Vancouver's @djhockey brings a sense of playfulness, groove, and emotion to a realm of psychedelic, twisted techno that can often take itself too seriously. He regularly appears at Vancouver venues like Dolly and recently played at the inaugural Osmosis in the Trees festival in Oregon. In addition to DJing, he co-runs record label and mix series @pprzrecords alongside Adam 2, uplifting emerging artists from across the underground and most recently releasing his own latest EP, Celestial Pursuit.

Read the interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/053-dj-hockey

"This mix combined parts of various gigs I was working on that fell through. The gigs had quite differing musical lineups and set times, which I combined with some tracks that had been sitting in my wishlist on Bandcamp but never seen a fit for a particular project as of yet. It quickly turned into my favourite mix I’ve created thus far, as I feel it closely represents my favourite aspects of dance music all in one.

I have been working on trying to incorporate a wider range of my style into my podcasts so that each one doesn’t get tunnel vision, while still telling a slow burning story. I’ve also been pushing myself to make each individual blend something unique. Lots of tracks work well together, but is it something special and new? These are questions I have been asking myself more lately. I like the playfulness of this mix, but it also has moments where you may question what emotion you’re feeling."

@djhockey @pprzrecords

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #053: DJ Hockey

𝔼𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕖 𝟙𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕄𝕚𝕩 𝕓𝕪 ℙ𝕣𝕠̄𝕥𝕠𝕜𝕠𝕝 ! (soundcloud.com/protokolofficiel ) 

Luc Bydon aka. Prōtokol is a French musician, composer, performer, dj and one of Échosystème’s co-founder. In 2017, back in Paris, he launched the Planisphère, an experimental music label and radio show. Today, his music falls somewhere between ambient, electronica and techno. In 2020, he released his first EP of electronic music "Lueur crépusculaire", on his  label. He followed it up with a ambient EP this time " Kowuq: Prolegomena" where his work focuses on the elasticity of time.

𝕋ℝ𝔸ℂ𝕂𝕃𝕀𝕊𝕋 
Aja - Harmonoiseau
Apollo Noir et Adrien Pallot - trente-sept 
Richard Francés - 18823
Variéras - Bakélite (Apollo Noir - Chute Infinie Rework)
Aelred Nils - Sun Dancers
Odalie - Les Hybres
Tryphème - walking through the choir
Prōtokol - Unreleased
Ligovskoï - Mana
Thea Soti - hesitate to enjoy
Kassel Jaeger - Shifted in Dreams
Frédéric D. Oberland - Panspermia / Pneuma

𝔸 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕩 
A sneak preview of a particularly vibrant French ambient scene. Here we discover both renowned and emerging artists. This hour-long mix reflects the spirit of the French scene, as well as the aesthetic diversity of the genre itself: field recording, noise, spoken word and long atmospheric sonic layers.


ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕞𝕓𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔 ?
Ambient is a genre that anyone can tame, interpret, reshape and enrich. Ambient is not easily defined, because everyone has their own approach to the subject. Almost half a century after Brian Eno's Discreet Music, ambient music is no longer truly discreet - it's omnipresent in our lives. Ambient music gently lulls us and invites us to take an inner journey. It encourages concentration and even has therapeutic virtues. It can be as gentle as it is violent, as naive as it is complex, as meditative as it is political.


𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 & 𝔽𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕥 #𝕀ℝ𝔼ℤ𝕌𝕄𝕀 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 :
https://www.instagram.com/lucbydon.protokol 
https://www.facebook.com/protokolofficiel 
https://planispheresound.bandcamp.com/album/kowuq-prolegomena 

𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 & 𝔽𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 #𝔼𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖̀𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 :  
@echo.systeme
 www.instagram.com/echo.systeme
  www.facebook.com/echosystemelive

[𝔼́ℂℍ𝕆𝕊𝕐𝕊𝕋𝔼̀𝕄𝔼 𝕄𝕀𝕏𝟘𝟘𝟙] Prōtokol

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

This is a mix I've sat on for a long time - nearly an entire year! On a hot August day of biking many, many miles, some incidental sweaty hijinks, and after completing work on Sympathies VII earlier in the day, this was recorded during a rampaging late-night mix session at the then still-fledgling Bounce House, Philadelphia. All alone in the sweltering warehouse space, I used the usual dancefloor speakers as overkill booth monitors and romped, recording three mixes in one night, ending with this one. 

This is, in some ways, me operating at my finest, or at least showcasing my best tendencies as a DJ: a wide range of genres, intentional progression in energy and between genres, deliberate selection, seamlessly executed eclectic stunts, a flow-state of three of four decks. It's also special to me because I happened to recreate one such dramatic stunt that I improvised when I had played in NYC earlier in the year for my Mild Fantasy record release party during a particularly emotionally turbulent period of life. The gaping dramatic, emotional moment on the dancefloor shockingly didn't clear the crowd - something that has been instructive for my growth as a DJ. 

This mix is deliberate and methodical in progressing through vibes and genres, beginning with a gentle atmospheric bath and moving into bass and wiggly  material and sunshine-y rollers before settling into a full-tilt 3+ deck techno firestorm and easing back out into some surprises and delights. expect (or don't!) wormhole techno, drum & bass, dubstep, a handful of originals, and even a glint of hyperpop. 

TRACKLIST:
(artist - track title)* 
Kali Malone - Fast Goodbye
Supreems - Soft Spring
Stones Taro - Tiger
side II side - Stranded
Dubtek & Mouhc - Visionary
Dukwa - Jingle
Sweater & DJ Dre - Gang Gang
Kush Jones - Worldly Rhythm
Dustmite - Hiding
Albert Zhirnov - Old Malt
Guilt Attendant - The Icon is God
Furtive - Convoke
Blacklauren - Teocalli
Anthony Linnell - Falling into Form
Furtive - Voltaic Kisses
Flashe - Protocol
Giordano - Direction of Rotation
Marcal - Manta Ray
P. Lopez & Octavio - ONTO70
DJ Hockey - Take a Tumble
Cosmic Xplorer - Space Run
William Arist - Like Everybody Wants Now
Bop ft. Anastasia Basenko - Glancing Stream (instrumental version)
LUAP ft. Marsch - Unspoken Words
Modus - Plot Rider
Dold - Version (Newa Remix)
Yawning Portal - Minute Sun
otodojo - Tetsuo's Arm
Furtive - Question Accelerator (No Answers)
Presha - RATS (The Untouchables Remix)
Forest Drive West - Persistence of Memory #3
Furtive - I Always Try to Be This Gentle
Happa - Fever
Petal Supply & Himera - It's U (Diamond Version)

*the way it's supposed to be, you deranged freaks

Unvanquishable Summer (Furtive // Bounce House, August 2022)

Regular transmissions from two of Glasgow's most idiosyncratic & knowledgable DJs. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/sofay-ribeka/episodes/sofay-ribeka-15th-august-2023

Sofay & Ribeka 150823

Dark Entries present a 2 hour special on Patrick Cowley.

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/dark-enteries-patrick-cowley-special-6th-october-2017

Dark Entries: Patrick Cowley Special 061017

NO DAWN returns with another edition, tonight opened up by resident threehz, followed by a live modular set from special guest Janus Rose and closed out by AJ_XO.

About our guest:

Janus Rose is a NYC-based producer, DJ and synthesist. Utilizing a broad toolset of live hardware, her practice draws heavily from the languages of cyberfeminism and queer rave culture.

Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, she has performed both live hardware and DJ sets at clubs across the U.S., as well as in Europe, Australia, and Japan. In 2023, she began releasing music on the LA-based queer imprint Delusional Records, as well as hosting Soft_Reset, a local party for experimental club and bass music.

NO DAWN with AJ XO, threehz and Janus Rose @ The Lot Radio 09-21-2023

While her roots are in Poland, Ola is now based in Brisbane, Australia. Her musical style is an exploration of experimental ambi-step, bassline, and half-time dub. DJ and curator of Eterna, @olajar appears to have a distinct approach: from complex percussion patterns, atmospheric textures, and tempo changes to craft a musical experience that is both intriguing and unsettling. Her ability to seamlessly transition between ethereal ambient tones and intricate textures to dubbed-out psy-tech suggests a diverse and dynamic range within her music, engaging the audience with a constant sense of evolution and innovation.

Decadance #040 | ola

Live recording at Radio Tempo Não Pára (30.09.2023)

Artist: @roelien

roelien @ Radio TNP 30.09.2023

Abstract left-field beats from recent digs

http://www.instagram.com/piezopz

Piezo @ The Lot Radio 10-05-2023

25_10_11c Jam

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
Shanti Chu - Shanti
Dan Hood - Dan B Hood
Kona Mazariegos - Zona Cinco

RND 085 - CMD

Research & Development Mix Series