Mixes

These are mixes made by the current members of Research & Development, Makeen, Shanti, Zona Cinco, Dan B Hood and JS Alvarez

Mixes by R&D members

electronic sets 2022 (techno x house x etc.) Part 4

Happy to share the whole recording of my closing set at Tresor.
Recorded live , download available

Tracklist :

1.Intro Acapella UR - Transition + KW34 A1
2	Hemka	Rutah 
3	Truncate - Is It Skinny ?
4	Planetary Assault Systems - x speaks to x 
5	Planetary Assault Systems - Pull 
6	Forest Drive West - Cut and Run 
7	Lucy - Beautiful People 
8	Phil Kieran & Green Velvet -Rocket Yoursel
9	Z.I.P.P.O - Order (
10	Robert Hood - Untitled 1 
11	Alarico- 	Spit 
12	Quelza - Unreleased
13	Spherical Coordinates  - Matchup Looped Reconstructed
14	Quelza - Unreleased
15	Mascon - Vandalium
16	Stanislav Tolkachev - White Blood Cell (
17	Franz Jäger - Processed Hammer 
18	Tenebre - Axe Nord-Sud 
19	Forest Drive West - Transmission (
20	Spherical Coordinattes - Various Loop Reconstructed 		
21	Reeko - Cyberpunk 
22	Villalobos & Butch - Up // Atom tm - Ich Bin Mein Maschine
23	ERIC FETCHER - 	Space Obsession (
24	Ritzi Lee - Framework 
25	ERIC FETCHER - 	The Battle of the Crater 
26	Robert Hood -  Protein Valve 1 
27	Alarico - unreleased 
28	Leiras - No one behind
29	Divide - Ritardo (
30	P.E.A.R.L.  - Speculum 
31	Forest Drive West - Functional 
32	Quelza - Atmospheric Tools #1
33	Quelza - unreleased
34	Regal - Report A Crash 
35	Forest Drive West - UN 
36	Quelza - unreleased
37	Quelza - unreleased
38	Ben Sims -  I Feel It Deep ( Sandwell District Remix)
39	James Ruskin - Unknown Destination
40	Quelza - unreleased
41	Antigone - The Fugitive 
42	Quelza - unreleased			
43	Objekt - The Stitch-Up 
44 Depeche Mode  - Dream On (Dave Clark Club Mix)
45	Quelza - Unreleased	
46	Speedy J - Something For Your Mind 
47	 TBA 
48	Jeff Mills - The Bells 
49	CRAVO	EVO	03	
50	TWR72 - Snake 
51	Planetary Assault System - Tap Dance 
52	Obstructor - Single-Serving Friend (
53	Jeroen Liebregts - Vloer 
54	Marcel Fengler - Thwack (Planetary Assault Systems Remix) 
55	Luke Slater - O-Ton Reassembled 4
56	Quelza - unreleased
57	DVS1 - Running 
58	Peter Van Hoesen - Challenger
59	DJ Deep - Demonstration 
60	Peter Van Hoesen - Rift 
61	Special Request - Vortex 150 
62	Ben Sims - Manipulated (Adam Beyer Remix) 
63	Overmono - So U Kno 
64	James Ruskin - Work (Steve Rachmad Remix) 
65	Robert Hood - Minus 
66	Peter Van Hoesen - Kelly Criterion
67	Peder Mannerfelt - Year Of The Rats 
68	Peter Van Hoesen	Trench 
69	Atonism & Tehotu - Action
70	Temudo - Tough To Say 
71	Rhyw - Unpunishable 
72	Regina Leather - Tip 
73	Quelza - unreleased
74	LSDXOXO - Mutant Exotic (D.Dan Remix) 
75	Roll Dann - Resultado 
76	Quelza - unreleased
77	Quelza - unreleased 
78	Ricardo Villalobos - 909 Track 
79	Dettmann | Klock - Prophet Man 
80	DJ Slip - Streetwalker 
81	PVNV  - Library 
82	Forest Drive West - Ritual 
83	SSTROM - Volatile Substance 
84	DJ Slip - Every Time It Takes Awhile
85	Robert Hood - Full Armor 
86	Marcel Dettmann - Throb 
87	Planetary Assault System - Dungeon 
88	Joy Orbison x  Overmono - Bromley 
89	PVNV  - Default  
90	Antigone - And When The Sky Was Opened	A
91	AWB	 - Ecliptic (Antigone x Shlømo remix) 
92	Developer - In Pure Form 19 
93	Cio D'Or - Tomorrow Was Yesterday
94	Closer Muzik - One Two Three (Quelza Reaktor Unreleased Remix)	
95	DVS1 - Delta Wave 
96	Marcel Dettmann - Music is Playing
97	Tiga	 - Easy
98	James Ruskin - Time & Place	J
99	Rove Ranger - Seventh Wave 
100	Quelza - Unreleased 
101	Robert Hood - The Greatest Dancer 
102	UVB - Cardiff Luv (
103	Underworld - Born Slippy 
104	Laurent Garnier - The Man With The Red Face	
105	UR - Transition (Accapella)	 FINAL

Quelza @ Tresor Berlin 10.06.2022 I 5 Hours Closing

Originally broadcast September 22nd 2022 88.7 FM WNHU
https://www.instagram.com/jsalvarez.000/

NEU/BODY RADIO 34: JS ALVAREZ

Made entirely on the fly is this impromptu recording of a b2b by Stukes b2b DAIYAH. 

Enjoyyy

Stukes b2b DAIYAH (RNR X Black Techno Matters) Impromptu Recording

Yen Sung at Praia - Waking Life '22

This is the full-length recording of the SYNC. live performance at Bassiani in Tbilisi on September 16 2022.

In January 2018 Peter Van Hoesen and Atom™ performed a one-off hybrid live show at Unit Tokyo for Mindgames. Performing on stage together for the first time, they jammed for eight hours straight. Needless to say that the deep connection between both artists became immediately apparent. The idea was born to further develop this live collaboration with a number of select shows at favorite venues. In 2019 SYNC. played several 4 to 6 hours sets at The Pickle Factory (London), Concrete (Paris), Berghain (Berlin) and Technoon (Brussels). In 2022 both musicians returned with an updated set presented at Basilar (Portugal), Nitza (Barcelona) and Bassiani (Tbilisi).

Collaboration and improvisation form the basis for this showcase of contemporary techno. SYNC. is a hybrid sonic rollercoaster in the truest sense of the word. Intricate live programming and improvisation are combined with timed DJ interventions.

SYNC. Live at Bassiani, September 2022

Tunnel Vision Records flyerman is back on @lyl_radio for his eighth season on the web.

Land with us on a new Planète Noire odyssey with a new kind of sounds generated from our nevrotic minds.

Some souvenirs from earth, some souvenirs from space.. Don't
be afraid to step in a new black hole with us : Take your brainticket for 2 hours of transcendental orgasm !

1st hour is by NYC based artist @adobeprincess with a delightful mix full of subliminal prophecies fueled by progressive & mental dark beats.

I'm taking care of the 2nd part with an odyssey called ' Lovecraft's path to the cthulhu rave eternity'.

See you on the other side. 🌚💫🌚

Recorded in February 2023 at LYL Radio studio in Lyon, France.

LYL Radio - Planète Noire - Adobeprincess & Stakhan (23.02.23)

Tracklist:

Fernando Falcão - Memoria das Aguas
Pulse Emitter - Void Engine 1
Uun - Junkspace
Inox Trax - Sound Effects
Franz Jager - Lana Hunts (VIL Club Edit)
Robert Hood - Ignite A War
Hardcell & Grindvik - Silver (Hardcell Remix)
Sibilant - Screecher Creature
Overland - NASA
1800 Haightstreet - Permafrost
Pelada - Desatado
Vinicius Honorio - Heartbeat (Alex Bau Repaint)
Andre Kronert - Tenth Street Rag
dj ESP Woody McBride vs. John Frank - The Pitch of Madness
Clouds - T12
Sound Associates - Jackknife (Len Faki edit)
Subjected - Thtswhtwnt
Merino - Como Desaparacer
Lonefront - 19
Furtive - Crossfire
Russell E.L. Butler - Maggots
Are:gone - 721.2
Tarker - Enhanced
Jaq Attaque - Martian Immigration (Raw Mix)
Free Range - The Grey Goose
Paul Bailey - Battery Girl
Blacknecks - Don’t Say Goodbye
Frankie Vega & Gabriel Palomo - The Tempest
Decks - Fractured
Keanu Raves - Secret Base Aesthetic
Fjaak - Bassani
Alphaconda - Hey Mami
LSDXOXO - Mutant Exotic (D.Dan Remix)

JS Alvarez- minimal detroit

For mix number 18 in the PPRZ Podcast series, we have a mix from Chicago's @makeensound

Chicago based producer and DJ Makeen is focused on groovy textural techno
with a dark edge. He co-organizes the party series Research & Development
with J.S. Alvarez and founded the parties Spent and Near Dark.

His electronic music obsession began when he started performing live sets
on tables full of gear. With an interest in sound design and synthesis, Makeen
spent the early part of his artistic life composing and performing
experimental music more focused on acoustic instruments. The latest leg of
his journey has brought him back to electronic music with an elevated
passion for dance floor-focused beats.

Mix Description:
I decided to take a playful approach to this mix— playing some lighter and
groovier tracks with an emphasis on trippy sounds and atmospheres. This
mix was recorded with 3 x CDJs and an Allen & Heath Xone 92 mixer. The
focus was on long continuous blends, while shifting between new and
unexpected sonic worlds.

Tracklist:
Oktobr - Sleepdancer
Dj Hyperactive & Jason Patrick - Harrier Env (Original Mix)
BLANKA - Howl
Atonism - Back And Forth
Temudo - P is For Paula
Karo - Uväll
Vladw - Aou Mallku
Augusto Taito - High Trip
Ohm - ASKE
CRAVO - Innerversion
Tsibo - M25
Takt - Groove Chaser
Orbe - Post-Cycle
Toru Ikemoto, bw - Don’t Play 050r
Amotik - Saat
Zisko - State of Rhythm
Seigg - Secondary Options
Planetary Assault Systems - Raww
Speedy & Steve - Rotor
Temudo - Susto
Gaetano Parisio - Klytia

PPRZ Podcast 18 - Makeen

Jana has 'shape shifting lizard' JS Alvarez on the show to select some mutant techno and unruly bass music. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/jana-rush/episodes/jana-rush-24th-february-2024

Jana Rush w/ JS Alvarez 240224

@jsalvarez
@researchndevelopment
Interview: https://www.ayli-sf.com/2024/05/16/ayli-ground-level-019-js-alvarez/

Track-listing: 

Michal Wolski - Qi
Architectural - Rare Ceremony Tapes
Space Drum Meditation - Oviraptor (Marco Shuttle Remix) 
Felix K - Fundamentals (Onar Anxiety Remix)
Uun - Blood Money Redux
Wata Igarashi - Gravity 
DJ Hockey - Whirlpool 
Jeremy Caufield - Station A
Aliasing - Bline
DJ Nobu - pressure point 
Ezy - Too Deep
Marçal- Bionic Jungle 
Gag Reflex - Tomb 
Ungar - Aggressive 
PS11 - Chiron 
Decoder - Visionary
Legless Lizard - Something Better 
Are:gone - Organic Taste 
Aadja - post natal drip

AYLI Ground Level 018: JS Alvarez

Neptunian Influence, Sixty-Seven | Featuring @jsalvarez

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike. He is the founding member of Research & Development. ﻿What started as a monthly event series at Smartbar took on a new path with a biweekly mix series focused on nurturing new sounds, experiences and atmospheres while exploring the music and culture it was born or mutated from. Find him at Podlasie Club or sweaty basements and warehouses in Chicago and beyond.

SUPPORT: @researchndevelopment

| Tracklist | 
Phoenicia - Diagnosa
Forest Drive West - Time
214 - Body Control
Annika Wolfe - The Art of Abduction Dark
Atrice - Multiplex
Del Hale, R. Mohr - Gambit
Keith & Kevin - No Hot Water at St Regis
Future DZ - Sawed Off
Gesloten Cirkel - Everything For The Dev
Only Now, Flore - Cut & Run (Only Now Version)
Pedrolino - I Don’t Believe You (Filmmaker remix)
Marcela Dias Sindaco - Rio Ofegante
Privacy - Sword, NYC
KEEFE - Bad Boi
Identified Patient - Digital Drain
Deandrah - Red Grey
MANASyt - No 13th Floor
Data Assault - Pesadelo Absoluto
Rescript - Regurge
Shcuro - Unbearable Heaviness
Cressida - Al Gore Riddim
Machino - Pusher
Jensen Interceptor - The Fountainebleau
Raavel - Insect Repellent
Nite Fleit & False Persona - Parallax
Cyan 85 - 4 ma C-Borgs
TANS - The Priest’s Morsel (DJ Nephil RMX)
Vorp - I Plead the Filth

Meet you in the Great Dark Spot

NI67 | JS Alvarez

ZONA CINCO - MICTLAN - VOL 4

We are thrilled to present this mix by Chicago based JS Alvarez for our 39th entry in the series. Both Adam and I admire what Jeremy contributes to the music scene with their podcast and event series Research & Development.

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that has learned human behavior from living in cities such as Chicago and Miami. He succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike.

He is the founding member of Research & Development which ignited in the iconic Chicago mainstay of Smartbar. The event series has moved on to host community focused events centered on a wide variety of often cutting edge electronic sounds at venues like Podlasie Club, The Whistler and various DIY spaces. R&D also hosts a biweekly podcast 100+ episodes deep ranging from rising talents, hometown heroes and well established DJs and producers from North America and around the world.

He's shared the booth with artists such as DVS1, Veronika Vasicka, D.Dan, Hodge and others. His mixes have been featured on NTS Radio, Mutant Radio and SutroFM among others. Catch him at The Great Beyond this July! 

I was trying to find a very textured sound within the first quarter of the mix. My attempt at some sort of atmospheric sci-fi horror score followed by something a bit more hypnotic. By the end of the mix I wanted those vibes to explode into something highly rhythmic. Something to shatter what came before and get the sweat dripping off the walls. 

If you enjoyed this mix, please consider donating to JS Alvarez' organization of choice:
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/ 
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/donate

PPRZ Podcast 39 - JS Alvarez

"The context:
I am alone. I am found. I died alone. I never thought I’d be found. I am overwhelmed by memories of a dystopian existence on a collapsing planet where evil took over and subsumed good. All of the kindness evaporated and was swallowed by greed. Memories of my past life occlude my consciousness causing confusion between modes of time like a mirage. Is it the past, present, or future? I can no longer tell.

A journey through being:
Confronted by the pain of knowing but trying to exist and embrace being in the world. Did I give up too quickly? Did I fail to change reality? What did I sacrifice in order to function and live a worldly existence like everyone around me? Blinded by hedonism, the collapsing of the mind and soul into the throws of desire left me empty. I gave up. I lost myself. I returned to the comfort of despair. It’s throbbing. To live without hope is to live in despair. Was there a reprieve from it all? Distractions, pleasure, and attachments turned into a vicious cycle of yearning and loss. Accepting impermanence with a half-open heart. It never got better. It just got worse. Functioning with an ever-growing sense of doom. And now I’m here. Alone. All I have are my memories. But existing in confusion from when these memories took place. Introspection with escapism outside of time. The vicious interplay between existence and non-existence. I am left with nothing."

Opening for Rrose at Smartbar, Chicago in June utilizing 4 CDJs and a V10 mixer.

@shantievanti
IG: @shantiism
https://ra.co/dj/shanti
https://youtu.be/QqfMYAyS8bM?si=iwapv-7i2LFIPNlG

Shanti has made textured waves in Chicago’s techno scene with her curation of dark, sinister, and ethereal soundscapes. Music has always been a means of coping with the otherness and hybridity Shanti experienced throughout her life. She has been deeply moved by the transcendent ability of music to express concepts, states of consciousness, and conflicting emotions. Shanti’s sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition and illustrate an intentional trajectory through combining and cultivating surreal, atmospheric, and haunting sounds.

Enamored by the liminal dynamics of sound, she cohosts Otherworldly Ambiguity with Scum.ee –an experience that is centered around the phenomenon of existing in between and outside of pre-existing concepts and rigid categories. She is also a member of techno collective Research & Development and hosts a monthly radio show, “Liminal Radio” on WIIT 88.9 FM featuring thoughtful artists at the core of Chicago’s underground music scene. Shanti has had the privilege of warming up and closing out dancefloors for incredibly inspirational artists such as Rrose, DJ Nobu, Ø [Phase], Aurora Halal, Mozhgan, Lady Starlight, Black Light Smoke, Esther Dune, Zenker Brothers, Noncompliant, Xtin, and more. She has had the immense pleasure of conjuring spirits at Chicago’s most beloved clubs such as Smartbar, Smoke & Mirrors, Podlasie Club, and several underground gatherings.

Experiencing music outside of the confines of a club or the underground is extremely important to Shanti as she had initially discovered her favorite artists through online podcasts and radio. The universalizability of podcasts and radio enable music to be experienced by more humans situated in different contexts. This is why she has contributed to many notable online mix series and radio channels. Her mixes have been featured on The Black Lodge Radio, SutroFM, Mutant Radio, PPRZ, Death Decay & Magic, Braid Records, Low Visibility, Dance All Day, and m50’s etc radio among other podcasts and shows. This past year, Shanti has expanded her surreal storytelling beyond Chicago by playing in Amsterdam, LA, Detroit and notable Midwest festivals such as Minnesota’s The Great Beyond and Madison’s Musique Électronique. This Halloween, she will be playing at Chicago’s notoriously dark music festival, Sanctum.

Distant Signals 084: Shanti

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➡️ More info, more music: www.refugeworldwide.com

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TWIRL! - Dan B. Hood - 01 Dec 2025

New Haven based collective of DJs, producers, and electronic music freaks. Host of regular events at Cafe Nine, including “HEATSYNC,” a vinyl-only dance xxxtravaganza celebrating old school and new techno, acid, electro, and rave. 

"Buddy City EP," the debut release from Heatsync Records, releases on February 28 with an official HEATSYNC release party at New Haven's Cafe Nine starting at 9PM. Pre-order the record or digital album via Bandcamp for free entrance to the party!