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Here's my two hour mix from opening for Silent Servant at the iconic Smartbar in Chicago February 25th, 2022.

KonaFM Smartbar 02/25/22

Name: Taylor
Alias: frail808 (@frail808)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: chicago
 
Influences:
depth, expanse, moments of silence in nature, drift, bassweight, percussion, cold brew coffee, emotion!
 
Affiliations/Residencies/Projects:
none yet!
 
Favorite Quote:
"A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art." ~ Wendy Carlos
 
Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
listen! open ears, an open mind, and an open heart are key to creating a sustainable and personal practice, both as an artist and as a human being.

With this mix frail808 asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
Casa Al-Fatiha - "Casa Al-Fatiha is an autonomous, Chicago-based, sanctuary house for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, people released from detention, and peer supporters" - IG for this group is @casaalfatiha, and their linktree at linktr.ee/CasaAlFatiha has their cashapp and patreon, which are the ways people can contribute. They often also post direct calls for material supplies on their instagram!

Daisychain

Daisychain 245 - frail808

BEIGE closing the Grove on opening night of Sustain-Release Year 9, 2023

Closing the Grove Sustain-Release 2023

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

Tracklist and interview: https://bit.ly/themix003

Next up for The Mix is Miley Serious ☄️

"When I wake up, I'm very picky about the music I want to listen to. I wanted to record a mix that would sound great for a morning coffee, but also to help me to start the day. It’s new and old club music, soft melodies for your morning, motivational rhythms, and heavy frequencies to end the journey. It's a day in my life, with the moods I go through, condensed into one hour." - @mil3-3ri-vs

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The Mix is our new online mix and interview series, dedicated to the spectrum of electronic music from around the globe, exploring sounds and stories from the early days of rave to the future.

Mixmag has a long history of publishing mixes, from our legendary cover CDs accompanying the print magazine to our worldwide video streams in The Lab. Last year we celebrated 40 years in the game and The Mix now arrives as a fresh outlet to document DJs and the musical movements they represent, showcasing their sound alongside an in-depth interview. The design pays homage to a previous Mixmag logo from the ealy ’90s, nodding to our heritage while using the square and rectangular building blocks to construct an aesthetic that works cohesively with contemporary design elements and digital motion systems.

We’ll still be bringing you the Cover Mix, The Lab and occasional sets in other formats, with The Mix is taking the place of our In Session and Impact features, intending to bring an updated look and vision to our flagship weekly DJ profile and sequencing them into one place, without separation. We hope you enjoy.

Tracklist + Interview

The Mix 003: Miley Serious

frail808 guest mix + new music from THROWING SNOW, HITORI TORI, CIEL + CCL, THE BUG + more on this ABSTRACT SCIENCE podcast, hosted by CHRIS WIDMAN. Chicago DJ, sonic polymath + REV founder frail808 begins the program with a bass-weight + percussion-driven guest mix, which touches on techno, breakbeat + dubstep sounds. WIDMAN follows with an uptempo set of new music, traversing acid braindance, electro + industrial dub. [aired 19 September 2024 on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM]

>frail808
DJ Healer – Great Escape
Escape Artist – Supernature
Neinzer – Voyager
Joy O and Ben Vince – Transition 2
Pinch – Croydon House
Fortran 5 – Heart On The Line (Bassline mix)
Kornel Kovacs – Szikra (Abdulla Rashim Remix)
Al Wootton – Vitus
Verraco – Godspeed >
Anunaku – Atlas4088
Hypno – Over The Top
Lobby – Jet 2
COIDO – Deathbox
Compa – Commandment
Skee Mask & MJK – Patchwork pt. 1
Paradox – Proceed
Forest Drive West – Parallel Space (Conforce Remix)
frail808 – from there
Djrum – St. Martin
Skee Mask – Cylo
Perfume Genius – Eye In The Wall
Colin Stetson/Sarah Neufeld duo – The Sun Roars Into View

>CHRIS WIDMAN
Throwing Snow “Rasp” (Isthmus, Houndstooth, 2024)
Hitori Tori “Knots Will Fring” (Signals From The Uncharted Expanse EP, Satellite Era, 2024)
Black Cadmium “W Beukelzone” (Endless Reflections, Maximum Airtime, 2024)
Alejandro Marenco “Rana” (unreleased, 20240
RMM “Projections” (Grayland, 2024)
Zvrra “VHINE” (VHINE, 2024)
96 Back & Martyn Bootyspoon “Cobblezz” (Thicc! EP, AUS, 2024)
Introspekt “Come 2 Me (Dub 4×4 Mix)” (A Decade of Dekmantel Festival, 2024)
Martyn “Vancouver (Rhyw’s SKG Mix)” (3024 Music, 2024)
Ciel & CCL “Goblin Mode” (Tilda’s Goat Stare, Naf, 2024)
Pugilist “Wistful” (Vintage EP, Modern Hypnosis, 2024)
Carré “Air Sign” (SPE:C, 2024)
Ghost Dubs “Dub Battle” (Damaged, Pressure, 2024)
The Bug “Bodied (Send For the Hearse)” (Machine, Relapse, 2024)
K-rAd, Sean Jacobi & Kevin Jacobi “The Color of Slate” (K1211, 2024)

abstract science >> future music radio chicago

absci radio 1335 – frail808 + chris widman

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 101 - frail808

Research & Development Mix Series