Del Hale, better known as Miss Twink USA, is a high-energy DJ and producer from Chicago with an ear for alt-energy sonics with a larger-than-life club finish. Truly, a divine presence in and out of the booth. They are the co-runner of the Chicago-based platforms Legion of Doom and Rumors Chicago.

RND 046 - Miss Twink USA

https://soundcloud.com/lorelei_lorelei
Lorelei (Laura Vicinanza) is a Chicago-based DJ, Producer, and Record Store Employee. Originally from Metro Atlanta, Laura began DJing in 2014 when she joined Ann Arbor’s Michigan Electronic Music Collective. She quickly became a resident DJ around the student co-ops and at local venues in Ann Arbor and Detroit. She joined Ann Arbor's 88.3 FM WCBN as a freeform radio DJ and on the long-running Crush Collision program rotation. Laura moved to Chicago in 2019, where she has worked at Wild Prairie Records and currently works at Gramaphone Records. Laura has played events such as Kudzu in Atlanta, Research and Development in Chicago, Interdimensional Transmissions in Detroit, and many more.

Upcoming event: Chicago’s Mirage party on Sunday, July 24th at Nighthawk

RND 060 - Lorelei

Drexcyian-born, Chicago-based Electro DJ, @niiiiigggggaaaaaaaa is an uncontested mutant whose selections blend effortlessly between driving aquatic industrial, acidic breaks, funky sci-fi percussions, ghetto robotic slammers, fast tempo club anthems, and futuristic electro. A hellion capable of soundscaping Freaknik ’96 invaded by space aliens. Niiiiggggaaaaa, aka Shaun LaCosta-Sinclair, is also a co-Founder of the allegiance, Legion of Doom. An all-Black techno party in Chicago highlighting the true underground.

RND 064 - Niiiiigggggaaaaaaaa aka DJ Inward

soundcloud.com/marshall-applewhite
Detroit based producer, Marshall Applewhite is a fiend of many
hats. His aliases include OktoRed, Cocky Balboa, Star Machine
and Secret Shower, to name a few. His sound is what one may
call tangential, diverging from expected norms and keeping true
to the essence of the futurist movement from which techno
originates. With a slew of releases out on Detroit Underground,
How To Kill, Clan Destine, Scuffed, Island F, Colundi, Galaxy
Sound Co and his own labels YoSucka! and Junted, as well as
sample packs for both Sounds.com and Splice, Marshall is
showing no sign of slowing down. If edm is drug music,
Marshall Applewhite is the anti drug. Every 16 year old on molly
would run from this stuff. Every person who understands
underground dance music though, they will get it, they will love
it.

twitter.com/marshallawhite
https://instagram.com/marshall.applewhite/
Https://junted.bandcamp.com
https://www.beatport.com/artist/marshall-applewhite/371144
https://open.spotify.com/artist/16aytlSdI6FzvvzPQgmwBy
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/marshallapplewhite

RND 065 - Marshall Applewhite

https://soundcloud.com/monger-dc
https://soundcloud.com/dead-channel-records
Louisville based producer Monger, label boss at Dead Channel Records, lands on Research & Development with an hour full of mutant electronics. A staple of the Midwest scene for years, and co-founder of the cult wave night ‘Moderne’ in Cincinnati, along with Keith Frey and Kevin Frey, his varied selections fuse seamlessly between weirdo acid, scum electro scorchers, broken gutter techno, minimal synth and early EBM. The label hosts the acclaimed Decomposition mix series as well as a slew of cutting edge artists at the forefront of experimental dance music including Chris Mitchell, Acidic Male, Galactic Funk’s Bertram, L/F/D/M, Keith&Kevin, MANASYt, ccciclo, TANS, TLXCO, and many more.

RND 066 - Monger

https://soundcloud.com/dstrange-estmort
D. Strange is a techno archivist and textural obsessive based in Chicago, IL. With music released on Tram Planet, Tresor and his own imprint LO·TEK·NO COMM. he continues to explore the loose but ultimately magnetic thread between club music and left-field electronics.

RND 070 - D. Strange

https://soundcloud.com/ducktrash
Indianapolis-based musician Duck Trash is a techno & electro DJ and classically trained cellist. They are passionate about the queer roots of rave culture & strive to ensure that raves remain spaces of queer liberation. Dive into the midwestern rave continuum with this mix of acid, electro, and techno.....and don't be afraid to sob on the dancefloor

RND 071 - Duck Trash

https://soundcloud.com/centrific
Born in Suburban Chicagoland and raised in Northwest Wisconsin, Steve Seuling (a.k.a. Centrific) anchored himself in Minneapolis since 1993. In a mostly-hidden, yet vibrantly evolving underground scene, Seuling started attending, curating, and DJing events in the mid-1990s. Underscoring his commitment for the Twin Cities’ massive bass bins, Seuling then in March of 1998 founded “Intellephunk”, his brand of parties that began at the now-shuttered Rockler Fur Building, drawing inspiration from those of his contemporaries (Woody McBride’s “Electric Disko”, Drop Bass Network’s Even Furthur). Centrific throws a weekly summer party called “Communion”, founded in 2007 alongside fellow Midwest native Dustin Zahn. Communion is an inclusive open-air day party, focusing on the psychedelic side of house and techno. In 2020, Centrific created an online Twitch stream entitled “Distant Future”, a platform where he invites local and international DJs to showcase their music and chat about their ideas for the future of the rave scene, and most recently he is co-founder of midwest based techno campout “The Great Beyond” alongside partners Jasmine Seuling, and Dustin Zahn. His dedication to preserving and protecting the local roots of the dance music community shows that, in many ways, he’s the lifeblood of Midwest techno.

RND 072 - Centrific

https://soundcloud.com/kobedupree
Kobe Dupree is a producer, DJ, and live artist who is deeply embedded in Chicago's thriving techno community. With a focus on minimalism, spatial transformation and technique, he is pushing the envelope and always creating interesting waveforms along the way. You can find Kobe deep in the studio or throwing parties around the city with the Low Visibility Crew and working behind the counter at Gramaphone Records helping you find the records that you never knew you needed. Get ready for some stretchy sounds and have fun dancing in the groove.

RND 077 - Kobe Dupree

https://soundcloud.com/ericavanberger
Erica Van Berger, a Brazilian sound artist who steps outside of current trends in electronic-industrial music with compositions that focus on heavy, nocturnal atmospheres which are primarily driven by downtempo, sub-bass heavy tracks that are laden with a sinister and seductive ambience.
Her music is tastefully marred by martial industrial rhythms that juxtapose distorted synthesis which injects an acute urgency in her music while remaining beguilingly hypnotic. The electronic pulsation disembody Erica’s signature imperious and abrasive sound design which blurs the lines between electronic music genres and lend narrative ideas to the listener of conflict, turmoil, desire and control.

RND 80 - Erica Van Berger

Jason Patrick’s lineage connects two of the most influential cities in electronic music: Chicago and Detroit. His unique sonic fingerprint combines influences from both cities, honing in on that unmistakable Detroit spirit, while harmoniously incorporating a subtle influence from the Windy City. As a highly-skilled, dynamic selector, he’s been a resident at Chicago’s infamous Spybar with regular travels across the USA, hitting cities like Los Angeles,New York, Miami and Detroit respectively. He’s also been booked to play in Europe, appearing at Tresor in Berlin and Plastic in Milan.

Equally adept in the studio, he channels years spent refining his technical skills into tracks that have landed on labels such as KMS, Gynoid Audio, Dumb-Unit, Northern Parallels, Future Arkive, DJ Hyperactive’s 4 Track and his own Klectik label. Focused on the same nuanced, hypnotic sound Jason is known for, Klectik launched in 2007 and is now 33 releases deep. Equipped with deep knowledge, superlative skills, and a progressive, driven attitude towards his
work, Jason Patrick is one of the lynchpins of Chicago techno.

Today, he is an intrinsic part of Chicago’s Astral Undertones collective, performing as their resident DJ, while also passing on his extensive knowledge to the team. Meanwhile, in the studio, he works with up and coming producers to impart his studio know-how, gained through two decades of dedication to exploring sound and frequency in great detail. In doing so, he is ensuring the next generation of Chicago’s electronic music community are equipped with the
knowledge they need to take the scene forward and continue the legacy laid down by the pioneers from both Detroit and Chicago.

1. Divide - Temple - Faut Section
2. Dario Duegra - Layers Of Tension (DC 11 Remix) - Post Dynamic
3. Lakej - Blind Faith (Andre Miranda Remix) - Collective Details
4. C SCH - Impulsive Counterattack - Post Dynamic
5. Notzing - Downhells - Knotzept
6. Dave Wincent - UFO - Soma
7. S.E.R.E.S. - Ejecta - Warm Up Recordings
8. Crown - Fictional Harmony - B55 Records
9. Viels - Pursuit of Perversion - Edit Select
10. Pyramidal Decode - Volture - Post Dynamic
11. Michael Ferrell - L. Gaunt - Illegal Alien Records
12. Lakej - Coulomb Force - Nachtstrom Schallplatten
13. Juan Trujillo - Indifference - CMND CTRL
14. Kike Pravda - Rotational - Mord
15. Kike Pravda - Ground - Senoid
16. Jason Patrick - Calculated - Future Arkive
17. JOHRN - Ciclo Y Epiciclo - Archived Dialogs
18. Mist Gasp - I Do Not - Mord
19. Lidvall - Hunger - Faut Section
20. Michel Lauriola - Persevere - Post Dynamic
21. A Thousand Details - Stokendack - Selected Recordings
22. Arjun Vagale & Robert Hoff - Polymerization - Robert Limited
23. BOHM - Absolute Zero - Animal Farm Records
24. BRÄLLE - Reap What You Sow - INNSIGNN
25. Oxygeno - Deception - Asymetrik
26. Nørbak - Hats Going Nuts - Kias
27. Divide - Temple - Faut Section

RND 083 - Jason Patrick

https://soundcloud.com/josh-tong-853965980
Although he is relatively new to the scene, Josh Tong has established himself as a mainstay in Chicago's local techno scene. Josh was born and raised outside of Chicago, and only attended his first techno show in 2019 that was hosted by Format and Obscure. 

He was quickly entranced by the music and its community, proceeding full throttle into the scene since then. Most people probably know him from his relentless delivery of energy on the dance floor but he has also been fiercely honing his craft in mixing starting in 2021. 

Josh is drawn to the deep subs and heavy kicks, as well as the hypnotic rings and textures that lifts and carries the deeps through. As an obsessive gemini, he spends most of his free time combing through new techno track releases and developing hyper-specific organization systems that help him understand better the auditory vocabulary of techno. He approaches tracks as sonic elements that should be layered and built into something that is alive, rather than just selecting tracks. Josh made his club debut for R&D at Podlasie in April, and ever since then has played for other local fixtures like Yard Jamz, Ego Death, and Astral Undertones. He is currently a resident DJ with Format Recordings and newly formed "Entropic".

RND 084 - Josh Tong

https://soundcloud.com/c-m-d
CMD is Corina MacDonald, a Montreal music producer, DJ, and radio programmer whose DJ sets and live performances fuse synth-laden aesthetics of techno, electro and house music. CMD has released a series of EPs to date that reflect a range of musical influences and preoccupations. Her most recent endeavors include Social Factory Reset (Fixed Rhythms 2021) and Precarious Pursuit (2021), as well as contributions to the Montreal-based fundraising compilations Re:Conceive (2023) and Dances Across Borders (2020, 2022). She has performed at many of Montreal’s iconic electronic music events, such as MUTEK and Piknic Electronik, as well as in underground clubs and parties, and has been billed alongside a variety of international acts including Ben Klock, Plaid, Lauren Flax and Robert Hood. As the host of Modular Systems on CKUT 90.3 FM she presents new music, guest mixes and live performances every other Sunday afternoon.

Tracklist: 
Lonefront - South of Forever (Kajunga Records)
Diffused Signal - Faro (Diffuse Reality)
Blacklauren - Sigi Tolo (Bandcamp)
Autokinetic - Apparition (Bandcamp)
Drolan - Empty (Analog Records)
Decoder - Aboard Century (Science Cult)
Lisa Oakes - Warrior (Symbolism)
Allan Gallego - XX5 [Tomas Kunkel Remix] (Future_Arkive)
Risa Taniguchi - Illusion (kneadedpains)
Muzmin - Yard (Autonome Records)
Lenacid - Melting (Schmer)
Centrific - Meta Ta Physika (Kajunga Records)
Cynthia Spiering - Acid Log (Everyone on Acid)
Jamaica Suk - Escape (Gradient)
Yan Cook - S4 (Artscore)
Denise Rabe - Blame Me (Arkham Audio)
Oliver Dodd - Narvi (Nashville Resistance)
Paula Cazenave - Datura (Symbolism)
Inland vs. Arbitrage - NK 2 Pankow (BCCO)
Ben Ritz - Uncomfortable (Nashville Resistance)
Buzzi - Pan de trigo [DJ ANGELDU$T Remix] (Bandcamp)
Isabel Soto - Elle Rêve (Diffuse Reality)
Pete Namlook and Bill Laswell - Telepathy II (Fax +49-69/450464)
Erika - Wandering Mountain (Interdimensional Transmissions)
Scott Franka & Kaap - Choke (Working Titles)

RND 085 - CMD

Photo by Justin Aulis Long
https://soundcloud.com/justin-aulis-long
Justin Aulis Long is a sonic sorcerer, urban Homeric poet, and cosmic wanderer that exists within the liminal spaces where light meets dark. Long is the offspring of a gorgon, conceived within a brick and mortar labyrinth while surrounded by the supernatural electronic voices of angelic forces.

While engaging in themes of the uncanny and erotic, Long opens thresholds which lead to psychedelic realms during communal dance gatherings. Applications of sonic alchemy during ritual action generate vibrant forces created through collective effervescence, causing a bubbling over of ecstatic energy leading to rapture. During the rite, incantations are expressed through fusing a swarm of aural fragments composed from diverse temperaments by way of a personal and singular technique.Sacred objects (records), selector’s tools (turntables and mixer), body, spirit, harmonic and discordant voices unify and become one - The Soft Machine.

During a ritual performance, phonic collages are created intuitively on sight, sigils are aurally direct with specific intent, and offerings are bestowed before an alter, all charged by an engine of chaos. Time and space unravels while normality ruptures and disintegrates as foundational structures of the status quo are dismantled through intensive executions, founded in the practices surrounding musical selection.

RND 088 - Justin Aulis Long

https://soundcloud.com/eecee
Sometime in 1994 Ian Lehman began producing electronic music. It wasn't long after that he started djing as well. The years since then have been filled with dozens of releases on multitudinous labels as well as a myriad of performances in every kind of place from festivals in Europe to weddings in Wisconsin.

RND 090 - Ian Lehman

https://soundcloud.com/djlilovmg
Coming in at just under an hour, is Indianapolis based, DJ Lilo's deep and heavy techno contribution to Research & Development. DJing for almost 4 years now, Lilo has always had a hand in music. Their focus is to create strong imagery through music and let the listener's imagination run away with them.

RND 091 - DJ Lilo

https://soundcloud.com/djcorysimpson
Cory Simpson is the co founder of Depth Seattle, a collective of Techno artists and DJs from the Pacific Northwest coming together to bring some of the best and most forward thinking Techno to Seattle. 

With a Midwest mindset, and holding true to the underground ethos from which he came, Cory Simpson is an artist focused on the raw and darker territories of electronic music. This mix was recorded live, 1 take, 3 CDJs & 1 1200  & Xone 92.

RND 092 - Cory Simpson

https://soundcloud.com/angeliaword
https://soundcloud.com/bananapuddingrecords
Angelia Word is a Chicago-based DJ and curator known for the Femme Decks series and events. Her sound is influenced by the rawness of classic acid house, and minimal techno. She has a weakness for speed: bouncing from lush and uncanny melodies to punchy percussion and energetic vocals.

1.  Lamella - Zoë Mc Pherson
2.  KiNK - Vacation (Bailey Ibbs Remix)
3.  UFO95 - Should I Go
4.  KVLR - 6am
5.  Regal86 - The Joker (Assassin Mix)
6.  DJ BLUSH - I WANT YOU
7.  Rodent - Capibara
8.  Palma - Snake
9.  Klint - Empire
10.  Ikari - Nowadays
11.  Ikari - Bystanders Street Dispute (Bailey Ibbs Remix)
12.  billy2chips - boy don't waste my name
13.  Mac Declos - Glitching & Bubbling
14.  Slikback - Density
15.  Pakard - De Que Estan Echos Los Sueños
16.  ?? - Mexicanas
17.  MCR-T & Miss Basful - DJ On Your Face (ft. DBBD)
18.  Lacchesi - Jeopardizer
19.  Rodent - Chaco 
20.  Ayesha - Tunnel Visions
21.  Ketch - Tomahawk
22.  Thomas P. Heckmann - In the Woods
23.  Mutable Mercury - Lost in Chaos 
24.  Robert Hood - Spirit Levels 
25.  DJ Fuckoff - FUCKOFF GALACTICA / welcome aboard x

RND 093 - Angelia Word

https://soundcloud.com/mikederer
https://soundcloud.com/northernparallelsrec
Mike Derer is known for his deeper, rhythmic, hypnotic, psychedelic and spaced out grooves when it comes his DJ sets and producing. In 2016 he started his monthly Northern Parallels club nights that hosted over 60 events in the span of 6 years at Rozz-Tox.  In 2018 he started his label, Northern Parallels focusing on forward thinking techno.

Northern Parallels has played a vital role in the curation and sustainment of the Midwest Techno movement over the last several years. From its influence across dance floors and party promotions dotting the Midwest and beyond, all the way to the esteemed releases and producers that have found their way into the labels roster, Mike has lead the charge in creating a household name in Techno that stands apart from the rest in it’s own unique way. This has led to an illustrious back catalog of some of the best to create Techno in both the modern and early age of the genre putting their works into remix and original content over the past 25 releases to date.

RND 094 - Mike Derer

https://soundcloud.com/jem4u
JEM, a raver first, DJ second. Mixing a freaky fusion of leftfield electro, uk bass, wave, idm, acid, and more.
With a musical background stemming from everything but electronic music, expect the unexpected when it comes to her sets. You’ll hear influences from punk, Motown, jazz, hip hop, shoegaze, rock.Her inspiration knows no bounds.

Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit and now a proper city resident of ten years. Detroit is ingrained in her and she is representing the birthplace of techno from a point of view focused on recognizing and sharing the rich musical and cultural history of the city, while simultaneously pushing the status quo and breaking boundaries of what electronic music is "supposed" to be.

About the mix:
This is a one-take, all-vinyl mix focusing on my collection of '90s/'00s hardgroove and rave records, with a few modern records included. I wanted to keep things simple with just two turntables and a basic mixer. Real old school shit. I feel like it transports you back in time to a warehouse or basement rave where there weren't any bells or whistles, trendy tricks or social media. But it's cool because, despite many of these tracks being 20, even 30 years old, the sounds still feel relevant and bangin' for today.

RND 095 - Jem

https://soundcloud.com/dataassault
The nickname may suggest something aggressive, but it only points to the violence that is an inherent part of the creative act, while also referencing the most elemental and omnipresent component of our lives today. Here a data attack is nothing more than the relationship between art and our senses in its purest state, regardless of the form it takes. And whether in his poignant visual work or in his powerful musical work, it is this primal impulse that fuels the imagination of Brasilia native Stenio Freitas.

After all, he expresses himself in an already long-lasting career as an audiovisual chronicler of the human and inhuman aspects of their hometown, as an architect of the recovery of public spaces through mural interventions and as a director of events that were part of a movement that injected energy into nightlife of the capital during the last decade. It was within the IMÃ collective and its Grau parties that he materialized his initial impetus in this field, in an impulse that was followed by many other initiatives and extended to the present day, including transformative projects such as SUB IN MUNDO as part of the collective SUJO or the SNM Sessions and Electro Resistência with the SNM core to its own legendary Crying Club parties.

Thus, the rediscovery of urban, dreamlike, aesthetic and community dimensions relegated to abandonment or oblivion is the main theme of his work as a music selector and cultural producer. Something that manifests itself even more clearly in its presence on the Nice & Deadly label, an endeavor in which it not only plays a curatorial role, but mainly transposes the ethics and aesthetics it applies to its other activities in putting together an impeccable catalogue. One that is based not only on revisiting genres and reevaluating styles in an uncritical or anachronistic way, but reinventing them for our times.

Tracklist
Wasteland - Scan X	
The Storytellers - Dying & Barakat	
System Is Watching You - Data Assault	
Code - Domenico Crisci	
Granada	Stojche - Granada 
Next Try B1 - Chris Liebing	
303 202 A2 - Falling Apart	
Dumb - Abe Duque
Resonate - Answer Code Request	
Kinetekk - Cyan85	
Let Me See You - Manao	
Nomadic	- Pech+Schwefel	
Sodding Gaja - Bracny Chelloveck
Black Sea (Aqualung Version)- Drexciya
SBWYS - Walton
Fúria Funk - DATA ASSAULT
Sweat (Electro Mix) - Lauren Flax	
Strict Saws (Ctrls Remix) - Ben Pest

RND 096 - Data Assault

https://soundcloud.com/ole-mic-odd
Not only is this the first post for Research & Development of 2024, it is our very first live set to be published as part of the mix series!  

Los Angeles-born Ole Mic Odd (aka Michael Padgett) grew up surrounded by jazz and rap music before moving to the east coast and becoming obsessed with vinyl. After DJing at parties and bars for years – spinning everything from dub/reggae and funk to krautrock and minimal wave – he finally discovered techno and picked up a few drum machines. 

Influenced by cult Dutch electronic labels, Detroit electro, Miami bass, early Chicago and P-Funk/G-Funk, Michael's music and performances are driven by hardware electronics, live recordings and improvisation. His high-energy live sets weave together techno, acid, electro, house, synth-wave and jakbeat styles, while his recordings range from acid electro and jackin techno to stomping house and ambient synth improvisations.

Michael has released on Kraftjerkz, Source Material, Zement, Dead Channel, Natural Sciences, New York Haunted, Another Perspective, Hilltown Disco, Clan Destine and Up North Records, among others. He has releases forthcoming on KRI Records, Zonate and Jungle Gym Records.

RND 097 - Ole Mic Odd

https://soundcloud.com/sneakerdj
Sneaker has been on a mission to reveal the origins of electronic music for more than twenty years now. Whether as a producer or DJ – Sneaker is doing it properly but always after careful consideration. He loves music which imparts atmosphere and attitude towards life, even in a parodying way that doesn’t take itself too serious. Early on, he fell in love with Detroit and Chicago but furthermore there are the obscure Italo, new wave and minimal synth gems that make his sets and Dunkeltier edits special and provide his productions with that edgy Sneaker flavor.

If he doesn’t ponder on the history of dance music, the graduate of Fine Arts shuttles extensively between his part-time-hometowns Berlin and Dresden, where he operates the TailOut mastering studios with long-time collaborator Jacob Korn. He remixed classic EBM and minimal synth bands such as Twilight Ritual, Esplendor Geométrico, Absolute Body Control, S.M. Nurse, De Fabriek and Click Click on his contributions on Frigio, based in Madrid, Bahnsteig 23 and the Macadam Mambo Edits label from Lyon.

In regards to this particular mix: 
This is the other view, the cold hand of ragged whities, this is the answer to a question not asked, these dots were never connected in 33 years (the earliest pick dating back to the UK in 1990).
Records from Germany, Italy, Finland, Holland, Switzerland, Austria - they all contribute to this woven fabric.
A bunch of my own joints sneaked in, plus a track (indeed done in a tracker in the early 2000s) by my best buddy Jacob Korn (we run tailout.de).

Be sure to catch Sneaker while he's on his current US tour including an appearance at Podlassie Club on January 26th 2024 alongside Beau Wanzer and Jonathan Valdez!

RND 098 - Sneaker

https://soundcloud.com/sardashhh
A self-described "rave-generalist", Sard is a DJ, producer, and Live PA artist living in Detroit. Combining his passion for perfect dancefloors and the deeper technical aspects of dance music, his performances and productions have maintained a steady placement in the Midwest and beyond. Sard channels a life dedicated to music study into his sound, blending influences of North American techno and rhythms from abroad. His releases on Fixed Rhythms, PPRZ, Amphiboly, and Codec Recordings have been played globally by friends and heroes alike.

RND 099 - Sard

https://soundcloud.com/jodieoverland
Overland is a rave inciter and beat architect shaped by her upbringing in small town Alberta, Canada, and an itinerant way of life guided by the magnetism of disparate musical influences. 

With notable sojourns in London, UK and Vancouver, British Columbia, Overland’s journey has taken her from organizing hometown warehouse raves and beachside renegades to high profile bookings at Berlin’s Tresor and Boiler Room x Igloofest Montreal. 

Echoes of the myriad of people and places that have helped her flourish can be heard in her playful, high-energy mixes 
and simmering sets that weave morphing basslines with propulsive beats. Her driving, dynamic and acid-laced productions have been released on Lisbon’s Naive and New York’s Sweat Equity. Berlin-based label Paryía run by Marie Montexier hosted her record last year with a remix by high profile ambient trio Purelink, and Priori’s Canadian imprint, GARMO released her most 
recent record with praise from Hardwax. 

Fresh off the back of a newly minted residency for 
Rinse France, Overland’s mark on Canadian dance music continues to thrive and shows no sign 
of slowing down.

RND 100 - Overland

frail808 is a Chicago-based dj, hardware act, producer, instrumentalist, and audio engineer. A classically trained percussionist, she has been producing and performing electronic music since her mid teens, inspired by first-wave dubstep, drone music and releases from Hyperdub and Warp records. Her roots as an experimental musician and performer have driven her to tirelessly experiment with new sounds and textures. 

frail808’s selections are wide and genre agnostic,
with a unifying penchant for driving syncopated percussion, heavy sub bass and yearning ambience. she brings an ecstatic energy to the decks, and thrives on the energy of a sweaty,
uninhibited dancefloor. Her sets are often broad in scope, traveling through searing bass bangers, ethereal breakbeat, introspective deep dub, and pulsing ambient tracks. She runs
<<rev, a party focused on the UK bass sound, named as an homage to London’s legendary fwd>> dubstep party.

1. Oneohtrix Point Never - Ezra
2. Bone Head - Soft Power
3. Atrice - Nulspace
4. Temudo - Group Dynamics
5. No Moon - Sirens
6. Serge Geyzel - It's Going To Get Stuck In Your Head (So Sing It)
7. C Powers "Ms Mix" - Sky Hammer
8. Aloka - View Source
9. Client_03 - Interest Reset
10. Mia Koden - Racket
11. Ryvahl - Protopattern
12. E-Talking - Laisse (Hard Mix)
13. Fels - Morphed Soil
14. Norwell - Celestial Bodies (Imre Kiss Crisis 91' Mix)
15. Pugilist - Circuit Breaker
16. Pseudopolis - Dirty Pallette Cleanser
17. Tom Place - Archelon
18. LMAJOR - The Power (Boxwork Remix)
19. Elmono - Fields of Shells
20. Peder Mannerfelt - Big Ball
21. Social Rhythm - Loving Sum
22. Skee Mask - Kappleberg Chant
22. Planetary Assault Systems - Eden Tide (Barker Remix)
23. Es.tereo - Perception
24. Simstah - Oblivious
25. INVT - APOGEE
26. Johnny Jungle - Johnny '94 (Origin Unknown Remix)
27. TMSV - Abyss Watcher
28. Fracture & Sam Binga - On Right Now
29. Flore - Disruption
30. Machinedrum - Fantastix
31. Forest Management - The Elevated Quiet
32. Terrence Malick - Song to Song (Dialogue)

RND 101 - frail808

https://soundcloud.com/barbuhh
barbuhh is a DJ, producer, and resident techno dancer hailing from the southeast side of Chicago. He has immersed himself in the local underground scene, learning and developing his skills firsthand. barbuhh’s dedication shines through in his consistent attendance at every key techno event, where he has developed a sharp awareness of emerging artists and tracks.
barbuhh is known for his exceptional ability to energize the dance floor. His sets are characterized by meticulously curated track selections and a dynamic mixing style playing tracks ranging from hypnotic/groovy atmospheres to more heavy/driving tunes. With a deep understanding of the genre and an innate talent for creating immersive sonic experiences, barbuhh is a figure seeking to create dance experiences in the techno landscape of Chicago.

RND 102 - barbuhh

https://soundcloud.com/sissiesofmercy
Fruitbat is a Brooklyn based dj best known for founding and serving as co-curator for the notorious NYC party Sissies of Mercy, where he creates space for trans people in   the darker side of electronic music. 
With his set he shares sounds that highlight his roots in dark dance. By pairing pops of flamboyant synth driven tracks up against a consistent and sweaty onslaught of EBM and industrial, Fruitbat conjures space for catharsis in the shadows.

RND 103 - Fruitbat

Chicago's Hardcore playing Kandi Raver DJ! uRaNg3L☆ is a black hardcore/gabber DJ who also throws events under the name Bitt3n based in Chicago. You can check it out on instagram @bitt3n_ . Angel moved from North Carolina to Chicago, IL to pursue music and art as well as making a mark in the underground rave scene. Feel free to check out more of what Angel is up to on their personal instagram @whippit0000!

RND 104 - uRaNg3L

https://soundcloud.com/jaru-1
Jana Rush has been DJing since she was only 10 years old. Her experience at Kennedy-King College's WKKC Radio alongside Chicago legends like Gant-Man and DJ Rashad helped shape her sound. After a long hiatus, Rush has returned with strength! She has releases on the seminal Dance Mania record label as well as Planet Mu. Her unique sound can be found on a new forthcoming album.

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Based in Chicago, R&D is a music event/mix series focused on nurturing new sounds, experiences and atmospheres while exploring the music and culture it was born or mutated from. Techno, electro, EBM, bass, breaks, club and beyond.
Current personnel
Jeremy Alvarez - JS Alvarez
Eric Fernandez - Makeen

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