Netil Radio | Max Q [22.08.2024]

Recorded live at Villa San Michele during 53100 festival 2024. Photo by Teo Giovanni Poggi

Garçon @ 53100 - 2024

we’re sorry we’ve been quiet , but good things come to those who wait 😘

our next mix is from the wonderful nina yamada , originally from japan and currently residing in london , the jazzy sport london boss shares two slow-paced hours of chillers 💕🤗
 
nina delicately led us through a hazey sunday afternoon at our last gathering , so it’s only right that our fourth mix comes from her 🙂‍↔️

artwork by ruby beddoe <3

sunday downtime 004 - nina yamada

I had a niice buzz recently to record a mix! Here it is… I hope you enjoy the tripp ❣️ + ☮️

Spring Forward  🌱

A clinic in minimal from the elusive Acting Press boss. 

Why do certain sounds cultivate a cult following? Simply put, it's often because they resist easy consumption. PLO Man and his imprint Acting Press lean into this. 

Searching for the Berlin-based DJ and producer, you won’t find much online presence, interviews or conventional PR. What you will find, if you look hard enough, is a catalogue of records and mixes with a kind of tape hiss charm (a spiritual successor to Basic Channel and Chain Reaction, but scuzzier and lighter on its feet).

Founded in 2015, Acting Press once seemed to belong to the short-lived "outsider house" trend, but is now synonymous with a certain strain of modern minimal, one that is analogue, spacious and pointedly opaque. PLO Man's output is equally sparse by design: this week, he joins the RA Podcast with a characteristically elusive style, accompanying the near two-hour mix is a one-answer Q&A that gives almost nothing away.

Stripped-back, ever-so-slightly sleazy and coated in dust, PLO Man's RA Podcast continues that lineage in style. Opening with the featherlight microhouse of Margaret Dygas, RA.988 unfolds into a carefully curated spectrum of minimal, dub and deep techno. Among familiar names—look out for the blinding Rhythm & Sound and Moodymann blend—are deep cuts and left turns alongside the odd outlier, like lovers' rock pioneer Gregory Isaacs.

Like the best of his forebears, PLO Man wants RA.988 to take time for you to settle in. But once you do, you won’t want to leave. 

@p_el_oh

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/988

RA.988 PLO Man

We’re in the hands of Tonight’s Dream Records honcho Light of Cacti for Chrysalism 008. Despite initial designs to plan out this mix to represent the journey of the storm, Light of Cacti was spontaneously inspired by a rainy day - resulting in an authenticity that resonates throughout his selection, and profoundly embodies this series. 

From the first crackle of vinyl we’re taken into a brooding and melancholic soundscape, journeying from deep and dreamy ambient, into worldbuilding textures and drum patterns.

Chrysalism 008 // Light of Cacti

Max Unknown + Crispian - 22nd May 2025

My lovely and talented friend, Sunju Hargun, with a crazy DNB Set @ Satori, Bangalore on Friday 10th January 2025, 21:00-00:45.

@sunjuhargun

<3 

ani/live Seventy: Sunju Hargun (DNB Set) @ Satori, Bangalore

It’s now time to take a trip and get completely lost in a stunning mix from Max Unknown. It’s a live recording from Submerge, a guided yoga/meditation/breathwork session led by Bex Landale accompanied by an ambient mix from Max. 

If you’re in London, be sure to follow Submerge for future events.

Take a Trip with Max Unknown

Buy copies: https://dubwisevinyl.com
The second instalment from the excellent Short Span label comes in the shpe of this lovely double vinyl set from Mammo whose Slows The Pace 12" you may remember as one of the highlights from earlier in the year.

Spread across two 12"s we're treated to six cuts of dub informed techno and ambient than range from the deep ambient dub of "Traversing A Raincloud" to the mesmerising pulsing dub techno of "Migration" to the dubbed out IDM of "Azahar."

Delivered in a lovely sleeve courtesy of design legends The Designers Republic.

Due to arrive on 20/6/25. Available for pre-order now at https://dubwisevinyl.com

Mammo - General Patterns - Audio Clips - Pre-Order 2x12" at Dubwise Vinyl

Chrysalism 009 comes from an old friend aka.zato, and is inspired by a quiet nostalgia for past nights spent dancing & winding down in living rooms. It listens much like a mix tape, which is its intention. Opening with a field recording taken from outside his house, the mix moves intuitively & electively - balearic in places, flecked with ambient textures and moving towards guitar driven downtempo. Suitable for the first Chrysalism of summer, it’s a warm, meandering listen: a memory in motion that, like a summer storm, is a journey to watch unfold.

Netil Radio | Max Q [22.08.2024]

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