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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Renowned drag queen, DJ and founder of the Drag-N-Tag iniative in Florida, Miss Toto graces the World Tour series with a pumping house mix.

Miss Toto | World Tour Mix: Chicago

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/4dTnNL5

An era-spanning mix from @kellyleeowens.

"I went for a mixture of the new and the old and where those places meet. Newer tracks I’m loving and some classics from the likes of Underground Resistance - paying homage to where we’ve been, and where we are now as a dance community."

Tracklist + Q&A

The Mix 034: Kelly Lee Owens

TAKUYA NAKAMURA @ The Lot Radio 10-25-2024.mp4

A weighty low end session from Goa's KHXDEEJ for this week's World Tour series.

KHXDEEJ | World Tour: Goa

We touched down in Colombia's Caribbean capital to take a deep dive into its ‘picó’ soundsystem culture. Hosted on two of the cities most celebrated ‘picós’ - Huracan Turbo Laser and Skorpion Disco, SYSTEM: Barranquilla shone a light 70 years of musical heritage, featuring an all-star cast of the cities most important players.

Presented by Havana Club.

Skorpion Disco Show | Boiler Room SYSTEM: Barranquilla

Monosoniko | Boiler Room SYSTEM: Barranquilla

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/4387JU5

@dogheadsurigeri explores the past, present, and future of trance in a cathartic new mix.

"This mix is a journey through trance where the past meets the present, legendary pioneers collide with the new-wave of producers, and the result hits hard. It’s a fast-paced, euphoric ride packed with dramatic highs, intense energy and two tracks for my debut EP ‘Silver Current’."

The Mix 050: dogheadsurigeri

"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

Originally broadcast as part of Bring Your Spoon - The Knife Serves Birthday cake

Stream/listen here: https://rabid.lnk.to/olof-birthday-djset

Tracklist: 

1. Steve Silk Hurley & CeCe Peniston - He Loves Me 2 (Steve Silk Hurley Radio)	
2. Emmanuel Jal & Nyaruach - Ti chuong (Olof Dreijer remix)
3. DJ Lag and OKZharp - Now What	
4. Mehdi Bahmad - Rouge a levres - (Olof Dreijer remix)	
5. DJ Bboy - Pânico	
6. DJ Narciso - BOB	
7. Johnny Bravo & DJ Pzee Boy - O Pam (feat. Uami Ndongadas & Zoca Zoca)	
8. PEDRO - Drenas
9. DJ Perigoso - Solidão
10. La Materialista - Machucando
11. Rudeboyz - As'Jableni	
12. Zebra Katz - In In In	
13. Tierra Whack, Beyoncé, Moonchild Sanelly, Nija, DJ Lag, Yemi Alade & Busiswa - MY POWER	
14. Noire - Agua Sin Gas
15. Branko - Tudo Certo (feat. Dino D'Santiago) (Noire Remix)	
16. Rico South - Doin' It (Rico South Baile Funk Remix)	
17. Tati Quebra Barraco - Na Minha Vida Mando Eu	
18. DJ SWISHA & Kush Jones - GTB (DJ SWISHA Remix)	
19. MC Teteu - Eu Sou Pivete Mas Não To Moscando
20. Heavy Baile, Tati Quebra Barraco & MC Carol - Mamãe da Putaria	
21. Lady Lykez - Buzz Lightyear
22. Bubas Produçoes - Mangui	
23. DJ Firmeza - Coelho 2025	
24. Tapsounds, Bandicut - Mescla 
25. FATTY  - Reminisce
26. NÍDIA - Nik Com
27. Bubas Produçoes - KING BLACK 2019	
28. MHD - 02 Afro Trap, Pt. 2 (Kakala Bomaye)	
29. Byrell The Great - Humpz	
30. Tayhana  - Verana	
31. MM  - QBT16
32. MaddJazz - Selektah - (2DLQTZ Baile Funk RMX)
33. Tayhana - Petrolera

Olof Dreijer | The Knife Birthday DJ Set

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