Name: Alex Kassian | Boiler Room: Singapore by Boiler Room in More Than The Rhythm'
Duration: 59 min
Description: We made our long overdue BR debut in Singapore—linking up with some of the most in-demand local collectives championing the city’s underground.

More Than The Rhythm'

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

Ukrainian artist Aliana has been making her way in the underground music sphere since 2015 and with her cutting her teeth by way of her own MUZA collective she has more than her share of experiences. Kyiv lays claim to the lion’s share of the top clubs but her own hometown Lviv has given her the platform to really grow as an artist. 

From releases on esteemed labels such as Finest Hour Records, Variable Records, Small Hours and as one half of Midibasics her sound palette ranges from squelchy acid to rich, lush soundscapes and everywhere in between. We welcome Aliana to our InSession series and from the outset her sights are set firmly on making you move. Peak time beats, cosmic zaps, undulating basslines and trippy vocals all combine to provide just the right amount of bump to this future retro ride. 

https://soundcloud.com/alianamarian

Aliana - Trommel InSession 080

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aired on ddr. on 03.05.2023

Out of Space 03.05.2023

Aldonna's set for Hoer Berlin Radio on the 15/08/23

Aldonna - HÖR BERLIN 15/08/23

Bradley Zero at He, She, They - Lost Village 2023

We made our long overdue BR debut in Singapore—linking up with some of the most in-demand local collectives championing the city’s underground.

Alex Kassian | Boiler Room: Singapore

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ÓIR | DDR 05.11.23

From Almaty By Milktea (19/02/24)

Name: Sally C (@sallycberlin)
Alias: Big Saldo
Pronouns: She / Her 
Location: Berlin

Influences: 
Early house, Anything made between 88’-98’,  Breaks, K-Hand, my friends 

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: 
Big Saldo’s Chunkers, Refuge Worldwide 

Favorite Quote: FREE PALESTINE 

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
Your internal locus of evaluation will guide you. Don’t follow trends or get caught up in social media. Dig for music that truly makes you groove. Keep digging. Challenge yourself. Surround yourself with people who inspire you and lift you up. There is always more to learn and more music to discover. 

About the mix: I thoroughly enjoyed collecting music for this one over the last few months. This is my usual approach to mixes, I like to collect and select over a period of time to let the music flow and fall into place naturally. 'Back to the Basics' - I wanted to get back to straight up house in this mix and emit a summery feel as we move into this season. The first half of the mix I aimed to project a softer energy, a slowed down pace to counter the crazy busy period I'm in and to emphasise my love for my biggest and truest influence, 90's house music. There really is an infinite array of music made in this era and it keeps giving more and more as time goes on, I find it fascinating that there is still so much to discover. The first half is filled with lovely juicy finds from my favourite era and labels. The second half of the mix rolls into a more driving energy and shines light on forthcoming music bridging the connection from old to new, something I strive for in my sets, productions and digging. Recorded in my new apartment and on my new setup with an abundance of natural light shining in - the energy is very fresh.

With this mix Sally C asks for you to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ Medical Aid For Palestinians - MAP (https://www.map.org.uk/)
❁ Earth Percent (https://www.earthpercent.org/)

Read more and tracklist - https://thedaisychain.club/2024/05/21/daisychain-331-sally-c/

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Daisychain 331 - Sally C

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https://www.instagram.com/palmstrax

Job Jobse and Palms Trax @ The Lot Radio 09-19-2024

Recording of Gero & Masalo's set at Dekmantel Ten

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Gero & Masalo at Dekmantel Ten

Elias Mazian - BFC ADE 2024: RADION Sunday

I remember dancing for hours and hours at the Sleepless Floor in the summer of 2010. A dancefloor that, as the names says, never stops. It was the first time I heard house music the right way and I also remember hearing ‘Music Is The Answer’ by Danny Tenaglia and saying to my friend Boris: “I think it got me, the virus, it got me.” I wasn’t wrong. House music gave me so much in the years after and in a way it also saved me. Those early years were at times lonely and dark. Going out back then was confusing, when the only people that looked like me in clubs were security guards or the cleaning staff. It was supposed to be about freedom and togetherness right, but where was everyone? Luckily that darkness gave room to light and I found my people (and I keep finding them!) and I held on to house music, it was an embrace for eternity and it became the center of my work. I could channel my emotions through it and it never left, it became my home. So that’s why I decided to start this mix series. House Is Where The Heart Is. A series that will probably go on forever if it’s up to me. For the music that gave me the key to it’s home and and welcomed me in.

House Is Where The Heart Is

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