A super chic new mix by Taiwanese-American DJ Club Chow, who has been making waves back in Chicago with various projects (Berlin Nightclub, Argot Radio, Dim Sum & Drag). 🌊

Bongomann - Swell
Indent - Modern Meditation
Dashiell - Going Nowhere Fast (Rudolf C Remix)
Liquid Earth - Scope Zone
ESBA & Charleeps - Callipolis
N-Gynn - Marmaris (Hamam House 4)
Huerta - Tatra Motokov
Epitome of Hype - Ladies with an Attitude
BOBBY. - Variations On A Theme
Abdul Raeva - Laser Beam Funk
Steve Marie - Psychedelia
Point Guard - Pump Tool
Davis Galvin - Rissp
Paul Fleetwood - No Dice
Farron - Liquid Shorts (Pugilist Remix)
Ayesha - Dark Matter
Daniele Temperilli	- 112 Break (Sakro Remix)
Mark Mackenzie - Apple & Disaronno
LeftLeft - Right Under
Saoirse, Shanti Celeste - Solid Maas


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Radio Buttons #107 - Club Chow

Before moving to Berlin, DJ NORTHERN used to commute from London just to attend our parties.  She's a self taught vinyl DJ delivering us a fresh mix where she tried to bottle up the fabulous energy of the Buttons dance floor. @djnorthern3




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Radio Buttons #108 - DJ NORTHERN

Dancefloor dykes who found each other on our dancefloor.
@mdsm_certified



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Radio Buttons #109 - MDSM

Brooklyn's Kia serving up tumultuous drums 
@kee-uh




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Radio Buttons #111 - Kia

LA > Berlin = @alisonswing

Recorded live at Dig Deeper LA



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Radio Buttons #113 - Alison Swing

The turn-up girls...
@hi-keyz = @bpm131bpm + @privateschoolatina



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Radio Buttons #116 - KEYZ (131bpm B2B Private School Latina)

The 'cause it' queens:
@bouffant-bouffant
@jacob-meehan

Recorded live on a September morning, as the sunlight poured in through the orange-tinted windows along the river Spree; Fitzroy, Berlin.

Radio Buttons #118 - Longitude

@katiushadj 
Recorded live at our collaborative party w/ @leckenberlin
"Leck My Button"

Radio Buttons #119 - Katiusha

@djnsa 

"My aim was to make something that defines where I'm at as an artist and with music today. It's downtempo, sexy, swamp, slick, reflective, pretty, and fun. It was recorded with a Varia RDM20 rotary mixer. Intended to be played late, after a party, or with a lucky person one night. You'll find sounds from South America, the UK, Berlin, France, Jamaica, Switzerland, Ukraine, and many more. 

The past two years have been about discovering new sounds and revisiting some old ones. I was raised in an uncanny Christian group in Savannah, Georgia, that restricted me from a lot in life. One of the only liberating things about that group was my exposure to the music and dance of other cultures. The Guatemalan and Mexican families taught me about salsa, meringue, and bachata. My cousins from North Carolina are black, they showed me house music. The soft nods to my love for these early introductions and moments are in this mix. Blended with the reality of what I hear now." 

NSA (Cameron Allen), a multidisciplinary artist known for his art and DJ work, emerged from coastal Savannah Georgia to arrive in Atlanta where he now resides. The swampy marshland landscape of his early years sets a clear narrative for an eerie and unconventional force laced with an upbringing around latin dance, ghettotech, and electro-house music. Since his first breakthrough release praised by Pitchfork at the age of 19, NSA has spun for queer spearheads such as Deep South and Honcho, co-founded the Hz Like Hell brand and Stroke parties, and is a driving force of the Atlanta underground with his infamous after parties. His penchant for challenging and strange sounds keeps the floor hooked.

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Radio Buttons #120 - NSA

A Berlin fave, Buttons resident @akirahawks_hm





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Radio Buttons #122 - Akirahawks

@sterlingjuandiaz
Sterling Juan Diaz is a 29-year-old Dominican-American DJ and multidisciplinary artist born and based in New York City. Sterling creates sonic landscapes with his distinctive approach to music and mixing. Navigating the fringes and nuances of various genres, he blends global rhythms with the pulsating beats of the NYC underground scene crafting dynamic sets marked by an open exploration of energy and dancefloor rawness.

Radio Buttons #123 - Sterling Juan Diaz

Recorded live @ "Leck My Button"
January 2023, Berlin.
@aereanegrot @jacob-meehan

Aérea Negrot needs no introduction; she’s a Berlin institution. Whether starring in a film, appearing on stage belting out a live set or werqing the CDJs, she permeates pure artistic energy. Her visibility has influenced a new generation of trans artists who have flocked to the German Hauptstadt. She first met Buttons & WHOLE Festival organizer, Jacob Meehan, back in 2014 on his first trip from Chicago to Berlin (where he shared the futon alongside Shaun J. Wright). Who would’ve known back then that their bed & breakfast scenario would turn into the city’s hawtest B2B a decade later.

Channel your inner aunty with D'aunties.

Radio Buttons #124 - D'aunties (Aèrea Negrot B2B Jacob Meehan)

@dr-ok
DR. OK is a Berlin-based front-row dancer for over a decade, researcher, and vinyl-first DJ. His sets are designed to spark transcendental experiences and promote sonic healing for his audience. The German-Turkish artist's sound is a fearless blend of House, Breaks, Progressive, Proto-Trance, Speed Garage, Ambient, Hardcore, Acid, Hip Hop, R&B, Turkish Psychedelic Rock, and beyond. His journey into DJing was inspired by his deep admiration for Octo Octa and Eris Drew, whose comprehensive guide, "Hot n' Ready DJ Tips, Tricks, & Techniques," proved instrumental in his artistic development – excitingly, they will also host a workshop at this year's Whole Festival!

Tracklist:
B.G. The Prince Of Rap - Take Control Of The Party (Ken Lou Dub) [Epic, 1991]
Masarima - Freak Like U (Luca Lozano’s The Breakbeat Guy Remix) [Clone Royal Oak, 2023]
Black Sheep - Strobelight Honey (Def Version) [Mercury, 1992]
Mariah Carey - Dreamlover (Def Club Mix) [Columbia, 1993]
The Experience - Move With Me [Sneak Tip Records, 1993]
Voices Of Life - The Word Is Love (Mousse T.'s Kinda Deep Mix) [Club Tools, 1998]
Roger Ruff – Paradise [Force Inc., 1998]
Mustafa – Circles [Go! Beat, 1998]
Subliminal Cuts - Drumtrack Melody [Tribal America, 1994]
Y Traxx - Mystery Land [FFRR, 1997]
Eris Drew - Time To Move Close [T4T LUV NRG, 2021]
Hex – Alright To Love (Exposure Mix) [Alphabet City, 1998]
Duke – So In Love With You (Full Intention Mix) [4 Play Records, 1997]
Paramida – French House 2000 [Love On The Rocks, 2021]
Nyra – Euphoria Dance [Correspondant, 2023]
The Delorme – Spanish Fly [Zoom Records, 1994]
Slackjaw – Drive My Body (J'n'J Late Pianomix) [Round And Round, 1992]
Naka - That’s It (House Piano Mix) [Art Records, 1997]
Eris Drew – Heartbeat [On Loop, 2022]

Radio Buttons #125 - Dr. Ok

Radio Buttons #126 - Must B Me

@djnorthern has been a fixture at our parties and we are happy to announce that she's a new resident of the Buttons fam. Check out this gorg set of hers, the very first set from our very first party at Watergate. 

Recorded live in Berlin
Watergate
Water Floor 
March 23, 2024

Radio Buttons #127 - DJ NORTHERN (Live at Watergate)

This mix was recorded live by @luciabeyond on Dec 3rd, 2023 from 1:00am-3:00am at Dyke Bar in Austin, Texas on two CDJs and two turntables. 

John Tejada - Echoes of Life
Sphere & Accorsi - Set The Mood
Stefano Curti - Sexy Basement
Crazy Penis - Do it good (Tom Middleston’s Cosmos Mix)
Octo Octa - Late Night Love
Alex Kassian - Voices (Materia Mix)
Deetron presents Soulmate - Path
Private Press - Slyly Troopers
Archivist - Stone Eater
Peder Mannerfelt Produktion - Town Crier
Answer Code Request - Haul
Da Sunlounge - Skin Tight (Kinky Movement Mix)
Ariel Zetina - Smoke Machine (with Bored Lord)
Unknown Mobile - Felled Birch
1morning - Love Point
Moebius Plank Neumeier - Speed Display (Richard Fearless, Metal Box Mix)
Lucía Beyond + Jeani Quimera - Lover
John Tejada - Eidolon
Janet Jackson - Any Time, Any Place
Ficilio - Fluid Form
XI - Dub Session
Ko Yang - Pony (Alex Kassian Remix)
Alex Dolby - Psiko Garden (RJ Project Remix)
Analog Tara - Strawberry Moon
Jay Denham - Train to Zanzabar
DJ Ali - Where the g at?
2-Utes - Bumpin the BQE (Miguel Migs 4-Barrel Mix)
Mutlu Karakose - Indestructible
Sugar - Try Me
Kim Ahn - Pleasure (Craig Williams Remix)
Underworld - Jumbo (Jedi’s Sugar Hit Mix)

Radio Buttons #128 - Lucía Beyond

Madalba -- Buttons resident and head of “Future Déjà Vu” record label -- delivers our inaugural podcast of Radio Buttons, in her very own, very straight old school techno vibe.

Radio Buttons #1 - MadAlba

Radio Buttons 3, an eclectic sound bath by Jacob Meehan, is a follow up to his ambient mix made in Sept 2016 for Honey Soundsystem http://tinyurl.com/rr00dd , which he played live for his parents at sunrise, with 300 feet of extension cord snaked down to the pond behind their house,  before his big move from Chicago to Berlin.  Catch Jacob every month at Buttons.

Tracklist
1) Gong Bath - Slow Riffs 2) Cilentane - Marcello Colasurdo 3) Stratus - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith 4) Talk From Home - Suzanne Kraft 5) Ventilator - Sound Effect Library 6) Hammer Hammering - Sound Effect Library 7) Love - Mica Levi 8) Melodi - Lukas Nystrand von Unge 9) Expressway - Simic 10) Impossible Again - Piero Piccioni 11) Day 1 - Roger 23 12) No One Left to Haunt - Kit n C.l.a.w.s. 13) Strangeworks - Eluvium 14) Love - Ron Trent 15) Sax Track - Earth Trax & Newborn Jr. 16) Seashell - Garrett David 17) Where Are We Going? Pt. 2 - Octo Octa 18) Divine Interference - Sophia Loizou 19) Witzelsucht - Not Waving 20) As Heard by Scuba Diver - BBC Sound Effects 21) Purple Sunrise (demo) - Jacob Meehan 22) Fairy Laughter - Iasos

Radio Buttons #3 - Jacob Meehan

Moscow born and NYC based, Mary Yuzovskaya holds residencies at both Aphotic & Unter, and recently started pressing records with her new "Monday Off" record label.

Mary Yuzovskaya - Live @ Buttons  - September 2017

Penetrating Gaze is a hybrid live project by Jesse Siminski aka @heartthrob. Combining drum machines & synths, with original material & edits, his high impact techno set promises to thrill and hypnotize.

Buttons is pleased to present this sleazy download and the debut of Penetrating Gaze at our next party, Buttons Bird Watching, January 19 - 20, 2018.

Penetrating Gaze - Xtrafantasy [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Pure Immanence ran with the theme of our March 2018 party, "Encounters with Genderless Aliens from Another Universe," as evidenced in this otherworldly live recording.  

The duo are residents at Brooklyn’s roving underground techno staple Unter, where they curate and perform ambient.  Their popular Wednesday-night residency at Bossa Nova Civic Club will celebrate its 2nd anniversary this July.  In August, Pure Immanence will be back in Berlin joining the Unter crew + Buttons & other queer Berlin party collectives at this year's Whole Festival (Aug 24-27  www.wholefestival.com ) 

@pureimmanence = Nick Bazzano @nmb2115 b2b Kiddo Sincere @kiddosincere

This recording was featured by RA as "Mix of the Day" on May 8, 2018.
https://www.residentadvisor.net/feed/105659

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Live at Buttons

Pure Immanence - Live at Buttons

Buttons resident Sunset Motherfucker - @anna-bolena - is known for her extensive collection and incredibly eclectic selections... her sets in the garden & wintergarden tent span from hip hop instrumentals & classical to post punk, salsa and rave.  Catch her in the kitchen of our Buttons Bake Off - November 16-17, 2018.
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More info:  https://goo.gl/mFF26i
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TRACK ID
VINYL ONLY
90`S ITALODANCE 135BPM MIX

R.A.F.
RAMIREZ/DJ RICCI
PETE BURNS/DJ RICCI
GALA
CORONA/LEE MARROW
HOLE IN ONE/GIORGIO PREZIOSO
OFF LIMITS/DOCTOR D
CAPPELLA
2 BROTHERS ON THE 4TH FLOOR feat. DES`RAY & D-ROCK
2 FABIOLAS
SILVIA COLEMAN/U.S.U.R.A.
DAYDREAM
NETZWERK
U.S.U.R.A.
C*Y*B
MR. SIGNO/MARIA CAPRI
VASCO ROSSI
MARVELLOUS MELODICUS
GIGI D`AGOSTINO
MEDITERRANEO feat. FRANCHINO
EINSTEIN DOCTOR DEE JAY 
DJ CERLA & MORATTO

Radio Buttons #44 - Sunset Motherfucker

Blue pill?  Red pill?  Why not both?  @michel-serafini joined us from Chicago, where he owns & runs the 50 year old record shop Gramaphone - an institution that has a distinct lineage within the city's history of dance music.  The Smart Bar / Queen resident brought a healthy dose of the Chi-Town house sound to Berlin for the closing set of our first party in 2019.

Recorded live @ Buttons Reloaded
Saturday, January 19, 2019
19:00 - 22:00 (closing set)
More info... 
goo.gl/N5UywA

RA Exchange 257 w/ Michael Serafini...
https://goo.gl/VMdnFx
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Radio Buttons #47 - Michael Serafini

@theladymachine
Recorded live at Buttons
10:00-14:00
March 16, 2019
Berlin
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More info...
bit.ly/2HItakV
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Radio Buttons #55 - The Lady Machine

Zonzo aka @raver-jewish carried multiple bags full of rare 45's all the way from Barcelona to our delightful fruit garden for this wonderful summery set.  May 19, 2019.

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Kevin Ramser

Radio Buttons #63 - Zonzo

To commemorate the Berlin debut of @laurenflax's live set, we're offering up one of her tracks as a free download, which originally appeared on Jubilee's Magic City compilation.  Fire up the grill, and work that motherfucker! 

Buttons All Up In My Grill
August 16 - 18, 2019
Berlin
http://bit.ly/2KKem69

Artwork by Naro Watanabe

Lauren Flax - Work Dat [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Our best judy @lsdxoxo gave us this track to feature in the promo video for our "All Up In My Grill" party, and we are passing it on as a free download to you.  

Buttons All Up In My Grill
August 16 - 18, 2019
Berlin
Watch the video:  https://youtu.be/w-1Osdujwuo
More details about the party:  http://bit.ly/2KKem69

Artwork by Naro Watanabe

LSDXOXO - Women Eat Their Men [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Vegan sausages were served, the rain fell, it was glorious.  
@lsdxoxo
Recorded live from the garden of Buttons Berlin
"All Up In My Grill"
Sunday, August 18, 2019
18:00 - 22:00

Artwork by Naro Watanabe

 Buttons Recording

Radio Buttons #71 - LSDXOXO

@ketiov
Recorded live
Buttons Berlin
Saturday, Feb 22, 2020

Artwork by 
Johanna Denke

Radio Buttons #85 - Ketiov

Kirill Shapovalov is an artist, creator and inspirer of the eclectic electronic project Haute Dance in St. Petersburg (Russia), young extravagant DJ known for artistic behaviour in his sets. Shapovalov is resident DJ of the main queer party in Russia, Popoff Kitchen (Moscow).

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In an effort to help out some of our most vulnerable family members, those who are freelancers in a gig economy, we’ve joined Berlin Collective Action: Nightlife Emergency Fund. We urgently call on those passionate about Berlin nightlife who have steady incomes or are financially secure to join us in supporting those in need during these precarious times.

bit.ly/2QyHnUU

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