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Read our interview with @ithqdetroit member Erika and check out this mix's track list here: bit.ly/EriPod

Groove Podcast 381

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Groove Podcast 381 - Erika

Actress' highlight reel needs little exposition. Darren J. Cunningham has been a prominent yet inscrutable figure in electronic music since the late 2000s, typically flickering to life from the margins before receding into the shadows. Beloved albums like R.I.P., Karma & Desire and Splazsh may switch up the template, but the Actress hallmarks of haze, murk and showstopping beauty remain.

As you'll see in the interview below, he's a man of few words—that's in character for him. What's characteristic, too, is a taste for surprises. Ahead of the release of tenth studio album Statik on esteemed Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound next month, here's the "Дарен Дж. Каннінгем RA Mix"—a tapestry of 100 percent original and exclusive Actress music you won't find anywhere else. Flowing between pensive, rugged and stargazing moods across an album's worth of unaired tracks, Actress' first time stepping up on the RA Podcast was clearly worth the wait.

@actress1

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/938

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RA.938 Actress

(tracklist below)

This is part 3 of 3 of the recording from my set at Nowadays Nonstop on April 7, 2024.

I played from 9am-3pm, between JASSS and Bearcat, and it was one of the most creatively fulfilling sets I can remember playing – one of those sets where the audience, environment, atmosphere, tech setup, phase of the moon, whatever, all somehow lined up for a full 6 hours. And happily, the recording is maybe my favorite I’ve managed to capture to date. Huge thanks to Kristin for inviting me and to everyone who was there that morning.


TRACKLIST – PART 3  – 1pm – 3pm

DubGuy – Not Massive
EDM – Chaos Engineer (Tom Mix)
Osheyack & Nahash – Temperance
Oyubi – Taiko160
Low End Activist – Look Up
Sun People – Tell Me Something
Holsten – Odlum
DJ Die – Reincarnations
Krust – Vibration
John Rolodex & Jungle Drummer – Serve No Kings
Type – Hummer
Homemade Weapons – Lingchi (with Artilect)
Kiril & Was A Be – This!
Xsetra – Testudo
Halogenix – Jump Suit
Instra:mental – Shine
Mike Parker – Radioactive Fire
Sam KDC – Decimate
69db – Night Life
NPLGNN – Sirens Steppa
Anna Funk Damage – Tom You Was A Good Player
CAN – Oh Yeah
Balil – Parasight
Coil – The Snow (Answers Come In Dreams II)
Plastique de Reve – Your Future
Head High – Break Away
Studio X – Los Kings del Mambo
Jamie Anderson, Solid Groove, Jesse Rose, No Comment – You Know Beats
Clara!, SKY H1, Pearson Sound – Gotas
Al Wootton – Vitus
Dope Module – We Bring It
Doubt – Brain Zap (Drums)
The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl (Extended Version)
Actress – Gershwin
Dawl – Break It Down
BFC – Galaxy
Renegade Soundwave – The Phantom
BANDULU – Guidance
Autolux – Plantlife


Artwork by Brodie Kaman

Live at Nowadays 7 April 2024

Live at Nowadays 7 April 2024 - Part 3

Words by Ceci (@ccl-url): 

"Special thanks to Steevio & Suzybee & all the volunteers, workers & dancers 💙

This is my recording from Friday night Room 2, 12:30-2am, my first time being at the mythical Free Rotation. Playing one of the first sets & seeing the room, decor and the big bad subs of Room 2, years of fantastical lore and reality melded, I wanted to keep it sexy, wonky, trippy— imagining a psychic electric swamp and how one would levitate thru it... to the sky. No bpm trickery this time. Out to the heavenly bodies of the universe! ;)

Mastered by Wordcolour"


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ani/live Fifty Six: CCL @ Freerotation

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Ilian Tape with DJ Plant Texture & Shed - 21 November 2024

Ahead of the work we are doing with Detroit veteran Craig Gonzalez this year, here is a mix he’s done exploring new rhythms and soundscapes. We thought it would be prudent to share a mix of one of his many fresh perspectives, where he explores something we at IT find very compelling — new juxtapositions of polyrhythms and drum and bass within a deeply hypnotic techno context. 

"I’ve really been enjoying exploring the sonic space between techno and drum and bass. What excites me about this fusion is how it challenges both myself and fans of these genres, as it often defies the expectations of each. The introduction of polyrhythms takes it even further, pushing the boundaries and making the music feel truly genre-agnostic. In this space, the emphasis shifts away from traditional structures, focusing more on rhythm and context than on genre conventions.

This mix is a studio recording rather than a live set from an IT event because I feel that this style of music requires a more intentional approach to the context of an event. It hasn’t quite aligned with the atmosphere of my time slots—at least, not for now." — Craig Gonzalez @craig-gonzalez

Sam KDC - The Messenger
Minù Jr - TSS
Ying Yang Audio - The Mystics
Verdae | Estrato Aurora - Khori
Aerae - Exsilio
AH&N - Aporia
Archypness - Stong - Pa
Sciama - Emergent Forms
ʀaäʀ  - K Simplex
Sciama - Unreleased
Tampo - Enki
Forest on Stasys - Alternated Mindset
Konsudd - Heilen
Lemna - Hide and Seek
Konduku - Karınca
Human Space Machine - Nagra
Sindh - Massane
Reeko - Urmah 3


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IT.podcast.s14e02: Craig Gonzalez

Fever AM with Rhyw & Gonno - 26 April 2025

A rare club mix from the ever-evolving artist, with 90 minutes of shadowy, atmospheric pressure.

Music's therapeutic value is often linked to relaxation—gongs, singing bowls and the like. Dense passages of foggy droning and eerie static aren't traditionally considered restorative, but Laurel Halo makes a pretty good case for it.

The Detroit-born, Los Angeles-based musician's abstract, often improvised productions are heavy on sound design and emotional climax. Driven by atmosphere rather than rhythm, they push listeners to grapple with their innermost insecurities, fears and dreams. "I'm lucky my music has helped people through crises," Halo once told Discwoman. It's easy to see why.

Since her 2010 debut King Felix, Halo has built a stunningly diverse catalogue of classically-informed records. A multi-instrumentalist—piano, violin, guitar, keys—her sharpest instrument is arrangement. Inspired by the surrealism of Italo Calvino and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, her releases, from Atlas to Behind The Green Door, unfold with slow-burning narrative and dense emotional weight. Her soundworlds are layered and labyrinthine—an architectonic space where self-reflection happens almost by force.

Even in the club, the sought-after composer excels in immersion. Her sets extend the expressionist palette of her records, trading traditional rhythm for tension, space and surprise. It’s no wonder she takes a genre-agnostic approach to the dance floor—her deep roots in freeform radio began at WCBN-FM in Michigan, followed by Berlin Community Radio, Rinse FM, and now a regular show on NTS.

RA.992 stitches foggy ambient loops, propulsive techno, mutant percussion and heady left turns with care. Tracks from DJ Rush, Octave One and Eddie Fowlkes nod to her Midwestern heritage, balanced out by deeper, psychedelic fare from the likes of Polygonia and Cousin. It's the mark of an artist revealing both deep curiosity and a precise hand as a selector. Rare, indeed.

@laurelhalo

Find the full interview at ra.co/podcast/992

RA.992 Laurel Halo

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🎶 Gênero: Deep House / Chill Out / Melodic
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Cameroonian father, Ukrainien mother, blessed with an innate swoop of energy and trained as classical, modern, hip-hop and salsa dancer: when analyzing the instaurations of William Kouam Djoko one can only conclude that the Amsterdam based artist is blessed with an enviable framework for a prosperous career in music. His vibrant appearance shows he’s an entertainer par excellence; Djoko is able to grab the attention of his audience instantly thanks to an unbridled onstage enthusiasm. In the 30th edition of the Dekmantel Podcast, Djoko demonstrates his versatility and unstoppable love for rhythm with a percussion-soked mix that will shake up your day.

Dekmantel Podcast 030 - William Kouam Djoko

Intergalactic Gary is a Dutch DJ and producer who has many miles on his DJ clock. He first started plying his trade on the raw West Coast of the Netherlands back in the early nineties, where he would rock squat parties and amaze club crowds with his widescreen sets. Ever since then he has been a key player in the Dutch scene, is part of cult crew The Parallax Corporation and is never far away from a pirate radio station. As well as this, nowadays he is a regular on the European circuit at places like Panorama Bar and has long been a Dekmantel favourite.  A real mix specialist who has put out countless official compilations over the years, Gary is behind the next podcast, which is a 3,5 hour live recording, for us and it is a typically well formed affair that takes us deep into his world.  

With more than a hint of the cosmic atmospheres you would expect of someone called Intergalactic Gary, his selection is a dark, moody one full of broken disco and whacked out electro. Shades of new wave, Italo and synth pop also colour the grooves he lays down, and the cumulative effect is an absorbing, slightly unsettling ride through fierce textures, prickly percussive patterns and otherworldly atmospheres. 

RA Live 2015.08.01 - Peverelist VS A Made Up Sound, Dekmantel

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