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With his @shaytoonrecords label, @sepehr-a has built a platform for underground techno and electronic music from the Iranian diaspora. But the versatile New York-based producer and DJ fights oversimplified categorisations and pigeonholing at every turn, extracting as much influence from obscure ‘90s rave records as much as Persian mythology

Alongside a 90-minute On Cue mix demonstrating this sound, he tells Marke Bieschke about his Flower Storm project with Kasra V, the influence of Silent Servant, and his grunge-influenced new band.

Read the interview: https://djmag.com/features/cue-sepehrs-rave-mythology

Interview

On Cue: Sepehr

There is nothing ordinary about Sepehr (@sepehr-a): he hails from the Bay Area of San Fran, is based in New York City but has Iranian heritage and takes great pleasure in pulling apart everything you think you know about dance music. His maverick approach results in versatile and genre-defiant sounds that collide EBM, drum & bass, techno, electro, acid and plenty more on some of the finest labels out there. He runs his own Shaytoon Records which is focussed on the Middle Eastern underground, and in May lands on our own Dekmanel Records with Genesis Domain, a varied EP full of intriguing sounds.

The same could be said of his mix for us this week. It's a deep dive into his eclectic and eccentric musical mind that spans several sounds and scenes. Although united by body-moving rhythms, there is everything from club to techno to broken beat and plenty more besides. Each track is packed with detail and surrealist sounds that will keep your head as busy as your heels.

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Kiosk & The Lot Radio proudly present their three-day broadcast at Horst Festival’s Moon Ra stage, showcasing New York’s and Brussels’ vibrant communities at one of Europe’s leading festivals. 

Sustain-Release boss Aurora Halal showing Moon Ra how it’s done in New York 🧃

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Dekmantel celebrates the 10th anniversary of Dekmantel Festival with a 44-track, 7-record box set compilation, with each record representing a stage at the festival. CCL has created a mix containing tracks exclusively from the box set. Early copies of the box set will be available during the festival, with the official release date in September. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/dekmantel-ten-a-decade-of-dekmantel-festival-mixed-by-ccl-18th-july-2024

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MARICAS co-founder ISAbella takes the controls for the 592nd Crack Mix, with an hour-long journey blending dusty techno, shuffling house and trance-flecked grooves that closes a chapter on the summer festival season.

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Fresh from soundtracking Rihanna’s Fenty show at NYFW, London-based Parisian producer @coucouchloe made us an experimental mix for a killer night out.

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☁ Noctilucent Mix 005 by @natalia00110 ☁

The first mix of 2021! This one is by Natalia, a Sydney based DJ and radio host. 
I met Natalia for the first time in 2019, through an event she hosted and have been lucky to have her in my life since! She is a thoughtful and community minded artist, constantly contributing and connecting artists together. 
Natalia also hosts her own month show ‘Outer Vein’ on Bristol based, Noods Radio, where she focuses on showcasing new music of all genres from across the globe. 

Natalia kindly gave us some context to her fantastic mix (which yes, I had a lil cry to when I listened to it): 
'𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙗 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙗𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙨. 𝙄'𝙢 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙗 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙗𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙎𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙭 𝙄 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙨 - 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩-𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙮, 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙤𝙥, 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙛𝙛.'

Thank you so much, Natalia! <3 Track list below :)

Tracklist:
A.C. Marias - Just Talk
The Native Cats - Sanremo
Scribble - Kaze Iro
A.C. Marias - Time Was
Tôle Froide - Autodétruisez vous
Nature Lovers - Lament
F Ingers - Heatwave Blues
Scattered Order - Heat
Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton - Long Singing
Laurie Anderson - Transitory Life
The Threshold Houseboys Choir - Part 2 : “Imitations of Spring’
Competition - grow(n)
Solid Space - Destination Moon

Noctilucent Mix 005 - Natalia

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