Neptunian Influence Podcast, Twenty-Five | Featuring @taylorbratches

In anticipation of the third annual Neptunian Influence party during Movement in Detroit, we are delighted to present a mix by one of the DJs who will be serving up your musical brunch! Feast your ears on this Detroit-inspired soundscape for which Taylor Bratches says she put her "best electro foot forward."

A lifelong poet and dancer, her relationship to rhythm is intimate and ever-evolving. By creating dynamic sets that range from breakbeat, electro, IDM and leftfield techno to more polyrhythmic and arhythmic varieties of dance music, she seeks to curate an experience for the mover that is both embodied and transcendent, terrestrial and extraterrestrial. She curates the podcast Walking and Falling, an extension of the Chicago-based / Smartbar-affiliated collective and mentorship program for female-identifying and non-binary DJs.

Catch her at our party in Detroit this Saturday, May 25 alongside Carlos Souffront, ADAB and Leesh. On June 14, she'll debut at Smartbar alongside Powder, Kiddo & Sassmouth for Walking and Falling. 

Taylor and I met at the Walking and Falling mentorship program in October 2017 and we've been friends ever since. Cheers to our friendship and musical bond! 

| Tracklist | 
Arpanet - Gravitational Lens
Simo Cell - Storm Seven
Lithium Parasites - Sadomasochism
Versalife - Normal Behavior?
London Modular Alliance - Brockie Dek
Anthony Rother - Hacker
Andrea Parker - Invasion
Detroit in Effect - Work It
Kris Wadsworth - Infiltrator
Illektrolab - Amnesia Hazed
Pip Williams - Outer Limits
214 - Windeye
London Modular Alliance - Advance and Proceed
Skee Mask - Junt
Versalife - Q/AD
214 - Potential Events
Main Engine - Aes Khana

Meet you in the Great Dark Spot <3

NIP 25 | Taylor Bratches

bright companion clouds and dark vortices | curated by https://soundcloud.com/whipnotiq

neptunianinfluence@gmail.com 

02.01.25 | NI presents The Book of Drexciya
05.25.24 | NI Detroit Brunch: Journey's End
05.27.23 | NI Detroit Brunch
05.28.22 | NI Detroit Brunch
05.25.19 | NI Detroit Brunch
05.26.18 | NI Detroit Brunch
05.27.17 | NI Detroit Brunch
*TBA | Neptunian Influence in the Park, LBC

Is it reality or is it an illusion? With Neptune, it is hard to tell. Neptune's influence reaches further than the ordinary senses, so there may be aspects of extrasensory perception at work. Illusion, fantasy and dreams are the playing field here, and the spirit is the primary force. Leading to all things mysterious, Neptune's watery depths are associated with dreams, visions, and the imagination.

Pre-order:
pan-amtracks.bandcamp.com/album/vuelta-6a-consensus-error
New track: 
planktonrepellent.bandcamp.com/album/prsr03-plankton-repellent-sound-research
MANASYt vinyl mix by Bachrusch:
youtu.be/7CxHgWbNAkw

Contact Mike or me for bookings (mike@berytus.art / Jo at Jo Johnson dot org)

Releases on 9128.live, Apartment Records, Castles in Space, Further Records, Frequency Domain, Going In, Mysteries of the Deep, Quiet Details, Silver Threads, Bleep43 Recordings. Bleep43 crew and Huggy Bear guitarist once upon a time. 

19/09/25 - Ramsgate Music Hall (live)
20/09/25 - Brighton, Dust (live)
24/10/25 - London, Rich Mix (live)
01/11/25 - Liverpool, Levitation – Castles in Space (live)
11-21 Dec - Japan (TBC)

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23/08/25 - Strasbourg, 30 years of Interdimensional Transmissions (DJ)
17/08/25 - London, System Revival (live)
26/10/24 - Salon Ambientu (Up To Date Festival), Warsaw (live)
05/10/24 - Levitation (Castles in Space), Bedford (live)
24/08/24 - Sonic Commune, London (DJ set)
07/07/24 - Freerotation, Wales (live)
27/05/24 - Going In, Detroit (DJ set x Imaginary Softwoods)
26/05/24 - No Way Back, Detroit (live)
18/05/24 - Bleep43, London (live)
05/07/23 - Zyggurat+Clay Pipe album launch, London (live)
16/06/23 - System Revival, Iklectik, London (live)
19/05/23 - Levitation (Castles in Space), Whitby (live)
21/04/23 - Variations - Mysteries of the Deep, NYC (live)
15/04/23 - Castles in Space, Manchester (live)
10/07/22 - Freerotation Festival, Wales (live)
27/02/2022 - Going In (stream), The Bunker NY (live)
18/04/2021 - En Pausa (stream) + 9128.live (collab with Hilary Robinson)
28/03/2021 - Going In (stream), The Bunker NY (live)
01/09/19 - Parallel Festival, Spain (live)
06/07/18 - Freerotation, Wales (live)
14/06/18 - Field Records / Samsara Sessions, Berlin (live)
09/06/18 - Bleep43, London (live)
14/12/17 Cafe Oto, London (live)
24/11/17 Pickle Factory, London (live)
July 2016 Freerotation, Wales (live)
July 2015 Freerotation, Wales (live)
June 2015 Cube Cinema, Bristol 2015 (live AV collab with Plant43)
May 2015 The Purcell Room, Southbank (live AV collab with Plant43)