favs of '22

March 2022

202204 mixes

@iv-dripp

For extended Q&A + OG pi pi pi track game please visit our website ~~~~~> pipipi.life <~~~~~~~

Introduce yourself? Pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself?

Hello! I’m Ivy (she/ her) and I live in Eora (Sydney), Australia :-) + I have a 2 year old cat called Frankie 

Who/what currently inspires you music-wise that has nothing to do with music?

I’d say that my emotions generally inspire me, as well as different times of the day. I tend to get the most ideas when I’m trying to figure out what music to listen to in a particular setting - like whether I’m walking around the neighbourhood at dusk, at the park on a beautiful day, cooking something really yummy and comforting or if I’m in a bad mood and need to let some angst out haha


Favorite sound of the city? Describe how it makes you feel. 

I don’t know if this is specific to the city but I love the bird calls that magpies make - I can hear them outside my house early in the morning and it makes me feel like I’m on holiday in the country somewhere :-) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYEYc8Ge3nw&ab_channel=crocdoc2 

Dream line-up? 

Sandpit Alias - sundown to sunrise 

Who do you think is the most underrated artist of our time?

Alex G <3  

If you had to describe yourself as flavor, what would it be and why?

Cinnamon - a little spicy but also sweet and delicious ;P

What is your favorite party/collective where you reside and why?

Such a tough question! If I had to name a few - Nectar, Pure Space and Vibe Positive for always putting endless love and care into their events - from lineup curation to constantly working on how they can make spaces safer, more accessible and representative of Eora/ Sydney’s diverse music community :-) 

What was your best moment on the dance floor?

In 2019 Moopie and Bayu closed a small festival called Echo Flats that was a few hours drive away, they played like 4 - 5 hours of the best, grooviest tech house I’d ever heard until the sun came up - it was a life changing morning :’)

What is your favorite temperature? What kind of music goes well with it? 

Probably something between 25 - 28 degrees celsius with some downtempo RnB :-) 

Any advice to upcoming DJs? 

Practice makes perfect! 
Preparing/ pre-planning your sets - especially when you’re nervous about a gig
Backup your shit (!!!!!!)

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community? 

More 24hr licences for venues - less gronks - more tech house

Ivy - 32˚C

DJ RISH - City Moon

Name: Yumiko
Alias: Yumi (@notyumiko)
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Location: New York, NY

Influences: IYDE (Amelia + Sara), livwutang, TBZ, Carlos Souffront, Beau Wanzer, Lord Tusk, Lolina, Mad Professor, Drexciya, Prince, Jamal Moss, Model Home, Chris & Cosey, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Tax Free Records, Brew Records, MIC Records, Future Times, Minimal Wave, Dance Mania, UR, Databass

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: In Your Dirty Ears Newsletter, Random Access Radio

Favorite Quote: “Bam” - Emeril Lagasse

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: Don’t gatekeep, don’t rush, find people you’re excited to share music with. Support your peers (listen and share their mixes, buy their music, go to their gigs)! 
The mix I initially prepared for this series I recorded a couple of times -  it felt like I was trying too hard to make something work and it just wasn’t sitting right… but after a night of djing at my friend Amelia Holt’s crib and then watching our friend liivwutang literally tear the club apart, I recorded this session the next day. I wasn’t recording with the intention of using it for anything so there was 0 pressure, I just plugged in my usb and tried to ride the vibes I was blessed with from the night before and something good happened. So record all your sessions and more importantly stay inspired/energized by the work n skills of other djs bc why did we wanna start doing this in the first place? some dj rocked your shit fr.

With this mix Yumi asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ Don’t call the Police - Database of local and national community-based alternatives to calling the police or 911. 
(www.dontcallthepolice.com)
❁ The Electronic Intifada - The Electronic Intifada is an independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and place in the world.
(www.electronicintifada.net)

Daisychain

Daisychain 208 - Yumi

@ultrafog

The Necks - Open
Patti Smith & Kevin Shields - Performance I, Pt. 5
Markus Guentner - Regensburg 1
Eivind Aarset - Self Defense
Jon Hassell - Manga Scene
Arve Henriksen - Bird's-Eye-View
Princess Diana of Wales - Still Beach
Eiko Ishibashi - We'll live through the long, long days, and through the longnights (And when our last hour comes we'll go quietly)
Joyul - Backstroke
Lucrecia dalt - Saltación
Higher Intelligence Agency - Orange
JJ + JS - A4
Jon Collin - Two
Hysterical Love Project - Spider Of Knots
Linkwood - Coral
u○○○○○○○ - c○○○○○○○

Ultrafog 'memai' ⓜⓘⓧ ⓪②⑥

Since the launch of their much-loved party brand in 2002, Giles Smith and James Priestley – Secretsundaze’s founders and residents – have dedicated their work and output to ecstatic club experiences. 

A record label followed suit, as did their booking agency, long-running NTS radio show and a stack more DJ and production projects undertaken by the pair. Plus, of course, plenty more parties. 2022 marks 20 years of Secretsundaze, with the duo currently working on some exciting anniversary celebrations – but we’ll leave them to reveal those in due course. 

Here, the pair usher in the new year with their first new mix in 18 months. “The mix is direct and club-focused,” they tell Crack Magazine. “All-vinyl, with our typical Detroit and NYC stylings before moving into some more pushy atmospheric, European bizzness.” 

Check out the tracklist on crackaud.io: crackm.ag/3K7KX2o
Still Independent. Help us keep it that way: crackmagazine.net/subscriptions

Crack Mix 432: Secretsundaze

Vortex Mix ✻ Allure

Montréal’s NAFF Recordings co-founder @priori-ties records a mix of deep, spaced-out house and techno for the Fresh Kicks series

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/fresh-kicks-171-priori

Fresh Kicks 171: Priori

The Sundowner. Mix #18 comes from Ukrainian DJ & Event Curator of Rhythm of Love parties series: Róse @djrose_music . Check out his fresh new mix and get to know him better in the interview we had with him on Tuesday. We have been in touch with him since Thursday morning when the Russian invasion of Ukraine started and decided together to go ahead with publishing the interview as it is since music is what brings people together!

Our hearts and minds are with our friends and the people of Ukraine at this time, stay strong and stay safe!

https://sundownerberlin.de/2022/02/25/sundowner-mix-18-by-dj-rose-interview/

Sundowner. Mix #18 DJ Rose - Omnia transeunt

- - -

Vivian Koch (@kochvivian) has real range. For labels like Life And Death, a.r.t.less and AD 93 she has served up everything from IDM to moody breaks, ambient soundscapes to emotive techno. Her most recent album - last year's ominous but hopeful Beyond Contact - was fine proof of that from the Berlin-based artist who started DJing aged just 16. She has since mastered the art of making and playing club music thanks to her residency at Griessmuehle and her own Olympe party series.

She very much eases into this week with a superb ambient selection. It's broad in its remit, with the most beautiful and suspensory pieces bleeding into gently suggestive rhythms. The moods, too, range from mind-emptying bliss to passages of hopefulness and even romance. It's the sort of cathartic listen we all occasionally need to immerse ourselves in as a way of resetting.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 374 - Vivian Koch

"A mix of cute n' fun, minimally tech house among other things. Hopefully a little clubby and little happy :)"

@dj-netburner

Mantissa Mix 240: DJ Netburner

Rinse FM Podcasts

Download

Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO & Four Tet - 11 April 2022

Full tracklist below - thanks, as always, to everyone who has sent music this past month - please send music to: promos@djbensims.com

If you can, pls consider donating to some worthy causes: biglink.to/Charities

 BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 87. March 2022

1. Romain Richard - Interplanetary Spaceflight. ANOAH
2. Jeroen Search - 5th Dimension. Platform 22
3. Slight Function - Mistaken Identity. Mindtrip
4. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Svett. LOMSK
5. Szmer - Eastern Blocks. Dynamic Reflection
6. Hemka - Naboris.  ANOAH
7. Mal Hombre - Bleeps and Waveforms. Seclusion
8. Gaetano Parisio - Themis. Conform
9. Szmer - Modularity. Dynamic Reflection
10. Lennart Wiehe - Golf. Delsin
11. Dimi Angelis - Dark Sneak. Tar Hallow
12. Answer Code Request - CRS-21. Delsin
13. ORBE - Dual Synth. Arketip Discs
14. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Skamsen. LOMSK
15. Szmer - Concrete and Sadness. Dynamic Reflection
16. Temudo - Susto. Hayes
17. Ben Sims - Punching Up. ANOAH
18. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - 40W.  LOMSK
19. Lennart Wiehe - Rauchen. Delsin
20. Dimi Angelis - K-Scope. Tar Hallow
21. Pushmann ft. Answer 68 - The Wheeler (Head Front Panel Remix I). Matterwave
22. ORBE - Binary Function. Non Series
23. Decka & The Lady Machine - One For Ukraine. Standard Deviation x Mystictrax
24. Ignez - Kaag X. Sk Eleven
25. Iori - Coil. Non Series
26. Temudo - Plain To Milan. Hayes
27. Insolate - Super Bloom. Symbolism
28. Mike Storm - Intervention. Affekt
29. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Stake. Truncate
30. Arnaud Le Texier - Obers. Empathetic
31. Romain Richard - Saturn Rings. ANOAH
32. Hemka - Rutah. ANOAH
33. ORBE - Repetitions. Non Series
34. Albert Chiovenda - Tardigrade Theme. Arketip Discs	     
35. NO.NAME - Unseen. Mind Medizin
36. Szmer - Unusual Shape. Dynamic Reflection
37. Vil & Cravo - Paredes.Grooves For Ukraine
38. Tenzella x Ecilo - Dobermann. Unreleased
39. Alarico - Construction Cancellation Order. Adroit
40. Dax J - 8 Ball. Possesion
41. Pushmann - The Mighty.  Adroit
42. Linear System - Greyscale Intensity. Selected
43. NO! - Cold Hands. Hayes
44. D.Dan - Raw Jam. Positivesource
45. Stefan Vincent - Renunciation (Dub Tool). Symbolism
46. Zenker Brothers - Focus On Positivity. Ilian Tape
47. Zenker Brothers - Enjoy Reality. Ilian Tape
48. VIL - Harshell. Frenzy
49. Narciss - Chords. Standard Deviation x Mystictrax
50. Paula Cazenave - Photophobia. Symbolism
51. Gary Beck - Renegade. Bek
52. Alarico - The Road. Grooves For Ukraine
53. Chlär - Internal Force. Grooves For Ukraine
54. Tronikhouse - The Savage and Beyond (Elyas 13130 Edit). Unreleased
55. Mark Broom - 100% Juice (Sampler Mix). Rekids
56. Laurent Garnier & Scan X - Closer To You. Standard Deviation x Mystictrax
57. Stephen Brown & Fossil Archive - 3D World. Fossil Archive
58. Heretic - In the Blood Like Lead. Subsist
59. Recid - Green Horse. Nechto
60. Recid - Black Horse. Nechto
61. Kerrie - Turning Point. Blueprint
62. Orlando Voorn - Locked In. Transient Nature
63. Unknown Artist - Pike. Analogical Force

Subscribe

BEN SIMS Pres RUN IT RED 87. March 2022

Head Front Panel's live set in room 2 during Unpolished 2017.

Head Front Panel Live at Unpolished 2017

MANTX004 - Aom - Water Boatmen
https://mantissa.bandcamp.com/track/water-boatmen

Premiere Requests: mantissa_1@outlook.com

@thomasallman-1
@james-acquaye-nortey-glover
@oatyg