At Field Maneuvers 2023, Optimo (Espacio) played the final set in the Sputnik tent as part of the Watching Trees takeover. "We expected everyone to be on their final reserves of energy," they said. "But it was instantly apparent that there was electric energy in the tent. It ended up being one of the most joyous, life-affirming gigs of [the year]."

@optimo-music @fieldmaneuvers

Find out more about Field Maneuvers 2024: https://ra.co/news/80472

RA Live - Optimo (Espacio) - Field Maneuvers, UK

We first met Tia Cousins in 2019 when she came to volunteer. She sent us a few mixes and naturally we booked her for the very next FM. We love Tia's disregard of genre and pure love for anything with the right je ne sais quoi.

This was the first time she played Sputnik and she nailed the brief. Warming up for Optimo and their Watching Trees takeover, it's the perfect mix weird, euphoric and a bit emotional - you'll know the bit we're talking about when you hear it. Not a dry eye in the house. 

This is what Tia had to say about the mix: "Hazy memories from this one but I know it was a fkin hoot! Lots of wiggy bits, booty shakers and even a tear jerker in here live from the real life pleasure dome."

FM056: Tia Cousins live from Sputnik FM2023

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/TheMix043EDOO

For 2024’s final instalment of The Mix, @eris-drew & @octoocta provide an hour of Motherbeat-infused ecstacy

"We wanted to do a proper, 128 BPM house mix. Our very ecstatic, house energy mix. It’s going to be just over an hour, because we want it to be in that radiant space for the entire time and play some of our older favourites, as well as newer favourites from our record bag over this past year. We’re not like ‘track of the week’ DJs, when we love something, it’s getting played over the span of a few years, sometimes even 10 years."

Tracklist + Q&A

The Mix 043: Eris Drew & Octo Octa

https://www.nts.live/shows/bell-towers/episodes/bell-towers-21st-january-2025
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DMS - 24/01/25

A big dopamine injection for the January blues – Berlin-based DJs Courtesy & THC trade trance, progressive house and dreamy latin club bumpers in the NTS RUSH Mix.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/nts-rush/episodes/nts-rush-courtesy-thc-29th-january-2025

NTS RUSH: Courtesy & THC 290125

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Zuflucht Showcase - Reece Walker & Central/Picture - 03 Feb 2025

LiNkiN_ParK-nUmB.exe (Hermeth remix)

@samyb - Move your body
Label - @dancepetrolrecords

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PREMIERE - Samy B - Move Your Body (Dance Petrol Records)

That classic 90s house sound is one that modern producers have constantly tried to emulate over the past two decades; however, few have truly mastered the feeling quite like UK producer @bragacircuit.

Real name Joseph Burrows, the mysterious artist doesn’t have too many appearances in the form of the press. Still, his signature, vocal-infused tracks have been celebrated by the likes of Ben UFO, Moxie, and more.
His style is quintessentially British, mixing breakbeat, downtempo, deep house, and UKG elements into rave-ready records that would perfectly soundtrack a Friday night basement rave in Hackney.

Whilst being active from around 2016, BC started to gain momentum around 2018-2020 with tracks like Cloudburst and his remix of Ssin’s 2020 track Love Affair finding their way onto NTS radio and theBasement Discos label respectively. From there, the Margate resident has amassed an impressive discography, which includes five long-form albums that have been either self-released or released on labels such as Air Miles, Axe on Wax, and Sour Edits.

His journey into electronic music has been an organic one. His tutelage has come from the friends closest to him, like Loed & DECED, who have also gone on to make names for themselves within their own right. To sum it up, Braga Circuit is a forward-thinking artist who represents the very best of the underground UK scene (in our humble opinion). For our thirteenth edition of //SNCMIX, Mr Burrows takes us through an hour of 90s/early 2000s deep house, shares his origins, and the tracks that shaped him.

Full Interview: https://www.sncmag.co.uk/music/sm-013-braga-circuit/

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Tracklist:

Axone / X_1 - Happy, Hippie, Hifi
Gumbo - Klarky Cat
Familia Loca - Sliced
Drivetrain - Just a Little Bit
Nail - Clear My Mind
Itamar Sagi - One Million Oaks (Funk D'Void Remix)
Vince Watson - Beneath The Sound
Michael Lange - The Only Way Is Up Feat. Ron Carroll (Oliver $ Dub)
Len - Steal My Sunshine (Bougie Soliterre Remix)
Delano Smith featuring Diamond Dancer - A Message For The DJ (Jimpster Red Light Remix)
Putch 2 - A
Braga Circuit - Right When I Told You
Anthony Naples - Lifetimes
Malin Genie & Frits Wentink - Fuzzy Dunlop
ZZ BANKS - Comet (Deep Mix)
Swoose - Sly Toot
Marius Acke - Realuv
Edu Reig - My Heart Beats
PARSA - Sometimes
Ploy - I Need You
Braga Circuit - Dance With Me
Rico Scott & Leigh Hunt - Node 01
Power In The Groove featuring Kemeisha Holmes - It's Automatic (Solid Groove Dub Mix)
Azaad - Torn
Architectural - Love Drums Massacre
Braga Circuit - Break It Down

//SM.013 - Braga Circuit

***VINYL ONLY***
Lex Wolf back on M.A.D EDITS!! Dishing up the third instalment of his Lextended series. Killer edits to heat up the discotheque!

Label: @makeadance
Buy: https://lexwolf.bandcamp.com/album/lextended-vol-3-m-a-d-edits-008

PREMIERE: Lex Wolf - Pale Tears [M.A.D Edits]

Shortlisted for CDR X DIMENSIONS - DIMENSIONS SOUNDS 2016 (https://soundcloud.com/cdr-projects/sets/cdr-x-dimensions-dimension)

CDR/Dimensions Local Audio samples used:
Pljeskanje-261967743
Trommel_2-262452693
Kovanice-261968008
SlowDeepBreath - Temple Chanting

OCTO CHAMP - Whippt

fka @outgoingperson but also fka @octochamp and additionally fka @2kok

contact: nathan@nathandavidsmith.co.uk

releases on:
Beats of No Nation
Huntleys + Palmers 'Clyde Built'
Let's Go Swimming
Shapes of Rhythm
Boutade Musique