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)

A mix beamed in from the future by singeli's young star.

If singeli has a new era, DJ Travella is its leading light. At just 23 years old, the Tanzanian producer is pushing the genre into fast, frenetic and unmistakably futuristic territory. And while there aren't too many entries in the RA Podcast's 20-year history where you can say, "this has no parallel whatsoever," RA.984 shatters that assumption in style.

Singeli emerged from Dar es Salaam's underground in the early '00s, forged from limited resources and unlimited creativity. Producers looped and sped up taarab instrumentals using basic software like Virtual DJ, creating a sound that was chaotic, witty and lightning fast. With support from local studios like Sisso and Pamoja, singeli took root as the breakneck pulse of Tanzanian youth culture.

Travella—real name Hamadi Hassani—came up outside that infrastructure. He began producing music aged ten, self-taught and internet-savvy. By 2022, he was touring Europe with Kampala-based collective Nyege Nyege and gaining global attention for a distinct style he's dubbed "cyber-singeli." 

Like gabber, hardcore and jungle before it, singeli is unapologetically go hard or go home. It's unique and utterly infectious. After all, what could possibly connect pop provocateur Arca to the late president of Tanzania? Not much—except singeli. 

Travella's RA Podcast is a white-knuckle ride through this blistering sonic universe. It's wild and joyful yet controlled—a window into one of the most exciting young minds in global club music.

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Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/984.

RA.984 DJ Travella

An invitation to dissociate on the beach inside your mind. Musical postcards from London back to Miami shores filled with sun, salt and melancholy. Nick shares the music that has influenced his upcoming album as well as highlighting Miami musical moments in the realm of ambient, idm and all things murky.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/nick-leon/episodes/nick-leon-22nd-april-2025

BEACH NOIR W/ NICK LEÓN & Uchi 220425

Swedish/Chilean DJ & Producer Dinamarca playing dreamy perreo - ethereal reggaeton.

https://www.instagram.com/dinamarca117 

Dinamarca @ The Lot Radio 05-08-2025

Drama presents a special pregame session leading up to their second annual Pride party, featuring LA's Gbenga and party manager DJPT. 

https://www.instagram.com/drama-co 
https://www.instagram.com/gbeng.a/ 
https://www.instagram.com/peteyninetyseven/ 
https://www.soundcloud.com/drama-co 
https://soundcloud.com/gbeng-a 
https://soundcloud.com/p-e-t-e-y



Drama Pride with Gbenga b2b DJPT @ The Lot Radio 06-16-2025

mobilegirl invites you into her home with soundtracks for various rooms. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/mobilegirl/episodes/mobilegirl-4th-september-2025

ROOMIES w/ MOBILEGIRL - music for the studio 040925

Bandcamp

Retrograding

Fade to Mind 5 Year Anniversary Special
Total Freedom, Nguzunguzu, Kingdom, Prince Will

Tune in to Fade to Mind on Rinse FM 
Every second Thursday at 3pm PDT / 6pm EDT / 11pm BST 
Listen at rinse.fm/player or on 106.8 FM in London

Rinse FM Podcast

5 Year Special - Total Freedom Nguzunguzu Kingdom Prince Will - Fade to Mind on Rinse FM - 7.14.16

Girl Unit & Jam City - Night Slugs Mix Show - Rinse FM - 24 February 2013

NTS RADIO: Guest Artist YANTAN MINISTRY with a special set of edits. <3333333333

TRACKLIST:

YANTAN MINISTRY
Blue Sky Bind
YANTAN MINISTRY
Castle Medicine
YANTAN MINISTRY
Link Ting Mimetic W/ Horses
YANTAN MINISTRY
Stable Blend
YANTAN MINISTRY
Bare Collapsed
YANTAN MINISTRY
Ego Rip
YANTAN MINISTRY
No Tundra No Kings
YANTAN MINISTRY
Retinae Fever
YANTAN MINISTRY
Curious Prayer
YANTAN MINISTRY
Dove Roadsblue Sky Bind
YANTAN MINISTRY
Castle Medicine
YANTAN MINISTRY
Link Ting Mimetic W/ Horses
YANTAN MINISTRY
Stable Blend
YANTAN MINISTRY
Bare Collapsed
YANTAN MINISTRY
Ego Rip
YANTAN MINISTRY
No Tundra No Kings
YANTAN MINISTRY
Retinae Fever
YANTAN MINISTRY
Curious Prayer
YANTAN MINISTRY
Dove Roads
CHAKA KHAN
Ain't Nobody (Kelman Duran Ambient Remix)
KELMAN DURAN
Dark Energy Outro II
APOLLO AND MUSLIMGAUZE
Tangier Box
MUSLIMGAUZE 
Zebra Slaughter

YANTAN MINISTRY X KELMAN DURAN NTS RADIO SPECIAL MAY, 2020

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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