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We're super happy to host this absolute powerhouse mix from Atlanta-based DJ and producer Nikki Nair. Settle into an hour of playfully blended high-energy selections, exploring textures and rhythms all along the techno spectrum.

Keep your eyes peeled for Nikki Nair's soon-to-be-announced EP for Lobster Theremin dropping later this year 💫

In Nikki Nair's words:
I wanted to make a techno mix for this. I guess in my mind it is very much a techno set.. though old style techno is apparent at the end.

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Tracklist:
1.  Mr. Mitch - In the Hills
2.  Farsight - Renegade
3.  Leonce - Axial
4.  James Bangura - The Diffuser
5.  Olin - 132 acid break 2
6.  Heidi Sabertooth - This Time I’ll Quit You for Good
7.  DZee - S37
8.  Ste Roberts - Dominated until 5am
9.  Dez Williams - unusual behavior
10. Justin Jay & Claude VonStroke - Poison
11. Breaka & Frazer Ray - The Loudest Woiioii Ever
12. Violet - Psyche (Eris Drew Remix)
13. Private Caller - You
14. Iglooghost - Sylph Fossil
15. Nikki - Pop Music
16. Joey - L.N.T.
17. CRT- Threshold
18. De-Bons-en-Pierre - A Very Bad Meal
19. Peder Mannerfelt - A Queen
20. Chippy Nonstop - Straight to Hell
21. Max Watts - Funksionslust
22. Alex Peace - From Inside the Speaker (DJ Bam Bam mix)
23. Chris Leibing & Andre Walter - B1 (Stigmata 03)
24. DJ Overnite - Try Again
25. People of Cactus - Traky (People of Cactus mix)
26. Sentient - Time to Kick Ass

LT Podcast 176 // Nikki Nair

Earlier this year we brought you the news of an innovative new collaboration which pairs two producers with unique perspectives on sound design and music.

Prequel Tapes is best known for his noisy, disjointed approach to techno and the rougher drone inspired fringes of electronica and IDM. He has released music on the likes of Mannequin and R'COUP'D. 

Meanwhile, dBridge remains one of the most innovative figures in UK bass music culture having released cutting edge downtempo, jungle and drum 'n' bass over many decades for the likes of Creative Source, Exit Records and Metalheadz. 

Now the two have collaborated on a new EP for Midnight Shift, a record label which continues to connect generations of well versed music heads through its consistent release of high quality techno, bass and the weirder, heavier fringes of dance music. This new EP pairs two unique, creative minds. The result is a mutant hybrid showcasing the importance of collaboration and innovation. 

Following the release we asked kindly whether the pair might be up for recording a mix together, an alternative insight into their own collections and musical tapestry. The result is an old school mixtape, reel to reel vibes with integrity at its core.

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Prequel Tapes & dBridge: The 'Monday Is Okay' Mix

With sizzling electro, crunching breakbreats, frenzied footwork and much more in between, @nikki-nair records a jaw dropping productions mix for the Recognise series.

Atlanta-based Nikki Nair has made waves recently thanks to his sonically varied productions, released on labels such as Scuffed Recordings, Dirtybird and Gobstopper. For this month's Recognise interview, he chats to Katie Thomas about his route into music-making and DJing, the importance of respecting dance music history, and the push for a more diverse scene.

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/features/recognise-nikki-nair

Recognise: Nikki Nair

Techno, electro, bass and breakbeat combine on a club mix from Atlanta-based producer @nikki-nair.

More info and tracklist here:

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Fact Mix 851: Nikki Nair (Mar '22)

Tuck into Client_03 live at fabric [25/02/2022] – taken from the masked mystery’s most recent outing in EC1 back in February where they played in Room 1 alongside DJ Assault, Simo Cell, DJ MEG G and more. Warpy, weird and wonderful. A note from the master below.

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"Client_03 - Host Body Rule set. 

The Host Body is selected Through process of elimination to physically represent Client_03 in a performance setting. This is a commencalistic relationship in which Client_03 benefits and the host body feels nothing and has no recollection of the experience. 

Below is the the formula given to the host body as a base on which to elaborate for the duration of the performance. Whether or not the Host body can add have add value based on performative gestures is unclear. Future iterations may include limitations on the host body’s physical movement. 

Host Body mix and performance rule set Sample: 

#include <performance_settings.c03>
int main() {
    Combine A, B, product;
    
    Source A: 
    Left Side 
    
    Source B: 
    Right Side 

    printf(“Simultaneous_playback: ");
    scanf( %.2lf ‘bpm", ‘key’_a/b’, ‘genre_a/b’);  
 
    // Calculating product
    product = a * b; 

    // %.2lf  returns synchronous result from 0%-100% process completion
    printf("Product = %.2lf", product);
    
    return remainder 0;
}

In Conclusion: 

The General progress measured through the collective appreciation of the Testbed as whole is greatly increasing. The current host body is satisfactory and will continue to serve as above with further experimentation and iteration on the process to ensure that its performance ability is viewed as <70% Favourable to the Testbed as a whole."

Client_03 (live from fabric)

For 10 years, south west label Livity Sound has been at the forefront of a wave of sound that’s been dubbed as anything from “distinct”, to “Bristol techno”, “dubby and innovative” to “broken techno”, even “Bristol bass-techno”. Whatever you want to call it, Livity has been busy capturing a fragmented energy of bassy and hybrid UK club sounds for the last decade.

Ahead of their birthday party here in Farringdon on Friday 6th May, honcho Pev has gifted us a mix – a flavour of what to expect when *that* Bristol sound comes to the club.

Tickets: https://ra.co/events/1504433

Peverelist - 10 Years of Livity Sound

Coco Bryce (@cocobrycebeats) is a veteran of the drum & bass scene, but also one of its most cutting-edge artists. The Breda-born DJ and producer is a master of intricate drum patterns and superbly warm and emotive pads. His silky, soulful sounds some with deft vocals and proper piano riffs that are always on the more minimal end of the spectrum, but still make a lasting impact. Next to his own Myor label, he has landed on the likes of Critical Recordings, Lobster Theremin and Fresh 86, and in 2022 alone he has put out at least six different EPs. 

True to his prolific form, this week's mix is packed with his own exclusive and unreleased tunes as well as gems from Paradox, Denham Audio and DJ H. It adds up to an absorbing hour of stylish and stripped-back rhythms that both float in the cosmos and root you to the dance floor. Lush chords and subtle waves of euphoria permeate the whole mix and make it as emotionally touching as it is physically moving.

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If you haven't heard of Nikki Nair at this point, we'd invite you to come out from under that rock you're living in. But jokes aside, the last 12 months have been the Atlanta producer's year. He's toured seemingly endlessly, has found his way into a number of local scenes and has put out records for labels like Dirtybird, Lobster Theremin and Scuffed Recordings. If that weren't enough, he's also been putting out an illuminating series of monthly singles on his Bandcamp that show off both his restless muse and his seeming ability to both perfect and put his own stamp on any sub-genre or style he tries.

People usually use some form of the word "bass" to describe Nikki Nair, because of the way his music flits between dubstep, drum & bass, electro and more. One moment he's making staggering hip-hop instrumentals that would have fit right into the old LA beat scene, the next minute he's making pneumatic techno or uptempo stuff that would fit right in one Juke Bounce Werk. 

His voracious appetite for new sounds comes across on his RA Podcast, which is a sprawling two-hours-plus of genre hopping and careful mixing, hopping from mood to mood like a 2-D video game platformer. It starts off perhaps a little slower than you'd expect, but weaves through countless Nikki Nair tracks, older selections from Wolfgang Voigt and Drexciya and mind-melting club tracks from newer producers including DJ ADHD, Despina, Limewax and more. If you want to know what the hippest, most inventive dance music sounds like, bridging continents and oceans, this mix is it.

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Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/848

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RA.848 Nikki Nair - 2022.09.05

The high-octane Nikki Nair coming in from Boiler Room: Hyderabad.

Nikki Nair | Boiler Room:  Hyderabad

The second in a series of 4 mixed compilations compiled to celebrate the 20th birthday of the label.

1. Arkist & Kidkut - Vanilla Imitate
2. Untold - Dante
3. Mount Kimbie - Sketch On Glass
4. Sepalcure - Love Pressure
5. Scuba - The Upside (Martyn's Down Mix)
6. Sepalcure - Rumours
7. George FitzGerald - Don't You
8. Beaumont - Rendez-Vous
9. Scuba + Nikki Nair - Expression
10. Sepalcure - Your Love
11. Scuba - Three Sided Shape
12. Sigha - Hold Your Heart Up To The Light
13. Untold - Just For You
14. Scuba - Ruptured (Surgeon Remix)
15. Boxcutter - Endothermic
16. Scuba - In Yr Dreams
17. TRG + Dub U - Losing Marbles (2562 Remix)
18. Mount Kimbie - William (Dayglo Mix)
19. Scuba - You Got Me
20. Nightwave - Mescalito
21. OR: LA - UK Lonely
22. Scuba - Hard Boiled
23. Mount Kimbie - Carbonated
24. Sepalcure - Inside
25. Scuba - Before (After)

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Nikki Nair is one of the most exciting producers in dance music right now, and this set, recorded live on Saturday night, proves why he's one of the most exciting DJs, too. He opened with "Set It Off," his new track with Hudson Mohawke and Tayla Parx.

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RA Live - 06.05.23 - Nikki Nair - Horst Arts & Music 2023

Since 2010, Djrum has been concocting a late-night melting pot of dubstep, garage, techno and dub, maintaining a gold label quality control throughout. 2016 sees a three-part series of releases on 2nd Drop Records and, to mark the occasion, Felix has put together a 30 minute Worldwide mix. 

Tracklist: bit.ly/djrum-mix

Djrum mix on Gilles Peterson Worldwide (GPWW1008)

Solid Steel (26th May) In Hour 1 we welcome Djrum to Solid Steel, a producer who has been turning heads since 2010 with his early productions on Smokin' Sessions, On The Edge and his Mountains EP on 2nd Drop Records. Some of his best mixes have been a soundtrack to an imaginary movie and it's no exception here, with music from Bjork, Randomer, Lurka, Gila, Colin Stetson, Kowton, Trus'me and Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto included to accompany a film in your mind. He told us;
"This mix has been conceived as a soundtrack to an imaginary movie. It differs from the kind of mix that i would do in a club, as the focus is more on creating an atmosphere or mood than it is about rhythmic drive."

The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows.
You can follow Solid Steel on
fb.me/solidsteelradio
instagram.com/solidsteelradio
twitter.com/SolidSteelRadio
Email solidsteel@ninjatune.net

Go to Hour 2 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-2652017-hour-2-neinzer/s-7gRGC

Hour 1 - Djrum

Björk - Harm Of Will [One Little Indian]
Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto - Logic Moon [Raster Noton]
Herva - No Money No Honey [All City Records]
Zenker Brothers - Randat [forthcoming Ilian Tape]
∑ - 06:08 [∑]
Daniel Schmidt and the Berkeley Gamelan - And the Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn [Recital]
Bop - So Unloved [Med School]
Xadrez - No Jazz Bars [Golden Mist] 
Ill K – Time Leap [re:st]
Dead Man's Chest - Avalon Dub [forthcoming Western Lore]
Last Life - Nether Regions [Cylon]
Hodge & Peder - Inside The Rain [Peder Mannerfelt]
Cassius Select - 90 [Accidental Jnr]
Lurka - Beater (Stenny Remix) [forthcoming Timedance]
Gila - ipa address [free download]
YYYY - Invite [Planet Rhythm Records]
Colin Stetson - Like Wolves on the Fold [52 Hz]
SCNTST - Thru Infinity [Boysnoize Records]
Christoph Berg - Farewell [Sonic Pieces]
Blondes - Quality of Life (Struction remix) [forthcoming R&S]
Kowton - Pea Soup [Livity Sound]
Christoph Berg -  Memories [Sonic Pieces]
Peter Van Hoesen - Circumference 12 [Time To Express]
Trus'me - Here And Now (Dj Seinfeld Piano Mix) [Prime Numbers]
Viers - Moonlighting [Church]
Randomer - Smokin' [forthcoming L.I.E.S.]
Schneider™ and KPT.michi.Gan - The Light 3000 [City Slang]
Björk - Harm Of Will [One Little Indian]
Unknown - Unknown [unknown]
Djrum - Showreel pt1 [demo]

Solid Steel Radio Show

Solid Steel Radio Show 26/5/2017 Hour 1 - Djrum

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/?s1c29wdipiq9zk4

Original article and interview here:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=307

Tracklist:
Chris Watson - The Blue Men Of The Minch 
Murcof - Una 
Pangaea - Memories 
Frozen Border - 3.1 
Sleeparchive - Papercup 
Djrum - Mountains pt.1 (Live) 
Djrum - Mountains pt.1 (Pedestrian's Pirate Radio Remix) 
Djrum - Mountains pt.2 
Beatless (ft. Quasimoto & Mablib) - Dominant 
Herbie Hancock - Goodbye To Childhood 
Andy Bey - Celestial Blues 
Untold - Kingdom
Chris Watson - River Mara At Dawn. Maasai Mara 
Djrum (ft. Shad[]wb[]x) - Lies 
Perc - Tension 
Chris Watson - The Blue Men Of The Minch. Moray 
Djrum - The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn (Undercoat pt. 2) 
Djrum - Honey 
Richard Skelton - Noon Hill Wood
Marcel Dettmann - Shatter Proof 
Daughter - Landfill 
Andy Stott - Handle With Care 
Chris Watson - Oceanus Pacificus (10m) 
Indigo - Snowfall 
Chris Watson - Oceanus Pacificus (3m) 
Vashti Bunyan - Here Before 
Elephant & Castle - I Will 
Alix Perez (ft. Sabre) - Hemlines 
Chris Watson - The Blue Men Of The Minch 
The Drop - Looking To The Sky (Djrum Remix)

DjRUM - Imaginary Movie Mix for Resident Advisor

A mix I did for Clash Magazine at the end of last year. Here's the original post and interview:
http://www.clashmusic.com/features/clashmusic-dj-mix-podcast-djrum

Track list:
Laurent - Wind in the trees
Maurice Ravel - Gaspard De La Nuit / Le Gibet
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans [Polydor]
Ore - Rise [unreleased]
King Tubby & August Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown [Yard Music]
Jacob Miller - Baby I Love You So [Yard Music]
Augustus Pablo - Ah Jah Dub [Yard Music]
Susumu Yokota - The Dying Black Swan [Skintone / Lo Recordings]
Chaba Fadela - N'Sel Fik [Supersound]
ESG - Talk It [Soul Jazz Records]
Aphex Twin - Ruglen Holon [Warp Records]
Darling Farah - Grace [Civil Music]
Skudge - Wonder Stories [unreleased]
DjRUM - Arcana (Do I Need You) [unreleased]
Royce Wood Junior - Jodie (DjRUM remix) [unreleased]
Peter Van Hoesen - Inspection In Solitude [Time To Express]
Inigo Kennedy - Obsidian [Token]
Maurice Ravel - Kaddish
Darling Farah - Division [Civil Music]
Xhin - Drawer (Original Mix) [Apotek]
Tim Hecker - No Drums [Kranky]
Marc Z - It's Easy
Deft - Illicit Fantasy (fLako Remix) [unreleased]
Quasimoto - Bad Character [Stonesthrow]
Flying Lotus - Getting There (feat. Niki Randa) [Warp Records]
Tim Hecker - In The Air iii [Kranky]
ASC - Defiant To The End VIP [unreleased]
DjRUM - Mountains pt.3 [2nd Drop Records]
Chris Watson - the forest path. meallan na ceardaich
DjRUM - Thankyou (edit) [unreleased]

Photograph by Oliver Clasper 
http://oliverclasper.com/

Soundtrack To An Imaginary Movie Mix for Clash Magazine 320

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