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artist: @faited

It is during summer 2024, in front of 40 subs stacked under the trees of Draaimolen’s Forest Rave stage that we first met Faited. Envelope Soundsystem conjurer, soundsystem fabricator, and a wonderfully skilled vinyl DJ, Faited has made of sound an element that she invokes, crafts and playfully selects. Based in Oakland, CA, she is deeply involved in building and nurturing communities in the pure rave spirit, sharing both her knowledge of acoustic waves and bringing people together around music. 

When it comes to her vinyl selection and practice, it is raw sounds and moving energies that connect her record collection. From mind melting drum’n’base to ravey techno and trippy tech house escapes, it is a body freeing feeling that she creates on the dance floor. 

Faited had a busy summer, touring in Europe and playing a few festivals: The Great Beyond Festival in Minneapolis, Draaimolen in Tilburg (with an incredible performance alongside Octo Octa), and the multi-day rave System Activate in Vermont. When not DJing, she designs and fabricates new loudspeaker designs under her brand Faited Systems.

It is a real honour and pleasure to host Faited for Polychrome Radio on Echobox Radio. This hour of music encapsulates her unique dance floor perspective, and we can’t wait to share it all with you!


Polychrome Radio on Echobox - Episode 44 - Faited

Recording of Loidis' set at the Selectors stage during Dekmantel Festival 2025.

Loidis at Selectors - Dekmantel Festival 2025

3 hour set opening The Grove on Saturday night at Sustain-Release Year Eleven. thank you for listening :) 


tracklist:
Gigi - Abay
Translippers - Sun Temple
Blu - Midnight Bazaar
SUBSET - Decoded
Burland - Me So Love Ya (feat. Adotey Johnson)
African Head Charge - Hold Some More
Kondi Band - Yeanoh (Powe'hande Binga'dbe)
No Sir - Even The Flowers
Afrobuddha - Zone (drum mix)
Powder - Busy Port (Original Mix)
5ive - Planet Be
Daniel Haaksman, Paul St.Hilaire, Mad Professor - City Life  (Mad Professor Dub)
Sub Basics - Fluctuate (Original Mix)
Nga Tae - Whanau Puhi (Paddy Free Dub)
deep fried dub - Crispy Circuits
Sard & Anabasine - Frank Jasmine (unreleased)
Katiusha - The Sellout
DJ Hedoni$t - Untitled #5
Tamburi Neri, Off The Meds - Bolle di Dolore (Off The Meds remix)
Lurka - Signal
Appleblim - Wah Tin
KROTONE - Mr Law Man
Bandulu - Jahquarius
Deep Fried Dub - Tectonic Dubplate
Dapashu? - smokebreak (unreleased)
Instinct - Apache (x 0113)
breakcheck - Bicycle Kick
Kreggo - Bass Finger Villain
Mantra - Locked In, Locked On
DJ Distance - Dark Crystal
RSD - Recall
Sub Basics - Lift Off
deep fried dub - Subterranean Kastles
Commodo x Gantz - 89! Gloom
indigenous resistance - Free west Papua / Two Thousand Seasons Dub
IR: Indigenous Resistance & UR Underground Resistance - Krikati: Power Outage
Gary Martin - Mambo Elektro
Oprofessionell - Pull Up (bound 2 meet the taxman mix)
Bakongo + Scuba - Over Again (Hassan Abou Alam Percussive Tool)
Sputnik One, EMBY, Honeydrip - Sputnik One & EMBY - Supa Natural (Honeydrip & Spud Breaks Mix)
Om Unit - Righteousness (Original Mix)
Earl Grey - Wiretap
Breaka - Solaria
Lewis James - Kit 5000
Train To Eltanin + Dj Iodosan - F1 - 4 * Use Only
Austen - Medulla
Trancemaster - Blue Shost
Schacke - Paraphilic Love Map
Andy Martin - Codex Borgues
Katiusha - Intend
Adiel & Tamburi Neri - Silenzio
Dubrunner - Destination Unknown

zi! @ Sustain-Release Year Eleven

In the words of Scott Zacharias, who closed the Outer Space Room at No Way Back, May 25, 2025, Day 2 of Return to the Source at Tangent, Detroit:

“NWB, being more than just the sum of its parts, always reflects my current life state(or lack of) and this year was no different. My friend Zach reminded me of this ultra-special cut by Arthur Russell: “In the Light of the Miracle.” It’s one of those holy grails and this mix (by Danny Krivit & Tony Smith) only existed as unreleased Talking’ Loud promo until a Soul Jazz comp finally issued it properly in 2005. I used to run it occasionally some 20 years ago, but hearing it again left me shook and set the stage for my entire set. And the rest of my life. My partner Ellen and I learned we were pregnant that same weekend.

Completely overwhelmed, I felt like I just wanted to share music for folks like I do in my own living room. Not really as a mix, but an intimate family affair. In the wee hours of the morning when I finally decided to share Russell’s opus, Ellen joined me on stage. We embraced and cried as we saw all our friends dancing in a now sunlit room. 

“I love you and that's all, living in the light.” — Arthur Russell”

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Quick update — Life’s been life-ing, but I thought it might be fun to figure out whatever the hell I was doing last No Way Back. There have been a lot of ID requests so let’s get into it. Big thanks to IT, Jim Gibbons for mastering this mix, and all of the wonderful artists featured. Music is love and love is the message — SZ

PLAYLIST NWB 2025
Susana Baron Superviell - Encontro - 1974-1980  
Steve Tibbetts - The Big Wind - 1982
undersaken - Susano - 2025
Outside - Transmigration - 1998
Larry Bright - Aura Pt. I - 1978
Bill Callahan - Free’s - 2011
Muchos Plus - Love Misunderstood - 1979
The Disciples - Fantasy - 2022
Kulku  - Unterm Himmel - 2022
Fracasto - 3 Spirit - 2024
Pieter Kock  - Siehst Du? - 2025
Rex, Vejoda, Milan - Untitled - 1984 (Courtesy Vladimir Ivković)
Techno Twins - Donald and Julie Go Boating - 1981
Violet Eyes - Listen Over the Ocean (Jascha Hagen Edit) - 1985
Froid Dub - Digital Pond - 2025
Froid Dub - On the Nose - 2025
90° Inclusive - Stone Cold Cat - 1976
TC LK - TLPTK - 2025
Mammo - Variable -2023
Bleaching Agent - Saracen - 2023
IS - Polymultilorezfm - (unreleased)
1991 - Fabric of Space - 2012
Billy MacKenzie - Outernational - 1992
Mirror System - Warn the West - 2015
The Durutti Column - Grace - 1996
Seefeel - Time To Find Me (Alternate Desk Mix) - 1993
Conrad Schnitzler - Tanze im Regen - 1981
Asmus Tietchens - Zeebrügge -1983
A-Tweed x Oltrefuturo - Highlands -2023
Mylène Farmer – On Est Tous Des Imbéciles (Krikor Dub) - 1985
Taichi Master - Bulan - 2004
The Orb vs. Youth - Apple Tree (Abacus Remix) - 2006
Ground - Swallow Groove - 2025
Eric Copeland - Grapes (Larry Gus Remix) - 2015
*WHOOPS MAY HAVE LOST A CUT IN THE FILE SPLICE / CONTINUUM / HAD TO BE THERE
Michael Chapman - New York Ladies - 1973
Bruce Cockburn - Waterwalker Theme (Eccentrics Edit) - 1984
Ground - Ominaeshi - 2025
Tolouse Low Trax - Traction Avant - 2024
Model Home  - Italo  - 2025
In Flagranti - Epic Fail - 2017
Guy Online & Alex Ho - Whimper - 2019
DJ /l/ozaki  - HNR999B2 - 2025
Dr. Graves - Emergency - 1991
Dr. Graves - Gladiators - 1991
Toresch - Tocar - 2017
Pieter Kock - Planet Of The Superapes - 2023
Jascha Hagen - Totem -2023
Jascha Hagen - Deux Oiseaux - 2020
YO.AN - FEATURES - 2017
Sling - Wire - 2025
A.R. Kane  - What's All This Then  - 1989
Sammy Patanegra - Maria (Original trash mix) - 2022
Further Reductions - Another Stranger - 2021
Normal Brain - M-U-S-I-C - 1981
Randell & Schippers - Love Jam (Full Version) - 1991
Arthur Russell - In The Light Of The Miracle (Untitled Mix 1) - 1996
Three Degrees - Maybe (Hot Tracks Mix) - 1970

IT.podcast.s14e07: Scott Zacharias at No Way Back 2025

sub alchemical unreleased gems 

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CCL @ The Lot Radio 10-09-2025

K Wata @ MAKING TIME ♾️ 2025

one hour of deep house and dub techno from my collection. all vinyl. a warm hug if you please x

pure water

The essence of psychedelia is disrupting expectations and altering perspectives - what better place to do so than in the vortex of the rave? 

It was an incredible honor to be a part of the inaugural edition of System Activate. The entire weekender campout rave was an exercise in intentionality, a generous labor of love with visionary execution. Anchored by a single stage with a pristine sound system, brought to life by a seasoned, die-hard-DIY team, and animated with an incredibly unpretentious, open-minded, and imaginative crowd of ravers, System Active was truly a novel, eye-opening adventure that struck real sparks of psychedelic inspiration. 

I believe this is one of the finest sets that I have played to date. Completely at ease in the booth, I played fervently and completely from the heart. This is a totally honest and unrestrained rendition of my creative screwball sensibilities as a DJ, conjuring a propulsive rhythmic tunnel and peeling away into moments of whiplash slack-jawed surprises. Rooted in wormhole-traversing techno but stretching well into psychedelic sludge, shameless sentimentality, poignant lessons, heaving bass-weight, and references to formative personally-precious material, this is a completely earnest translation of my psyche that also incorporates the work of friends and peers. 

It was a deep joy to be in the company of so many brilliant and clever dancefloor scramblers and dear friends as I landed us in dawn's first light. I am deeply grateful for this experience, and excited to share this transmission from the vortex.

TRACKLIST
[artist - track title]

ENTRANCE - Winterlude
Ryuichi Sakamoto - fullmoon
Rose Monica - Be Your Better Self
Plead Slyngshot Neewt - Studio Pressure
Forest on Stasys - Torre De Alquimia
Brnches - Weird Bells
Callum Plant - Nothing More
Marteka Fair - Lucid Thinking
Ω - 99HMI
Perc & Passarella Death Squad - Temperature’s Rising (2025 mix)
Âsan - Reason
Jonas Kopp - Ocher System #1
Max Cantrell - Temporal Shave (Hpin Remix)
Verschwender - Anxiety, Always Haunting Me
Allana Letm - Tempos Múltiplos (Centrific Dump A Puddle In My Hand Remix)
Vertical Spectrum - Oko bez sowy
ANFS - Gesha
Orbe - Jaxa
Goyle - Notice
Blawan - Slow Mick
Zagc - SwampWorld dance dance 500
Concept of Thrill - Cert
LaWhat - Trippy Widow
Kalocain - OBE
Simic - Valley
Joshua James - Coarse (Justin Cudmore Remix)
Richard Holhburn - Better Not Look Too Close
Torvvo - Relay
Astral Renegades - Pluto FM
Switch & Erol Allan - A Sydney Jook (Bok Bok Remix)
The Books - I Am Who I Am
Answer Friend Request - Behringerbandpass (V2)
Erol Alkan - Spectrum (Special Request Kaleidoscopic Mix)
Simic - Orbetello
U - Ascension Hymn
A Strange Wedding - Les Ké de la Daurade
Strapontin & Zillas On Acid - What Worse?
Sextile - 99 Bongos
Slowglide - Solstice (Stonehenge mix)
Arthur Johnson - On The Request Line
Radart - Welcome
Dido - Here With Me
Bruno Sanchez & The Next - Born Hip
Hysterical Love Project - Psychic Nausea
Sideral Tapes - Sideral Tapes #4B
James Begley - Distance
Now Always Fades - Into The Doldrums
APRS - I Was Still Awake
Mint Julep - Aviary
Miles J Paralysis - Still Waiting
Deep Dark Blue - Reincarnation (Otodojo Remix)
DJ Frog and SnP 500 - Cali
Yeyo - feel it
Chelsea Wolfe - Dusk

Furtive live at System Activate 2025

live recording of my dj set at Sustain-Release Year 11, playing the Grove stage at sunset on friday night <3

adobeprincess @ Sustain-Release Year 11

Verraco at Waking Life 2025

Hailing from the city of Rotterdam, Mata Disk found his influences early on as his parents exposed him to 90s electro. They ultimately led to a distinctive sound that blends polyrhythmic elements, atmospheric textures, and subtle, glistening detail. Emerging with two standout releases on Nousklaer audio, Julian quickly established a signature approach, grounded in rhythm and repetition but open to abstraction, surprise and the occasional emotive touch.

Mata Disk shares a part of his sonic world with us in this mix, showcasing why he is one to watch, but most importantly one to dance and listen to.

Polychrome Radio on Echobox - Episode 43 - Mata Disk

Deeply involved in dance music and its nightlife for many years, Lennie has always kept his extensive collection alive, offering glimpses of it on special occasions.  Trying to pick up the pieces of the puzzle one record at a time, he glues together the warm je-ne-sais-quoi he finds in jazz, hiphop, dub and funk, and channels it into the red line that fuels his groove-driven sets — leaning on the warmer shades of dub, minimal techno and house, where groove sets the tone and hips and heads follow the pace.  Based in Amsterdam but with firm roots at Arnhem’s now defunct 8bahn , where he began as a resident and went on to program monthly club nights and the occasional festival, he has carried that same spirit of curiosity and community into new contexts. Whether in the booth, behind the scenes, or digging through record bins, Lennie is always in search of something new - or old - to bring his philosophy to life on the dance floor.

Polychrome Radio on Echobox - Episode 45 - Lennie

Finding meaning is an exciting pursuit. One that opens doors, observes, imagines, dives in, before maybe creating something, or closing them again. No hard feelings, and much learning. Applied to music, such philosophy feeds an infinite curiosity that only our minds limit, with rules defined by proclaimed boundary setters. Girish’s artistic journey lies in breaking these rules, not compromising on what he feels, taking risks and giving place to spontenaity. 

The first time that we crossed Girish’s path was in Radio TNP’s former NDSM studio in 2021. Already, an eclectic selection and a vivid energy transpired. Years have passed since, dedicated to creating a new platform for underrepresented music with The Hague’s Future Intel collective. Pushing new sounds, fighting for culture, crafting events and continuously collecting music from all corners.

Challenging times gave place to new bloemings, energies channeling in the right direction and portals opening. Sometimes life forces compromise, moments where the ying and the yang dance in an unbalancing rhythm, to let place to renewed magic. Fresh off opening Draaimolen’s Pit stage back-to-back with DJ and Future Intel crew mate Zamba Jan, Girish steps up for Polychrome Radio. Always exploring, we can only expect the unexpected, and that’s the beauty of it.


Polychrome Radio on Echobox - Episode 46 - Girish

Music is a language that helps us communicate when other barriers seem too high. Amsterdam based producer and DJ Crisp Sandwich has spent many years learning it, developing depth in its understanding, curiosity in its tools and creativity in its use.

Bastien’s work is a delicate craft, which explores sounds and rhythms, layers to enhance the experience and mixes sounds from a diverse set of sources. From techno to dub, drum n bass, juke and new school house, it is with impressive ease that they play records, synthesisers and perform vocals, connecting with listeners.

Very involved with music, Crisp Sandwich is also a regular maker on Operator radio, founding member of the newly (re)launched Radio weesper as well as co-producer of the incredible neo-classical live duo Bubble Bouillon with their partner Hundi. We simply love their craft.


Polychrome Radio on Echobox - Episode 47 - Crisp Sandwich

CCL b2b Yushh at Draaimolen Festival 2025

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Underwater EP by RDS available via Bandcamp and One Eye Witness

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