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An audiovisual set for Currents.fm’s “COMMON Multiverse Initiative” streaming festival in March 2021. I sourced video clips from around the internet and created a collage exploring ideas of decomposition & regeneration set to a matching DJ set, drawing inspiration from Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing’s book "The Mushroom at the End of the World".

Full video here~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZYoyGM_48

Full Audiovisual Set

De//Composition ▒ A/V Set for COMMON Multiverse Initiative

Just a whole lot of all time favorite tracks for a whole lot of favorite faces from 7 - 9:30 am on a beaut soundsystem at @lockedgroovebk back in November :')

cover 📷: Lindon Chen

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1. Nana Visitor - Fever
2. Rivet - Inside Looking Out
3. Heiko Laux - Fernweh (Marcel Dettmann Remix)
4. Edit Select - Ploy
5. Surt - Transposition
6. Planetary Assault Systems - Bear Bones
7. Svreca/Retina.it - Avenza (Wata Igarashi Remix)
8. Edit Select & Test - Ascend (Amotik Remix)
9. Archivist & Fugal - Far Horizon
10. Pris - Vanity
11. DJ Deep - Progression
12. Oscar Mulero - Color (Donato Dozzy Remix)
13. Juan Atkins, Moritz Von Oswald - Transport (Carl Craig Remix - DJ Deep & Roman Poncet Rework)
14. Konduku - Spiracle
15. Pacific Blue - Industry Part I
16. Ruhig - Mirror
17. Tin Man - Acid Swirls
18. Kas:st - The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (747 Remix)
19. Ovend - Marathon 3
20. Artefakt - Weltformel
21. Ryan Elliott - Paul's Horizon
22. Cloudsteppers - Slinky Bork
23. Guava & Breaka - The Dolphins Are Back In Venice
24. fiyahdred - Da Mellowdee
25. Paul Fleetwood - Faces
26. Sam & Jack Brickel - Resurgence
27. John Tejada - Squillo
28. Tripeo - UC04
29. Surt - Omission
30. Alfredo Mazzilli - Enchanted Pathways
31. Architectural - Transparent
32. Etapp Kyle - Fake
33. Synthek - Disambiguation (ASC's Grey Area Remix)
34. 214 - Exposure to Winds
35. Lory D - PRV-HH3-X
36. Deadbeat - Acid Wash Genes
37. LNS & DJ Sotofett - El Dubbing
38. Calibre - Badder (Calibre & DRS v Mark Ernestus)
39. Sherwood & Pinch - Midnight Mindset
40. Joker - On My Mind (Instrumental)
41. Resoe - Demoon
42. sobolik - 2000 species of dub
43. Dan Only - Derealization
44. Artefakt - Delphic
45. Luke Hess - Platte
46. Borai & Denham Audio - Skrrrt
47. Ikonika - Bodied (Roller Mix)
48. Mary Yuzovskaya - Botanica
49. MA - Yume
50. Alan Backdrop - Hǎiyáng
51. Peter Van Hoesen - Axis Mundi
52. Primal Code - Vachir
53. Drafted - Elliptical Storm
54. Aos - What/Why (Fugal Remix)
55. Forest Drive West - New Day
56. Mathew Jonson - Marionette
57. Phon.o - Schn33

Queer Nightlife Fund

Lychee ☀ Sunrise at Locked Groove ☀ 11.13.2021

Lychee (@lycheefrut) & I had a lovely time joining May's Nowadays Nonstop with an extended back-to-back, and I'm glad we're able to revisit the moment.

We wanted this set to be as fun as possible while distinctly ourselves, and I love that you can hear a bit of both of us in the recording, dancing side-by-side in one of our favorite venues and building steadily toward a euphoria of our own.

Recorded live at Nowadays (@nowadaysnyc), 28 May 2022, 10PM - 2AM. With much love & thanks to the Nowadays staff and all the dancers. Illustration by Sofia Hjortberg.

Lychee & Aaron J - Live at Nowadays, May '22

My first DJ experiences were as a radio DJ on my college radio station back in 2007 - 2011, when my music taste ranged from more indie sounds, to HypeMachine remixes, to some of my earlier forays into dance music. Lately I've been trying to dig back deeper into my library and connect the dots between various influences. 

For this mix that first aired on 9/25 for @KEXP's 'Midnight In a Perfect World' radio series, I tried embrace the radio format to mix some sounds from disparate eras of my musical progression, and to reminisce about my early days as a radio DJ.

[tracklist]
1. Yeasayer - Love Me Girl [Secretly Canadian, 2010]
2. Sputnik One - Connected by a Wall [Grid, 2022]
3. Karenn - On Request [Voam, 2020]
4. Escaflowne - I Remember 2 Step [Somersault Records, 2022]
5. Red Rooms - Black Holes [Planet Rhythm, 2022]
6. 2562 - Morvern [Tectonic, 2008]
7. McKenzie Wark + Body Techniques - We Go (Mycelium Mix) [self-released, 2022]
8. Blu Mar Ten - Voidfield [Good Looking Records, 1999]
9. ASC - Nimbus [Auxiliary, 2019]
10. Stenny - In A Distant Light [Ilian Tape, 2019]
11. Furtive - Blue Spirit [self-released, 2022]
12. Kia - Blue Rain [Nous'klaer Audio, 2021]
13. Coe - Lemonade Spaces [All Centre, 2022]
14. natural/electronic.system. - Noctiflora [Semantica, 2021]
15. Fever Ray - Mustn't Hurry (Tzusing Remix) [Rabid Records, 2018]
16. Low Jack - Light [Les Disques De La Bretagne, 2018]
17. VC-118a - Silver [Acid Test, 2021]
18. Relaxer - Licking (Pent Suspension Rework) [Lovers Rock, 2022]
19. Faye Wong - 阿修羅 [Asura] [EMI, 2000]
20. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - Piano Player [XL Recordings, 2011]
21. Jonas Kopp - 55 Dias [Ilian Tape, 2014]
22. Colleen - November [Thrill Jockey, 2017]
23. Kenya Kanazawa - Fog In The Floor [Unimatrix Zero, 2022]
24. Liars - Protection [Mute, 2007]

✩ midnight in a perfect world ☽ radio mix for KEXP

Perhaps best known for his association with beloved dance music blog Truants, @riccardovillella is also one of our favorite DJs—with a streak of mixes that always feel like instant classics—and a staple of the broader dance music scene in his own right. Villella's penchant for community began on early dance music forums and extends into today's social media networks and elevating others through mixes and in-depth interviews on @truants. His mix for us, inspired by timeless mix CDs like those of Fabric and a 'spiritual successor' to his mix for our friends at @sure_thing, is also a vivid memory of teenage bike rides along the beach in 2006.

Read the interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/051-villella

"For the last 11 years I’d been living in London and for a long time, I had no desire really to leave. People say you can call somewhere 'home' after living there for a duration of seven years, so I was well past and on my way. The last three years though, I had really burnt out quite hard creatively, and was kind of just trudging along. It took me a while to realize that I’d maybe needed a break away from London and the constant living for the weekend parties. Work had gone remote, so the option of moving back home to Brighton on the seafront for a temporary reset and to save some money seemed like the logical next step.

I was quite excited about moving back, as one of my friends Bobby had moved back home from London a year prior to also work remote, my friend Sean was still down there and had been making some really cool art recently so we’d been reconnecting, and my friend Sam who moved to Australia 10 years ago was going to be back for a short trip in Brighton this year for a couple weeks. This felt kind of important to me as, as we’d all be in the same city for the first time in a very long time, and these were people that made up my favourite summer ever - the year 10 one in 2006.

... We spent most of that summer going on these really long bike rides from Shoreham-by-Sea, past the cement factory before reaching Brighton beach, and just cycle as far as we could until the sun went down. Me and Bobby would pack our little MP3 players (think I had a Creative Zen Touch then) the night before with as much ‘feels’ music as we’d like to call it, anything that would make our cycles feel like an extended Michael Mann movie, or "LA Action" we’d say. There was just something quite life-affirming as a 16 year old, headphones in, cycling back as the sun sets after exploring some beach cave and you’ve got either of Fila Brazillia - "Subtle Body", Groove Armada - "Paris", or DJ Shadow - "Blood On The Motorway" playing in the background. It was all very Stand By Me in the most musically liberating way possible. I’ve caught myself thinking of those times a lot lately.

I’ve tried to channel a lot of those feelings quite subtly into my studio mixes over the years—hopeless nostalgia, bittersweetness, a sad euphoria—more so on ones where I’m trying to achieve something other than a club-mix. The Sure Thing mix comes to mind especially, but that was also very influenced by the techno aspect of the series and certain life events. Whilst this feels very much like a spiritual successor to that mix, I didn’t want to be so subtle with this one. It’s a straight ode to a single perfect 24 hours that summer, and all the tunes that I was listening to back then, plus some that capture that perfect world-at-your-feet, carefree, teen vibe for me. It covers many moods and feelings of a hot day down at the beach and the transition as the sun sets and you’re getting ready to dance the night away.

I’ve wanted to record something like this for a long time, something that kind of felt like a timeless mix CD, and think you gave me the best opportunity and timing in wanting to put it together, especially as I’ve been doing that same cycle route every other weekend whilst down here."

@riccardovillella / @truants

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #051: Villella

With roots in Pittsburgh and a recent stint in Denver, Paul Fleetwood @fleet412 is both a beacon and a connector within the North American dance music community. A co-founder of Hot Mass with hands in events such as Honcho Campout, Lot Mass, VIA Festival, the Great American Techno Festival, and Humanaut, his DJ sets and productions blend a classic, grounded Midwest techno sensibility with a modern edge, always infused with emotion and sincerity. In 2021, Fleetwood launched his own label, Perimeter Junk, which has already cemented itself as a forerunner in predicting the next wave of dancefloor heaters for kind-hearted weirdos.

Read the interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/050-paul-fleetwood

"I knew I wanted a mix that featured mostly four-on-the-floor music, upbeat but smooth and not too aggressive. I imagined a much deeper and more emotive mix than what I originally intended but that didn’t make me any less happy with how it turned out.

This was recorded Saturday, October 8th, 2022 at my apartment in Denver, CO. I used two XDJ-700s and a A&H Xone:92 rotary mixer. I compiled a playlist of roughly nine hours of music from which to choose. Experimenting from that list, it took around seven takes to nail a flow that felt right.

The interview questions brought Molly Nilsson’s 'Never Coming Home' to mind so I decided to include it. I couldn't come up with a smarter way other than to place it as an encore so there ya go, my creative apex at work."

@fleet412

Spontaneous Affinity #050: Paul Fleetwood

Opening set recorded live at Mansions in Queens, NY 12-13-22

threehz at dream/self 12-13-22

Name: Ron Like Hell (@ronlikehell)
Pronouns: they/he
Location: Brooklyn, NY-USA
 
Influences:
fuzzy guitars with feedback, bass drums, soft lit ominous spaces, long shadows, the month of October
 
Affiliations/Residencies/Projects:
I play where it feels right and where my fellow queer community will be respected. I am also one half of Wrecked, a dj duo and music first party that throws mostly monthly events plus massive Pride and NYD parties.
 
Favorite Quote:
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. - Oscar Wilde
 
Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
Be yourself and do your best to let go of "perfection", it just does not exist. Ride the rhythm not the cue mark. Practice with any two records and/or tracks. Play YOUR beat in the mix, your friendships and with life in general. Less surrender to being salty may not be so cool these days but it will welcome a more patient attitude with yourself and help those that you love.

With this mix Ron Like Hell asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ Bed-Stuy Strong (www.bedstuystrong.com)
❁ Immigration Equality (www.immigrationequality.org)

Tracklist - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9e_XPuUnI/

Daisychain

Daisychain 259 - Ron Like Hell

Settle Live @ Dream/Self Dec 22

One hour of my set at Pulse in Milwaukee on December 17, 2022 - wiggly, playful, driving, and hypnotic techno. 

Aired on Radio Raheem January 13, 2023.
https://www.radioraheem.it/shows/lychee/

1. Sunil Sharpe - Amun [BPitch Control, 2020]
2. Otik - Sometimes The Nights Last For Months [Solar Body, 2022]
3. Ectomorph - Magnetic (version) [Interdimensional Transmissions, 2000]
4. 2Lanes - Charger Muzik [Autoshop Sounds, 2021]
5. Maara - Spiral 2 the Other Side [X-Kalay, 2022]
6. Zenker Brothers - Stratusphunk [Tresor Records, 2014]
7. Shed - That Beats Everything! [Ostgut Ton, 2008]
8. Headhunter - Sex At The Prom [Tempa, 2009]
9. Cadans - Samsa [Balans Records, 2013]
10. LLX - Recall (Sobolik Remix) [audio bambino, 2022]
11. Rhyw - Cthulu Tool [Tar Hallow, 2018]
12. DJ Deep - Stressed [Deeply Rooted, 2016]
13. DJ Hockey - Buoyancy [Model Future, 2022]
14. Mion aka Edit Select - Fused (Shifted Remix) [Select Edits Records, 2012]
15. Trevino - The Dismal Truth [Klockworks, 2015]
16. Kai van Dongen - Down the Middle [Enemy Records, 2022]
17. Donato Dozzy - Gol [Dozzy Records, 2006]
18. Iori - Anemos [Non Series, 2022]
19. Skudge - Waveless [Skudge Records, 2016]
20. DJ Sodeyama - Makura [Rekids, 2022]
21. Aurora Halal - Joey [Mutual Dreaming Recordings, 2020]

Lychee for Radio Raheem ❋ Recorded Live at Pulse Milwaukee, Dec 2022

The first Patterns of Perception mix of 2023 comes from a luminous presence and dear friend of our collective - label head, mix series curator, promoter and esteemed selector Aaron J (@arn_j).

Over the years, a combination of passion, openness and tireless energy has seen Aaron become a trusted voice for experimental, boundary-pushing electronic music across both the US and the wider scene. 

Founded over eight years ago, Aaron’s much-loved platform @sure_thing is the embodiment of his forward-thinking curation and clarity of vision. Now based in Brooklyn, Sure Thing started as a series of parties in San Francisco before growing outward, later blossoming into a renowned mix series and record label. 

As a DJ, Aaron’s level of empathy and attention-to-detail are unmistakeable, allowing him to deeply connect with the dance floor no matter the context - layering, building and driving emotions ever onwards.

Aaron J's Patterns of Perception 106 is both radiant and personal - an idyllic snapshot of the perfect dance floor, glowing with wide-eyed energy. Pensive darkness simmers into hedonistic psychedelia. Intensity turns reflective. Endless rhythms vibrate and flare into nurturing light. 

Links:
@arn_j
https://www.instagram.com/arn_j/
@sure_thing
https://surethingrec.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/surethingevents

Patterns of Perception 106 - Aaron J

@lee-on sort of burst onto The Bunker scene with an absolutely storming set for a heaving Bad Room at The Bunker 19 Year Anniversary. He returned in September 2022, closing The Bunker after Moritz Von Oswald, with his premier b2b set with Derek @plaslaiko. Here he treats us to his first public mix since his EOS Radio residency ended in the spring.

Jackson Lee - Little Cloud
Iori - Under The Water (Wata Igarashi Remix)
Planetary Assault Systems - Lazer Organical
Priori - Hazard
Buttechno - Back 2 The E
Animuss - Keep It Moving
Makuto - Lumínic
Kr!z - Atlantis (Oscar Mulero’s Deconstruction)
Binny - Analog
Mike Parker - The Burning Roundtable
Adiel & Tamburi Neri - Arresto Temporaneo
Pulso AS - Cosmos
Binny - Looper
David Löhlein - Julie
Luke Slater - Grooving In A Cave
Marco Passarani - Riding Time Waves
Tim Love Lee - Wenzenwoznow

The Bunker Podcast 224

The Bunker Podcast 224: Leeon

aka-Sol (@acaciabaila) is an Ecuadorian DJ, producer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn. Through their Acacia Baila label, they're also a connector: they've released their own tracks and collaborations alongside releases from their friends and community, as well as thrown events at spaces like Mansions and their involvement in the Dripping event series and festival. As a DJ, their sets are genre-defying and psychedelic, bridging the gap between heady, trippy sounds and groove and percussion that go straight to the body. Their mix for us is deftly controlled chaos — a fresh, freaky take on 'fast' that's as floating and expansive as it is frenetic.

Read the interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/052-aka-sol

"I wanted to create a mix exploring the 150-160 bpm pocket. I feel like I have only landed in playing around these tempos a few times while DJing live, and had definitely not recorded a mix up there before. I was itching to submerge into it after a crucial year in my DJ career, where I have widely expanded the limitations of the things I feel comfortable playing.

It’s been refreshing to understand more and more that I am not an artist/DJ that could be defined by a music genre, but rather by the sensibility in which I lace the different styles and sounds I use to create narratives when constructing my sets. Another important challenge I presented to myself for recording this mix was the curiosity of understanding what kind of tunes I would select and blend for this as a non DnB nor hard techno DJ. I feel like by going through this challenge, I have opened a world of possibilities that I can’t wait to incorporate when playing out there.

In terms of feelings explored, I would say that expansiveness of the body and the mind are a recurrent element in my practice and it was very present in this mix too. I wanted to build something that could feel both complex yet fluid. Entering into deeper introspections while feeling your body being pulled in all possible directions at once until the point of surrendering into a floating state of slow movements is the only possible solution to cope with the amount of information being received.

In terms of gear, I used 2 Pioneer XDJ-700s and a Pioneer DJM 450 mixer. For the recording I use a Zoom H6 recorder."

@acaciabaila

Spontaneous Affinity #052: aka-Sol

sandwiched between Blacklauren and Wata Igarashi, a set from the peak hours of Nowadays Nonstop on the night of Saturday, March 25, 2023.

recorded and processed by @sphente
mastered by @8circuitmusic

1. Shigeru Umebayashi - Yumeji's Theme [Polystar]
2. James Bangura - Hazy Recall (Airdrop Mix) [World Building]
3. Altinbas - Anaphora [Voltage]
4. Basic Channel - Enforcement [Basic Channel]
5. Blue Hour - Untitled B1 [Arsenik Records]
6. Marco Lenzi - Intrinsic Radiance [Fine Audio Recordings]
7. Stef Mendesidis - Pain Killer [Klockworks]
8. Mal_Hombre - XX 9 AA2 [Molecular]
9. Ascion - Landescape [3TH Records]
10. Coefficient & Kill Ref - Tree [KR/LF Records]
11. Electric Rescue - Indigo [KR/LF Records]
12. Raroh - Storming Near The Baltic [Crescent London]
13. Pris - Sulphur City [Empathy Corp]
14. Chris Liebing - Dandu Groove (Oliver Ho Remix) [Fine Audio Recordings]
15. Yanamaste - Damage [Semantica Records]
16. Oscar Mulero - Genetix [Pole Recordings]
17. Unbalance - Warehouse Tool 3 [Children of Tomorrow]
18. LSD - Process 1 [Ostgut Ton]
19. Donato Dozzy & Mike Parker - Paramagnetism [Spazio Disponibile]
20. Moses (IN) - Disturbing Thoughts [Be As One Imprint]
21. Slam - Disconnect [Soma Quality Recordings]
22. Counterfact - Stronghold [Voltage]
23. DJ Sodeyama - Makura [Rekids]
24. Lathe - Fog [Be As One Imprint]
25. Stave & Karim Maas - Plan [UVB-76 Music]
26. Kamikaze Space Programme - RBMK 1 [Mord]
27. Hiroaki Iizuka - Primitive Spirit [Self Reflektion]
28. Pfirter - Focus [MindTrip Music]
29. Mathys Lenne - Meki's Ripped [Float Records]
30. Peter Van Hoesen - Faultline [Enisslab Studio]
31. Rrose - A Row Of Cylinders [Eaux]
32. Furtive - Hedera [Psychic Relief Records]
33. USAW - 5th Floor [OECUS]
34. Marcal - Oboro [Suara]
35. Elad Magdasi - Gosh [Front Left Records]
36. Peter Van Hoesen - Face of Smoke 2015 Edit [Time To Express]
37. Pascal Hetzel - Destruction [Eye Teeth]
38. Xhin - Hepta [Stroboscopic Artefacts]
39. Rommek - Arkose [Blueprint]
40. otodojo - One Stem [The Bunker New York]
41. DYL & DB1 - Transverse Waves (Part 1) [UVB-76 Music]
42. Torana - Disstress [Weaponry]
43. Shiken Hanzo - Yari [Shiken Hanzo]
44. Kryptic Minds - Burnt To Ashes [Exit Records]
45. Blanca - Varta [Ronin Ordinance]
46. Out Of Fuel - Fragments [Ronin Ordinance]
47. Klinical - Blue Static [Critical Music]
48. Ehua - Nefele [3024]
49. Furtive - I Always Try to Be This Gentle [Psychic Relief Records]
50. The Advent & Marcel Fengler - One Shot [Index Marcel Fengler]
51. Adam X & Maedon - Subterranean Caverns [Tresor]
52. Inland - Wrap [Brett]
53. SHDW & Obscure Shape - Kein Entkommen (DJKAOS11 Version) [From Another Mind]
54. Kudeki - Spiral [As You Like It]
55. Lory D - _Acid Dance_ [Lory D]
56. D.Dan - D.Core [Summerpup]
57. Cadans - Touch [Hardgroove]
58. Speedy & Steve - Dabbler Nine [Mote Evolver]
59. DJ Hockey - Ripple [Model Future]
60. Cisco Ferreira & The Advent - Tresor West [Tresor]
61. Antigone - Bahia [No pain No game]
62. Roseen - Deceptive [Onna Bushi]
63. Marcal - Jackie [REKIDS]
64. Shlomi Aber - Getroit [Be As One Imprint]
65. Deniro - Gharial [Token]
66. 8circuit - Recursion [secondnature]
67. Donato Dozzy - Parola (Doctor Jeep Warehouse Mix) [unreleased]
68. Flxk1 - The Dance [A Walking Contradiction]
69. Photek - Azymuth [!K7 Records]
70. Answer Code Request - Calm Down [Marcel Dettmann Records]
71. James Ruskin - The Outsider (Luke Slater's ME Remix) [Blueprint]
72. Industrialyzer - Snake Whisperer (Radio Slave Remix) [REKIDS]
73. 1morning - Signal Flow [Fixed Rhythms, forthcoming]
74. Yan Cook - Macaw [Arts]
75. Guilt Attendant - Echoes Of Mercy [Unimatrix Zero, forthcoming]
76. Johannes Heil - Kykeon II [Figure]
77. Carter Tutti - Watching You [Conspiracy International]
78. Monovsn - Fire Hazard [OECUS]
79. Lake Haze - Acid Genesis [Paraíso]
80. Trust - This Ready Flesh [Arts & Crafts]
81. Jeff Mills - Blue Print [Tresor]

Lychee at Nowadays Nonstop ⋆⁺₊⋆ March 2023, 1 - 4 am

Vancouver's @djhockey brings a sense of playfulness, groove, and emotion to a realm of psychedelic, twisted techno that can often take itself too seriously. He regularly appears at Vancouver venues like Dolly and recently played at the inaugural Osmosis in the Trees festival in Oregon. In addition to DJing, he co-runs record label and mix series @pprzrecords alongside Adam 2, uplifting emerging artists from across the underground and most recently releasing his own latest EP, Celestial Pursuit.

Read the interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/053-dj-hockey

"This mix combined parts of various gigs I was working on that fell through. The gigs had quite differing musical lineups and set times, which I combined with some tracks that had been sitting in my wishlist on Bandcamp but never seen a fit for a particular project as of yet. It quickly turned into my favourite mix I’ve created thus far, as I feel it closely represents my favourite aspects of dance music all in one.

I have been working on trying to incorporate a wider range of my style into my podcasts so that each one doesn’t get tunnel vision, while still telling a slow burning story. I’ve also been pushing myself to make each individual blend something unique. Lots of tracks work well together, but is it something special and new? These are questions I have been asking myself more lately. I like the playfulness of this mix, but it also has moments where you may question what emotion you’re feeling."

@djhockey @pprzrecords

Spontaneous Affinity #053: DJ Hockey

As Seunghee @seungheeworks prepares to make a move back to Europe and Seoul after a stint based in Brooklyn, we feel lucky to have connected with her range of creative output. She has hosted events under the banner of Yulheim Electronics alongside DJ Snail at intimate, audiophile venues like Jupiter Disco and Mansions, showcasing artists with a taste for dance music that builds layered, dreamy soundscapes, a descriptor that could also apply to her own DJing. With a patient, colorful, emotional approach and a penchant for abstracted kicks and polyrhythms, Seunghee's sound somehow feels as evocative of an urban landscape as a forest ecosystem, organic and full of life, even when that life may be struggling.

Read the interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/054-seunghee

"Every time I make a mix, I just put in all the tracks I really like and play them by the BPM, and sort out the ones that mix well. After finishing the mix, I hear it and realize what thoughts and intentions were being made.

This time, it sounded like I was trying to build a conviction. There’s a virtual character and she is trying to say something without losing her tone or deviating from her angle. There are a lot of forces trying to convince her out of her own narrative but somehow she maintains it. At least it shows the struggle.

I am currently making a lot of difficult and big choices in life. These choices will determine my survival. It helps to remember where I come from and which direction I am going. It’s not just about my own wants. I think everyone has a name, background, and roots that connect them to their own destiny. I feel I am in a stage of life where I understand myself better. (I am in my thirties) and the mix is about moving forward without compromising. Hopefully it relates to others who are going through changes.

I used a pair of CDJs and Xone92 mixer with a pair of KRKs & Audio-Technica headphones."

@seungheeworks / @polyrhythm_portal

Spontaneous Affinity #054: Seunghee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XycWgjmlxgU
https://hoer.live/lychee-hor-jun-15-2023/

Lychee | HÖR - Jun 15 / 2023

Based in NYC, and with a background as a DJ, writer, and event organizer, Lychee's (@lycheefrut) underground energy is evident in every set they craft. With regular appearances at Basement, Nowadays, and Bossa Nova Civic Club, Lychee also runs Spontaneous Affinity, a monthly mix and interview series and occasional event platform, and the label Unimatrix Zero, as well as serving on the board for the Aslice Foundation.

Drawing inspiration from recent musical explorations at Nowadays in NYC in particular, Lychee's Patterns of Perception 116 showcases a return to their musical foundations in hypnotic, dubby, wormholey techno. Embracing a more focused, classic feel than many of their recent dancefloor explorations, this mix infuses a sense of narrative and evolution, effortlessly blending darkness and light, corporeality and sentimentality.

Links:
@lycheefrut
instagram.com/lycheefrut
www.lychee.club

Patterns of Perception 116 - Lychee

https://refugeworldwide.com/radio/lychee-guest-show-14-jun-2023
recorded live @refugeworldwide in Berlin, June 14, 2023 <3

1. Sage - Moonmouth [self-released]
2. Plebeian - Honeydew [Eternal Ocean]
3. Thomas Fehlmann - Epique [R&S]
4. Gaze - Infer (Jake Muir's Sewer Mix) [Lovers Rock Recordings]
5. Paul St. Hilaire - Ten To One [Kynant Records]
6. Petit Astronaute - Echoes of Silence [Crescent London]
7. 9beats - Hidden Among Us [Cosmic Wave]
8. Beta Librae - Listening to the ants [SUZI]
9. Carsten Jost - XDB RMX (VII) [Dial Records]
10. Craft - Lockdown Lounge [NODE Recordings]
11. Drafted - Terraforma [Soma Quality Recordings]
12. Idealist - Airial [Mojuba Records]
13. Ground Loop - DeLorean [Gynoid Audio]
14. Erika - Dirt Breather [Interdimensional Transmissions]
15. Urban Jungle - Bad Man (dub mix) [Union City Recordings]
16. UBX127 - Vectors [Figure]
17. Max Watts - Shortlivedfeeling [Faith Beat]
18. Waveguide - Quod [Mojuba Records]
19. Fold - Lenny's Jam [Aus]
20. Atis - Muskus [VOLTAGE Imprint]
21. tmy - Silver Lake [Perimeter Junk]

Lychee ☻ Refuge Worldwide ☻ June 14, 2023

Lychee @ The Grove ☾ Sustain-Release 2023

@lycheefrut holding down the Hemlock Nights stage on Saturday

Campout Mix Series: Lychee

Opening set recorded at Merge in Brooklyn, January 27, 2024 🌀
https://ra.co/events/1836706

1. Na Nich - That Was a Long Day [Rhythm Büro]
2. Silent Servant & Luis Farfan - La Negra Luna [Stroboscopic Artefacts]
3. NKISI - Ma [NKISI]
4. In Aeternam Vale - Ice [Murder]
5. Endurance - Flow [Muzan Editions]
6. Adam 2 - Falling Stars [3024]
7. Sigha - Morning Star (Marco Shuttle Remix) [Token]
8. Sara Brown, Mad Monkey - Corpo [909 Connection]
9. Peter Van Hoesen - Vola Flash [Time To Express]
10. Blazej Malinowski - Sequential Dust [Semantica Records]
11. Pris - Fools Glory [Envra]
12. Architectural - 5.3 (Altered Version) [Architectural]
13. Nathaniel Young - Of The Mind
14. Monophaze - Detachment [Concepto Hipnotico]
15. Luke Hess - E. Grand Blvd. [dolly]
16. Etapp Kyle - Lyrae [Klockworks]
17. Massa - Bringing Order to Chaos [Semantica Records]
18. The Ripped - Primera Linea [Utch Records]
19. Jasen Loveland - My Medicine [Acid Camp]
20. Broken English Club - Chambers [Blueprint Records]
21. Oscar Mulero - Mentally Induced Action [Pole Recordings]
22. Ploy - Sala One Five [Hessle Audio]
23. Totem - Bug Trap [Lost Soul Enterprises]
24. Dauwd - The Yuzer (DJ Plead Remix) [Psssh Records]
25. LA-4A - Hamartia Complex [DELFT]
26. Mia Koden - Après Vous [Ilian Tape]
27. Peter Van Hoesen - Vooropgesteld-04 [Time To Express]
28. Andre Kronert - The Magnet [ODD / EVEN]
29. PRG/M - Germoglianza [Semantica Records]
30. Gentian - Sato's Song [Sungate]
31. Decoder - 4 Stub (Auspicious) [Fixed Rhythms]
32. Atom ™ & Tobias. - Physik E7532 [Ostgut Ton]
33. rrao - Ramanujan Prime [Worldwide Unlimited]
34. Vladw - Saya [Dynamic Reflection]
35. _ \ • / _ EON - IDRXX (Ne/Re/A Remix)
36. Hakai - Ningen (Phase Fatale Remix) [Megastructure_]
37. Silent Servant - M-87 [Tresor]
38. Cosmetics - Dream Sequence [Cititrax]
39. SHDW & Obscure Shape - Die Weisse Rose (Leksom Version) [From Another Mind]
40. Marqez - Evolving [Diffuse Reality]
41. Rrose - In Place of Matter (Mixed Matter) [Eaux]
42. Headless Horseman - Shattered [47]
43. Ulwhednar - Commuter Madness [Northern Electronics]
44. Tommy Four Seven - Sworn [47]
45. Blakk Harbor - Vitriol (Positive Centre Remix) [Blakk Harbor]
46. Rommek - Rhyolite [Blueprint Records]
47. ASC - Turbulence [Auxiliary]
48. DJ Sodeyama - Makura [Rekids Special Projects]
49. Gābi - Bile [Amphiboly Records]
50. G’ARRIG & O’LAARA - Offer [Diffuse Reality]
51. DJ Deep & Roman Poncet Present Adventice - Exsurgence [Tresor]
52. Blazej Malinowski - Madness [Semantica Records]
53. Archivist - Star in a Circle [secondnature]

Lychee at Merge // 11 pm - 1:30 am // 2024.01.27

We return to NYC where the wonderful @lycheefrut has us fully submerged in a wobbly world of ambient techno moods and grooves. Restorative mind state hypnosis for the early morning acid dreamers with moments of total serenity! 

Q. What inspiration did you draw upon when putting this mix together? Is there a sound, feeling, or time/place in dance music history that connects all the different elements in one way or another?

A. There are a few recent moments that I drew from: I had pulled a lot of dreamy tracks to close out the intimate Sunday evening queer party I throw with my friends called Antidote, and for a b2b with my friend threehz at their party dream/self. I usually spend a lot of time planning a tracklist for studio mixes, but this time, I was struggling to sequence or choose between the tracks I had pulled.

On New Year's Eve, a few friends came over to my studio to pass some time before going to a rave where I was working the door at 8am, and they all ended up dozing off while I was DJing. I was trying to play music that was both energetic enough to keep me awake, but not too intense for people who were sleeping. A few days later, I ended up recording this mix in one take with no strict playlist, drawing from that moment; it was a fun experiment in trusting myself to find a more organic flow.

Q. As someone who’s actively involved in a number of interconnected projects and events within NYC’s underground dance scene, tell us about the idea behind your Spontaneous Affinity outlet for zines, mixes and long form interviews that regularly feature important insights from DJs, producers and organisers alike. 

A. The series has been on a bit of a pause / slow paced moment lately as I focus on getting some other aspects of my life together :) but the idea was to use the interviews to draw connections between different nodes of people working to build scenes in different places. Everyone gets the same set of questions to choose from; it's always fun compiling it all into a zine and seeing what kinds of commonalities emerge. I hope to find time to work on another zine before the end of this year!

Q. And finally, I really enjoyed your set opening up The Grove at last year’s Sustain-Release! Tell us about how you found that whole experience, and how did you approach a set like that where you could seemingly take things anywhere over the three and half hours..

A. This set was a heavy one for me – I've been to every Sustain, and it was a formative part of my journey deeper into DJing and music. This summer also came with a lot of big losses and transitions. I spent as much time journaling and meditating as I did organizing music, and wanted to make space for others to process difficult things before diving into party mode in a psychedelic environment.

As far as the musical approach, I thought of the set in 7 or 8 "chapters" that could expand or contract depending on the energy and vibe. I've played a lot of opening sets over the years and lately have wanted to push myself within that; here, instead of the standard ambient → techno type opening set, I wanted to play with a structure where the set built into a mild frenzy and then settled back down before the live acts that played after me.

MDC.293 Lychee

1. E Wata - U D S2S
2. Azu Tiwaline & Forest Drive West - Fluids In Motion I
3. Forest on Stasys - Lotus Island (Feral reconstruction)
4. Dauwd - The Yuzer (DJ Plead Remix)
5. Echo Twelve - Darkest Hour
6. Etapp Kyle - Lyrae
7. Temple of Sound - Tangent
8. Absurde - Bioturbation
9. Irazu - Shtamm (Regis Remix)
10. Kellen303 - A Figure Walks Behind You
11. LORY D - YNTRUSION
12. Erik Luebs - Refracting Viscous Liquid
13. Lemna - Lapis Lazuli
14. UFO95 - Gargk
15. 梶浦由記 - Valley of Mist
16. Dusty Kid - Kore (Vedana)
17. Slam - Fervant
18. Luigi Tozzi - Aztlan
19. Alexskyspirit - En Route
20. DJ HOCKEY - Surge
21. Maratus Vølans - Schaduw
22. Blacklauren - Star I
23. Renis Edis - A Dot In Noise
24. Serena Butler - Bhells
25. Luis Ruiz / Reeko - Vimanas
26. Earwax - H Meets T
27. Guilt Attendant - Antiques Chained To The Passage Of Time
28. Luke Slater & Dubfire - The Drama
29. Holden Federico - Corner of the Room
30. DJ Deep - Progression
31. Devoye - For Your Freedom
32. 1morning - Signal Flow
33. Khas - Front Left
34. Altinbas & Cirkle - Dawn
35. Yan Cook - Plot
36. Ma Haiping - Void Resonance
37. Uun - You Can't Have Both
38. Jek - Special Spice
39. DJ MARIA. & Jukai - Communicating with the Universe
40. Marco Repetto - Modrel
41. Peder Mannerfelt Produktion - Big Ball (Roman Flügel Remix)
42. Bertrand., Suncell - Amber
43. Tripeo - Pay It Forward
44. Oskar Offermann - Mucho Stupido
45. Jamida - Mirah
46. Forest On Stasys - Ofrenda (Alfred Czital Midnight Edit)

Lychee - Live From The Great Beyond (07.27.2024 | 3–5pm)

interview live on –>–>–> www.wav.world/post/lychee-wav

Lychee is the vibrant force behind Spontaneous Affinity, a monthly mix and interview series that delves into the transformative power of dancefloors. A fixture in New York's underground scene, Lychee's DJ sets blend technoid psychedelia with meaningful exploration, lighting up venues like Basement, Nowadays, and Bossa Nova Civic Club. Beyond the decks, Lychee's impact resonates through event collectives Antidote and Meridian, co-running label Unimatrix Zero, and serving on the Aslice Foundation board.

Master:
Manny Catechis [@frdmclub]

∿∿∿ SPOTLIGHT • LYCHEE.wav

Live dj-set from HYBRID IDENTITY 10.0
10/23/2024 at Earthly Delight, Ridgewood, NY

mixed by Lychee - a thoughtful, bubbly raveworld fixture. A colorful and perpetually exploratory DJ and event organizer, they manifest underground energy with a magical, scintillating take on technoid psychedelia and relentless, meaningful inquiry. A voracious reader and writer, they ever-thoughtfully explore human experience and interconnectedness through words, soundwaves, and the expansive, wobbling pulse of the dancefloor.

In addition to regular appearances at Basement, Nowadays, and Bossa Nova Civic Club, Lychee is part of the Antidote and Meridian event collectives, and previously ran Spontaneous Affinity, a monthly mix and interview series and occasional event platform focused on how dancefloors have shaped artists.

links: @lycheefrut
Art work by Anika Kash.
Mastering by @threehz

Lychee -live dj-set HYBRID IDENTITY 10.0

~ a sunday antidote inspired by a late night in roslindale ~

[tracklist]
nthng - Touches
Mica Levi - Alien Loop
Malibu - Held
Slowdive - Painting
Damon Eliza Palermo - Cathedral
Mondkopf - The Runaway
Baby Ford & The Ifach Collective - Word for Word
Lorn - Oxbow B
S S S S - Identitat III
Glos - Prayers (Are All They Have Left)
Abris Gryllus - Post_3
Ebi - 月 Tsuki
Roland Klinkenberg - Construct #6
Acronym - The Final Decision
Dopplereffekt - Isotropy
Vainqueur - Solanus Extracted 2
Vril - Torus XXXII

✖ counterspell ✖

what good is a counterspell without a hex? it's been a minute since i've posted a peak-time mix and i don't feel like i have many mixes online that i can send to new people as demos for playing out, so here's the most TECHNO recording i've done in a while.

anyway pls book me for yr afters? <3

recorded in my room where there is some annoying reverb, so forgive a few dodgy mixes. 4ever trying not to let perfectionism get in the way of making things public!

◐ tracklist ◑

Armitage - Consume [Dystopian]
Yan Cook - Alpha Rytm [Silent Steps]
Wata Igarashi - Lucifero (Orphx Remix)[Midgar]
Rrose - Emboli [Khemia Records]
Exium - Biolag [Pole Group] 
Yuuki Sakai - Kimisarazu [Resiliens Recordings]
Shlomo - Parhelion [ARTS]
Blush Response - Repetitor [Genesa Records] 
Tadeo - The Motivation (Efdemin Remix) [Non Series]
Vegim - Psyche [Att Series]
Norberto Lusso - Exploration [Somewhere]
Acronym - Purity [Northern Electronics]
Mark Verbos - In The Back Room [The Bunker NY]
O Phase - Binary Opposition (Process 1) [Token]
Random XS - Truant [Shipwrec]
Archivist - Weights and Measures [secondnature]
Dasha Rush - Dystopian Drive [Sonic Groove]
Gunnar Haslam - Hellegat [Delsin]
IVVY - Level 106 (Richard P Remix) [Motor]
Special Request - Curtain Twitcher [Houndstooth]
Lag - Lima 2 [Mord]
YYYY - Hath [Weekend Circuit]
Alpha Tracks - Dark Petrol [Morbid Records]
Vladimir Dubyshkin - Uhod [Macro]
Ricardo Garduno - Our Little Bubble [Nachtstrom Schallplatten]
Richard P - Subjectivity [Lost Soul Enterprises]
Under Black Helmet - To Wander on the Moon [Mord]
Sterac - Energetix [Token]
Lee Gamble - Motor System (Extension) [PAN]
Par Grindvik - #demand [Stockholm LTD]
Magna Pia - Akasha [Arcing Seas]
Christian Gerlach - Avior [Lanthan.audio]
Ruhig - Charming Sandworms [Midgar]
Relaxer - Jamie Lee (Halal & Relaxer's Me-Time Meltdown) [TRANQUILITY]

cover photo by Luis Nieto Dickens

◐ hex ◑

"In contemporary American self-help literature, the magic word is healing. The term refers to self-optimization that is supposed to therapeutically eliminate any and all functional weakness or mental obstacle in the name of efficiency and performance. Yet perpetual self-optimization, which coincides point-for-point with the optimization of the system, is proving destructive. It is leading to mental collapse. Self-optimization, as it turns out, amounts to total self-exploitation."

☻ optimization / exploitation ☻

the last dancefloor moment before the quarantine started, for me and maybe also for some of you /// some imperfections but a moment i find myself holding onto

thanks to the dancers and to @thelongcountcycle for letting me be part of their 7 year (!!) anniversary and @lovetm for the cover photo [w/ lights by Kip Davis] ~ recorded the morning of 3.7.2020

stay safe and take care of each other <3

Lychee // 7 - 9 am at the Long Count

https://www.lychee.club
alyce@spontaneous.zone

@spontaneousaffinity
http://spontaneous.zone

2025 —
8/1: Public Records, NYC
7/26: The Great Beyond, Minnesota
7/19: Club Dyke fundraiser, NYC
7/18: Million Goods, NYC
7/8: Café Chat [panel discussion], L&SD, NYC
6/28: Moonshake, Space, Portland, ME
6/21: Evening Tea, Silence Please, NYC
6/5: Nowadays (b2b Sobolik), NYC
5/31: Earth Dog, NYC
4/3: The Lot Radio (b2b threehz), NYC
4/5: Groovy Groovy, NYC
3/29: Nowadays Nonstop, NYC
3/7: PHREAK THE BOXXX!, Earthly Delights, NYC
2/26: Distrikt1 Finale, Bossa, NYC
1/28: Dance Practice, NYC
1/9: Sonic Junkie Radio with Nutrition Facts

2024 —
12/31: Shelter NYE, Los Angeles
12/28: Last Saturday Dance (b2b Sobolik), NYC
10/26: Osmosis in the Trees (b2b Aaron J), Oregon
10/23: Hybrid Identity, Earthly Delights, NYC
10/11: BETA, Timisoara, Romania
9/27: Million Goods, NYC
9/8: Dehanta, NYC
9/5: Middlesex Lounge, Boston
8/31: Earthly Delights w Carlos Souffront, NYC
8/30: Meridian (b2b Aaron J), Jupiter Disco, NYC
8/11: Antidote, NYC
7/26-28: The Great Beyond, MN
7/24: Distrikt1, Bossa, NYC
7/19: Meridian (b2b Aaron J), Jupiter Disco, NYC
7/11: Present Sounds, NYC
7/6: STEAMROOM x BASE SEVEN, NYC
6/28: Meridian (b2b Aaron J), Jupiter Disco, NYC
6/8: FIBER, secret location, NYC
5/30: Hands Off Rafah!, Living Gallery, NYC
5/25: Club Toilet, Detroit
5/24: Meta Ta Physika, Detroit
5/10: Reclaim Your City at Basement, NYC
5/2-5/5: Ever Afters, CA
4/21: Bass Factory, NYC
4/14: Antidote (b2b Sobolik), NYC
4/4: dripping, Nowadays, NYC
3/27: Distrikt1 (b2b Pastels), Bossa, NYC
3/24: Plants Love Bass, NYC
3/14: Party Planner Journal Launch, NYC
3/9: Flash, DC
3/7: UXZ-03 Release Party, Mansions, NYC
2/10: Wrecked, NYC
2/3: DEEP, Miami
1/27: Merge, NYC
1/24: Distrikt1, Bossa, NYC
1/19: SutroFM at Underground, SF
1/12: House of Yes (b2b Ne/Re/A), NYC

2023 —
12/31: Woodbine Fundraiser, NYC
12/25: Bossa Xmas, NYC
12/23: OFFWRLD, The End, NYC
12/17: Antidote, NYC
11/25: Kissa Mode, The End, NYC
11/18: Fog City Pack OMEGA, SF
11/18: SutroFM Radio, SF
11/12: dream/self (b2b threehz), The End, NYC
10/25: Distrikt1 x Pure Immanence, Bossa, NYC
10/15: Antidote x Harmony Rec., Jupiter Disco, NYC
10/13: Mizz Softee, NYC
10/4: Reservoir Release Party, Trans Pecos, NYC
9/30: Madre, Toronto
9/14: Sustain-Release, NY
8/26: Good Room, NYC
8/23: Distrikt1, Bossa, NYC
8/19: Honcho Campout, Pennsylvania
8/6: Antidote (b2b Nutrition Facts), NYC
8/5: Recursive (b2b Aaron J), Owl Room, DC
7/28: The Great Beyond, MN
7/20: Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC
7/13: 12 House, Trans Pecos, NYC
7/8: Basement, NYC
7/8: Covert Junction, NYC
7/1: Fourth World, NYC
6/23: Harmony Rec., Ankali, Prague
6/22: Harmony Rec., Infame Radio, Prague
6/15: HÖR Radio, Berlin
6/14: Refuge Radio, Berlin
6/4: Soft Reset, Wonderville, NYC
5/28: Katalyst.313, Bert's Warehouse Theater, Detroit
5/17: Distrikt1 Anniversary, Bossa, NYC
5/13: Meridian (b2b Aaron J), Jupiter Disco, NYC
5/5: Mind Xpansion, NYC
4/22: Antidote @ Hex House bday, NYC
4/21: Paragon (b2b Ne/Re/A), NYC
4/19: Intersection (b2b Nutrition Facts), House of Yes, NYC
4/15: Hotflush 20, Good Room, NYC
4/13: Facetime, Trans Pecos, NYC
4/9: Antidote, Secret Location, NYC
4/8: Basement (b2b Guilt Attendant), NYC
4/1: The Bunker, Good Room, NYC
3/25: Nowadays Nonstop, NYC
3/15: Rekordbox workshop, Nowadays, NYC
3/4: Wrecked 12-Year (b2b Furtive), NYC
2/23: Zone 1, Elsewhere, NYC
2/19: The Lot Radio (b2b Faited), NYC
2/18: Dance Planet @ Paragon, NYC
2/17: Basement, NYC
2/8: Mimisabishii, Mansions (b2b Sobolik), NYC
1/27: Meridian (b2b Aaron J), Jupiter Disco, NYC
1/25: CCC Radio, X Pizza, NYC
1/20: Stream Informer Anniversary, Good Room, NYC
1/20: Stream Informer @ Razor N Tape, stream
1/18: Distrikt1 with Starrk, Jahveri, Bossa Nova Civic Club, NYC

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