Live from the Dance Floor

"I recorded this mix on my latest Berlin trip while I was on tour. I wanted this mix to reflect on themes of longing, loss, love, and desire. I’ve recently undergone a lot of personal changes in my life, from relationships and friendships evolving to traveling quite a lot and being away from home. It’s kind of meant to be a hybrid of a playlist/mix I suppose. For me, these songs evoke a certain nostalgia, sadness, and catharsis. But hopefully some hope and joy as well. Lots of vocals and classics like Madonna, as well as some other better-known tracks. I wanted it to be a nice listening experience that's thematic more so than anything else. Could be nice to listen to while you’re at home, out for a drive, cleaning, or just want something non-abrasive to listen to."

Welcome to Lezzie Town, a mix by Montreal based producer and DJ Maara-Louisa Dunbar, more epicly known as our favourite sapphic mixtress: @maara

Full interview here 🔮 https://www.hueandsaturation.net/blog/2023/maara 🔮

Hue & Saturation Mix #050: Maara

Live at Battle Hymn (Brooklyn), Aug 2023

Live recording from Fandango on the Beach, Plötzensee, 6th June 2023

Next up on our live mix series is @jacob-meehan who played the perfect house loaded beachside set on one of our sunnier Tuesday’s this summer. Jacob is part of the organising team behind Whole Festival and Buttons - events that inspire us with their purpose, care, and attention to detail. It’s no surprise the same traits and dancefloor mileage shine in Jacob’s set.

LIVE AT FANDANGO - Jacob Meehan

JACOB MEEHAN

KETIA

Despite some turns we're so glad that we were able to host Zvrra here in PGH. Thank you to everyone that stopped by on Feb 15th and for all of support these past two months as we explored venues outside of Hot Mass. If you enjoy/ed the mix, or the night, be sure to check out the range of productions, mixes, projects and releases that Zvrra has done! 

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Bio: Adrenaline-spiked video games have soundtracked the youth
of millions global-wide for decades. Immersive worlds
elevated by pulsing scores have long gripped imaginations,
and Chicago techno producer, DJ and video game developer
Zvrra is an artist whose dynamic craft can be credited to the
console. It was Rockstar’s street racing game Midnight Club II
that kick-started Zvrra’s love of techno’s sundry rhythms as the
soundtrack featured a strong supply of cuts from esteemed
producers.

Galvanized by her gameplay, she quickly began
experimenting with her own sound. That was nearly two
decades ago and Zvrra’s output has explored a multitude of
genres and styles ranging from techno and house, to hip hop,
dark ambient, tribal and industrial, with her being a deft hand
in blending styles and crafting concept albums.

Since 2020, Zvrra has been breaking through the ranks and
rising to prominence. Records such as her self-released Flow
State techno EP bagged her high praise in all the right corners
with Luke Slater, Umfang, Inigo Kennedy, Dustin Zahn and
Ben Sims being among those to support her works. British
techno linchpin Shifted is another who took notice, saving her
a sought-after slot on his imprint Avian for her debut LP
Bizzaroland. Released at the end of 2021, the absorbing,
tension-driving nine-tracker spans ambient, techno and noise,
and firmly secures Zvrra’s reputation as an artist in a world of
her own in concocting distinct, intricate soundscapes. Beyond
self-releases and record label dispatches, her music features
on HBO Max’s South Side series as well as a TV commercial for
the streaming giant.

As for DJing, Zvrra’s shrewd selections have largely been heard
across the airwaves with regular guest slots on Rinse FM and
The Lot, as well as being tapped by Dekmantel for its
crowd-pulling podcast series. And as her productions
continue to thud across dancefloors, she’s eager to clock in
behind the booths of hallowed clubs and festivals worldwide.

While music production has taken precedence over video
game development, in the near future fans of her sonic ammo
will be able to explore her three-dimensional creations as
she’s developing games with plans to release them on Steam,
Xbox and other major platforms.

Recorded Live: 02.15.25 (by @Zvrra at Side Quest PGH)
Mastered By: Zvrra
Artwork By: Gusto

Zvrra Bandcamp

DETOUR Podcast 32: Zvrra (Live @ Side Quest on 44th [Hot Mass])

Jacob Meehan's set at Lecken was the talk of the Play Pit. The WHOLE Ambient stage curator and Kwia mainstay shared a more intimate side of his collection with us. Dubbed out electronica merge with smooth throwbacks while ethereal jazz gets sprinkled with 80s synths, making us nostalgic for the age of our lost innocence. We swayed and swooned down memory lane, counting our blessings beneath the inverted crosses of the Play Pit sky, only to emerge again in the warm embrace of trusted friends or strangers, all within the breadth of @jacob-meehan's expertly concocted seance. Here you can finally revisit a slice of our upside down heaven recorded at Lecken Unholy on Easter Friday 2025 at Kreuzwerk.

Jacob Meehan

A clinic in minimal from the elusive Acting Press boss. 

Why do certain sounds cultivate a cult following? Simply put, it's often because they resist easy consumption. PLO Man and his imprint Acting Press lean into this. 

Searching for the Berlin-based DJ and producer, you won’t find much online presence, interviews or conventional PR. What you will find, if you look hard enough, is a catalogue of records and mixes with a kind of tape hiss charm (a spiritual successor to Basic Channel and Chain Reaction, but scuzzier and lighter on its feet).

Founded in 2015, Acting Press once seemed to belong to the short-lived "outsider house" trend, but is now synonymous with a certain strain of modern minimal, one that is analogue, spacious and pointedly opaque. PLO Man's output is equally sparse by design: this week, he joins the RA Podcast with a characteristically elusive style, accompanying the near two-hour mix is a one-answer Q&A that gives almost nothing away.

Stripped-back, ever-so-slightly sleazy and coated in dust, PLO Man's RA Podcast continues that lineage in style. Opening with the featherlight microhouse of Margaret Dygas, RA.988 unfolds into a carefully curated spectrum of minimal, dub and deep techno. Among familiar names—look out for the blinding Rhythm & Sound and Moodymann blend—are deep cuts and left turns alongside the odd outlier, like lovers' rock pioneer Gregory Isaacs.

Like the best of his forebears, PLO Man wants RA.988 to take time for you to settle in. But once you do, you won’t want to leave. 

@p_el_oh

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/988

RA.988 PLO Man

My set (with crowd noise) from the Grove Saturday Night 1-3am, after Djrum, before Identified Patient. 

Out to all the sexy witches of the forest, thank you to everytone there + entire crew @sustain-release-nyc :)

<3 Mastered by the best @wordcolour

CCL @ Sustain-Release Year Ten

Part of Eoin's super fun opening set at PDC in the Sauna at Kreuzwerk Berlin in March 2025

PDC Live - EOIN DJ at PDC @ Kreuzwerk March 2025

Two hours of percussive bass and techno served up by Miami-based Rinse France resident Coffintexts. Recorded live from RA's stage at this year's Horst Arts & Music.

@coffintexts
@horstartsandmusicfestival

RA Live - Coffintexts - Horst Arts & Music 2025, Belgium

This was maybe my fourth time ever playing techno, and it felt incredible to be given the trust to close the main room at Zero Chill, NYC's hottest rave. After nearly 20 years of DJing—mostly known for house, sometimes ambient—it was a thrill to stretch into a harder, faster prime-time slot for a massive, raging warehouse crowd. Pride 2025 called for a disco-flavored last hour to honor our origins and ancestors.

I’ve never had so many people DM me after a set, and it’s got me inspired to keep exploring this direction in the techno landscape.

Special thanks to my dears Dirty Daddy Don and Physical Therapy for lacing me with some tracks for the night. It takes a village.

Zero Chill NYC - Main Room Closing - Pride 2025

Candy (AFTER H0URS Mix)

originally from rural Illinois, Jacob Meehan crystallized his deep relationship with music during his 15 year tenure in Chicago - spending time producing parties, he became a pivotal booster in America's burgeoning queer scene back in the early 2010’s 

his DJ style is an eclectic blend of machine and soul that transcends and captivates, and since moving to Berlin in 2016, he's become one of the driving forces as a curator behind two major events much beloved by the queer community: Buttons and WHOLE Festival

tune in for 90 minutes of Jacob's eclectic groove from Queen! at smartbar

Smartmix 85: Jacob Meehan

Karolina do BRASIL

Dreamy world-ambient with warm synth pads, tabla and soft shakers. Deep double bass creates a flowing groove, while delicate acoustic guitars add warmth. Ethereal Hindi vocal harmonies rise in the cho

Mystic Tabla Flow

<< queer-feminist catalyst for sonic, somatic and collective pleasure activism unfolding once a trimester in Berlin >> 

Everybody welcome: hivesex_nomadic fetishisms_masculine femininity_decolonized masculinity_feminist whores_king kong_non-possessive sex_inter-species solidarity_desire without a subject_comfortable alienation

Residents: 
@killadujour
@car_men_16
@skankstasy

Chicago ---> Berlin
From Chicago, Jacob Meehan has made a name for himself over the last fifteen years as both a musical purveyor & vibe creator. Since moving to Berlin in 2016, he’s left his mark with two projects beloved by the queer community: @radio-buttons & @wholefestival . The last few years he’s delved into music production and leading ambient focused yoga nidra guided meditation sessions.

Past appearances include:
Adonis (London)
Basement (NYC)
Bunker (NYC)
Carry Nation (NYC)
Cocktail d'Amore (Berlin)
Club Toilet (Detroit)
Contact (Tokyo)
Equation Festival (Vietnam)
Honcho Campout (USA)
Honey Soundsystem (SF)
Horse Meat Disco (Berlin)
Listen Festival (Brussels)
Panorama Bar (Berlin)
Savage (Hanoi)
Signal (LA)
Smart Bar (Chicago)
Tresor (Berlin)
Unter (NYC)
Unknwn (Manila)
Wrecked (NYC)
Zero Chill (NYC)

Jacob Meehan

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