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JELLYFISH is Stephanie Tsong and Ricky Mawzlin, a DJ duo/collective from Pittsburgh (USA). Self-professed music nerds their whole lives, they welcome dancers to a sweaty dance floor blanketed in neon + fog with sets that morph between italo, house, melodic techno, electro, and beyond. Jellyfish throws queer parties around Pittsburgh, the US east coast, and abroad. 

Notes on the Mix ///
"The mix is a smattering of Jellyfishy vibes. Enjoy :)."

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XOXA BLEND 210 - JELLYFISH

Nice Music 001 – Sunny Crypt

In the first in a new mix + interview series delving into the minds behind the labels we love, we dive deep into the fantastical world of Gabriele and Paolo, the duo behind esoteric label Sunny Crypt.

"Being very honest, not every release has a charming story about being an exotic find or hearing it somewhere on a special occasion. Most of the time, the whole reissue process starts late at night on the Discogs explore page, with a difficult-to-explain feeling in the gut... There’s always a mixture of different feelings that come with sliding into someone’s life and asking about a record they made 30-something years ago."

Read the full interview: https://hypersoft.cc/sunny-crypt

Nice Music 001 – Sunny Crypt

Brussels-based Dana Kuehr stops by for an hour of stripped-back, seductive house music 

https://www.instagram.com/dana.kuehr 
https://soundcloud.com/danakuehr



Dana Kuehr @ The Lot Radio 05-12-2025

*SEVEN x SoundCloud Special Pride 2025 Mix Series*

Read more about SEVEN in our special editorial on SoundCloud's Pride feature https://soundcloud.com/stories/post/queer-dj-collectives-berlin

Cybersex is all about the pursuit of pure groove and rhythm. Blending elements of dub, house and techno—but rarely at their original tempo—their sets move at a fast pace, warping tracks beyond recognition. With a love for glitchy synths, modulators and drum machines, their sound is always evolving, but groove stays at the centre.

This set was recorded at the De Reünie studio in Amsterdam on a sunny day, with Pride in mind. It’s packed with love, good vibes, and a generous dose of tracks by queer producers—some of the Cybersex boys’ favourites

@cybersex_amsterdam is Nick Edwards and @stefdehaan and together they run the @dereunie party.

With love from @sevenberlin and thanks to @soundcloud for their support xx

SEVEN Mix 028 - CYBERSEX [PRIDE 2025]

SoundCloud loves: Lunchbox Candy 

https://soundcloud.com/stories/post/queer-dj-collectives-berlin

Lunchbox Candy is all about community, diversity, radical self expression and curating an experience, an energy that connects and moves people. 

Over the years we’ve been expanding and experimenting with different sounds without getting stuck in a box - this is a little taste of what you would expect to hear at one of our parties. 

It features a wide variety of textures and sounds, steering away from specific genres, highlighting Queer, FLINTA, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists, producers, collectives and record labels - Chloe Thevenin’s Lumiere Noir, Jennifer Cardini’s Correspondent, Major Records, MARICAS, Josh Caffe, Dornika, DJ Babatr, CCL, D Tiffany, Roza Terenzi, Kim Swim, Steffi x Virginia and more.

It gives a nod to our past - specifically to ballroom culture with Alexander Skancke’s ‘You Get A Two’ and The Paradise Garage with a remake of Yazoo’s ‘Situation’ - 90s inspired New York house, sex dripping 808s with Josh Caffe and LSDXOXO, and then going down a more experimental booty shaking route with bass, breakbeat, dembow and even drum n’ bass.  

For many years queer parties focused on specific sounds and genres and rarely veered off into uncharted territories. It’s so refreshing to now witness so many different collectives embracing such diversity of genres from across the globe and from all eras, adding their own take and delivering something new, unique and exciting.

SoundCloud Loves: Lunchbox Candy ft Elninodiablo

Mala Junta  partnered with SoundCloud to drop a special mix for Pride 2025 by our co-founder/resident bb Hyperaktivist. Starting on a Housey, progressive vibe, moving through mysterious, sexy percussions, building into a more high-energy groovy Techno. Ending with her new remix for Zombies In Miami - Feeling The Heat!

We’re very lucky and privileged to be able to celebrate Pride, but let’s not forget: No Pride for some of us without liberation for all of us!!

Let the music carry the message, the joy, and the resistance!!

Special Pride editorial here: https://soundcloud.com/stories/post/queer-dj-collectives-berlin

SoundCloud Loves: Mala Junta ft. Hyperaktivist

Oh you thought this was all? Nope, this is a double whammy, mammy! And we've got a few more to come ;). We're immensely proud to present you the Pakistani Princess who needs no introduction: ARMANA KHAN - from NYC to the world, baby. 

This is a serious party mix ok? Armana is serving us Rap, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Baile Funk and Bhangra Edits galore. Fast transitions, perfectly executed, genre switches left and right. Can you keep up, baby boy?

Like, comment, and re-share if you nasty! If you enjoyed this, you should see her do her magic in living color at our big Pride day & night party on July 27 at OXI https://de.ra.co/events/2197217

If you want to know more about Hoe__mies, check this out https://soundcloud.com/stories/post/queer-dj-collectives-berlin

SoundCloud Loves: Hoe_mies ft. ARMANA KHAN

Downtempo mix by Moopie, Melbourne-based head of A Colourful Storm record label

Moopie - Timeless Series #52

Welcome a much anticipated mix from DJ Alan! 

Deep, dubin, atmospheric goodness to make you feel warm n fuzzy. Undoubtedly the type of mix you’ll put on by default for every and any occasion - very, very, very re-listenable.  Also very, very, very unsurprising - this man’s grooves notoriously know no bounds and have never failed anybody ever.

@alandj-djalan
@alandj-djalan
@alandj-djalan

Neurocrank Mix: DJ Alan

Wrapping up the day in Berlin – Joe Delon takes over for the final hour!

Joe Delon [28.7.25]

A DJ mix CD and digital compilation curated by @joedelon with artwork by @asiootus and mastered by @jorgecaiado.

Pre-order the CD and digital compilation on Bandcamp:
https://weltdiscos.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-pocket-the-sound-of-welt-discos

01. Will Hofbauer – In Stone (@willhofbauer)
02. Dana Kuehr – Rare Candy (@danakuehr)
03. Conversion – Addictions (Pocket Mix) (@jorgecaiado)
04. Joe Milli – Perils Of The Warp (@joemillimadeit)
05. Ranma Entero – Pamplinas (@ranmaentero)
06. Eli Verveine – What Frank Said (@eli-verveine)
07. Gwenan – Chromatic Turn (@gwenans)
08. Billy Jack – Godo Bee (@billy2chips)
09. Stephen Howe – Lockring (@stephenhowe)
10. Louis R – Brokendrum (@louisrogers)
11. Peach – Suzhou Star Chart (@ohpeach)
12. ELO – The Traverse (@lee-on)
13. DJ City – More Than A Woman (@djdjcity)
14. Peter Pressure – Morning Wood
15. Saint Guel – Naughty Boy (@saintguel69)
16. Lotéricas RJ – Alerta De Ofertas (@40fodamaneirissimo)
17. Pediment – Yes, Yes, No, Yes (@cromie + Jeff Brodsky)
18. Xiaolin – 808dreamstate (@xiaolinmusic)
19. Go Dam – Waang (@bigdreamofcaveman)
20. Viewtiful Joe – Ever So Sweet (@vviewtifuljoe)
21. Matthew Fit – Ambiguous Yearning (@matthew-fit)

In The Pocket: The Sound Of Welt Discos

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In The Pocket: The Sound Of Welt Discos (DJ Mix CD) [WLTD010]

The German minimal DJ returns to the spotlight with two hours of artfully subtle house and techno.

There's an old German proverb that goes "Der stete Tropfen höhlt den Stein." Literally, it means a constant dripping wears away the stone, but the point isn't about force but patience: slow, steady repetition can leave the deepest mark. It's an apt metaphor for the career of Kosta Athanassiadis, better known as XDB.

Active since the early '90s, first as a DJ and then producer by the decade's end, Athanassiadis has built a career less on hype than persistence. His catalogue spans labels like Dial, Metrolux and Echocord, alongside a steady trickle of EPs and remixes that have quietly cemented his reputation as one of minimal house and techno's undersung heroes.

That patience carries into his sound and production ethos. Where many of his peers embraced software upgrades and new workflows, Athanassiadis has long stuck to Cubase, a handful of trusty instruments and 30-year-old speakers he claims to have run "hundreds of thousands of tunes" through. He also still prefers to use inexpensive, straightforward gear—what matters, he insists, is not the tools but the feel. The result is a sound that’s stripped back, direct and enduring.

Lately, Athanassiadis has found himself back in focus. With minimal enjoying fresh attention, his calendar has filled, and with it a run of back-to-back sets—most often alongside PLO Man, a regular sparring partner this year. True to form, though, you won't find that his style has changed much. Over 30 years after his first gig, you can rest assured you'll still find him playing with patience, carving out long arcs rather than sharp peaks.

His RA Mix captures him in a reflective mood. Running just over two hours, RA.1003 is a hushed yet absorbing affair, moving seamlessly from the delicate atmospherics of Valentino Mora and Caldera to the machine funk of Robert Hood, Solid Gold Playaz and Marcellus Pittman. There are left turns folded into XDB's patient narrative arc, too: John Carpenter's brooding scores here, DJ Sprinkles' melancholic work with Will Long on "Acid Trax N (Acid Dog)" there.

It's the sound of a DJ who has been quietly chiseling away for three decades, and who understands the value of persistence as much as restraint.

@xdb

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1021

RA.1003 XDB

Manfredas, a DJ/producer based in Vilnius, Lithuania, is also known as one half of Dresden party with Ivan Smagge. His kaleidoscopic play, shaped by the genre-spanning musical knowledge cultivated as a radio DJ, radiates an eclectic and irresistible attraction while evoking influences from electro, disco, post-punk, and beyond. This two-hour set, live-recorded at BAR Inc Osaka in July 2025, is no exception to his spellbinding style.

@manfredas

DREAMING 049 :  MANFREDAS @BAR INC JULY 2025

moving through shadow, trance and flickers of the unknown with @erensuerensu

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