Every so often the universe delivers one of those special parties, the ones that stick with you and send shivers down your spine bassline. A few months ago in a brief recess between interstate lockdowns, we had the absolute pleasure of playing the closing set at the Bridge courtyard for our friends at Lovejoy. We woke up at 6am, had a 7/11 coffee and a tequila and headed straight into the rave for a 9am set time(!!!). The pure rapture that ensued thereafter was captured via this recording. We originally weren't going to share it, but as we and our Sydney dance community family are both currently locked down, we thought it would be nice to relive the moment together, from our lounge rooms to yours.

We hope you enjoy <3

xx Wax'o Paradiso

9am - 12pm at Lovejoy

2h of heavy hitters by @byronyeates. Live at Tombolo Club on the 5th of January 2022.

Byron Yeates @ Tombolo Club  05/01/2022

Kyoto-born, Berlin-based DJ, producer and artist, Alex Kassian has become a firm favourite of ours over here at Phonica over the past couple of years. His sophisticated, lush and organic sounding productions have been picked up by labels such as Paramida’s Love On The Rocks and Alex Bradley’s Utopia Records in recent years. His most recent release, Leave Your Life, was released in 2021 via Pinchy & Friends, and we can safely say it was one of our most-played, and bestselling, records of the year.

Together with Hiroaki OBA, Alex is also one-half of Opal Sunn, who have been operating their own imprint Planet Sundae since 2017, through which they self-released a number of EPs, catching the attention of and support from dance music luminaries such as Andrew Weatherall and DJ Sprinkles.

Check out the full feature & interview over at offtherecord.net

Full Feature

Phonica Mix Series 93: Alex Kassian

* FULL INTERVIEW: https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-abdul-raeva/

Abdul Raeva are a pair of Estonian-based producers who have been making quite a name for themselves in a relatively short amount of time. Having only released their first tracks in February of 2020, the young upstarts are already garnering features on underground labels such as Gestalt Records, Mint Tea, Neptune Discs and Dance All Day Records.

Already building a reputation with their emotionally-driven dub techno melodies, Abdul Raeva seemed primed for a big year - reaching more audiences than ever before. 

In this month's edition of MixedBy, we catch up with Abdul Raeva to learn more about the little-known duo.

INTERVIEW.

MIXED BY/ Abdul Raeva

Soundcloud Perdu: https://soundcloud.com/musicofperdu

Perdu... IsBurning #102

Wonderful first night at the controls in DOKA

First 2 1/2 Hours is Monty ( @flippendisks)
Last 5 Hours is Bradley ( @bradleyzero)

Record live at Doka thru Alpha Recordings Mixer.

Pt.2 Bradley Zero at Doka 30/4/22

https://soundcloud.com/alexkassian
https://www.instagram.com/alex__kassian/

Radio On Vacation With Alex Kassian

It's two times ten on the mix series and we're super glad to celebrate that milestone with a yummy selection of classic prog house, courtesy of our very good pal, @route8!

Gestalt Records with Route 8

It's Paramida - live from Piknic Électronik 2022 in Montréal.

Paramida | Piknic Électronik

Fantastic Man has become one of the most exciting and revered producers on the circuit having released music on the likes of Mule, Love on the Rocks and Kitjen. He is also the founder of Superconscious Records alongside Griffin James.

As a DJ his musical taste is broad and wide ranging, drawing upon far reaching influences from the realm of House, Trance, Downtempo, Balearic and beyond. As such you never quite know what you are going to get but that's all part of the fun right?

Most recently he has been dabbling in a fast paced, new age approach to House and Trance - channeling the free spirited energy of the 90's and a sun kissed era for dance music.

Some might feel it to be nostalgic but he is very much at the forefront of a new wave of producers and DJ's looking to breathe life into and reinvigorate the sound.

This mixtape is one of the best we've heard in a while and is rightly suited to a Friday.

Fantastic Man: The Ransom Note Mix

Listen back to myself and Desert Sound Colony's vinyl only b2b in Eastern Bloc, Manchester. 

Its always a pleasure playing with Liam, smiles all round and a guaranteed good time!

Adam Pits B2B Desert Sound Colony @ Eastern Bloc 24/10/19

London's leading independent record shop. Also home to labels Phonica Records, Phonica White, Phonica Records Special Editions and @KarakulRecords.

Full features, including interviews and tracklists, for our Phonica Podcast and Phonica Mix Series on our editorial platform Off The Record ⬇

http://offtherecord.net/