Ashland Mines, AKA Total Freedom, AKA Big Gay Idiot DJ, AKA Bobby Beethoven, is one of the best and most influential DJs of the 21st century. Starting out at pioneering parties like Mustache Mondays and Wildness (which he cofounded with Wu Tsang)—and a regular at GHE20G0TH1K—Mines helped to define the style that would become known, however cringe-inducingly, as experimental club or deconstructed club, directly inspiring fellow visionaries like Arca. 

Like some of the best DJs before him, Mines uses the CDJs as an instrument, but that doesn't mean just fancy tricks and looping. Instead, he artfully throws together clashing sounds—effects, samples, monologues, pop and R&B acapellas, and beats that run the gamut from dancehall to kuduro to breaks and techno. He's not afraid of the grotesquerie of human life and movement (just check out the monologue at the beginning of this mix), and he likes to push buttons. Once he put on a party where dancing wasn't allowed. Some of his sets are intentionally anxiety-inducing, evoking horror movies and modern classical composers like Penderecki, while others are bouncy and ebullient, weaving between genres and tempos like an old-school platformer. The best are both.

On Mines's RA Podcast—a milestone 900th in the series—he shows off this inimitable style, sharpened and reinforced over a decade-and-a-half of playing some of the world's best parties, fashion shows, you name it. He's the kind of DJ who creates his own music as he goes along. He makes you hear old tracks—especially pop music and R&B—in a whole new way. Titled "Cursed Piercing," this is a near-hour of controlled chaos that'll confound you at one moment and deeply move you the next.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/900

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RA.900 Bobby Beethoven (FKA Total Freedom)

Why Be on NTS 13.12.2023

mobilegirl is a DJ and producer based in Berlin. Her style behind the booth focuses on creating a highly energetic dance floor that allows for emotionality, for softer moments but also attention-demanding breaks and shifts. An equally fun and challenging combination that gained her traction very early on in her career and established her as an artist to watch in experimental club music – bringing about tours across Europe, East Asia and North America and a spot on the roster of DISCWOMAN. 
Reflecting her general curiosity mobilegirl's inspirations draw from a broad pool that intentionally make her rather difficult to categorise. However, she has made a name for herself through club edits of R&B classics; a predilection for which draws through all of her work. Another influence, not less apparent, are video game scores. Her fascination with the repetitive and soothing effect of music in RPGs accordingly set the foundation for her debut EP "Poise" released in 2017 - a string of tracks that at that time seemed untypically mellow but were created in an effort to decelerate and invite the listener to do the same. This project turned mobilegirl's inspiration into praxis. It opened up the doors for her to shift her focus towards scores of films, art installations and fashion shows the years after, while remaining a force on the dance floor. 

"The entire mix is a nest for POiSON GiRL FRiEND - Hardly Ever Smile (Without You) to sit right in the middle."

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Abrasive sonics from Kuwait.

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Get in your feelings with Brussels party starters HE4RTBROKEN - the beloved Belgian collective that aren't scared of a few tears on the dance floor. Resident djs Liyo, Steff, Munix and ssaliva explore the full range of cathartic music listening together with some kindred-spirited emotive guests. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/hea4rtbroken/episodes/hea4rtbroken-26th-september-2024

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Bapari Tracklist
Max Filesize - (133) CHECK ME OUT EDIT
Zutzut - Calor Ft. Imaabs
Klahrk - Out My Mind
domizako - TTT (Místní Fauna - YUKU)
Tinashe - Nasty (Casey Club Dubstep Bootleg)
Mathis Ruffing - Transient Curse
ABADIR - Mutate
CIAN - Cardos [Traaampaaa]
VELLE - Dream State
Felov - Ominous
Dubruvvas - Jam Talks

Via App Tracklist
Scorn - White Irises Blind
Yazzus - GOOD TO HELL
Costa - Streat WARQ
Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us (Masters At Work Dub)
De Schuurman - Scratchin
Dissolver / LifLefLof - I Love It, Now Put It On Fire
Aleister - Right There
Pessimist - Danger
Deft - Throat
Silicia - Forever Solstice
Junk DNA - Cheap Censorship
Hysterical Love Project - Joyride

Puffy Radio on NTS 062: Bapari & Via App

In the lead-up to our event with @halcyon-veil at @icalondon, we invited the label to curate a special sub-series as part of the celebration of our 20th mix release under Emulsion. 

Kicking off this series is a mix from @bapari, a Haitian-American artist based in LA, known for their genre-blending, high-energy sets that explore themes of identity and movement.   

Bapari has been making waves in the underground electronic music scene and recently contributed to the production of "Eusexua," the title track of FKA Twigs’ forthcoming album.

See Bapari live at the ICA, London - Tickets available:

Emulsion 20. (BAPARI)

"Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls.
All your waves and your billows have swept over me."

(Love life always)

DJ PROMISE CHAIN FOR SILLAGE 11/07 (LIVE AT NOWADAYS)

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We're rewinding back to the beginning of summer again for our fifth installment from the booth. This time it's the one and only Total Freedom on the ones, twos, threes and fours. 

He took over from DJ Lag at 3am that night and was shelling out smoldering deep house and rave-ready, diva-dancehall anthems before flipping the script with a barrage of berserk and euphoric jungle explosives as the sun came up.

Maximum thanks to Ashland for letting us push this out and big love to Daniel "Physical Therapy" Fisher for his help in putting this night together back in June. 

Total Freedom will be back at ours hitting all the pleasure centers between 6am and 9am during our Nonstop Halloween party, which starts on October 26th.

Nowadays Live And Direct 005 - Total Freedom

Last Unleashed show of the year - originally aired on NTS Radio on December 21st. 

Tracklist : https://www.nts.live/shows/crystallmess/episodes/unleashed-21st-december-2020

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