These are mixes made by the current members of Research & Development, Makeen and JS Alvarez

Mixes by R&D members

@jsalvarez

Chicago’s own JS Alvarez

Founder and curator of Chicago's Research & Development mix/event series

@researchndevelopment
https://www.instagram.com/jsalvarez.000/

https://www.instagram.com/research.n.development/

Monthly live streams @ 

https://www.twitch.tv/researchndevelopment312

 @jsalvarez

loch 014  ||  JS Alvarez

BL Radio EP67: JS ALVAREZ [Research & Development]
R&D Chicago head and Smartbar Resident JS ALVAREZ for the first hour and 13 mins, followed by Rezident Kosmik primarily rockin some newly acquired vinyls. This show also marks the start of our relationship with Mutant Radio, which will also now be broadcasting our bi-monthly shows in Tbilisi, Georgia alongside sutrofm.net to promote international cultural exchange 🙏🏾
https://soundcloud.com/jsalvarez
https://soundcloud.com/researchndevelopment
https://soundcloud.com/mutantradio
https://soundcloud.com/sutrofm

BL Radio EP67: JS ALVAREZ

JS Alvarez, is a dedicated and adventurous connoisseur of music but is loyal to no one genre. At an early age, Alvarez engulfed himself in punk, hardcore and metal while growing up in Miami. While performing with a handful of hardcore punk and post punk bands, his musical taste expanded widely. So he decided to give DJing a chance. After celebrating 2 years of running a successful dance party in Miami, he moved on to Chicago, cutting his teeth on more disco and soul. Now he finds himself as a resident at Chicago's Smartbar with a monthly series called Research & Development. Although Research & Development focuses on techno, it consistently seeks to highlight artists who blur the lines of genre and experiment within and outside dance music.

JS ALVAREZ [SONS OF TRADERS INVITE]

from miami to chicago the engineer and steward of @smartbarchicago’s @researchndevelopment @jsalvarez takes us on a genre contorting escapade on today's dont trip and @follidh. the RND collective focuses on nurturing new sounds, experiences, and atmospheres while exploring the music and culture it was born and mutated from

this episode’s raffle is a VG+ condition @docile-cryovac-recordings CRYO 15 by various artists AND a mint condition @aathee records RTR002 sampler EP by label heads @recessallday, @djhappyghost, and @dreamworldproject. 100% of the funds raised will go to Organized Communities Against Deportations. OCAD is a group of undocumented, unapologetic, and unafraid organizers building a resistance movement against deportations and the criminalization of immigrants and people of color in Chicago and he surrounding areas. OCAD defends our communities, challenges the institutions that target and dehumanize us, and build collective power through grassroots organizing and cross-movement building 

each raffle entry is $10 and can be sent to PayPal (follidh@icloud.com) or OCAD’s donate page below (just make sure to dm or email a screenshot of your donation if you use the link! more information 👉 facebook.com/follidh)

https://www.organizedcommunities.org/donate

artwork 🖼 - instagram.com/dinapsihou

artist - track - label
@roeldijcks - Those Were The Days - #PanzerkreuzRecords
#Moist96 - TGK - @l-i-e-s
@thetonewrecker - Crawling Home To Nest - #dont
@nikki-nair - Slug - @banoffee-pies
@genytechno - Cosmic Desert - @bakk-projects
@dzee21 (@future-daze) - Cryptic 808 - @tram-planet-records
#Network313 - Proxyan - @sohaso
@pearsonsound - Starburst - @hessleaudio
@further-reductions - Central System - @knekelhuis
#Orphus - Cyborg - @hypercolourrecords
@toni-moralez (@djdisrespect) - 2 Much Booty In The Pants - #FallingApart
#RodLee - Calling Everybody - #ClubKings
@dj-t-1000 - I Told’em I Was From Detroit (@djstingrayofficial remix) - #Suspected
@kafkactrl - Vector 12 - @vortex-traks
@iamlewski or @lewski - Guadala - @cead_cd
#DJhaus - Machine Learning (@interplanetary-criminal remix) - @uttuclub
@jackal-and-hyde - Seek & Destroy (@monkdj vs The Track Mack Remix) - #hallucination
@hernique - Rude - #MAMBA
@the-69-boyz - Booty Drop - #LilJoeRecords

JS Alvarez

dont trip and follidh: JS Alvarez guest mix

Halloween shouldn't be on Monday, nor should it be on Thursday. It should be celebrated on Saturday or Friday. This is the opinion of Grey People and his guest this month, J.S. Alvarez. (Purveyor of Chicago party that sometimes doesn't take place on the weekend, Research & Development) Both sets are dedicated to Halloween being on the weekend and not any other day.

Beyond Repair w. Grey People Guest Imir Gency [28.10.2021]

Smart Mix 58: @jsalvarez

a founding member of the Research & Development crew, JS Alvarez joins us for over an hour of dark yet percussive electronic music spanning techno, electro, ebm and beyond. 

if you dig the mix, consider donating to https://www.organizedcommunities.org/ if you can spare the change!

Tracklist:
Pan Sonic - Lähetys / Transmission
Schacke - Check It
Cadans - Chant 
Nikk - Force of Pleasure
Cosmin TRG - Romanian Deadlift
Luxus Varta - Sex After Midnight
SDX - CT fletcher 
Cowboy Rhythm Box - Mécanique Sauvage
Indy Niles - BLK HRT
Jerome Hill - Skally Wag 
DJ Funk - Run (UK Extended)
Reeko - Regnum Asturorum
K Hand - Boiler Room Teaser
Gedeevan - DJ Shitcontrol
Deepnaut - Kreatur
Luke Slater - Let Eat All Vanbrook
Henning Bear - Everyday Life
Cybersonik - Technarcy 
Gunner Haslam - Leeward Tripping

Smart Mix 58: JS Alvarez

JEROME Mixfile #846 - JS Alvarez

https://soundcloud.com/jsalvarez
https://soundcloud.com/researchndevelopment
https://twitter.com/RsrchnDvlpmnt
https://www.facebook.com/jsa305

JEROME Mixfile #846 - JS Alvarez

Decomposition is a mix series by Dead Channel. Fig. 5 comes from JS Alvarez of Research & Development. Tracklist below:

@jsalvarez
@researchndevelopment

Carter Tutti Void - T 3.6
Internacional Electrical Rhythms - Azaka
Kuniyuki - Shout (12 inch version)
Spiritflesh - Mortuary
Nick Klein - Tail Eating
Future DZ - Bongo 2cc
Assalti Industriali - Sei Minuti E Ventitré Secondi
Privacy - No Way Back
Bill Converse feat. Carlos Souffront - WATB
Kliner - Tamtara
In Sotto Voce - Track 2
Untold - Overdrive
Ximena, Ali X, Palomo - Pastillitas (Cabaret Nocturne Remix)
Subjected - Steel
Cadans - 3 Milian
Globull - Untitled
Max Durante - Machine World
Factory Floor - Two Different Ways (Perc Remix)
DSX & Sid Lamar - Rain and Sweat
Ansome - Haylard Hitch
houz' mon - 101 rx. dm 112
Juzer - Busy Bees
Post Scriptum - You Won’t Find Me
HKKPTR - Reglos
Darien - Hit it
Scalameriya - Tainted Voltage

Decomposition - Fig. 5: JS Alvarez

FORMAT.FM

FFM329

FORMAT-REC

FFM329.2 | JS ALVAREZ

Originally broadcast September 22nd 2022 88.7 FM WNHU
https://www.instagram.com/jsalvarez.000/

NEU/BODY RADIO 34: JS ALVAREZ

Season 7 Episode 7 - 03.01.23

Chicago citizen and co-founder of the Research & Development platform, JS Alvarez, has developed an electronic recording to be broadcasted here on the KP airwaves. The reverberations heard throughout this expedition carry a moody and textural atmosphere, likely to warp your mind directly into the void. Dive in head first for best results.

@jsalvarez

Kajunga Program SE.7 EP.7 - JS Alvarez

Tracklist:

Fernando Falcão - Memoria das Aguas
Pulse Emitter - Void Engine 1
Uun - Junkspace
Inox Trax - Sound Effects
Franz Jager - Lana Hunts (VIL Club Edit)
Robert Hood - Ignite A War
Hardcell & Grindvik - Silver (Hardcell Remix)
Sibilant - Screecher Creature
Overland - NASA
1800 Haightstreet - Permafrost
Pelada - Desatado
Vinicius Honorio - Heartbeat (Alex Bau Repaint)
Andre Kronert - Tenth Street Rag
dj ESP Woody McBride vs. John Frank - The Pitch of Madness
Clouds - T12
Sound Associates - Jackknife (Len Faki edit)
Subjected - Thtswhtwnt
Merino - Como Desaparacer
Lonefront - 19
Furtive - Crossfire
Russell E.L. Butler - Maggots
Are:gone - 721.2
Tarker - Enhanced
Jaq Attaque - Martian Immigration (Raw Mix)
Free Range - The Grey Goose
Paul Bailey - Battery Girl
Blacknecks - Don’t Say Goodbye
Frankie Vega & Gabriel Palomo - The Tempest
Decks - Fractured
Keanu Raves - Secret Base Aesthetic
Fjaak - Bassani
Alphaconda - Hey Mami
LSDXOXO - Mutant Exotic (D.Dan Remix)

JS Alvarez- minimal detroit

For mix number 18 in the PPRZ Podcast series, we have a mix from Chicago's @makeensound

Chicago based producer and DJ Makeen is focused on groovy textural techno
with a dark edge. He co-organizes the party series Research & Development
with J.S. Alvarez and founded the parties Spent and Near Dark.

His electronic music obsession began when he started performing live sets
on tables full of gear. With an interest in sound design and synthesis, Makeen
spent the early part of his artistic life composing and performing
experimental music more focused on acoustic instruments. The latest leg of
his journey has brought him back to electronic music with an elevated
passion for dance floor-focused beats.

Mix Description:
I decided to take a playful approach to this mix— playing some lighter and
groovier tracks with an emphasis on trippy sounds and atmospheres. This
mix was recorded with 3 x CDJs and an Allen & Heath Xone 92 mixer. The
focus was on long continuous blends, while shifting between new and
unexpected sonic worlds.

Tracklist:
Oktobr - Sleepdancer
Dj Hyperactive & Jason Patrick - Harrier Env (Original Mix)
BLANKA - Howl
Atonism - Back And Forth
Temudo - P is For Paula
Karo - Uväll
Vladw - Aou Mallku
Augusto Taito - High Trip
Ohm - ASKE
CRAVO - Innerversion
Tsibo - M25
Takt - Groove Chaser
Orbe - Post-Cycle
Toru Ikemoto, bw - Don’t Play 050r
Amotik - Saat
Zisko - State of Rhythm
Seigg - Secondary Options
Planetary Assault Systems - Raww
Speedy & Steve - Rotor
Temudo - Susto
Gaetano Parisio - Klytia

PPRZ Podcast 18 - Makeen

Jana has 'shape shifting lizard' JS Alvarez on the show to select some mutant techno and unruly bass music. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/jana-rush/episodes/jana-rush-24th-february-2024

Jana Rush w/ JS Alvarez 240224

Rumors Mix Series 022: MAKEEN

https://soundcloud.com/jsalvarez [Chicago]

Very excited to share the 162nd OFR courtesy of Chicago based DJ and promoter, JS Alvarez, who heads Research & Development. 

JS Alvarez is a dedicated and adventurous connoisseur of music but is loyal to no one genre. At an early age, Alvarez engulfed himself in punk, hardcore and metal while growing up in Miami. While performing with a handful of hardcore punk and post punk bands, his musical taste expanded widely. So he decided to give DJing a chance. After celebrating 2 years of running a successful dance party in Miami, he moved on to Chicago, cutting his teeth on more disco and soul. Now he finds himself as a resident at Chicago's Smartbar with a monthly series called Research & Development. Although Research & Development focuses on techno, it consistently seeks to highlight artists who blur the lines of genre and experiment within and outside dance music.

This particular mix was recorded during the Halloween season and moves through some sci-fi horror vibes while ending in what I'd describe as "perfect for that blood rave scene in Blade."

tracklist:

Jed James - Delia's Descension
Arkady - The Skoptsy
Lakker - Spider Silk
Ian Martin - Hedonist
Vanessa Worm - Rando M!
Cute Heels - State of Mind (Noncompliant Remix)
Dusky - Parakeet Feet (Hodge Mix)
Cosmin TRG - Singe
Giant Swan - The Rest of His Voice
DJ JM - Ray Mound 
Hunting Lodge - De Omnibus Dubitandum (Gotshell Remix)
Years of Denial - Is It Over Yet?
Locked Club - Oskaka Madness featuring RLGN
Cowboy Rhythmbox - Fantasma
Grauzone - Raum featuring Dennis Young (Naum Gabo Rework)

https://soundcloud.com/researchndevelopment

Only For Robots Podcast

Only For Robots 162

Only For Robots 162 - JS Alvarez

https://soundcloud.com/makeensound
Introducing, the newest member of the Research & Development team, Chicago-based producer, composer, and DJ, Eric Fernandez. Fernandez is known for performing under the moniker of Makeen. His live sets are centered around improvisation and spontaneity. Makeen’s sensibilities are the result of years performing solo and in collaboration with fellow Chicago artists. These previous experiences have allowed him to carry a heavy, dance floor focused raw energy into both his DJ sets and hybrid performances. 

In 2019, alongside well known mutant electronics manipulator, Beau Wanzer, he co-founded and helped curate the monthly techno party, Near Dark, at the legendary yet sadly defunct Danny’s Tavern. This year, he looks forward to a handful of new releases and is excited to join JS Alvarez in the lab for Research and Development.

RND 022 - Makeen

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

Mixes by R&D members

Research & Development Mix Series