head to the nrthside of chicago. hell be in te line with the rest of the crackheads

TRAXX!! aka TheKidJak of Nation and Kode

“The 2021 NWB stream was much different than the year before. For me, it felt like we were getting closer to reopening, all of us so ready for the party, and being honored with the opportunity to compose a 5-hour narrative meant I needed to reflect that energy and represent the dance floor we all love so much. I wanted to keep it heady like 2020 but focus more on what it would feel like to play that long at Tangent, returning to my roots and playing numerous eternal cuts from Chicago, Detroit, Berlin, Cologne, Rotterdam, Helsinki, and beyond. Praise the acid...enjoy!”
— Patrick Russell @ptrckrssll

video: https://youtu.be/I4ur9DEd3g4

Interdimensional Transmissions Podcast

IT Podcast

IT.podcast.s11e03: Patrick Russell at No Way Back Streaming From Beyond 2021

this 6 1/2 hour live recording comes from 
The Articulate Musician Beyond Description 
for the 1st time to Belgrade Serbia in a culture center 
where the party doesnt have to end at a certain time.
KC Drugstore is made from the HEADS and the vibe is over 
when everyone decides it is..
the session starts or continues from 1 hand to another as Schwabe was playing a new production from baris K on a new label but we dont know much more than this, 
but we heard the track is really long so Traxx stepped up
to stay on the same slow vibe tempo you hear and brings
in his own music blueprint of a long play production for 
those who could believe that.
the disc jockey before had the track playing it for the 
early attendees but we used it to allow the journey to 
take flight thru the nite til very late the next day..

a breath taking experience of mental-musicality

Traxx Live At KC Drugstore(Belgrade,Serbia) 2013

1. E Wata - U D S2S
2. Azu Tiwaline & Forest Drive West - Fluids In Motion I
3. Forest on Stasys - Lotus Island (Feral reconstruction)
4. Dauwd - The Yuzer (DJ Plead Remix)
5. Echo Twelve - Darkest Hour
6. Etapp Kyle - Lyrae
7. Temple of Sound - Tangent
8. Absurde - Bioturbation
9. Irazu - Shtamm (Regis Remix)
10. Kellen303 - A Figure Walks Behind You
11. LORY D - YNTRUSION
12. Erik Luebs - Refracting Viscous Liquid
13. Lemna - Lapis Lazuli
14. UFO95 - Gargk
15. 梶浦由記 - Valley of Mist
16. Dusty Kid - Kore (Vedana)
17. Slam - Fervant
18. Luigi Tozzi - Aztlan
19. Alexskyspirit - En Route
20. DJ HOCKEY - Surge
21. Maratus Vølans - Schaduw
22. Blacklauren - Star I
23. Renis Edis - A Dot In Noise
24. Serena Butler - Bhells
25. Luis Ruiz / Reeko - Vimanas
26. Earwax - H Meets T
27. Guilt Attendant - Antiques Chained To The Passage Of Time
28. Luke Slater & Dubfire - The Drama
29. Holden Federico - Corner of the Room
30. DJ Deep - Progression
31. Devoye - For Your Freedom
32. 1morning - Signal Flow
33. Khas - Front Left
34. Altinbas & Cirkle - Dawn
35. Yan Cook - Plot
36. Ma Haiping - Void Resonance
37. Uun - You Can't Have Both
38. Jek - Special Spice
39. DJ MARIA. & Jukai - Communicating with the Universe
40. Marco Repetto - Modrel
41. Peder Mannerfelt Produktion - Big Ball (Roman Flügel Remix)
42. Bertrand., Suncell - Amber
43. Tripeo - Pay It Forward
44. Oskar Offermann - Mucho Stupido
45. Jamida - Mirah
46. Forest On Stasys - Ofrenda (Alfred Czital Midnight Edit)

Lychee - Live From The Great Beyond (07.27.2024 | 3–5pm)

In late 2023 I was chatting with a musician friend about labels, and whether they're really all that necessary these days. As someone mainly focused on self-releasing my music through Bandcamp, I think for the most part the answer is no. One should focus on passionately creating things and being involved in their local music community. Over time, label or not, things will hopefully start to take care of themselves on their own. I did however mention that there was one label I thought was really cool, and would definitely be interested in working with: it was Nous'klaer Audio. Incredibly, the next day I received an email from Sjoerd Oberman, who runs Nous'klaer, inviting me to join for a release and performance at Draaimolen. Of course, I was delighted to be involved. This would be my first show in the EU. I spent about 3 months preparing a new set. Having grown rather bored of CDJs and DJ mixers, I opted to prepare a live set, in which I control 8 channels of audio tracks along with drum machines and FX. This setup gives me a lot of freedom to explore new arrangements of my catalog, and better command the dynamic energy on the dance floor, pushing and pulling things forwards to capture the mood of the crowd. To prepare for Draaimolen, I organized several shows across Japan (where I live), further refining the setup after each performance, and deciding what tracks would be the best fit for the 60 minute peak time set I was scheduled to perform. I was very nervous about how my set would be received, but it ended up working very well, and was the highlight of my year. From the very start, the positive reaction from the crowd put me at ease, and Draaimolen's focus on sound and stage design gave me peace of mind, knowing that every frequency was being perfectly reproduced on the floor. I'm so grateful for the opportunity Nous'klaer and Draaimolen provided me. Long live Nous'klaer and long live Draaimolen. Thank you Sjoerd and Milo and Kani and Hannah! 
- Erik Luebs

Erik Luebs live at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Danielle at Organik Festival 2024

Nog Zone w/ Anthony Child: 3rd June '25

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2025/truancy-volume-349-zara

Soundcloud: @zaraolsen

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Truancy Volume 349: Zara

Recorded at 428 stage at Wonderfruit Festival in 2024.

Aurora Halal is a producer, DJ and creator of Brooklyn’s influential Mutual Dreaming party series & the Sustain-Release festival.

Shadowy and psychedelic, her hardware live & DJ sets have a hazy sensuality and metallic dance floor intensity that’s at turns playful, dark, euphoric and emotionally vulnerable. In all her projects, she treats dance music as an are­na for trans­for­ma­tion and since 2010, her events have been root­ed in an under­ground, DIY approach that push­es for­ward-think­ing sounds, pro­duc­tion, and ideas. She’s spent the last 10 years tour­ing like-mind­ed clubs, raves, and fes­ti­vals world­wide and gained a rep­u­ta­tion for pow­er­ful, unique per­for­mances that work both the body and mind. She’s 4 years into a res­i­den­cy at NYC’s Nowa­days, is a reg­u­lar at Berghain and pre­vi­ous­ly De School.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aurorahalal/

Aurora Halal at 428 Wonderfruit 2024

Aurora Halal, DJ set recorded live at Planetarium on March 10th, 2023. Best listened to lying down in the dark, through some good speakers with some friends. 

Aurora plays a deep listening set at Planetarium: A Weekend of Deep Listening at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck on the weekend of October 24-26, 2025 alongside Drumloop, Judith Grodowitz, Rena Anakwe, Justin Carter, Laraaji and Arji Oceananda. More info is here: 

https://www.eomega.org/workshops/planetarium-weekend-deep-listening 

Mastered by Michael King.

Aurora Halal, DJ Set from Planetarium, March 10, 2023

DJ set from Communion (with some live bits)

1	Liquid - Dream 2 Science
2	Can You Dance - Kenny 'Jammin' Jason	
3	Psy Vs Psy - Passarani		
4	Numero 4 - Passarani	
5	Wake Up Shake It - Passarani
6	Shoeshine (Original Mix) - Efdemin	
7	Dienstags Disco - RR	
8	Test Drive - Passarani	
9	81.12 - RR	
10	Marcel Dettmann - Suffice To Predict (L.B. Dub Corp Remix)		
11	Scorpion - Dave Angel	
12	A1. Steffi - Yours feat. Virginia (Original Version)	
13	Belly Jolie Movements - Quelza	
14	Don't You Dare - Quelza
15	Atlas Express	 - Quelza	
16	Orange Du Ciel - Quelza	
17	Hunger - Surgeon	
18	Low Key - Quelza			
19	Pensa Poetico	 - Quelza	
20	Stringent - Surgeon	
21	We'll Never Be Friends Again	 - Quelza	
22	Andromeda (Part 2) - ORBE	
23	Falling	- Psyk	
24	The Ballad of Willy Stompers	- Quelza	
25	Voiceprint - Psyk	
26	A1. Hypernova - ORBE	
27	Triple Threat - Surgeon	
28	Unreleased - XXXX					
29	B2. Atonement - Elias Garcia	
30	Toner - Takaaki Itoh	
31	Panic Button - Skee Mask		
32	No matter what you do in life, always keep death by your side - Surgeon	
33        Silhouettes - Rrose 
34	Origami - Quelza			
35	Sleep (Ultra Violet) - Surgeon 
36	Left Hand Path - Commodo x Gantz		
37	Badder	 - Calibre & DRS v Mark Ernestus	
38	What A Dub - Annette Brissett		
39	God Only Knows - The Beach Boys	

Kit List : 3 x CDJ3000, Xone 96, Eventide H9, Boss RE20, 
Elektron Digitakt 2, Elektron Digitone 2, Bass Bot TT-303,
Zoom L6

Centrific Communion 2025

Hex Code #4E3A69 by Aza

this selection was created from PeacHbLack for 
his cousin Monaco who was his dancing partner 
for anything and all; knowledge beyond in 
purpLeworld and hanging out..💜

PeacHbLack - Rare Roger 4 Monaco

Traxx (Nation / US)

Not content to be labeled as merely a DJ, a producer, or even a DJ/Producer, Melvin Oliphant III aka Traxx is a lover of music - one with a passion so intense that it overcomes genre divides to weave an altogether original, exciting, and multi-textured musical fabric which envelops both the avid clubber and the home listener, as well as everyone in between.

In 2007 Traxx founded Nation as a platform for the Jakbeat sound. He also released on numerous labels such as Relief, M/O/S, Gigolo, Muzique, Crème Organization, Antenna and Crème-Jak, under different monikers such as XXart, Saturn V, X2, The Green Goblin and Dirty Criminals. He collaborated with James T. Cotton, DJ Hell, Green Velvet, Hieroglyphic Being, DeeCoy and Legowelt to shape his unique definition of Jakbeat.

http://www.jak-nation.com
http://soundcloud.com/the-nation


Traxx @ Moog (2011_06_08)

this live recording is from the 1st nite in chicago of a 3 day tour at The Aragon Ballroom(boom mic live) where traxx joined the tour that was completely overwhelming in the most serious way he faced as a musical challenge for 
those interested to listen how the nite proceeded.

with this incredible honor to make the opening proceedings at 
special venue locations in specific cities in the US for 
their new album ‘american dream’ tour, he personally put 
together songs which could contrast to their album title to 
the musical segments based on the journeys shared among 
the band and tour production crew.

this was a heavy thorough musical preparation to have 
played many songs(all over the spectrum)as each nite 
was completely different in selection and programming.

thank you with love and endearing admiration and appreciation

james murphy
pat mahoney 
nancy whang
tyler pope
al doyle
gavin rayna russom
matt thornley 
korey richey

LCD Opening Proceedings- Aragon Ballroom(chicago)with Traxx Nov.6th 2017

For the next episode we present an acidic journey through the familiar, yet unfamiliar realms of the uncanny. A special 2 hour and 42 minute presentation of psychedelia that recalls the dark corners of warehouse parties of a forgotten era, while at the same time, striking to the current core of modern jakbeat aesthetics. Further mind altering experiences are provoked and amplified by a delay pedal that runs its course from beginning to end, while making no apologies for its audible presence. And without further adieu, we present "Demented - Fluids of Acid Adrenaline, Uncontrolled with Endless Effects", a sound painting by, Traxx.

Traxx - Demented - Fluids of Acid Adrenaline, Uncontrolled with Endless Effects

Controlled chaos from a sonic daredevil.

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

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.627 Traxx

True love meets music machines.

Moss Pig is an all-hardware electronic live act, comprised of veteran raver SoLaRkaT aka Coldfuture & his best friend Neptune Luau.

Every performance is an attempt to capture the rawest spiritual times on the dancefloor, and rework their vibes on the machines in the moment.

¡Quiero Moss!

RA.627 Traxx

Resident Advisor

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