Juanita's Mix 059 with Lychee @Lycheefrut

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Born again dance music enthusiast - I've been trying in the post-lockdown era to refocus on being a dancer and a fan and exposing myself to serendipity and the things that made me fall in love with dance music in the first place. A bigger scene like NYC can make you jaded fast if you don't protect and cultivate those parts of yourself, I think.  

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. I first started coming to NYC from Boston for more dubstep/bass-oriented events around 2011 - some standouts: Joker, Skream, Benga at Terminal 5; Caspa and Rusko at Webster Hall (lol); acts like Kuedo and Zomby at Glasslands Gallery, an electroclash rave in Chinatown that I have no idea who was DJing or promoting. At that time I wouldn't say I was part of any kind of community here, I usually rode the Chinatown bus or Bolt Bus (RIP) down for a night and took another bus back early in the morning so I wouldn't have to find lodging. 

I think I started finding community here back around 2015 or 2016 at clubs like Bossa and raves like Groovy Groovy where I'd see the same people again and again. Fourth World 2017 was the party that really made me decide I had to live here eventually. I moved to Brooklyn at the beginning of 2018, and in many ways I only really feel like I've begun to find my place here now.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I had a general idea in mind for this mix that I wanted it to be romantic, but weird. I was thinking about things like friendships with romantic elements; weird sex or cuddling on psychedelics when you're not actually sure if you have a body; unrequited forbidden crushes; flirty dancing around someone for an entire night without needing it to become anything more. I recorded it shortly after the Halloween weekend daytime moment with Todd Edwards playing at Nowadays Nonstop, which I found so fun and romantic with diffused pink lighting that made it feel like the sunrise never ended, so I think that moment influenced this mix as well.

Juanita's Mix 059: Lychee

Zoey Shopmaker aka Sister Zo is a Brooklyn-based producer, DJ, writer and co-founder of the Kansas City-based Queer/Trans collective and record label, UN/TUCK. Her February debut EP 'Screw Cheek' on Scuffed Recordings was met with critical acclaim, earning support from the likes of Ben UFO, Surgeon, I. JORDAN, Jossy Mitsu, Louise Chen and more. With her forthcoming 'Freak Shift' EP on Martyn's 3024 imprint, Zo has established herself as one of North America's breakthrough artists exploring the continuum of UK bass and techno. She has recently played sets for New York City's premier techno institution, The Bunker NYC, and is set to make her Nowadays debut on June 11th. Her sets combine the weight of percussion-heavy dubstep, UK funky and techno with effervescent club cuts and emotive house. 

Notes on the Mix ///
"I originally planned to call this my TRANSEXUAL BASS Mix, drawing exclusively from music made by trans women. Eventually I decided to include a handful of tracks that , while not made by trans women, nonetheless conveyed the message clearly. The mix begins with dark rumbly bassweight courtesy of aya (fka LOFT) interspersed with a scene from POSE in which Elektra tells off a transphobe; and it ends on an overwhelmingly positive note—with the Morales Carnival Club extended mix of 'Spice Up Your Life' by the Spice Girls. It feels like a journey from justified rage into effusive joy and affirmation, with each track carefully selected to amplify the energy of trans and queer empowerment."

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https://www.instagram.com/sister_zo/
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https://sisterzo.bandcamp.com/
https://ra.co/dj/sisterzo
https://soundcloud.com/sisterzo

XOXA BLEND 104 - SISTER ZO

All my love and thanks to Carry Nation and the extended family <3

Track IDs on request :* :*

Live @ Carry Nation (Good Room NYC) [June 2022]

Sis Girl @ The Lot Radio 10 - 28 - 2022

Name: Calin (@calinj) 
Pronouns: They/Them
Location:  Washington DC
 
Influences:  Pittsburgh ravers, midwest clangs and bangs, breaks.
 
Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: 
Mesh, Maybeland, Verge.fm

Favorite Quote: "One creates oneself" - Grace Jones
 
Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
Play the music you want to hear no matter, when you start to lose yourself you lose your craft.

With this mix Calin asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
Arm The Girls @/$ armthegirls (www.instagram.com/armthegirls)

Daisychain 

Daisychain 251 - Calin

Jay Buim presents Club Studz

I quit DJing in public about 10 years ago because I felt like I was just stuck playing sucker cuts for drunken foolishness. In that time I have dreamt about what my dream club night would be and this mix serves as an overview for that. A dance floor open to anyone and everyone, a range of musical genres that fit into the only category that matters (Scottish accent) "great fookin tunes mate!" I hope that you enjoy this mix to its fullest.

The Weather Report - River People
Plastic Bertrand - Stop Ou Encore
Hozan Yamamoto + Yu Imai - 天銀堂事件
Harry Thumann - Welcome Back Jolette
Kombi - Przytul Mnie
Chris Rea - Josephine
The Avalanches feat. Cola Boyy + Mick Jones - We Go On
Braxe + Falcon - Love Me
Kurtiss - Amor De La Casa Acida
Rockers Hi-Fi - Push Push
Armando - So In Love With You
Cut Copy - Zap Zap
Ladytron - Flicking Your Switch
Feist - My Moon, My Man (Boyz Noize Classic Mix)
Bob Seger - Still The Same 
Antillas Mayores - Mayaguana

Pomp&Clout Mix Series Volume 37: Jay Buim - Club Studz

Nothing in Moderation with DJ Voices and Perko @ The Lot Radio 04-26-2023

https://soundcloud.com/tiffwanee

A little about this mix: I recently played Wrecked in April and my set wasn’t recorded, so I decided to reconstruct some of my favorite moments from the night. Lately I’ve been trying to piece together my love of different genres when I play out: leftfield techno, polyrhythmic sounds, post-dubstep, more classic 4x4 techno and house rhythms, and my love of 80s synthy tracks. It’s not always easy for DJs to express all sides of our musical tastes, and it’s definitely still a work in progress for me. Wrecked felt like a perfect time to experiment more with weaving between many genres. I always try to record mixes in one take, so forgive any minor bumps and bruises along the way in this recording 💖. May is AAPI Heritage month, so this mix is also dedicated to all the other Asian DJs holding it down and doing amazing things around the world. 

 T.Wan is a Brooklyn-based DJ with deep origins in Seattle. Her perceptive ear for trippy techno and bassy, polyrhythmic tracks captivated listeners at Honcho Campout and has since earned her opportunities to play at notable NYC venues like Nowadays, Basement, and Good Room. She has a monthly show on Bristol-based Noods Radio, where she’s been a resident for the past 3 years.

Deep South Podcast - 118 - T. Wan

Nothing In Moderation with DJ Voices @ The Lot Radio 06-21-2023

A creature is born out of the ashes of human remains after a mass extinction event. Emerging into a new world where nothing else shares its consciousness, it assembles clues to its lineage through the drum, pitched instruments, and the human voice. Slowly accumulating more and more breakbeats over time, it goes through phases of discovery and learning before reaching an eventual cacophony – the overwhelming pain of knowing the fatal flaws which cause its ancestors’ demise. Eventually it reaches a gentle reconciliation, an understanding of its history with the courage to move forward in its own light in a grim new world.

“dis poem shall continue even when poets stop writin
dis poem shall survive u me it shall linger in history
in your mind
in time forever” 
Mutabaruka

@aftrmthmusic
IG: @kyle.aftrmth

AFTRMTH (Kyle Rogers) is a DJ and musicologist based in Brooklyn. Raised by jazz musicians, he came to dance music through the queer DIY scenes in 2010s NYC and Atlanta. Though his sets span genre and tempo, he has a particular affinity for the rhythmic experiments of jungle and drumfunk and the bassweight of dubstep. He is a graduate student at the NYU Department of Music.

Pomp&Clout Mix Series Volume 37: Jay Buim - Club Studz

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