Name: SYSTEM Mix 116: Viiaan by Boiler Room in SYSTEM | Mix Series
Duration: 1 h 2 min 4 s
Description: Hot off a series of killer releases this year - including a recent EP for SUMAC - SYSTEM connects with one of Mexico City-raised, New York City-based polyrhythm queen Viiaan for our final mix of the year.

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The SYSTEM mix series from Boiler Room delves deep into the diverse and innovative sounds of the global diaspora. From Dembow to Coupé-Décalé to Mahraganat, we’ll be connecting the dots between global subcultures and highlighting exceptional new talent from every corner of planet earth.

SYSTEM site: https://system.boilerroom.tv

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Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp: https://cclurl.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-in-the-skull-discotheque

Side A: Bass is Eternal
Side B: 2-step Mutual Dream

A Night in the Skull Discotheque by the beloved underground selector CCL is the latest offering in the T4T LUV NRG label’s highly limited DJ mix series of cassettes. This immersive journey through a wonderland of proto-dubstep sounds from the late 1970s through the year 2000 is a sonic sibling to CCL’s acclaimed 2018 mix Ode to Queer Steppas.

Inspired in part by Eris Drew’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments” on her Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 mixtape (T4T LUV NRG, 2019), CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Created with 3 CDJs, one Turntable, and a Boss Digital Delay 200, the tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the 'wrong speed', pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.

With a solid nod to seminal mixtapes of the early 90s, CCL references the namesake for Side A, Bass Is Eternal, an unreleased 1992 mixtape by influential Bristolian producers Smith & Mighty, an important sonic fulcrum amongst the musical tributaries of the hardcore continuum that continues to reverberate to this day. CCL experienced the after-effects of this ‘proto’ sound genesis in 2008, while living in Bristol, by which point its emergent whispers had coalesced into what became known as dubstep. Tracing a rich history of reference through the samples, basslines, moods, and drum patterns emanating from Bass Is Eternal while looking for connections that predate it became a long-term fascination for CCL. The result is a DJ mix that connects the oft-forgotten dots between proto eras and modern developments in bass and dubstep.

For the resulting sonic ride on A Night in the Skull Discotheque, CCL leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.


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A portion for the proceeds from this release will go to fundraiser "SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!". You can also directly donate via:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-palestinian-solidarity-in-europe
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Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL 
Linear notes: Nevan Jio

A Night in the Skull Discotheque [T4T015]

CCL - A Night in the Skull Discotheque

The next edition of our global SYSTEM mix series puts the spotlight on the emerging artist Dj wiggles who through her kinetic platform is championing the reemergence of mind-bending bass-infused techno mutations.

SYSTEM Mix 115: Dj wiggles

Hot off a series of killer releases this year - including a recent EP for SUMAC - SYSTEM connects with one of Mexico City-raised, New York City-based polyrhythm queen Viiaan for our final mix of the year.

SYSTEM Mix 116: Viiaan

To complement our SYSTEM: Sonidero Special broadcast, we've invited one of the most exciting new names in the scene - digital cumbia maestro @orihuelamss 

Packed out out with the sounds of Mexico City's sonideros, and a stack of his own productions and edits, this mix showcases the past, present and future of the scene with precise skill and deep knowledge. Orale pues!

Presented by @havanaclub.

Tracklist: 

1. Un poblano en Nueva York - Los Yesyes
2. Virgen poblana (Ixtak) - Grupo Fragancia
3. Ritmo cumbiamba (Cholula) - Kanny y su Tribu
4. Cumbia de las corcholatas - Los de Akino
5. Palomitas - Distrito Cumbiambero
6. Cumbia de San Juan - La Chomba
7. Reyna de mi vida - Fernando Jr. y La Pantalla Musical
8. Cumbia de la verdolaga - DAR
9. Suena mi tambor - Jujuy
10. Cumbia gorda - Susobrino (Orihuela Remake)
11. En domingo - Plastic Toy Sounds
12. Cumbia Primero de Mayo - Daddys de Chinantla
13. Cumbiando ando - Orihuela MSS
14. Baila mi ritmo - Mijez
15. Cumbia rosa (No puedo olvidarte) - Amantes del Futuro ft. Gpo. Soñador
16. Reyna de amor - Flor y Amor Joven
17. Reyna de amor (Wepa) - Flor y Amor Joven
18. Kumbia de la porra kaimanera - DJ Cholo Mix
19. Cumbia árabe - Tipsy
20. ?????? - Cifickzer
21. La escondida - Arrabalero
22. Mariana - Siete Catorce
23. Invasión - Cifickzer & Arrabalero
24. Kumbia Aire - Ato05
25. Papelitos - Orihuela MSS
26. Cumbia de los Ajos - Orihuela MSS
27. Cochiloco - Orihuela MSS
28. Los Huicholes - Iván Cantor & DJ Chihuahua
29. Tú pones la hora y yo le caigo - Pucho Master Mix
30. Suena mi cumbia - Kumbia Flow
31. Princesita - Willy Cabañas & Isidro Cuevas
32. Yo te quiero un chingo - Chicas Cristal
33. Sólo esperar - Orihuela MSS
34. Vuelve mi amor - Amantes del Futuro
35. ¿Por qué te vas? - Sabdi Cuevas
36. ¿Sí amo? - Turbo Sonidero


SYSTEM Mix 117: Orihuela MSS

"This is a tribute to the youth, to the coletera mi llave."

Head honcho of @pariarecords, @bclipdj presents a selection of tracks that encapsulate the soul and surroundings of Barranquilla and its picotero music scene, as part of Boiler Room's SYSTEM series

SYSTEM Mix 118: Bclip

This week's SYSTEM mix comes from archivist & DJ @r0tati0nal - whose deep dives on electronic dance music from South-America, Africa, and Asia have been an essential platform for those looking beyond the western boarders to feed the party. Here he dusts off his extensive kuduro collection for a set focusing o music made between 1998 and 2010. Tap in

SYSTEM Mix 119: Rotational

x3butterfly live at Sustain-Release year 10

Recording from a special night at Ankali for the Dekmantel party 2 weeks ago, it’s one of the best clubs in Europe for me, truly a place for pure creative expression.

From House to Techno to Ghetto Tech to more minimal and tribal and dub stuff. Lately, I feel like I’m getting deeper into my sound and storytelling as a dj. I’m also getting better at playing with 3 decks, and I got back into vinyl. It changes everything, the music feels physical again. I'll try to share things more spontaneously like this one in the future, thanks for your constant support.

Tracklist available on IG : https://www.instagram.com/p/DHtG-0aoyMJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Simo Cell (dj set) @ Dekmantel in Ankali - 2025

subcast is born, an incantation of adventurous sonic alchemy behind radiant subs. The inimitable Razrbark kicks things off. Strap in for a chemistry-altering ride.
@razrbark's interview below--->

ℚ: ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕖 ℝ𝕒𝕫𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤?

A: Live edge, live wire

Q: Describe the story behind Razrbark's Specific Heat.

A: Specific Heat measures how resistant (or not) substances are to temperature changes, specifically how much energy is needed to raise the temperature of something by one degree. This concept from chemistry has always stuck with me and is something I thought of after listening to the finished product of this mix/let's be real I just think it sounds cool.

When I first started prepping for this mix, I went in a very different direction and had a rough draft, but it felt tedious, trying to force ideas and tracks in a way that required a lot of energy with little output. Sometimes, things pour out of you and sometimes, they don't. 

One day, a very exciting booking came through (spoiler alert: it was Honcho @ Hot Mass). With the adrenaline rush of the booking, I immediately started mixing tracks from the extremes of my USB, and everything flowed really easily. I decided to hit record, and it came together in a way that felt much more organic. I also unearthed many tracks I had forgotten about that were collecting cobwebs on my stick but that I always loved.

Anyway, all this to say, just like in chemistry, sometimes you need the right conditions for a reaction to truly take off~~~

Q: What is your ideal dancefloor (fictional or real).

The Bronze.

Q: When is the last track that made subs glow for you?

A: Two specific tracks come to mind:
https://snappedankles.bandcamp.com/track/come-play-the-trees-crooked-ankles-2
To me this is the perfect track. I played it at Hot Mass in Pittsburgh sometime after 6am a bit slower than this. I love how it has so much raw power behind it. Big chug NRG. I've always loved this song from the same band. It has a very Iggy Pop/Plastic Bertrand sensibility to it, but I've never been able to play it on a dance floor, so I was happy when I found this edit that is a bit more dance floor friendly and still has the rock/dance vibe that I feel is a hallmark of my sound.

Another track:
I just played this song towards the end of my set at Afterlife in Seattle this weekend. The bass was so intense my drink literally bounced across a table and fell to the floor. I'd say the subs were glowing hard.
https://normalpleasure.bandcamp.com/track/heart-palpitations-on-the-m1

Q: What track/artist was a musical game-changer for you?

A: Föllakzoid. It's psych rock, it's techno, it's everything. Each time I've seen them play, it's world-building and expansive. 

Q: If this mix was a book or a movie what would it be? 

A: It would be in Walk Hard Part 2, when Dewey goes through his drum and bass era.

subcast #1 ✹ Razrbark's Specific Heat

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2025/truancy-volume-348-reni/ 

Soundcloud: @renildn

Access the download and full tracklist (Added) on our Patreon (patreon.com/truants). However if you need anything leave us a nice comment here with @renildn tagged and either of us will get back to you with an ID! Your support helps cover all our costs allows Truants to continue running as a non-profit and ad-free platform.

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Truancy Volume 348: re:ni

Fever AM with Mor Elian & Rhyw - 24 May 2025

Recording of Fabian's dj set at Blast Fest 2024


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- Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/__________fabian/

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Fabian at Blast Fest 2024

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