Nowadays Live And Direct

Crystallmess barrels through breakneck jungle, footwork bootlegs and fiendish edits at "godspeed" in her killer Fact mix.

https://www.factmag.com/2021/10/18/fact-mix-830-crystallmess/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 830: Crystallmess

An emotional rollercoaster of a mix comes to us this week from Groovy Groovy boss Akanbi, recorded live and direct from the Nowadays booth deep in the summer of 2021, alongside DJ Voices and EQUISS. These were the early days of our reopening and New York's return to nightlife, after a difficult year of closures due to the pandemic. There was a sense of cautious optimism in the air for some, and exuberant joy for others. Akanbi's set on this night met the dancers where they were, merging a tender emotional tenor and uplifting soulfulness with headier rave moments through his unique sense of pacing, all laced in groove and full of surprises. Here's two hours of a DJ fully immersed in their signature style, a set packed to the brim with bubbling percussion and downtempo interludes. 

Big thanks to all the staff and dancers in the house on this night. Until next time!

Nowadays Live and Direct 013 - Akanbi

Here we are with a recording from the first (but certainly not last) time Kiernan Laveaux graced the decks at Nowadays back in September of 2021. In it you’ll find so much of what we’ve come to love about the T4T LUV NRG affiliate: swarming percussion, freaky and frenetic psychedelia, otherworldly groove, a captivating sense of narrative, and so much more. 

This mix is a two and a half hour segment from her closing set, after DJ Voices and Azu Tiwaline earlier in the night. Packed to the brim with moments of tension and release, it makes for one truly wild and mesmerizing ride. The home listener is likely to find it just as enchanting as the dancers did. 

Big thanks to our staff and all those in attendance on this night <3

Nowadays Live and Direct 014 - Kiernan Laveaux

Tracklist

Enayet - Kali
Tinashe - Angels Acapella
Schnell Vitesse - Discovery of Gater Tricks
Amor Satyr - Back Me Grown
Playboi Carti - R.I.P. Fredo (Notice Me) (Xzavier Stone Edit)
Acidattck - I  Want (Trina Edit)
Ojerime - Give It Up 2 Me (Slim Shae Edit)
TAH - Side Wifey Riddim
OSSX - Hard to Love
Nidia - Puro Tarraxo
Loppy B. Air Max ’97, S.C.A.M. - Eef Shap (ft. DJ MacKeeper™)
Mala Fama - Alma Punlla
Klein Zage - Womanhood (DJ Python Remix)
Plasman - Don’t DJ
Aleisha Lee -Love It
mobilegirl - untitled
block x lil crack x aya x basile3
Basic Rhythm - Larkin Around
Shirin David - Bae
Omaar - Arriba y Abajo
Karen Nyame KG - Koko (ft. Mista Silva)
Beatrice Dillon & Call Super - Inkjet
Mechatok - Walk Freely
Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes (Jean Jacques Smoothie Dub)
e43 - Good Day
DJ JM - Start
Strict Face - Tasteflash
ESTOC - BOTA HISSING (NKC x MC BUZZZ)
DJ Narciso & Endgame - CUT
PinkPantheress - All my friends know (Anz Remix)
Zsela - For Now (Doss Remix)
DJ GÄP -  Leave (Why Be Remix)

mobilegirl for EOS, 11 Feb 2022 invited by Jesse G

BEARCAT B2B SHYBOI - Live @ Nowadays for 420 Bossa Fundraiser

the 3rd volume in my remissions series as car culture. lovesick decompression for your incoming seasonal affective disorder.

tracklist:
EOD - Mule
—my biggest regret—
Mirah - La Familia
Walton - Aerophonic
—where have i been—
lucy gooch - It Brings Me Back To You
Scott Sesking - I Remember
Kirk Barley - Bleached
—i wanna kiss you so bad—
Going Home - [Love]
ulla - creepy girl
—nothing is stopping me—
Davis Galvin - Loved
—endless cycles—
Reinhard Lakomy & Rainer Oleak - Ruhezeit
Viktor Lazlo - Stories
Cocteu Twins - Why Do You Love Me
M83 - You Appearing
—the sky just wants us to be together—
Harriet Brown - Oops! There Goes My 20’s
Daisy Cats - Tender Love (Car Culture Smear)
—love & happiness—
Car Culture - Taste Of Honey
Marcia Griffiths - Everywhere (screwed)
—do you know what self love is—
Magick Mountain - for daniel [Car Culture Dub]
Donald Thomas - Black Night Is Calling Me Home

car culture remissions vol. 3

Opening up new conversations between NTS residents and special guests through a series of collaboratively produced musical soundscapes, presented by NTS & Bottega Veneta.

https://www.nts.live/shows/bottega-radio/episodes/bottega-radio-20th-december-2022

Bottega Radio w/ oneohtrix point never & OKLOU - 201222

We’re very excited to present the first Live & Direct of 2023, courtesy of our Pittsburgh-based residents Honcho. 

This one was recorded live at Nowadays on the first weekend of January, to a room of smiling faces for whom the festive nature of the new year had clearly not worn off. It's two hours of the crew in pure form, with all three DJs locked into the same irresistible groove. George, Aaron and Clark have a knack for uniting their own unique styles to present a cohesive vision of chugging, sexy house music, and here it is on full display. Big thanks to Honcho for letting us share this with the world!

In addition to the killer music from both Honcho and Father Dukes, this night was especially memorable thanks to everyone in attendance contributing to the friendly and joyful vibe, from the dancers to the staff and everyone in between. A big thanks is due to you all as well!

Nowadays Live and Direct 015: Honcho

Ashland Mines, AKA Total Freedom, AKA Big Gay Idiot DJ, AKA Bobby Beethoven, is one of the best and most influential DJs of the 21st century. Starting out at pioneering parties like Mustache Mondays and Wildness (which he cofounded with Wu Tsang)—and a regular at GHE20G0TH1K—Mines helped to define the style that would become known, however cringe-inducingly, as experimental club or deconstructed club, directly inspiring fellow visionaries like Arca. 

Like some of the best DJs before him, Mines uses the CDJs as an instrument, but that doesn't mean just fancy tricks and looping. Instead, he artfully throws together clashing sounds—effects, samples, monologues, pop and R&B acapellas, and beats that run the gamut from dancehall to kuduro to breaks and techno. He's not afraid of the grotesquerie of human life and movement (just check out the monologue at the beginning of this mix), and he likes to push buttons. Once he put on a party where dancing wasn't allowed. Some of his sets are intentionally anxiety-inducing, evoking horror movies and modern classical composers like Penderecki, while others are bouncy and ebullient, weaving between genres and tempos like an old-school platformer. The best are both.

On Mines's RA Podcast—a milestone 900th in the series—he shows off this inimitable style, sharpened and reinforced over a decade-and-a-half of playing some of the world's best parties, fashion shows, you name it. He's the kind of DJ who creates his own music as he goes along. He makes you hear old tracks—especially pop music and R&B—in a whole new way. Titled "Cursed Piercing," this is a near-hour of controlled chaos that'll confound you at one moment and deeply move you the next.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/900

RA podcast

RA.900 Bobby Beethoven (FKA Total Freedom)

Mix for DIS Magazine by http://soundcloud.com/nguzunguzu

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NGUZUNGUZU – Boy Is Mine (Harp Edit)
Ciara – Flaws and All (NGUZUNGUZU Edit)
Ciara vs. Stereotyp – I Run It / Swagger Barefoot (NGUZU Edit)
Ja Rule ft. R Kelly & Ashanti – Wonderful (DJ P&P Productions Zouk Mix / No Ja Rule Edit)
DJ Cratera – Mundo Perdido
Ashanti vs. SaLeZ – Foolish/Pura InspiraçaO (NGUZU Edit)
Amerie ft. DJ Lo – One Thing
DJ Boda – Tarraxo Suave
The-Dream – I Love Your Girl (Peejay Zouk-Fusion Remix)
DJ PutO cOx – Pensamento 2010
Nicki Minaj – Wave Ya Hand
DJ LaGaRtInHo ft. DJ Antomax – Tarraxa Para Mim Minha Menina
DJ Daycard – Kompronde Mi Palabra (Zouk Version)
Young Joc ft. Gorilla Zoe – Coffee Shop (DJ Gildo Remix)
DJ Nate vs. DJ Tiba – Young Bangas Tarracha (NGUZU Edit)
DJ Tiba – Soft Style
DJ Barata vs. Beyonce – Desilusão/Beautiful Nightmare (NGUZU Edit)
Elinho – Cabolove
DJ Dream_Fox – Ela sabe para que éé…
Kingdom – Lil Tears
DJ Fofuxo – Preta Chinesa
DJ NS – Sensual Tarraxinha
DJ Nedwyt-Fox – Meu Próprio Estilo

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Experience more at http://dismagazine.com/disco/mixes/14817/nguzunguzu-the-perfect-lullaby/

Nguzunguzu - Perfect Lullaby

CARD CRAP CANDY FAT FLOWERS DIE 
THIS TUNE TIMELESS

MOMENTS IN MIXTAPE

Nowadays Live and Direct returns after a long hiatus with a 5-hour recording from Carlos Souffront (@csouffront), recorded from 10 am - 3 pm at our Halloween Nonstop party on October 29, 2022. Carlos returns to Nowadays for another Nonstop set this weekend, playing from 3 pm to 6 pm Sunday afternoon.

A regular at Interdimensional Transmissions' No Way Back parties in Detroit and beyond, Carlos Souffront brings a brilliant sense of creative alchemy to the decks, combining years of experience and digging with a sensibility like no other. Abstract rhythms meld together into inexplicable chaos magic. Dark, shadowy selves emerge, ready to be explored with a sense of mischief and playfulness, carried through by an acid bassline or cheeky vocal.

For this extended Halloween set during the real witching hours, Carlos summoned all of the party gremlins, goblins, and ghouls to the Nowadays dancefloor for the ultimate seance.

Nonstop: 3/9-3/10

Nowadays Live and Direct 016: Carlos Souffront

This installment of Live & Direct features the opening segment of a set that Russell E.L. Butler (@russellelbutler), played alongside NIKS on June 2, 2023.

"Reggae music is a teacher. I’ve learned about spaces between short moments through this music. I’ve learned to listen through this music. I’ve learned how to connect with others through love and consideration through this music. I’ve learned that every moment is the beginning and the end and how to listen for the space in between. I’ve learned that no matter how far away home is, you can always find a way back." — @russellelbutler

Russell E.L. Butler returns to Nowadays for an all-night set this Friday, April 19, 2024.

All Night: 4/19

Nowadays Live and Direct 017: Russell E.L. Butler

We're rewinding back to the beginning of summer again for our fifth installment from the booth. This time it's the one and only Total Freedom on the ones, twos, threes and fours. 

He took over from DJ Lag at 3am that night and was shelling out smoldering deep house and rave-ready, diva-dancehall anthems before flipping the script with a barrage of berserk and euphoric jungle explosives as the sun came up.

Maximum thanks to Ashland for letting us push this out and big love to Daniel "Physical Therapy" Fisher for his help in putting this night together back in June. 

Total Freedom will be back at ours hitting all the pleasure centers between 6am and 9am during our Nonstop Halloween party, which starts on October 26th.

Nowadays Live And Direct 005 - Total Freedom

Composer of the soundtrack for 'The show is over,' the main installation for Wu Tsang's exhibition, ASMARA (aka Asma Maroof) is an electronic musician, DJ and producer. She is also known as NGUZUNGUZU, a duo formed with Daniel Pineda in Los Angeles that explores dystopian sound atmospheres.

For the "visionary company" exhibition, she offers us an evocative tracklist mix, blending avant-garde jazz accents with vaporous electronic layers.

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Seiko - Yasuaki Shimizu
Cave - Visible Cloaks
Freddie Freeloader - Sam Gendel
I hear a new World - Joe Meek
Fred Moten The World is Dry Land Soundbyte
Russische Roulette - Fred A
Metaz form8- Autechre
Everybody loves the Sunshine - Roy Ayers
Body and Soul- Charles Mingus
Love Theme From Spartacus - Yusef Lateef
If this World were mine - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Saku - Susumu Yokota
Evensong - Robert Fripp & Brian Eno
Ezekiel’s Wheel (feat. The-Dream) - Jay Electronica
Remembrance (feat Zsela) - Actress 
Comes and Goes - Art of Noise
(Three fingers of) Love - Art of Noise
The Feeling when you walk away - Yves Tumor
Gentle to you when you're low - OCA
Tone bone kone - Arthur Russell
That's how I feel - Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Imago - OPN
"T" plays it cool - Marvin Gaye
Shadows in silence - Enigma
Obliette - Fatima Al Qadiri
Age of Uncertainty - Nguzunguzu
Lonely World - Moses Sumney
Lifetime - Inc. 
The "Dreaming" - Ryuichi Sakamoto
In a World Sound byte
Peace (Closing Theme) - Robert Hood

The World Is Dry Land - ASMARA (Nguzunguzu)

Last Unleashed show of the year - originally aired on NTS Radio on December 21st. 

Tracklist : https://www.nts.live/shows/crystallmess/episodes/unleashed-21st-december-2020

UNLEASHED VI | CRYSTALLMESS | NTS

Live recordings from the Nowadays dancefloor in Ridgewood, New York City.

Nowadays Live And Direct 005 - Total Freedom

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