Dee Diggs — live from Boiler Room at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

Dee Diggs | Dekmantel 2022 | Friday

Being named a resident at Berghain is likely an unattainable dream for so many DJs, but for Sedef Adasi, it all happened naturally. The Turkish producer grew up in the mid-sized Bavarian city of Augsburg, where a lack of spaces she felt comfortable with—she's mentioned DJing in shoe stores—led her to start her own party, HAMAM Nights. From there she made her name with a vibrant, diverse sound that encompasses breaks, electro, techno and more, with soft-focus melodies and plenty of vocal hooks. She's one of the first residents at the legendary club to truly reflect the glorious cross-pollination of dance music styles in the '10s, when techno absorbed ideas from dubstep, garage and more. 

Adasi represents both floors of that club, and you could imagine this RA Podcast going down in either room, but of course, she exists outside that club's narrative too. What you'll hear here is a cutting-edge and dynamic blend of electro and Latin techno—with two tracks from 2022 MVP Nick León—mixed with grace and finesse. Her sound is immediately approachable, well-paced and full of catchy moments and breakdowns. Listen and find out.

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With what was mostly a full and fruitful year for us with many beautiful moments, we now turn our eyes forward to what is looking to be a very exciting year for us at Phonica as we walk into our 20th year of being alive. 2022 saw our mix series get even more killer contributions from artists like Paramida, Sally C, Fred P, Eden Burns, Alex Kassian, Erol Alkan and more. 2023's series line up plans to keep moving up and we have opened this years mix season in the capable hands of two of the finest DJ/Producers doing it right now. Bringing nothing but powerful, euphoric and goddess energies it can only be Octo Octa and Eris Drew of T4T Luv NRG. Amazingly celebrated for their strand of psychedelic, rolling progressive, trancey-house and break rhythms we can't think of two better selector's to take on our series. With an excellently curated compilation and mix for our good friends at Fabric last year as well as two banging cassettes on T4T we can't begin to imagine what this year has in-store for Maya and Eris but we have no doubt it's even more on the upward trajectory! Most likely to the heavens and back! We had a chat with Maya and Eris to see what they have been up to lately and little about how they approached the mix.

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Phonica Mix Series 103: Octo Octa & Eris Drew

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My set from solstice festival is up on the cloud. 

Solstice is a unique festival happening in the northernmost tip of Finland. Since it’s so far out of civilisation (9 hours drive from Helsinki), the people who choose to attend are actually making the effort to travel that far and are purely there for the music & nature.

At this time of year, the sun in Lapland is never going down... the stage was up on a mountain giving a glowing northern view. I got the dance floor from Ajukaja & Ats who played a live set around 120 bpm and took it from there. It felt like playing at a club but it was at the open wide - probably the absolute perfect settings for me.

I've never been one to record my live sets, but this time I wanted to try and capture the essence of the moment. You can never fully recreate it, but you can feel its energy. I made sure to include the sounds of the room, the raving crowd, and even some funny insights at the end of the set 🙃

Thanks Joni, Denzel, Justus, Daniel and Andy for crafting it all, you are true pros! And to Gabrielle for holding my hand and making your birthday celebration in the woods one to remember! Lastly, thanks Yonti for joining me in purchasing this recorder just days before the festival :)

Hope you enjoy! 🫡
X Roi

Roi Perez @ Solstice Festival 2023, Lapland

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Avalon Emerson - 9000Streams (Triple J Mix)

Just like class, good house music never goes out of style. Just ask Dee Diggs, the latest contributor to SonarMix. Ahead of her dual debut at Sónar Lisboa and Sónar by Night (together with 90s diva Ultra Naté) this year, she's served up a spiritual, soulful session that pays tribute to the black pioneers of dance music, with a fresh twist on the genre. Get into the groove. 

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Tracklist:
Kamasutra - Censored (Under Version)
Elastic Reality - Cassa De X (Deep Dish Does X)
Bette Middler - To Deserve You (Arif’s Club Mix)
Make A Dance - EL U VEE
Craig Loftus Presents Grand High Priest Featuring Dajaé - Mary Mary (Terry’s Don’t You Weep Mix)
Detroit Boogie Assemble - Feelings Mix 2
Ultra Naté - Pressure (Extended Vocal Mix)
Shawn Christopher and Stonebridge - Make My Love (2020 Remaster)
Carol Jiani - Hit ’N Run Lover (Remix)
Derrick Carter & Chris Nazuka - Life is Like A Circle
Roland Clark - Show Me (Ki Creighton & Giovanni Remix)
Janet Jackson - Got It Til It’s Gone (Armand Van Helden Bonus Beats)
Ron Trent - Paradise Regained
Aphrodisiac - Song of the Siren (Dazzle Drums Remix)
Pacha - One Kiss

SonarMix 059: Dee Diggs

A deep and groove-filled house session in action. Three Boiler Room debuts captured from this year's Milan edition featuring Simone De Kunovich, Fafi Abdel Nour and S.A.M.

Fafi Abdel Nour | Boiler Room: Milan

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