Guestshow at RefugeWorldwide Radio 11.08.2022
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big leg taps into late night moods for moody times, drifters roll into the sound of lamplights blurred in the reflections of puddles passing by..

Astral VIP - Big Leg - Refuge Worldwide [12.10.23]

This one pushes you into the groove right away – @Lucievuittong has carved out a niche for herself by blending house rhythms all sorts not afraid of sweet synths and organ sounds within. Her  joyful dedication to the craft of DJ (with vinyl) from a very young age and ability to connect with the audience through rhythm has earned her a dedicated following – including us now. 


KANNMIX 58 - Lucie Vuittong - 46min

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KANNMIX

KANNMIX 58 | Lucie Vuittong

REPORT: 

let it no longer be said that ya girl can't play a (mostly) 4x4 set! this was an opening set and direct support for KiNK, who played a ripping set afterwards! 

came into this one feeling great, hadn't opened a club night in a *really* long time so it was really special to get to play some of my favorite lower bpm and energy tracks. that basic channel track was probably one of (if not the first) records i bought at gramaphone when i was learning to dj, super special to play it at such a great club night. dancefloor contained a lot of friends and loved ones (including my mom, bless her for still coming to the club to see me spin!), which made the set even more special for me <3

that overmono/joy o blend is my new favorite, definitely hitting that one again sometime!

GEAR: 

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TRACKLIST:
parris - falling in the waves with james k
slowdive - sugar for the pill (avalon emerson's gilded escalation)
loop lf - iz 200
basic channel - q1.2
dario zenker - asm 61 gate
trikk - modo ritmico
dawud - jean rouch
ploy - move yourself
yak - mido
doctor jeep - mecha (ploy's on the podium remix)
jeigo - ihaint
burial - rodent
eric cloutier - ekpyrosis
cousin - flowstone
octo octa - adrift (dorisburg remix)
notte infinita - slippery tuff
two shell - run
alex coulton - bounce
polygonia - mind alteration
luca lozano + dj fett burger - telegronn
cop envy - rat break
lone - how can you tell
paradox - drumfunk
skee mask - routine
kosh - the chopper
hvl - eyes in the sky
al wootton - vitus
dj touche - the paddle
yak - don greno
french fries - hugz
pearson sound - hornet
lsdxoxo - hateshopping
eich - red
clk recovery - objekt
dj alias - falling through space
parris & untold - lip locked
coffintexts - activo 
alejandro marenco - rana
dj cosworth - hipnotico
theo nasa - london sound bwoy killer
instinct - skat 02
invt & introspekt - seismic activity
pangaea - hole away
stenny - consumer's tool
overmono & the streets - turn the page
joy orbison - flight fm
teqmun - nettle dweller (pariah remix)
avernian & strick - smoking gun

frail808 opening @ smartbar 7.26.24

Rinse FM Podcast 

Scarlett O'Malley with Demuja - 22 September 2024

The smartbar affiliate talks to the Fool's Gold Records founder about climbing the ranks, DJ discourse and how to exist in commercial and underground scenes simultaneously.

This week's RA Exchange takes us to Chicago, where two big names—The Blessed Madonna and A-Trak—have a chat ahead of their back-to-back set at underground institution smartbar last month. These are two DJs who have been around the block. The Blessed Madonna (FKA The Black Madonna) is originally from Kentucky, but made her name in Chicago. She started out as an intern at smartbar and working at the local label Dust Trax, later becoming lead A&R and an established DJ in her own right. 

A-Trak is a Canadian artist who cut his teeth as head honcho of Fool's Gold Records. He's known for having developed the careers of artists like Kid Cudi and Danny Brown, and he also formed Duck Sauce with Armand Van Helden, a project synonymous with the bloghouse era. 

The two have a long history with Chicago, and they engage in a discussion about how they think the city looks from the outside. As one of the most segregated cities in the US, they say, what the rest of the world sees as one cohesive and unified hub for house music is instead divided by genre and area code. They also debate the complexities of existing in commercial and underground music worlds simultaneously, our collective over-fetishisation of the past, the stupidity of DJ discourse and Europe's tendency to impose its view of America—and American dance music—on the Midwest. Listen to the episode in full.

EX.734 A-Trak & The Blessed Madonna

Detroit based collective Community Function features residents Zafar, Hood & DJ Candor. They explore a dynamic range of genres and rhythms with a focus on building community in Detroit and beyond through shared experiences.

http://www.instagram.com/community.function
https://www.instagram.com/zafarrrr_
https://www.instagram.com/whatsgoodhood_
https://www.instagram.com/dj.candor 

@community-function

Coast 2 Coast with Community Function @ The Lot Radio 10-17-2024

"Context" sets out to tie together loose ends and lay the foundation for themes worthy of further exploration. 

Ramping from 80 to 120 beats per minute, the opening track combines an instrumental house track (mostly composed in one day after an early morning shift at a warehouse in 2021) with samples sequenced almost four years later, and the album subsequently steps up the tempo and rhythmic complexity over the next two tracks: "FFaammee" and "(in) My Love" -- the former a previously unreleased track from 2023.

"(2,3)FOUR" begins a transition from house to techno and is the first track on the album to include samples from digitized VHS tapes. Entering the 130+ BPM range, "Get In Touch" makes use of ambient noise and generated DTMF tones to complement drum patterns and a distorting bassline. Having established the "homeless musician making beats at the library" vibe, "Proof Of Concept" transforms a half-baked idea from 2018 into a 3/4-baked idea with the sound of a window AC unit recorded upstate in Buffalo.

Moving into a remaster of the first-released single from the album, "NO VAPES ALLOWED" introduces the main sample of "feedback" before "NYP" tightens the loop in conjunction with more field recordings and synthesized basslines. Tapping into the sounds of the New York City Subway, "4 Lexington Avenue Express" crosses the 140 BPM threshold, manipulating and layering a voice memo recorded while riding the namesake train through Brooklyn.

The album's penultimate and final tracks both extensively process audio from VHS-C camcorder clips taken between 2019 and 2021 to develop distinctive timbres and rhythms. "BROKE A$$ BUNNY ($15/h)" incorporates additional NYC subway noises before bringing the album to a close with excerpts from one of bunjamin franklin's many VHS tapes preserving the memory of television in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Get In Touch

ORIGINAL TRACK BY: 
Anotr - Relax my Eyes
Rooléh - Daylight (Toman Remix)
All rights to the original belong to the original artist/label.
This edit is for promotional/non-commercial use only.

ANOTR - Relax My Eyes (ALLAIRE EDIT) *FREE DOWNLOAD*

Blood Pressure

In the early hours of 2018 a duo of house preachers of the highest order was in control of the Ankali dj booth. Map.Ache and Sevensol aka Manamana hail from Leipzig where they run the label/recordstore Kann Records and if their debut Prague performance has taught us one thing, it's that the two know where the groove is at. We're glad we could share an hour-and-half long excerpt of their set, as the vibe they delivered is a supreme cure for the vicious frost outside.