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Shanti's Liminal Radio Mixes

With a philosophical consciousness, Liminal Radio explores the darker, otherworldly facets of electronic music as a means of grappling with existential anguish. Immerse yourself in surreal, sinister techno, sultry EBM/darkwave, experimental ambient music, and everything in between.

This month's special guest is beloved Chicago techno DJ Josh Tong. Recorded live at the WIIT Chicago studio March 10th, streaming live on 88.9FM and radio.iit.edu.

Shanti Tracklist: Start-58:04 

Hieroglyphic Being - Sequence 03
Actress - Cafe del Mars 
Polygonia - Nyx 
Svreca - Ebisu 
Blawan - Klade 
Rødhåd - Glimmer of Light 
Desroi- Naive 
Black Light Smoke - Break your Back 
Adam X - Been Here Before 
Broken English Club - Ritual Killing 
Steve Noah and Jace Inman - Check is in the Mail 
Neel - Azione
Archie Cowen- Transformation 

Josh Tong Tracklist: 58:04-end

Quelza - We Will Go Further Than Ten Thousand Stars 
Arthur Robert - Heartbreak
MMO - For the Soul
Pianeti Sintetici - Orbita
Michal Wolski	- Elastic
D.A.S - Am I
Adam Pecho x barbuhh - Solar Aviation
Wata Igarashi - Mood Of The Machines Part I
Marco Shuttle - Fanfara	
Wa Wu We - The Spotless Mind
Sepehr - Abandoned Ecstasy [XTC Mix]
Primal Code - A-Breeze
Altinbas - Presence
Wata Igarashi - NRO
Artjom Schmidt - Silver Clouds
Colin Benders - Prignalia
Edit Select & Antonio Ruscito - Projection 1
Yuka - Slope
Stanislav Tolkachev - Everything Ends
Zemög - Kamajita
Edit Select - Fallen

March 2025 Liminal Radio with Guest DJ Josh Tong

KALEIDOSCOPE
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Look through it, dance to it, and rotate it to experience the ultimate sonic bliss.

Kaleidoscope is new video series featuring hour long performances by underground hardware artists and vinyl DJs in Chicago and the Midwest.

Instagram - stevenoahtrax

Full YouTube Video

Steve Noah | KALEIDOSCOPE [Vinyl Set]

Flowers Of Romance @ Smartbar 04/19/2025 - b2b Josh Tong (Setaoc Mass Opening Set)

Tracklist:
Deadbeat - For Palestine (ft. James Baldwin layered)
Deadbeat ft. Paul St. Hilaire - War Games
Azu Tiwaline & Tim Karbon - Gloom Valley 
Doubt - Not Before
Declan James - Fugue
Yuka - Anita
Mrk Grim - Bubbles
Samuel Wallner - Always Back
Mike Parker - Saurian Skin
Torvvo - Substratum
Gladstone Deluxe - Cleanse
Malin Genie - Hedonic Setpoint 75
Polygonia - Mind Alteration
Wa Wu We - Within Light and Shadows
Feral - Medium
Jana Sleep - Clearance 
Stefan Proper (aka Physical Therapy) - Known Travelr
Malin Genie - Hedonic Setpoint 78
Forest Drive West - Dualism
Fabrizio Lapiana - Repetition
DJ Hockey - For The Children
Edit Select - Surface To Air
Primal Code - Caimano Tribe
Cej - Extra Room
Nørbak - Compasso
DJ Qu - In Trance
Autokinetic - Conduction
Sard - Null Runner
Maurizio - M4 (Side A)
Härdstedt - Sanyo Blue (Luigi Tozzi Dub Mix)
Cej - Transvolation
Ryogo Yamamori - Slinky
QTC - Jut
Ben Pest - More Horrors
DJ ESP Woody McBride - Off The Ceiling
Uun - Silence Is Death
Kush Jones - Transistor
Love Letters - Morse
GHIBLI - I’m Looking For You (Instrumental)
Neel - Djagurd
Lokua - Sandborne
Edit Select - Projection 6
Nastia Reigel - Letter XCII
Mal_Hombre - Constellation Trajectory
Gianluca Pellerano - Fuck Your Mind
Ben Pest - Rugged
Tensal - Cause 2
Guilt Attendant - Without A Free Palestine, The World Knows No Peace
Uun - Raw Materials
Adam Pecho x Dimensional Paradox - Disturbed Radio Static
Stef de Haan - Evil
Hattori Hanzo - Hyperspace (Wrong Assessment Remix)
Tauceti - Maracuja 
DJ Kline - Kline Theme Pt. 5 Sandwell District & Function & Regis & Mønic & Rivet - Dreaming
David Vunk - No Headroom (w/ Danny Daze)
Lory D - Swooz
Love Letters - Who Was Driving? (2022 Dub)
Ackermann - We Got Love
Rasser - Looping Station
Flaws - XX 10 A2
Yuka - Slope
90 Process - Should We Call It Trance
Max Gardner - Cerebral Session
DJ Hell - Hellracer (The Model’s ‘Steer The Hell Out Of The Wheels’ Remix)
Fadi Mohem - Process
Tauceti - Hainan Cham
Adam Craft - Paceline
Alfredo Mazzili - Broken Spectre (Edit Select Dub)
OBSTKL (Kobe Dupree x Astro Candy) - Field Ritual

Steve Noah & Josh Tong 04/19/25 w/ Setaoc Mass at smartbar

With a philosophical consciousness, Liminal Radio explores the darker, otherworldly facets of electronic music as a means of grappling with existential anguish. Immerse yourself in surreal, sinister techno, sultry EBM/darkwave, experimental ambient music, and everything in between.

This month's special guest is beloved Chicago techno DJ Steve Noah @stevenoah. Recorded live at the WIIT Chicago studio April 14th, streaming live on 88.9FM and radio.iit.edu.

Shanti: Start-59:16

Adam Pecho - Signaling 
Marco Shuttle - Stairway to the Milky Way
Silent Servant - Moral Divide
Sandwell District - Sampler 1 (Regis edit)
Aurora Halal - Nasty 2 (Halal and Relaxer version)
Lars Leonhard - Lie to Me (Nonstatic remix)
Girlie Dvasios - Auga (zzzzra remix)
Ole mic odd x Alonzo - Automate Your Mind 
Erika - Xenon Moon 
Turk Turkelton - Rock it 
D. Strange - Eros 
Nicolas Bougaïeff - B3 Manuel Di Martino
David Michael Cross (dmx) -  A Human Clones (Jonny remix)
Beta Evers - Out of My Life 
Developer - Cozmoda
IG Metall - Torso 

Steve: 59:16-end

James Baldwin - Love has never been a Popular Movement (1)
DEADBEAT - For Palestine_
Azu Tiwaline x Tim Karbon - Gloom Valley
POLAAR - Dem Never Know (Sleeparchive Remix)
Rhythm & Sound - 02 LOW TIDE AN MASTER 16-44.1KHZ 2.1
Mutual Identities - Garden Dub
Gladstone Deluxe - I Remember (i-75 dubbin mix)
2lanes - Wagwan Blud
Ackermann - It's Later Than You Think
Ploy - In Trance
DJ QU - Signo
Polygonia - Off The Ceiling
DJ ESP - Woody McBride
Neel - Acid Quarantine
Rework - Like Me
Daniel Bell - Phreak Yo Body
Torvvo - Reagent
Tanzanite - Tauceti
Erik Luebs - The Ritual Mask
Erik Luebs - I Will Eat Your Brain
Cowboy Rhythmbox - Scream (Original Mix)
Mannequin Records - Something In The Air (The Hacker Club Mix)
Uun - Silence is Death

April 2025 Liminal Radio with Guest DJ Steve Noah

Steve Noah & flower food open for Pangaea 06.06.25

Steve Noah & Hot Take 06.20.25 @ Night Logistics, Flow State & Green Machine w/ Nono Gigsta

With a philosophical consciousness, Liminal Radio explores the darker, otherworldly facets of electronic music as a means of grappling with existential anguish. Immerse yourself in surreal, sinister techno, sultry EBM/darkwave, experimental ambient music, and everything in between.

This month's special guest is the Queen of Chicago's underground, Flores Negras @floresnegras666. Recorded live at the WIIT Chicago studio June 9th, streaming live on 88.9FM and radio.iit.edu.

Shanti: Start - 21:52
Gabriel Palomo - Dynamic Minds (Adam Pecho Remix)			
Casual Treatment	- Regnant (Original Mix)		
Furtive - Vapor Crawler	
EMIT - Hyphen
RUMAN - Fear Bus
Matrixxman - Mother's Return	
Dustin Zahn - Conduit of Chaos

Flores Negras: 21:52-end

June 2025 Liminal Radio with Guest DJ Flores Negras

With a philosophical consciousness, Liminal Radio explores the darker, otherworldly facets of electronic music as a means of grappling with existential anguish. Immerse yourself in surreal, sinister techno, sultry EBM/darkwave, experimental ambient music, and everything in between.

This month's special guest is producer, DJ, curator, and VJ @jaceinman. Recorded live at the WIIT Chicago studio July 14th, streaming live on 88.9FM and radio.iit.edu.

There were issues with the audio during Shanti's set but they were fixed in just enough time for Jace's set so the entire mix is Jace's recording live in the studio!

Jace Inman - Start-Finish

July 2025 Liminal Radio with Guest DJ Jace Inman

With a philosophical consciousness, Liminal Radio explores the darker, otherworldly facets of electronic music as a means of grappling with existential anguish. Immerse yourself in surreal, sinister techno, sultry EBM/darkwave, experimental ambient music, and everything in between.

This month's special guest is curator and DJ, Invicta @dj-invicta-372950560. Recorded live at the WIIT Chicago studio August 11th, streaming live on 88.9FM and radio.iit.edu.

Shanti: Start - 58:09
Kamalesh Maitra - Raga Malasree
Mordio x Polygonia - Yellow Grass & Black Stones
Forest On Stasys - Atlantico Sur
Dronny Darko & Ugasanie - On the Other Side of the Arctic Gates
Toki Fuko - Experiences and perceptions
Felix K - Peace
Forest On Stasys - Autoctono
Archypness - Slim Silver
Vardae - Khori (Original Mix)
Deto & Gleam - 511 Kev (Full Charge Mix)
Felix Kowalski - Isolation Dub 01 (Original Mix)
Alderaan - No Quarter (Original Mix)
bijū - B3 Міста Мовчазні (Silent Cities)
British Murder Boys - Splinter

DJ Invicta: 58:09 - end
Polar Inertia - Antimatter 
Luigi Tozzi - Dream Liquid
Undefined Pattern - Convergenxia
Sandwell District, Function - Disaffected 
Acronym - River Red Gum
Deepbass - Tension 
Abdulla Rashim - Moral Blinds
Beau Wanzer - Groove’s No Zone
Feral, Luigi Tozzi - Enigma 
Ulwhednar - Dual Layer
Augustus Muller, Boy Harsher - Four on the Floor
Polar Inertia - In Dark Territory

August 2025 Liminal Radio with Guest DJ Invicta

*Bookings: shantievantimusic@gmail.com
*Otherworldly Ambiguity* (Evanti)
"Liminal Radio" WIIT.FM second Mondays, 1-3pm CST
*Research & Development

Shanti is a Chicago-based DJ who explores philosophical themes of existential angst and ambiguity through surreal, foreboding, apocalyptic techno, angsty EBM, and squishy acid soundscapes. Her sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition.

Shanti also hosts a monthly radio show "Liminal Radio" on WIIT 88.9FM Chicago every second Monday of the month, 1-3pm CST featuring inspiring guest DJs.

Upcoming Sets:
9/20: DJ Nobu, Smoke & Mirrors (R&D), Chicago
10/10: Polygonia, Smartbar (FORMAT, R&D), Chicago
10/11: TBA, Chicago
11/1: Sanctum, Chicago

2025:
9/6: Life on Marz, NFC Records, Chicago
8/24: Sinister, Chicago
7/27: The Great Beyond, Franklin, MN  
7/17: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie
7/11: Musique Électronique, Madison, WI 
6/27: FreshCorp, Spot Lite, Detroit
6/26: Research & Development, The Whistler
6/20: Rrose, Flowers of Romance, Smartbar
5/29: Bordello Aperitivo, Amsterdam , NE
5/24: Ø [Phase] , NERV, Smoke & Mirrors
5/9: Aurora Halal, Smoke & Mirrors
4/26: BLOODLUST, TBA
3/15: Mictlan Underworld, TBA 
3/4: H.O.T.H., California Clipper 
2/22: Flowers of Romance, Smartbar 
1/30: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie (Evanti)
1/25: VELVET, Los Angeles, TBA 

2024:
12/13: Zenker Brothers, Smoke & Mirrors 
11/27: Research & Development, Podlasie 
11/2: Protocol & Dimibowie
10/25: Braid Records, Podlasie 
10/12: Usual Suspects and Temple, Montrose Beach 
9/1: NEW BLOOD, Research & Development, The Whistler 
8/31: Dark Forest, TBA 
8/29: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie (Evanti)
8/3: INFERNO, Mictlan, TBA 
7/14: Green Machine, Techno BBQ
7/6: Beloved Radio Night, California Clipper 
6/27: The Goods, Swig (Evanti)
6/22: YardJamz
6/14: Errancy, Hyde Park 
6/1: Wisteria, The Whistler 
5/23: entropic, Smartbar 
5/18: Lumina by HzM 
4/20: Vampire's Ball 
4/18: Otherworldly Ambiguity, Podlasie
4/5: Smoke & Mirrors 
3/23: Vamplified, Surround Chicago 
3/17: Otherworldly Ambiguity, The Whistler (Evanti)
3/7: Stankbugz Radio 
2/13: Wisteria, The Whistler (Evanti)

April 2025 Liminal Radio with Guest DJ Steve Noah

Shanti Evanti