Tbilisi, Georgia's @gacha Bakradze has spent a decade refining his signature sound, weaving emotive electronic melodies and guitar lines through skittering techno and IDM beats. He's also co-founder of the renowned @leftbanktbilisi club and community space, which celebrates its second official anniversary next month with the launch of a new label and compilation. 

Here, alongside his club-tuned, three-deck On Cue mix, he speaks to Eoin Murray about how family life and running a venue has changed his relationship with music, his recent album for @lapsus-records, his background in bands, and his community-driven vision for Left Bank

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/cue-gacha-bakradze-interview-left-bank-tbilisi-georgia

Interview

On Cue: Gacha Bakradze

We close out Season 2 of Party Of One with a highly recommended selector coming from Moscow to LA - @sokolovalexander

Alexander is a music lover, DJ, and vinyl collector, who recently made the big move from Moscow to LA. As he stomps over his new grounds, he plans to continue diving deeper into music and sharing his discoveries regularly. 

Although he’s not a fan of labels, cliches, and specific music tags, he has grown his love for music through a background of DJing and some promo activities in Moscow in early-mid 2010s. Alexander had the opportunity to bring the founders of Norwegian house and techno label Sex Tags Mania (DJ Sotofett and DJ Fett Burger) alongside with other artists to Moscow scene. He also shared the stage with artists like Legowelt, DJ TLR, Ulrich Schnauss. 

He draws inspiration from various genres, eras, and moods. From balearic to ambient, from Italo disco to acid house. What excites him the most about DJing and exploring new music is stepping out of the ordinary, experimenting, and creating unexpected combinations that evoke emotions. 

“My latest mix is a personal and emotional journey, connecting my past and present. It's a compilation of tracks that have a special place in my heart, that have been waiting for the right moment to come together. This is just the beginning of my musical adventure in LA, and I'm excited to share it with you and the audience.”

Thank you Alexander for putting together a timeless mix fueled by nostalgia and emotion! We hope you love LA as much as we do.

Please join us in supporting @sokolovalexander through Instagram and SoundCloud.

Tracklist:
01. Solar Quest - Cherchez La Lumiere 
02. Ex-Terrestrial - Portal Vision (Kali) 
03. Insync - Reflection 
04. TMSS - Everybody (Delatour Mix) 
05. Sueño Latino - La Puerta Del Sol (Island mix) 
06. Marco Polo - The Calling (East Side Mix) 
07. Sandoz - Human Spirit 
08. Maxine - Alien (Club Remix) 
09. The Beloved - Outer Space Girl (Space Dust Mix) 
10. Zenith Nadir - The Dream 
11. Sunrise Society - Equinox 
12. Liquid Earth - Scope Zone (Original Mix) 
13. Aurora Borealis - Aurora Borealis (Ludwig mix) 
14. Daisy Glow - Sunday In The Park 
15. Electrotete - I Love You (Peter Ramson & Danny Van Wauwe Mix) 
16. The Irresistible Force - Space Is The Place (Intergalatic Ambient Mix)

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Party Of One is inspired by the profound sounds kept dancing to yourself at peak hours of the night, when no one is watching. Eyes closed, arms swaying, feet moving. Enjoy ✨#PartyOfOneMix

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Alexander Sokolov

BSRMIX #150 by our dear old friend https://soundcloud.com/tornadowallace

All Australian Techno/Prog/Trance artists from 90s/early 2000s. Dedicated to Phil K.

Enjoy!

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BSRMIX #150 - Tornado Wallace

После довольно длинной паузы, Муза возвращается к вам, Друзья, с новой передачей! Теперь мы постараемся выходить чаще в эфир, но уже в другом формате. Серия выпусков называется "Живое Общение". Название говорит само за себя! И Первым нашим собеседником стал Андрей Курохтин он же @shine-grooves - диджей, музыкант и основатель электронного лейбла @Hanagasumi. 

Интервью с участниками, дополнительная информация и материалы, не вошедшие в выпуски, можно будет найти на нашем телеграм канале t.me/muzaradio

Приятного прослушивания!

Muza // Live Communication 01 // Shine Grooves

On May 25th 2024, to accompany the launch of his Arthur Russell book "Travels Over Feeling" Richard King put together an event at London's Barbican celebrating Arthur's life with an all star musical cast recreating and reimagining his music.

I was thrilled to be invited to play a DJ set in the foyer afterwards. I have been an Arthur Russell devotee for 30 years and decided to play an all Arthur Russell DJ set*. The atmosphere was very special with lots of love transmitting back and forth from the DJ booth to the dancefloor. I really felt a freedom to slowly build it up playing so many of my favourite AR tracks and it was one of my very favourite DJ gis of 2024 so far.


*Full disclosure - there was an additional 30 minutes finale of this set that didn't record where I played non Arthur Russell, disco / disco adjacent records.

JD Twitch - All Arthur Russell DJ set, live at The Barbican, London 25/05/24

“Cafe del Mar, summer 1992”

Compiled by Jose Padilla
Length: 64 mins

This mix dates back to 1992 and is one of several that were bought directly from the Cafe’s DJ booth.  It was one of an incredible series of mixes that we collected over the course of the summer, all recorded at sunset, live from the cafe.

The mixes were each simply labeled with a number and by the end of the year we’d managed to get hold of either original or fairly decent copies of most of them.

Sadly at the time I don’t think we realised the importance or relevance these mixes would have in years to come and most are now long gone, so I’m glad this particular tape has just about stood the test of time as it was a favourite back then and just listening to the opening few tracks for the first time in over 10 years brings it all flooding back!

Hope you enjoy it, more to come soon…

The Electric Disco 
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Jose Padilla live at the Cafe del mar 1992

Swansong

Dj BonClient - Southern Euphoria (Breaks, vocoders y subidones en Andalucía 00-08)  PT.1 (MP3)

Laguna

Music for '150 Embroidered Faces' exhibition by Sasha Braulov, that took place in Taiga Space (Saint Petersburg, Russia) back in December 2016.

Swansong

She Monkey

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