hour n a bit of techworld closing set recorded @ misc back in November <3<3<3

techworld 20.11.22

Rinse FM Podcast

THC: Hotbox with Roza Terenzi - 15 June 2024

Recording of PLO Man's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

Dekmantel Selectors 2024

PLO Man at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

@earthdog_jek live at @sustain-release-nyc

ED038: Jek at Sustain-Release 2024

It was my first Draaimolen and no one knew it which was great. 
It was also my first encounter with Addit Audio and their sound system installed for the first time in its full glory. I can't recall being brought to tears during one soundcheck.
So there were no news, no algorithms, no expectations to be disappointed. The pit was not announced. It felt like a curious manifestation of something paranormal.
Wonderful sound system, records and sweetest weather.  
Those who found us in the small pit in the middle of the forest most likely didn't know what was going on. 
For the most part of the first 5 hours I figured out that it would be great to play for and with the sound guy, playing right and wrong records and figuring out which one sound good. Research and development mission for Addit Audio.
After 5 hours ISAbella joined for a brief back to back session. Everything can happen in the realm of paranormal. Luckily she stayed and we played together for the next 3 hours until the last song, the one for the deceased. Probably as close as it gets to transcendence. 

Thank you all. You know who you are. 

Vladimir Ivkovic

Vladimir Ivkovic at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
@kia-sydney @animalia-label  @cirruslabel

Read more at ra.co/podcast/973

RA.973 Kia

a self-released mix series with music i enjoy outside of the club. the first one includes my current fave downtempo tracks in the trip hop realmss:‘) it's an early lil gift for valentines dayzzz. this goes out to all the couples, trouples, singles, lovers, friends, family, besties, soulmates, pet snuggles, heartthrobs, crushes, secret admirers, hopeless romantics, exes, future lovers, "it's complicated" ones, maybe-not-yet-but-soon-to-be 's and to those who need a little extra love today, tomorrow and always.

art by sophie sweetland

tracklist >>>>>

Saffron Bloom - Labyrinth of Losses
4E - Warm Leatherette
Maelita - Significant other
Saffron Bloom - Dirge of the Lonely
Birdsnake - The Redeemer (It's Dawn Again Remix)
Kincaid - 71122.0 (Stone Remix)
Stone - Blurry Apple
james K - Blinkmoth (July Mix)
Paradise 3001 - Blue Lava
Peace Of Dream - Past (Stoned Roses Mix) 
Tonito Yama - Natural Synthesis feat. Naomie Klaus & lux18
Georgia Bird & DJ NAWG - Lord Slugg's Chuggy Dub
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The Black Dog - Raxmus

silk flower ~ vol. 1  ✿ ❁ ✿ ❀

Tangible Things

Float Rhytm

FLOAT RHYTM

holden and thompson - nothing (Hard Even - acapella - Egyptian feeling)

Uranium - White Crystal

Roza Terenzi - zzonked out stargazing

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✉ contact: meganjmeldrum@gmail.com 
✻ @vortexvortexvortex

techworld 20.11.22

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