Interview:  http://truantsblog.com/2022/truancy-volume-295-maara/

Soundcloud: @maara

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Truancy Volume 295: Maara

https://www.nts.live/shows/lone/episodes/lone-4th-august-2022

Magicwire w/ Maara - 050822

MEOW MEOW

Second Tbilisi-based resident to grace our special Bassiani x RYC summer collab, Nebbieri steps in with two hours of straight mind-altering material for the buffs. A deluge of uptempo alien wares and left-of-centre breaksy manoeuvres blended with homing hi-tech warheads, Nebbieri’s delivery takes no byway to get its message across. As with all Bassiani in-house jockeys, she undoubtedly masters the art of transition and radical tempo switches to perfection, and the ruthlessly addictive buildups she unreels here attests to her magnificent mixing skills and unfaltering resolution in wreaking absolute havoc wherever she gets to play at. Beware an atomic summer with Oppenheimer coming to theaters mid-July. Meanwhile here’s Nebbieri nuking out the competition, clean and tidy. 

soundcloud.com/nebbieri

Reclaim Your City  

Reclaim Your City 547 | Nebbieri

Dishing out his own part - and what a choice cut! - of the Bassiani gospel through the RYC waves this week, Georgian wizard Kancheli fires off a stupendous two-hour round of his immersive take on techno music, beautifully merging cinematic depth of field with hi-impact kinetic grooves. A former percussionist and Jazz head, Kancheli flexes the width of his musical palette to compelling effect, clashing full-blown functional DJ tools against abstract-adjacent flights to form his own dynamic yet hypnotic dance grammar away from normative constraints and ephemeral fads. The result is a bumpy, shape-shifting masterclass of a mix, bridging the gap betwixt proper floor-focussed explosiveness and more inward-gazing extrapolations. Complex and refined, a techno work of art.

soundcloud.com/kancheli

Reclaim Your City 548 | Kancheli

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Bassiani 9 hours 😱 live mix to kick off 2o25 💕💕

I’m releasing a ‘shorter’ version inc. room recording out of my 11h set from the legendary Horoom. For so many reasons it was one of my most joyful / meaningful sets I played in 2024. It was a Hydrash collective queer celebration started with a ball, a freestyle voguing dance session and a performance that led to my all-night-long set. For the entire 11h there was a true sense of togetherness and the energy was beautiful. I hope this energy comes through in the recording 👂✨ 

With a bitter taste, it all happened under the shadow of a new anti-LGBTQIA laws which a right-wing government had been preparing and fully enacted just two months later. These laws effectively criminalize being openly gay and label anything related to LGBTQIA+ identities as propaganda. The government as well prevents the freedom of the Georgian people to join the EU and using unlawful tactics to control the population will, including aggression and arresting of protestors. 

Tbilisi’s dance music scene has long been a powerful driver of change. Today, the club community is taking a stand, going on strike, and protesting in the streets. How can we support them? Please consider donating to @bassiani and other clubs, enabling them to continue their vital cultural and political work. I’ll share a link to the GoFundMe that @basementnewyork initiated + a direct donation link in my stories (and save them later to highlights).

Thank you for your trust and the hard work Bassiani. A Happy New Year to y’all and may 2025 bring brighter days ahead ✊❤️

Roi Perez 9h @Horoom Bassiani · Sept 2024, Tbilisi

With a stream of fascinating appearances Cleyra’s singular production has caught the ears of some of the most adventurous DJs and heads around the world. One of Bristol’s best-kept secrets now lands on Timedance with their sumptuous debut EP ‘remember this body?’. Charged with a juxtaposition between feverish peak time and dreamy downbeat, the producer here displays a sonic palette which is as eerie as it is advanced.

On ’remember this body?’ Cleyra offers a kaleidoscopic view of their diverse approach to crafting songs, nourished with a deep, emotional and seductive energy. Across five tracks we take a deep dive into Cleyra’s idiosyncratic worlds. Subdued pads carry us through lucid-dream-inducing soundscapes where strangeness and elegance go hand in hand. Then come playful twists, as a harder side to their sound is unleashed, engineered to alight the sweatiest and most mutant of dancefloors.

On the flip side, Cleyra takes listeners on a breathtaking ride over the course of a 17-minute epic ’There Is Nothing Happening Between Us’, navigating between mournful ambience and heads-down pulsating Techno with a grace and delicateness rarely heard. The track fades before bringing things home with lush, dubbed-out, synths, suspending time with a poignant elegance.

Tumble Turn

CCL launches their subglow label with Rebuild, an EP from Bristol club provocateur @georg-i, featuring remixes from Metrist and the elusive B. McQueen.

After years of lighting up the dance floor at subglow and serving as a cornerstone in club sets, Rebuild is finally getting an official release to the public. georg-i’s previous releases on Perko’s FELT and aya & BFTT’s YCO imprints have established him as an incendiary club constructor probing the fringes of contemporary dance music. The release will be accompanied by poetry from subglow co-conspirator and artist Nadia Marcus, co-founder of Berlin experimental publishing platform TABLOID Press.

Informed by the restlessness of living in an apocalyptic present and the desire to rebuild the broken systems surrounding us, Rebuild is influenced by math rock's feverish and cataclysmic energy, eschewing conventional club BPMs in favour of dizzying tempo trickery and polymetric wizardry. “Torn In Two” gets off to a slow, chugging start, with raucous synths riffing over emphatic drums, but soon swirls into a juddering, pointillistic frenzy. “Bridging The Gap” is a cathartic shout, an acidic crescendo whose triplet meter offers tempo-transitioning opportunities for adventurous DJs who don’t mind a bit of maths. “Communication” gallops along cathartically through ricocheting synths and drums, unfolding into a thrilling breakdown. On remix duties, B. McQueen re-imagines “Torn In Two” as a sultry, dubbed-out roller, charting groove across a heady plain, while Metrist’s ambitious rework of “Communication” amps up the tension and primes it for a peak-time dancefloor sometime in the next millennium.

Pre-order

[subgl001] georg-i - Torn in Two

a boss ass femme mix ft:
pull up late - megan thee stallion
rules - bbymutha
i need a bag - quay dash
stitches - junglepussy
the conversation - chynna
chi chi - azealia banks

rule$ (mix)

PETER HORREVORTS V. SHANTI - DEATH SIREN (SAINTLY’S RIP EDIT)

Our home, the Folklor turns 4!

We got a surprise from two amazing artists as well as two very good friends: Almost two hours of amazing music, carefully selected and mixed by Steffi x Virginia !

It’s just too good not to share, so now TURN ON the speakers and CLICK  

While our dancefloor remains empty, music is a perfect way to remember all the magical moments we shared within the walls of our club.

We miss you. We will all dance together again. Soon.

https://soundcloud.com/steffi_official
https://soundcloud.com/virginia-dj

Lost Trax - Instant
The Exaltics - I'm There
Louh - The_Excaliburs999
Tang - Space Dance
Chris Simmonds - Tinkerbell
Fantastic Man - Sun Express (Emergency Mix)
ES-Q - You Create, We Destroy
Rising High Collective - Reach (Project One Bonus Beats)
Basic Soul Unit - Unbound
Mark Archer - Tuned for the D
Chemical Company - Untitled
Unit Moebius - A1_Bunker 003
Underground Resistance - The Light
Biosphere - Novelty Waves (Latex Mix)
Melancholy Man - Precaution
Quazar - The Underworld
Nexus 21 - Logical Progression
James "Jack Rabbit" Martin - rabbit trax 1
Underground Resistance - Communications Silence
Unknown Artist - 202
DJ Marquis ‎– Planet Groove (The Remix)
Anthony Shakir - Over_Da Sampla
Cybonix - Let's Bang
Mr. De' - Shake It Baby
Detroit's Filthiest - The Chase Scene
Linkwood - Fresh Gildans
Stochje - The Exchange (Gian's Hydrocity Refix)

MEOW MEOW

Joshua Ganjali