Ashland Mines, AKA Total Freedom, AKA Big Gay Idiot DJ, AKA Bobby Beethoven, is one of the best and most influential DJs of the 21st century. Starting out at pioneering parties like Mustache Mondays and Wildness (which he cofounded with Wu Tsang)—and a regular at GHE20G0TH1K—Mines helped to define the style that would become known, however cringe-inducingly, as experimental club or deconstructed club, directly inspiring fellow visionaries like Arca. 

Like some of the best DJs before him, Mines uses the CDJs as an instrument, but that doesn't mean just fancy tricks and looping. Instead, he artfully throws together clashing sounds—effects, samples, monologues, pop and R&B acapellas, and beats that run the gamut from dancehall to kuduro to breaks and techno. He's not afraid of the grotesquerie of human life and movement (just check out the monologue at the beginning of this mix), and he likes to push buttons. Once he put on a party where dancing wasn't allowed. Some of his sets are intentionally anxiety-inducing, evoking horror movies and modern classical composers like Penderecki, while others are bouncy and ebullient, weaving between genres and tempos like an old-school platformer. The best are both.

On Mines's RA Podcast—a milestone 900th in the series—he shows off this inimitable style, sharpened and reinforced over a decade-and-a-half of playing some of the world's best parties, fashion shows, you name it. He's the kind of DJ who creates his own music as he goes along. He makes you hear old tracks—especially pop music and R&B—in a whole new way. Titled "Cursed Piercing," this is a near-hour of controlled chaos that'll confound you at one moment and deeply move you the next.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/900

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RA.900 Bobby Beethoven (FKA Total Freedom)

Robotic canine hymns to pull your strings.

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Two Shell (or so we believe) live from the LDN studio. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/two-shell-21st-august-2024

Two Shell 210824

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/themix045ms

Bristol producer and visual artist @munsing shares a mix that will make your head fizz.

"The aim of the mix was to create this super focussed and fun distraction, like when you're in the club and you're determined not to let any of the outside world in. You're watching the DJ and your head is like fizzing with ideas and you want to stay distracted forever! I often find i write a lot of music in my head whilst watching other people DJ. So here's some fun club music featuring some artists i respect a lot, plus a bit of K pop and Basement Jaxx cos it wouldn't feel like me without it."

The Mix 045: Mun Sing

Slikback is an electronic producer from Nairobi, Kenya mainly focusing on experimental music, noise, bass and high intensity rhythms. Over the years his sound has morphed into various forms all meant to be an expression of different ideas and emotions. Unbound by any specific thing, his unique blend of sounds can be found in his multiple releases.


Unsound Festival w/ Slikback @ Kiosk Radio 16.02.2025

'If You Know You Know'

MVCOKO is a London-based DJ, producer, and founder of SYPHEN. Their work channels intense emotion—blending chaos, melancholy, and catharsis into genre-defying, narrative-driven sets. Described as a "demonic mermaid," MVCOKO crafts unpredictable performances where distortion meets vulnerability, inviting both intensity and release.

MVCOKO @ Kiosk Radio 09.05.2025

circling the south bermondsey cistern circa january 2025 for ghoul dance x ulnaparti at venue MOT with spinnee and ikava pii and mossambi

come to think of it i shoulda change my name to something ending in eeee

68 minutes of pure brainleak

eleanor - thin end of the wedge (aya's boot end of the leg)
rrritalin - naga
fabaitos - quietus
crrdr x dayvi - sax with me
dj g2g - omj!!??? (ft. hainafromchina)
xterea - demo 12
phace - self talking
gyrofield - superheat
algorithmic - wussupnow
obses - catharsis
96 back - rubber knife
cash cobain - problem
current value - greed 
chozn.$$ - everlong
syzy - caught up (in circles)
esp - break free
hellfish - bring on the hurricane pain
sampling masters mega / sampling masters aya - idiot tube
latesleeper - hellcat
dansa - bog
2k's luv shy edit
blood of aza - stupid hoe
remiseria temperley, nafftero, jaijiu - a brillar mi amor
ramiseria temperley - mamarracho
precolumbian - untitled0001
shitmat - shut up
hydroboi x o-man888 - caramelidansen
jok'air feat. naza - oh nana (bovllov remix)
kamome sano - crepe suzette
trespassed and the dope doctor - break jaws
crim3s - militia

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