kelly Lee Owens goes deep on this bubbling blend, featuring cuts from Helena Hauff, Aurora Halal, Karen Gwyer and others.

For more information and tracklist, head here: http://www.factmag.com/2018/07/10/kelly-lee-owens-fact-mix/ ‎

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