Depending on who you ask, Yousuke Yukimatsu is the best DJ in the world. Or at least in Japan. The eccentric Osaka-born, Tokyo-based DJ has built up an arsenal of fans and disciples—most famously Tzusing—who revere his cross-genre approach and knack for out-of-this-world blends. Case in point: he recently released a mostly ambient mixtape that somehow felt more gripping and propulsive than many techno DJ sets. He also used that release, Midnight Is Comin, to highlight Japan's underrepresented experimental electronic music scene, another sign of his wide-ranging and unusual tastes.

To go with his voracious hunger for all kinds of music, Yukimatsu can play alll different kinds of sets, from the meditative to the peak-time, all with the blending ingenuity and expert pacing we've come to expect. Just check his mind-blowing Boiler Room set from 2020. If that performance was nightclub madness and Midnight Is Comin was a slowly unfurling coil of downcast textures and moods, then Yukimatsu's RA Podcast is something in-between. 

Over two captivating hours, Yukimatsu brings in beats only to jettison them, returning several times to artists like Palmistry, Tzusing and Ryo Murakami. He anchors the mix with familiar tracks and voices before letting it drift out to sea again. It's also deeply personal, focusing on tracks from people he played with at his Zone Unknown parties in Osaka and Kobe, as well as his friends who participated in Midnight Is Comin.

Some of these blends need to be heard to believed. But more important is the pacing: the mix moves at such a slow but intuitive speed that it's almost tantric, the work of someone who knows how to keep the party going at a simmer without giving into the temptation to go faster. (He even says that the mix was supposed to be longer.) With hooky tracks from Palmistry and Equiknoxx up against explosions of noise and heavy EQing, Yukimatsu's RA Podcast is like dipping your head above and below water, soaking in and appreciating the beauty of both realms at once.

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Tracklist: 

Villager - Siren Hymn (Pretty Weird)
KH - Feelings (Self release)
Daphni - Cloudy (Jiaolong)
Joy O - Wade In (Hotflush Recordings)
Two Shell - N35 (Mainframe Audio)
Villager - Blind Eye (Pretty Weird)
Killjoy - Roof it (4x4 mix) (Shall Not Fade)
Chloé Robinson, DJ ADHD - Pax (Four Tet remix) (Pretty Weird)
J.O.S.H.U.A - Stuart Mellody (Unreleased)
DJ ADHD - R1 (Unreleased)
Suburban Science - Coolthamenta (Suburban Breaks) 
I. Jordan - Hey Baby (Ninja Tune)
Chloé Robinson, DJ ADHD - Steamin (Pretty Weird)
DVS1 - Break Away (Klockworks)
DJ ADHD - Wobble (4x4) (Pretty Weird)
Chloé Robinson, DJ ADHD - Kwik Fit (Unreleased)
Villager - Ow wow (Pretty Weird)
Floating Points - Problems (Ninja Tune)
DJ ADHD - 212 (Unreleased)
EEBONE - Resonance (LBR Records)
Haider - Maracuja (Breaker Breaker)
Daphni - Arrow (Jiaolong)
Joey Beltram- The Start Up (Trax Records)
Vladimir Dubyshkin - Russian Porn Magazine (Trip Recordings)
Zenker Brothers - Enjoy Reality (Ilian Tape)
Addison Groove - Sexual (Swamp 81)
Nina Kraviz - Haz Exercisio (Unreleased)
Beatfoot- King Trash (Or:la Remix) (Unreleased)
Benuebermensch - Pump Dis Party (Stoopid Nice Traxx)
INVT - Coloroso (Self release)
Jamie XX - Gosh (Young Turks)
Skee Mask - 7am at the rodeo (Unreleased)
Overmono - Gunk (XL Recordings)
Sirius Hood - Trapped In (Unreleased)
Four Tet, Fred Again - Baby Again (Unreleased)
INVT - Maxima Velocidad (Self Release)
DJ ADHD, J.O.S.H.U.A - Classic (Unreleased)
Ls1 Housing Authority - Life Moves Fast (K7 Records)
J.O.S.H.U.A - The Beat (Unreleased)
Chloé Robinson, DJ ADHD - Redbull (Pretty Weird)
Chloé Robinson, DJ ADHD - Dream (Unreleased)
DJ ADHD, Nikki Nair - Rips (Pretty Weird)
Stenny - Permission (Ilian Tape)

Radio 1's Essential Mix

Chloé Robinson Essential Mix 23.09.2022

Set recording and interview

http://www.instagram.com/boysnoize

Boys Noize @ The Lot Radio 11-19-2023

The final stop of Boiler Room's World Tour 2024 series took place in Goa with the return of I. JORDAN and Dan Shake alongside two knockout debuts from Pia Collada and OX7GEN.

Presented by Budweiser.

TRACKLIST

OX7GEN | Boiler Room: Goa

I. JORDAN | Boiler Room: Goa

A snapshot of our triple header return to Montréal earlier this year with all-star debuts from Tatyana Jane, Gurafiku, Jamvvis and BR favourite Interplanetary Criminal.

Tatyana Jane | Boiler Room: Montréal

Our latest return to Shanghai looked to the future as we put the lens on a selection of China's emerging artists.

Echocatcher | Boiler Room: Shanghai

DJ THE MASK's MODUS UNDERGROUND MUSIC debut arrives with REXWOU, a raw and contagious Tribal Tech House track where organic percussion rules: sharp congas, resonant toms, and hypnotic shakers ride on a rolling bass that pushes relentlessly. A tribal hook and drum calls build tension toward a ritual breakdown that leads to a solid, functional, punchy drop. Precise production, a steady groove, and details keep the energy moving. REXWOU is a pure DJ tool for peak-time sets, terraces, and after-hours with a tribal flavor.

REXWOU

Baltu - Lost in Sound

2manydjs Live @ BBC Radio 6Music Festival

"High speed rave and jungle tekno with Radio 1 Resident Sherelle." 

Aired: 2020-11-14.

TRACKLIST: tracks here and thanks @continuumizm for cool Mixmag inspired tape artwork https://www.continuumizm.com/posts/sherelle-essential-mix-cutout-mixmag-tape-cover-throwback/ 

The "mind melting mix of footwork, jungle and high speed rave" also went on to be awarded Radio 1's Essential Mix Of The Year 2020!


#dancemusic #jungle #rave #hardcore #dnb #footwork #juke #drumandbass #140 #160 #174

BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix

Sherelle - Essential Mix 14th November 2020

Connecting club culture to the wider world, on screen and irl through parties, film and video.

OX7GEN | Boiler Room: Goa

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