aka-Sol (@acaciabaila) is an Ecuadorian DJ, producer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn. Through their Acacia Baila label, they're also a connector: they've released their own tracks and collaborations alongside releases from their friends and community, as well as thrown events at spaces like Mansions and their involvement in the Dripping event series and festival. As a DJ, their sets are genre-defying and psychedelic, bridging the gap between heady, trippy sounds and groove and percussion that go straight to the body. Their mix for us is deftly controlled chaos — a fresh, freaky take on 'fast' that's as floating and expansive as it is frenetic.

Read the interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/052-aka-sol

"I wanted to create a mix exploring the 150-160 bpm pocket. I feel like I have only landed in playing around these tempos a few times while DJing live, and had definitely not recorded a mix up there before. I was itching to submerge into it after a crucial year in my DJ career, where I have widely expanded the limitations of the things I feel comfortable playing.

It’s been refreshing to understand more and more that I am not an artist/DJ that could be defined by a music genre, but rather by the sensibility in which I lace the different styles and sounds I use to create narratives when constructing my sets. Another important challenge I presented to myself for recording this mix was the curiosity of understanding what kind of tunes I would select and blend for this as a non DnB nor hard techno DJ. I feel like by going through this challenge, I have opened a world of possibilities that I can’t wait to incorporate when playing out there.

In terms of feelings explored, I would say that expansiveness of the body and the mind are a recurrent element in my practice and it was very present in this mix too. I wanted to build something that could feel both complex yet fluid. Entering into deeper introspections while feeling your body being pulled in all possible directions at once until the point of surrendering into a floating state of slow movements is the only possible solution to cope with the amount of information being received.

In terms of gear, I used 2 Pioneer XDJ-700s and a Pioneer DJM 450 mixer. For the recording I use a Zoom H6 recorder."

@acaciabaila

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #052: aka-Sol

MIRAS MUTUALISM TAKEOVER w/ Atrice (03.03.2023)

@bodypromise
@n6maa10816jr

BC: https://roybattyjr.bandcamp.com/album/city-livin-means-pillow-cryin

pi pi pi premiere: Roy Batty Jr - GA Post Pub (Body Promise)

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”.
More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Joanna OJ @ Kiosk Radio 22.07.2023

Forward-thinking sounds from across the bass spectrum from NTS WIP artist re:ni and Timedance/Ilian Tape producer Laksa. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/relax-w-reni/episodes/relax-w-reni-20th-august-2023

re:lax w/ re:ni & laksa 200823

THODEN 3.10.23

Glome - Ding Dong! Here Comes The G-Train EP

https://soundcloud.com/pseudoglome

https://steeplejackrecc.bandcamp.com/album/ding-dong-here-comes-the-g-train

Art by Glome

PREMIERE - Glome - The Unasked Question

Volvemos con las Portal Mix Series y lo hacemos con una dj y amiga del colectivo con la que teniamos muchas ganas de contar.

Emilia Grima nos ha grabado un mix repleto de bass, ritmos rotos e IDM perfectamente cohesionados y con algo que echamos mucho de menos: narrativa.

Aquí tenemos un viaje por el imaginario musical de Espe que nos ha tocado la fibra y nos ha hecho mover el cuello a niveles altísimos, imposibles de calcular por ningun sistema métrico. Un viaje que, además, se nos ha hecho muy corto. 

Go check it!!!!

Emilia Grima x Portal

Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?

My take on the score from the motion picture "The Substance". When I first heard it that I had to turn it into something I could include in my darker sets. It was a fun time trying something completely different from my usual sound and this is how it turned out :)

Enjoy this free DL!
https://hypeddit.com/expace/thesubstance

Thanks to @dystopiaenjoyer for mastering!

FREE DOWNLOAD

Raffertie - The Substance (Expace DNB Bootleg) - FREE DOWNLOAD

New track for my birthday ! Yes I'm turning 20 so you have to stream my track at least 20 times a day, I don't make the rules sorry. Jokes aside tysm for all the support on here, can't wait to show you all the music I got coming out in 2025 !

Fly (Birthday Freebie)

Eterno_Jungle_Break

mix series and label by @deep_creep

Q&A's on ----> pipipi.life <------

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

say it with me...
pi pi pi = (pie pie pie)

pi pi pi premiere: Roy Batty Jr - GA Post Pub (Body Promise)

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