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Ashland Mines, AKA Total Freedom, AKA Big Gay Idiot DJ, AKA Bobby Beethoven, is one of the best and most influential DJs of the 21st century. Starting out at pioneering parties like Mustache Mondays and Wildness (which he cofounded with Wu Tsang)—and a regular at GHE20G0TH1K—Mines helped to define the style that would become known, however cringe-inducingly, as experimental club or deconstructed club, directly inspiring fellow visionaries like Arca. 

Like some of the best DJs before him, Mines uses the CDJs as an instrument, but that doesn't mean just fancy tricks and looping. Instead, he artfully throws together clashing sounds—effects, samples, monologues, pop and R&B acapellas, and beats that run the gamut from dancehall to kuduro to breaks and techno. He's not afraid of the grotesquerie of human life and movement (just check out the monologue at the beginning of this mix), and he likes to push buttons. Once he put on a party where dancing wasn't allowed. Some of his sets are intentionally anxiety-inducing, evoking horror movies and modern classical composers like Penderecki, while others are bouncy and ebullient, weaving between genres and tempos like an old-school platformer. The best are both.

On Mines's RA Podcast—a milestone 900th in the series—he shows off this inimitable style, sharpened and reinforced over a decade-and-a-half of playing some of the world's best parties, fashion shows, you name it. He's the kind of DJ who creates his own music as he goes along. He makes you hear old tracks—especially pop music and R&B—in a whole new way. Titled "Cursed Piercing," this is a near-hour of controlled chaos that'll confound you at one moment and deeply move you the next.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/900

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RA.900 Bobby Beethoven (FKA Total Freedom)

Xemseya label boss Sky Vemanei announces the first of three contributions to Berlin's ABCDLFG mix series with "Smiles From The Sunken Place", an hour of catharsis from the harder edges of industrial techno.

In their own words: 

"Its been a while since I made a mix of only one genre. Which genre feels the most honest right now? Techno concerned with the issues of the future. My music is getting angrier, as fascism grows more inescapable. How will you turn your own anger into agitation, education, or organization?"

TRACKLIST:

LɅVΣN - HERE 
HATELOVE - JACK KETCH 
ROT - LAST WISH OF AN IRON SMITH
OGMAH - NO FEELINGS PURE WRATH
BUNKERTERROR - MUTEFISH
HEL.IV - BRAVE AND THICK
MANNI DEE - PIVOTAL SUMMER 
GRACE DAHL - STEP INTO YOUR MIND
CLERIC - DARK DAYS
HADONE - YOU WANT SOME MORE
MARTINA S - KARMA REVENGE
FALSE WITNESS AND LEDEF - ARM THE DOLLS
FLORIAN MEINDL - ALL THOSE MOMENTS
SKIRRA - ALIVE
SKYSHAKER - REWRITTEN
KONTAIN - BREATHE
REMON VERHOEVE - BRING IT
EIRAN - TIRED OF THIS
KRAMPF - LSD XTC
XINA MORA AND SHLOMO AND PELIGRE - 444 LA SENAL
AYAKO MORI - TWO LOTUSES IN GEGEN
STRANGE ARRIVAL - DRAW DISTANCE

June 14, 2024

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Smiles From The Sunken Place (June 2024)

Skyshaker and Rafa Cuevas go B2B as a celebration of "Saunter", their joint collaboration EP across fashion and music. Created in less than 1 week, "Saunter" represents Skyshaker's formal return to music after a prolonged hiatus.

Tracklist:

Skyshaker feat. Rafa Cuevas - Wear This
My Chemical Romance - Romance
Luca Agnelli - Blow (Skyshaker Saved By Air Edition)
Skyshaker feat. Rafa Cuevas - Instead
Kat Nzingha - Antinomianism
Arca - Riquiquí(xxxiii33);Bronze-Instance
Debby Friday - Amor Fati
Coucou Chloe - Halo
Skyshaker feat. Rafa Cuevas - And You Will
Strange Arrival - Draw Distance
Aneed - Music For Sad People
HEALTH - Of All Else
Skyshaker feat. Rafa Cuevas - You May Be Right
Skyshaker feat. Rafa Cuevas - Read It Twice
SKD - Serpents of The Snake Pit
Ayako Mori - Two Lotuses In Gegen
Skyshaker feat. Rafa Cuevas - Baobab Return
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill (The Bug Remix)
Lokua - Nettles
Skyshaker feat. Rafa Cuevas - Unto Us

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SAUNTER is available now across all platforms.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5oUNuC1bumkJHU2Rnk1DQQ
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/saunter/1749471738

Skyshaker B2B Rafa Cuevas - Saunterstyle (June 2024)

Techno is part of my ballroom origin story. Here's 90 mins as an attempt to recreate a heartbeat, responding in kind to a heartless world order.  Daily reminder that Techno is Black, Queer, and Political By Design.

K-HAND - Global Warning
Jeff Mills - Medians
Drexciya - Beyond The Abyss
Skyshaker pres. Airiswyn - ID
Lydo and Tomas Urquieta - Overture
Augusto Taito - Forma Praedicta
Kabay - Breakdown Ritual
Lydo and Tomas Urquieta - Hand Of God
BW - Punza
Stephen Disario - 6AM
DJ Stingray 313 - Remote Viewing
Alexander Kowalski - Synaptic Sirens (Ricardo Garduno Remix)
Denise Rabe - Phoenix’s Ash (Reeko Remix)
Unperson - Steel Wound
Lautaro Xavier - Junji
Matt Altman - Accept Judgement
Andy Martin - Badman Sound
Joton - Zeroeux
Secus - Rats!
Ricardo Garduno - Trust In Dirt
Sira - At The 22nd
Skyshaker pres. Airiswyn - Day 45
Stephen Disario - Serotonin
UFO 95 and Rodhad - Lavande 01
Shlomi Aber and Kashpitzky - Rhythm Parade
Ecilo - Stripped and Trip
Zvrra - Society
Kashpitzky - Run To Atonal
Plastikman - Spastik
Dave Clarke - Wisdom To The Wise (Robert Hood Remix)
UFO 95 - Cogitor
Balrog - Taking Back Control
Blake Baxter - I Like (Black Planet Instrumental)
Hioll - Area X
Dictent Vroom - Digital Divination
James Harbrecht - Imagine That
Dave Wincent - My Diary 04
Lumertz - First Club Experience
A.30 - 69 (Dustin Zahn Remix)
Xris Vavrzhina - P
Skyshaker pres. Airiswyn - Intent

You may have noticed I've been sharing more traditional music lately. I will now channel this energy under an alias I haven't used since my Chicago days in 2011 -- Airiswyn. Thank you for allowing me to reintroduce it here on this profile. 

More vogue is on the way, now that I remember who the fuck I am.

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Sirens From A Quieter Place (Sept 2024)

In view of his latest EP, Frolic, Bristol-based producer and visual artist Mun Sing creates an exclusive mix that bridges euphoric club sonics with the ‘more sad emo stuff’ 

Dazed Mix: Mun Sing

A course correction, or course affirmation? The message in this mix is one of pain into purpose in the face of genocide, a refusal to give in to despair, and a redirection towards decolonial joy with the dancefloor as a tool. Stay the course.

I continue to embrace my shapeshifting sonic profile as a DJ and producer in 2025, choosing to own my multitudes instead of apologizing for them. Only then can I make myself useful in the efforts against empire. What kind of agitation, education, and organization is your own artistry inspiring?

Tracklist at @skyshakerlife on instagram

The Day After December (Dec 2024)

J. Córdova and Liquid City Motors of Chicago, together Mecániko, cover for Gabriel Meier on the Topias show. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/astral-plane/episodes/astral-plane-31st-may-2025

Topias w/ Mecániko 310525

BASEMENT 04-05-2025

@gutted-angel

ℱ𝓊𝓃 𝐼𝓈 𝒮𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓈𝑔𝓇ℯ𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓋ℯ, 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟏

Fun Is Still Transgressive, Vol. 1

My Mind

2025 Album by DJ Miss Parker 
Produced and Arranged by DJ Miss Parker 
Vocals on My Weapon by DJ Miss Parker
Vocals on Take It Slow (Freak Mix) by DJ Miss Parker 

Sin City

♪ a wide range of certified emotional(to me,,, at least) music with a special dedication to anyone feeling 15+ emotions at once. highly danceable and poppy but also a bit dramatic and deeply emotional mix to enter summertime sadness( and bliss) sharing with you the highs and lows and music that recently speaks to me ✗⚬ﾒo orczi96    <3

Yes OMGᵎᵎ w/ orczi96 @ Kiosk Radio 22.06.2025

Rama : Takeover by Blood of Aza - 04 Juillet 2025

While in town to perform with Slagwerk, Paris-based DJ Vendredear returns to Kiosk to treat you with a polyrythmic, genrebending, melodic summer mix. Expect their signature blend of melody and drama through the sound of contemporary electronics.


Vendredear @ Kiosk Radio 02.08.2025

"your thoughts, 
your emotions, 
your love, 
your dreams..."

Original vocal sample: Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul (Acapella)

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WWYS [BOOTLEG]

Class consciousness returns to club culture. Better late than never. On which side of the line do you stand now? Berghain, Boiler Room, HOR, most of your favorite festivals......How much longer can you "dance away" complicity until the blood dripping off your hands soaks through your shoes? Asking for a martyr. Asking for a murderer.

SKYSHAKER X AL JAZEERA X KAVARI X HEALTH - SECOND LAST WISH OF A ZIONIST
ESA FEAT. PENDO ZAWOSE - BLAST (SKYSHAKER RADIO SIZE)
SANTA SEDE - CULO (YELRAM SELECTAH REMIX)
YAJAIRA LA BEYACA X GENOSIDRA - DIAVLA
HAYDEN TROTTER - DRIFT
WULFFLUW XCIV - SELFIE
3.OH - DELI RHYTHM
SKEPTA - THAT'S NOT ME (DISSO EDIT)
BIANCA OBLIVION FEAT. REDDERS - LAVISH
LSDXOXO - SATISFY [FEAT. SHYGIRL] (INTOXXY GHETTOTECH FLIP)
SAVAGE RYTHM - KERIA
BABY OLIV AND CABU - HARLEM FUNK NA BUDOTS (BABY OLIV, CABU EDIT)
KELELA - MISSED CALL (KYRUH REMIX)
LYDO AND TOMAS URQUIETA - COIL
POLYGONIA - SOUL REFLECTIONS
FJAAK AND MODESELEKTOR - HORSEPOWER
LUKE SLATER - REASSEMBLED 6
WULFFLUW XCIV - XINGAMENTO
YAJAIRA LA BEYACA X GENOSIDRA - QK
WHILEMINA - SPEAKING IN TONGUES
RICHI - EASTSIDE (SSSLEAZE ED1T)
EXPLOITED BODY - UNRAVEL
SABBER - DURO (ORIGINAL MIX)
MORE JAKKIE - SLOW WINE
EVIL YORDAN (XNYWOLF EDIT)
DOECHII - SPOOKY COOCHIE (CASEMENT REMIX)
DJ POWERADE - UNDERTOW
RAT SECTION - 2004
SAUSHA - REDUX OF DESPAIR
LAG SWITCH - MALEDICT
REFILLED X LALIT - LEMBRA DE KUTHU (SKYSHAKER FUSION)
YAKA - BIG WORLD DIES SLOWLY
PAURRO - JINGŪ KOGO - EMPERATRIZ JINGŪ
ESTOC AND VIOLENCE - BONES BROKEN MANY THINGS LEFT UNSAID
KAVARI X YAKA - BIG WORLD DIES SLOWLY X2

A Line In The Soil (June 2025)

"LEARN YA PLACE. EARN YA SPOT" - MC DEBRA

____a real legend can vogue to anything.

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Radar Radio LDN pres. Qween Beat with Skyshaker Feat. Youji Bodega [RIP]

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Radar Radio LDN pres. Qween Beat with Skyshaker Feat. Youji Bodega [RIP]

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