Darwin (@darwinspec) juggles many different roles in dance music as well as she juggles her records in the DJ booth. The Canadian-born, Berlin-based artist runs her own REEF parties at Berghain, and has nurtured a wealth of emerging talents on her SPE:C label. She is also the founder of Clean Scene, a climate action collective that wants to explore a more sustainable future for dance music. They recently authored a stark report about the industry's carbon footprint, which you can read through cleanscene.club/report.pdf. 

Darwin's sound is rooted in various UK styles, from bass to dubstep, garage to breakbeat. That is evident in the 100-minute mix she lays down for us this week. It opens with thoughts about environmentalism and some indigenous jungle recordings before grinding through chunky Afro drum patterns and supersized bass. The pressure builds throughout, the cavernous rhythms grow ever more muscular as the urge to snake your body becomes overwhelming. It's a perfectly balanced, well-controlled mix that showcases the irresistible power of heavyweight bass music.

Dekmantel Podcast 

Dekmantel Podcast 351 - Darwin

To celebrate the release of their "Fasla" EP from earlier this year, which marked the 20th release on the labels original series, we welcome Cairo based https://soundcloud.com/hassan-abou-alam on the mix series. 

Jump in for a quick ride down the wormhole of cutting sonics and bassbin rumblings from one of our favourite producers of the moment. The BP020 vinyl has finally landed and in stores now. You can grab direct or from your local grocer. Eyes peeled for more future collabs. Enjoy the razors!

Banoffee Pies Records Mix Series

Banana'Cast 42

BP020 - 12"/Digital

Banana'Cast 42 ➤ Hassan Abou Alam

Name: tom
Alias: sobolik (@tomsobolikmusic)
Pronouns: they/them
Location: brooklyn, ny

Influences:
producers who use their DAW to spawn and grow inconceivable organisms, or build and sculpt vast architectures. artists whose music helps you engage with your body with pure openness. artists who make music to excavate things out of themselves. artists who write music that reflects their world (inside or outside) at you. music that carries memories and sensations with me that would be otherwise lost. working musicians who break the borders between practices, cultures, and industries. people who invent new genres by djing, throwing parties, and starting labels. djs who understand how rhythm affects the body. djs who throw away established definitions about music and come up with their own. ravers who throw away their pretensions, exercise care and show love to their peers, and put unbridled energy into the music.

my heroes, friends, and comrades -- SOPHIE, aya, martyn, flying lotus, lychee, t.wan, pent, cades, no sir, CCL, sister zo, uyu, grymynk/peripheral pups crew, ma sha and ru, nic & emma, laced, symposium records crew, ema, ophelie, msjy, dileta, zi!, anabasine, ron like hell, dj voices, dj noir, dj pitch & simkin, alec pace, ari, anna, rahul, joanne, frankie weiner, nick boyd & tony g, dj healthy, dj temporary, akanbi, k wata, big room boogie crew, tristan arp, nopeakhours, escaflowne, karlala, rose kourts, boxofbox, mckenzie wark, kodwo eshun, third self, big j, laenz, lithe, lara david, caterina barbieri, kiernan laveaux, physical therapy, davis galvin, adab, 30000ad, cay horiuchi, total freedom, steve rachmad, ayesha, charles mingus, duke ellington, mica levi, more eaze, ulla, oli xl, j dilla, minor science, peverelist, dj fart in the club, jam city, frank ocean, ...

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects:
trax via Kindergarten, All Centre, early reflex, Woozy, Cloudcore, 3024, Sorry Records, Audio Bambino
parties with the Antidote collective -- Lychee, T.Wan, Nutrition Facts (djs), Glimmer (lighting), Yaya (yoga instruction)
co-running the All Centre label with DJ Pitch and Simkin
in 2022 i ran a party series at Jupiter Disco called Inside Voices. new iterations are in the works, now with No Sir copiloting.

Favorite Quote:
a wise man carrying a comically oversized mug once told me, "this community will give you everything, but eventually you have to give it all back."

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
take the time to think about what you really want to do with your work, and pursue it unapologetically. but as you get more and more from the community, think about what you're doing to pay it back by supporting and uplifting others. try to learn when to make sacrifices in your commitments/presence in the community for your artmaking, homemaking, and personal wellness. try to learn when to do the opposite. show up for your friends and the people who inspire you. it's never the wrong time to take a beat, consider how you're taking up space, and consider the effect you have/could have on the people around you. if you don't get booked too often, always show up early and stay late when you do. whatever you do, hold yourself accountable to push your craft as far as you possibly can - all of us doing that is what keeps the community alive.

With this mix sobolik asks to please learn more about and consider donating to: 
trans people are under an unprecedented attack in the US national/state legislatures. help orgs fighting this legislation in your state, and help orgs that work to help trans people survive and thrive amid a deeply violent social and political reality.
(www.srlp.org)
(www.glitsinc.org)
(www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/trans-nationwide-resources)

Tracklist and more - https://thedaisychain.club/2023/03/14/daisychain-269-sobolik/

Daisychain

Daisychain 269 - Sobolik

Rinse FM Podcast

Ilian Tape with Skee Mask & Mantra - 01 March 2024

Latest Bandcamp beauties by DMX Krew, Toumba, Shygirl, Sun People, Hekkla, Böhm, Bastian Benjamin, Polygonia amongst others and at 48:40 the lovely Martyn-Vancouver Rhyw SKG mix out on 3024 soon

https://3024.bandcamp.com/

sunk cost fallacy

Feel the RUSH (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ 

Trippy techno party rockers and futurist funkiness from a master of the form: Objekt.

Unmissable transmissions from planet Earth's most exciting club DJs – a regular video mix series, live from the NTS studio in London.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/nts-rush/episodes/nts-rush-31st-july-2024

NTS RUSH: Objekt 310724

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Pariah presents Voam - 09 January 2025

TRACKLIST

Syclops - New Bro's In NYC
Koreless - Seven (Drumhell)
Kreggo - Pheeroan
Rhyw - Calippo
Unknown Untitled - uu011 - a1
Marcel Dettmann - Cycling Bits
DJ Patrick R ft. MC KVN & DJ Pikeno MPC - Vai no Chão
Deft - It's Made of Shine
Andy Martin - Electric Blue
Pump Media Unlimited - Bobo 500
Identified Patient - My Way (Hilton Mix)
Harmon Eyes - Tension
DJ Doomscroll - Doomscroll
STEYA - Fast Life
Cirkle - Lunar Orbit
Dead Man’s Chest x King Kutlass - Ananda Tandava
Boris Noiz - Inceptive Point
E-Unity - E-Ternity
DE GRANDI - I Can Relate
Aulic Veil - A-V_001.2 (Bonus Track)
G Jones - Help! I Can't Find My Way Out
Meat Beat Manifesto - Into The Sun (Pts 1 / 2)
Dom & Roland - Interstellar Subs
CCL & Ciel - Spiral Drive (Objekt edit)
gyrofield - Occam's Razor
Shxcxchcxsh - DO 3
Uneak - Bless Dem
DJ Trace & HLZ - Raptor
DJ Phiene - Bass Fanactiks
Marco Maldarella - Buio Omega
solar-x - bionic man
Carrier - FATHOM
Stingray313 - Sentiment
Otto - Hazer
AceMo - Jungle Storm
Objekt - Ganzfeld (Djrum Remix - short edit)
CCL - Strange Attractor
Sonic - Taxi Driver
Instra:mental - Photograph

Objekt at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Pariah presents Voam with mad miran - 13 February 2025

Kindergarten returns with a special session featuring Nervous Horizon boss TSVI alongside two heavy hitters from the label—Ansia founder Piezo and Kindergarten’s own Ma Sha —for a two-hour B2B2B ride.

Lock in for high-pressure rhythms and intricate sound design from across the spectrum 🌀 

https://www.instagram.com/ma_sha_music
https://www.instagram.com/gu_tsvi
https://www.instagram.com/piezopz
https://www.instagram.com/kindergarten_ny

https://soundcloud.com/kindergartenrecords



Kindergarten: TSVI b2b Ma Sha b2b Piezo @ The Lot Radio 03-07-2025

A quicky half hour mix to remember we have nothing to fear but the sky falling on our heads !

As an ode to my collapsed ceiling while asleep last week, here is a cathartic tiny little 7 tracks set. Happy ending don't you worry and long live muuuusiiik 🌪💌🖖🌪💅💋

Tracklist :

Unstable thoughts / Geinst
Ozel / Vector
Infiltrator ( Bird’s away mix) / Underground Resistance
Outerrythm / Microbots
Watch me now (Secret Cinema) / Grooveyard
The Pressure / Sound of Blackness
It’s gonna be alright (No more pain mix) / No pain

TASCAM DR-40

Apocalypse Now

When S(>.<)V say it Sév! 
old-school old-soul 
diver @ discogs_diaries (see insta link xx)

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