A.S.L. Princess - Character Witness 6/2021

IMPEY - KWEST
DJ SWISHA - GRAPE SURGERY
JOSSY MITSU - 1997
LES SINS, ACEMO - C’MON LES’ GO
ANZ - LOOS IN TWOS (NRG)
OBJECT BLUE, TSVI - TURING MACHINE
LSDXOXO - ROCKSTAR69
VIERS - 1 MEGABYTE OF RAVE JUICE
TONY G, WTCHCRFT - JAYA’S ACID (WTCHCRFT’S DON’T TOUCH ME ACID MIX)
TAPESTRY OF SOUND - WASP OF A WOMAN
MARTYN BOOTYSPOON - WHO GOT IT 
NEGRONI NAILS - WHITE MATTER 
TYGAPAW - FTFTKNWTD 
TAPESTRY OF SOUND - MAYPOLE THEME (LOOMING GIANT MIX) 
ADDISON GROOVE, NIKKI NAIR - BRAND NEW DROP (NIKKI NAIR REMIX) 
NASTY KING KURL - WHOLE LOTTA MONEY
LAKSA - BELLY BROCKA
OSHEYACK, NAHASH - CLUB APATHY
JOSSY MITSU - TURISMO 
CALVOMUSIC, ZFREK - SHAKE MY ASS
DJ SWISHA, BASSBEAR!! - SHAKE N BOUNCE
BORED LORD - GIRL U COULD BE DOWN 4
BAMBOUNOU - CRAIG.PY
ACEMO - ACID NOIR

dehydrated club

@djlita_

www.thelotradio.com
www.instagram.com/thelotradio
www.facebook.com/thelotradio
www.twitter.com/thelotradio
@thelotradio

DJ LITA @ The Lot Radio 11 - 04 - 2021

Surprise 🎁 I recorded two new mixes. While ‘i love you’ is lighter and more effervescent, ‘love yourself’ is bolder, more aggressive and urgent.

Self love is a fickle thing. We spend our lives trying to validate value in ourselves without realizing the value already exists: the relationship I have with myself is no exception. My anorexia stems from hating what I see in the mirror, and acting on dangerous behaviors to change it. And though I completed ED treatment over two years ago, I’m realizing there may be no “end” to the process for me; this loud, manipulative thing may be chronic, and whatever healing process I have may last my entire life.

That realization has been…exhausting for me.

While many aspects of LGBTQ+ community helped me flourish at a young age, I’ll be first to admit that blatant body image expectations in the community amplified destructive behaviors that got me where I am today. But queer-centered dance communities have been a safe haven. Dance floors liberated of society’s hetero-binary expectations can help heal, inspire, and cultivate genuine celebrations for who we are as queer individuals and our bodies. I say this from personal experience.

Queer dance spaces hold three truths that’ve paralleled my recovery journey: perfection is an imperfect concept, genuine community love heals, and our lives are too criminally short to shrink ourselves. These spaces will remain necessary, even sacred, for so many folks finding who they are beyond societal pressures and binaries, when it feels unsafe or difficult to do so anywhere else.

I’m still maneuvering what Loving Yourself ™️ means between influencer affirmation posts, RuPaul quotes, brief selfie validation, and the deconstruction of my imposter syndrome. The answer’s not in any of that. Maybe it’s not finite, like I thought recovery was: maybe I’ll be trying to figure this out for the rest of my life. 

Regardless of the answer, I find a place to recover in music, either in the DJ booth or on the dance floor. And for me that’s self love 🌱

love yourself. - 2/16/2022

L-Vis 1990 Diskotopia Mix (Japanese Fourth-World 80-87 Special)

Lady Gaga - Starstruck (mikex Edit vs Loose Cannons 'Bump That')

The Carry Nation Live at Good Room OCTovah 2018

TRACKLIST –– https://www.dummymag.com/mix/dummy-mix-566-ariel-zetina/

@arielzetina is one of those people who the term “creative” truly applies to. The Chicago-based artist’s skills include – but aren’t limited to – DJ, producer, playwright and writer, while she also enjoys a residency at Smartbar. As a DJ, her selections mirror her own background – a blend of her vibrant Latinx American roots fused with the driving acid of the city in which she lives. Earlier this year, the Discwoman affiliate dropped her ‘Organism’ EP,  a record which turned a phrase of a leering catcaller into a percussive element and found her laying down her own vocals before swerving sideways into relentless four-to-the-floor territory. Her Dummy Mix is as multi-faceted as her own productions, dipping energetically between rave and dembow rhythms and proving her skills as a sharp selector. “This mix is about the intersection of club, house, and techno,” Ariel Zetina told us about her mix. “I started deejaying because I fell in love with club music and that led me into experimenting with four-on-the-floor. These tracks all live somewhere in that perfect transitional region between these genres. I have always been interested in percussion that is so hypnotic it turns into melody and with melody that drives like percussion. I tried to be patient with my mixing as much as possible, which is always difficult for me. I breathed with this mix. The track ‘Gel’ by Prist was very important for me to include,” she continues. “She was a trans woman who I saw do an unbelievable live set at a gig in Oakland Jasmine Infiniti organised and (including, memorably, this track ‘Gel’). Serena Jara and I were also on the lineup. Cash Askew (Prist) and I connected that night and shared music with each other via email a couple days later. Cash was one of the people who we lost in the Ghost Ship Fire in Oakland and I just feel like it is a testament to how many amazing artists the community lost that night. Her music is here and she also was part of the dreampop project Them Are Us Too.”

Dummy Mix 566 // Ariel Zetina

recorded live on April 26th 2020. 

MPC1000 x modular x rmx1000

Cameron Traxxx - Goin' Back

Ariel Zetina (@arielzetina)is a DJ, producer, writer, and organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. If you listen to this mix, please consider making a donation to The Okra Project (theokraproject.com) or The Black Trans Protestors Emergency Fund, organized by Black Trans Femmes In The Arts (linktr.ee/btfacollective).

Recorded in Chicago on April 2020. 

Artwork x @iq94

FR062 Ariel Zetina (Chicago, Illinois)

Tune in as Zooey is joined by Josh Quinton to talk about what tracks they'd take with them on their own queer island.

Lady Gaga - Starstruck (mikex Edit vs Loose Cannons 'Bump That')

mikexs

Related tracks