Guest Mixes

Strange Mixes

o•rbyss aims to help soothe the queer spectrum and focus on the well-being of the community. Queer DJs are invited to submit a mix to showcase an alternative side to their music library outside of a rave and take us on a meditative journey. ✨

Notes on the mix:

“I’ve always been a big listener of Ambient music, from Electronica to Chill-out to Sound Bath to Minimal Classical to Soundtrack, with lots of influence from artists that touch on the genre in some capacity such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Pat Metheny, Steve Reich, Mike Oldfield, Baths, Akira Yamaoka (the list could go on). For this mix, I wanted to go on a journey through a plethora of different ambient styles and emotions that I’ve held close within my own music - as a little peek into another side of me that you won’t always hear in my usual dance floor sets - including all new releases from a range of artists. Hope you enjoy the ride!"

@panooc_music (They/Them) is a multi-instrumentalist, DJ & writer/producer. Engaged in music for most of their life, Panooc spent their formative years in NYC working in their craft & nightlife scene, and eventually joined the LGBTQ collective XOXA, where they help to spotlight other queer artists and create an extended international community. Touring both domestically in the UK & USA, & internationally (such as Germany, Portugal, Mexico, Spain, Taiwan, Japan), they curate each set they play with intention & exploration for the dance floor, ranging from energising house to fun-loving disco to hard-hitting acid and techno to left field breaks, and hold 2 radio residencies on AAJA Radio & EHFM where they share new, captivating music every month. They have had EP & single releases on labels such as Sorry Records (NYC), .WAVCAVE (NYC), Ultra Music (Sony), Delusional Records (LA), with their most recent releases on Fortune Signal (NYC) and Super Drama Records (London) being played on BBC Radio, NTS, Voices Radio, The Lot Radio, Mixmag Cover Mix and more.

o•rbyss - Panooc

o•rbyss aims to help soothe the queer spectrum and focus on the well-being of the community. Queer DJs are invited to submit a mix to showcase an alternative side to their music library outside of a rave and take us on a meditative journey. ✨

notes on the mix:

"This mix was recorded during a particularly challenging time for me - dealing with a number of (at times) debilitating health issues. Ambient music generally is a great tool for slowing down and healing. I've been finding comfort in both solitude and socializing, listening to my body, and practicing intentionality in how I experience nightlife. Through vocal samples, uplifting melodies, and sounds from nature, I created a mix that's a reaction to hard times but also something to fall back on that feels like a warm hug or a night walk to nowhere."

@m_u_s_h is a North Carolina-born DJ now living in Brooklyn who has found a home in the social, creative, and professional circles of electronic music. Inspired by the softer side of club, his sound moves between ambient + electro, bridging the arrhythmic and polyrhythmic to invoke conscious euphoria. Whether playing for listening or to a room, he hopes to create transformative moments on the dancefloor through worldbuilding, narration, and unexpected twists.

o•rbyss - mush

@aidenfrancis

o•rbyss aims to help soothe the queer spectrum and focus on the well-being of the community. Queer DJs are invited to submit a mix to showcase an alternative side to their music library outside of a rave and take us on a meditative journey. ✨

Notes on the mix:

"For this mix, I wanted to use some of the downtempo and ambient tunes that I love and usually don’t get to play out. Like most people, I use downtempo music to focus; for work, reading or relaxation, so I wanted to put something together that moves through different energies and textures and showcases some of the lighter music that I like. Did I also mix PLO Man into Madonna? Yes, yes I did 💅🏼"

Sourcing influences from 90s Tech, house, trance and breaks Aiden Francis' pure passion for underground electronic music radiates through his music and DJ sets. Effortlessly drifting between different sounds and aesthetics, Aiden has managed to break himself free from the constraints of genre so that his true creative prowess can be flexed in full. 

The lack of constraint overflows into Aiden's DJ sets, providing highly energetic experiences that flows through a unity of sounds, cultures and voices. This varied approach to DJing has found Aiden's name appear on high-quality events across the UK and Europe.

o•rbyss - Aiden Francis

@jesshands

o•rbyss aims to help soothe the queer spectrum and focus on the well-being of the community. Queer DJs are invited to submit a mix to showcase an alternative side to their music library outside of a rave and take us on a meditative journey. ✨

Notes on the mix:

"This was a pleasure for me to record, balancing ambient and bass to create a healing mix. Some people might find these tracks on the heavy side but I can find some peace within them. It’s an hour long journey which I found very cathartic."

Jess Hands is a London based DJ who grew up on drum and bass and dubstep. A lover of all things bass and fast tempos. She blends uk techno, breaks and leftfield bass to create experimental mixes.

After being selected as an emerging artist for Risen Festival earlier this year, she quickly become an exciting new artist with a busy summer playing at Body Movements, Secret Garden Party and around the UK. Jess also has radio residencies on Voices Radio and Mondo Radio and has made guest appearances on Rinse FM, Foundation FM, Brixton Radio, Netil Radio & more.

o•rbyss - Jess Hands

@jayeward

o•rbyss aims to help soothe the queer spectrum and focus on the well-being of the community. Queer DJs are invited to submit a mix to showcase an alternative side to their music library outside of a rave and take us on a meditative journey. ✨

Notes on the mix:

"'Finding space to be totally horizontal can be difficult, this mix is a sort of gateway to that way of feeling. Ambient but with rhythm, with peaks and troughs to keep you focussed and in the game. Lots of deep listening, lo fi textures, slow arpy funks & dense devotional synths. Log on and tune out!!'"

Back before acid house changed the world, Jaye Ward was already ploughing a unique path playing weird and wonky musics of all flavours at squat parties and industrial based do’s, she flung herself whole heartedly and without concern for her safety into the oncoming tsunami of what we would end up tagging as house, techno or the multitude of varying descriptive titles it has been given and has stayed true to ‘our thing’ ever since.

Dancing wildly at dirt box, the mutoid waste parties, the hacienda, ministry of sound, tonka, moist, sabresonic set her up for the ‘90s where, while Jaye was behind the counters of a number of soho record shops during the day and doing the ambient ‘creamy meat’ show as bish on the legendary chillin’ FM pirate radio, she was often found behind the decks at the legendary WANG parties, the back room at Golden in Stoke on Trent, her residency at London’s sadly defunct END with the ‘for your pleasure’ crew and numerous long gone all nighters and late into the night dark room parties. Getting her second wind at the start of the 00’s via the ‘softmachine’ parties she ran alongside George ‘black merlin’ and Kyle & Johnny from ‘land of light’ she’s been playing regularly across the country for numerous nights such as LOVE MUSCLE & COSMIC SLOP in Leeds, HOMO BLOC & KISS ME AGAIN in Manchester and further a field as a resident at the KALA festival as well as Field Maneuvers, Love International and dimensions in Croatia. She is also the resident at long running & fiercely loyally supported Bristol party PLU, alongside Ranks which has carved out a name for interesting left of centre guests and a distinctly gnarly music policy.

As well as a bi-monthly ambient tinged ‘starmaps’ show of MUTANT RADIO Jaye also runs the long running weekly sunday night ‘Magical Real’ show on Netil Radio, from which she broadcasts a monthly dose of all things dub, disco, psychedelic, Balearic, and more.

Jaye has just released the 2nd release from DJ BSH on her own FIBS record label here >> https://fibs.bandcamp.com/

o•rbyss - Jaye Ward

I sat down and mixed some iconic tracks from my collection for the queens' runway during the Alaska show in Prishtina. It's pop, it's club, it's very vogue and it really ate down the runway (if you were there to see it live). Enjoy! 🫦

Alaska Thunderf*ck - Prishtina - 10 May 2024

Alaska Thunderfuck Runway Mix - Stefan Strange

@stefanstrange

o•rbyss aims to help soothe the queer spectrum and focus on the well-being of the community. Queer DJs are invited to submit a mix to showcase an alternative side to their music library outside of a rave and take us on a meditative journey. ✨

Notes on the mix:

“This mix came as a result of a month of being away from home, I was on vacation and partying off the *brat girl* era in me. During most of the hot summer days I would shelter with my friends inside and chill out to the tracks in this mix. I went back and selected some of my favorites from recent releases and some tracks I recently dug up in a close friend’s collection after spending most of the summer together. The mix is also my love letter to the wonderful souls I shared music and the summer days with.”

Stefan Strange draws from his deep connection to Skopje’s queer scene, having started mixing during the pandemic to create and expand local alternatives to commercial music and conventional club culture.

His sets are a dynamic blend of genres and styles, from 90s progressive house, tribal rhythms, and ballroom beats to nostalgic old-school gems, all infused with a dose of trance and techno that transports listeners ont a cosmic journey. Stefan’s approach to mixing is both soulful and energetic, with tight percussion and driving grooves that keep the dance floor alive. His playful and fluid mixing style creates an atmosphere where genres bend and blend seamlessly.

Recently, Stefan launched Insomnia, a party series in Skopje that champions queer artists and innovative sounds, all with a classic touch. Insomnia is designed as a sanctuary on the dance floor, where queer safety and expressive freedom are at the forefront.

o•rbyss - Stefan Strange

Insomnia 001 w/ Stefan Strange

Medasht 025 Ivana Drasic b2b Stefan Strange [@ Minus Eden]

o•rbyss offers a sanctuary for the queer community to decompress - providing spaces to dive into, where we can embrace the beauty of diversity, cultivate connections while nurturing our wellbeing.

o•rbyss
/ˈɔ•bɪɪs/

A vast, mysterious expanse that exists between worlds, often described as a swirling, endless void of shifting colors and lights. A liminal space, a bridge between dimensions or states of consciousness.

hosted by @luvandula

monthly residency at Sauna Social Club (Peckham) & Om Being  (Hackney Downs)

Live:
• Voices Radio Residency - 28.08.24 
• NTS Radio - 31.12.23 
• All My Friends - 28.01.24
w/ Luvandula, Someone Sunny, Thempress, Ysanne
• Om Being, Om Radio - 23.02.24 
• All My Friends - 25.02.24
w/ Jaye Ward, Fancy Shews!, Luvandula
• Niche, Hackney Baths - 17.03.24
w/ Faux Naif & Luvandula 
• All My Friends - 28.04.24
w/ J. Aria, Bethan, Luvandula b2b Sarahtonin
• Melt Session, Om Being - 10.05.24
• Om Being - 01.06.24
• Pocket Radio - 13.06.24 
w/ TSUNIMAN, Jess Hands, Ysanne, Ophilion, Luvandula
• Sumor Festival, Wales - 22.06.24 
• Cafe 1001, London - 14.08.24
w/ Seb Odyssey, Luvandula
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 14.09.24 
w/ Lavandula & Aquamarine
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 12.10.24
w/ Ysanne, Teleopath, Lavandula
• Om Being, Hackney - 19.10.24
• Cafe1001, Shoreditch - 06.11.24
w/ Someone Sunny & Goh Well
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 09.11.24
w/ Jess Hands & Ontologic
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 07.12.24
w/ Locks & ex.sses
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 04.01.25
w/ FAFF
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 01.02.25
w/ Jaye Ward
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 07.03.25
w/ I. Jordan & Xivro
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 28.03.25
w/ TAAHLIAH & Luvandula
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 26.04.25
w/ Ambu Bambu & Bethan
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 24.05.25
w/ Limi & Jess Hands
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 28.06.25
w/ TSUNIMAN & Selecky
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 20.07.25
w/ Panooc & Slyn
• Meanwhile, Set Vault - 02.08.25
• Ousia, Berlin - 10.08.25
w/ 131bpm, PSL, Guima Guima, Belladonna Of Sadness
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 29.08.25
w/ Pumping Velvet - Sam PV & Sofie K
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 28.09.25
w/ Aura Inc. - Kasra V, Diet Clinic, Charm
• Om Being, Hackney - 11.10.25
Deep Listening Lounge w/ Teleopath
• Sauna Social Club, Peckham - 26.10.25
w/ Maria Malarie & H3L3NA