Seems like such a paradox to be asked to make a mix for a show called 'Midnight in a Perfect World' (named after a DJ Shadow track) exactly at a time where the world is flaunting all its imperfections. My mix aired at midnight on 20.01.2017 on KEXP 90.3 FM in Seattle, just hours after Mr Trump entered office with his right hand in the air.    
So there aren't any dance tunes on this, coz I just didn't feel like dancing, instead I put together tunes from artists I love and who help me live in another world for just a sec and inspire me to deal with this one. 
there are some unreleased tunes of mine on there too.  
together we are strong , community is everything :
now get in the zone ---->
   

Tracklist
Elysia Crampton – _ Lake
Forest Swords _ Rattling Cage
Inkke – Got My Click
WSR _ All Your Lies
Perera Elsewhere _ Karam
Commodo & Gantz & Kahn _ AMK
The Green Door Allstars _ Lagueda
Klein _ Right Now
Slime_My Company
Romare_Don't Stop
Klein_Arrange
Portishead _ SOS (Abba cover _ from the movie Highrise)
Nosaj Thing feat. Chance the Rapper & Maceo Haymes _ Cold Stares
Perera Elsewhere _ All of This
Micachu & the Shapes _ Oh Baby
Perera Elsewhere _ Runaway
Prince Far I _ Nuclear Weapon
BadBadNotGood feat. Sam Herring _ Time Moves Slow
Mo Kolours _ Foundation
Jahcoozi _ Read The Books
Perera Elsewhere _ DaDaDa

Midnight in a Perfect World _ KEXP FM mix

Multi-award winning experimental pop auteur, Sasha Perera aka Perera Elsewhere is a producer, musician, songwriter and DJ who has garnered critical acclaim from Pitchfork, NPR, BBC, FADER, Vogue, KCRW and many more. Her use of technology to create and to experiment with her voice, lyrics, trumpet, percussive beats, bass frequencies, sound design and existential ideas all led to what fans and press initially coined the ‘Doom-Folk’ sound of the Perera Elsewhere project. She found a home on Los Angeles based label Friends of Friends where she has released 3 albums that have seen her sonic imprint graciously evolve. Her music evokes a hybrid of comparisons such as Mica Levi, Dean Blunt, Jon Hassell and Massive Attack.
Journeys have punctuated Perera Elsewhere’s life perspective and career, taking her from London’s vibrant club scene to Berlin’s bass experimentalist underground. All of which developed her shapeshifting approach to music. Elsewhere, but always rooted. No matter where Perera has found herself musically–from live shows & DJ sets at institutions such as Berghain, the Guggenheim, the Hamburg Philharmonic, Sonar Festival and Boiler Room.
Her music has been licensed for Ava Du Vernay’s ‘Queen Sugar’ series, by Oscar winning director Paolo Sorrentino for his ‘Loro’ film and recently by Apple for the promotional launch of their faster than ever M2 chip.
A true multi-hyphenate, Perera’s open and autodidact technique is also highlighted by a long list of side releases, collaborations as well as bespoke compositions for moving image, theatre and audio-visual installations for leading global institutions such as Bass Museum Miami (2022 and ZKM in Karlsruhe (2024). She produced 4 songs for German icon Nina Hagen’s recent album (2023).
Perera Elsewhere won ‘Best Act ’at the VIA awards 2022, the only independent award for musical innovation in Germany. She also won Sony Music Germany’s ‘Female Producer Award’ in 2024.
Perera’s published works have led to invitations by renowned institutions such as Ableton, Native Instruments, Yale or Berlin’s University of Arts and the award- winning Errrormusic programme to share her creative knowledge via studio sessions, workshops, teaching, and mentoring.   Sasha has also worked with the British Council and Goethe Institute as an artist and co-curator or mentor on music projects and music-tech education initiatives across Asia and Africa .  She recently composed the sound for a Kampnagel dance/ theatre production titled' Reparation Nation.'  Perera Elsewhere is clearly at home in many places.

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Composition/ remixes / other projects : info@pereraelsewhere.com 

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