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friday at sustain-release 2021, 12-2am. thank you karen nicole for the photo :)

thank you @sustain-release-nyc

livwutang @ Sustain-Release Year 7

Amsterdam-based Mad Miran has been a familiar face in the Dutch underground scene for quite some time and also made waves beyond the Dutch borders. Enjoy!

ITPS077 MAD MIRAN

The first light comes through the mist.

SoundCloud: @call-super

PURE Guest.034 Call Super

Excerpt of closing set for Aurora Halal's residency night at Nowadays in Queens, NYC. Thanks to the dancers and the Nowadays team! ♡

These Violent Flowers	- aint about me
Three Four	- Itinerant Dubs
Temazepan	- Paradise 3001
Wychwood Dub	- Al Wootton
Fantasy	- Tim Jackiw
My Life	- Adam & Steve 
TB Square	- Donato Dozzy
Meine Lederjeans (Paranoid London Remix)	- Josh Caffe x Al White
Happy To Be Here	- Anthony "Shake" Shakir
Nasty	- Sally C
Sideways (Sworn Virgins Remix)	- la.ura x SECAINA
Kein Ufo	- Jakob Seidensticker & Melina
Molting (Boulderhead remix)	- Otodojo
Mind Print	- 2Lanes
Make It Clap	- Alden Tyrell
Ghost In The Machines	- Quince
Automatic	- Continuous Cool
Die Kosmischen Kuriere	- 3MB feat. Magic Juan Atkins
Heart Pacing	- Developer
How Do You Plead	- Soofle
Disideratum	- Doxa
Beefcasen	- Ben Pest
Hologram	- Chino
CLUB MEGAMIXXX (DUB MIX)	- DJ SWISHA
Big Room Technow	- Piezo
Inside Out	- Local Group
Spiritual Currency	 - Trevor Linde
Rentre dans le donjon	- 2HOT2HANDLE
OakCliff	- PanicMan
U Give Me	- Denham Audio
Computer Incarnations For World Peace	- Make A Dance
Oviraptor (Marco Shuttle Remix)	- Space Drum Meditation
Feminine Allure	- Developer
X-Ray	- Simone Năstase
Segunda Creación	- Univac
Acid from Hell	- In Verruf
Pitchy D'Lish 	- Superabundance
Oltremanica	- Los Malpelos
VBS.Redlof.B	- AFX
NYC Smile On Me	- Aqua Regia
Dreaming Of A World	- Ali Berger
Dream Traveler (Original Mix)	- M5 
I'm Gonna Love You	 	- Summer Junkies
Felt this way	- D Palace
You Can't Forget To Groove	- Ambien Baby
Seasick Acid	- Gunnar Haslam
The Journey	- Isaiah
Inside	- Beste Hira
Acid Maddness	- Aubrey
Illision		- Detroit's Filthiest

Laurel Halo @ Nowadays, NYC (05-06-23)

drizle.010 _ PLO man

@ccl-url blasted us all into space in their closing set atThe Grove on Saturday night.

Campout Mix Series: CCL

Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp: https://cclurl.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-in-the-skull-discotheque

Side A: Bass is Eternal
Side B: 2-step Mutual Dream

A Night in the Skull Discotheque by the beloved underground selector CCL is the latest offering in the T4T LUV NRG label’s highly limited DJ mix series of cassettes. This immersive journey through a wonderland of proto-dubstep sounds from the late 1970s through the year 2000 is a sonic sibling to CCL’s acclaimed 2018 mix Ode to Queer Steppas.

Inspired in part by Eris Drew’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments” on her Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 mixtape (T4T LUV NRG, 2019), CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Created with 3 CDJs, one Turntable, and a Boss Digital Delay 200, the tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the 'wrong speed', pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.

With a solid nod to seminal mixtapes of the early 90s, CCL references the namesake for Side A, Bass Is Eternal, an unreleased 1992 mixtape by influential Bristolian producers Smith & Mighty, an important sonic fulcrum amongst the musical tributaries of the hardcore continuum that continues to reverberate to this day. CCL experienced the after-effects of this ‘proto’ sound genesis in 2008, while living in Bristol, by which point its emergent whispers had coalesced into what became known as dubstep. Tracing a rich history of reference through the samples, basslines, moods, and drum patterns emanating from Bass Is Eternal while looking for connections that predate it became a long-term fascination for CCL. The result is a DJ mix that connects the oft-forgotten dots between proto eras and modern developments in bass and dubstep.

For the resulting sonic ride on A Night in the Skull Discotheque, CCL leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.


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A portion for the proceeds from this release will go to fundraiser "SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!". You can also directly donate via:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-palestinian-solidarity-in-europe
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Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL 
Linear notes: Nevan Jio

A Night in the Skull Discotheque [T4T015]

CCL - A Night in the Skull Discotheque

My set in full from New Year's Nonstop 2024. Image credit to Amar Patel. Mastering detail by @milesmercer.

Dedicated to the people of Palestine
& all Nowadays staff.

🇵🇸💙

Live @ Nowadays // New Year's Nonstop - Jan 1 2024

De School has launched the Het Archive - including most of my sets from the club. I've decided to upload one of the recordings to my soundcloud. Recorded back in September 2023 on Sunday night at the tail end of a sunny Het weekend

This is one of my favourite sets from one of my favourite parties and i think that comes through in the recording !

Go and check the huge archive hetarchief.deschool 

sam

Live from De School - Muzieklokaal - 03 - 09 - 23

The fourth entry in a series of living documents of momentum

Euphoric kinetic connection embraces disorder inside the void, as we smile & dance toward anamnesis together

Primarily manifested live at UFO CAMP festival 2024, in Guanajuato Mexico, on May 18 2024 as the vibrant golden hour solarity melted into dusk, further and further into the celestial embrace of night. Some sonics were added into this mix later on by me for deep listenability at home :)

Gratitude to UFO CAMP crew for having me play, a special set in a special place on a special day of life <3

ENCAPSULATED JOY 004: LIVE @ UFO CAMP 5/18/2024

Recorded live from @RefugeWorldwide - this show inspired by Mist, all things deep, atmospheric and spacious, with some warmth and soul -- dub techno, deep house, dub-wise tracks.

𝙡𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 w CCL #12 Mist @refugeworldwide

*recorded live in Field, ON at Best Out of Town Year 4 (09/01/24)

Ciel was gracious with her eight hours on the beach, offering an extended trip through house and techno’s touchpoints before dropping it down and bringing the whole festival together for a downtempo singalong. In truth, we’ve come to expect this fidelity and care from Cindy. Memories of old Geary Ave, 500 Keele, the grotto, and community radio rebound through these blends, solidifying her place as one of the Toronto underground’s biggest exports of the past half decade-plus. Take a listen and enjoy the ride.

@ciel_dj

Ciel // Best Out of Town Year 4 (09/01/2024)

Emissive (@emissive) is a Toronto DJ and producer.  They form one half of the production duo Active Surplus and run the net-label earthNetwork.

Sparkling 06 | Emissive

From a ravey, Blade Runner-esque start, flowing into an old-school ‘90s Love Parade rave clip, this set is unadulterated techno at its finest, kicking into hammering blocks and punchy transitions at an escalating tempo. Picking up speed, it’s one of those relentlessly groovy sessions that keeps you guessing at every turn of the mix and with each choice of track. Sharp thunders shape the vibe: body-shaking techno with top-notch technique. A superb 360-degree selection of vocals (spot the Easter egg mid-set), leading into warehouse echoes, UK garage, dub, and jungle. Multiple moods: euphoric, full-on, piercing, hypnotic. When some say techno is all the same, you name Josey and prove them wrong

Josey Rebelle - Climate of Fear - October '24

@ambien-baby - the unstoppable duo of besties @d-tiffany and @napmusick - is back with another high-voltage set. When the beb’ takes over, it’s all about no rules, pure freak, and unfiltered joy - two BFFs letting loose and grooving with love, beats, and friendship at the center.

This time, they’re turning up the heat with a fusion of latin beats, house, tech house, prog and pop - laced with bassy undertones, shaky percussion, and an all-around sexy vibration that’ll get your body moving!

Recorded live at our last party with @happyroyalhighness

DISSIDENT #013 Ambien Baby Live

James Bangura B2B Ciel @ CS Radio - 03/15/2025

This DJ set by Mike Servito was recorded somewhere on the astral plane (a filthy Detroit basement) on February 1, 2025, at Ritual Rave, a party celebrating the pagan holiday Imbolc, which signals the start of Spring.

Buckle up and get ready to crank that shit ‘cause you’re in for a wild ride. This set is laced with only the rawest, bitchiest, nastiest, sweatiest, most classic Detroit-basementiest @mikeservito cuts. The rave reviews are in and the critics are hailing it as “A masterpiece of Servito '95. Mike in his highest and most enlightened form. A set so transformative that it effortlessly and masterfully bends the time-space continuum. It's an aural bitchslap like no other. It’s quintessentially pureDetroitmoods."

Ritual Rave is an annual part of Imbolc: https://imbolc.cargo.site/

Know what we're up to at purefastmoods HQ (even before we do): https://purefastmoods.com/get-on-the-list

Mike's set was mastered by @Otodojo.

Mike Servito at Ritual Rave, February 1, 2025, Detroit, MI

The long road to Horst: AliA’s residency.

Horst was never 'just' a festival—it’s always been a place where artists grow alongside the community. Few artists embody that evolution as clearly as AliA, a day-one visitor who grew into one of Horst’s most versatile and respected resident DJs.

This year, AliA plays a special role in launching the Horst Peloton – a collective bike ride to the festival in collaboration with Bosch eBike Systems. Not only did she contribute a new mix to mark the occasion, she’ll also perform a live DJ set during the Peloton’s first day, soundtracking the riders’ journey to Asiat Park.

We sat down with AliA to talk about her memories of the early days, her growth alongside the festival, and the beauty of taking the long road—whether behind the decks or on two wheels.

Read the full interview at horstartsandmusic.com/output/the-long-road-to-horst-alias-residency

Photo by Julien Janssens.

AliA: a Horst tribute

Monthly missives from a London club selector par excellence - expect anything from finger-on-the-pulse UK rap, to deep house and techno records, to jungle & UK funky.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/ok-williams/episodes/ok-williams-24th-april-2025

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