Before moving to San Francisco, Iranian-Canadian artist AIDA got her start in one of the world's more unlikely, yet nourishing, rave scenes tucked away in the southwest corner of Canada: Vancouver. There, amongst the basement raves, forest parties and yeast-perfumed gigs on top of bakeries, she found a home amidst a small but strong scene of record-digging minimal lovers, finding power in their pure passion for music. This is where she started, though over time her sound has developed along with a lot of the minimal scene, touching on electro, breaks and progressive house.

The latter is the focus of her RA Podcast, which comes amidst a year-long sabbatical from her dayjob to focus on music. It seems like the extra time is paying off: she's playing out more than ever, around the world, and playing more kinds of music, too. This mix revolves entirely around her love for the original wave of progressive house, gathered from records chosen over a period of weeks and then put together with a firm but idiosyncratic touch, as she explains below. It's as much a testament to the timelessness of this music as the cyclical nature of dance music, though it's also a bit of history lesson, a reminder of the broad world of sounds and rhythms beyond the au courant revival.

When she's not DJing, AIDA also runs a record label rooted in activism around her Iranian heritage. Inspired partly by the Woman Life Freedom movement in Iran, her imprint Apranik Records focuses on artists of Iranian and Persian heritage from the country and across the diaspora, as well as raising money for charities and nonprofits.

@aida-dj

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/907

RA podcast

RA.907 AIDA

A fairly large live set by @priori-ties at @thecraveofficial

The Sizeable Mix Vol. 16: Priori (Live)

Up next for Tapes #115 is Xi’an-born and Toronto-based music producer, DJ, pianist, and radio presenter, Ciel. 

She is the creator of Work in Progress, a women-prioritizing concert series in Toronto; a co-founder of the immersive multidisciplinary events platform It’s Not U It’s Me; a co-owner of Toronto electronic music label Parallel Minds; a member of the internationally-renowned women & LGBTQIA+ DJ collective Discwoman; and also produces a monthly radio show on Rinse FM. 

Whether a label boss, grassroots rave promoter, established producer or adventurous DJ, the same strongly-held beliefs shine through everything Cindy does: that of focus on the community, upholding diversity and inclusivity, and playing her part to leave the scene in a better place than when she first entered. 

Read the full interview: https://www.originssound.com/os-tapes/ciel-mix

Follow Ciel —
instagram.com/ciel_dj
soundcloud.com/ciel_dj

Origins Tapes 116 - Ciel

Recording of Paquita Gordon's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

Paquita Gordon at Dekmantel Festival 2023

This is Part 2 of my Mystery of the Motherbeat series of DJ mixes. I’ve wanted to record this mix for a long time as a follow-up to my 2018 mix by the same name. Both are a fusion of styles used to build a psychedelic hypnotic soundscape for deep listening and personal synchronization with the heart of Motherbeat. No big hands in the air moments to speak of here, just deep mixing and some of the most beautiful records in my collection. My Journal of the Motherbeat Substack explores the selections and intentions behind this 2 hour and 19 minute mix: https://journalofthemotherbeat.substack.com/p/notes-on-a-dj-mix. The track list is below.

1. LaTour - Blue (XX Records, 1992)
2. @geotaguchi - Deep Blue  (Coymix, 2023) 
3. Caldera - 30 Friends (Freude Am Tanzen, 2022)
4. Y.M.C. - Subway (Yoshitoshi Recordings, 1998) 
5. Brian Tanseau - Relativity (Carl Craig Urban Affair Dub, 1993)
6. @satoshi_tomiie - Un Peu (Abstract Architecture, 2023)
7. @edmondsonandon - On & On (Lissoms, 2023) 
8. Cris. P - Lemon (Psy Section, 2021)
9. @dreamcycleuk - All the Things (Idle Hands, 2021) 
10. Yaw Evans - Only Spirit (GD4YA, 2022) 
11. Todd Edwards - Winter Behavior (i Records, 1995)
12. Toka Project - One Day (Filter Flow, 1999)
13. Brian Eno - Fractal Zoom  (Mary’s Birthday Mix) (Opal Records, 1992)
14. Thurlow Joyce - Varial (NAFF, 2023)
15. Hoodwink  - Trip From The Hip (Mute, 1997)
16. The Heavyweight Kru  =  The Drea-mm (Not On Label, 1999)
17. @perkopair - Prang (Numbers, 2023)
18. Way Out West - The Gift (album version) (Deconstruction, 1997)
19. Anunaku @gu_tsvi - Celeste (WHYT, 2023)
20. Head High - Break Away (Power House, 2023)
21. Kenny Dope - Tom Beat (Dopewax, 2005)
22. S.R. - Dosemeter (Ruffset Records, 2022)
23. Knopha - Corundrum (Mood Hut, 2023)
24. Molen - Molecular Machine (Flight Mode, 2023)
25. Satoshi Tomiie - Proody-106 (Phonogramme, 2023)
26. DJ Tonka - Radical Noise (Force Inc., 1995)
27. Ruffneck Revival - My Knight VI (Not on Label, 1999)
28. Ruffneck Revival - My Knight VII (Not on Label, 1999)
29. Transformer 2  - Fruit of Love (Profile, 1992)
30. American Freedom Train - Cab Ride (Soundbird, 1975)
31. Way Out West  - Earth (Deconstruction, 1997)

Eris Drew’s Mystery of the Motherbeat Part 2

@sedefadasi's style is impossible to pin down. Embarking on her sonic journey, she fearlessly navigates her craft through a multifaceted universe of rhythms and genres, captivating dance floors with her everlasting groove and electrifying embrace. The best place to experience this rollercoaster is her own monthly HAMAM party at City club in Augsburg where she has invited plenty of international guests to join her. The Turkey-born, Germany-based artist is also a resident at Blitz Music Club and is set to join us at Dekmantel Selectors later in the summer, but first comes this week's podcast. 

It launches in seductive fashion with the moonlit deep house of Chicagoan Ben 'Cosmo' D then cruises through smooth but punchy grooves that stay low and bring hints of old-school cool in the basslines, stabs and drum breaks. Adasi's shift through the gears is almost imperceptible here as the pace quickens and the drums grow more physical. That is a testament to not only her smart selections but also to her ability to thread together these sounds quite so seamlessly.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 452 - Sedef Adasi

Name: Isabella 
Alias: ISAbella (@bellasalmonella)
Pronouns: She/They
Location: Barcelona

Influences: From Cocteau twins, broadcast, dream pop, shoe gaze, house music, salsa, reggaeton, 90´s tech/house, my cute circle of friends and family, love, dreams, number 8, blue color.

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: 
-MARICAS, MARICAS Records, Club DOS
-Working on a experimental live project presented this year alongside one of my most beloved artists and person Velv.93 <3 going under Mixed Signals
Residencies: 
-Nitsa,Barcelona
-Postbar, Helsinki
-Blitz, Munich
-Videoclub, Bogotá

Favorite Quote: 
“Safe at last
Seeing my thoughts in order
Safe, fallen down this way
I will be just what I am”. 
- Cocteau Twins

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
Believe in what moves your heart sticking to your real self, follow ur intuition and support and take care of each other in your community.

About the mix: Recording from my first gig of the year at Nowadays! This gig was so special in so many levels; I felt a surge of excitement and nervousness coursing through me.

From the perfect booth to the sweaty dance floor and a crowd that is there for the right reasons - make this space so magical. And so it felt in the same way to play for the first time there. Atmosphere was palpable and the hours flew away, they melted in sweatiness, connection and transformation thru music.

With this mix ISAbella asks for you to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ Rebuild hope in Gaza: Support Bisan and families
(https://www.gofundme.com/f/rebuild-hope-in-gaza-support-bisan-and-families)
❁ Fund for the investigation of the Ewing sarcoma (https://www.wingsforewingsarcoma.org/)

Read more at - https://thedaisychain.club/2024/02/13/daisychain-317-isabella/

Daisychain

Daisychain 317 - ISAbella

Space Cadets (@adampits + @liseneuk)
Live recording • Else / Berlin

Release: 09.02.24
Artwork: instagram.com/jg3000

Space Cadets (Adam Pits + Lisene) @ HS-011 • 08.07.23 [005]

Recording De School closing set

♥️

I haven’t posted a recording of my djing for quite some time now, I feel this is a moment I can and want to share.

This 5 hour closing set has been something special for me. 

02•01•2024 
09:00 - 14:00

Walking into de school not knowing what was about to happen, only thinking that I would see this as my musical homage to being a resident to this amazing place, a space where I was going to play one of my most memorable sets to this day. What started as 3 hours planned of a closing ended up in 5 hours of pure bliss. 
The responses on that moment have changed a lot for me. It made me rethink why I dj, why I make music and why I love doing this thing I do so much. 

These 5 hours are filled with: unknown hits to big dance bangers, music for happiness, loneliness, loving, hating, remembering, forgetting, friendship and everything in between. 

Amsterdam
hope you enjoy.

Love
L.

BSS - 02•01•24 - Closing De school

To be honest, we don't give a damn how you boost decent service on Weissenhäuser Strand, cos people who had time to check their mobile phones on Saturday morning surely missed out on some hot 2-stepping with a persuasive no service. (@geen_dienst)

His TANGLE closing set flutters about between off centered to spherical house, via electro to gloomy bongo sounds, trancy elements and back again. Utterly refreshing!

no service // Nachtipod // Nachtiville 2024 (The Tangle)

We present the closing set from Sansibar at our last event in January. Hailing from the cosmic realm, Sansibar manipulates rhythms and frequencies to turn intergalactic cosmic rays into a sonic voyage from above to below. As a nonpareil cosmic producer and resident DJ at Kaiku and Post Bar, Sansibar's genre-unbound sound credentials have solidified his position as one of Europe's most intriguing talents.

His sonic landscape traverses a myriad of textures and rhythms, seamlessly blending electro, techno, house, jungle, new beat, and more. From floor-focused beats to downtempo soundscapes, Sansibar's music is an unpigeonholeable multiverse of sonic exploration, bound to immerse you in layers of daze and euphoria.

With intricate, transcendental hardware gems, Sansibar's music harnesses hi-impact programming and psychoactive flights, inviting listeners on a journey through expansive soundscapes and oblique riff fractals.

@sunnysibar

SANSIBAR DJ SET @ RADIANCE, RSO / BERLIN 30.01.2024

Nachtdigital - Festival solutions since 1998

"Nachti" and "NACHTIVILLE" are two festivals made by the organizers of Nachtdigital.

no service // Nachtipod // Nachtiville 2024 (The Tangle)

Nachtdigital // NACHTIVILLE // Nachti

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