Sharlese's Mix Club

Nothing to see here, just me messing around with an attempt at an "ambient" mix. 

This is also a response to Pareidolia's excellent mix on Spontaneous Affinity which you can find here: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/2kdAZ

Yoga, quiet time, relaxation.

Tracklist:
Pauline Anna Strom – Gardens at Midnight
E Sagglia – For the Butterfly
Metra Vestlud – UFO vs Inhabitants of Planet Earth
30drop – Time for Listening
Visible Cloaks – Wheel
Hiver – Mindgames
An Gella – Xina
Claire – Cross Water
Plastic Ivy – Spots of Time
New Atlantis – U
Frank Bretschneider - abtasten_halten C
UMFANG – Terminal feat. Erika Ceruzzi
BFTT – 75623372 2
Bloke – Floating World
Pink Sky – A Safe Warm Space at the End of the World

Space is an Important Place by Sharlese Metcalf

I put together a collection of songs last year as part of World Goth Day for KEXP. This was when the pandemic was hitting super hard and I remember for some reason, I was still feeling super inspired to put this together. Maybe it was from being alone and just sitting on a bank of cool songs and realizing that one of the best feelings ever is listening to good music. 

This isn't anything fancy, it's just a collection of songs that I was really into at the time (still love). So sit back and enjoy :)

World Goth Day is annually celebrated on May 22nd. 

1. Antiflvx - White Light
2. She Past Away - Durdu Dünya
3. Dock Hellis - Rook
4. Profit Prison - Strange Situation
5. Psychic Guilt - Your Dark Lover
6. S Y Z Y G Y X - Play With Fire
7. Webdriver Torso - Web_006
8. Chrome Corpse - Detecting Movement (Extended Dancefloor Mix)
9. Total Chroma - I Dream of Fire
10. Panther Modern - Creep
11. Icy Men - Полупустые автобусы (Uninhabited Buses)
12. Nox Novacula - The Light Below
13. Midwest Nice - Shadow
14. Kalte Nacht - Ghost Dance
15. Ritual Veil - Wolf in the Night
16. Selofan - There Must Be Somebody
17. Bloom Offering - Consent to Death
18. Un Hombre Solo - Aferrado
19. Police Des Moeurs - Éther
20. Profit Prison - Strange Situation
21. Spectres - When Possessed Pray
22. IAMTHESHADOW - Pitchblack
23. Youryoungbody - Casting
24. NNHMN - Black Sun

World Goth Day 2020 Mix

Slowfoam is the cyber-atmospheric, ambient/experimental project of DJ/Producer Madelyn Byrd, who is currently based in Berlin.

This  is a special exclusive mix made by Slowfoam for Sharlese's 5-16-17 Expansions show on KEXP radio in Seattle. 

@slowfoam

Slowfoam - Guest DJ Mix on Expansions on KEXP 5-16-21

Let Love Flow – mixtape by DJ Transmitter for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP 

TRACKLIST 
1. Trevor Something – Come Back Down; Trevor Something Does Not Exist (2014)
2. Hiroszyma – Empty Soul; single (2021)
3. Amiture – Thief; The Beach (2021)
4. Lovers Guilt – Let Love Flow; A Trace of Light (2020)
5. Ceci N'est Pas – The Last Time; The Last Time (2015)
6. Kite – Dance Again; Kite V (2013)
7. Jorja Chalmers – Bring Me Down; Midnight Train (2021)
8. Infravision – Wasteland (featuring Zanias); Illegal Future (2021)
9. Whispering Sons – Heat; Several Others (2021)
10. Suzi Sabotage – Persona Non Grata; Postmodern Dystopia (2021)
11.  Frankie Rose – A Forest; Seventeen Seconds (2019)
12. Gel Set – Where the Ocean Meets the Land; Tone Invasion (2021)
13. ionnalee – machine (in KONSERT); Konsert (2021)

BIO
Szymon Gołąb aka DJ Transmitter. Lives in Warsaw, Poland. The founder of Wave Press blog and Transmission / Transmisja radio show. Ex-radio host in Peruvian In Club Radio.

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. https://www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

DJ Transmitter Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Audio from the video recorded for Intergalactic FM Streaming Festival 2021.

Mastered by @yobkiss
Video by Alex Noelke // IG: marn3n

Video can be found here: https://hotmixes.net/mixes/i/intergalactic.fm/2021.streaming.festival/video/sharlese.mp4


Support Intergalactic FM at https://www.intergalactic.fm/

Sharlese @ Intergalactic FM Streaming Festival 2021

Captivating confidence and quiet sophistication. This is Almond Brown—DJ, producer, remixer, vocalist, consummate professional & wig snatcher. An eclectic mix of sounds, his music is best described as contemporary house with an aggressively distinctly funky resonance. His sets are an exercise in cross genre flexibility and harmony of House, vocal and Disco classics. “I’ve always jumped across genres, even back in Jr. high.  we’d play Cameo “I just want to be” followed by “Jamie’s Crying” Van Halen.  I feel most comfortable being outside of the lines a bit”. 

Born & raised in the PNW, AB  has been djʼing for over 35 years, but considers himself a musician first. He’s equally as comfortable singing, or in the studio writing & producing and has has residencies spanning from the Cuff to Q, while opening for some of the industries most iconic artists.

“As we emerge its vital we create spaces for Black & Brown artists to ensure a legacy of inclusion we can look back on in the next ten years. I’ll always have my hand in the business, and am excited to lend my voice to that effort, and equally excited to partner and offer my creative direction for a new SODO entertainment venue. Out of the darkness, I’m so thankful.

This is a special exclusive mix in celebration of Juneteenth and PRIDE made by Almond Brown for Sharlese's 6-20-21 Expansions show on KEXP radio in Seattle.

Almond Brown Guest Mix for Expansions on KEXP 6-20-21

Mary McIntyre is an Irish visual artist. She is based in Belfast, which is home to her electronic record label, TONN Recordings, which she founded in 2016 and is dedicated to minimal synth, coldwave, electronica and electro. She also runs TONN’s sister label New Sinister, which specialises in post punk and French wave.

@tonnrecordings

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown hosted by Sharlese on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. https://www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Mary McIntyre of TONN Recordings Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown

Lord Phatrick is an enigmatic veteran DJ of 20+ years, a royal ambassador for IntergalacticFM, and resident DJ of Seattle's own Medical Records. When he comes out of the shadows to throw down, Lord Phatrick has a reputation for curating some of the most cosmic dance floor experiences Seattle has to offer. 

Want to know more? You can catch him spinning vinyl every 1st Saturday of the month at Pony via the reoccurring Medical RX show, or dig through Lord Phatrick's archive of mixes hosted at https://hotmixes.net/ 

Set was recorded with a stack of vinyl, 2 turtables, mixer, and some effects pedals. 100% analog set

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. https://www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Tracklist:
1.	Squadra Blanco - Purification The City Shall Burn Tonight
2.	Skatt Bros - Walk The Night
3.	David Vunk - No Winners No Losers
4.	Paul Birken - Speaker Freakin'
5.	Dollkraut - Vuile Leugenaar 
6.	Ian Hicks - Depths Of Psyche
7.	The Stallion - Hope (M.W. Edit)
8.	Bigod 20 - The Bog
9.	Unhuman - Life=Decay
10.	The Wheel Of Rituals - The Wheel Of Rituals 
11.	Mesak (feat. Mono Junk) - T.U.L.E. (This Is The World...)
12.	Silicon - Sonic Rescue
13.	Electrick Dragon - Davorite
14.	Ausländer - Ausländer (PM DUB)
15.	Legowelt - U Can Fly Away From The Hood

Lord Phatrick Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

This is the broadcast of Mechanical Breakdown for Monday, 9/27 that I put together to celebrate Aquí y Ahora/ Here and Now: Without Borders. A month long series of programming on KEXP from September 13 through October 15, 2021. This is an hour long mixtape featuring Latinx, Hispanic and Latino-identified artists from around the world.

Tracklist:

Secretismo - 1953
Camilla Sombrio - Opera Eletrika
La Restauración - Desarmado
Werther Effekt - Pesadelo e nada feat. Ana Sita & Aurelia Dinamita
Stockhaussen - Placer ft. Ditta Perdita
Las Eras	Necesidades - Pria
Antiflvx - Danza Gélida
Dame Area - La Danza Del Ferro
UN HOMBRE SOLO - Rotundo Fracaso 
Balvanera - Scene
Equinoxious- Unidad
Werner Karloff - Zweiheit ( spanish edit )
Silent Em - Wake
Bestial Mouths - The Falls
Los Erizos - Veneno
Diavol Strain - Sonrisas Fabricadas
Twin Tribes - The River (Skeleton Hands Remix)
RATPAJAMA - Lacunas Abissais
Signo XIII - Zona

Mechanical Breakdown Celebrates Aquí y Ahora: Without Borders

Patricia Wolf is a musician, sound designer, and curator residing in Portland, Oregon. Wolf uses electronics, voice, and field recordings to produce non-linear compositions that draw listeners to a hypnotic inner world. Her use of melody and repetition manipulate the listeners' perception of time, conjuring vivid textures, and atmospheres.

This is a special exclusive mix made by Patricia Wolf for Sharlese's 10-17-21 Expansions show on KEXP radio in Seattle.

@patriciawolf_music
https://patriciawolf.bandcamp.com/
Photo credit @alllstaticmist

Tracklist:

nueen- Soft Air [Quiet Time, 2021]
KMRU & Echium- Then, Now [self released, 2021]
hoavi- 3301 [Balmat, 2021]
Sary Moussa- Hysteresis [Ruptured, 2014]
HTRK- Siren Song, [N&J Blueberries, 2021]
Celia Hollander- 05 12-55 PM [Leaving Records, 2021]
Slowfoam- ~.~.~.~ [self released, 2021]
Crystal Quartez- Reproduction [Beacon Sound and Form The Head, 2021]
Fly Kin Mountain- Oft [Regional Attraction, 2021]
awakened souls & From Overseas- Open Heart (Innesti rework) [Past Inside the Present, 2021]
HTRK- Gilbert and George [N&J Blueberries, 2021]
Hiro Kone- Reciprocal Capture (ft. Speaker Music) [Dais Records, 2021]
Lone- Hidden By Horizons feat. Morgane Diet [Greco-Roman, 2021]
Colloboh- one2MANY [Leaving Records, 2021]
Loscil- Lucida [kranky, 2021]

Patricia Wolf - Guest DJ Mix on Expansions on KEXP 10-17-21

"Katred spent a decade spinning queer parties and underground music around Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. She co-founded False Prophet, a monthly dark dance night with Sharlese Metcalf. She currently resides in Upstate NY and has been a frequent guest at Blackout Dance Party (Hudson, NY), Catharsis (Troy, NY), and is currently working with Upstate Techno, a collective focused on bringing inclusive, community-oriented dance events to the Upstate/Central NY area.

Katred is a resident with Interference Radio, an East Coast based hard/dark techo-focused DJ channel on Twitch. She also broadcasts post-punk, EBM, darkwave, and techno from her own channel: twitch.com/katred77.”

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown hosted by Sharlese on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Tracklist:
Martial Canterel & Tobias Bernstrup - Shadow Rider
ADULT. - Lost Love 
Third Son - Correctly Misunderstood
De Ambassade  - Jerney
The Bleak Engineers - Absurd (The Bleak Engineers Edit & Cut)
89s† & Petra Fleurr - Masquerade
Years of Denial - Oh Boy
Colm III - Take Me High (Mansion Mix)
Second Planet  - Control
Lassigue Bendthaus  - Velocity Life
Flue  - Fancy Free
Hante. - Wild Animal (Fee Lion Remix)
SPK - Kontakt
Young Marble Giants  - The Final Day

@kate-moore-16

Katred Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Hailing from Thessaloniki, Greece, Alpha Sect is a project of George McCall, which is focused on breaking electro patterns and pumping body music with serious punk influences. He started his music career as a guitarist in the post-metal band Sleepstream with 2 albums on their track record and he is an active musician with participations in physical theatre performances with his side-project. With already 4 EP releases on prominent labels such as OSM Tapes, Kein Rauch Ohne Feuer, Pildoras Tapes & Forkha, Alpha Sect strikes back with a vinyl release on SOIL RECORDS end of November '21 and has also signed two more vinyls on two major Spanish labels that are to be released in 2022. Join the chant, follow the sect.

This is a special exclusive mix made by Alpha Sect for Sharlese's 11-21-21 Expansions show on KEXP radio in Seattle.

@alphasectmusic

Alpha Sect - Guest DJ Mix on Expansions on KEXP 11-21-21

Special guest mix by Lazercat for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP. Aired on 11/29/21

1. The Hacker vs Commuter - RBMK
2. Black Narcissus - hwar_6#05
3. Heckmann - 100m
4. Microthol - Hydrogen Bonding (Speakwave Remix)
5. DJ Hedonist - Untitled
6. Underground Resistance - Beauty Of Decay
7. Peel MD - Monster
8. I-F - The Men Who Won't Come Back
9. Vessel In Distress - Chandra
10. Sansibar - Ghetto Of The Mind
11. Fastgraph - Squid
12. Clarence - Data Transfer
13. BPMF - Xpress
14. Salamandos - Jack For Jesus
15. Obergman - Radiant Intensity
16. The Vision - Liberation Radio
17. KafkaCtrl - Markov Chain (Lazercat Acid-Ctrl Remix)

BIO:
"Lazercat is a DJ, producer and crazy cat lady based in Berlin. Growing up in Western Canada, she made her own way towards electronic music production while training as a classical violinist and began DJing many years later after enough hours spent on Berlin's infamous dancefloors. With a penchant for all things overlooked and under-the-radar, Lazercat's sound draws from a variety of sonic and emotional landscapes; from acidic, extraterrestrial electro to neon-drenched 80s synth-funk and everything in between.  

Lazercat has also been actively co-running the Dreams of Neon party and livestream series in recent years, with regular DJ sets broadcast on Intergalactic FM."

Soundcloud: @lazercat
Instagram: @lzrct

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown hosted by Sharlese on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Lazercat - All Vinyl Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown

Approaching a dj mix as assemblages, Ron Like Hell aligns sound with emotion, focusing on texture to create psychedelic soundscapes, imaginative spaces for comfort and surprise spectators with an unexpected crafty transition. With 27+ years of making people dance in numerous countries along with years of vinyl shop experience and music promotion, his role in the industry is unique and influential. He also DJs as Wrecked, a music first queer dance party which recently turned 11. 

This is a special exclusive mix made by Ron Like Hell for Sharlese's 3-20-22 Expansions show on KEXP radio in Seattle.

social media:
www.facebook.com/djronlikehell
@ronlikehell (SC/Twitter/IG)
ra.co/dj/ronlikehell
email: ronlikehell@wrecked.nyc

set list:

1. Wåveshåper - Expansion Phase
2. The Rootsman - Algiers (Muslimgauze remix)
3. Isatooment - Kijyoka
4. Aditya Permana - Edit 002
5. Clock DVA - Hacker/Hacked (Operation Sundevil)
6. Kirlian Camera - Blue Room (Radio Slave FX edit)
7. Martin Dupont - He Saw the Light (Mick Wills edit)
8. 2lanes - Tincture ft. LEX (unreleased)
9. Solpara - Vestibule
10. Jeff Mills + Rafael Leafar - Infinite Voyage
11. Byron the Aquarius - Amaya's Voyage
12. Jackson Lee - CLasson
13. Reformed Society - Tranquility Bells (Obsolete Music Technology remix)
14. Fred P - Lover Guide
15. Revelation - Arrival
16. Street-Side-Boyz - I Want To Be With You (Master C & J mix)
17. Jovonn - 6:30am
18. Romi - Kkum

Ron Like Hell - Guest DJ Mix on Expansions on KEXP 3-20-22

@sharlese

For extended Q&A please visit our website ~~~~~> pipipi.life <~~~~~~~~

Introduce yourself? Pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself?

Hello, I’m Sharlese Jul-anetia Metcalf, she/her pronouns. My DJ name is Sharlese and on IG it’s Sh6rl6s6. One fun fact about me is I like to write fan mail. I’ve made many friends this way. I like to tell people that I like their music or their mixes so they feel appreciated. 

Who/what currently inspires you music-wise that has nothing to do with music?

Riding the bus. I ride the bus to and from work, mostly and sometimes I don’t listen to anything, but the natural noises from the bus. Sometimes it gets real wild with situations and other times, it’s just regular busy bus noises. 

Favorite sound in nature? Describe how it makes you feel. 

I love the sound of the wind. Sometimes she starts screaming and I feel like she’s telling me to stop overthinking. I find some comfort in hearing the wind, she’s moving things around and adding some texture to the world. 

What was your best moment on the dance floor?

Watching Pablo Bozzi at the XXX-Floor at Berghain and crying for his entire set. Questioning my life, my contribution as a DJ and my overall purpose and absolutely dying over his set. I kept dancing and I wore sunglasses and kept getting compliments on them. Some people noticed that I was crying and asked me if I was ok, others offered me drinks and the rest complimented me on my sunglasses. This entire situation might sound awkward, but crying felt good and thinking about my life felt necessary and seeing Pablo was essential because I love him. I was alone and I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I learned so much that day, about myself and a bit of the club world and I’ll never forget it. I’m still processing and also finding it a bit funny that I was so dramatic. 

Longest you've stayed up and why?

Three days because I was at Movement in Detroit and I didn’t want to miss one thing so I went for it and it was all worth it.  

What is your most recent favorite DJ mix and why?

Lobster Theremin Podcast 212 // DJ HEARTSTRING - https://soundcloud.com/lobster-theremin/lt-podcast-212-dj-heartstring

Pure, fucking, ravepop, happiness! 

Dream DJ gig?

XXX-Floor at Berghain or Dekmantel :) 

What was your first gig? How did it go? 

My first gig was at a space called Electric Tea Garden in Seattle. I played witch house, minimal synth and cold wave. They were a bunch of tracks I found on a blog site at the lowest of the low quality. I was trying to mix it, but I had no idea what I was doing. Someone actually came up to me and asked if I was a new DJ and I felt so embarrassed. Overall I give myself an A+ for cool tracks and knowledge, D- for the quality of the tracks and C- for not knowing how to handle the situation and an E+ for feeling embarrassed. 

Any advice to upcoming DJs?

Do it because you love it and you don’t have to say yes to everything and you don’t have to be at every after-party to get a gig. 

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

More headlining slots featuring black and trans women and the termination of hierarchical name positioning on event flyers.

Sharlese - 333˚

From DJ SH1 -TR: "This mix was inspired by what I think was a special time for new wave. The late 00's / early 10s saw several labels emerge that were dedicated to reissuing rare and underground cult new wave hits, but also new bands and rooted in the classics that were being rediscovered. Minimal Wave, Dark Entries, Domestica, Mannequin, and our very own Medical Records, just to name a few. I tried to capture here some of my favorites from those days, but there really is so much great stuff that came out then. I'm pretty happy to have been a part of it!"

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown hosted by Sharlese on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

1. Post Industrial Noise - Cota City Salsa																		
2. Linear Movement - Cytogenic Movement																			
3. Danton's Voice - I Hear The Bells																				
4. Automelodi - Rentrée 3007																					
5. The Misz - Even Bad Times Are Good																				
6. Jeff & Jane Hudson - Pound Pound																				
7. Sonnenbrandt - Wir Gehn Nach Hollywood																			
8. Das M - Ein Tag Am Strand										
9. Bal Paré - Palais D'Amour																					
10. Frank (just Frank) - The Closet Song									
11. Police Des Moeurs - N'en Parlons Plus																				
12. Force De Frappe - Europe (Reveille-Toi)																				
13. Emotional Violence - Spiders Web																				
14. Zwischenfall - Heimatlose										
15. Xeno and Oaklander - A Begining																				
16. Tobias Bernstrup - Enemies of the Earth																				
17. Martial Canterel - You Today																					
18. Led Er Est - Poll Gorm																						
19. Death Domain - Ethidium Bromide									
20. Voice Farm - Modern Things									
21. The Electroic Circus - Direct Lines

DJ SH1 -TR Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

LE CHOCOLAT NOIR / FIUME 

Two aliases of Jasmin Yas, both unified under the strobe light and hailing from the decaying industrial town of Sisak. 

LE CHOCOLAT NOIR aka LCN, un chevalier noir with releases on She Lost Kontrol, Helena Hauff's Return To Disorder, Gooiland Elektro, Frigio, Kraftjerkz, Charlois and many more, is a model unrepresentative aiming for his utopian dream(s) since year 2000.
FIUME (L.I.E.S., Panzerkreuz/Bunker, Cefalù Tourist Information) was born in 2018 with the throbbing sound of Moog DFAM, inspired by stories and personal experiences from travels to mostly tropical parts of the World. FIUME is about futurism, Haïtian vodou and African rituals, about swimming over the WWII submarine in the shallow bays of warm Caribbean Sea and being soaked with the cold Northern Adriatic rain, about love, magic and misterious occurances.
 
Jasmin Yas is a member of bRAVE collective from Zagreb and is a resident DJ of Ljubljana's Elektroliza events, with previous residency at Zagreb's Queer Festival. Having played at countless events from Brasil to Japan and primarily in Europe, he also performed at Dekmantel Selectors, Dimansion and Exit Festivals, as well as at Intergalactic FM Festival. He is also releasing under alias Honored Matres, is a member of Florence Foster Fan Club with Zarkoff and has been also producing/releasing music in the prolific collab with Christian Kroupa since 2021. For nearly ten years Jasmin Yas has been selecting and playing a wide range of music in his radio show Disco Panonia on The Hague based Internet radio Intergalactic FM.

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown hosted by Sharlese on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

LE CHOCOLAT NOIR Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Seventy-first guest of KHIDI’s podcast series is - Sharlese, host of Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP, resident of Depth Seattle collective and co-founder of False Prophet and DJ crew CLANG

@sharlese

KHIDI Podcast NR.71: Sharlese

Annika has an eclectic taste, which when combined gives them a unique and fresh sound. They are deep, rhythmic and raw with elements of Techno. It’s hard to pigeon hole them into one narrow sub-genre. They are an artist who is not afraid to experiment and fuse futuristic elements of techno, electro with classic retro sounds of the 80’s. Wolfe runs their own imprint named Akela Recordings. Wolfe has had the pleasure of playing the sold-out CRSSD Festival in March of 2020. They have had the honor of sharing the same bill with notable artists such as: Robert Hood, Regis, Broken English Club, Oscar Mulero, DVS1, Truncate, Drumcell, and Silent Servant to name a few. Wolfe has also recently began a new party series in Los Angeles, named “Lobotomy”. Where you reduce your tension, sever your nerves and lose your mind. 

@annikawolfe

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown hosted by Sharlese on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Annika Wolfe Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Selene has been transmitting techno, ambient and electro beats on the airwaves of intergalactic.fm since 2012 — first as the host of The Teahouse on IFM’s beloved ambient channel The Garden, and then on The Dream Machine as the host of Special Circumstances. She’s made multiple appearances at the IFM Festival in the Hague and will be spinning techno tracks at the upcoming festival in May.

Originally schooled in acid house at full moon raves by the Wicked Soundsystem in the San Francisco Bay Area, she moved to New York where she developed her love of techno thanks to events like the legendary New Music Seminar. Any additional free time was spent digging through crates at Temple Records in Soho and throughout various sidewalk sales and flea markets in the city.  In addition to IFM, she’s also had the honor of recording guest mixes for Berlin’s Vortex Traks, Dresden’s Per Musica Ad Astra and for Real Techno on Mixcloud.

Favorite sonic experiences: Plastikman at the Packard Plant, I-f at IFM Fest, Tee Scott at Sound Factory Bar, Robert Hood at Movement, Jeff Mills at Twilo, Jenö at Bonny Doon and Kraftwerk at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Soundcloud: @selene-theteahouse
Instagram: @nycsoozy_aka_selene

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Tracklist:

Unit Black Flight - Masking
In Aeternam Vale - 808T
Helena Hauff - Continuez Mon Enfant Vous Serez Traité En Conséquence
Dissemblance - Capture
Plastic Sleeves - Third Moon Temple
I-F - The Search
Marcel Dettmann and Silent Servant - The Bond
Florian Kupfer - Feel Sic
JASSS  - Minotauro
Sepehr - Servants taunt
VC-118A - B76 Over Land
Rrose - Worn/Scarred
Broken English Club - The Kill
Russell Ellington Langston Butler - Shock In a Cave
Dez Williams - Hand on Mouth
NGLY - Some Relationships

Selene Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

I made this mix for my radio show, Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP. I created this mix as a celebration of Skinny Puppy and the band announcing their final tour and this mix aired on Monday, May 8th, 2023. Skinny Puppy played in Seattle the following day at the Paramount Theater.

This is not everything. SP has a HUGE catalog and at the time, I was only working with an hour show. This is the mix I created out of love for one of the most influential bands in industrial music. 

Skinny Puppy - Uranus Cancelled
Skinny Puppy - Killing Game
Skinny Puppy - Stairs And Flowers
Skinny Puppy - Dig It
Skinny Puppy - Brak Talk
Skinny Puppy - Nature's Revenge
Skinny Puppy - Harsh Stone White
Skinny Puppy - Addiction
Skinny Puppy - Deep Down Trauma Hounds
Skinny Puppy - Dead Lines (400 Blows remix)
Skinny Puppy - Glass Houses
Skinny Puppy - wornin'
Skinny Puppy - Testure
Skinny Puppy - Inquisition
Skinny Puppy - Overdose
Skinny Puppy - Sleeping Beast
Skinny Puppy - Assimilate

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Listen to Mechanical Breakdown, hosted by Sharlese on KEXP 90.3 FM online at www.kexp.org, every Saturday (Friday night) from 1-3am.

Skinny Puppy Appreciation Mix on Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Seattle's Goth-industrial power-force, Sharlese joins Together Alone with Medellin's EBM king of the dark and demonic techno multi-sphere, Filmmaker as well with the mega fire.

Rinse France Podcast

Together Alone avec Sharlese & Filmmaker - 13 Mai 2023

Truly an honor to host a special guest mix by Berlin based producer, Bézier in celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month - Pushing Boundaries on KEXP. 

This mix aired on Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP, 5/22/23 at 1am PST. 

Tracklist:
Mong Tong 夢東 - A Nambra
Ocram Orchestra	Autumn - Breeze
Jonathan Kusuma - Dream Bot
Maggie Tra - Da Leng
Joi Lau	Nuclear - Division
Sunju Hargun - Chale (Marc Pinole Dub)
Xiaolin - Lemuria
Mogambo - Urvi (उर्वी)
TrinhNu - The Cliffhanger
Yetsuby - Jelly (Eden Burns Remix)
Saint Guel - Going On (Dub Mix)
Mogambo - Durga (दुर्गा)

BIO:
California-bred Robert Yang, also known as Bézier, is an American DJ and producer.

While best known for being one of the earliest members of the queer San Francisco musical collective Honey Soundsystem, Yang also produces under multiple aliases and heads three blooming labels, Bodyzone, m-i-v (short for mémoire involontaire), and Piece of Work. Bézier cut his teeth in the San Francisco scene for a decade, and now firmly planted in Berlin, where he continues to expand his sound and vision into a cohesive yet dynamic mosaic.

Bézier’s productions walk the line between soft and hard, emotive and gritty. From their early interest in braindance and IDM to their dance-forward proclivities, Bézier’s influences are wide-ranging, resulting in music that is as carefree as it is relentless. A master of synth work, Bézier employs a range of analog synthesizers to create highly textured tracks that recall a retro-futuristic soundscape. The atmosphere of these releases, often cinematic, bring to mind motorbikes zipping through alleyways or neon sunsets dripping with a kind of dystopian euphoria.

Soundcloud: @bezier
Instagram: @_bezier

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown, hosted by Sharlese on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Bezier Guest Mix on Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Tracklist:

Taurus - Spielen (Original) 
Cosey Mueller - Constructed 
Curses - Boundless feat. Jennifer Touch (L.F.T. Remix)
Plague Pits - Poetry From The Future 
Das Beat - Paragraph 1
Mala Herba - Dawaj
The Soft Rider - Around Me 
ADULT. - Pressure Suit 
Vacant Heads - Street Toucher
INHALT - Language (Instrumental) 
Hannes Berwing - Nichts ist für immer
Parole e azioni - Fais confiance au soldat allemand
Brenda i Funky - Zapraszamy na pokład
The Serfs - Persona non grata
Ces Cadáveres - Observas los sentimientos de tu fin 
DAS DAS - Leben in Bildschirmen
Werner Karloff - Zukunft
89s† & Petra Flurr - Maschinen 
Charlie - Melodies Bring Memories 
John, Paul, George, Ringo & Richard - Zukunft

BIO
Brazilian-born, Berlin-based DJ, curator, and event promoter Paty Vapor has been active since 2013.

A member of the infamous Brazilian party series BLUM, Berlin-based label Slow Motion Rec. / Wrong Era, and the Not Found night series. Performing regularly at the pinnacle of Berlin’s venues, Panorama Bar, RSO, Renate, Urban Spree, OXI, and Sameheads, among others, solo and as one half of DJ duo Wisdom Tits, her project with Caillou.

Her sets evoke an old-school nostalgia of the ’80s, moving from EBM and Industrial to Synthpunk, Wave and Belgian New Beat. Definitively characterised by vicious kick and snare, thick and angular basslines, space synths and arcane vocals.

Soundcloud: @patyvapor
Instagram: @patyvapor

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown, hosted by Sharlese on KEXP, every Monday (Sunday night) from 1-2am. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Paty Vapor Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Together in Electric Dreams with Sharlese
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Spend two hours with Sharlese from Seattle, WA in the goth, Italo, wave and synth world.

Sharlese works at the legendary radio station KEXP as a DJ and producer of The Afternoon Show, Expansions, and Mechanical Breakdown as well as the station’s Programming Education Manager where she works closely with youth who are breaking into the radio industry.

In Seattle, Sharlese has a live music party called False Prophet and a dance party called Audiodrome at Pony. She is also a resident of Seattle's underground techno collective, secondnature and additionally serves as a member of the Black Techno Matters collective.

Episode 1: Together In Electric Dreams - Sharlese

We are pleased to present to you our 5th podcast by Seattle based, charming @sharlese whose set you will be able to hear at BITE NITE at Berghain/Panorama Bar on Friday, September 15th.

BITECAST005 w/ Sharlese

TRACKLIST
1. Quadrant Six - Body Mechanic (1982)
2. Newcleus - Computer Age (Push The Button) (1984)
3. Mikki - Love Emergency (1984)
4. The World Class Wreckin Cru - Juice (1985)
5. Return of the Living Acid - Get Funky ! (1992)
6. Industrial - The Future (1992)
7. Kid Unknown - Nightmare (1992)
8. Liquid - Liquid Is Liquid (1992)
9. UR - The Final Frontier (1992)
10. Digital Domain - I Need Relief (1994)
11. Son’Z Of A Loop Da Loop Era - Further Out (Da Far Out Remix) (1991)
12. Josh B - Blame It On The State (1992)

BIO
Hailing from Paris with Bulgarian roots, Karassimeon is obsessed with Disco and EBM, hence his motto “Glitter & Leather”. He has released a string of tracks on Toulouse based label Ritmo Fatale in 2023, delivering his distinctive blend of Cold Wave, EBM and Italo. Beyond the initial support he was granted by Kendal and Pablo Bozzi, his productions are gathering growing support in the scene by the likes of Marie Davidson, Curses, David Carretta, Avalon Emerson and Jennifer Cardini. 2024 will see him expand his production footprint, with releases on labels such as Ritmo Fatale, Pinkman, and Ombra International.

Relentlessly researching new soundscapes in his studio, Karassimeon premiered his live electronic show in November 2023 and will deliver it on tour in 2024. Stay tuned! 
This guest mix features some of his favorite records from early 80s to early 90s, tunes which have inspired him a lot as a producer and as a DJ. 

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP, every Saturday AM (Friday night) from 1-3 AM PST. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Karassimeon Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Words from DJ Alekzandra:

"Why is mixtape art so important to me? Why mixtape?
Because it’s not just a collection of mine favourite tracks, but rather a closed whole, where every element is important for the whole show. This is a favourite stage of creating a mixtape-looking for points of contact, dialogue between the sound and emotions that the songs carry".

"My adventure with minimal synth, cold wave music began in 2018 with my fascination with album covers from my favourite record label, TONN Recordings. It was the photographs that were the impetus to get to know the collection of this excellent label. The first mixtape that was created in 2020 for Transmission / Transmission was just inspired by both TONN albums and the visual side - covers of the presented albums. For the next few years, also I used my own photographs for mixtape covers. From 2020 I made several mixtapes for Peruvian InClub Radio and Wave Press music blog".

This mixtape is called "NO FEAR”.

Listen to Mechanical Breakdown hosted by Sharlese on KEXP, every Saturday (Friday night) from 1-3am. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

DJ Alekzandra Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Very proud to present an amazing set by the legend who is Sharlese!

A DJ who lives in Seattle, WA and works at KEXP 90.3 FM. There, she is the Producer of The Afternoon Show and Programming Education Manager and can be heard weekly as the host of Mechanical Breakdown. She runs a party called False Prophet with a monthly dance night called Audiodrome at Pony that streams on Intergalactic FM. She is a resident of the PNW techno crew secondnature and the Seattle club Massive.
 
Socials:
IG - https://www.instagram.com/sharlese_m/
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/sharlese
Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP - https://www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Feincast XXXII: Sharlese

TRACKLIST
1. Body Party - Theme-Muscles
2. Amarcord - Un Sogno Senza Fine (unreleased)
3. Zombies In Miami, Toltecnica - Close To You (Original Mix)
4. Neurotiker - Ghetto Birds
5. Alex aguayo & Silicodisco - Desire (Louis De Tomaso Remix)
6. Rotciv, Jorkes - You Will Be Mine (ROTCIV Remix)
7. Asymetric 80 - Dance Machines (Fragedis Remix) 
8. Giorgio Moroder - Faster Than The Speed Of Love (Alpha Sect Re-Edit) 
9. Zaatar - Leaving For The Sky
10. Liebknecht - Köln (Original Mix)
11. My Boy Roy - Numbers
12. Kalipo, Local Suicide, Dina Summer - Hide & Seek (Club Edit)
13. Red Woodchuck - Sysex (Original Mix)
14. Blind Vision - Don't Look At Me
15. COMFORT CURE - Rain On The Bar
16. GHOST COP - A Door Left Open


BIO
Zaatar زْعَتر music is the peculiar combination of both her origins : Moroccan and Belgian. 

She finds her inspiration in the post punk and EBM movement of the late 80’ and early 90’.

Her tracks are therefore built around a gritty and rough baseline that sets the mood for frenetic body dances. Melodies and sounds inherited from her home country - Morocco- completes her soundscape in a way that is her own.

During her DJ sets she invites the public on a captivating journey from light to darkness, an oscillation between joy and melancholy sometimes punctuated by oriental melodies.

Co-founder and resident of the Laisse Tomber Les Filles collective, she works to celebrate women on the decks, freedom and diversity, values that never leave her, especially behind the decks.

She joins the label Ritmo Fatale with the track Abiad Al Layali already considered as an EBM reference.

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Listen to Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP, hosted by Sharlese, every Saturday AM (Friday night) from 1-3 AM PST. www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

@zaatar_music

Zaatar Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Tracklist:

1. Keen K - When the Moon Falls Down
2. Stigma - Arsenic On The Rocks
3. Curses - Dead Last
4. Zaatar - Your Turn To Run
5. Levantine - The Lust For Unsung Dreams
6. Alex Niggemann - Just A Little feat. Jonny Cruz (Gerd Janson Remix)
7. Luca dell'Orso - Multra
8. Vaalha	Odyssey - (Panthera Remix)
9. Mundo D - Bladepunk (Parissior Remix)
10. Austher - Letting Down
11. Out Of The Ordinary - Immer Wenn Er Pillen Nahm (Bizzaro Universe Edit)
12. PRZ - Luv Trk
13. Eleven Pond  - Watching Trees (Black Light Smoke Remix)

BIO
Vladyslav Putistin is a Kyiv based Ukrainian DJ. He started in the late 00's and witnessed the birth of modern local clubs and festivals which forged his energetic distinctive style. 

As a DJ he seamlessly merges EBM, Italo Disco, New Beat, and Trance in admired sets, podcasts, mixes. After the full scale invasion Vladyslav started to produce his own music as a solo artist and as part of a duo with talented Kyiv based artist Lvcerate. 

Their first EP 'Hot Flashes' was released in early 2024 via Sharped Records.

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Listen to Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP, hosted by Sharlese, every Saturday AM (Friday night) from 1-3 AM PST // 10 AM - 12 PM CET || www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

@vladyslavputistin

Vladyslav Putistin Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

False Prophet & Actual Pain present Regis: Live EBM (85 - 89) set at Kremwerk 2/8/15

False Prophet & Actual Pain present Regis: Live EBM (85 - 89)set at Kremwerk 2/8/15

Set recorded live at the 2019 TUF 'til Dawn party on Friday, 8/2 | 12:30 - 2:00 AM

TUF 'til Dawn 2019 line-up: livwutang, Sharlese, rRoxymore, Josey Rebelle, Russell E.L. Butler, Myla.

TASCAM DR-44WL

Sharlese | TUF 'til Dawn 2019 Set

2-hour techno / ebm livestream set for Interference Radio on Saturday, 9/26.

www.twitch.tv/interferenceradio

INTERFERENCE RADIO // FALSE PROPHET - Sharlese // 9.26.20

Special guest slot on The Space Between Spaces hosted by Ron Like Hell on The Lot Radio.

Aired on 01-28-21.

@thelotradio
@ronlikehell

The Space Between Spaces on The Lot Radio w/ Sharlese

KEXP \\ secondnature \\ FALSE PROPHET \\ AUDIODROME every second Saturday of the month of Pony (Seattle) and streaming live on Intergalactic FM. 

KEXP Inquiries (Mechanical Breakdown & Expansions): sharlese@kexp.org
For North American, LATAM and EU Bookings please reach out to sharlese.metcalf@gmail.com

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