Hadn't recorded a new mix for the personal SC series in 9 months so here's a new one  mark the 10th edition. As always, ask for an ID and you shall receive. 

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Artwork - Chris Perani - Butterfly Wings Series

The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling (010)

Hailing from the West Coast but now based in Berlin, Doc Sleep is a DJ, producer and co-founder of the Jacktone label.

Her Sunday Mix, which arrives just days after her latest release – a full-length documentation of these changes and real-world realisations – packs serious emotional heft into a subtle, unhurried set that hops from genre to genre, from the ethereal ambience of Nala Sinephro to synth wizard Ryuichi Sakamoto via Laurie Anderson, Low and Madlib, with each track lingering like a thread you can't help but feel compelled to follow.

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Sunday Mix: Doc Sleep

This episode of the RA Exchange originally ran in 2022.

Shanti Celeste is one of those artists whose personality matches her DJ style. Her fun-loving nature and breezy demeanour always light up a room, as do her vibrant sets that span sunny house music, slow-burning disco and emotive techno—just revisit her RA podcast for a reminder. Fresh off her Hessle Audio debut, the London-based artist sat down with Martha Pazienti-Caidan for an honest chat about track selection, bad gigs and her approach to production.

During DJ sets, the Peach Discs co-founder doesn’t like to focus on genres. Instead, "I think about, like, building and releasing tension and making sure that I stay in a specific energy level," she explained. "Whereas before, I think I knew the energy I wanted to bring, but I didn't know how to do that cause I was just thinking about everything in terms of genre."

Reaching this holistic stage, however, took time. It was a process of acquiring knowledge and experience but also confidence, she described, adding how she previously had "really bad imposter syndrome." Learning to recognise that certain factors might be outside an artist’s control is essential to self-realisation, she continued. Recounting her experience of playing big festival stages, she noted the importance of "learning what side of yourself to channel" rather than compromise on music.

For more details on her experience playing with fellow women DJs, her lockdown romance and recording her vocals, listen to the discussion in full.

EX.662 Shanti Celeste

Still in her early twenties, AliA is known for her eclectic style, impeccable skills and versatile selection that ranges from broken beats to bossa nova and from soulful heaters to off-beat belters. 


AliA @ Kiosk Radio 08.08.2024

Here is DJ Popup with an a journey starting in atmospheric dub techno and ending in headsy house music.

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DJ Popup @ Drift Radio 19-09-24

Recording of mokeyanju's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

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mokeyanju at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Helix Mix 012 • Pacific Lift (Live)

A submission to good to refuse… 

Presenting Pacific Lift’s all hardware live set recorded deep in the Ottways in 2024. 

Enjoy an hour of pure synthesised indulgence straight from the underground as the two Naarm locals make themselves known 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Helix Mix 012: Pacific Lift (Live)

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Savanna

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Trinix - Quedate Luna (Mon Amour Remix) [Afro House] Free DL

Download, tracklist & more info: https://boilerroom.tv/upfront/077-youandewan

"This mix contains unreleased music I’ve written over the last two/three years. Some from my forthcoming album on !K7 and Aus Music – which is out soon – and also tracks from forthcoming EP’s on Andy Hart’s Voyage Recordings and Cab Drivers’s Eclipser Chaser.

Initially I had planned to record my LP in a blended, uninterrupted fashion, but decided against it for numerous reasons. It was great to get the opportunity to do this mix – to blend a good chunk of the LP tracks, along with some of the more club-orientated tracks I’ve also got coming out soon.

Thanks for the invitation, and hope you enjoy!" – @youandewan

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Upfront 077: Youandewan

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