Juanita's Mix

Bossa Radio x Juanita's 420 Livestream

Juanita's Gas Station @ Bossa Nova Civic Club

420 Bossa Fundraiser @ Nowadays

Pot Radio

Juanita's Mix 042 with Kush Jones @kush_jones

Juanita's 420 Mix: Kush Jones

NYC-based producer and SLINK resident @kwatakwata recorded live at Bossa for our Juanitas x Bossa Radio 4/20 live stream.

@juanitasnyc

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Bossa Radio on Twitch

Bossa Radio x Juanitas 420 Livestream // K Wata

NYC-based DJ/producer @olivetonic recorded live at Bossa for our Juanitas x Bossa Radio 4/20 live stream.

@juanitasnyc

Listen to Bossa Radio's complete archive
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Bossa Radio x Juanitas 420 Livestream // Olive T

NYC based dj/producer @djlita recorded live at Bossa for our Juanitas x Bossa Radio 4/20 live stream.

@juanitasnyc

Listen to Bossa Radio's complete archive
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Bossa Radio x Juanitas 420 Livestream // DJ Lita

Juanita's Mix 047 with downstairs J @downstairs-j

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Music maker and music listener : ) 

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. Have been living here since 2015, in and out making beats a little before that..

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. A downtempo crescendo.

Juanita's Mix 047: downstairs J

Juanita's mix 048 with Nadia Khan @nadia-khan-10

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Introvert, music enthusiast, tennis player, and artist :) 

Q. How long have you been producing music for?
A. I started producing music in 2014. 

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I tried to step outside of my ambient comfort zone with this one… playing new-ish tunes I’ve been enjoying lately.

Juanita's Mix 048: Nadia Khan

Juanita's mix 56 with Myles Mac @myles-mac

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. I'd like to think I'm a music enthusiast who enjoys diving deep into the early "golden" years of dance (and chillout) music.

Q. How long have you been a part of the Melbourne music scene? How did you get involved?
A. I've been playing records around town since about 2006, and started running some parties with a few friends shortly after that, back when electro house and fluro tees were the hottest ticket in town ;) A few years later me and my friend Andy Hart discovered there was this whole other deeper side that we absolutely loved and started the MDC series. Somehow it's still going after all these years!

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. After being locked down for most of this year, I wanted to channel the kind of vibes I would go for if given an opening set outdoors somewhere on a sunny afternoon among friends (hoping this won't be too far away now as things start to open up here!). The mix starts out slow and soulful and gradually picks up the pace with lots of 90s chillers and summery house nostalgia to get you in the mood. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy!

Juanita's Mix 056: Myles Mac

Blurry @blurry_baby live at the Gas Station, Bossa Nova Civic Club, 10/02/21

Blurry - Live At The Gas Station

EQUISS @equissss live at the Gas Station, Bossa Nova Civic Club, 10/02/21

EQUISS - Live At The Gas Station

SUCIA! @sucianyc live at the Gas Station, Bossa Nova Civic Club, 10/02/21

SUCIA! - Live At The Gas Station

Juanita's Mix 060 with Ben Bondy @benbondy

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. i’m a music fan and listener. big chiller. 

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. i started going to shows n parties in new york in like 2013 but i only really started playing shows in 2019 so sometime around then i feel like i started contributing to it.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A.  this ones filled with a lot of tracks homies have been sending me, some hot shit i ripped from soundcloud, just generally stuff i’ve been listening to a lot this fall.

Juanita's Mix 060: Ben Bondy

Juanita’s Mix 063 with quest?onmarq @iamquestionmarc

Q. How would you describe yourself?

A. a question mark


Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?

A. long enough. i’ve been living in NY my whole life. i grew up on long island. 
my adventures in that scene going to punk and hardcore shows are another story for another time but, more recently i'd commute for nights out in brooklyn and the city every weekend, often meeting the sunrise on my return trips. 
starting around dubstep days for the programming at webster hall, eventually finding the rave & underground scenes... 
anything happening in industrial or atypical venues in Brooklyn captured my attention. 
i miss parties like lit city rave, #top8 and s!ck magic.. 
memories of going to 285 kent, the wick, steel drums and more spots without names are still pretty vivid. 

around that time i'd also been put onto bossa nova civic club by following lineups which would eventually become a very big part of my own story as i graduated from patron to dj. 
there was recently a fire which has affected the building, its tenants and the team. there's a fund active if you are able to contribute :)
https://www.gofundme.com/f/bossa-nova-civic-club-restoration-staff-fund

i'd like to start organizing my own events soon...


Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.

A. it’s super chill jungle vibes straight thru featuring tracks from 1992 to 2022.
coming from legendary labels that championed this genre such as moving shadow, good looking, limited e edition... and a newer imprint - 8205 recordings which is focused on previously unreleased 90's hardcore and jungle.
it feels like one of my more personal collages of sounds out to date as jungle along with many other forward uk genres were pretty integral to my childhood..
i’d burn cd’s and make curated mini discs for myself to enjoy as a hobby
though my interest in the history and the figures in the scene was far more passive at the time..

this mix gives great context to two recently released productions —
my remix of ‘volshebno stretched’ by anastasia kristensen which is a fusion of jungle, techno and club
and the original self-released ‘elevation’ which draws heavily from atmospheric influence (like ltj) even through its title.

i'd also like to share this review of 'elevation' with you all..
out to DV & MG of Grooves n James for connecting with the track in ways a producer can hope
thanks also for soty shout in 2020 xxxx

https://groovesnjams.com/post/639041674210852864/grooves-n-j-ams-s-o-t-y-2o2o-no


Tracklist:

‘Taurus’ - Jacques Greene [LUCKYME]
‘Smoke A Blunt’ - Diego Hauz [THE LOT RADIO]
‘For The Headstrong’ - Response & Tim Reaper [FUTURERETRO]
‘Volshebno Stretched (quest?onmarq Remix)’ - Anastasia Kristensen [HOUNDSTOOTH]
‘Atlantic Drama’ - Unit 1 [MOVING SHADOW]
‘Taking Over’ - Equinox [8205 RECORDINGS]
‘Cold Acid’ - DJ Mayhem [BASEMENT]
‘Otha Side Of Town’ - CESRV [TIJOLO]
‘Go With The Flow’ - Double X-Posure [DX]
‘Secret Liason’ - Source Direct [GOOD LOOKING]
‘Complexities’ - Source Direct [GOOD LOOKING]
‘Sands Of Time’ - Oblivion [STREET BEATS]
‘The Sun, The Moon + The Truth’ - Eusebeia [WESTERN LORE]
‘Kind Of Love’ - DJ Phantasy [LIQUID WAX]
‘Work The Box’ - Potential Bad Boy [LIMITED E EDITION]
‘The Mad Traveller’ - Secret Squirrel [BOGWOPPA]
‘Destiny’ - Nebula [SCIENTIFIC WAX RETRO]
‘Demons Theme’ - LTJ Bukem [GOOD LOOKING]
‘Nocturnal’ - Blame and Justice [MOVING SHADOW]
‘Elevation’ - quest?onmarq [SELF RELEASED]

Juanita's Mix 063: quest?onmarq

Juanita's Mix 062 with musclecars @musclecarsnyc

Q. How would you describe yourself?

Brandon: Light hearted, reserved and a deep thinker. 

Craig: Crazy, sexy, cool. 

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?

B: I’ve been a part of the scene since I was a teenager, well before I was legally allowed to be in a night club. I’m still discovering so much about our music scene; we have such a rich history. 

C: We’re both born and raised here so it’s like we’ve always been part of this scene. In and out of record shops pre-teenage years and sneaking into the clubs by 16/17. 

B: I also feel so fortunate for the community here in NYC. There really aren’t any other states in the U.S. that have a scene as vibrant and thriving as ours!

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.

B: We took a spontaneous approach when we recorded the mix. Craig would play a record,  and I would feed off of that energy when deciding what to play next. It’s similar to how we play live. Nothings’ rehearsed and the music selection is unconstrained. 

C: The mix is a good example of some of the sounds you may hear at the party we throw. Hour long sets can be tricky to encapsulate the entire mood in such a short time, but we try our best to let the mix sonically speak for itself.

Juanita's Mix 062: musclecars

Juanita's Mix 068 (420 edition) with @DJ-SWISHA

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. I’m a very reserved and private person. Definitely on the “let the music speak for itself” vibe when it comes to my career but I also find myself applying that to every facet of my life the older I get. People are usually surprised when they meet me in person because they assume I’m more “out there”, which is hilarious to me. My real friends know I’m a big clown though haha.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. That’s honestly hard for me to answer personally. I was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Los Angeles but my first trip to NYC was in 2015. I came here already having a solid year+ of remote collaboration with Kush Jones and got to know a lot of people born and raised here. Since then people also assumed I’m from the Bronx, which I’ll gladly joke around with but I actually moved to there late 2017. For the first year living uptown people didn’t register that I was based in NYC because 98% of people in our music scene have never been to the Bronx. Once I moved to Brooklyn in 2019 it was a pretty aggressive upward trajectory. It’s always wild to remind myself the first time Kush and I played Bossa even was 2019.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. Recording this mix was a fluid expression of myself, how I listen to and experience music while high. The only prompt I gave myself was “what do I want to listen to on 420?” and I recorded it first try. I never go into DJing anything with a lot or if any preparation. The process of putting my mind to a subject, theme, type of crowd and space in the moment then going off that energy is such a release for me. Once I see the effects of those decisions on my end, I go on autopilot and the consistency of the outcome is secondary in my opinion.

Juanita's 420 Mix: DJ SWISHA

Galcher Lustwerk - Live @ Nowadays for 420 Bossa Fundraiser

Mike Servito B2B Love Letters - Live @ Nowadays for 420 Bossa Fundraiser

BEARCAT B2B SHYBOI - Live @ Nowadays for 420 Bossa Fundraiser

Juanita's Mix 072 with Kiernan Laveaux @kiernan-laveaux

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. A girl doing their best to channel kindness, fun, & understanding throughout our known universe

Some ways other people have described me: Conductress of Chaos, Rockstar with a kind soul, Patroness of free divers


Q. How long have you been a part of the dance music community?
A. Since 2014, right after I graduated high school & started to help throw parties in Cleveland - almost like a whole decade now which is wild.

My relationship to it all continues to shift & grow but my life would be so much worse & empty without dancing & the people I've met thru it.


Q. Tell us about this mix.
A. So this mix is a super special one for me, composed of broken beat records I've picked up in NYC, but also Detroit & online. I've been really fortunate to be able to come to New York to play & see loved ones over the past few years, many of those times I'd end up leaving with a stack of these records in between some necessary laughs & growth in life. Every track in here honestly contains a snapshot of times I've felt able to really live my life & the people who've helped me realize we can all do that together - very much part of my soundtrack to feeling the sun & love around me in NYC.

Broken beat is a really special style of music for me - I was first introduced to it through Titonton Duvante & Charles Noel (Archetyp) through the way it influenced them in creating their unique vision of midwest techno that in turn has influenced a lot of my approach to music. 
The way that broken beat combines & dissolves so many eras of music (drum n bass, hip hop, 70s fusion, R&B, dub, etc) into new continuums is endlessly inspiring - always focusing on community, personal insight, celestial unknowns, the depths of life & self, the joys of moving with people, cultivating togetherness in a way that always makes me feel better after listening. 
Whenever I am having a weird day or don't know what music to play at home, I bust out my stack of broken beat records & just start mixing - this mix is very much a no thoughts vibes only kinetic result of that. 
I hope it can help soothe the mind & spirit for anyone else listening - a distillation of joy in the complicated world we share.

Included a thorough tracklist for this, really recommend checking any & all of these artists/tracks + the labels People, Main Squeeze, 2000black, Bitasweet, Archive, Co-Operation... the list goes on!
What is also really amazing about this music to me is the self contained but like infinite universe it's in, all sorts of producers & vocalists gliding in & out of each other's music - exchanging energy under all different names & sounds. Much love & respect to everyone whose music is in here & to everyone whose music will be in mixes like this in the future <3


Tracklist:
SK Radicals - Reachin 4 Da Farside (Misa Negra mix) / People
Scott Grooves - Inspiration Sound / Parts Manager
P'Taah feat. Sylvia Gordon - Nobody Knows / Ubiquity
Blakai - Callejon (Hi-mix) / Schtum
Afro-Mystik - Dreamwalkers / Om
P'Taah - Compressed Light (Black Science Orchestra Borg mix) / Ubiquity
Russ Gabriel's Audio Spectrum - Flip Down to Break / Emoticon
Bougie Soliterre, Orin Walters, & Melissa Browne - Something / Flipside
Russ Gabriel's Audio Spectrum - My New Room / Emoticon
Afro-Mystik - Infinite Rhythm (dub mix) / Om
Numbers feat. Valerie Etienne - Looking Back / Main Squeeze
Spacetime Continuum - Beveled Edge (Remix) / Astralwerks
Murky Waters - Check Yourself (Pranna mix) / Main Squeeze
The One Away - 1969 LSD Madness / Main Squeeze

Juanita's Mix 072: Kiernan Laveaux

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Juanita's With James Bangura @ The Lot Radio 08 - 28 - 2022

Juanita's Mix 83 with NAP @napmusick

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Colombo-Canadian male, 33 yrs old, 5’11 ft, 170 lbs.

Q. How long have you been a part of the Mexico City music scene?
A. I’ve only been here since last March and feel that I’m just starting to get to know the city in general. The positive energy that I’ve felt from everyone from the techno to the cumbia scenes here is what has made me want to stay and get to know the city and country more. I’ve also been lucky enough to meet people like DJ Guccichotas, Joyce Musicolor, Jasmanic, Irma Ruiseñor and the EXT crew who have all welcomed me into their scenes and shown me so much love and support. 

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. This mix was recorded in the 15th floor of Torre Zacatecas in Tlatelolco, Mexico, after having just moved into a new apartment. We had cdjs for the weekend after my roommate had rented them for her birthday so I took a shot at recording something with Juanita's in mind and it was honestly one of the most natural and fun sessions.

Juanita's Mix 083: NAP

Juanita's Mix 85 with livwutang @livwutang

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Aspiring multi-hyphenate : )

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. I moved to NY in September of 2021. I had started to meet the seedlings of my now friends and budding community when I played here earlier in the summer of 2021 and before that, when I went to Sustain in 2019.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. This mix is:

1/2 the sequel to my beloved Honcho dubstep mix from 2021
1/2 a mix of music I would have shown to my baby stoner self in high school, instead of the carefully curated Majestic Casual-ridden playlists she was dutifully crafting at the time to accompany her equally intricate apple pipes.

Juanita's Mix 085: livwutang

Juanita's Mix 086 with Devoye @devoye

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. A music and people lover

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY scene?
A. Since around 2014

Q. Tell us about this mix.
A. I wanted to make a groovy, sultry and tripped out mix for the series. Most of the tracks have a sense of psychedelia or euphoria going on. Aka sex on 🍄

Juanita's Mix 086: Devoye

Juanita's Mix 088 with Tristan Arp @tristanarp

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. soundbender / fire type 

Q. What's your relationship to the NY music scene?
A. New York is home! I moved to New York from Michigan when I was 18, spent ten years there and started Human Pitch with Simisea when we were young pups. I’ve lived in Mexico City where my partner’s from after learning Spanish and finding community here but New York is the place on Earth where I still feel most at home thanks in no small part to its music communities over the years: from Slink to BRB to Sustain to the Lot and putting on weird, outsider affairs at Trans Pecos, 285 Kent and Ran Teahouse where I met my besties in Asa Tone.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I’m feeling spicy as of late and am putting out records in that orbit, so here’s a mix that echoes this sensibility and some bits I’ve got in the proverbial crate for Sustain Tokyo 3.0

Juanita's Mix 088: Tristan Arp

Juanita's Mix 090 with Yumi @notyumiko

Q. How would you describe yourself? 
A. Yumi the Freako.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. 2021 or maybe 1995.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJgTECuB/

Juanita's Mix 090: Yumi

Juanita's Mix 091 with Millia @milliamusic

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Lover of music, movies, and basketball <3. I produce / DJ as Millia and am member of the music trio Purelink

Q. What’s your relationship to the NY music scene?
A. Formerly a Chicago resident for the past decade, I would travel to NYC once or twice a year to attend / play shows. I finally moved here a few weeks ago and am excited to be a regular part of the scene and community (& contribute to the iconic Juanita’s mix series!)

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. Recorded live in my Bushwick apt, I wanted to share some of my fav dub tracks of the moment.  :)  starts in the chill-out room and ends on the dancefloor ~

Juanita's Mix 091: Millia

Juanita's Mix 092 with Sam Clarke @3sam3clarke3

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. A photographer by trade who is fatally obsessed with music and rhythm. A fanatic for unprofitable hobbies.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. I've been participating in the NY music scene since I moved here in 2012. Often as a photographer and spectator, or dancer. I started to explore DJ'ing more recently, in 2018, though I really began to come into my own in 2022 while co-founding Dust & Nausea with my pals. Missing it madly!

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. This mix is admittedly a bit old-school, mostly comprised of Birmingham tracks and the like. Can't seem to escape my obsession with that grey, overcast sound that's supported by some of the most infectious industrial rhythms and vocal samples. There's some house influence in there from the User tracks too. It's an incredibly emotional sound for me and this mix is my attempt to make some sense of it.

Juanita's Mix 092: Sam Clarke

Juanita's Mix 093 with Yibing @yibingg

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Emo & bubbly, Chinese-Mexican, cycling enthusiast, overthinker, moon in gemini.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. In literal terms, since 2017, when I started working with Beats in Space (shout out Tim!). Met some of my best friends throughout those years (RVNG crew 4e). I think a lot has changed since then (in great ways!) and I feel a deeper sense of community & belonging with each passing year. 

Zip codes aside though, music has always been where I’ve felt most at home.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. The first song I knew I needed on this mix was Cabaret Voltaire’s “Resonator,” and then it kind of morphed into a bunch of different ideas and iterations from there. The process felt trippy and somewhat contradictory. I lost the plot a few times. But that’s just how it goes sometimes when the mezzo’s kick in!!! I finally recorded this mix a week after Sustain, on a gloomy and rainy Sunday in Dev’s studio. Steph helped me master it ❤. I was still riding off that high of feeling so deeply held by my friends, feeling so rooted in this city I love so much. 

The sound on this mix is somewhat slippery and introspective. There’s a bit of nostalgia and yearning, but also optimism for the future. Overall, it’s a letter for what 2023 has been so far - connections & missed connections, ebbs & flows. What a whirlwind.

Hope you go on a bike ride & cross a few bridges with this mix 🚲

Juanita's Mix 093: Yibing

Juanita's Mix 094 with Ronan @ronan-music

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Sonic Mage (Level 29) - Pisces Sun / Capricorn Moon / Leo Rising

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. Since 2016

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. It's a flow between downtempo and liquid breakbeat music that has enraptured me for years and this is a bit of an ode to some of my early influences alongside a fair amount of newer music from my peers and inspirations.

Juanita's Mix 094: Ronan

Juanita's Mix 095 with Ex Wiish @exwiiiiiish

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Chaotic great. Fly or die. Drifter. 

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. I’ve lived in New York since 2015 but became heavily involved in the scene around 2020 after forming my band Nu Jazz, starting Ex Wiish and organizing shows with 29 Speedway. I’m all about the cats, the heads and in it for the d.i.y. forever & always. 

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I wanted to make the mix a bit more “mellow” (._.`) than usual, for the lonely stoners, to free their cluttered minds at night of course. You know how it is, you get home from a long day at the “office”, take off your custom Hugo Boss suit, tie, and loafer set, and all you can think is, “Damn, I just need a hit, pronto. What the fuck is my life, and who the fuck have I become? Who is my wife?”. So the mix is here to cure those ailments, my friends. It’s a bit more laidback, kinda sexy ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), sometimes scary. Just my usual range of emotions on a daily basis.

Juanita's Mix 095: Ex Wiish

Juanita's Mix 096 with Kia @kia-sydney

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. easily distracted, busy bee, passionate, nomadic, pensive.. :)

Q. What was your last memorable club night in NYC?
A. nowadays nonstop in may was epic.. that room is honestly the dream in the right context. the lighting and sound is so on point and the energy during my set time was so infectious (I played 3.30-6am before the legend PLO man). also special shout-out to groovy groovy which i played in july :) DIY parties are always extra special when done right

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. this is a very honest/ sombre personal diary I’ve been compiling all year. it’s almost for me the musical embodiment of an infinite plane ride.. watching the sun rise and then set and then rise again. also an ode to all the new & old people that were in my life this year.

this year brought lots of purgatory moments, lots of solo transit.. times of isolation and change, also new friends, positive growth, and people coming into my life… so I guess it’s supposed to represent the ups and downs, change and the journey,

I was struggling to finish the mix and it was sitting at 80% complete for the last little while but I feel like the current situation in Palestine </3 really inspired the missing pieces of the mix. for me, I use music and storytelling as an outlet for frustration and emotion generally. lots of old classics in this and pensive moments.. hope the listeners can feel some of that emotion through listening too..

Unknown Album

Juanita's Mix 096: Kia

Juanita's Mix 097 with Ma Sha @masha-ny

Q. How would you describe yourself? 
A. Energy bunny, plant mom, ridgewood lover, b-girl, bass addict 😎

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. Since 2016 when we threw our first little backyard party in Brooklyn and called it Kindergarten ◡̈ ❀ I feel very grateful and lucky to be surrounded by the most amazing, hardworking and cute people in the scene here :')

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. Tender, vibrant bubbles of energy dancing in the air ⋆｡° recorded while drinking tea with friends on Sunday night ‧₊˚ ⋅ 𓐐𓎩 ‧₊˚ ⋅

Juanita's Mix 097: Ma Sha

Juanita's Mix 098 with Escaflowne @escaflowne-iii

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. I'm just a big nerd. A Music nerd first and foremost.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. Since 2019

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. This mix centered around playing slower stuff that I Love to play, but rarely get a chance to in a live/club setting. Lots of trip hop, downtempo stuff, trax played 30-60 bpms slower and etc...

Juanita's Mix 098: Escaflowne

Juanita's Mix 099 with Jan Woo @jawnethon

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Im a lover of mushrooms, plants, rocks, animals (and also, all their medicines), animism, yoga, farmers markets, poetry, resistance, mutual education, land back, shamxnism/transformation, tribal music, folk music, all music and cats. I like making lists and they're usually too long lol

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?  
A. Ive been in NYC for 16 years 🙈 I used to do events for years and stopped due to exhaustion (and probably inexperience). Thinking of getting back into it in a fuck capitalism kinda way due to recent events 

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I randomly started this playlist like a year ago with Matthew Herbert "Nine Seeds of Navdanya", Donato Dozzy "AA Side - Original Mix", Xcor "Translation" and Lucy "Meetings with Remarkable Entities" and added a track+ every month or so.  I tend to start journey mix ideas with four or five tracks that give vibe, and go from there. Id say most of these tracks live in the pan shamxnistic "techno" folder in my brain, but also give me "angelic", "enlightenment", and "animism".

Juanita's Mix 099: Jan Woo

Juanita's Mix 100 with Ciel @ciel_dj

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. a music maker with too much sincerity and a passion for sampling, film, and leftist politics

Q. What drew you to the music scene in the beginning and where do you hope to see it in the future?
A. Looking back at my life, I think everything from my birth led me on this path towards music. It was my first love. But as an only child, my experience with music growing up was always very solitary. I yearned to be part of a community radio station with Iikeminded music nerds, and it was working for a radio station eventually during my undergraduate that brought me toward DJing and rave culture. Back then I never thought I could do this full time, but once I got the chance to make a living doing this, I realized the scene was far from perfect, in fact it's very exploitative. I hope in the future we can find a way to fairly compensate music makers for the incredible gift of music they bestow upon the world, without becoming beholden to corrupt corporate & military interests. Artists can be hyper individualistic and self-interested, and I hope we can get better at looking out for each other instead of just our own paycheques.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I wanted to present a different side of myself to international audiences on such a wonderful mix platform. Perhaps people outside of my home city of Toronto are less familiar with my downtempo sets, but it's been a significant part of my wheelhouse for years, and have gained even wider affection from me since I started doing a downtempo party in Toronto last year. Like I always say, 80-100bpm is the most natural tempo for extended human body movements. I also liked the idea of doing a mix that doesn't build in a predictable way, instead it waxes and wanes like the natural rhythm of life. So many of my favourite mixes build and release tension in a way that's very satisfying to listen to, the sounds intensify to a frenzy before disintegrating into nothingness. I wanted to play with that rise and fall and mix downtempo and dub with double time d&b in a non-linear way that is evocative of our most precious memories and tells stories we've only seen in dreams. Downtempo and dub also seemed like the perfect genres to play in the 100th mix for Juanita's, and in the lead up to my fav April holiday. :) I hope the listeners enjoy it.

Juanita's Mix 100: Ciel

Juanita's Mix 026 with Physical Therapy @physical-therapy

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Legally mandated homebody.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. Since I was a tween in the early 2K's (I grew up 20 minutes away in NJ) but as a DJ, since 2010.

Q. Tell us about this mix.
A. Just an eclectic mix of midtempo beats hopefully suited for home/park listening. During quar my listening habits have pretty much regressed to that of an angst ridden highschooler circa 2004 so I wanted to break out of that with something that was easy to digest.

Tracklist:
??? - my neck, my wii
dj snow tn - soulful mood (amapiano mix)
aquarium - rainforest
vinx - temporary love
k-lone - woniso
montezumas rache - wu du wu
bocca juniors - raise (63 steps to heaven) (dubhead mix)
l.u.p.o. ft. cathy adams - keep it up (after hours mix)
miss vera’s boys - kiss me hit me touch me
the pharcyde - soul flower (j-swift remix)
black sheep - strobelite honey (yes we did mix)
die fantastiche vier - was geht (kenny dope mix)
melaaz ft. les sages poetes de la rue - roule ta boss
the mighty bop - le voyage
rapsodie - nestelle
spring heel jack - pan
rhythm masters - the rush
kicks like a mule - dj talk
time zone - zulu chant
smith and mighty - walk on by (mellow mix)
neneh cherry - manchild (the old school mix)
depth charge - depth charge
erasure - ship of fools (orbital southern isles of holy beats mix)
art of noise - art of love (youth & orb mix)

Juanita's Mix 026: Physical Therapy

Juanita's Mix 28 with Ron Like Hell @ronlikehell

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. I have been a music enthusiast since age 9 (playing violin then tenor sax), bought records with my weekly allowance every Friday night when I was a kid. Loved seeing DJs in the 80s but a visit to NYC in 1990 changed my life after hearing the city's DJs "say" different things with their records which were all non-top 40 tunes. A big door opened and I went through never looking back being eclectic as possible.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. I moved to NYC in March of 1998. After 8 months, I became an employee of Satellite Records selling records to every dance music head that rolled through the city. It was both fun and very hard work. After 2001, retail struggled hard so I worked part time jobs at other record shops while I sold records online and did my best to play music I owned that people wanted to hear in the non-loving house music days pre-2009. Stuff like obscure synth, rare disco, italo, ebm and psych rock were my go-tos to play but I still collected house records even if they were just for me to enjoy. In 2009 I partnered with a buddy as a DJ duo then later we named ourselves Wrecked in 2011, a major left turn of a party for the NYC gay/queer nightlife scene which I never had an opportunity to play for. Being accepted by that community truly helped me feel like I finally gave something back to the city that taught and continues to teach me so much.

Q. Tell us about this mix.
A. The mixes on Juanita's are a great example of Brooklyn's finest and friendliest DJs. Since the series was launched, many of the mixes are helping me through these heavy modern times so I wanted to give back what those mixes gave me which is comfort and joy.  My approach was to include bumping, patient, soulful, dubby and trippy music. Something to help you relax yet dance nice and easy to...or get your head nodding, raising the volume as you chill with your friends on the couch. I had a wonderful time making it so a tremendous thank you for asking me to contribute.

Juanita's Mix 028: Ron Like Hell

Juanita's Mix 34 with CCL @ccl-url

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. An amorphous blob/orb that likes to wiggle & and dance :)

Q. What was your last memorable club night in NYC?
A. Funnily enough many of my memorable NYC club nights have been with persons in series :). My last NYC club night was with adab. I'm pretty incredibly lucky I got to have that as one of my last club experiences before the pandemic - I think about it all the time. Our friend Shane aka Kiernan Laveaux was also present, and so were some other friends, which made it extra wonderful. adab is a sonic sibling and I look up to them a lot, we got to play separately and back to back. Their set was so profoundly deep and spiritual, and our B2B was like flying at Warp-8, we got to play faster Jungle and DnB and dance around. It was one of the most joyous I’ve felt in a long time. Another notable NYC club experience was an all-night “stop and start” with the one and only Physical Therapy, the heads know. ;)

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I made this mix thinking about what I would like to listen to at a freaky stage called “The Way In” that was at Honcho Campout last year. The visual and memory is so visceral to me, it’s a place my mind travels to often during these times. Slinky, shimmery & freaky in the glow of sunrise. I’ve been listening to a lot of Trip Hop during lockdown, so this is undeniably influenced by those sounds. I miss the feeling of dancing slow, and fast, at the same time, and hugging friends on the dance floor. 

Some hum, crackle and mistakes in here for good measure, so you know I’m a hooman.

Juanita's Mix 034: CCL

Juanita's Mix 036 with Analog Soul @analogsoul_nyc

Q. How would you describe yourselves?
A. Our sound is pretty eclectic. From house to acid to deep and bangin techno, electro, downtempo, dub and electronics. A mix of old and new school. We like to play around a vibe, not a specific style. 

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene? 
A. About 2 decades. Since the early 2000s.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. This mix is a heavy nod to old school. From deep house to electro, rave and breakbeat.

Juanita's Mix 036: Analog Soul

Juanita's Mix 037 with Anthony Naples @inciensorecs

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. I run a record label called Incienso with DJ’J and I make music and DJ as well under my real name, Anthony Naples.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. Ten years or so... long!

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. The concept I had in mind for this mix was to gather some of the best music there is, then mix them together. 


Tracklist:
Triad God - So Pay La
Shelter - Variation Abyssale (Part 1)
Secret Song ＃1
Secret Song ＃2
House Of Dad - Water Diviner
BFC - Chicken Noodle Soup
Leila - Underwaters
Charles Webster - The Spell Ft. Ingrid Chavez (Burial Remix)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
The Press Keys Quartet - Njonja Mirah & Yona
João Gilberto - Estate
Jennifer Lara - Our Love
Miles Davis - Maiysha
Batsumi - Itumeleng
MIKE - NUMBERED DAYZ

Juanita's Mix 037: Anthony Naples

Juanita's Mix 040 with Earth Boys @earthboys (100% original tracks with 2 remixes by Stefan Ringer + Interplanetary Criminal)

Q. How would you describe yourselves?
A. Fun, froggy, elevated, chill. We make weed music.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. We became Earth Boys in 2014. Mike was previously in a band called DUST, and works at Bossa Nova Civic Club. Julian has been promoting parties / events in the NYC scene since 2006 and is also a Bossa Nova affiliate. 
 
Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. This is a mix of all original Earth Boys tracks including unreleased demos, studio sessions, cuts from our upcoming EP "Automatic" on Shall Not Fade; also 2 remixes by friends, Stefan Ringer and Interplanetary Criminal. Honored to be in the company of so many talented friends and artists we respect! Smoke sum, turn it up to 40, merge with your inner frog  🐸  🐸  miss yall <3

Juanita's Mix 040: Earth Boys

Juanita's Mix 039 with SHYBOI @djshyboi

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. A deadpan absurdist interested in what makes people tick and the various factors that draw us all together.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. I moved right outside of Queens when I was 13 and have been hovering around different spots as a spectator and accidental DJ since then. Sometimes front right, usually back left, and if we're both lucky, right behind the decks. 

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. It's a little bit of me, just for you.
"For I & I know that all the yutes shall witness the day that Babylon shall fall"

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