This compilation is a collection of work submitted by people who undertook the MESS Professional Development program in 2023. All tracks are self-produced by the artists. MESS and its programs and projects are supported by Creative Australia, the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, the City of Melbourne and the Meat Market Studio Program. LP artwork by Sarah McCauley.

Capacitor IV

Start your day off on a "dubby, bleepy, bassy and psychedelic" note thanks to Welsh producer Jorg Kuning and his utterly compelling Crack Mix.

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Crack Mix 473: Jorg Kuning

黑芝麻 (Hēi Zhī Ma) - After Life

Calyx - Idkwtdwy

Rebecca Bracewell - ...

Mish Szekelyhidi - miniatures 0.1 (speedrun stim headphone mix)

INHARMONICITY - Reaching Andromeda

D. Tyrone - Overhead

Recording of DJ Fart In The Club's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2023.

Dekmantel Selectors 2023

DJ Fart In The Club at Dekmantel Selectors 2023

Recorded on Wiradjuri land, NSW
Saturday 630pm - 830pm

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Photo credit: Rhys Davis @sonwhu

Miscmeg at Soma Festival 2024

A mix from extended naff family members Command D and Peanut

In the words of Command D :

Carrying on from some legendary parties before it, the next generation of ravers held 'plur' true to it's og meaning. Young Harry (Peanut) and I had been mixing together and talking about tunes we loved for months leading up to the event. We played in the side room while the morning light slowly poured in, all the homies in the front and gun fingers to the back. Big party mode with some blissy ones, freedom while it lasted, and a fun one to listen back to. Big thanks to everyone who hosted and the dancers!

Recorded on Wangal land.

@commandd @harrisonross

Art by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier as always

naffcast006 ⦾ Command D and Peanut at plur ⋆｡˚ ☁︎ ˚｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆ ⋆｡˚ ☽ ˚｡⋆｡˚☁︎˚｡⋆

Triple J Mix Up

Amelia Holt at The Swirl, Horst Arts & Music 2025

Lukas Wigflex B2B Adam Curtain - 18 June 2025

James Jovanoski is at the wheels of steel for Backtrack's third entry into the RTR2 canon, sending us back to the good old times in two clicks of the fingers and concocting a curation containing dub house, techno, club-forward hip shakers and a sprinkle of old school electro from Detroit, London & beyond… 

Backtrack Ep. 3 w/ James Jovanoski

Ahead of her Basement NY debut, Ciel stops by The Lot Radio to spin some of her favourite new vinyl digs. 

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Ciel @ The Lot Radio 07-05-2025

For our next instalment we draw from our own fertile waters. This time with a two hour recording from Bakk Heia resident and label partner schuttle. 

Schuttle has been a resident DJ and sporadic guest of the Bakk Heia parties since their inception. In fact he played our very first party in TWH nearly 10 years ago, at a time when the sky lights were yet to be covered and day light would filter unashamedly over the dancers as the sun rose. It came to our attention that since that set, schuttle hadn’t set forth on a solo flight, so it seemed high time for him to spread his tentacles over the closing hours. 

Through this mix schuttle channels the seething energy that is only possible during those final hours. The part timers have left, the room is totally locked in and the allure of chaos is strong. As such, it invites the dancer to delve a little deeper, perfectly navigating the dark into light. Often hypnotic and tunnelling, sometimes euphoric, sometimes explosive, but always directly from the heart. It was a truly beautiful experience to witness such a concise and coherent artistic expression from someone who understands, on a fundamental level, the power these hours can have, and what they mean to us. 

As the lights came on at 7am, there was palpable outpouring of love. The closing moments evoke that beautiful feeling of returning somewhere familiar. Wrapped together in euphoric joy.

Calyx - Idkwtdwy

MESS Ltd.

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