This month is a special one, and our first ever tandem interview — joining me for a Freerotation special are the festival’s founders @Steevio and @Suzybee. 

Influenced by the free festival movement around the UK in the 1990s, Steevio and Suzy created Freerotation, an annual gathering of music and arts which now takes place in Baskerville Hall, Wales, and has, since its inception in the mid 2000s, become one of the scene’s best loved festivals. Kept relatively small and amongst friends and friends of friends, Freerotation is known for its thoughtful curation of both DJs, live acts, and VJs, and its intimate, familial setting. 

In this conversation, Steevio, Suzy and I get into the festival’s early days and its direction and curation today, plus their own personal histories in art and music, and their distinctive creative philosophies.

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MUSIC:

Steevio - "Candescent" (2022)
Steevio - "Y Llifogydd" (2022)
Steevio - "Passive Resistance" (2022)

Purchase part one of Steevio's Dod yn ôl at fy nghoed here: https://steevio.bandcamp.com/album/dod-yn-l-at-fy-nghoed-part-1

AIR 046 / Steevio & Suzybee

John Raffaele @ Making Time 09-22-2023

Especial1 - Tsuba Records - ICE series

@bouffant-bouffant

o•rbyss aims to help soothe the queer spectrum and focus on the well-being of the community. Queer DJs are invited to submit a mix to showcase an alternative side to their music library outside of a rave and take us on a meditative journey. ✨

Notes on the mix:

“I listen to alot of ambient, jazz, shoegaze, non-dance music to soundtrack my daily life, turning my design work, long walks, bike rides, chores and meditation into a sort of cinematic beauty. These songs and albums become very personal to me for this reason. Whenever I'm asked to share this music, whether as a DJ set or as a recorded mix it becomes a loaded exchange for me. I worked on compiling this music and recording the mix the week leading up to the total eclipse in my home in Mid City New Orleans. This process proved to be very psychedelic and introspective and the result feels like an important timeline marker in this stage of my life that I will be transported back to anytime I revisit the mix. I hope that in sharing this sonic tapestry, the listener  is able to close their eyes and take a psychedelic carpet ride, a journey inward, riding the sound waves, and allowing them to evoke emotion, thought, and introspection.”

Bouffant Bouffant is a DJ, Producer, and party starter from New Orleans, Louisiana. He cut his teeth in local sex clubs, warehouses, and dive bars but has become a major player on the bubbling American Queer Underground nightlife circuit as well as International jaunts to play for the likes of Cocktail d’Amore, Buttons Berlin, Mustang Paris, and Savage Hanoi. His monthly party Gimme A Reason has been fostering space for queer nightlife in New Orleans for over 9 years and has become known for it's wild and rawkus, no rules policy. In recent years he has delved into the arena of ambient music creating mixes and DJing listening bars like Kwia Berlin.

o•rbyss - Bouffant Bouffant

Cauana is a Brazilian DJ, producer, and researcher beyond the obvious.

Pitaya Sound System invite Cauana - 1er Mai 2024

The closing set happened @ Beursschouwburg in Brussels the 04.05.24

No brake slamming for this absolute steamroller of a b2b. @adipurplepitch and @k-atou came, saw, and delivered a magnificent set full of heavy kicks, electrifying synths and razor sharp rhythms

___𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘼𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 ♡ is a party and city link project. A dynamic platform between Athens and Brussels and their relevant connections, facilitating music & dance floor activities and encouraging connection, self-expression and artistic exploration.

Check IG ---> bit.ly/FROMATHTOBRU19

Art/Designer by pametjenny www.pametjenny.be/ ♡

Big thank to Beursschouwburg for the invite ♡ & Céline Ottenburg for the edit

From Athens to Brussels with love ♡ Beurrschouwburg Mix #16 w/ Adi B2B K.atou 04.05.24

Karview - message me when you land.

This is a home mix inspired by travel, hopefully being your companion..

Karview . message me when you land .

Dream Sequence, Noods Radio, 19/08/2025

Journeying inwards, meditating on the juxtaposing emotions of grief and hope. Light through the darkness.

Tracklist:

Ulla Straus - Sleeping 
Ben Bondy - Everything I Can't Be
Echium - Yellow-flowered
mu tate - cicada break 
Moonlight Resort & Spa - Sanitas Per Aquam 
Sa Pa - Studio Mix
Zenxen - An End's Beginning 
Dialog - Side C
Lamia Adelaide - Wake
Neel - Travelling on Kepler Dorsum 
Sonmi451 - Matterhorn 
Passant - Innen 
Int/r - Alniyat 
Yoyu - We Wait 
Christina Chatfield - Concatenate I

Dream Sequence 01

The sixth Foresight Mix has been taken care of by lovely human and artist Andy. You could know Andy from her Breezing and Surging show at Radio Radio, her multidisciplinary collective POS, or one of her exhilarating sets in, around, and beyond Amsterdam. 

In this vibrant and eclectic mix, Andy went all out within the scope of an hour, starting with warm and soothing 120 bpm house and ending with 150 bpm contemporary tracks.

Trust us, this trip is worth your time ;)

Andy | FORESIGHT MIX006

http://www.instagram.com/csarrafha

@stone-float

#Superimpositions with Cyrus: the Prog Side of Hawkwind (Part 2) @ The Lot Radio 08-26-2024

Tracklist:
01 Douglas Rain (R.I.P.) - The Deactivation of HAL 9000 [2001: A Space Odyssey]
02 Farron - 528 [XCPT Music]
03 Future Beat Alliance - Feed My Soul [Versatile Records]
04 Answer Code Request - Ab Intus [Ostgut Ton]
05 Nothus & Delikwe - Requiem [XCPT Music]
06 Stenny - Fortress [Ilian Tape]
07 Nothus & Delikwe - Red Walls [XCPT Music]
08 Inigo Kennedy - The Shard [Token]
09 Farron - Paneth [XCPT Music]
10 Jesus Jones - Zeroes & Ones (Aphex Twin Reconstruction # 1 Mix) [Food]
11 Monolake - Static [Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music]
12 F - 0907 [7even Recordings]
13 Paradox - Paragon of Virtue [Archive]
14 Skee Mask - Flyby VFR [Ilian Tape]
15 John Beltran - Moth [De:tuned]
16 D.B. - Subtleties [Flux White]
17 Seafoam - Hybrid [Stretch 2 Activate]
18 Loopdeville - Mazneishu [OdD Music]
19 Vulva - Omnec Onec [Reflective]
20 Adrian Forciniti - Class Of '94 [Syra]
21 Stenny - Corrupt 506 [Ilian Tape]
22 Late Night Approach ‎- Clarence Mews [Klakson]
23 Sensorama - Kondens [Ladomat 2000]
24 Junq - Closer [Furthur Electronix]
25 Silicon - 1094T3 [Undersound Recordings]
26 Gunnar Haslam - Vector No Campo [Lovers Rock]
27 Drexciya - Wavejumper [Underground Resistance]
28 Pacou - Trigger [Tangent] 

Recorded Live on Saturday 7th July 2018, 1:30 - 3am, in Sammy String's (Room 3) at Freerotation Festival, Baskerville Hall, Hay on Wye, UK.
Photograph by Calandra Balfour @Calandra
Audio mixdown by Charlie Tear @charlietear
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/alexdowney
www.facebook.com/AlicksDowney/
www.instagram.com/alyxdowney/

I’ve been holding back on this as I had hopes it would get picked up exclusively by online media or for a podcast series as I did with my 2017 set, but I’ve decided to put it out through my own channels before the year is out instead (as nobody seemed to be interested in anything other than studio mixes!!??).....It might also come as an early Xmas present for those who came along with me for the ride and have been eagerly awaiting the recording - better late than never I guess! 
What can I say about the gig - it’s hard to put into words, I was completely overwhelmed by the energy that I witnessed rapidly coalesce in the sweltering hot room that night. The Freerotation crowd is surely one of the world’s most musically open-minded and supportive that you could ever hope to find as a DJ, and so many inspired & magical moments promptly ensued with the distinct sense of musical freedom that had overcome me. DJ-ing on the opening night was an absolute pleasure with so much excitement in the air, and to have the opportunity to play music at this wonderful event once again, was truly an honour. 
I hope that these sentiments are reflected in this recording, and that it gives those that were there the chance to re-live some of that magic. Peace.

Gratitude to all my friends for their continued love, support and encouragement.
Respect to all the promoters who have got behind me with bookings.
Big-Ups to all the ravers for the boundless energy they’ve brought to the dance-floors I've played to.

Live at Freerotation 2018

Alex Downey Live at Freerotation 2018

Blind Jacks Journey . Cocktail D'amore . Crow Castle Cuts . Freerange . Gottwax . Housewax .  Invisible Inc . Legend Of Gelert . Moon Rock . Needa . Panta Rhie . Phonica . Rawax . Skylax . Throne Of Blood . Tsuba . Uncharted Audio . Vibrations . Vitalik . We Play House . YCO .
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keep it NiPPi y'all

Especial1 - Tsuba Records - ICE series

LUV*JAM