B O U M B O U M I X E S

This instalment of our annual Selectors Podcasts series comes from Mika Oki, who is probably best described as a sensory artist. Heavily influenced by a background in sculpture and electro-acoustic music, her work frequently revolves around weaving together sound and vision – simultaneously creating and exploring intangible spaces, be it in installations, performance pieces, music, or mixes. And when it comes to the latter, Mika Oki has proven, time and time again, that an amalgamation of grime, reggaeton and dancehall might just be an essential component of a well-crafted, esoteric soundscape.

What you’ll hear in this industrial and organic mix partly derives from Mika Oki’s friends, producers and residents at LYL radio, as it happens that she recently opened the third, Brussels-based branch of the Belgian webradio together with a collection of dedicated musicians. Combined with sounds reminiscent of “broken machinery” and a “glitched, collapsing world”, we are left with a celestial selection that converges across the realm of sonic experimentation and - somewhat otherworldly - club rhythms. One thing is for certain: this mix will leave you wondering what you were doing before you started tuning in, once it’s over.

Tracklist

Selectors Podcast 029 - Mika Oki

Brussels-based visual artist, DJ and producer @mikaoki1 traverses mutant strains of dancehall, electro, deconstructed club, hardcore and more.

Read more: https://ifonlyuk.com/if-only-podcast-102-mika-oki

Tracklist:

ZERO CROSSING POINT - Karplus-Stuck [Forthcoming on Comic Sans Records]
LAUREL HALO - Excerpt From An Open Letter To John Paul II
LORD TANG - Mountains And Streams (Zonedog Dolbytape Mix)
BZMC - Hard Pass
GROVE - Slippery
TRESS - Modderbloedje [Forthcoming on MONT4GE]
KNURX - Myst
MERCA BAE - Sauco (Intro)
MA SHA RU - Mechanical Rustle
GRIFFIT VIGO - Bush Makheninkha
BILL VORTEX - Cobotique 1
J-SHADOW - Death Of The Multiverse [Out Soon]
KLARK - NuNegative (Ehua Remix) [SFX]
CHRISTIAN COIFFURE - Cave Moss (Glass Remix) [Forthcoming on Worst
Records]
TALPAH - HOLE W/ DEEPHO & DERIANSKY
DUMA - Cap To Cairo [NyegeNyege]
EVOL - Untitled
FREAKY CHAKRA - Piledriver
ANIMISTIC BELIEFS - Ojo De Las Grayas
ZONAA - 2021 Error Simulation
ZEBRA KATZ - BLUSH (VANYA Remix)
AYESHA - Varanasi
IKAWA & KLIPTOWN - YUKUWHT002
CURTIS CAMPBELL - Interloop [Forthcoming on Strike a Posse]
RICHIE BRAINS - Skeng Bring Dat Back feat. Killa P
GROVE - Shadow
CASEMENT - Party Popper (Casement Edit)
LOTO RETINA - Side Jack Squats [Air Texture]
MARCUS FJELLSTRÖM - War Music, 1st PerspectIVe
GOOOOOSE & DJ SCOTCH EGG - Altered Destiny (Seven Orbits & TSVI
Remix)
RICHARD DEVINE - Eylansec
MAOUPA MAZZOCCHETTI - Unreleased [Forthcoming on BFDM]
LIL ASAF & DALLAR - Nasiii
COCO LYCHEE - APRIL O'NEIL [Forthcoming on MAGMA196]

If-Only Podcast #102: Mika Oki

Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/831

@madam_x

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RA.831 Madam X

Welsh artist Kelly Lee Owens has a special grasp on techno. She can make it sound wild and naturalistic, like wind blowing through a dense forest, or make it feel cold and sleek, like a gleaming slab of chrome. Either way, though, it's always full of emotion, thanks to the intricate textures and distinctive tones of her voice. You might even say she takes a singer-songwriter approach to techno, but that doesn't mean her music isn't suited for the dance floor.

Her most recent album, <a href=/reviews/34853 target="_blank"><i>LP.8</i></a>, marks a step away from the dance floor, however, and into a place a little more dark, more unpredictable. It's also some of her most gorgeous work, centering around "Anadlu," an eight-minute cut that feels perfectly pitched between ambient and techno, with heavy, lumbering drums but an otherwise lightweight, almost wispy feel.
 Owens' RA Podcast occupies this zone almost perfectly. Beginning with 11th century music from Hildegard von Bingen, it ties all sorts of traditions together, from Pan Sonic to Throbbing Gristle to Marco Shuttle to Oneohtrix Point Never & Rosalía. It floats, it accelerates, it loops and doubles back in on itself, an hour of gripping electronics from one of techno's most distinctive voices.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/841

RA.841 Kelly Lee Owens

New mix for @feelmybicep out on the 14th of July. 
#likeit #shareit #spreadit ^^

http://www.feelmybicep.com/
Tracklist:
    Nicholas G. Padilla – PoemII
    Justin – Gettas FP
    MISH – Ode To Mushroom
    Low Khey feat Catnapp
    Rosalia – Cap.IV: Disputa: De aquí no sales
    Endless Mow – Merrily, I hastened to the chicken shoppe
    Danse Musique Rhone-Alpes – A3 l’Age de Philip Glass 4
    Maya Q – beno (soft)
    Flatpack & Dudeman – On The Tools
    Freaky Chakra – Piledriver
    BFTT – Suchblush
    Trimbal – Confidence Boost (Harmonimix)
    Ayesha – Varanasi
    GLUE BOY – Big Vaysion feat. Garlic Man
    Poborsk – Slice Step
    Lithe – Second Pavilion (Galtier Remix)
    Siu Mata & Amor Satyr – Is This All Real
    The Untouchables – Deep Six
    St Kaaz -Dementia
    E Warzou – Eat it mix
    Pete Namlook & Burhan Ocal – Bir Calgiyim Gogsune Yaslanmis, Part VII
    Sébastien Forrester – Turnoil
    96back – 36th Chamberlain (Happa Remix)
    Universal Indicator – Untitled
    Luke Vibert – Worry Ledge
    george-i – Room To Give, Room To Take
    Aphex Twin – No Bucephalus Bouncing Ball
    Glass – Appointment Scheduling System
    Happa – Fever

FEEL MY BICEP MIXTAPE 193 / MIKA OKI

Depending on who you ask, Yousuke Yukimatsu is the best DJ in the world. Or at least in Japan. The eccentric Osaka-born, Tokyo-based DJ has built up an arsenal of fans and disciples—most famously Tzusing—who revere his cross-genre approach and knack for out-of-this-world blends. Case in point: he recently released a mostly ambient mixtape that somehow felt more gripping and propulsive than many techno DJ sets. He also used that release, Midnight Is Comin, to highlight Japan's underrepresented experimental electronic music scene, another sign of his wide-ranging and unusual tastes.

To go with his voracious hunger for all kinds of music, Yukimatsu can play alll different kinds of sets, from the meditative to the peak-time, all with the blending ingenuity and expert pacing we've come to expect. Just check his mind-blowing Boiler Room set from 2020. If that performance was nightclub madness and Midnight Is Comin was a slowly unfurling coil of downcast textures and moods, then Yukimatsu's RA Podcast is something in-between. 

Over two captivating hours, Yukimatsu brings in beats only to jettison them, returning several times to artists like Palmistry, Tzusing and Ryo Murakami. He anchors the mix with familiar tracks and voices before letting it drift out to sea again. It's also deeply personal, focusing on tracks from people he played with at his Zone Unknown parties in Osaka and Kobe, as well as his friends who participated in Midnight Is Comin.

Some of these blends need to be heard to believed. But more important is the pacing: the mix moves at such a slow but intuitive speed that it's almost tantric, the work of someone who knows how to keep the party going at a simmer without giving into the temptation to go faster. (He even says that the mix was supposed to be longer.) With hooky tracks from Palmistry and Equiknoxx up against explosions of noise and heavy EQing, Yukimatsu's RA Podcast is like dipping your head above and below water, soaking in and appreciating the beauty of both realms at once.

@yousukeyukimatsu

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/849

RA.849 ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U

The Montréal producer charges through muscular electro, hard techno and full-bodied EBM on this thrilling addition to the Crack Mix series. Buckle up!

Check out the tracklist on crackaud.io: crackm.ag/3TcDVgX
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Crack Mix 471: Marie Davidson

Tracklist + Q&A:  https://bit.ly/3sWK3P0

@yousukeyukimatsu: "[This mix consists of] tracks produced by UK artists. It has the same concept as ICA's club set-up. I recommend listening to the start with headphones to enjoy the trippy stereo sound. Tracks have good melodies and messages in the late part. We are going through tough times. I hope this mix inspires somebody even just a little bit. LET'S DO IT AGAIN!"

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Impact: ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U

This month, UK duo Mount Kimbie put out a double-album that is essentially two solo records welded together. It's not terribly surprising: each member lives in different countries (the hip-hop inspired Dom Maker in LA, techno head Kai Campos in London) and they've talked about their differences and what each brings to the table in past interviews. MK 3.5: Die Cuts | City Planning splits the duo's kaleidoscopic sound into its constituent parts, with Maker's side focusing on woozy hip-hop and R&B and Campos's reflecting a love of straightforward '90s techno, as dance floor-friendly as anything the group have ever released.

It's the latter that we're here to showcase with this week's RA Podcast, which is a recording of Campos's new live set. In a way it's a more fleshed-out, comprehensive companion to the his side of the album, but it stands on its own as a blistering techno performance. Combining the melodic sense and quirky arrangement tics of Mount Kimbie with a pulsating, stripped-back approach borrowed from Detroit techno—classic drum machine sounds used to the fullest—Campos reinvents himself as one of London's best techno artists. Like the new Mount Kimbie album, it's different, welcome and impressive.

@mountkimbie

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/860

RA.860 Kai Campos (Mount Kimbie)

We're not in the habit of quoting press materials all the time, but in Kajetan Łukomski's case, it feels appropriate. The first sentence of his bio is "Avtomat is a person with way too many interests." If you know any artists from Poland's wide-ranging, always-growing electronic music scene, chances are he's one of them. He's a DJ, producer, organizer and activist, once a member of the queer feminist collective Oramics, and is endlessly passionate about supporting, spreading and playing music from the Central European and Eastern European regions.

With roots in metal, goth and electroclash, there's a certain spikiness to Łukomski's style, but also a polyglot knowledge and a hunger for new sounds. Lately he's been trying to mix club music with Polish folk traditions, which is the mission of Łukomski's RA Podcast, but it's also just the jumping off point. In these almost four hours of expert blending, genre-jumping and incredible pacing, Łukomski touches on almost every style of dance music you could think of, with aplomb and occasionally surprise (like that irresistible Bloc Party edit). If you can, it's worth digesting all in one sitting, so you can truly appreciate the ground he covers.

@avtomatmusic

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/869

RA.869 Avtomat

This is my guest mix for last's month's episode of The Blessed Madonna’s BB6 show Sweatbox. A collection of crepuscular pumpers for the rollerskating rink perpetually functioning inside my head.

Tracklisting:

DJ Pac-Man - Everbody Shut Up (M.Bootyspoon edit) 
Ceephax - Path to the None
Spencer Parker - Sonic Warfare
Raffaella Carrà - Cuando Calienta el Sol
Omega III - OX
De Sluwe Vos - Tools For Fools
Style of Eye - The Prophet
Gino Soccio - Remember (Chrissy & The Blessed Madonna Remix)
TWR72 - Breath
Destrata - U4IA
Aryu Jassika - Blood Rave Piano
Binary Digit - Data Crash
Missy Elliott - 4 My People (feat. Eve)
Robert Hood - Clash
Lloyd SB - Pirate Bay (Tsvi rmx)
Mosca - You Smell That, Marsha?
Chikudenya Toubee - BGM 13
DJ Haus, Confidential Recipe - Melody 89
Josh One - Contemplation (King Britt Funke Remix)       
Detroit Grand Pubahs - Jelly is Here

Teki Latex For The Blessed Madonna's Sweatbox BBC6

Darwin — live from Boiler Room x Sugar Mountain 2023.

Darwin | Sugar Mountain 2023


SOUND.
THAT'S WHAT SPEAKERS R 4.

Tracklist:

1. Wings of love- Tsavia Abarbanel
2. Flowering- Gantz
3. Up- Deru
4. Associal 46- Varg
5. Confused- Deru
6. Watery drumming (Lee Gamble Rmx)- Chevel
7. Chant- Gantz vs Collision
8. Skeng (Autechre rmx) The Bug ft Killa P & Flo
9. Sample
10. Afar Depression- Abdulla Rashim
11. Enso - Gantz
12. Third Law (Eomac Rmx)- Metrist
13. Speakers R-4- RP Boo
14. Apophenia- Lumisokea 
15. Ti - Zack christ
16. CR02 B2 Interceptor - MC Eq
17. Kenats
18. Council Flat -Imaginary forces
19. Ixonetztli- Luis Perez
20. Bradley Stryder- Nga iModu
21. Metronica sync- Developer
22. Norrlandsbrugad 69R - Varg
23. Sample
24. 8 - Black Patterns
25. Monstruosidad - Arca
27. Pedal - Fis

 

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Aquarian makes and plays music that feels familiar but is hard to pin down. His take on techno, jungle, rave and bass is alien and unique, a blend of the Berlin, London and Detroit sounds we all know and love, but with a little something extra injected into it to give it a mutant sense of funk. The Canadian is now based in Germany and has released on Quiet Time Tapes as well as his own Hanger Management.

His mix is a devastating study in rhythm, contorted drum programming and warped bass that is stripped back to its bare essentials but that is constantly on the move and keeping you guessing. It starts off twisted and tightly coiled, complex and involving, but slowly loosens up and heads straight forward in thrilling fashion. Electro, ghetto, IDM, drum & bass and more all get chawed up and spat out in ways that only Aquarian can.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 251 - Aquarian

Kendrick Lamar - Intro
Fatima Al Qadiri - Endzone
Tyler The Creator A$AP Rocky - Who Dat Boy
Suprême NTM - Police (Intro)
Ricco - Dictatone 
Vince Staples - Norf Norf
Aardvarck - Monkee see…
113 - Face à la Police
East Man & Walton - Gunshot
Pq x Ecko - Kyusa embela
Poborsk - Rubber Bark (Unreleased)
Maoupa Mazzoccetthi - 7NE (Unreleased)
Nas - Affirmatif Action
XXXTENTACION - 
Alain Goraguer - Terr Et Tiwa
Kendrick Lamar - Extract
HANAH - Comic Sans Trap 
Netsh - Ghex 7u2s 
Lunatic - Civilisé 
Matmos - Thermoplastic Riot Shield 
Jigga - Nitya
Muslimgauze - Masara 
KRS-One - Sound of the police (Acapella)
El Marhdy Jr. - Disco Maghreb
FF - Mystère et Suspense

BFDM ZAHEF SHOW  NTS RADIO 08.06.2020 (MIKA OKI)

Mika Oki (@mikaoki1) is an expert in spatial design, whether through the music she makes or the sculpture she creates. The French-Japanese visual artist works with video, sound, and electro-acoustics to create abstract textures and mental imagery that perfectly intersect the worlds of club rhythm and ambient experimentation. In the past she has been behind 24 hour performance pieces involving dancers, performers and poets, has played high concept festivals such as Atonal and Nyege Nyege and recently served up 'As Clean As I Was,' a debut production for a forward looking compilation on Metaphore Industrie.  On top of this, she also opened up the Brussels branch of LYL radio and hosted a fundraiser for the vital community station. 

Her mixes are never less than faultless and this week she crafts one such trip which balances many opposites: heady ambient synth work and rugged drums, busy acid workouts and sparse, bass heavy rhythm tracks, cathartic passages of musical mindfulness with brutal drum assaults. Artists like Pq, Sirio, Low End Activist, Simo Cell, Aphex Twin and Hanz all feature to make for a selection that tugs you in many different directions at once, both physically and emotionally, and for that reason we cannot get enough.

Dekmantel Podcast 304 - Mika Oki

Booking WW:  agency@culte.be
Booking France: booking@bi-pole.org  
Head of LYL Radio Belgium > https://lyl.live/
Upcoming gigs:
25.05 Centre Wallonie Bruxelles à paris, Live w/ IMV Trio
25.05 Le Chinois, DJset
06.05 Rythmic Culture Night, Bxl
14.05 FINAL, Taipei
21.05 Loopy, Hangzou
22.05 OIL 
29.05 Heim, Shanghai
__________________  _  _   _
Previously:
30.07 : FUSE w/ NVST , Ojoo Gyal, Bxl
06.08: Dekmantel Festival, Asm
18.08: The Lot Radio, NYC
24.08: Mutek b2b w/ upsammy, Montreal
25.08: AVLive w/ SKHYH1 at Mutek Montreal
03.06 @garagenoord , AMS.
🍦17.06 @bsidesfestival, Luzerne.
🍦23.06 b2b w/ Katatonic Silentio, @noname_lanaturefestival, Namur.
🍦30.06 b2b w/ Ojoo Gyal, @paradisecityofficial, BXL.
🍬🍦01.07 Live + b2b w/ ssaliva, Night Shift II, @kanal.centrepompidou BXL.
25.03 Fenetre Oval raveparty, Bxl
26.03 Air exhibition, Roma 
31.03 Fancy Legs, Bxl
14.04 Spread, Tokyo
19.04 Forestlimit, Tokyo
🇧🇪04.05 Beyond Frames Exhibition, @254forest
🇧🇪05.05 Horst Festival, BXL
🌍10.05 @psst_mlle on Kiosk, Bxl
🇧🇪12.05 @lyl_radio Spring Camp, Bxl
🌍17.05 LYL radio Show
🇫🇷17.05 Nuits Sonores, Lyon
🇫🇷18.05 Rinse, Lyon
🇫🇷27.05 Dañs an Dioul, Quimperlé
17.02 Iboat, bordeaux
11.02 Kiosk Anniversary, BXL
01.02 AVlive w/ SKYH1, ICA, London
19.01 AVlive w/ SKYH1, Ancienne Belgique, Bxl
14.01 Klub Kebelbahn, Lucern
12.01 Norient Festival, Bern
31.12 Reset, Bxl
24.12 Garage Noord, Amsterdam
17.12 Station Gare Des Mines, Paris
10.12 C12, Bxl
02.12 Son De Aqui, Oaxaca
26.11: AV LIve with SKYH1, Mutek Mexico
24.11: YuYu, Mexico
10.11: Festival Chroniques, Marseille.
09.11: AV LIve with SKYH1, Positive Education, St Etienne.
08.11 : Talk on "Sisters with transistors", Positive Education, St Etienne.
05.11 : Weelde, Rotterdam
29.10: Inkonst 🇸🇪
28.10: TBC 🇩🇰
27.10: Trekanten 🇩🇰
22.10: NDK Festival B2b w/ NVST, Caen 🇫🇷
21.10: Lava Lines Exhibition, London 🇬🇧
07.10: La Rotonde, Luxembourg
29 & 30/09: Djset + AVlive w/ SKYH1, Lunchmeat Festival, Praha
24/09: Garrage Noord, Ams
21-24/09: Les Lianes, Senghor
15-18/09: Nyege Nyege Festival, Ouganda
01/0ç: SKY H1 x Mika Oki AVLive, Meakusma, BE
01-04/08: Parhélion Installation, Meakusma, BE
29/08: Aarhus Festival, DK
20/08: Pukkelpop, BE
17/08: SKY H1 x Mika Oki AVLive, Opera Festival, Sicilia
04/08: SKY H1 x Mika Oki AVLive, Dekmantel, Ams
30/07: SKY H1 x Mika Oki AVLive, Nextones, Italy
15/07: Dour Festival, Be
02/07 : Aether Festival, Bern
02/07 : Bourse du Commerce, Paris
24/06: Nature Festival, Belgium
18/06 : SKY H1 x Mika Oki AVLive, Venise
10/06: DjSet MENT, Lubljana
09/06: SKY H1 x Mika Oki AVLive, MENT, Lubljana
03/06 : SKY H1 x Mika Oki AVLive, Le Bon Air, Marseille
27/05 : SKY H1 x Mika Oki AVLive, Vilnius, Lithuania
06/05/22: La Machine, FR.
30/04/22 : Horst Festival, BE.
15/04/22: b2b Soumaya Phéline, Psst Mlle x Naht, BE.
10/04/22:  SKYH1 x Mika Oki AVLive, Rewire Festival, NL.
09/04/22:  DjSet, Rewire Festival, NL.
09-12/04/22: "Les Lianes" theâtre piece, Bxl. (postponed)
01/04-02/04: Workshop & Djset @ Bult, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
26/03/22 : Pekfabrik, Antwerp.
25/03/22: SKYH1 x Mika Oki AVLive, Berlin.
12/03/22: Garage Noord, Ams.
26/02/22: C12, Bxl
23 & 25/12 : b2b w/ Maoupa , Romantzo & Astron Bar, Athens
28/11: 254Forest
27/11: Inauguration "Bells" Abbaye De Fontevraud
20/11: Razzmatazz
19/11: Skyh1 & Mika Oki AV Live 
12/11: Beurs
10/11: Positive Education, StEtienne.
10-16/11: "Les Lianes" theâtre piece, Bxl.
06/11: Garage Noord
31/10: Trempolino, Nantes.
30/10: Fiber Festival, Ams
29/10: Le Sucre, Lyon.
14/10: ADE w/ Culte, Ams.
09/10: MAINTENANT Festival, Rennes.
08/10: Nuits Sonores, BXL.
18/09: Phoenetics Festival, Paris.
12/09: Chanoirs & Listen Festival, BXL.
3-4-5/09: Meakusma Festival [Canceled] :'(
30/08: Dekmantel Selectors
20/08: Paturia, somewherein France
13/08: b2b w/ Zeta Lys, Paradise City.
11/08: Le Bon Air b2b w NVST
31/07: ZUT @ Vilette, Paris
05-18/07: Résidence Abbaye de Fontevraud. 
04/07: DADA @ Hippodrome de Vincennes [cancelled]
03/07: CHANOIRS stage, hidden castle. 
02/07: Paradise Down by the Lake, gent.
26/06: Live w/ Maoupa Mazzocchetti @ Beurs, Bxl.
18/06: Live w/ Maoupa Mazzocchetti @ Het bos, Antwerp.
30/05 : Todo Recto, BXL.
16/05 : META, Marseille.
14/05 Live w/ Maoupa Mazzocchetti @ Mono, Lisbon.
08/04: Uxy Dosing Orchestra, Gayté Lyrique, Paris. (livestream)
06/04: FAST Festival
24/03: AND Festival
16-18/03 Residence + Concert w/ Maoupa Mazzochetti, Botanique, Bxl. 
14/03: Talk & Mix for this is your Techno, C12
18-19-20-25-26-27 FEV: Live for Maoupa Mazzocchetti release Party
21/01-04/02: Parhelion Installation, STUK, Leuven
02/10: Q-O2, Bxl. 
26/09: KANAL, Bxl.
22/08: Live, Les Actionnaires & Atelier Claus, Bxl.
08/08: VK b2b with Hypna, bxl.
23/07: B2b with Maoupa Mazzochetti, FID, Marseille.
21/06: METAteuf, Marseille. 
05/05: Q02 Radio Marathon, Bxl.
11/04: w/ Le Motel b2b @ Fuse, Bxl. (Postponed)
13/03: Club Détour @ FFORMAT, Bxl. (canceled)
07/03: Point, Freigburg.
28/02: Grrrnd Zero, Lyon.
27/02: BRASS [Live], Bxl.
22/02: AF20 Artefact Night, STUK.
16/02 > 15/03: Tucuxi Residency at Q-O2, Bxl.
01/02: 35Volts @Les Ateliers du Vent, Rennes.

2019 :::: Kanal, Onder Stroom, Kalt, Kunsten Festival, Cynetart, Construction Festival, C12, Aone DIsco Autonome, Lose it in the City, Meta, La Station, Meakusma, Fey, Nuits Sonores, Vooruit, HetBos, ADE, Fuga, Kikk, Garages Numériques, Lafayette Anticipation, Bozar, Fuse, FFORMAT, Grrrnd Zero, BRASS, STUK, 35Volts, HÖR

SHAPE PLATFORM 2018 > http://shapeplatform.eu/artist/mika-oki/
2018 :::: Nyege Nyege, TodaysArt, Sonica, Peripate, GRM, Schiev, Phoenetics

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