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Interview:  http://truantsblog.com/2021/truancy-volume-275-aaron-j/ ‎

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Aaron J Soundcloud: @arn_j
Sure Thing Soundcloud: @sure_thing

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Aaron J

Truancy Volume 275: Aaron J

"One of the most difficult aspects of the last 13 months has been the complete lack of sound systems, which define the spaces where I both forged and maintain my relationship with techno. Proper dancefloors cocoon you in sound, granting freedom of body, mind, and soul, allowing for a completely individual experience with music, even moments of transcendence, while surrounded by some abstract, shifting mixture of friends and strangers. Pandemic delivered the exact opposite of this freedom, with lockdowns and isolation, fear and anxiety. 

7 months in, my memories of being enveloped by sound, anonymous in a crowd, felt so distant; my connection to this music I love so dearly was deeply eroded. Where it was once fun to DJ at home as a means to invoke the dancefloor, I could no longer summon those feelings; trying to play music for myself, alone, on small speakers, left me feeling disconnected and confused. Faced with creating a set for Samhain, a task I would normally welcome with joy, honor, and a sense of purpose, instead filled me with dread, apprehension, and a feeling of being hopelessly lost. 

Putting this set together was the most difficult creative exercise I have ever engaged in, I never struggled so much in my life to DJ. I forced myself to listen through music, assemble a collection of tunes, and finally to record a set, doing my best to summon missing feelings and connect to the lost spaces that hold so much meaning. This experience was so troubling that it would be the last mix I made in isolation.

6 months later, vaccinations are beginning to become a reality, and while my beloved dancefloors are still a ways off, things feel much less hopeless than they did in the autumn. Listening back to this mix fills me with a deep yearning for what we are all missing, and also hope for our future. I look forward so incredibly much to the day we can dance together again!!! and I can't wait to see you all.

xo"
— @erikadotnet

Interdimensional Transmissions Podcast

IT Podcast

IT.podcast.s10e12: Erika at Samhain XX

The Messy Beaucoup afterhours stage was the spiritual successor to 'The Way In' in 2018. This stage focused less on dance music and more on ambience, experimental sounds, and relaxation. @csouffront responded with this beautiful, musical journey that deserves to listened to in its entirety. Enjoy!

Photo by: Win Mixter

Campout Series:  Carlos Souffront

Autumnal ambient from a master downtempo DJ.

Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/805

@grandriver

RA podcast

RA.805 Grand River

Mike Servito's almost instantly legendary set at No Way Back performing after Orphx's extraordinary live show and before BMG, during Movement 2014 at a transformed 1515 Broadway.

IT.podcast.s03e03: Mike Servito at No Way Back Movement 5/25/14

A live recording of Patrick Russell's set at The Labyrinth 2015. Patrick played the final day, Monday September 21st, from late morning to early afternoon.

2015年のLABYRINTH出演時、最終日の朝遅めの時間にプレイしたPatrick Russellの希少な録音音源がこちら。

Patrick Russell: The Labyrinth 2015

Honey Soundsystem Potcast

HNYPOT 276: Lychee's Effulgent Dysphoria

Here we find the elusive Mike Servito in his natural habitat, closing No
Way Back in Detroit 2018, always one of the highlights of 313: Return to
the Source. It has become a sort of annual tradition to have him close
the party, as he balances the light with the dark in such an effortless
way. As he played “The Climax” I remember the feeling in the crowd, it
was magic. This set is directly after Derek Plaslaiko had finished playing
and an impromptu tag team ensued. This set presented here is Mike
Servito solo, killing it as he always does.

IT.podcast.s07e04: Mike Servito at No Way Back 2018

RobertAshley'sPrivateParts (LiveAtDeepBlueVancouverNov18)

Christina Chatfield (@anitserk) will be joining us at The Bunker at Market Hotel on Saturday, April 13th to play one of her unique and captivating live sets (info and tix: http://bit.ly/FDWest413). 

We're excited to finally have a podcast of her all-original music because she has been a friend and ally of The Bunker New York for many years, playing at our events in New York and showcases in San Francisco. She is a resident for @as-you-like-it in San Francisco, has released on @Sassmouth’s God Particle and we're all eagerly awaiting her forthcoming album on @mysteriesofthedeep

The Bunker Podcast 190

The Bunker Podcast 190: Christina Chatfield

Two hours of deep house for the Dekmantel crew by yours truly.
Enjoy!

Dekmantel Podcast

HNYPOT 346: Nihar & Russell E.L. Butler's Intersection Mix

Recorded by @artefakt-official for The Memoir, 2019.
All tracks written and produced by Artefakt.
Curated by @Hypnus Records.

01. Artefakt - The Boreal Forest Is Where I Want To Be (Unreleased)
02. Artefakt - Tapestry (@delsinrecords)
03. Artefakt - Twilit (Prologue)
04. Artefakt - Ritualist (@konstrukt-5)
05. Artefakt - From Our Minds To Yours (@delsinrecords)
06. Artefakt - Falling Into The Light (@delsinrecords)
07. Artefakt - Narcosis (@fieldrecords)
08. Artefakt - Hypnosis (@tikitarec)
09. Artefakt - Icarus (Unreleased)
10. @shl-mo - Escape From The Poison River (Artefakt Collage) (@delsinrecords)
11. Artefakt - Ossature (@semantica-records)
12. Artefakt - Raid (Deep Sound Channel)
13. Artefakt - Chimera (Unreleased)

Love and light

Support their label

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Eric @Cloutier on the inspiration for this mix: "It's impossible to fully describe the importance of Theorem (@theorem-thx) in my life. Upon first hearing the “Nano” album I was immediately sold on his sound. Moving artfully between psychedelic, dub and chill varietals of techno, the picture he painted on this full length on Plus8 blew my mind…and honestly still does. Fast forward to the “Mantra One” EP, and I knew this wasn’t a fluke but a revolution of a genre. Almost like clockwork, singles on a sub label of M_nus started dropping; I was indoctrinated in to Theorem's sound 100% at this point. Beautiful, patient, delicate, unique, and timeless - Theorem’s records, both solo and with a handful of equally amazing friends, such as Stewart Walker, Sutekh, and Swayzak, are at once undefinable and unquestionably from one defining point in electronic music history. I’ve been fortunate enough to stay friends with Theorem for well over a decade, and he’s blessed me with a trove of unreleased transmissions I’ve never felt comfortable putting to a recording until now. Without this music  I honestly don’t know where my techno life would have taken me, but I am forever indebted to Theorem for what he unintentionally did to a random connoisseur back home in Detroit. 

01. Theorem - Emerge [MINUS TH 3]
02. Theorem - Evolve [SWZLP2]
03. Theorem - Graviti [PLUS8057]
04. Theorem + Sutekh - Mitochondria [MINUS THX 5]
05. Theorem - Fallout [MINUS TH 4] 
06. Theorem - Clone [PLUS8070]
07. Theorem - Igneous [MINUS TH 2]
08. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Recoil [MINUS THX 3]
09. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Too Distant Images [MINUS THX 3]
10. Theorem + Swayzak - Break In at Apt 205 [MINUS THX 1]
11. Theorem + Swayzak - Devil of Rotations [!K7193EP]
12. Theorem - Shift [MINUS TH 1]
13. Theorem - Embed [MINUS TH 3]
14. Theorem + Swayzak - 020100 (Swayzak Mix) [SWZ11]
15. Theorem + Swayzak - Day From Hell [MINUS THX 2]	
16. Theorem + Sutekh - Canis [MINUS THX 5]
17. Theorem + Stewart Walker - Intervals [MINUS THX 4]
18. Theorem - Formulate [MINUSMIXMAX1]
19. Theorem - Dilate [PLUS8057]
20. Theorem - Gelidity [UNRELEASED]

The Bunker Podcast 209

The Bunker Podcast 209: Eric Cloutier

Spaced-out trance from the Mirror Zone.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=714

@spekkiwebu

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.714 Spekki Webu

Wata Igarashi at Rural Festival Japan 2019

Rural is always a special event for me. Playing in the Japanese mountains in front of my friends, it means a lot. Last year I was on the Sunday night, full of stars, in between Function and Alessandro Cortini. With a 3 hour slot, I had the chance to dive deep and do what I wanted. It was a really positive experience for me so I thought it would be nice to share the recording with you all. Thanks for listening and hope to see you on a dancefloor soon, Wata.

Here is some of the music in the set: 
https://buymusic.club/list/wata-igarashi-rural-2019-set

Ruralは、2013年玉川キャンプ村で500人限定だった頃から毎年参加させてもらっていて、大自然の中、多くの友人の前でプレイできる自分にとって本当にスペシャルな場所。昨年は、3日目夜、星空の下、FunctionとAlessandro Cortiniの間の３時間スロットで作りたかったストーリーを描けることができたので、是非シェアしたいと思いました。聴いてくれた皆様に感謝します。そしてまたぜひ近いうちにフロアで会いましょう。Wata

Photo: Ken Kawamura

Rural 2019

Mike Huckaby performing at [KONTROL], an influential monthly party series that ran from 2005-2012 in San Francisco.  Recorded live at SF's legendary club The Endup on Saturday, August 1st, 2009. 

REST IN PEACE, HUCK.

thank you for the music, thank you for your service, and thank you for leading by example. you made this world a better place. you will be dearly missed, and never forgotten. <3

Mike Huckaby - Live @ [KONTROL] San Francisco, August 1st, 2009

Excerpt from a set I did at the 2018 Honcho Campout for Geoffrey Larue's Suck It! Afterhours - this all occurred sometime around the early morning of the Sunday of Campout that weekend, as night turned to morning and people existed in the great inbetweens of the end and the beginning. May it bring you some solace as you exist in all manners of personal transition now. 

Image used is "White Dove & Spirits" by Stevenson Magloire

"The softly lulling coos of the dove are testimony to a divinely calming presence among us. In fact, their soft vocalizations and docile appearance enhances their interpretation as celestial messengers – or the symbolic link between earth and air. The dove is a symbol of the soul’s release from its earth-bound duty.

On earth, they are intimately aware of their environment and demonstrate a highly developed sense of presence. As creatures of both the earth and the air, doves serve as liaisons between intuitive thought and common reality. This ability to move between two worlds (sky and earth), bird totems are uniquely posed to funnel higher knowledge down to our human conscious awareness. They link intangible knowing (thought, dreams, intuition) with physical practicality (hearth, home, security). Doves represent the balance between thought (air) and matter (earth).

Bridging this link between the higher mind and the more practical level in which we live makes the dove a perfect guide for dream interpretation as well. Bird totems offer inspiration combined with a grounding element to make new ideas implementable.

The dove represents peace of the deepest kind. It soothes and quiets our worried or troubled thoughts, enabling us to find renewal in the silence of the mind. The dove’s singing is most prevalent when the veils between the physical and spiritual worlds are thought to be at their thinnest – first thing in the morning and last thing at night – again representing a link between two divergent domains.

Doves teach us that, regardless of external circumstances, peace is always a touch a way – within us – and always available. It is said that if a dove flies into your life, you are being asked to go within and release your emotional disharmony. The dove helps us to rid the trauma stored deep within our cellular memory. Doves carry the energy of promise. When inner conflicts are banished from our thoughts, words and feelings, goodness awaits.

The dove’s roles as spirit messenger, maternal symbol and liaison impart an inner peace that helps us to go about our lives calmly and with purpose." - quote from the spiritual & mystic significance of Doves

This recording is dedicated to MD

Kiernan Laveaux's Sunrise Synthesis 2018

Interview:  http://truantsblog.com/2020/truancy-volume-271-livwutang/

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Soundcloud: @livwutang

livwutang is the alias of rising Seattle-based DJ and artist Olivia Klutse. Moving to the city from Denver in 2014, she has quickly become an integral and vital member of Seattle’s underground music community, forming numerous friendships and helping organize events for a number of the city’s budding parties. Truancy Volume 271 sees livwutang put together a mix inspired by dusk window views, coastal road trips, and long meandering walks around south Seattle. She tells us the mix is a reflection of her state of mind and the transitional Seattle weather at the moment, sprinkling in subtle moments of euphoria and ascending atmospheres to joyous effect. From Aybee’s rhythm-shifting “Broken Dreams,” to last year’s relentless party starter “Belter” by Off The Meds, the mix is 70 minutes of uninterrupted vibes, coming to a spine-tingling conclusion with Rum & Black’s 90s rave classic “Slaves.” The selections are immaculate, mixed craftily by a DJ that’s become beloved both at home and shores abroad.

Read more: http://truantsblog.com/2020/truancy-volume-271-livwutang/

livwutang

Truancy Volume 271: livwutang

Today we launch our Samhain XX weekly podcast series, with archives of all the sets performed during the streaming event. We begin the series with a set from BMG.

video: https://youtu.be/gxDV5W7C9hI
 
BMG on Samhain:
"It's the Celtic holiday that Halloween spawns from. It was the loop point, the new year. Ancient people dealt with grey areas in strange ways, the change between years caused this loose period existing between the end and beginning. This is where it gets interesting: they believed dimensions were colliding in a sort of interdimensional crosstalk, where the planes of the living and the dead were touching, so the dead could walk the earth. A way to convene with your ancestors, and a great reason to burn fires and scare your friends and neighbors. There's way more to it, most of it can't be written, it can only be felt, which is usually elusive but somehow easy at this time of year."
 
The original recurring party for Interdimensional Transmissions is Samhain, celebrating the ancient Celtic holiday that acknowledges the loop point of time, and the origin of IT. Had there not been Covid-19 the plan killer, we would have had the 20th anniversary of this party in Detroit, with Eris Drew headlining. As it stood, we celebrated Samhain XX with an over the top stream celebrating so many facets that we find fascinating, a place for total immersion into interesting music and cutting edge thoughts for a whole weekend at our favorite time of year. This was broadcast continuously for over 30 hours on October 31 — November 1, 2020. 
 
If the world is going to burn, this is what we want to hear, who we want to be surrounded by. Thank you so much to every artist for sharing your art and musical vision. And thank you to Jim Gibbons (AVS) for mastering all the audio, Andrew Charles Edman for the psychedelic visuals and all the art layers from Amber Gillen. And thank you to @thebunkerny for hosting the stream.

IT.podcast.s10e03: BMG at Samhain XX

djing ambient/drone/deep house/techno for your chillout zones + verdant foundry - project and artist management for dance music creatives
bookings: hi@verdant.garden

6/28/24 - Meridian @ Jupiter Disco
7/26/23 - Scribbles @ Trans Pecos
5/11/23 - dream/self @ Mansions

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