Cant wait for your nowadays open-close : )

your halloween CNC set was INCREDIBLE, please post if you can ❤️

this opener is sickkk, what is it? 😮‍💨 (ps. already asking for IDs on the first track, we're in for a ride! 🙃)

CCL (@ccl-url) has many tricks and plenty of surprises up their sleeve. London-born, US-bred but now Berlin-based, they are playful in what they play but serious about how they play it, whether that's head spinning 160bpm cut, "cowgirl-breaks or wiggle steppers." The key for this multidisciplinary artist and former New Forms festival curator is to find the similarities and differences between shades of sound and rhythm and exploit them to spellbinding effect. As a producer, they are no different and have always managed to find fresh in-between sounds on labels like Fever AM and Discwoman. 

The singular DJ steps up this week with almost two hours of pure sonic adventure. It's a perfect showcase of how they can soundtrack imaginary worlds from humid future jungles to robot dances in the sky. You'll hear rhythms you could never imagine and contort your body in impossible ways, all while admiring the dexterity of the DJ who has threaded together such a trippy trip.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 427 - CCL

Transmissions From Planet Groovy — DJ Voices [@latenitesbookclub] (Recorded on 03/24/23)

We've got a 1.5hr ride full of high octane boogie music served up groovy style by New York's dearest rave champion. Tap in and feel something baby.

Transmissions From Planet Groovy 001 — DJ Voices

Liquefaction of rhythmic and melodic matter.

Read more: pure-g.co/pure-guest040

SoundCloud: @ccl-url

PURE Guest.040 CCL

deep creep live from the False Peak showcase at Dripping 2023

@deepcreep88

deep creep  at Dripping 2023

@ciel_dj

Introduce yourself? Pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 

Hello, I'm a producer and DJ going by the name of Ciel. My real name is Cindy, my pronouns are she/her, and I'm based in Toronto, Canada.

How do you deal with being nervous before a gig? 

Try not think about it :) It doesn't always work, but i find it happens from time to time if I'm really exhausted from not sleeping on tour and my brain has naturally shut off. If I can't stop thinking about it, I will try to select the first track from my vinyl bag and have a vague sense of what Rekordbox playlists I plan to play from. I ad-hoc all my sets because I love picking tracks in response to the audience's energy, but sometimes that is a lot more stressful for me and I find myself doom scrolling the USB. Devising a strategy, even if I end up not following it, does a lot to soothe my anxiety. 

Where do you see yourself musically in 2044?

I don't know what the future holds but I hope to be a full time composer of film and TV scores when I'm in my 50s and no longer want to tour constantly.

If you could have anything on your rider… What would you choose?

An indica-sativa hybrid joint (no tobacco), nice bottle of orange wine, German flat peaches, and a bathroom in the booth (anything is possible, right?)

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

Less celebrity worship, less influencer culture, less fame & money-chasing, more focus on behind-the-scenes folks (whether DJs or producers or labels) who foster community and tirelessly build their local scenes.

Ciel - 36˚C

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

“This is the last known transmission from the Spaceship Bark.  Long story short, there were no survivors.“

@razrbark
IG: @razrbark

Distant Signals 030: Razrbark

Most of my opening set before Anz at my Nowadays residency. Big love to Anna for the amazing set after this and to all of the dancefloor crew <3

An ode to the bluest summer of them all 💙

< A quick inventory of blues: Sapphire - believed to attract abundance and blessings > Aquamarine - known as the stone of courage < Cobalt - originating from the German for goblin, or trouble-maker > Cerulean - like the color of the sky on a clear day < Ultramarine - named for what exists beyond the sea >

Live @ Nowadays // Opening before Anz - Sept 22 2023

live @ Nowadays for livwutang’s residency

Jonny From Space @ Nowadays

The Berlin-based party starter wafts her energy our way for an hour a month. Colourful house & techno, vintage breaks, decontextualised bargain-bin club tracks & more in the mix... 
https://www.nts.live/shows/dj-fart-in-the-club/episodes/dj-fart-in-the-club-10th-november-2023

DJ FART IN THE CLUB 101123

Honey Soundsystem Potcast

HNYPOT 291: CCL's Ode to the Queer Steppas

energy & drama over genre /// 

resident @nowadaysnyc @thelevelparty
nothing in moderation on @thelotradio
co-founder @workingwomennyc

tracks: latenitesbookclub@gmail.com
bookings: eu/uk - Peter@FMLY.agency
na/sa - s@icartists.net

Upcoming dates: 

July 1 - Corsica Studios, London 
July 2 - Weelde, Rotterdam 
July 3 - Garage Noord, Amsterdam 
July 8 - Ved Siden Af, Copenhagen 
July 9 - Bilbao BBK 
July 23 - Nowadays with Two Shell
July 30 - Level Party at Glen Falls
August 19 - Panorama Bar, Berlin 
August 20 - Strange Brew, Bristol
August 26 - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
August 27 - Tengu, Dublin 
September 3 -  La Trabendo, Paris
September 9 - Nowadays w/ Lee Gamble & T.Wan 
September 15 - Sustain Release b2b Roza Terenzi

Live @ Nowadays // Opening before Anz - Sept 22 2023

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