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Studio Mixes

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MD0 - Mwahaha
Kassem Mosse - Untitled B1
Dolkraut - Loot
Ancient Methods - Untitled B1
Midland - Bring Joy (Youandewan Dub)
Urulu - Not The Only One
Jodeci - Freak In You (MK Dub)
Valmay - Radiated Future
Redshape - Future Shock
Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka - Infamous
Mike Dehnert - Moment
Bobmo - Northside
Dustin Zahn - I Feel
Robert Hood - Alpha (James Ruskin Remix)
O/V/R - Post Traumatic Son (DVS1 Remix)
Raffertie - Ergo We Are Human
Photek - 101 (Boddika's Drum Machine Remix)
Shy One - Comfortable (T Williams Remix)
Blawan - Bohla
Hem - On A Mission (Shortstuff Remix)
Instra:Mental - When I Dip
Digital Mystikz - Education
Teeth - Shawty

From The Vaults: March 2011

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Unpainted Dreams (009)

Re-up of the mix I did for Jamal a couple years back. I looooved putting this one together and was stoked to be asked to do their 50th mix at the time! It's a proper party mix with warmup to close vibes so here's to new ears. 

Again, for any IDs, give me a follow, ask and you shall receive :)

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Boccara Mix 50 - Villella

Albin was at the helm of this month's Yellow Island Records show. He was joined by Villella of the Truants blog for two hours of breaks, UKG, downtempo and leftfield house. Tracks inside from Dyslecta, Maruwa and Pugilist.

Yellow Island Records w/ Albin and Villella - October 2021

Hadn't recorded a new mix for the personal SC series in 9 months so here's a new one  mark the 10th edition. As always, ask for an ID and you shall receive. 

Bookings: riccardo@truantsblog.com

Artwork - Chris Perani - Butterfly Wings Series

The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling (010)

A mix Villella and I recorded in March 2020. With lock-down looming we knew we had to get a session in so we headed to Pirate Studios in Greenwich and just played as loud as we could and recorded the whole thing. A mix of our fav tunes and new discoveries, this mix really encapsulates a moment in time before the world imploded❤️

Sam J and Villella (Pirate 13.03.20)

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Caldera ft Villella - 18.07.2023

In a world where attention spans are constantly under siege by a myriad of distractions, the search for a reliable source of quality music can often feel like navigating a vast, unpredictable sea. In this era of inconsistency, there are shining beacons of reliability. One such beacon, which has consistently graced our monthly selections of favorite mixes, is the music platform Truants.
Truants has been a steadfast provider of top-tier music, a sanctuary where music enthusiasts can find solace in the promise of quality content. Among the architects of this musical haven is the talented and eclectic Riccardo Villella, a London-based designer and DJ renowned for his exceptional taste and mixing skills.
Today, we are thrilled to present to you this special mix, meticulously crafted by none other than Riccardo Villella himself. We vividly recall the moment we first encountered this mix – a serendipitous drive through the picturesque Spanish landscapes, rewinding our way from the Paral.lel festival to Barcelona. It was the perfect soundtrack to soothe our souls after an unforgettable weekend amidst the mountains. Mixes of this caliber have a unique power, a lasting resonance that ensures they become cherished companions, revisited time and time again.

Before we dive into this fabulous journey that Riccardo has curated for us, this is what Riccardo said in his own words about the process behind this remarkable mix: "It took me a little while to think of a direction to go in this. I've always loved the style and atmosphere to a lot of the mixes and tracks that get posted on Delayed but knew I didn't really want to record a techno or house mix. So I ended up putting lots of tracks on a half-time tip that evoked strong emotions of nostalgia and a hopeful sadness. I got to an hour of tracks and felt like I had perfect passage into more clubby double time stuff to round off the later stages of the mix. So there's a big switch half way through but hope it's seamless in essence. Some amazing tracks in there from some artists that are really doing it for me at the moment such as Morgan Wright, Cousin, Vardae, Downstairs J, Sobolik and Tom VR."


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Delayed with... Villella

ＥＸＡＭＩＮＩＮＧ ＴＨＥ ＧＯＤ ＨＥＡＤ
ᴀ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀᴛᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪꜱꜱᴇᴄᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴘʜᴇʀ ᴄᴇʟᴇꜱᴛɪᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴅᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴᴄᴇꜱᴛʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ…

For our first examination of oo24 we are overly blessed with a transmission from a true rhythmic archaeologist and relic purveyor... 

Godfather of the lauded @truants series, 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 has an unearthly knowledge of all strands of the rave pool, demonstrated here with this masterful and euphoric journey through house, breaks, prog, trance, grime, everything your soul desires. 

Villella creates the types of mixes that you will consistently return to over and over, he has the true gift of being able to choose a world and a feeling and realise it entirely. We offer our infinite thanks to him for this effervescent mix to start our urth rotation and to our cherished orbsmith Darius Zoltan for visualising this sonic world.

Elevate, resonate & perforate into paradise…

Examination by @riccardovillella
World Build by @dariuszoltan

- t r a ck l i s t -
 coming soon.....

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EXAMINING THE GOD HEAD ｡ Villella °

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GODDEZZ: PORTARA0000 B2B VILLELLA - 23 February 2024

With my mixer still in repairs and no means to record the new mix I'd been planning, I decided to upload the first mix I ever uploaded to the internet back in late 2010. Featuring tracks from Conforce, Skudge, Darkstar, Ramadanman and Midland, I feel this mix ranks as one of my favourite things I ever recorded. Felt like it could do with a second run for people who might have missed it the first time.  

Tracklist:

Jacques Greene - Tell Me
Conforce - Grace
Horizontal Ground - Snakes Cave
Ramadanman & Midland - More Than You Know
Kink - E79
Lamina Fofana - Eye On The Devil
Emika - Double Edge
Skudge - Convolution
DBridge - ZX81 (Shed Remix)
Martyn - Is This Insanity (Redshape Remix)
Marcell Dettman - Scourer
Kolsch - Lorely
Darkstar - Two Chords

From The Vaults: November 2010

Yeeeehheeeew!!

TOMBOLOMIXX has the enormous pleasure to welcome  @RiccardoVillella, boss of the classic and admired @truants series. Vilella has an incredible knowledge of all strands of the rave pool, shown here with this masterful and euphoric journey through house, prog, breaks, trance,everything your soul desires.

Villella creates the types of mixes that you will consistently return to over and over, he has the true gift of being able to choose a world and a feeling and realise it entirely.

TOMBOLOMIXX 123 - Villella

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In a world overflowing with music, finding reliable curators can be a challenge. Villella has been a key figure in the underground scene for years, both as a DJ and as a curator for Truants, where he has been running the iconic Truancy Volume and the recently established Truancy Sessions series for nearly 14 years. With over a decade of experience navigating the ever-evolving landscape of dance music, Villella has developed a distinct DJ style rooted in rave nostalgia and euphoric serenity.

His DJ sets reflect his eclectic taste, shaped by years of exposure to a wide range of sounds and genres. Villella has crafted mixes for esteemed platforms, labels, and parties such as The Ransom Note, Spontaneous Affinity, Goddezz, Delayed, and Tombolo, showcasing his ability to effortlessly blend genres—from house, breaks, and prog to trance, grime, jungle, garage, and beyond. A proper tastemaker with an ear for the past, present, and future.

𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 - zizi K invites Villella / Internet Public Radio

"It’s a long way the sea-winds blow
Over the sea-plains blue,—
But longer far has my heart to go
Before its dreams come true."

Incredible selection by @riccardovillella of @truants

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MFIS LXII ✢ Villella

"Summer of Solstice 3055: 

I’d just returned from a long stint working the orbital docks, preparing to settle back into the life cycle routine that was Valkor Zenith. The last thing I expected was to reconnect with three old friends from my days at the Echo House orphanage. Sora had slipped back from exile on Neoterra Prime. Rion had fled the undercity of Crysalis after a grav-bike race gone bad. And Omrin, who I hadn’t seen or heard of in more than a decade, had shown up out of nowhere as if no time had passed with a stolen data map and a proposition: we’d go find the Dream Beacon.

We’d grown up with the story. A myth, really. Some ancient alien relic buried deep in the sand sea, spoken of in hushed tones in level D bars and back-alley data centres. The promise was simple, if you could reactivate its signal with your own transmission, you’d be granted your most longed-for dreams and unimaginable wealth. No one had ever found it.

I’m still not entirely sure what made us set off and follow Omrin so blindly that summer. Maybe it was grief, maybe hope. Or just that need to move, to do anything but sit still. Each of us were adrift in our own orbit of longing and loss, and somehow, we collided again, drawn together like shards of a broken constellation.

We had left the neon haze of Valkor Zenith behind at sunset, riding the wide stretches of plasma rail to the outer edges as the city lights faded behind us. Nights were lit by twin moons and we passed the time listening to old mixes we’d recorded in our youth, our playlists humming through our comms as we hurtled across other-worldly landscapes at 200mph. In the two months that followed, we would laugh in the ruins of the Oblivion Cradle, party with rogue miners in bioluminescent fungi caverns, feel the cold rush of air as our bikes skimmed the ridges of the Halcyon Scar, be chased by Karn bike gangs through synth-storms, and save a lone settler named Joyce trapped in a dust pocket whilst traversing the Ash Spires. 

As we hurtled towards the promise of the Dream Beacon, I often wondered, was the beacon even real? And if it was, what would I even upload as my transmission? Maybe one of those old mixes we used to make. I’m sure all these questions flickered across all our minds, unspoken. But that summer, deep down, none of it really mattered. I would’ve followed those three anywhere..."

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Distant Signals 077: Villella

Download: https://we.tl/8r7qoqUMmB 

This was only meant to be an hour and a half max but I was struggling cutting down tunes so decided to just record what I had one evening a couple weeks back and see how long it would take. So here's three hours of music featuring a  tracks from Bergsonist, DJ Overdose, Roman Flügel, DJ Red Alert, Doc Sleep, Anthony Shakir, John Dahlback, Solid Blake and much more! There's also two tunes from myself nestled up in there and the artwork was also done by yours truly

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D Breez - Crazy For Love (Autechre Remix)
Ruhig - Alba (Luigi Tozzi Reshape)
Deepbass - Alto (Reggy Van Oers Version)
Voiski - Micro Mouse Mappy
The Gods Planet - The Golden Age (Marcus Henriksson Remix)
MRSK - Venger
Virginia - Raverd (Dub)
Tori Amos - God (The Rainforest Resort Mix)
Tastexperience - Summersault
DIMDJ - Run
Roman Flügel - Altes Testament
Relaxer - Forming
DJ Overdose - Acid Lovely
Cignol - Quest
Melody Boy 2000 - Sound Stealer
Solid Blake - Burns
214 - The Breakfast Club
Timothy J. Fairplay - My Etherealrealness 
Lamanna & Cosimo Damiano - Contropotere
Hearts Of Space - With A Medium Into Trance (Sequence 4 Mix)
EQD - Equalised #005 B
Melmoth - 101 
Underground Resistance - Living For The Nite (Kevin Sanderson Remix)
Stacey Pullen - The Stand (10 Minute Version)
Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir - Arise
Phuture303 - Northern Lights
Laurent Garnier - Crispy Bacon
Maurice Joshua - I Got A Big D*** - (Mark Archer’s Acid Tweak Mix)
John Dahlback - Gas
Marco Carola - 7th Question (A1)
Albion - Air
Till Kruger - The Green
Los Hermanos - Quetzal
Cari Lekebusch - No Fake Booty
Canblaster - Voxes Roll
Robert Armani - Let Me Hit That
K.Hand - I Can See
Doc Sleep - First Solar
Bergsonist - Colonial Revolution 
Melmoth - Laplacian Casino
D-Shake - Techno Trance (Paradise Is Now)
N.R.G - It’s Ruff
DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect
The Far Side - De Ja Vu
Electroliners - Loose Caboose
Jonny L - Hurt You So (S&M Mix)
Shades Of Rhythm - Happy Feelings (Bash Street Kids Mix)
Trigger Happy -  Untitled (B)

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J.R Isodore (005)

ELECTRO / TRANCE / JUNGLE

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Problem Reaction (006)

Me and my brother did a series of radio shows together a while back but they seem to have been lost to the internet so decided to reupload a fresh here. Waxxfm one easily the best one we did.

Riccardo & Federico on Waxxfm (New York)

Me and my brother did a series of radio shows together a while back but they seem to have been lost to the internet so decided to reupload afresh here.

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Riccardo & Federico on a now defunct station (London)

Music from Dasha Rush, Relaxer, Anthony Rother, Polo and more. Ask for an ID and you shall receive. 

Download: https://we.tl/9bD0jeix0Q

Bookings & Contact: riccardo@truantsblog.com

Artwork by yours truly

Moore's Law (007)

Wanted to try something a bit fun outside the techno and electro spectrum for my first mix of 2019. Music from Fantastic Man, Perel, John Talabot, Richard Sen, Nouvelle Phénomène, Lauer and more!

For any IDs leave a comment and I'll get back to you quick time :D

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Riccardo Villella

Main Reprise (008)

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Will ID anything on any of my mixes. Just leave a comment with me tagged and I'll get back to you pronto :)

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