🖤💙🖤Absolutely beautiful as always with Furtive🖤💙🖤

RHYW steps up for the next instalment of Off-Kilter with a mind-melting mix of stripped back askew rhythms, propulsive bass and leftfield techno. 

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Like liquid mercury in a petri dish—slick, supple, and playfully disobedient—Rhyw’s music dazzles as it defies expectation. The Welsh-Greek artist cut his teeth as one half of Cassegrain and has been finding new paths for his mutant sound ever since, releasing on Fever AM, the imprint he set up with Mor Elian in 2017, as well as labels like Avian and Modeselektor’s SSPB. 

In the studio or behind the decks, he brilliantly fuses different strains of ultra-modern techno and broken beat: eyes-down minimal lights up with modular sass, choppy kicks flirt with rolling grooves, and sharp sound design slices through earthy subs. It’s the kind of amphibious sound that can slip into otherworldly spaces while never truly leaving the dance floor. 

Rhyw turned heads with the heavyweight two-tracker ‘Biggest Bully’ in 2019, earning himself sets at Berghain, Berlin Atonal, and Boiler Room Tokyo, along with tours in Asia and the US. Online and on-air, he’s guested on Hessle Audio’s Rinse FM show and Mixmag’s ‘In Session’ mix series, and contributed podcasts to Crack and FACT. Even when they leave the gate at full pelt, these sets showcase Rhyw’s subtle sense of intricacy, balancing airy atmospheres against tougher tackle. But whatever the energy level, there’s always an alien presence in Rhyw’s sound—a shapeshifter whose twin motives are to bewitch and disorientate the listener.

Follow: @rhyw
Instagram: @rhyw__

OK005 - Rhyw

Peder Mannerfelt presents a new mixtape series called PMx. 

The natural extension to the PM+ single series, PMx is set to feature mixes by friends and collaborators of Peder, alongside established and future talents.  

PMx kicks of with a mix by the man himself, his presentation of the hottest music of the moment, including a sneak peak of the upcoming single from Aasthma, a collaboration between Mannerfelt and Pär Grindvik featuring the legendary Swedish rapper Silvana Imam.
 
Tracklist:

1. LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
2. The Fear Ratio- Slinky
3. Slacker - Almost Punk
4. Ploy - Ninety One
5. Pelican Company - Alvaret (Logos Remix)
6. Krotone - Routine
7. Chloé Robinson & DJ ADHD - Steamin
8. Joan La Barbara & Morton Subotnick - Gestures, for 5.1 Surround Soung It Begins With Colors
9. Gary Martin - Cosa Cougat
10. Talismann - Matam 
11. Voiski - Rotator
12. Peder Mannerfelt - Town Crier
13. Fire Island feat Loleatta Holloway - Shout to the Top (Club 69 remix)
14. LWS - Aerosol
15. Oyubi - Chirp
16. FFT - Disturb Roqe
17. 2000 and One - Adonai Elohim
18. Vel - Era L
19. Hanna Hartman - Färjesånger
20. Stenny - Kembow
21. Rhyw - Kirkhusa
22. Aasthma feat Silvana Imam - Soulhack
23. Toma Kami - Amapicante
24. Madonna - Frozen
25. S S S S - Dualistic Dead Ends
26. Nikki Nair - Once Upon
27. Henzo -Are You With Me This Time
28. Laidback - White Horse
29. Peder Mannerfelt - Floppy Size
30. PCB Rhythm Select - PCB Chip
31. A Made Up Sound - Rework
32. Powell - Kate

PMx 1 - Peder Mannerfelt

Furtive is a full-gonzo polychromatic rave conjurer and a relentless creative tinkerer. A Philadelphia-based producer, DJ, and DIY underground event organizer with over a decade of experience in the studio, Furtive's production wizardry has allowed them to land releases on a variety of US and overseas labels - including their first vinyl EP in spring 2022, with another coming soon - along with a slew of tracks on VA compilations and dozens of their own self-released cuts. Furtive’s body of work comprises psychedelic warphole-diving techno, quirky and muscular electro, acerbic acid tracks, moving ambient atmospheres, and drum & bass bin-rattlers. Furtive cut their teeth as a DJ and promoter/DIY organizer in Washington, DC’s warehouses, where they also played a turnkey role in putting on some of the District’s zaniest techno parties. They now co-run an intimate off-the-books venue in Philly. As a DJ, they’ve supported internationally celebrated no-nonsense acts and have routinely held court in precious warehouses and dingy local watering holes - always with eclectic selections and a steadfast focus on pacing and dynamics, regularly jumping genres to build moving and impactful sets. Beyond the fog and strobe lights, Furtive creates art in a variety of mediums, including linocuts, render art, inky drawings, and occasionally tattooing.

If you would like to contribute to this mix, send directly to the artist:
Paypal: ajrindy@yahoo.com
Venmo: @alexander-rindisbacher

Tracklist:
1. Alicia - Archangelic Collapse - Fever AM
2. Shoal - Kuari - End of Perception
3. Atom TM - Riding The Void (Consumed Remix) - Raster Noton
4. AOW - Boa - self released
5. Ikävä Pii - Death by haha reaction - Early Reflex
6. James Bangura - BX5 Revival (Juice Hazy Type Beat) - self released
7. Juan Campos - Ondas Gravitacionales - Kusiya Records
8. NØ Shelter - Infestation, Oppression, Possession - HXAGRAM
9. Altinbas - Cyclic Frames - Float
10. Ben Ritz - Crystalline - Fixed Rhythms
11. Kashpitzky - Operate - BCCO
12. Javadeep - Fluid on a Sphere - Knotweed Records
13. TAUCETI & Darzack - Chrysalide - Raise Records
14. Jacobworld - Cycle - OOM Records
15. Oxygeno - Mirror of Confusion - Lost Verses Music
16. CVRDWELL - Revenge is a Confession of Pain - Warok Music
17. Arbitrage - GMT Graind - BCCO
18. Mac Delos - Plastic Soap Dispenser - Raise Records
19. No Saavy - Tease - Sindex Trax
20. DJ Badshape - Beer2Beer - Human
21. ABEM - Knock Out - Hardest Soft
22. Bloom OS - Always (Petal Supply's Bullet Hell) - SongMusicLLC
23. S O A R E R - Lights on the corner - Mobile Suit
24. Zemog - The Birds That Never Returned - Huinali
25. Grey People - Krautwerk - Perimeter Junk

Furtive:
https://furtivetrax.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/furtivetrax
https://www.instagram.com/furtive.sasha/
https://ra.co/dj/furtive

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OBSRRD 154 // Furtive

Recorded live at Interdimensional Transmissions presents Return to the Source - Tresor 313, Tangent Gallery, Detroit (28-05-2022)

Main room closing set after Underground Resistance presents Wavejumpers (live)

Live at Return to the Source 2022 (Tresor 313) - Detroit

Tony G (@t_o_n_y_g) produces, DJs, co-runs @sorry-records, and enthusiastically supports a broad range of music on NYC's dancefloors. In addition to his own DJing and releasing tracks on Sorry, Eto Ano, Toucan Sounds, and more, he has organized ambient, experimental, and leftfield parties as Giambrone & Co at Brooklyn venues like Jupiter Disco and Mansions. Like his close collaborator, Sorry Records' @nickboydnyc, Tony brings an expansive knowledge of the context of dance music and an energetic attitude to each release and dancefloor. This is part 2 of a 2 part mini-series with Sorry Records.

This is part 2 of a 2 part mini-series with Sorry Records.

Read the interview + see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/048-tony-g

"This mix was a re-creation of a set I did at the Stream Informer Glen Falls House party this past June. I recorded the live set and was hoping to release that, but I was redlining a little too hard, and the recording came out hopelessly distorted. I was really proud of the mix and put a lot of work into it, so 3 months after the fact I decided to revisit it.

In preparing the set initially I decided to pretend I was playing to the sunrise even though the set ended at 4AM. Sunrise for me means… trance, I guess. It was a really cute party and lots of friends (Alyce included!) were there providing tons of warm and wiggly energy. I remember looking out and seeing someone twerking on the subwoofer at one point. My summer was kind of up and down after that, so it was a really positive memory to revisit.

I did this incarnation of the mix in my living room with 2 old CDJ 2000s, one XDJ 700 that I borrowed from my friend Danny, and my Mastersound 4 rotary mixer. I spent one day practicing, then did two full takes over the next two evenings. The take you’re hearing right now was the last one that I recorded. Looking back at the tracklist, one thing that stands out is how much new music I played, which is pretty rare for me. You’re not usually gonna see this much music from 2020 and beyond in a Tony G tracklist."

@t_o_n_y_g / @sorry-records

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #048: Tony G

mu"he is a resident and organizes her own party "FUSION" at VENT Tokyo. Her style has been forged by long days of digging crates and stumbling upon all sorts of electronic music gems. Enjoy!

ITPS088 MU"HE

Check out this mix from 1995!  I use to record house mixes for my mom so she can do her workouts.  She recently unearthed these vintage mixes.  Sorry for the sound quality.  
I would still play these tracks til this day!  
House head for life!

UPDATED LINK 4/4/23 (better audio quality download: https://we.tl/t-DKT1CfFWHr?utm_campaign=TRN_TDL_05&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&trk=TRN_TDL_05)

Santiago Salazar - Songs For My Mama Mix - 1995

Name: Cristian Ybarra
Alias: BYZARRA (@cristian-ybarra-635514574)
Pronouns: They/Them She/Her
Location: Minneapolis, MN

Influences: Radical black & brown creatives / organizers, queer run underground spaces, The occult/paranormal, Late 90’s / early 2000’s pop culture. 

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: 
Acme Collective, Gothess MPLS
(as DIE/ASPORA)

Favorite Quote:
“The most powerful art is to make pain a healing talisman.” - Frida Kahlo

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: Don’t dilute yourself / artistry down to fit into spaces that can’t handle or accept you at your full concentrate. 

With this mix BYZARRA asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network: NQTTCN sits at the intersection of the mental health field and movements for social justice. (https://nqttcn.com/en/)
❁ Black Trans Travel Fund: The Black Trans Travel Fund is a grassroots, Black Trans led Collective, providing Black Transgender Women with financial and material resources needed to remove barriers to self-determining and
accessing safer travel options. (https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com)

Tracklist and more - https://thedaisychain.club/2023/04/04/daisychain-272-byzarra/

Daisychain

Daisychain 272 - BYZARRA

Shed is one of our favourite artists and definitely a no bullshit guy. His discography, including all his different names & projects, will impress you more than his social media appearance. As it should be. We really appreciate that he contributed a mix to our podcast series!

Interview: http://iliantape.de/ilian-tape-podcast-series-031/

Ilian Tape Pod

ITPS031 SHED

Bolshy beats from one of Ilian Tape's finest.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=717

RA Podcast: @stennyyy

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.717 Stenny

A master of kinetic percussion and low end bass weight, Hemlock, Timedance and Hessle Audio producer Ploy (@deejayploy) has long been a techno favourite. On his most recent album, Unlit Signals on L.I.E.S., however, he mixes it up much more across nomadic tracks filled with visceral energy. In fact, the record chews up and spits out influences taken from "decades of UK dance" as well as plenty of harder, more raw and noisy industrial scenes. It features eight tracks all with a darker overriding mood, as well as "dishevelled closing hours delirium applied across a spectrum of bpm." 

That is of course the case on this week's podcast, which is a slippery selection of weighty rhythmic propulsions. As they pull you up, down, forwards and back, fractured percussion peppers the groove and twisted synths weave their way in and out of the cavernous spaces left behind. Whether playing slow and sludgy bass or hard and fast techno, Ploy seems somehow able to warp space and time, and often your mind and body are left just as bent out of shape.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 302 - Ploy

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