LvL Up Kid in the mixXx

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R4I Warehouse 7.12.24

Leila Youssefi is an LA-based visual artist and DJ currently working under the moniker “@lvlupkid”. Approaching music as narrative, her sound often interlays personal audio recordings with a wide variety of genres spanning downtempo jazz to hip hop to breakbeat. Her Femme Sessions mix takes this approach in breaching the topic of quarantine and all of its nuanced sensations. As a team player of Space Milk collective, Leila cares to foster inclusive community spaces where all feel comfortable to tune in, switch off, and have a good-old-fashion boogie with one another.

The story behind her Guest Mix ~

"Six months into the Covid-19 lockdown, I did an experimental livestream exploring the millennial desire to “escape” - escape quarantine, escape the worrying state of the world, escape presence. Now that another 6 months have passed, the state of the pandemic only recently looking up, I’m more interested in what it means to turn inward and be present in this bizarre space. 

This mix is a reflection on our #stayathome lives;  full of fear, frustration, relaxation, potato chips, confusion, antagonizing brain-loops, cabin-fever, isolation, the eclipse of the bra & the dawn of the sweats, America’s Next Top Model binges, and of course - the strange sensation of feeling like you should be doing something productive with all the xtra time, but just not being able to 🙃

After many moments of struggle and many moments of joy, I realize that lockdown isn’t innately bad. It just is. For the sake of keeping others & ourselves healthy, we are still, even one year later, here. Whether it be the overlap of my family members simultaneously taking meetings from home, continuously rewatching scenes from movies for the odd stability they provide in a less than static world, or the dead-end unemployment line (if you know, you know lol) - it is my current reality. In conversation with this, please enjoy some jazz, feel-good dub, sad piano, and select home-bound recordings as a soundtrack to this wormhole of a moment in time."

Track List:

[1] Ruf Dug - Opening Ceremony 
[2] Smith & Mighty - Anyone (Mellow Mix) 
​[3] Leafar Legov - Abbas 
[4] Soulstatejazz - The Uncanny Valley 
​[5] Tom Ellis - Missed It 
[6] Galcher Lustwerk - Blue Lotus 
[7] Michael J. Collins - You Lose (Interlude)
[8] Four Tet - Glue of the World 
[9] Theo Parish, Andrew Ashong - Flowers 
[10] HNNY - Sunday 
[11] LL Cool J - Around The Way Girl
[12] Freddie Cruger - Boogie Down Hagsätra 
[13] K.M.D. - Peachfuzz
[14] Dorothy Ashby - Essence of Sapphire
[15] Axel Boman​ - Europa 
[16] Calibre -  Five Minute Flame 
[17] Vanilla - Past, Present & Future (Intro)
[18] HNNY - Rue de Bagnolet 
[19] h hunt - nice arp 
[20] Herbert - About This Time Each Day 
[21] Kelly Lee Owens - Flow
[22] Sonny Okosun - Highlife (Dub Version) 
[23] Møzaika - Drive feat. Sui Zhen (Dub Mix)
[24] Dollkraut - Bruce Wayne 
[25] New Look - Teen Need 
[26] Pupkulies & Rebekah - Hold Me Tight (Shaun Reeves & Guti Remix) 
[27] Ruf Dug - Fruity Dance 
[28] Soulstatejazz - Rebels on the Way 
[29] Galcher Lustwerk - Life 
[30] John FM - Forever

Femme Sessions Vol. 001: LvL Up Kid

Leila Youssefi, DJ and visual artist, sat down with Mackenzie Fell, one of the organizers of Femme Sessions and Creative Directors of SubSessions Arts and Music Collective, to answer a few questions about her craft, her journey as an artist, how she felt being asked to contribute to Femme Sessions, and what she thinks SubSessions can do to create a more inclusive space. Listen to her interview to hear her insightful responses! 

Artist Bio:

Leila Youssefi is an LA-based visual artist and DJ currently working under the moniker “@lvlupkid”. Approaching music as narrative, her sound often interlays personal audio recordings with a wide variety of genres spanning downtempo jazz to hip hop to breakbeat. Her Femme Sessions mix takes this approach in breaching the topic of quarantine and all of its nuanced sensations. As a team player of Space Milk collective, Leila cares to foster inclusive community spaces where all feel comfortable to tune in, switch off, and have a good-old-fashion boogie with one another.

The story behind her Guest Mix ~

"Six months into the Covid-19 lockdown, I did an experimental livestream exploring the millennial desire to “escape” - escape quarantine, escape the worrying state of the world, escape presence. Now that another 6 months have passed, the state of the pandemic only recently looking up, I’m more interested in what it means to turn inward and be present in this bizarre space. 

This mix is a reflection on our #stayathome lives;  full of fear, frustration, relaxation, potato chips, confusion, antagonizing brain-loops, cabin-fever, isolation, the eclipse of the bra & the dawn of the sweats, America’s Next Top Model binges, and of course - the strange sensation of feeling like you should be doing something productive with all the xtra time, but just not being able to 🙃

After many moments of struggle and many moments of joy, I realize that lockdown isn’t innately bad. It just is. For the sake of keeping others & ourselves healthy, we are still, even one year later, here. Whether it be the overlap of my family members simultaneously taking meetings from home, continuously rewatching scenes from movies for the odd stability they provide in a less than static world, or the dead-end unemployment line (if you know, you know lol) - it is my current reality. In conversation with this, please enjoy some jazz, feel-good dub, sad piano, and select home-bound recordings as a soundtrack to this wormhole of a moment in time."

Leila Youssefi (LvL Up Kid) Interview for Femme Sessions

Although we first became acquainted with Leila Youssefi, aka @lvlupkid via her involvement with @spacemilkmusic we've quickly come to find she's an elaborate muralist and painter whose unique perspective additionally informs her delectably selected mixes.

In roughly the last two and a half years, Leila has exhibited her own art, created a design for KCRW merch, painted a mural at Sofi Stadium for Superbowl LVI, not to mention numerous other large- and small-format paintings in the LA area and abroad. All of this just scratches the surface on who Leila is as an artist and as a person though, so be sure to take a look at her website at the link below as well.

www.lvlupkid.com

And don't forget to check in with Leila a little bit deeper with our interview at the Peace Portal website.

www.pnwpeaceportal.com

Thank you as always also to our host stations:

www.kzaxradio.org & www.xray.fm

82. LvL Up Kid

Thank you Daisy Chain for having me out at Installation #11. It was a true honor to set the stage for legends Anna Morgan, VCTRE and The Glitch Mob.

Enjoy the live recording of my set in San Diego on August 12th, 2023.

Track List:
1. Dual Monitor - You Can Stay
2. K-LONE - Deluxe
3. Neumonic - Come & Play
4. SP:MC - Big Request
5. Bakey - Mashed
6. Portway - Fever
7. SAAH - SYSTEM SHOCK
8. Crawford - Life
9. SAKAWAH BOYS - Belly
10. Introspekt - Style So Hot
11. Neumonic x Path2 - Pop
12. Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair - Set The Roof
13. Charli XCX, Clearcast - Pink Diamond (Clearcast Edit)
14. Danny Goliger - Archos Gmini
15. Oldboy - 16 Bars
16. benuebermensch - FLIPPST DU BRICKS?
17. Addison Groove - Brand New Drop (Nikki Nair Remix)
18. Amy Kisnorbo - Slap
19. Carré - Fainting
20. Morelia - Stronga
21. Neumonic - Jungle Funk
22. IZCO - A M16
23. Donny Rotten - One Spliff a Day
24. INVT - Gas
25. Assembler Code - All This Energy
26. Bad Boombox - Megan Look Good

Anna Morgan's set starts at 1:23:30 ~ too fire to leave out the hot ass beginning of her mix <3

Daisy Chain #11: The Glitch Mob, Anna Morgan, VCTRE

Stoked to share the recording of one of my favorite sets of all time.. from Justin Martin’s What To Do Label Show 2.16.24!

I went all over the damn place (as per usual) with ukg breaks, 140 dubstep, drum n bass, jungle, back to melodic breaks and ending with the extreme banger flip of Harriet Brown’s Couldn’t Catch My Breath by @djhouseplants <3 all of you who stayed till the end, we truly had a momentttt there :’)

Track List:
1. Fonzo - How We Feelin’
2. ANSZA - I See Ya
3. canary yellow - Breath You In
4. Neumonic - Movin’
5. Felly Fell - ID
6. Jay Carder - Eva's Stoned (Earthnut Remix)
7. Fonzo - Reality (ft. ANSZA)
8. Choopsie & Danny Goliger - Cycling
9. Farsight - Up Right Good Good
10. massii - Life on a Lily Pad 
11. Toma Kami - Blades
12. Conducta x BIJI - Gold
13. Danny Goliger - ID
14. Danny Goliger - ID
15. Doctor Jeep - Push The Body
16. Carré - Fainting
17. Sudley & Anaïs feat. Flowdan - Wicked
18. Nia Archives - Baiana
19. IZCO - SAY U MI LUV LIFE
20. Anaïs - want u
21. constantstill - pro at ikea 
22. DJ Frankie - N0 0RD1N4RY L0V3
23. Breaka, Borai & Denham Audio - Make Me (Breaka Remix)
24. Bop - Clair De Lune (Foans Remix)
25. Baalti - Spilling
26. Parallels - Can't Stop
27. Kassian - No Clear Shape
28. Lovellious - Told You
29. DJ Houseplants, Harriet Brown - Couldn't Catch My Breath

What To Do 2.16.24 w/ Justin Martin, Galen & MNTRA

Phil Spank @ R4I 7/12/24

Abby St. Claire @ R4I 7/12/24

Chico Chaboya b2b Clancy Hickinbotham @ R4I 7/12/24

SLUMBRRPARTY (Felly Fell b2b LvL Up Kid) @ R4I 7/12/24

1. Danny Goliger - Exonym
2. Surusinghe - BAD GIRLS
3. SP:MC - Big Request
4. Chungo - Zero Day
5. Gobekli - Leo (Benomorph + Andrae Durden Shiny Version)
6. DJ JUANNY - MEGA 97
7. Mutable Mercury - Take Blue In
8. JACOTANU - SPEED CUTTER
9. quest?onmarq - ANOTHER WHITE LABEL (KEEP ON DANCING)
10. Dufraine - Uber XL
11. INVT, Logan_olm - WE INSIDE (CULEBRA VIP) 
12. Felly Fell - Burnout
13. Clearcast x Felly Fell - ID
14. Mia Koden - Wait A Minute
15. Danny Goliger - ID
16. Villager - Sósia
17. Theorist - Runitbak
18. Fonzo - Recharge
19. Etari - Kweenie (Angel D'lite Remix)
20. Zero Idea - Soul
21. Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany - Chosen Family Feud
22. Dufraine - Wake
23. POL100 - Orbiter
24. Arina - Bare Feet
25. Carré - Glowing
26. Cardozo - Suada
27. SMIFF - BANG!
28. Doctor Nick - Squelch
29. Ice Spice & Central Cee - Did It First (Pozy Edit)
30. Charli XCX - Guess (Fonzo Flip)
31. ANDR - BANG DA FLOOR
32. Borai & Denham Audio - Make Me (Breaka Remix)
33. X CLUB. - PUMP UP THE JAM
34. Dom Dolby - Synchronised Sippin

Monarch 5.3.25 | Support for Effy

1. Arina Krondeva - Untitled Digit
2. canary yellow, Fillup Waters - Magnolia
3. Provider - Sieves
4. Kelbin, canary yellow - Follow Me
5. RamonPang - ID
6. Mia Koden - I Did
7. Villager - ID
8. peeple - 16 140 4
9. Felly Fell - Burnout
10. PISTASHIO - WONCHA
11. Joe Polar - What U Want
12. CC4_002 - Beautiful
13. Yaeji - Raingurl (Clearcast Edit)
14. canary yellow - ID
15. fsaud.io, PISTASHIO - ID
16. miido, LeftRight - Memory
17. Portway - Glazer
18. Parallels - Can't Stop
19. Player Dave - ID
20. RamonPang - ID
21. Felly Fell - ID

Overmono SF ✧ Felly Fell Support Set 5.15.25

June 7 2025 | Live from Frogpond 🐸
ig: https://www.instagram.com/fellyfell_/

Felly Fell - Vitarave007

@lvlupkid 

Tracklist:
1. Kosh - Benefit of the Doubt
2. Plushied (Plush Managements Mix) - Regularfantasy ft. D. Tiffany
3. New Look - Nap on the Bow
4. DJ Duke - Detroit After Hours 
5. Quadron ft. Lil Flip - LFT (Leighton Hema Edit 2)
6. Herb Alpert - Rise
7. Eris Drew - Trans Love Vibration (Eris Goes to Church)
8. Rosa Terenzi - Mwah
9. Gnork - Tears and Bleeps 
10. Furious Frank ft. Ivy Barkakati - Ahora Sí (D. Tiffany Remix) 
11. Prince - Purple Music
12. Kosh - Keep Hope Alive

Featuring samples recorded at:
Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysia
Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 
Lotus Temple, New Delhi, India

Sweet Drippinz

SWEET DRIPPINZ TRANSMISSION 0017: LvL Up Kid

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SLUMBRRPARTY (Felly Fell b2b LvL Up Kid) @ R4I 7/12/24

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