Hijaz Filter

remixed tunes from "meditation through a language I don't understand" 

Ive played this out in my head as a texturally intense journey of confronting yourself through meditation in amongst the scenes of the sentiment "eat sleep rave repeat". 

the spiritual cyber punk rave bae goes sonically wild, three remixes of the same tune with minor differences, old tunes but important sounds.  I hope you enjoy and I hope it sort of hurts your ears  xoxoxo

il fite u if you chat 2 me like that /(fighting the demons)

Wie ein Baum (Baum Mix)

@alienDan

Introduce yourself? Hometown? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself?

Hi! I’m Dan, born and raised in Buffalo, NY but I’ve lived here in NYC for almost 10 years now. I throw parties and put out records with my label Sweat Equity and I have a crucial predilection for Karaoke.  

Top 3 tunes: 
Tom Jones - It’s Not Unusual
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
Linkin Park - In the End

Describe the vibe of your ideal party? Space? Smell? Drinks? Anything you can think of ;)

Minimal lighting, lots of water, smiling, laughing faces.  The best parties are ones where people bring a little bit of themselves and a lot of joy.
 
Dream b2b? 

Honestly anyone in this mix series (I’m a fan first and foremost!)

Guilty pleasure track?

https://youtu.be/8Gy_zq_YuQQ

Why do you think it's important to DJ? And/of why have you chosen to become a DJ? How long do you think you will keep it up?

Sometimes it feels like it chose me!  DJing can work as an exercise in self-reflection, a way to step outside myself and look back in on some part of my brain (soul?) that language can’t quite reach.  It helps me understand myself in some small, intimate way a bit better. I feel a similar way about DJing your friends’ tracks, it’s a way of accessing some unspoken aspect of your relationship you get to share in that moment.  I’ll probably just do it until it stops doing that for me.  


Let’s play a pipipi game… I give you a situation & you give me a track 

** in a wormhole--- like literally in a hole for worms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWV9Dz60Ujs
Went with the squelchiest thing I could think of

** wearing all your moms fur her closet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chexxflqHRM

** endless tunnel with a bright light at the end of it

https://youtu.be/hZihAcwaDvQ

** on your balcony trying to soothe the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7RLvQvVBzY

Advice to beginning djs?

All those spur of the moment selections and wild blends you try when you’re starting out might be the bedrock of what makes your voice unique. Don’t lose touch with those as you improve “technique.” Which is a long way of saying “always have fun.”  

Describe the best dj/live set you have seen this year? 

If I can go back a bit to November it’s maybe Ben Bondy’s set at our party with Terry Radio crew.  Shredding viola over woozy downtempo cuts so beautifully it made Klauss tear up a bit.  

Most underrated artist at the moment?

Producer: Plebeian (https://soundcloud.com/plebeiann)
DJ: St. Mozelle (https://soundcloud.com/sweat-equity/st-mozelle-sweat-mix) 

What do you miss most about clubbing? 

I miss that last track… 7am light pouring in and the smiling faces of the folks you made it through the night with. The best!

Describe the vibe of your first DJ set?

Oh damn…
I think it was in Portland. I was touring a live set and got asked to DJ a couple lil things. The really memorable one was for the Spoiler Room crew. I nerfed almost every blend while Sean Pierce made everyone crepes. I don’t think I could have asked for a better first go.

#1 stoner slammer 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stWSxmTIGnU

Describe what you would want your rider to look like as a DJ all star playing Ibiza…

Clean socks, a nice wine and a big paella for the homies.

Describe the first moment where you had an epiphany about your love for music?

The first day I got Napster I must have made 6 mix CDs. I was showing my dad all these songs from when he was like 17 and it dawned on me that I already was wayyyyy more invested in music than he ever was.

Favorite weird drug experience? 

I have on multiple occasions started watering the plants at Nowadays.

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

Universal Healthcare and more snacks at parties.

Venmo or contact info to support a local club who is undergoing hardship...

Nowadays!
https://www.patreon.com/nowadaysnyc

Alien D- 57˚F

Occitan Twilight Pyre - Logos
Ultraviolence - Mars89
??? - ???
Neutronit - Ø
The Recurrence of Infection (Flora Yin-Wong Remix) - bod [包家巷]
Snowy Blumau Denoised - Richard Eigner
Below the Clavicle - Eartheater
Seeds of Discontent - Rrose & Lucy
Insane - Lewis Fautzi
12 Masks - Steve Hauschildt
Shackles - Ossia & Chester Giles
Samsara - Matthias von Imhoof
Angel of Dub - Boreal Massif
Call It - DJ Die Soon
Sometimes I Love You Forever - Carmen Villain
Rewound - Lotic
Fortnight - Chevel
House - Ulla Straus
Hermanas Y Hermanos - Resina
Before You Sleep - Bruce
Shevil - Von Tesla 
??? - ???
??? - ???

Touch

Ying Li-Hooi for the Butter Sessions radio show.
Aired on Oct 9th, 2020 from LYL Radio in France.

Butter Sessions LYL Radio w/ YL Hooi - Ep4

"I hope you find what you were looking for" @oedura

Art by Marie Léon
https://www.instagram.com/leon_evangelion/

LXXXVI - oedura

Like many of you we long for the halcyon days of Halloween past, when art students could proudly let their papier-mâché freak flags fly and the opportunity to console a weeping Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle outside of a chip shop late at night was always right around the corner, but reading the ominous glowing writing on the wall it seems like it will be some time before we experience that type of magic again.
We can't fix the world unfortunately, but we can give you this suitably demented recording of the spookiest member of our organisation playing for a bunch of heathens in a South London forest for last years' Halloween celebrations as a treat. Maybe if while listening to it we all focused our will on dark, arcane forces we could convince Pazuzu to drop grand pianos upon the people who have mismanaged this crisis so spectacularly. Or we could simply enjoy this mix from our Stu while staying safely inside and away from clatty plague raves. Either/or.

Mixes

Forecast 052: Stu (Live Halloween 2019)

Cork-born, Berlin-based Gash Collective co-founder @ellll shows what she's about on a mix loaded with bass-heavy abstractions and bleeding-edge sounds.

Read more: ifonlyuk.com/if-only-podcast-77-ellll/

If-Only Podcast #77: ELLLL

closing out the year live and direct from @radio-relativa with a power hour containing exclusively @myflower1 solo material and collabs.

shouts to @are-human-resources & @slumpymelatxnin

plenty to come from the ts family in 2021

100% My Flower | Dec '20

fdg. _Mix 25

mix series and label by @deep_creep

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label ~ https://pi-pi-pi.bandcamp.com

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