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Kyoto-born, Berlin-based DJ, producer and artist, Alex Kassian has become a firm favourite of ours over here at Phonica over the past couple of years. His sophisticated, lush and organic sounding productions have been picked up by labels such as Paramida’s Love On The Rocks and Alex Bradley’s Utopia Records in recent years. His most recent release, Leave Your Life, was released in 2021 via Pinchy & Friends, and we can safely say it was one of our most-played, and bestselling, records of the year.

Together with Hiroaki OBA, Alex is also one-half of Opal Sunn, who have been operating their own imprint Planet Sundae since 2017, through which they self-released a number of EPs, catching the attention of and support from dance music luminaries such as Andrew Weatherall and DJ Sprinkles.

Check out the full feature & interview over at offtherecord.net

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Phonica Mix Series 93: Alex Kassian

Before moving to San Francisco, Iranian-Canadian artist AIDA got her start in one of the world's more unlikely, yet nourishing, rave scenes tucked away in the southwest corner of Canada: Vancouver. There, amongst the basement raves, forest parties and yeast-perfumed gigs on top of bakeries, she found a home amidst a small but strong scene of record-digging minimal lovers, finding power in their pure passion for music. This is where she started, though over time her sound has developed along with a lot of the minimal scene, touching on electro, breaks and progressive house.

The latter is the focus of her RA Podcast, which comes amidst a year-long sabbatical from her dayjob to focus on music. It seems like the extra time is paying off: she's playing out more than ever, around the world, and playing more kinds of music, too. This mix revolves entirely around her love for the original wave of progressive house, gathered from records chosen over a period of weeks and then put together with a firm but idiosyncratic touch, as she explains below. It's as much a testament to the timelessness of this music as the cyclical nature of dance music, though it's also a bit of history lesson, a reminder of the broad world of sounds and rhythms beyond the au courant revival.

When she's not DJing, AIDA also runs a record label rooted in activism around her Iranian heritage. Inspired partly by the Woman Life Freedom movement in Iran, her imprint Apranik Records focuses on artists of Iranian and Persian heritage from the country and across the diaspora, as well as raising money for charities and nonprofits.

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RA.907 AIDA

A 3 hour mix of Motown, Soul, and Hip Hop recorded live in Brazil
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The Hollies - Draggin' My Heels
The Impressions - We Must Be In Love
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - New York City
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle
Steve Spacek - Let the Dollar Circulate
Grand Pubah - I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)
DJ Dez - Untitled Beats A
Azymuth - Morning
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
Marvin Gaye - Mercy, Mercy Me
The Temptations - I Need You
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Smokey Robinson - More Love
Ebo Taylor, Uhuru-Yenzu - I Need Your Love
Rolando Rasteiro - Ain't No Sunshine
Marvin Gaye - I Want You
Afro Cuban Band - Something’s Got To Give
Brothers By Choice - Baby, You Really Got Me Going
Coke Escovedo - I Wouldn't Change A Thing
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Love Come Down
Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
J Dilla - Track 30
Outkast - SpottieOttieDopaliscious (Damn James)
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Sade - Paradise
Outkast - Da Art Of Storytellin’ (Pt. 1)
Otis Gayle - I’ll Be Around
Darondo - Didn't I (Florent Rework)
The Rolling Stones - Miss You
Kindness - Swinging Party
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Steely Dan - Go Back Jack Do It Again
Lamont Dozier - Going Back To My Roots
The O’Jays - I Love Music
Paul Pills - Young Americans
The Spinners - It’s A Shame
Dabrye - Tunnel Vision
DJ Dez - Untitled
Post Malone - White Iverson
Big Pun - Still Not A Player
Lumidee - Never Leave You
Diggable Planets - Nickel Bag
Slum Village - Players

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Alex Kassian welcomed the first sunrise at Solar Village in 2023, and we can now listen back to his performance. He took Wonderers on a journey that started downtempo and slowly built his set out, marking a new direction for sunrise performances at our beloved venue.

Alex Kassian – Solar Village – Wonderfruit 2023

John Talabot live from the Patio at #GALA24.

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Live from the Patio – John Talabot

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MASSIMILIANO PAGLIARA - RECORDED LIVE AT WAS. UTRECHT (17.02.24)

"Recording this mix for fabric meant a lot to me! a moment to pause and reflect on where I come from and where I’m going musically <3 Catch me this Saturday, May 3, b2b with Roi Perez! Lets go <3" - ISAbella

063 - ISAbella - fabric podcast

Recording of Satoshii Tomie's live set at the Selectors stage during Dekmantel Festival 2025.

Satoshii Tomie (live) at Selectors - Dekmantel Festival 2025

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A peak-time, driving techno original mix by Lofty, crafted to elevate the energy of the dancefloor with relentless beats and hypnotic rhythms.

LOFTI - DARK MATTER (ORIGINAL MIX)

An uplifting ode to queerness and love.

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