Doechii - Nissan Altima (Whiplash Remix)

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A clinic in minimal from the elusive Acting Press boss. 

Why do certain sounds cultivate a cult following? Simply put, it's often because they resist easy consumption. PLO Man and his imprint Acting Press lean into this. 

Searching for the Berlin-based DJ and producer, you won’t find much online presence, interviews or conventional PR. What you will find, if you look hard enough, is a catalogue of records and mixes with a kind of tape hiss charm (a spiritual successor to Basic Channel and Chain Reaction, but scuzzier and lighter on its feet).

Founded in 2015, Acting Press once seemed to belong to the short-lived "outsider house" trend, but is now synonymous with a certain strain of modern minimal, one that is analogue, spacious and pointedly opaque. PLO Man's output is equally sparse by design: this week, he joins the RA Podcast with a characteristically elusive style, accompanying the near two-hour mix is a one-answer Q&A that gives almost nothing away.

Stripped-back, ever-so-slightly sleazy and coated in dust, PLO Man's RA Podcast continues that lineage in style. Opening with the featherlight microhouse of Margaret Dygas, RA.988 unfolds into a carefully curated spectrum of minimal, dub and deep techno. Among familiar names—look out for the blinding Rhythm & Sound and Moodymann blend—are deep cuts and left turns alongside the odd outlier, like lovers' rock pioneer Gregory Isaacs.

Like the best of his forebears, PLO Man wants RA.988 to take time for you to settle in. But once you do, you won’t want to leave. 

@p_el_oh

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/988

RA.988 PLO Man

A field recording composition by Cameron Campbell for Soundscapes at RMIT

--- Composition Intention ---

As a final attempt to capture a sense of stillness in the sonically busy Carlton Gardens in Narrm, I reached out on a limb to Museums Victoria to ask
if I would allowed inside the Royal Exhibition Building. To the surprise of myself and basically everybody else I was granted free access all day.

With recording equipment, some rubbish bags, a bluetooth speaker, a nylon string guitar, and the 2 hours before my shift started I got to work. The stillness I found in the following 3 hours inside the REB struck me with its elusive and ephemeral nature. It appears only in moments
between exhibitions and by nature has no audience, as the presence of people causes its immediate disappearance.
Ephemeral Stillness attempts to communicate the push and pull, the blinking in and out of existence of this sonic
oasis, while echoing the surrounding environment which is raucous with life.

There is a sample of Horn by Nick Drake in the beginning but all following instrumentation is original. The piano style is inspired by the music of Duval Timothy, check him out! 'Ball' and 'First Rain' are a personal fave.

Cover art was made in blender as part of the submission to represent an alternative graphic notation of the composition. The different sonic elements have different texture shape and colour, and they are positioned to reflect the mix.

Ephemeral Stillness

Mix from ⋆⭒˚.⋆ Xing Xing ⋆⭒˚.⋆ for Your Shot 2025 (8.45pm on Alizé Stage)

Tracklist:

Emperor's Mare - Béla Fleck, V.M. Bhatt & Jie-Bing Chen
Shake it to the Ground - DJ Blaqstarr
Recorddeals - 1905
Club Classics featuring bb trickz - Charli XCX
Harvest Sky (Danny Harle C Mix) - Oklou
Snap - Regal86
She Homeless - DJ Swisha
In Da Club Before Eleven O'Clock.- DJ Rashad
Children (Dream Version) - Robert Miles


Your Shot 2025 Mix

The 'Hydrofall' EP is out now on S.C.D.D.

Buy & Stream here: https://drop.cobrand.com/d/MaSha/hydrofall

Ma Sha - Pelagik

Chill out mix for easy listening - suitable for studying, staring out the bus window, making sweet love, wining and dining etc.

Tracklist:

Cat In The Rain - The Amalgamation Of Soundz
Villa - El Michels Affair
Beyond The Midnight Sun - Don Leisure with Amanda Whiting
Indigo Dream - Berlioz
Things You Do For Love - Apiento
Dat Phonk Phone (Nasty) - dj Blackpower

Chill Out Mix

Melbourne mainstay @emelyne-khor at crystallise in July 2025 - a party held at an epic DIY underground spot in Sydney/Eora. 12-2am

<3 

..catch Emelyne this Saturday on local warmup for Upsammy at Animalia x Steeplejack @ Miscellania :)

Ephemeral Stillness

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