We're very much behind Mala Ika's manifesto. The Guadeloupe-born, France-based producer and DJ urges everyone to embrace their oddities and be weird - let's be real, normal is boring...

As an ode to championing your oddities, she launched the media company BeWeird and her label Weirdos Records, the latter as a space to house her own music and that of her like-minded contemporaries such as Amarcord, Neurotiker and Tony Y Not. Her latest outing sees her join forces with Antipop for Touch and Retouch, a two-tracker of fresh, driving Italo house.

Mala's future-facing take on Italo, disco, indie dance and synth has caught the ears of several other labels too, namely Jennifer Cardini's Correspondant, Clash Lion and Wrong Era, who she's released remixes and tracks with over the last few years.

On today's mix she blends some of those signature flavours, from indie-tinged disco and contemporary Italo to driving synth cuts and cosmic house jams.... Delayed Monday blues rearing their head? Fear not, Mala's here to put a smile on your face on this grey, cloudy Tuesday.

Mala Ika: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

The first offering on Australian label Lunatic Music comes from Jamie Blanco of Ess O Ess. Unit of Measure takes the listener on an acid-laced journey, while Sample Bases shows us Blanco’s range and stays true to the title. To complement the release, both cuts have been flipped and remixed. The A-side getting dubbed out by the don Conrad McDonnell of the Idjut Boys, While the B-side cops treatment by local lunatics Dexter Gregg & Mick Harney of Oak Park.

Unit Of Measure

Sample Bases

Live recording of Flight Mode on @refugeworldwide from August 24th.
Vio PRG in the first hour with special guest @malaikamalaikain in the second.

Flight Mode #16 Vio PRG & Mala Ika live at Refuge Worldwide

https://soundcloud.com/reesuk
https://www.instagram.com/rees.mp3/

Radio On Vacation With Rees

Disuko Netsu 28# with special guests Zillas On Acid

Zillas on Acid is Thomas Roland and James Weissinger, resident DJs for fifteen years and counting at MAKING TIME, Philadelphia's never-ending nightlife institution. Since the 2019 release of their EPs Black Cat (Optimo Music) and She Takes NRG (Ivan Smagghe’s Les Disques de la Mort), the Zillas have been busy building a steady catalog of EPs, tracks, and remixes for labels like Polari, Nocturne, Dischi Autunno, Inside Out, Multi-Culti, Throne of Blood, Microdosing, and more. Along the way, they’ve garnered support from futuristic fellow travelers like Roman Flügel, Dixon, Jennifer Cardini, Justin Strauss, Bradley Zero, Sean Johnston, and many others. Deep in the studio or out in the club, the Zillas mix slow-motion death disco, dubbed-out drum machine music, and of course ACID to excite party people from all planets.

Check out more from Zillas On Acid here:
https://soundcloud.com/zillasonacid/sets/releases
https://www.instagram.com/zillasonacid/

Voices
www.voicesradio.co.uk
https://www.instagram.com/voices_radio

Disuko Netsu #28 W/ Jac The Disco & Zillas On Acid, Voices Radio, London 22 Nov 2022

Riotvan taking over https://soundcloud.com/radio80000 w/ a bunch of good friends and outstanding artists from all around the world 🌐 8 h of fresh music w/ Baby Mango, DC Salas, Inbal, Andre VII, Kalexis, Kasper Bjørke, Mystery Affair, Panthera Krause & Peter Invasion.

www.radio80k.de https://soundcloud.com/dc-salas

Riotvan Radio

DC Salas | Riotvan @ Radio 80000

'Electro punk disco', what's not to like about that? This is the name that London duo Baba Ali coined to describe their electrifying sound which takes a little bit of all the things we love here at Ransom Note and stirs them up in a big old pot.

Comprised of American musician Baba Doherty and British guitarist Nik Balchin, the group blend elements of punk funk and electro with NYC disco and no wave, that's equal parts for the dance floor and for the stage, which they're no stranger to.

They've been touring up and down the country since their debut LP dropped in 2021 and they're showing no signs of stopping anytime soon. With the release of their sophomore album imminent - a debut on Memphis Industries called 'Laugh Like A Bomb' which has been on repeat on 6Music - they join The Go! Team on tour around the UK as of this weekend. But before that they'll be making a pitstop at our own R$N residency at The Social on 10th March for an intimate live set...

Ahead of the gig, we asked Baba to give us a flavour of all his influences, which he does in fine fashion with this mix of groovy, crunchy funk, punk, synth pop, new wave and electro... Perfect fodder for your thirsty Thursday.

Tickets for Baba Ali at The Social: https://ra.co/events/1662712

Baba Ali: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

Beatport

The Filtered Beat

Buy: https://www.beatport.com/release/scumrun/5126294

Baset, Nick Matthew - Scumrun [ZAMNA]

B.JNR - loose control

Record label operating and run out of Naarm / Melbourne
By Jack Danzey and Bart Harney