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We have Amelia Holt in charge of this week's Rhythmic Culture podcast. The Mexican born, NYC-based artist is a regular and distinctive part of the Brooklyn club scene. Her DJ sets fuse Latin rhythms and electronic beats, transforming the dancefloor into a culture-bending, otherworldly experience.

Her mix is a perfect soundtrack to the sunny days ahead. "It's for summer. Inspire people to get back to dancing," she points out. Enjoy the groove.

@ameliaholt

RC:070 Amelia Holt

Recording of Tala Drum Corps' set at Dekmantel Selectors 2021.

"My set at Dekmantel Selectors was an experience I will never forget. To be able to play my favourite music out loud with a dancing crowd after 1,5 year of nothingness, stress and mental exhaustion was something special. Very very grateful to the Dekmantel Crew and The Garden to have been part of this amazing festival. Thanks!"

Dekmantel Selectors 2021

Tala Drum Corps at Dekmantel Selectors 2021

Based in Berlin Ruin is a writer, vocalist, activist and sex worker. She is passionately independent and is a founding member of the Sex Worker Action Group, Berlin Collective Action e.V and Radiant Love Berlin. 

We were first introduced to her through the release of a new EP in which she collaborated with D.Tiffany and Vani-T on Isla Records. Her contribution to the record allowed for her to reach and interconnect with a new audience, showcasing her own creative perspective toward lyricism, sound and design.

She herself was keen to explore this part of her nature in more detail and emphasises the importance of her and other sex workers amplification and inclusion in the wider music community. The following mixtape she has submitted is conceptual in nature and reflects the following ethos:

"It's not often that I am invited to participate in such a formate with a reach to the music community. I think it is incredibly important that we start to include sex workers in the conversation, not only because of stigma and raising awareness of their struggles but because of the incredible amount of exploitation of sex work aesthetic and vibe within the music industry 'the hustle'. Some think it's sick but existing in capitalism is harmful and violent and this is what I want to express. Do I like my work? no. I don't enjoy existing in capitalism, but furthermore sex workers are not only judged for the way we choose to survive within it but criminalised. And legalisation without decriminalisation is nothing, because it only regulates a very small amount of the community that can register. Being a sex worker becomes your identity, something that I could have never prepared myself for.

I would like to use this mix, What's your nature?, with two themes sewn throughout, almost as a collage. The themes I have chosen to speak about in my writing are pain/stigma & decriminalisation of sex work. The newly released record 'Calling Me' will be featured throughout the mix along with other collaborations, and some tones to accompany my writing."

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Ruin: The 'What's Your Nature?' Mix

@kiernan-laveaux

First up on the mix is the incredible Kiernan Laveaux with 60+ minutes of psychedelic chaos, floating effortlessly between funk, house, IDM, dub and techno.

There is always an unshakeable invisible energy that surrounds mixes like these, which is no surprise given Kiernan has deep ties with the queer dance revolution that has been pushing that same energy throughout the Midwest and East Coast of America. We highly recommend you dive in head first and let the Motherbeat wash over you.

@call-super

There aren’t many words that can describe the breadth and scale of our second guest’s impact on dance music culture today.

Meteoric? Mould-breaking? Pioneering? Call Super a.k.a Ondo Fudd’s kaleidoscopic discography, both in production, DJing and art direction, is frankly, second to none. Rather than gushing too much over our next guests deft selection capability, we are more than happy to let the music do the talking. Bon Appetite.

ExpOSe Mix 004 - Kiernan Laveaux & Call Super

INNES - Hypnotised [FREE DL]

Label: You&Me Records
Artist: Mati Astroza
Format: Digital
Cat. Number: YM035
EP Title: Horizon EP
Release Date: 8th August 2025
Support it: https://www.beatport.com/fr/release/horizon-ep/5191014

Mati Astroza : 
https://soundcloud.com/matiastroza
https://www.instagram.com/matiastroza

You&Me Records : 
https://soundcloud.com/youandmerecordsuk
https://instagram.com/youandme_music
https://facebook.com/youandmemusic

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House Six :
https://soundcloud.com/house-six
https://fb.me/HouseSix.yt
https://instagr.am/housesix_
https://spoti.fi/3pHAj7J
housesixyt@gmail.com

PREMIERE: Mati Astroza - Horizon

Dont touch that dial x Showstoppa

https://www.nts.live/shows/last-resort/episodes/last-resort-25th-april-2020

Last Resort w/ Wonja 250420

Recorded live at Berlin’s Paloma Bar almost exactly one year ago, this mix captures all the grooving alacrity and animated spirits of an over-crowded dancefloor, ideal for opening an optimistic new chapter. Read the full B2Beats conversation here: http://www.electronicbeats.net/perko-b2beats-p-relief-new-year-2021-mix

Perko B2Beats P Relief

We close out Moods 2020 with @savile, a producer, cook, DJ, and tender soul. Most known for his work organizing the Chicago-based event series Service, the Copenhagen-based Self-Disrupt, and abolition-centered productions (cc: https://savile.bandcamp.com/album/the-abolitionist), we hope this is a sound send-off to this year. For more visit: https://moods.substack.com/p/moods-31-savile

xx from us to you.

Tracklist:
1. Laraaji - The Dance # 2
2. Navy Blue - Ode2mylove
3. Jeff Majors - The Chant
4. Jill Scott - Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Remix)
5. Makaya Mccraven - Holy Lands
6. Radiohead - MK2
7. Laraaji - Change
8. Medicine - Heads
9. Acemo - Mind Element
10. Fauzia - When It’s All Over (ft Kelela)
11. Basic Channel - Roll Off / B
12. Gigi Masin - Clouds
13. QNS - QNS#2 Version
14. Theravada - 99 Coupe
15. Savile - Take Back (w/ Jacques Greene, Anne Lacy)
16. Terekke - Nuwav2
17. Chiwonsio - Zvichapera 

QnA:

Where, geographically, did you grow up? Was it a single place, or many places?
I grew up in southern Michigan, about 10 minutes from the Indiana border. I spent my entire childhood there, and moved to Chicago when I was in my early 20s.

Can you pick one song in the mix and explain where you first listened to it?
I remember the Fauzia & Kelela track very clearly when it dropped on a Bandcamp Friday this summer - so imaginative, expressive, and beautifully produced. It really struck me and was something I turned to again and again. I feel like one could find a lot of that energy in music this year, and I’m grateful to have heard it. 

Who "introduced" you to these songs? Was it a person, a radio station, a CD?
This music spans some 10 years of listening, being shared with, stumbling upon, and so forth. I think the moment I realized the music I play as a DJ—or share with others in a public way—could be informed by any source, it made the act of finding music a much more open-end process, full of possibility. Some of this music is random algorithm recommendations, some of it was shared by friends, and some if it I’ve had in my iTunes since high school. 

Where and when did you first hear techno? Who did it sound like it was for?
My first encounters with dance music were associated with something very distant from the place I existed. My first dance music encounters were about traveling to a place where I could be more myself. So I suppose, in that way, it sounded like it was for a freer, more expressive, and less bound and defined place.

You've got the microphone. What do you want to say to the music community?
I think that in my time in dance music thus far, I have been afforded a lot of space to say my peace, and I say that with deep gratitude. In this time, I want to continue to de-center myself and let the vanguard speak and shape their world into existence. I’m here to help serve that in whatever ways I can. 

Thank you for having me. My heart goes to all who’re struggling in this moment, especially those cast aside by the system here in amerikkka. 

I miss you all very much <3 gianpaolo

We've paired Savile's mix with the essential Teching Hsieh, a performance artist whose primary medium is time; or, rather, the demarcation of time. Both artists play quite literally with time, whether it is punching in at a gallery on-the-hour, every hour, or filling a moment in time with sound. We've wanted to pair these two in conversation for a while now, with a portrait of Savile by Moods Alum Anne Lacy. 2020 ends strong with this.

Savile also elected to move their $40 commission to Bed Stuy Stong, a mutual aid network of over 4,000 people from across Bed-Stuy who are supporting our community during the COVID-19 crisis: https://bedstuystrong.com/

Moods 31: Savile

This set was recorded at the start of this year at Nowadays in NYC. I closed out the party after Aurora Halal, from 2am - 7am. 
It was such a wonderful night, and with clubs around the world still closed I thought the set would work well as something to listen to this NYE, however you might be spending it.

Happy new year - hoping to see you again in 2021 💫

This set was originally broadcast on Nowadays' Patreon channel - https://www.patreon.com/nowadaysnyc/posts - please consider supporting them if you can.

Live at Nowadays - 18.01.20

hour two: @funkycan 's magic guest mix!

listen to the first hour here: https://soundcloud.com/glenn-astro/12-basic-instructions-15-w-glenn-astro-funkycan-aka-am-kinem

(2/2) Basic Instructions #15 w/ Funkycan aka AM KINEM - guest mix

@yu_su delivers an intricate trip of visceral leftfield bliss for number 7 in the Junction 2 Mix Series.

Bursting on the scene in 2017, DJ, composer and sound artist, Yu Su, has quickly grown to command a space among the electronic music elite as one of today's most forward thinking artists. Morphing between dubby downtempo, indie electronica and melody rich club euphoria, Vancouver-based Yu Su has landed a number of transcending hits for the likes of Technicolour, Second Circle and Rhythm Section. Her much anticipated debut album, Yellow River Blue, is set for release on 22nd January.

Junction 2 Mix Series 007 - Yu Su

@the-globule b2b @wonj - www.twitch.tv/do_while

Open Sky - Devotion
Blacks’ Myths - Upper South
John Surman - Way Back When Part 3
Robert Fripp - Ochre
Andras - River Red (Madalyn Merkey Remix)
DeKalb Works - for
Inkasso - Tal der Vergessenen Ordner
Actress & Zsela - Angels Pharmacy
Ian Fink - Full (Aries Mix)
CODY CURRIE X KETTAMA - Harajuku Hammer
Quiet Daze - November
Chocolette - A Little Bit of Lovin’ (UK Mix)
The Dynamic Guv’nors - I Can’t Live Without You (Holloway Road Mix)
House Proud People - Trantastic Pt 2 
Second Language - The Party (Bluntman Deejay’s Mould Party Mix)
Timeblind - Extracata
Fear-E - Million Dollar Bill Y’all
Heaven & Earth - The Business 1.0
L.S. Diezel - Aliens In The Woods
Nervous Operator - Precision Only Slows You Down
Z.I.P.P.O. & Pearl River Sound - VST Intended (2030 Remix)
bastiengoat - Donez
Cassius Select - Guia Circuit
Ivy Lab - Teacup
G-Man - Lollipop
D-Knox - Living Antities
Alex Falk - EBE
Wild Strawberries - I Can’t Wait (Mix 3)
El-B and Juiceman - Trash and Ready
Pent - Track 4
Outa The Blue - No Boundary's
Al Wootton - Cephas

Do/While 33

25–26–27 July 2025
Boston Manor Park, London

Junction 2 is an electronic music festival in London, renowned since 2016 for showcasing the best in underground house, techno, and electronic music. Held at the stunning Boston Manor Park in Brentford, the festival features an unmatched variety of stages—from intimate woodland dance floors to a massive rave beneath the M4 flyover. All spaces are united by cutting-edge sound quality and innovative stage design.

Junction 2 Mix Series 007 - Yu Su

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