Fav sets 2023

4/20

This is the result of me remembering to press the record button.

HappyFun - 420 Mix

SPRFRK - PRIDE 2021

B2B SET for Gay Pride at Tanzhaus West/ Frankfurt/Germany 17.07.2021
photo credit: Christian Schuller

DORA TANZT B2B ZUM CSD 2021 MIT MASSIMILIANO PAGLIARA UND ND_BAUMECKER

Music in praise of the Moon
Mix series hosted by Stathis and Luigi Di Venere
16th Episode by Chris Cruse (@chriscruse) 
Artwork by Thodoris Dimitropoulos

Moon Gazing 016 by Chris Cruse

On Oct 6th 2021, about 2 years after my last set in London, I played from open to close (11pm to 5am) at Village Underground in Shoreditch. Here's a recording of the whole night with a bit of the crowd noise. 

Perhaps a full tracklist at some point... some unreleased stuff in here. 

Even though it had been a while, we had all night so no use in rushing things! I came across a lot of lovely music this year, but it mostly lived in my rekordbox or in a radio mix. I actually record a lot of my sets but it always feels like they're in a constant state of iteration, making it hard to pick just one "version" to release. Over the years I feel like this has led me to only very sparingly drop live-recorded sets. A "party" doesn't often lend itself to the archivable realm, maybe the memories are best suited to the ephemeral. 

Anyway, eternal gratitude crystals to those who came and those who danced, and to those listening now.

-av

Avalon Emerson Live in London (6 hour dj set) Oct 2021

William Francis live in the Bad Room for The Carry Nation Jan 8 2022

My set from Friday SOMOS Festival Sunset into darkness on a breezy beachside dance floor. Thank you Somos for inviting me to play. Had a magical time. Hope you enjoy!

SOMOS Festival Mexico 2/25/22 -Sunset - Vicki Powell

https://www.nts.live/shows/physical-therapy/episodes/physical-therapy-25th-march-2022

Physical Therapy - Big Sad UK Megamix - 250322

DJ Voices presents Mixtape Club 009, ‘Avoiding Bad Thoughts’ - 90 minutes of escapist dance records, built for long journeys.

Download and read more on the Mixtape Club website: 
www.mixtapeclub.net/dj-voices

Tracklist:
Amandra and Karim - Sqala 4.2 (natural/electronic.system. remix)
HhÉiR - Hang My Hat
Nvs - Avoiding Bad Thoughts
DJ Headshot & Matris - Space Bells
Harry Mariani - Nagchampa
Lowplay - Pulser
Protect Ryan - Liam Features (Boulderhead Remix)
Steve O'Sullivan feat. Ben Buitendijk - Take It
Nathan Kofi - My Heart Will Go On
A Hutchie - Coco (NPNP Dance Mix)
Ayuji - Heliopolis
Maroki - Alfred Stole My Brain
Emissive - Sunset Yellow
Aria Rostami - Bolbol (Sepehr Dark UKG Mix)
Maara - Ultimate Revenge
St. David - Da Love Feeling (Main Mix)
YT8K - DJ DJ
Quelaan - Veleity
Piezo - Unto
Fictional Devices - Asteroid Island
Wavesense - Mirage
C O N T X T - Beneath the Bloom
FFF - World is Closed
DJ Hank - Stay
AGILITÄT - Logopedics

Mixtape Club

DJ Voices - Avoiding Bad Thoughts

****Physical Cassette Mixtape Available Our Bandcamp****
https://octoocta.bandcamp.com/album/love-hypnosis-vol-2

I heal myself weekly with the music I play. I listen deeply to the words buried within; the intention behind the lyrics either peppered-in or chorused. So much of the house music I connect with is rooted in love. It’s rooted in desire and hope. It’s rooted in narrative, “Do you want to trip with me?”, “I’ll outstretch my hand”, “I won’t forget about you, you won’t forget about me, we won’t forget about love vibrations!”. I listen to the messages to remind myself what I need and why I continue to move forward.

Vol.2 is represented in two mixing styles; long-melded blends (Trippin’ On Love) and fast, tight radio-style cut mixes with overdubs (Slammin’ With Love). Both convey the deep need for connection to one’s body and to others. It’s this connection energy that I find so powerful about house music’s healing magic.

Xoxo Octo Octa

♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ 50% of the profits the mix will be donated to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), which works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎

Octo Octa - Love Hypnosis Vol. 2 Mixtape

Recording of Call Super's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

"Thank you for letting me do this, and much love to those who joined me. This set is dedicated to the memory of Steve Bronski."

Call Super at Dekmantel Festival 2022

@br0nz3_g0dd3ss brought the whole ass club to Hemlock Hole, the dial on 11 from the start. Maya is an absolute star and the energy she brought to the stage was electrifying.

Campout Mix Series: br0nz3_g0dd3ss

The closing set of our birthday celebrations in New York City saw Ciel go toe-to-toe with DJ Voices for an exceptional journey through skippy house, techno and UKG.

@ciel_dj
@latenitesbookclub

RA Live - Ciel b2b DJ Voices - RA2122 New York City

Tracklist: https://bit.ly/3W7zFB9
Read the cover feature: https://bit.ly/peachmxmg

“With this mix, I've been very inspired by a specific uplifting yet rolling sound that I've only been able to categorize in my efforts of organization as "forward feeling". Its a sound and a feeling that has always been a feature in my sets, and doesn't necessarily feel tied to a genre. Recently I've been digging for it more and finding a lot of fun and happiness when I play it out. It feels like the moment of when you're surrounded by friends and locked into a groove and the crowd is dancing together as one. Diving deeper into this sound has been a process that I've really enjoyed and this mix captures some of my favourites of this sound to play in a club at the moment. Hope you enjoy x.” @ohpeach

The Cover Mix: Peach

With what was mostly a full and fruitful year for us with many beautiful moments, we now turn our eyes forward to what is looking to be a very exciting year for us at Phonica as we walk into our 20th year of being alive. 2022 saw our mix series get even more killer contributions from artists like Paramida, Sally C, Fred P, Eden Burns, Alex Kassian, Erol Alkan and more. 2023's series line up plans to keep moving up and we have opened this years mix season in the capable hands of two of the finest DJ/Producers doing it right now. Bringing nothing but powerful, euphoric and goddess energies it can only be Octo Octa and Eris Drew of T4T Luv NRG. Amazingly celebrated for their strand of psychedelic, rolling progressive, trancey-house and break rhythms we can't think of two better selector's to take on our series. With an excellently curated compilation and mix for our good friends at Fabric last year as well as two banging cassettes on T4T we can't begin to imagine what this year has in-store for Maya and Eris but we have no doubt it's even more on the upward trajectory! Most likely to the heavens and back! We had a chat with Maya and Eris to see what they have been up to lately and little about how they approached the mix.

Interview Here

Phonica Mix Series 103: Octo Octa & Eris Drew

Resident Jason Kendig's three-hour set at Buddy Buddy on October 1, 2022.

Jason Kendig at Buddy Buddy

Massive Mix Series

Nark is Massive - Mix 001

KIM ANN FOXMAN_NTS_Nasty Mix_03_2017

Coming in at #62 for the Bottom Forty mix series is this sickening mix from Berlin's own @Paramida entitled Paramida's Radioactive Tehran Squirt Mix, and somehow there really couldn't be a better name for this mentally relentless and gorgeous mix of dance-floor and worldly influenced ready acid, house and disco, download it now and keep it with you for-evvvv-errrrr <3

Bottomforty.com

Bottom Forty Mix 062 :: Paramida's Radioactive Tehran Squirt Mix

@carrieondisco breathed life into all of the dancers at Hemlock Hole; her set was a perfect moment of disco and soulful house.

Fav sets 2023

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