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

Hello! I’m Ivy (she/ her) and I live in Eora (Sydney), Australia :-) + I have a 2 year old cat called Frankie 

Who/what currently inspires you music-wise that has nothing to do with music?

I’d say that my emotions generally inspire me, as well as different times of the day. I tend to get the most ideas when I’m trying to figure out what music to listen to in a particular setting - like whether I’m walking around the neighbourhood at dusk, at the park on a beautiful day, cooking something really yummy and comforting or if I’m in a bad mood and need to let some angst out haha


Favorite sound of the city? Describe how it makes you feel. 

I don’t know if this is specific to the city but I love the bird calls that magpies make - I can hear them outside my house early in the morning and it makes me feel like I’m on holiday in the country somewhere :-) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYEYc8Ge3nw&ab_channel=crocdoc2 

Dream line-up? 

Sandpit Alias - sundown to sunrise 

Who do you think is the most underrated artist of our time?

Alex G <3  

If you had to describe yourself as flavor, what would it be and why?

Cinnamon - a little spicy but also sweet and delicious ;P

What is your favorite party/collective where you reside and why?

Such a tough question! If I had to name a few - Nectar, Pure Space and Vibe Positive for always putting endless love and care into their events - from lineup curation to constantly working on how they can make spaces safer, more accessible and representative of Eora/ Sydney’s diverse music community :-) 

What was your best moment on the dance floor?

In 2019 Moopie and Bayu closed a small festival called Echo Flats that was a few hours drive away, they played like 4 - 5 hours of the best, grooviest tech house I’d ever heard until the sun came up - it was a life changing morning :’)

What is your favorite temperature? What kind of music goes well with it? 

Probably something between 25 - 28 degrees celsius with some downtempo RnB :-) 

Any advice to upcoming DJs? 

Practice makes perfect! 
Preparing/ pre-planning your sets - especially when you’re nervous about a gig
Backup your shit (!!!!!!)

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

More 24hr licences for venues - less gronks - more tech house

Ivy - 32˚C

after 5 years of getting to a place where I could really embrace the life of walking my own path to the beat of my own drums while being able to support myself through my art and creative projects and going on year 3 of moving back stateside to New York -it ironically came to a point where I decided to take a “dayjob” again rather than to sell myself short to circumstances and people that exponentially perpetuates to exploit the essence and the livelihood of an artist. As someone who finds the construct of days, the way we codify and quantified the life we experience to be counterintuitive to our existence, and considering the love and passion that I have for life and creating - the hard work it took to get to this point- this was a really difficult decision to make but needed as I needed to take the time to disconnect so that I can reconnect to myself 💖.

For part of the time I was still. Instead of creating, trying to get booked, or playing gigs, I observed, processed, listened, rested, and reflected. On rare occasions I created, played gigs, or went out to support/dance to my friends and other artists like I used to. I spent time slowing down and being okay with it, being in the moment taking it day by day. The rest of my time I worked at my new day job. I took it seriously and made the best of it but it was toxic. After some time, it came to a point where I was feeling so much resistance from my life as if the universe was telling me that I needed to go back to doing the things I was meant to do and loved.  

The day I quit my job I sat in my studio and went through my records that I haven’t given love to in awhile, music created from friends that I loved but had forgotten about, and the music I collected during these times, keeping in my mind the experiences and the emotions I felt these days leading up to this summer of changes and moving forward and I pressed record. 

I wanted this mix to exhibit the way I navigate my life and my art making; psychedelic and expansive - genuine, playful, and honest, deeply connected to the senses.

I started the mix with a piece that was made by my friend Dasom, using Korean traditional instruments, her voice, and looping techniques to compose this beautiful piece that I felt captured the essence of Han. Coming from Korea, Han is a big part of who I am. A complex emotional concept that has no english equivalent to explain its meaning, Han is ambiguous and highly subjective. Theologian Suh Nam-dong described han as "a feeling of unresolved resentment against injustices suffered, a sense of helplessness because of the overwhelming odds against one, and an obstinate urge to take revenge and to right the wrong—all these combined".

For me, han is all of these things yet it's passive; not seeking revenge but instead it carries a deep understanding and hope that injustice will be righted through change and transmuting the negative experiences and emotions into an opportunity of growth, inspiration, and creation. It's the essence of the soul that drives the artists in all of us. From there I let my intuition take the wheel and attempt to tell a story of the journey I’ve been on through my selections.

Nema Hän Basement Mix

recorded in Shenzhen, China 25.07.23
livestreamed on bilibili 04.08.23
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1r14y1B7Vo/

thank you to the crew at OIL Shenzhen <3

D-Grade on FAR Radio Shenzhen (25.07.23)

Chicago formed experimental outfit blends atmospheric ambient, pulsing percussion, and deep dub flourishes to create thoughtful rhythms and immersive music

https://www.instagram.com/pureliiink

Purelink @ The Lot Radio 08-06-2024

With music being the only external force that has found its way into Cisco's soul, he is constantly seeking these profound and heartfelt emotions when discovering new music. Brutally stubborn refusing to fit into a single genre box, Cisco wants his DJing to be a true reflection of his personal music taste. Through the Deep Dive collective, hypnotic and deep territories of electronic music are expored. Yet his love for soulful grooves will never die, and honestly, who can resist some proper house tunes?

Cisco FM & Malo Z @ Kiosk Radio 07.08.2024

A&A Winter Residency ☆ Ep 8☆ This week on A&A we have a guest mix from full-time punter, part-time DJ and dancefloor sweetheart Zey weaving together an hour of punchy breaks and psychedelic flutters, imagining a set for post-winter optimism. Fusing digs from the 90s with USB favourites, zey shares her musical range, conjuring up a journey of infectious, fun and emotive tracks drenched in euphoria.

GUEST MIX: Zey // A&A on Thursday

Broken club, dubbed out sounds, experimental electronics and atonal drifts: Gio’s monthly broadcasts are high contrast assemblages that move at a slow pace. 



                             
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/skyapnea/episodes/skyapnea-30th-september-2024

SKYAPNEA 300924

Lefse is a scandinavian potato flatbread. It has a mildly sweet taste and I normally prepare it as a dessert by buttering and sprinkling with granulated sugar on one side, rolling it up, and cutting it into finger food sized bites. Preparing and sharing lefse is one of the only Norwegian traditions I do. I make lefse once a year -- either for Thanksgiving or around Christmas. When I make lefse I make large batches. Scratch-made food is a great gift. And though the preparation/frying time increases with the batch size. The not-insignificant cleaning time stays mostly the same.

Cooking tools

- Flat griddle (can use a frying pan on a stovetop too)
- Lefse flipper 
- Rolling pin with rolling pin cover (you can just use a sock and rolling pin)
- A pastry rolling board with cover (it’s really nice to have a spare cover in case the first gets wet)
- Potato ricer
- A big pot (8qts work well)
- Baking sheet
- Mixing Bowl

Ingredients (~40 lefse)

- 5 lbs of potatoes (big russets are the starchiest potatoes and will produce the most workable lefse dough. However, yukon gold tastes better. I like to do a mixture: 3 lb yukon gold + 2 lb russet)
- 1 stick butter
- 3 ¾ cup flower (and a lot of extra flower to keep rolling surfaces coated)
- 2.5 tsp salt
- 5 tsp sugar
- 1 ¼ cup heavy cream

Prepping the potatoes (the night before)

Fill pot with water and salt and heat to a boil. Wash the potatoes. Boil until soft -- use a fork to test(~25 min). Drain water and let the potatoes cool enough to handle (don’t let them fully cool). Skin potatoes and remove all dark/tough growths from the potatoes. Dice the potatoes into chunks small enough for the potato ricer. Rice the potatoes while they are warm into a bowl/pot. Melt 1 stick of butter into the hot riced potatoes (dice the butter and mix it up!)
Transfer hot buttery potatoes to baking sheet and allow to cool on counter (the goal is to get moisture out of the potatoes). Transfer tray to refrigerator overnight uncovered (again we’re drying these things out).

Prepping the lefse dough

Hand blend flour, salt, sugar, heavy cream, and sugar with the riced potatoes from the previous night. Prep dough balls -- firmly hand roll dough to balls slightly larger than golf balls. Place on baking sheet and put in the fridge.

Preparing to roll and grill

Heat your griddle to 400-450 F (If you’re in the groove of grilling these things you can turn it up to decrease the cook time). Prepare your rolling surface and rolling pin with a generous coating of flour. The flour will prevent moisture from being transferred from the lefse balls to the rolling surface or to the rolling pin. Be sure to keep these things coated in flour! If wet spots develop on either surface rolling the lefse will become very difficult. You can use a sharp knife to scrape down sticky spots that develop. Follow up with excess flower and the spot and you should be able to recover. 

Rolling and Grilling

Grab a dough ball from the fridge and roll it out on the surface. The goal is pretty thin -- thin enough to almost be transparent. Transfer rolled lefse onto the griddle using the lefse flipper -- gently slide flipper under the middle of the lefse, gently lift up the lefse with the stick, if you experience resistance gently sweep under the lefse with the lefse flipper, place an end of the lefse on to the edge of the griddle and lower ½ of the lefse onto the griddle, then roll the lefse stick transfer the other half of the lefse to the griddle. Allow the lefse to grill on one side (30-60s) (until some light brown marks form). Flip and cook the remaining side for (30-45s)
Transfer cooked lefse to a place to cool before stacking (they can start to stick together if stacked). 

Storage

Fold the cooled lefse sheets in half twice. Stack 3-5 pieces and put into large ziplock bag
Store in refrigerator for short term or store in freezer for long term


Secret Sauce 19 - Xminus1

Mixed Results Live @ FAX#2

Two experimental club tracks exploring tension, weight, and release.

Hakboon - Beta

Inner Totality returned with an hour of ambient soaked leftfield records, featuring music from Flørist, Maurice Fulton, and Spectrum.

Inner Totality - March 2021

mix series and label by @deep_creep

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