for your listening pleasure, 4 hours and one minute of adult contemporary psychedelic chicness from the opening of a particularly wild nonstop that offered “a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary techno” featuring DJ MARIA., DVS1, Matas, MORENXXX, Physical Therapy, and Roza Terenzi (and us).

recorded live @ nowadays (ridgewood, ny) 
march 2, 2024  10pm–2am

mastered by maxime robillard 
artwork by luz angélica fernández

Tracklist: 
1. Alice Coltrane - The Sun 
2. ASC & Inhmost - Wave Clouds
3. Matthewdavid - Norns
4. Polygonia - Who 
5. Adhémar - Stretching Vibrations 
6. Alfred Czital - Transit
7. Forest on Stasys - Aniara
8. Lindamann - Outskirt
9. Adhémar - Gaseous Vapor 
10. Eduardo de la Calle - Blade Runner 
11. Daniel[i] - L.Bosco A  
12. Fabio Florido - Galactica (Luigi Tozzi Remix)
13. Dorisburg & Efraim Kent - Tecken I
14. Shoal - Between Thoughts 
15. Vanoni - Snake Dance 
16. Ryogo Yamamori - Drumming 1 
17. Hod - Metanoia 
18. Biocym - Juegos 
19. Emmanuel - Influencer 
20. Münch - Rotola 
21. CAIV (Camille Altay & Israel Vines) - Ötzi 2.0
22. Pat Carroll - Pylons 
23. Javfstrackt - Workout - 09
24. Tripeo x Speedy J - SHS pt 15 selection 05
25. Primal Code - Alhambra 
26. Eduardo de la Calle - B1
27. Psyk - Bite Back 
28. Polygonia - Migune 
29. Fergus Sweetland - Illorian 
30. Tauceti - Cherry Tree 
31. Mesh Convergence - Spiral Syncopation 
32. Sub Accent - Terra Incognita 
33. Polygonia - Mind Alteration 
34. Doctrina Natura - Mist and Mirror 
35. Tauceti - Argan Oil 
36. Cauê - Animismo Natural 
37. Essē - Terra
38. Calumet - Giggling Hedgehogs
39. Irshad Hussein - Obastan 3
40. Claudio PRC - Monotex
41. Raroh - Agravic Experience 
42. Zdrojieros - Maguaré
43. Adjust (BE) - Jata 
44. Münch - Item A 
45. Ryogo Yamamori - Sadekusa 
46. Orbe - Isolationism 
47. Antigone - Perchance to dream 
48. Münch - Cascades (Feral Tool Rework)
49. Fook Yue - Regen 
50. Fergus Sweetland - Do You Like Sound? 
51. Alan Backdrop - Dr_c_ (Feral Acid Jungle Remix)
52. Sam Goku - Paradise Drum V2
53. D. J. 37 - Nature Wins 
54. The Alchemical Theory - Eternal Return (Scøpe Remix)
55. Berkel - Kintsugi (Alexskyspirit Rework)
56. Abstract Division - Solar Return (Polygonia Remix)
57. Fabrizio Lapiana - O.B.E. I
58. Pattrn - Growl 
59. Voiski - Through the Night, Softly 
60. Nonsensical & Efdemin - Solina (Efdemin Remix)
61. Steve Roach - Arrival

Pure Immanence Live at Nowadays Nonstop

adobeprincess @ Nowadays Nonstop (07.27.24)

The producer best known as Huerco S. accompanies One Day, our record of the year, with two hours of minimal and dub introspections.

This summer, Kansas-raised DJ and producer Brian Leeds released One Day under his revived Loidis alias. Enamoured with the restrained, loopy sounds of early '00s dance music, the album’s eight tracks linger in the air, luxuriating in dubbed-out chords, swung beats and sub vibrations. It's our favourite record of 2024 for a reason. 

It's a sound he's coined, in his typically teasing fashion, "dub mnml emo tech." All winks aside, it’s no wonder One Day became the soothing balm we all needed. In a scene overwhelmed by hard and fast trends, the softer—and Leeds might argue, more sincere—stylings of minimal and dub techno enjoyed a welcome second wind. 

Not only was One Day one of our favourites of the year (more on that this week), but it also inspired us to break our usual no-repeats rule, inviting Leeds back to the RA Podcast under a different alias after his 2019 turn as Huerco S. 

"The prevailing trends in dance music are more and more maximalist," Leeds noted. "I missed restraint, subtlety, and sensuality." Clocking in at just under two hours, RA.965 embodies that ethos in spades.

@huerco_s

Read more at ra.co/podcast/965

RA.965 Loidis

Tripped-out excursions through percussive club music with the Nowadays resident.

Ayesha Chugh, AKA Ayesha, makes club music that activates the body. The Brooklyn-based artist has spent the last few years carving out a distinct lane in modern club music. Her fusion of dubstep, techno and essential '90s rave elements into dynamite club tools that test and support dancers in equal measure. This time though, for her RA Podcast, Chugh purposefully tilts in a "more colorful wonky direction."

Since first turning heads with releases on labels like Fever AM and Kindergarten Records, she’s continued to refine a sound that feels both playful and punishing, marked by writhing basslines, rumbling drums and an innate ability to make bodies move. Her productions capture a kind of kinetic precision—tracks that are slippery yet forceful, balancing psychedelic textures with dubstep-like physicality and club-focused power. As Andrew Ryce wrote of her debut, Rhythm is Memory, her skill is "full of textures that wrap around the otherwise thudding, sub-heavy kick drums." After a serious accident in 2024 stopped her in her tracks, this year marks a full return to global touring with a new vantage point on life and the sound she seeks to push.

RA.983, clocking in at nearly two and a half hours, finds Chugh flexing that club muscle once again. Offering a tour through global club music both old and new, it's based around a set at her home base Nowadays this February. It's a patient but relentless ride: from deep, tunneling psytrance, progressive techno and slippery electro before really turning on the gas at the half mark, moving into slanted UK techno territory.

As she explains in the Q&A, it's a carefully curated selection of tracks that probes "what we perceive as tasteful." It's a mix that speaks to her deep knowledge of dance music’s lineage—and her intuitive ability to push it forward.

@aye5ha
Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/983

RA.983 Ayesha

With 30 years of djing in numerous countries, Ron Like Hell has no intention of doing anything else in their lifetime. They produce queer centered events in NYC both solo and as part of the dj duo Wrecked. Ron’s support of young artists in the music industry is unquestionably genuine as they have shared their spotlight with djs in their radio show and parties. Hard to pin as dj of one particular genre is not a concern to Ron. With 26+ years of record store experience their excitement for music goes deep appreciating many genres which provide infinite inspiration. They still love programming their music for a single genre dance party. Indulging such events is in no way an obstacle or compromise. For Ron, it is similar to painting with oil instead of acrylic. There is no intention of being the greatest dj championing specific one or two genres as they prefer to be known as an eclectic dj that reads the room as best they can. Being so eclectic doesn't seem to prohibit their appeal from techno, disco and house music forward bookings..if anything it has increased their recognition and respect from some of the world's best parties and venues. A few of the most notable spaces are Panorama Bar, Lab.oratory and Ost (Berlin), Dekmantel Selectors, Draaimolen (Netherlands), Sustain-Release, Honcho Campout and residencies at Basement and Nowadays in the NYC area. Their creativity has even been immortalized on physical media with a dj mix on a one-sided vinyl accompaniment to Baxter Dury’s 2024 album, “I Thought I was Better Than You” and a mixtape for Mister Saturday Night Records MSN Tape series Their role in the industry is undeniably unique and influential.


Online features and words about Ron Like Hell


Via mistersaturdaynight records:
“Up next in our cassette DJ mix series is our neighbor, friend and beloved hometown hero Ron Like Hell. Eclectic is an overused word in dance music circles but in this instance it is an apt and deserving description of an artist whose years working in record stores and 26 plus years behind the decks afford him a musical knowledge and emotional understanding of a dancefloor for which there is no shortcut. This is mastery at work. Ron delivers two complimentary mixes, a home recording on side A and a recording from the booth at Nowadays from an all-night set on Halloween night 2024. Very limited run on this one so do not hesitate.”


Via Draaimolen Island: 

“Brooklyn’s Aurora Halal is rooted in the underground DIY scene of her city. Her shadowy and metallic DJ sets are sensual and forward thinking. Next to playing and making music, she is also the founder of festival Sustain-Release and co-host of this years (2024) Draaimolen Island. Ron Like Hell plays eclectic, assemblage-style sets with an obscure mix of techno, house, acid and disco. Both are no strangers to each other. In fact, the two have played quite a few times since 2018. With all this experience this back to back will set the dancefloor on fire for sure. Think psychedelic landscapes and long build-ups.”


Via TRUANTS Truancy dj mix series:
Interview & feature

Nowadays Sustain-Release Nonstop description on Resident Advisor:
“Sustain-Release founder Aurora Halal and WRECKED founder and local sweetheart Ron Like Hell come back together for another extended back-to-back set – a pairing that has stirred the cauldron on dancefloors ranging from a previous Nonstop, to Brooklyn rave MERGE, to Draaimolen Festival x Sustain-Release.”


Links to mixes and more:


Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/ronlikehell/tracks

Resident Advisor - https://ra.co/dj/ronlikehell


Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/ronlikehell/


Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronlikehell/#


Bandcamp music collection - https://bandcamp.com/ronlikehell



RNR - Ron Like Hell

Oceanic at Garage, Horst Arts & Music 2025

Nosedrip at Garage, Horst Arts & Music 2025

A fittingly lush mix filled with dusty, wobbly perfection from the lovely Helsinki based @suskidj this week.

I met Suski when she warmed up for me the first time I played at Post Bar in Helsinki a few years ago - a place i've returned to a few times and truely adore! Suski is a resident at the much-loved Helsinki club. I was initially drawn to her dj'ing as the set she played as a warm-up in Post Bar was a pitch-perfect and contextually divine fit for the space & time. 

This mix is a poignant follow up - diving through through the rich textures of immersive techno, and an entire journey through the world of electronica & idm with broken beats, ambience and charmingly off-kilter percussive rhythms.

Thanks for the amazing mix Suski <3

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Animix One Hundred & Seventy Six: Suski

recorded live at good work in a backyard on a lovely saturday in brooklyn

Loidis @ Good Work - 12 July 2025

@matas0 8 - 10AM Earth Dog March 01 2025 

ED050: Matas @ Earth Dog March 01 2025

Controlled chaos from a sonic daredevil.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=627

RA.627 Traxx

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