mixes

to accompany frantic dungeon exploration

CHANTS - Seven Billion Spheres
Capiuz - Prey_mantis_eating_cicada_alive
SHXCXCHCXSH - Gest
Warhorse - Heretics Fork
Paula Temple - Cages
CRYSTALLMESS - Issa Revenge
VHOOR - Deselegante
TAAHLIAH - Transdimensional (ft. KAVARI)
Zomby - Helter Skelter
Slikback - WORTH
Ténèbre - Hybrids
NKISI - TOLERANCE
Mathew Jonson - Decompression (dB's Raw Edit)
Moresounds - Ruff Times
Gremlinz - Annexation (Annexed VIP)
DJ Kuroneko - holy angel
4s4ki - FAIRYTALE (ft. Zheani)
Sonia Calico - Primary Function Overloaded
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal - Hardcore
Von Bikräv - Dieu Protège les Miens
Swan Meat - PERFECT CHERRY BLOSSOM
X&Trick - Gent
Dj Animebby - WAKE ME UP
RIKHTER - Ufimzew
Kamixlo - Mi Sabor
Diessa - Trans Femme Mecha Cult (Teya Logos Pinoywash)
E L L E - Nasty Clown Party
Ghostemane - Vagabond
Denzel Curry - SUMO
Tzusing - Flow States ft. Illsea (Zean remix)
SEMATARY - SCARECRAW (ft. BUCKSHOT)
Vex'd - Nails

dungeon sett

~ assorted melancholia and euphoria for recovery ~

I first gathered these tracks together back in December, after a few months of struggling with what felt like a long covid relapse but might just have been burnout. They gave me a lot of sustenance over that period - moments of peace, beauty and ecstasy. And I wanted to share them :)

I tried to string them together in a mix a couple of times around the new year, but couldn't get it to stick. Then yesterday the sun was out, I was feeling relaxed, the pirate studio was calling and I thought I'd give it another shot. The result is far from perfect, I drop a couple of transitions and there are things I would do differently next time... But it captures what I wanted it to capture, I think: those months of having to move slowly, a winter of recovering and rebuilding, and then how I was feeling yesterday on an unusually warm spring Sunday, back on my feet. I hope you like it!

Hugely grateful to the artists for making these tracks, they've been very important to me. All are tagged below - hopefully correctly...!

@yu_su - I Want an Earth
@thurlowjoyce - Varial
@ronan-music - Song of Surrender
@tomvalbyrotary - GPS Says I'm Flying, So I Guess I am
@moodii_music - Topcat Cinema
@jorgkuning - Klarneto
@breaka - Like Water To A Fish
@czdoe - Heat Index
@ava_akira - Locket (@karefuluk Overdose In The Club Edit)
@dj-heroin - Solar Red
@jamesjetski - Diva
@djhank - Air Ride
@newjeans-music - Super Shy
@real_tears - All The Way
@pastasta - peanut phenomenon
@airhead - Salt
@bbyeco - Like You
@bi_ng - Nazin
@user-170065298 - Under my Bed
@anile - Ceremony
@kimyanlaw - Komorebi
@tom-jarmey - Stitch
@dj-luvhuntah - Kiss Me Better
@evianchrist - Yxguden (ft. Bladee)
Robert Miles - Children (@kingdoudou Remix)
@colorplus - 5

healing tapestry

I’ve had a ‘120-130 gristle’ playlist brewing for a while - bass-heavy, tightly knotted tracks that are a bit slower and more ungh than I’d usually play. Started sorting through it one day, hopped to pirate in Hackney Wick for a change to record this the next.

The flow of it is unusual, I think. Starts pretty high energy polyrhythmic party, then pulls back to be darker and more sparse before collapsing into barely-contained chaos around halfway. I clamber out of the abyss over the course of the second half, hitting a hype phase around 1h-1h15 (actually get to play some of my fave dancefloor tunes that don’t usually get an airing!), then play the rest out a bit more melodic. And it never goes above 140bpm, shock!

Honestly the arc maps my mental journey over the preceding couple of weeks surprisingly accurately. I’m quite enjoying mixing like this atm - seeing it as a way of capturing and working through emotions, as much as something that could be appropriate on a dancefloor (if I had to play a set like this anywhere tho it would be Corsica room 2, fyi). Really felt like I exorcised some demons over the course of the 90 mins - hope it does the same for you!

@emissive - Resounding Yes
@elalfaofficial - Jamaica (@jeanseanmusic x @alldayrayatx Remix)
@tumusic - Peaux
@user-724951916 - Big Bung
@realdjlag x @sinjin_hawke - Raptor
@sbtrkt - BODMIN MOOR
@the-surreal-sessionz x @akiidmusiq - The Terminal
@mulhollanddd - Tamo en Hoja
@sigfrid4 - DELINCUENTE RMX
@badsista - NA ONDA DE BABYLON
MC João - Baile de Favela
@dj-pinch - Double Barrelled Mitzi (VIP)
@henzotrax - The Prowl
@user-61897222 - Contagion Kids
@atricemiras - Koji Mold
@cimmmusic - Street Kings
@gafacci - Gaf and Son
@invt305 - PALIZA
Ichiyo - Monte e Monte
@scratchadva x @menzi-music - Nasty Nasty Nasty (Remix)
@wulffluw94 - Tuberarossa
@toumbaa - Rashash
@pariah_uk - Caterpillar
@coenofficial - Pressure Roll
@3phaz - Drum Track
@polygonia - Vipera Berus
Truss - Brockweir
@brutalismus-3000 - SUKA SUKA
@deschuurman - Fucking Hard
@mj-cole - Thekla Riddim
@ladylykez - Muhammad Ali remix (prod @scratchadva)
@zebrakatz - ISH
@kinlaw - Effected Signaller
@drippin - Silver Cloak
@djfarsight - Renegade
@pruvancz - Pozor
@tokischa-music - Daddy ft. Sexyy Red (@jarreauvandal Edit)
@stolenvelour - Tibi Bat
@babiibabiibabii - NECTA_pholo (V.5)
Fred Again.. & Baby Keem - leavemealone (@hamdiofficialmusic Edit)

gristle mix

In the last few months of 2024, I lost two of the beings I loved most in the world: my dog, and my 
Granny. I drifted away from music (and friends!) for much of that period, but these tracks still made it through to me. 

Some were just present in the background. Others I listened to intensely, obsessively, each for a handful of days. It felt important to try and stitch them all together, for some closure or catharsis or maybe just as a record of that period for my future self. I’m still unsure how successful that stitching has been (I ran out of time to ‘perfect’ it before going travelling!). But I think the mix captures both the emotional turmoil and clarity of those months. I hope you enjoy the ride :)


Tracklist:
Nídia & Valentina - Sicilia 
DJ Plead & rRoxymore - Celestial City
Two Shell - come to terms
Batu - Zeal
Doctor Jeep - Macumba (Wata Igarashi remix)
GiGi FM - Gabriella
Kelly Lee Owens - Love You Got
Verraco - Sí, idealízame
FATUMA - Freedom
Aquarian - Kool Ranch FM
Tōph - Lattice
Blawan - Fires
Toma Kami - Fungi
Nick León & Erika De Casier - Bikini
Emma dj - RR.dnk 
Fixate - Reflections
gyrofield - Femme Fatale (Rolling Mix)
nondi_ - tree festival
DJ Lycox - Staring at the Moon
Jawnino - Wind (ft. Cold)
Two Shell - /inside//
Bladee/Robert Miles - Egobaby (Evian Christ Mix)
Hallworth - The Way It Is

leaf fall

🧡 assorted sonic curios 💜

1/2 @vl-plus-plus
Co-runs @kinesis_ldn

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