Here you’ll find a collection of my club-oriented mixes, each one reflecting my style. I like to start easy, easing us into the vibe and setting the stage to connect. From there, the energy builds track by track, until the dance floor is fully alive. And when it’s time to close, I love ending with a sentimental track, the kind of song where you hope people fall into each other’s arms for the last dance as the club lights slowly come on.

Club mixes

It’s a bi-monthly show created for Mutant Ears. Each mix can capture a season, tell a story, or set a mood; whether you want to dance or just listen. At its heart, it’s all about the love of sharing music. Some months focus on the club, others on a listening focus.

fond affections - Mutant Radio Shows

Rotterdam-based Ofra is a record digger who loves to share her music always and anytime, whether it’s through an intimate listening radio show or a steamy nightclub set. A lover of Wave, New Beat, EBM, and Electro, she also holds a special place for Punk and Shoegaze music. Over the years, she has developed her own rich music palette as a DJ and curator. She co-founded the Rotterdam-based online radio station Operator and recently started her own label, Yarrow Ballet.

Ofra 04/05/24

We are pleased to have Ofra in our monthly show. Ofra is a killer DJ, she has just played at IFM festival last weekend. She has co-founded iconic Rotterdam radio station Operator Radio and has also launched her own label Yarrow ballet. Please enjoy the vibe of the mix she did for us going from wave to EBM to electro with her impeccable taste

Rinse France Podcast

OTTO DIVA INVITE OFRA - 18 Mai 2024

Last month, WOEIFM invited me to play for their monthly show on @operator.radio. I took the opportunity to create a New Beat special because, as a New Beat lover, I've always wanted to do that! 

Belgian New Beat, often just called New Beat, was an underground subculture and music scene that thrived in Belgium during the 1980s and 1990s. It was especially prominent in Antwerp and Brussels, and eventually gained widespread popularity across Western Europe.


I also added some interview snippets from back in the day.

New Beat Special @ Operator - 26th June 2024

Olivia w/ Ofra 20/11/2024 - Noods Radio

It’s a bi-monthly show created for the Mutant ears. It might translate a season into a mix, tell a story, or simply be something to take on the road whether to dance to or just listen. At its heart, it’s all about the love of sharing music.

Tracklist:
1. Glaring - Krystal Ship  
2. Filmmaker - Externalities  
3. Schulverweis - Wilde Maus  
4. Orgue Electronique - Between Don & Volga  
5. Lilith - Day for Night  
6. Black Dot - A Tale Like That (Gently Longer Version)  
7. Hayter - The Interview  
8. Mundo Muzique - Albido  
9. Linear Movement - The Game  
10. YusYus - Masters Of The Future (Live on INDI-REKT)  
11. Minny Pops - Ice Cube Wall  
12. S.M. Nurse - B2. Schatten  
13. Nadagen - Onder 4 Ogen  
14. Palmbomen II - LHW

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Tracklist:
Boy Harsher - R.O.V. (New Beat Edit) // Part Time Punks session
Dim Garden - À propos de Swann
 MACHINETE - SCHEI E PAURA
Marie Davidson - Demolition
Larry Paul Emmett - Evita 
Chico Crew - Noise Gate (Sancho Mix)
Genetic Factor - On A Northern Shore
Betonkust - Nozema
Violet Poison - Pin
Veslemes - 79 Hits for Klaus Kinski
Mat-101 - Crash Hero
DAF - Liebe Auf Den Ersten Blick
Karl Bartos -Jane's Theme

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Tracklist:

Q Lazzarus – Goodbye Horses (Acapella)

89st & Petra Flurr - Monotone Agression Zone

John Foxx – A Version Of You

Glaring – Nachtexpress

Augustus Muller – Sanctuary

In Aeternam Vale – Mémé

Anything Box – A Moment's Shifting

Death Valley – Stuntwoman

Inhalt – Language

Nuha Ruby Ra – Fetish 2 Forget

Toto Cutugno – Et si tu n'existais pas

Trystero – Rock dei Pelicani (con Alexia)

Xmal Deutschland – Incubus Succubus

Parade Ground – Hollywood (The Sexiest Fish)

Adrenaline Andrei - Jackie Chan (Mutant Fundraising Compilation by Mutant Radio)

Sasha Renkas – Carrier

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Dina Gad — Crack The Whip
Imre Kiss — 1969
Roberto Auser — Parade
Beau Wanzer — Trail of the Decade
Phuture — Acid Trax
Estado de Bienesta — Memoria Colectiva
Robert Bergman - The Black Lion
DC Salas — Gobierno Indolente 
Eva — "Take Me... Mr Love" (Luca Dell'Orso Remix)
Armando — Downfall (DJ Krime’s unofficial 2022 Backyard Remix)
ROTCIV — Italo-Trance
Boy Harsher — A Realness
Glaring — Still Water
Schulverweis - Ich Geh Zur Schulten
Cocteau Twins  — Musette and Drums

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Glaring - Vanth
Blood Orange – Bad Girls
The Spy – Falling
Antonym – Cinnamon Air
Nitzer Ebb – Let Your Body Learn (Instrumental)
Betonkust – My Comfort Blanket
Parole e azioni  - L' automobile 
Palmbomen II – Tes Yeux
Franz Scala – Crush Test (Feat Charlie)
Voyou – Houseman (Stockholm Syndrome AU Revamp)
Norherenorthere - TooManyGoths
Tara Cross – Tempus Fugit
Better Person – Zakochany Człowiek
Cardinal & Nun - Freak And Weak

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