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@daan-donk
@likemindedworldwide
@hvlv_bar

This mix was live-recorded at Hvlv in Kiev. 

Support Musicians from Ukraine volunteering at war by donating to this fundraiser: 

https://shpytal.com/musicians-defend-ukraine/

O MATO Tapes - 013 - Daan Donk

‘For home use only’ is an anti-club social, a chance to get to know someone/something. A series of transmissions purely dedicated to exploring the other side.

Music is an anchor in life, useable in any if not every scenario to shift or change your current mood. It's something that you have complete control of (unless you’re in someone else’s car), this control, I find is somewhat taken for granted every now and then and I think in this strange time of our lives it's very important to take control of what you can. Speaking of control, it's something our next guest has mastered, A Naarm favourite Bex. 

Hard work, dedication, and a belief in one's self are the holy trinity to the path of evolution, All of these factors Bex has mastered. Through years and years of commitment to her craft, Bex has steeled herself amongst her peers and their dance floors, forever increasing her orbit and her listeners inside of it. Encompassing the pure aesthetics of Dj’ing (an understanding of rhythm and how people react to it), she has cemented herself as a staple DJ all across Naarm as well pushing the same ethos with her own party series “Spincycle” (HOT TIP!!). She’s here to stay and it fills me with confidence for the future. 

The mix itself beautifully encompasses the very thing I’ve set out to explore, the other side. For someone who is consistently filling dance floors, you can tell Bex has done herself justice in reaching into her musical peripherals and wholeheartedly enjoyed doing it. Ecstatic trips into euphoria electronica, A consistent theme explored in its whole, done masterfully. Computer-generated soul at its finest, using BPM as a narrative tool, she takes us on a trip through her own mind, leaving no stone unturned. After countless play-throughs, I still find little details that excite me, her technical skills on full display for the world to see. A perfect summary of Bex herself. Enjoy it every way you can. 

Her words >>>> "when I was making the mix I was kind of thinking it was like a bit of a love story. It has lots of songs that have been prominent in my past relationships and lots of songs about love and with love in the title. It’s a bit of a story of the history of love (and heartbreak)"

Her sounds >>>> https://soundcloud.com/becarmstrongmusic

FHUO # 74 // Bex

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After debuting his first VBX event at BRET this year, we're excited to present you one of the long-time resident at Closer club, Kyiv’s most renowned clubbing institution. Noizar is a Ukranian DJ recently relocated to Amsterdam. He is the owner of the vinyl-only label Wicked Bass, on which he releases records from both Ukrainian and international talents. His style is uniquely sharp and groovy – behind the decks he shows a key focus on detailed performances, from the selections to his technical abilities.

@noizar

VBX #30 - Podcast by Noizar

Shanti Celeste is one of those artists whose personality matches her DJ style. Her fun-loving nature and breezy demeanour always light up a room, as do her vibrant sets that span sunny house music, slow-burning disco and emotive techno. Fresh off her Hessle Audio debut, the London-based artist sat down with RA's Martha Pazienti-Caidan for an honest chat about track selection, bad gigs and her approach to production.

During DJ sets, the Peach Discs co-founder doesn’t like to focus on genres. Instead, "I think about, like, building and releasing tension and making sure that I stay in a specific energy level," she explained. "Whereas before, I think I knew the energy I wanted to bring, but I didn't know how to do that cause I was just thinking about everything in terms of genre."

Reaching this holistic stage, however, took time. It was a process of acquiring knowledge and experience but also confidence, she described, adding how she previously had "really bad imposter syndrome." Learning to deal with bad gigs and recognising that certain factors might be outside an artist’s control are essential to self-realisation, she continued. Going on to discuss her experience of playing big festival stages, she noted the importance of "learning what side of yourself to channel" rather than compromise on music.

For more details on her experience playing with fellow women DJs, her lockdown romance and recording her vocals, listen to the chat in full.

EX.628 Shanti Celeste

Part of Uruguay's burgeoning Phonoteque family, Stonem is as uncompromising in his sound as he is in his DJ sets. Square wave basslines, raged synths and room filling drums all feed into his sound palette. Out of the blocks with a bang his first forays into the world of production found their home on Phonoteque, that was back in 2019 and he has been a firm fixture with them since.

The man from Montevideo makes it his goal to seek out the gnarliest sounds and jaw clenching breakbeats. All packaged up in a tightly woven journey that has now dipped into the stratosphere of our InSession series. From more downtempo beginnings Stonem quickly finds his pace and tone and the rest is for you to explore. Zap filled, electro goodies are to be found at the corner of every mix and it is little wonder why he is so prized amongst a label full of legends.

https://soundcloud.com/stonemmvd
https://www.facebook.com/tinchostonem

Stonem - Trommel InSession 084

LYO#216 / Lea Lisa

Modal Radio Show 028 - Duane (claclaclac!)
Recorded at Piñata Radio.

@komundude
@pinataradio

Modal Radio Show 028 - Duane

https://soundcloud.com/paynedylan
https://soundcloud.com/inthebagg

Outercast 13 | Dylan Payne

« Résidence Pavillonnaire » : Residential district located on the outskirts of larger metro areas. This series of podcast intend to explore music curated on the outskirts of the mainstream spectrum through our guests residential selection, giving a sneak peak in their tastes & influences, might it be for listening and/or for dancing.

Our first guest is Jonas Köksal, co-founder of O Mato. For the last 8 years the multi-disciplinary collective from whom Jonas has been the creative backbone has been organizing social gatherings and experiences from Berlin to Brazil. 

Introduced to music threw his father’s digitales record collection, his first self aware purchase of music was 50 Cent’s « Get rich or die tryin ». 
Wondering then between punk, reggae & hip hop during his teenage years, he became curious about where the samples came from and depened his jazz, funk, library & world music culture. Years later, after thinking house/techno was loopy & boring when first introduced, he got sucked into it after experiencing it with the proper setting. 

For this first résidence, he crafted a one hour selection of US hip hop.

Artwork by Elise Siegwald

Résidence pavillonnaire - Jonas Köksal

we’re sorry we’ve been quiet , but good things come to those who wait 😘

our next mix is from the wonderful nina yamada , originally from japan and currently residing in london , the jazzy sport london boss shares two slow-paced hours of chillers 💕🤗
 
nina delicately led us through a hazey sunday afternoon at our last gathering , so it’s only right that our fourth mix comes from her 🙂‍↔️

artwork by ruby beddoe <3

sunday downtime 004 - nina yamada

Next up on MIXEDBAG, @onirik ~ OTG Distribution and Garage Hermétique label boss!

Recorded in the early hours of the morning at the last Off The Grid party at Hoppetosse, Onirik delivers a dynamic and evolving set which spans an array of musical transmissions.

Enjoy the journey...

MIXEDBAG // ONIRIK

The 16th part of our podcast puzzle comes from Que Sakamoto. 

The nomadic Japanese DJ and producer and self proclaimed "party ninja" serves up 3 hours of peak-time breaks, trance, tech house and techno, recorded live in March 2025 at the Rio. There is a certain quality that courses through his DJ sets that is hard to pin down; psychedelic? Definitely. Playful? Of course. 

It's fair to say that a lot of the music Que plays you won't have heard before and most likely won't hear again. He's always got his own unreleased bombs up his sleeve, plus plenty of Japanese rarities that just hit each time. Dive in to the world of Que Sakamoto. 

Rio 016 - Que Sakamoto

World off. Music on

Sincere, energetic and dancing electronic music to make your body and spirit dance, by Lulu & Tomé.

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