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The first submission for Off-Kilter comes from Brooklyn based producer and DJ Ayesha. Plunging into the series with full force, this mix - Tactilia - represents our wonky, heady club vision and it's undeniably explosive.

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Ayesha's tactile club productions trace an arc across techno, bass, and diasporic influences with devastating results. Having only released her solo debut on NYC staple Kindergarten Records a year prior, the release of Ayesha’s latest EP ‘Potential Energy’ on UK label Scuffed Recordings has marked the crescendo of a year-long wave of momentum for the artist. Her latest work received critical praise from Mixmag (Best Tracks of the Year 2021), RA (Best New Music), DJ Mag (Fresh Kicks), and the hotly-tipped Lobster Theremin (LT Podcast 176) who join a growing list of international supporters. Most recently in March 2022, Ayesha joined the highly regarded roster of residents at Nowadays: one of New York's most forward-thinking nightlife institutions.

Follow: @aye5ha
Instagram: @ayescold

OK001 - Ayesha

Monthly missives from a London club selector par excellence - expect anything from finger-on-the-pulse US rap, to deep house and techno records, to jungle & UK funky.

https://www.nts.live/shows/ok-williams/episodes/ok-williams-30th-june-2022

OK Williams 300622

Name:  Carré (@carreo)
Pronouns: she / her
Location: Los Angeles
 
Influences: peak-time rave, the element of surprise, feminine NRG
 
Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: I throw Fast At Work parties in LA
 
Favorite Quote: "Too much joy, I swear, is lost in our desperation to keep it" - Ocean Vuong
 
Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: if you feel there's something missing from the scene - a sound, a party concept, a general vibe - get involved and bring something to life. However, don't underestimate the labor of DIY...

With this mix Carré asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ End Overdose (www.endoverdose.net)
❁ National Network of Abortion Funds (www.abortionfunds.org)

Daisychain

Daisychain 240 - Carré

I KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT - THEY WANT TO BE SHOCKED... AND GROOVED. AND THEY WANT HOUSE 
MUSIC.

Lawrence S. Williams Jr., better known as L.A. Williams, is an American DJ and producer from Chicago. Founder of the label Chisel, producer of over 27 releases, he has an idiosyncratic take to rhythms, sounds and grooves. 

As a huge fan, both impressed and beguiled, I wanted to shine a light on him. I still am often tripped up trying to blend his tracks while D'Jaying and fit them in a mix soooooooo I had to make this all L.A. mix ᏊˊꈊˋᏊ I spent the last few months collecting nearly all his releases on Discogs to use for the mix; a lot isn't available digitally, and it just felt right. 

I think the best way to hear his unique world and sound is via a tour of his various sides and styles, weaving and roiling, building and bubbling, jacking and smacking.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/4146-LA-Williams

TRACKLIST
All Aboard - Great Space Coaster EP
What Tha People Want (House Muzik Anthem) - House Muzik "98"
Da X-Menn (L.A.'s Magic II)- Da X-Menn EP
Program 35 - Chi-Town Sampler
Rainstick - Rainstick
Midnite at 31st Sbeach - D.T.T. 3rd R.
A Little “Old School” Track - Da X-Menn
Cries of Joy Dedicated to Armando Gallop - Sounds 4 Da Underground
Playing Inside Tha Wooden Sandbox - The Future Deescko
Toilet Hush - Sounds 4 Da Underground
Guest Star Entertainment - D.T.T. 3rd R. 
My Music Box - Da X-Menn EP
Hypnotic - D.T.T. 3rd R.
Going Insane (The Insane Asylum TRK) - The Straight Jacket EP
Your Inspiration - The Project Part 2

Only L.A. Williams

Name: Kelsie Walda
Alias: DJ Chia Pudding (@chiapudding)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: Chicago
 
Influences: dancing <3, earth and universal energy, god, flowers, Missy Elliott + the hip/hop and r&b of the 90's/early 00's that I grew up with, my friends, Noumenal Rave, pure joy, raving with real ones in the woods :), the Skate Palace (childhood skating rink), and trees
 
Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Swung (party)
 
Favorite Quote: "The world is burning. Ideas are like hot potatoes. If you're still hoarding yours when the waves consume the shore, when the fires reach your village, you have lost the game. Don't hold an idea for too long. Give it away, and trust that someone may think it better than you. I have come to the conclusion that I may not live long enough to finish all the writing and stories I want to tell. How much better would it be to give these stories away to people who can grow them into something wilder and more durable? Authorship and individuality have only recently become attached to art-making. For most of human history art-making was always multi-generational and always a relational event" - Sophie Strand 
 
Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: Get to know yourself because other people (often unknowingly) will try to exert their will on you. If you can stay grounded in your own body/energy, you will be better equipped to navigate these influences in a healthy way. Practice :)) 

With this mix DJ Chia Pudding asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
Tokeyamaniwin Project aims to 
"- Preserve indigenous plant medicine by making flower and environmental essences throughout Lakota territory and collecting the stories and mythologies associated with these regions.
- Create a dialogue with mental health providers and other care providers about the beneficial uses of flower essences for people experiencing chronic and acute post-trauma symptoms, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, and anxious/depressive states.
- Make and distribute flower essences to those suffering generational trauma caused by the effects of long-term colonial genocide.
- Engage native youth on the Cheyenne River Sioux, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Standing Rock Reservations to learn and create flower essence medicine for the healing of their communities."
(www.shaynecase.com/pages/the-tokeyamaniwin-project)

Daisychain 241 - DJ Chia Pudding

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/3Ut9Hav

@jadalareign is a dynamic force in the American underground's Black music renaissance

"This mix is a snapshot of my signature sound, including some of my most favorite records from my collection. It encompasses my passion for classic American house and techno spanning my home in New York, the East Coast and Midwest. It’s a love letter to obscure cuts, ravey synths and acid basslines, queer themes, expressive vocals, and getting free on the dancefloor."

Tracklist + Q&A

Impact: JADALAREIGN

The Lot Radio Stage at Making Time ∞ Fort Mifflin 2022

ACEMO @ MAKING TIME ∞

South LA's own Keenan finally joins the tribe at Lights Down Low as a resident. When he is not running things at the Gyration Station he is also blasting out sets as 1/2 of Trax Unit and bringing his own distinctive brand of club music to the masses and straight to their asses. Push play now and thank us later. :)

Welcome To The Factory (Angel's Journey Mix) - Angel Moraes
Those Native Drums (Unreleased Beats) - Mateo & Matos
Caught Up In Your Love (Original Mix) - Paul Johnson
Let The Music Motivate (Food For Thought Break) - Groove Masters
Get Up (Original Mix) - Kerri Chandler
Find Yourself (Tribal Beats) - Chris Staropoli feat. Melanie
Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right (Drumapella) - Vienna
Super Beats - Roxy Breaks
Dream Drums (Junior Vasquez Sound Factory Mix) - Lectroluv, Fred Jorio
Get Up Everybody (Mateo N Matos Beats) - Mateo & Matos
Sleepless - Good Time (J.F.K. Mental Mix) - Razor N Guido, J.F.K.
Deep Afro Roots (Eddie Matos Beatz) - Mateo & Matos
Burnin' Up feat. Sally Cortes (Sally's Wet Dub) - Angel Moraes, Sally Cortes
Holding On To Your Love (Grant Nelson's Holdin' Beats) - Stephanie Cooke
Mas Groove (Go For Yours Groove) - CEVIN Fisher
Dance MF - Anil Aras
Vibrate (No Vox) - Annika Wolfe
Move (Original Mix) - Uncertain
Grove - Saturn Reigns
burning tool (extended mix) - Black Girl / White Girl
The Jam (2009 Remix) - Trevor Rockcliffe
Groove 1 - INVT X DJ ANGELDU$t
Ascension - Black Girl / White Girl
Utility 2 - Truncate
ENTRAÑAS X PLAYBOI CARTI - @MEH (BAILE DRILL EDIT)

lights down low: 026 KEENAN

Read our interview with @ciel_dj and check out this mix's track list here: bit.ly/CielPod

Groove Podcast 357

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Groove Podcast 357 - Ciel

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Ciel - Live from Glory Club (CDMX)- 06 February 2023

smart mix 70: @dj_leesh

recorded live in smartbar, chicago's leesh delivers over 90 minutes of groovey vibes. leesh is perhaps best known for starting up the daisychain podcast back in 2018, a groundbreaking weekly mix series highlighting trans, nonbinary and femme djs around the globe. they can be found djing around chicago, the usa and over the airwaves.

check out leesh's foundation of choice, beagle freedom project, and consider donating: https://bfp.org/

Smart Mix 70: Leesh

California dance music institution Lights Down Low has been entertaining creatures of the night for over 10 years, throwing parties in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and beyond. What began as a tiny monthly party at the infamous 222 Hyde club in the Tenderloin has become a multi-­city enterprise dedicated to hedonism in all its glory. With non-stop parties in Los Angeles and San Francisco, all shape shifting and geared toward pure sonic satisfaction.   Richie Panic & Corey Sizemore are renowned for their eclectic DJing style and the same holds true for their bookings. 

“We only book the artists and sounds that we play and are fans of first and foremost.The artists that we find in our record bags and we want to bring to the sweaty masses” 

Lights Down Low has featured too many guests to count, but some notable acts include Simian Mobile Disco, Optimo, Four Tet, Barnt, Jackmaster, Volvox, Fatima Yamaha, Veronica Vasicka, Derrick Carter, Helena Hauff, Evian Christ, Josh Wink, Jennifer Cardine, DJ Stingray, Daniel Avery, Paranoid London, Erol Alkan, and Silent Servant.

Founders and resident DJs Corey Sizemore and Richie Panic both got their start in small venues, throwing intimate parties with wild vibes. Separately, each had a dedicated following of partygoers who trusted their taste and curation. Together though, the two have built Lights Down Low into a pure party institution that spans genres, cultures, crews, genders, and more. Everything Lights Down Low stands for, and everything Richie & Corey aim to do is done under the aegis of bringing people from across the dance music cultural spectrum together to rave on the same dance floor. “No limits, no boundaries, just dancing.”

lights down low: 026 KEENAN

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