Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp: https://cclurl.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-in-the-skull-discotheque

Side A: Bass is Eternal
Side B: 2-step Mutual Dream

A Night in the Skull Discotheque by the beloved underground selector CCL is the latest offering in the T4T LUV NRG label’s highly limited DJ mix series of cassettes. This immersive journey through a wonderland of proto-dubstep sounds from the late 1970s through the year 2000 is a sonic sibling to CCL’s acclaimed 2018 mix Ode to Queer Steppas.

Inspired in part by Eris Drew’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments” on her Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 mixtape (T4T LUV NRG, 2019), CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Created with 3 CDJs, one Turntable, and a Boss Digital Delay 200, the tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the 'wrong speed', pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.

With a solid nod to seminal mixtapes of the early 90s, CCL references the namesake for Side A, Bass Is Eternal, an unreleased 1992 mixtape by influential Bristolian producers Smith & Mighty, an important sonic fulcrum amongst the musical tributaries of the hardcore continuum that continues to reverberate to this day. CCL experienced the after-effects of this ‘proto’ sound genesis in 2008, while living in Bristol, by which point its emergent whispers had coalesced into what became known as dubstep. Tracing a rich history of reference through the samples, basslines, moods, and drum patterns emanating from Bass Is Eternal while looking for connections that predate it became a long-term fascination for CCL. The result is a DJ mix that connects the oft-forgotten dots between proto eras and modern developments in bass and dubstep.

For the resulting sonic ride on A Night in the Skull Discotheque, CCL leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.


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A portion for the proceeds from this release will go to fundraiser "SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!". You can also directly donate via:
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Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL 
Linear notes: Nevan Jio

A Night in the Skull Discotheque [T4T015]

CCL - A Night in the Skull Discotheque

Welcoming the lovely Refuge Worldwide co-founder and dub-master @richard-akingbehin to the Animix series this week, with a beautiful journey of minimal house infused with his signature dub styles.

Clear in his DJ'ing, but also his work with @refugeworldwide, and his immaculately curated label, @kynant-records, Richard is an all-round classy selector, and a champion of community. Through his various outputs, his deep & considered knowledge and taste shines. 

Richard always impresses me with the diversity of moods he presents via his DJ'ing, hybrid collaborations with legend Tikiman, b2bs with other legends like livwutang, and his label - a diversity that's always strung together with his incredibly distinctive psychedelic, soothing dub formula. 

Thanks for the mix Richard <3

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Animix One Hundred & Seventy Three: Richard Akingbehin

Skee's insight through his daily listening habits, from guilty pleasures to casual recommendations and in between... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/skee-mask/episodes/skee-mask-20th-june-2025

Feierabend w/ Skee Mask 200625

@kia-sydney is @mixmaganz's July Cover Artist.

In just over an hour, one of Australia's most exciting talents presents a mix made up entirely of new and forthcoming material on her equally influential @animalia-label.

Tracklist:
1. @okegmusic - 'Spirit' (Forthcoming)
2. @sub-basics - 'Signal' (Forthcoming)
3. @okegmusic - 'Veil' (Forthcoming)
4. @sub-basics - 'Lobby' (Forthcoming)
5. @zaraolsen - 'Whirl' 
6. @sub-basics - 'Residual' (Forthcoming)
7. @o-utlier - 'Pulse' 
8. @andy-martin - 'Skye Spirals' (Forthcoming)
9. @aedis-aedis - 'Ortogon' (Forthcoming)
10. @o-utlier - 'Ionic'
11. @sub-basics - 'Proportion' (Forthcoming)
12. @shoall - 'Median'
13. @aedis-aedis - 'Vaen' (Forthcoming)
14. @www-coloursound - 'Sierra' (Forthcoming)
15. @andy-martin - 'Afrofuturism' (Forthcoming)
16. @shoall - 'Temporal Blend'
17. @www-coloursound - 'Locus' (Forthcoming)

Kia: Mixmag ANZ Cover Mix 06 (100% Animalia)

This year I had the honour of playing the closing set at my favourite festival in the world; it was a profoundly intense, joyful experience which rounded off one of the most wonderful weekends I've ever had. Here's the recording.


T/L:

E-Dancer - World Of Deep (Carl Craig Remix) [Play It Again Sam [PIAS] - KMSPIAS 001]
Daniel Maloso - Ritmo Especial [Cómeme - 006]
Underground Resistance - Ma Ya Ya [Underground Resistance - UR7-055]
Sound Design - Bounce to the Beat [Hard Times - HT002]
Laksa - Contrasts [unreleased]
Samuel L. Session - Off The Chain (The Drums) [Klap Klap - kklap005-6]
L.B. Dub Corp - So Much [Ostgut Ton - o-ton86]
Sleezy D - I've Lost Control (Space Side) [Trax - TX113]
Sote - Spundae [Record Label Records - RLR34]
Mark Fell & Gabor Lazar - Track 6 [The Death Of Rave - RAVE010]
Gescom - Motor1 [Source - 1243]
Simulant - Access Future Audio (Mix) [Scopex - SX12002]
Minor Science - Glamour [Whities - WHYT004]
Chaos - Afrogermanic [Underground Resistance - UR-021]
Plastikman - Elektrostatik [NovaMute - 12 NoMu 25]
Sleeparchive - Senza Titolo Three [Mord - 018]
DJ Sneak V AVH - Psychic Bounty Killaz [Relief - RR 767, RR 767.1]
Clark - Christo [Planet E - PE CLK 895]
Love Inc. - R.E.S.P.E.C.T. [Force Inc. Music Works - FIM 065]
The Hypnotist - Night Of The Living E-Heads (Hitchie Rawtin functional edit)
Xray Xperiments - Take No Chance (Remix) [Xray Recordings - XRAY 004]
The Aphex Twin - Phloam [R & S - RS 9201]
Underground Resistance - Transition [Underground Resistance - UR-3000]
Basic Soul Unit - Soulspeak (Shed Remix) [Dolly - DOLLY7]
Prurient - A Sorrow With A Braid [Profound Lore - PFL-152]
Call Super - Acephale I (edit) [Houndstooth - HTH029]

Charlie - Spacer Woman [Mr. Disc Organization - MDO 58507]
Cristian Vogel - Differentiate [Mille Plateaux - MP027]

Live at Freerotation 2015 (closing set)

Mike Servito's closing set from 10:30am until noon at No Way Back, May 25, 2025, Day 2 of Return to the Source at Tangent, Detroit. 

"Mike Servito is an artist intertwined with his Detroit origins. No matter how far he travels and how long he lives elsewhere, the essential imprint of this city remains in everything he does.

If you asked where this mix was recorded, I would say "Detroit" without hesitation and if I thought about it for a bit, I would guess that it was most likely one of Mike's legendary closing sets at No Way Back at Tangent Gallery. The level of care and reverence that go into these sets is very evident in this mix from start to finish. The track selection moves effortlessly from past to future playing with darkness and light, depth and joy, tension and release. It's a remarkable demonstration of taste and skill but also a paean to Mike's personal artistic history that calls to the creative power center that Detroit comprises. This mix provides a true glimpse into Mike's long-term dedication to the art of working in tandem with the dancefloor, creating a shared journey where the challenge is to let go and just trust the DJ." 
– Michelle Erfer, Beyond Booking / The Bunker


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IT.podcast.s14e05: Mike Servito closing No Way Back 2025

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pi/live: Miscmeg at Miscellania 08-10-2025

Usually known for his wild and eclectic house selections, Kasra V switches gears for us with a rare techno set. Clocking in at 59 minutes this mix is driven by rolling drums and tribal rhythms: it’s fast, playful and irresistibly sexy – still groovy at the core but with a rawer edge built for the floor. Turn it up!

@kasra-v 

Harmony Rec. podcast | Kasra V

A stunning recording from Liquidtime at Kwia by the inimitable Cousin @secondcousins
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𝙡𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 #16 ft Cousin: Babbling Brook @refugeworldwide (LIVE from Kwia)

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RA.372 Akkord

Adventures in machine music built to make subs rattle and feet wiggle; a convoluted mess of elektrology and teknology, 3-step, bass-core, post windmill, proto-minimal wankstep, gondola, shithouse, acid wonk, ambient gabber, no more, no less.

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chris@unfoldartists.com (ROW)
joe@surefireagency.com (NA)
a.montes@cuatroveinte.tv (LATAM)

Live at Freerotation 2015 (closing set)

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