This is an absolute debut release by the Lisbon-based mina collective which celebrates on the 24th of March its 9th anniversary of organizing raves, parties, festivals, community cultural spaces and even a now-defunct club space, Planeta Manas, marking an entire generation of ravers, queers and electronic music lovers who together with the collective defied trends, extinction, police, breakups and a nomadic life amidst rapid urban change.

For minacore vol. 1, coming out on the 24th of March, 4 mina residents compile 4 tracks, encapsulating a fraction of their devotion to the history of mina, within a spectrum ranging from frantic joy, chaotic magic, collective duress, and melancholic nostalgia accumulated through the past 9 years.

Phoebe - “Swamp Head” is a relentless psyonic stomping joyful acid chugger afflicted by some brain-damaged voice with digital inflections, piercing repetition, and off-beat stabs. For those who know, this is an ode to a dysfunctional era scarred by tough challenges and studded with the beauty of collective repetition.

Violet - “Early Shift” got us cascade-drum sweating, head-untz wobbling, and dog-woof barking with her signature play on the d’n’b music legacy, and her commitment to a broken yet unisonous dancefloor energy. This one is for the early shifters - be it at 11pm or 6am.


BLEID - “8AM PM” is a dance alarm that cheekily winks at the exhausted morning spirit waking up, not in bed, but in the middle of thick mist penetrated by early rays of sun that reveal a tribal ecstasy of bodies kept alive by the bass, rapid mesh of congas, snares and claps and, of course, the insistent but caring friend’s slaps - hey! (wake up!)


marum - “nothing gold can stay”, offers a long atmospheric loops journey, a bath of sonic waves that reveal the emotions, often rendered invisible, that emerge once the party is over, when the space has emptied, as the dust slowly settles on the remaining bodies and we drift away, forced to embrace the unredeemable loss, knowing that nothing this beautiful is meant to last.
Videoclip by Dima: https://youtu.be/YfoKtCbjdKM
(This track is better experienced lying down, listening to it loud through stereo speakers and subs, allowing the low-frequencies to tenderize the cells and bring forth the buried emotions.)

Artwork: Dipsy
Master: Odessa Swan


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VA - minacore VOL.1

live recordings

CRYSTAL SERIES

BOILER ROOM

BLEID - 8AM PM

Phoebe - Swamp Head

This is an absolute debut release by the Lisbon-based mina collective which celebrates on the 24th of March its 9th anniversary of organizing raves, parties, festivals, community cultural spaces and even a now-defunct club space, Planeta Manas, marking an entire generation of ravers, queers and electronic music lovers who together with the collective defied trends, extinction, police, breakups and a nomadic life amidst rapid urban change.

For minacore vol. 1, coming out on the 24th of March, 4 mina residents compile 4 tracks, encapsulating a fraction of their devotion to the history of mina, within a spectrum ranging from frantic joy, chaotic magic, collective duress, and melancholic nostalgia accumulated through the past 9 years.

@marumwelt
marum - “nothing gold can stay”, offers a long atmospheric loops journey, a bath of sonic waves that reveal the emotions, often rendered invisible, that emerge once the party is over, when the space has emptied, as the dust slowly settles on the remaining bodies and we drift away, forced to embrace the unredeemable loss, knowing that nothing this beautiful is meant to last.

Videoclip by Dima: https://youtu.be/YfoKtCbjdKM
(This track is better experienced lying down, listening to it loud through stereo speakers and subs, allowing the low-frequencies to tenderize the cells and bring forth the buried emotions.)

Artwork: Dipsy
Master: Odessa Swan

marum - nothing gold can stay

Violet - early shift

Prec @ mina / Lisbon -  8th September 2017

Mina

Twofold @ mina / Lisbon - 8th September 2017

Roundhouse Kick @ mina / Lisbon - 6th October 2017

Odete @ mina / Lisbon - 8th September 2017

marum @ mina / Lisbon - 3th November 2017

marum b2b Violet @ mina / Lisbon - 4th August 2017

Naomi b2b Photonz @ mina / Lisbon - 3th November 2017

BLEID live @ mina (Institut fur Zukunft - Leipzig) - 16th March 2018

Caroline Letho @ mina / Lisbon - 31st March 2018

Naomi @ mina / Lisbon - 21st April 2018

Yizhaq @ village - mina / Lisbon - 21st September 2018

CRYSTAL SERIES 01 - JOSH CHEON X VIOLET

► Starting proceedings for mina with an exclusive b2b, Violet and Photonz on deck.
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Violet b2b Photonz | Boiler Room Lisbon: mina

► VIEGAS with some upfront Techno.
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VIEGAS | Boiler Room Lisbon: mina

► NA O MI representing mina in the mix.
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NA O MI | Boiler Room Lisbon: mina

► Closing the show, mina mainstay marum on controls.
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marum | Boiler Room Lisbon: mina

► BLEID stepping up for an exclusive live set.
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BLEID (live) | Boiler Room Lisbon: mina

Violet @ mina / Lisbon - 24th April 2019

For mina's third Crystal Series at Rádio Quântica, resident BLEID invites Croatian producer and DJ mapalma, who has been responsible for making damages in Soundcloud's stratosphere with her EP Nightcap on Ashida Park, as well as her self-released Crybaby.
During the first hour BLEID roams through her fav latest internet based dance cuts to warm you up, then on the second hour mapalma takes the decks for ensured destruction, harsh goodness and some of the sickest bangers out there.

CRYSTAL SERIES 03 - BLEID X mapalma

Crystal Series is back ! this time curated by resident @vvviegas with special guest of dishonor @aggromance, one of the forces behind Argentinas powerhouse @hiedrahclubdebaile, having made a name for himself on the web and dancefloors of south america through a very sensitive take on reggaeton, mixed with pop, trance and many other peripheral sounds 💫

CRYSTAL SERIES 04 - VIEGAS X AGGROMANCE

Violet DJ set
28 August 2019
mina showcase
Tresor
Berlin Atonal

Violet - mina showcase - Tresor, Berlin Atonal

Viegas DJ set
28 August 2019
mina showcase
Tresor
Berlin Atonal

VIEGAS - mina showcase - Tresor, Berlin Atonal

BLEID DJ set
28 August 2019
mina showcase
Tresor
Berlin Atonal

BLEID - mina showcase - Tresor, Berlin Atonal

@djhighfuture is our 'Green Agate', a gem related to physical, mental, and spiritual health.
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We are back with our Crystal Series podcast to continue collaborating with artists we admire, despite the current impossibility to invite them to our insanely aseptic parties/cosmic holes.

High Future is a mystical gem conjuring mind-expansive music and turbulent high speeds rave sounds. While being based in Berlin, she is now back to her hometown, Seoul, South Korea, delivering us this mix from under isolation.

We were really looking forward to welcoming her for our 3rd anniversary which had to be canceled but we are happy to have her re-opening our Crystal Series, with this touch of sonic magic for all of you.

At a time we feel our futurities have been broken, may they be reinvigorated with this inwards trip from High Future ✨💎

BIO
"High Future is a Berlin-based DJ, rising all the way from Seoul, South Korea. While performing she delivers fast paces and intense DJ sets inspired by the 90's sound, old and new school of trance and trippy yet sophisticated rhythms of techno. Restless attitude, never-ending energy, and quality selections are the main trade of this passionate DJ."

CRYSTAL SERIES 05 - High Future

MDSM (@honeytrapldn & @affectvs) are our Bloodstones: powerful healing stones, grounding, and protecting. They heighten intuition and increase creativity.
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'Until the cops arrive' is a motto that has been refashioned into our collective memory during this pandemic. The duo MDSM understands this urgency, here masterfully translated into this crystal series mix, kicking you straight into wind-cutting speeds, alarming bells & sirens, summoning blood boiling psychedelia. Relentless bass to keep many legs pumping, paced by vocal-cries lost in the chaos, this MDSM mix is a hit play [grab your lovers] and run. 
In the end, are we running or are we dancing?

(Missing dearly our queer-septic society, collective stomps & sweat at mina <3)

CRYSTAL SERIES 06 - MDSM (Untilthecopsarrive)

@vixen_vex is our Moonstone crystal, the dreamy, ethereal stone that channels the moon, a healing force that has the power to push and pull the tides of our great oceans and emotions.
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Furby & Science aficionadx, Vixen possesses an electrifying witchcraft-style behind the decks. Bulgarian-born Copenhagen-based DJ and producer, she is one vital member of the DIY collective Fast Forward, known for elevating both the recognition and the Bpm-speed of the Danish capital’s vibrant underground techno scene. Opening this Crystal Series with a tongue-in-cheek Sailor Moon’s relic (a wink back at all of us who are fans), she skillfully conjures hard-hitting drums weaved in seductive vocals and melodies bewitching any listener into a dancemania. Continuously developing her sound as a producer with already several releases behind her, Vixen is all about playful danger, powerful incantations, and psycho-stompers capable of summoning that devilish nostalgia for magic in the dancefloor.

CRYSTAL SERIES 07 - Vixen

@peach-lyfe is our Labradorite crystal, the magic stone of shamans, diviners, and healers. Enhancer of the psychic abilities and awareness of those who seek knowledge and embrace self-discovery.   
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Raised in the Jazz music mileu, Peahlyfe cut the cord and transmorphed into a Hydra-sonic electronic musician that shook&seduced the Copenhagen fast-paced techno scene, claiming their seat along with the honorable Fast Forward gang. 

Peachlyfe’s productions and live-sets rebelliously weave across genres, trippy melodies cut with heavy slaps while slithering whispers in your ear sowing the dismantlement of the ‘cistem’. Their previous EP “All Tits are Real, All Money is Fake, All Hail Satan” is an ode to that anarchic-playfulness, a marvellous feat in blending rave-rush joy and queer defiance.

 For this Crystal Series, Peachlyfe carries all the longing for a dancefloor and threads a slow-burn moody trip. First, they set our mind on a loopy trance, bassy, steady, time-stretching rising steps. The mind inflammation then takes our limbs. Amidst this puppetry, with a sly-sudden release of the straps, Peachlyfe generates euphoria and unruly movements. Where did this smile on our faces come from? All of a sudden we are dancing.

CRYSTAL SERIES 08 - Peachlyfe

music excavation in Lisbon ⛏️💎
residents:
marum @marumwelt
Violet @violet
BLEID @bleiddd
Phoebe @phoebephoebephoebe

Bookings:
mina.suspension@proton.me

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