A mix series, presented by Neonlichter. 
Sounds, with no regard to age or style. 
Some of the guests may not even be producers or DJs.

Days Of Steam

Radio shows

sets

Two Doves w/ Icarus Redux & Erlaab - May 2nd 2022

Two Doves w/ Allen Hz & Elysium Alps - Jun 6th 2022

Restrained freakout sonics and subcranial rhythms from the Chennai-based @icarus-redux — “earth-moving kicks, baleful, eyes-dilated synths, and rough, mostly unsampled breakbeats. Fog machine bathing all as one.” 

Inspired as an artist by a mixed bag of artists and theorists that cast light on the darkness - Fisher, Graeber, Preciado, Shadow, Thaemlitz, Tiqqun, Weatherall - an Icarus Redux mix (of which there are many amazing ones on their Soundcloud) has a distinct ebb and flow, often reminding me of early cut-and-paste techniques or Richie Hawtin’s Decks x EFX mixes that reassemble contexts on a micro-level, not just layering tracks over each other but reconstructing them. highlighting the spaces between the notes, the snatches of memory that flit through your brain.

A lot of the tracks from the early 2010s are records I remember hearing and playing when I lived in Leeds, which I had associated with a very different scene that I naively believed at the time would never truly take off Stateside. At the same time, Disclosure were getting big then and I thought the US would pass them over - from downloading italo and house rips off of Bicep's old blog to seeing them headline warehouses in Brooklyn that charge $40+ admission (both Disclosure and Bicep, at this rate it's probably $60+...mais je divague).

Bianca Scout - Kingdom [2022, First Terrace]
Herbert - Deeper (Basic Soul Unit Remix) [2016, Curle]
T++ - Dig [2010, Honest Jons]
Avatism - Self Control [2017, Vakant]
Basic Soul Unit - Jak'd Freq (A Made Up Sound - Puur Natuur Mix) [2010, Crème Organization]
Ayln - Victim [2018, Nous]
Tenebre - Axe Nord-Sud [2018, WNCL Recordings]
Reckonwrong - Morton [2015, Pinkman]
Taraval - Bart's Sanctuary [2016, Text]
Blawan - Iddy [2010, Hessle Audio]
Martyn - Body Music [2018, Dolly Dubs]
Pugilist - Déjà Vu [2022, Banoffee Pies]
Ryan James Ford - Brixa Endt [2018, SHUT]
Shed - Lumber Fix TT [2018, The Final Experiment]
Private Press - Wetweird [2022, Of Paradise White Label]
Clark - Superscope [2014, Warp]
Andrea - Rainbow [2015, Ilian Tape]
Glaskin - Grey Lines [2018, Hotflush]

Days Of Steam 008: Icarus Redux

Maryland-based DJ and student of music Icarus Redux makes his guest selector debut with a set full of broken beat, club music, and Middle Eastern sounds - including Palestinian drill - to give his perspective on the current situation in Palestine. Plus, expect music from CoLD SToRAGE, Mia Koden, Marcus Intalex, and loads more!

Broadcast live Friday, December 8th, 2023, on WERA 96.7FM Radio Arlington.

Follow Icarus Redux:
@icarus-redux
www.instagram.com/icarus_redux

HOUR 1 w/ Wax
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Part 1:
CoLD SToRAGE - Canada (James Shinra Remix)
Trance Wax - Trance Wax 5
FLASHBACK: Lone - Dream Girl / Sky Surfer
Ayesha - 2008
Djedjotronic - Cruising
FUTURE CLASSIC: Mia Koden - Racket

Part 2:
DJ Zinc - Ready or Not (DJ Zinc '96 Remix)
Clipz - Uno (Extended Mix)
Break & Liam Bailey - Gotta Believe
Congo Natty & Courtney Melody - Musik 4 Da Soul (ISHEN Remix)
Breakage - Most High
Serum & Bladerunner - Who Jah Bless
Marcus Intalex & ST. Files - Universe (2020 Remaster)
GLXY - New Soul
FD - Here With Me

HOUR 2 w/ Icarus Redux (56:20)
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Muslimgauze - Analog Zikr 2
Eomac - Battle For Your Mind
DJ Plead - Mercy
DJ Haram - Body Count
Hagop Tchaparian - Gl
Badawi - Bedouin Raid
3Phaz - Drum Track
Daboor - Fi Ta5 (Prod. Al Nather)
Ma Sha - Myrtle Warp
Jonny From Space - Skin On Skin
Darqwan - Nocturnal
Nubian Minds - Check Da Vibe
DJ Shadow vs. Radiohead - The Gloaming (DJ Shadow Remix)
Jonny From Space - Never The Right Time
Zoë Mc Pherson - Potentials
JayJay - Bneqta3ha بنقطعها


www.wera.fm

Nocturnal Wax Presents: Studio 96 on WERA 96.7FM

Support the groove!

Nocturnal Wax Presents: Studio 96 #275 feat. Icarus Redux (December 8, 2023)

A "c80 drunken stumble taking the wrong shortcut back to a flat full of odd convos and good mixers" from Rye Wax doyen / one half of @fyichris Nowt (aka Watson). 

post-punk poetry / slovene tape sculptures / synth clouds / sermons / brass reconstructions / house classics / Baltimore club deconstructions / proto-everything / non-euclidian transitions 

John Cooper Clarke - Nothing [1979, Epic]
Keller - Tom Jones Bones [1986, FV Založba]
Patrick Cowley - Mechanical Fantasy Box [2019, Dark Entries]
S/Z - Who Is The Author? [1985, Touch]
Gossiwor - Domestic Saga #2 (All is Lost) [2019, 5 Gate Temple]
Nocturnal Emissions - Bowl Dance [1991, Earthly Delights]
Ra.H & Dynamo Dreesen - Spacepops (Donato Dozzy Remix) [2010, Morphine]
K-S.H.E - Hobo Train = 浮浪者 [2006, Comatonse]
Da Posse feat. Martell - Searchin' Hard (Mike Dunn's AC mix) [1989, Dance Mania]
Andreas Gehm - Fucking Face [2017, Solar One Music]
Masters at Work - The Ha Dance (Ken/Lou Mixx) [1991, Cutting Records]
DJ Class - Roldatshit [1995, Hardhead Records]
Marlon D - Dance 2 Da Dub [2007, Strictly Rhythm]
Mr. G - JB's [2010, Bass Culture Records]
KOOLMFL - atonbow (ft. Ken Nordine) [2024, Thinner Groove]
Nick Holder - Erotic Illusions [1994, DNH Records]
Diamond K - Dance Like A Freak [2008, Baltimore Club Classics]
KW Griff - Rock Wid It [1995, Hardhead Records]
Oliver Ho - Heart of Darkness [2005, Meta]
Loefah - Life Dub [2004, Big Apple]

Days Of Steam 012: Nowt

I first encountered Stefan though through Casa Del Popolo, the Main’s main den of épatering the bourgeoisie since the 90s, when they booked me for what was only the second Days of Steam night after the first at Rye Wax. The old booth was set up like you were in a chapel, dim as hell for me but enough of a remove from the audience without being too removed. They’re a longtime organizer in Montréal activist circles, the mind of @freecityradio, with a CV too long to summarize here but one that shows genuine belief and investment in the causes he champions. I’d seen them years back before we knew each other, as part of the city’s experimental undercurrents, with releases of introspective piano for Howl Arts alongside local luminaries Sam Shalabi and Peter Burton and mainstays d’la marge like Aural Canyon and Beacon Sound. Tapestries of field recordings and plunderphonics, part of a long tradition of musique actuelle in the city without intentionally trying to be so. The mix he sent over is almost entirely as of writing recent pieces, with compositions (what they all feel like more than ‘pieces’ or ‘tracks’) from Berkeley, Brooklyn, Brazil, Houston, Jaffa, Milan, Montréal - the sound of the uncertainty and rage of the now, but never restoring to despondency, moreso righteousness.

"It is my pleasure to share these tracks with you. On a basic level these tracks were shared mostly by friends in the context of exchanges and ongoing collaborations with folks in cities all over the place, around creating content for Radio AlHara in Palestine and beyond. I love that this mix jumps between vibes and styles. I also included a couple of tracks from recent releases that I worked on. I hope you enjoy the mix. – Stefan."

Notnef Greco - Scooter Riding in Bombay [2024, Sublamental]
Grimório de Abril - A Torre Poligonal do Astrólogo Caldeu [2024, Subliminal K7]
Matteo Uggeri - ...for You Bleeding Goddess [2024, 13 Records]
Totenbaum Träger - Fleur de néon VI [2023, Cuchabata]
Stefan Christoff - Guitar in Griffintown [2024, Cuchabata]
Matteo Uggeri - ...for Daughters and Sons [2024, 13 Records]
Stefan Christoff - Chalga Remixed [2024, Samizdat]
Grimório de Abril - The River Used to be a Signal  [2024, Municipal K7]
Stefan Christoff - In Burgas [2024, Samizdat]
Azraq - Baby Please Don't Go [2021, self-released]
Badawi - A Curse on All Murderers (Extended Dub) (excerpt) [2024, self-released]

Days Of Steam 013: Stefan Christoff

If there are any DJs I want to uplift here or else, it's the ones who I know have a deep knowledge of the histories and many sounds of 'dance music' -- not for want of being a know it all, but of gaining histories and contexts that would be otherwise lost in the algorithmic shuffle. Nashville-born, Montréal-based @esme3xtace is one of the best DJs of late I've heard make pure wormholes of techno, the kind that you can properly shut out the world and lose your body in. As someone who was also into this sound when I was their age, it gives me joy to see early-to-mid 20-somethings have the chances to share that kind of knowledge. Esme's mix feels like you're on cruise control, it's gone midnight and the air smells of petrichor, faint diesel, and distant flowers. Many shades of techno flow across each other like paint. You neither know nor care what tomorrow will bring. 

“Moonshine Bluegrass” [unknown]
K Wata - Seltzer [2020, Slink]
Helical Scan - Index 1 [1996, Chain Reaction]
Elise - Seropram (Forest Drive West Remix) [2018, Man Band]
Viiaan - Dun Dun [2022, Voragine]
natural/electronic.system. - Pegaso [2020, Midgar]
Neel - Naeba [2022, Non Series]
Materjal - Endless Walk  [2021, Egregore Collective]
Caldera - Pilzi [2022, Pressure Dome]
VC-118A - Aurora [2021, Chain Data]
Bas Dobbelaer - T2310 [2020, On Board Music]
Star_Dub - Digidub 7 [2022, self-released]
Konduku - Emerald Island [2018, Nous’klaer Audio]
DJ Shufflemaster - Escalation (Mayudepth Remix) [2016, Shiki Kyokai]
Robert Fleck - Soft Focus (Gasometric Run Remix) [2018, Well Street]
Kettenkarussell - Konstant Sleep [2014, Giegling]

Unknown Album

Days Of Steam 014: Esme

Waves tones and damn fine moods from @prezzo91 (as heard on Groovetrackers on the mighty @wkcr) 

"A conceptual mixtape, this brings together a selection of tracks that, either in their individual structural or in combination, enact an idea of “scarcity, density, release.” Look forward to some lesser heard B-sides (specifically a Sade one!) as well as some familiar names for the cerebral house heads. The inspiration comes from a thought my friend George Webster expressed to me recently."

Nala Sinephro — Space 1 [2021, Warp]
Sault — Warrior [2023, Forever Living Originals]
Sade — Make Some Room [1988, Epic]
Aybee — Dawn [2013, Deepblak]
Chaos in the CBD — Trust is Key [2015, Rhythm Section]
Daphni — Mania [2022, Jiaolong]
Rednail Kidz & Derrick Carter — Do My Thing [2015, Cyclo]
Projekt:pm — Audio Visuals [1997, Crucial Sounds]
Kornel Kovacs — Szikra (Abdulla Rashim Remix) [2014, Studio Barnhus]
In Fields — Joy [2020, Höga Nord Rekords]
Galcher Lustwerk — Stem [2015, Lustwerk Music]
Floating Points — Ocotillo [2024, Ninja Tune]
Fatima — Cinnamon [2011, Eglo]
Nala Sinephro — Space 4 [2021, Warp]

Days Of Steam 015: Prezzo

We are psyched to kickoff our 2025 programming with @icarus-redux ! Sarvesh Ramprakash (b.1989, Arlington, VA) is a DJ, musician, and event organizer based out of Chennai, India, and before that Minneapolis. Prior to becoming a DJ, Sarvesh spent formative time on both coasts of the U.S., singing south Indian classical (Carnatic) and Western music, running a show and managing operations at WRGW, working in the music industry (Alpha Pup Records, Dublab, Ninja Tune, Rootnote Collective) and organizing warehouse dance music events.
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[sam] Sitting here alone just don't get it (Star Trek S01E26)
Low End Activist - Just a Number (Institutionalised)
Mammo - Slows The Pace And Goes Farther
[ai] [sam] (Icarus Redux DJ tag) Guys like me, we don't get burned we get tanned (Hustle S01E03)
Pugilist & Pod - Mystic
Peverelist - The Grind
F - Night Dive
2562 - This Is Hardcore
Winsome - Tab
Airhead - Pyramid Lake
Cassius Select - Fish Tek
MJ Cole - Lay It All on the Line
Jim Legxacy - Candy Reign (SBTRKT R&R Remix)
Lennie De Ice - We Are I.E. (Horsepower's Return To E Remix)
Mordecai - Pulse XE2 (Musical Mob - Pulse X & Mssingno - XE2)
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key:
[ai] - AI extracted
[sam] - sample

Icarus Redux | The Spinzone #130

Montréal house staple @Kridelka plunges into the acid from the deep end before wading out again, in an exploration of the 303. "The style is a little less accessible, particularly old tracks with a large dynamic range that can sometimes sound particularly harsh on big sound systems, so I took this opportunity to explore that part of my collection. Hope you enjoy it, and thanks for your time!"

Max Essa & Eddie C — Save Me [2024, Razor-N-Tape]
Fatima Yamaha — Love Invaders [2015, Magnetron]
Ash Walker & Amp Fiddler — Afronaught (Ron Trent Remix) [2024, Night Time Stories]
The Vision — Heaven (Nightmares On Wax Remix) [2019, Defected]
Connie Case — Get Down [1982, Konduko]
Whitesquare — Inside Your Soul [2022, Visual Distortions]
Felipe Gordon — Acid Party at Santa Barbara [2024, Razor-N-Tape]
Guti — El Solitario (Carl Craig Remix) [2015, Defected]
Jinger aka Traumer — Apoplex [2022, Jinger]
Larry Heard & Mr White — The Sun Can't Compare [2006, Alleviated]
Murr ft. Rosina — Fables and Fairytales (Adam Marshall’s “Into the Spirit Lands” Mix) [2008, Kuji]
Basement Jaxx — Fly Life Xtra [1997, Rotate]
Simo Not Simon — Don't Leave [2024, Clover Club]

Days Of Steam 016: Kridelka

Live DJ set from RTS.FM studio in Tbilisi, Georgia

Discover Mozzy (AZ)
► residentadvisor.net/dj/djmozzy
► soundcloud.com/deejay_mozzy

Mozzy (iN, Baku) @ RTS.FM Tbilisi 07.12.2017

Some superb breaks stuff from Sergey A.M.

Sergey A.M RTS.FM Moscow 14.12.17

Deepin' Session x RTS.FM Budapest w/ Incolor (Club Midi - RO)
YouTube: https://youtu.be/J8YNWtK1Nmw
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1902365550076959/
Venue: https://www.facebook.com/TelepGaleria/
Deepin' Session: https://www.facebook.com/DeepinSession/

Incolor (Cluj, RO) is a young upcoming talent growing up in the underground Romanian scene. Focused on techno influences like minimal, deep and dub, he is striving to create a minimalistic, dynamic and melodic sound in his sets and his productions are showing the highlight of his work.
Seeking for more atmospheric and hypnotic grooves, 2011 was the year he released his first EP and since then he continued to delight the underground audience with his work. With releases supported by Rhadoo, Cezar, Priku, Dubtil, Petre Inspirescu, Barac, Arapu, Herodot, Suciu, Gescu and many more, artists with whom he has already shared the decks with, focusing your lens point on him is definitely the right choice. 
Claiming that the best part of his work will remain unreleased and he’d rather fly under the radar keep your eyes and ears opened for an artist with a selection of innovative tracks and a trendsetting style.

https://soundcloud.com/decolorat
https://www.facebook.com/decolorat/

Incolor RTS.FM Budapest 26.01.2018

Tape Hiss invited RTS.FM Budapest to the Hungarian countryside for a half-dayer. All the DJs represented the attitude and the rich musical background of the lowlander record label.
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/149634709067614/
YouTube: https://youtu.be/wv5ODGgmSNQ

About Eril Fjord:

Eril Fjord is known as one of the foremost conceptual artists of the Hungarian electronic music scene. Besides his DJ carrier he is also known for his experimental music project called Magamura. His unique sounds encompass a wide-range of futuristic and restrospective elements. He has released two full-length albums in the past years.
(Mondoka – 2011, Excalibur – 2015)

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/eril-fjord
https://facebook.com/erilfjord
https://soundcloud.com/tapehissdothu
https://facebook.com/tapehiss
https://residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=10779

Eril Fjord - Tape Hiss x RTS.FM - Kecskemét / Hungary, 25.02.2018

RTS.FM Budapest pres. Vatsanah & V Ka 25.03.2018
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1601758646576101/ 
Visuals by https://www.facebook.com/KristofLaboratory/
Venue: https://www.facebook.com/LARMBUDAPEST/

YouTube: https://youtu.be/KT-YKy5Yas4

V ka has an amazing ability to make uniform compilation 
for her sets from the warm sound of the micro and minimal house to 
oldschool electro and broken beats using vinyl and digital holders. Also she using  analog synthesizers for her life performances.
V ka (Vika) was born in the Central part of the Russian Federation during the collapse of the USSR in 1990. Now she lives in Moscow.
Directly her DJ career began in 2008, when she studies the skills of DJing in the city of Yekaterinburg. Her talent does not go unnoticed by promoters and party makers.
So in a short time she becomes a resident, and also a welcome guest of various Russian festivals and parties far beyond her hometown.
Over the next ten years, V ka travels with her music beyond Russia: China (Shanghai, Zhangjiagang, Wujiang, Suzhou), India (Goa, Calcutta, Pondicherry, Delhi), Sweden (Stockholm) Germany (Berlin clubs GoldenGate, Sisyphos, Ritter Butzke, Chalet, Anomalie also Feel Festival 2017) 
Mixtapes of V ka play on Moodytech radio (Romania), Mondobongo radio (Greece), YourRadio (Israel), FLAT FM (Russia), Better Be Nice afterhours (Austria) and etc.
Vika shared the stage with international musicians like Sven Vath, Ada Kaleh, Butch, Lee Jones, Truncate, Marc Depulse, Matthias Kaden, Nikita Zabelin, Oliver Kolezki, Sandra Mosh.
For V ka it’s very important to make people feel what she wants to convey them. Each of her sets is a new story with deep emotional overtones.

https://soundcloud.com/v_ka
https://www.facebook.com/VikaDJ

RTS.FM Budapest

V Ka RTS.FM Budapest 25.03.2018

@n10-as (1st Thu at 9 PM) / @eastvillageradio (2nd/4th Fri at 4 PM) / Days Of Steam (curator) / Dastgâmachine (drones + tones)
neonlichter.dj@gmail.com

2025
09.26 Meridian Arts Centre (Toronto)
09.14 Chillits 2025 (Laytonville)
09.11 TBD (San Francisco)
08.29 TBD (New York)
06.21 Life On Marz (Chicago)
06.20 Interzone (Lexington)
06.13 Adelaide Hall (Toronto)
06.02 Le Mal Necessaire (Montréal)
05.29 Casa Del Popolo (Montréal)
05.14 Wavelength (Toronto)
05.10 Cafeteria (Toronto)
04.26 Alphaville (NYC)
03.08 TD Music Hall (Toronto)
03.01 Alphaville (NYC)

2024
12.31 Party World (Montréal)
12.29 BSMT254 (Toronto) 
11.14 Casa Del Popolo (Montréal)
11.13 Le Mal Necessaire (Montréal)
08.16 Layer05 (Montréal)
06.28 Osmo (Montréal)
06.27 Sans-Soleil (Montréal)
06.23 The Little Jerry (Toronto) 
06.21 Tapestry (Toronto) 
04.28 Sounds Good (Toronto) 
04.27 Standard Time (Toronto) 
02.17 Heatsync (New Haven) 
01.18 Tapestry (Toronto) 

2023
12.21 Tapestry (Toronto)
12.14 Système (Montréal)
11.28 The Lot Radio (NYC)
10.19 Tapestry (Toronto)
09.30 Casa del Popolo (Montréal)
09.24 The Little Jerry (Toronto)
09.21 Tapestry (Toronto)
09.15 Nouvel Établissement (Montréal) 
08.10 Sans Soleil (Montréal)
07.14 Revival (Toronto)
06.07 Système (Montréal)
01.19 Sans Soleil (Montréal)

2022
10.25 Système (Montréal)
09.24 Casa del Popolo (Montréal)
08.27 Nouvel Établissement (Montréal)
04.29 Bambi's (Toronto)
03.24 Houndstooth (Toronto)
03.16 The Little Jerry (Toronto) 

2021
12.11 Le Mal Necessaire (Montréal)
09.05 The Little Jerry (Toronto)

2020
03.14 Bambi’s (Toronto)

2019
12.09 Casa del Popolo (Montréal)
05.27 Giant Steps (London)
05.25 Ransom Note (London) 
05.23 Rye Wax (London)
03.01 El Rey Theater (Los Angeles)
02.28 Mezzanine (San Francisco)
02.23 Neumos (Seattle)
02.22 Doug Fir Lounge (Portland)
02.21 Imperial (Vancouver)
02.16 Bottom Lounge (Chicago)
02.15 El Club (Detroit)
02.14 Mod Club (Toronto)
02.13 Théâtre Corona (Montréal)
02.10 Elsewhere (NYC)
02.09 Union Stage (Washington DC)
02.08 Elsewhere (NYC)
02.07 Brighton Music Hall (Boston)

2018
05.12 Brilliant Corners (London)