Mixes

These are mixes made by the current members of Research & Development, Makeen and JS Alvarez

Mixes by R&D members

smartmix series

Smart Mix 58: @jsalvarez

a founding member of the Research & Development crew, JS Alvarez joins us for over an hour of dark yet percussive electronic music spanning techno, electro, ebm and beyond. 

if you dig the mix, consider donating to https://www.organizedcommunities.org/ if you can spare the change!

Tracklist:
Pan Sonic - Lähetys / Transmission
Schacke - Check It
Cadans - Chant 
Nikk - Force of Pleasure
Cosmin TRG - Romanian Deadlift
Luxus Varta - Sex After Midnight
SDX - CT fletcher 
Cowboy Rhythm Box - Mécanique Sauvage
Indy Niles - BLK HRT
Jerome Hill - Skally Wag 
DJ Funk - Run (UK Extended)
Reeko - Regnum Asturorum
K Hand - Boiler Room Teaser
Gedeevan - DJ Shitcontrol
Deepnaut - Kreatur
Luke Slater - Let Eat All Vanbrook
Henning Bear - Everyday Life
Cybersonik - Technarcy 
Gunner Haslam - Leeward Tripping

Smart Mix 58: JS Alvarez

Tracklist:

Fernando Falcão - Memoria das Aguas
Pulse Emitter - Void Engine 1
Uun - Junkspace
Inox Trax - Sound Effects
Franz Jager - Lana Hunts (VIL Club Edit)
Robert Hood - Ignite A War
Hardcell & Grindvik - Silver (Hardcell Remix)
Sibilant - Screecher Creature
Overland - NASA
1800 Haightstreet - Permafrost
Pelada - Desatado
Vinicius Honorio - Heartbeat (Alex Bau Repaint)
Andre Kronert - Tenth Street Rag
dj ESP Woody McBride vs. John Frank - The Pitch of Madness
Clouds - T12
Sound Associates - Jackknife (Len Faki edit)
Subjected - Thtswhtwnt
Merino - Como Desaparacer
Lonefront - 19
Furtive - Crossfire
Russell E.L. Butler - Maggots
Are:gone - 721.2
Tarker - Enhanced
Jaq Attaque - Martian Immigration (Raw Mix)
Free Range - The Grey Goose
Paul Bailey - Battery Girl
Blacknecks - Don’t Say Goodbye
Frankie Vega & Gabriel Palomo - The Tempest
Decks - Fractured
Keanu Raves - Secret Base Aesthetic
Fjaak - Bassani
Alphaconda - Hey Mami
LSDXOXO - Mutant Exotic (D.Dan Remix)

JS Alvarez- minimal detroit

Jana has 'shape shifting lizard' JS Alvarez on the show to select some mutant techno and unruly bass music. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/jana-rush/episodes/jana-rush-24th-february-2024

Jana Rush w/ JS Alvarez 240224

@jsalvarez
@researchndevelopment
Interview: https://www.ayli-sf.com/2024/05/16/ayli-ground-level-019-js-alvarez/

Track-listing: 

Michal Wolski - Qi
Architectural - Rare Ceremony Tapes
Space Drum Meditation - Oviraptor (Marco Shuttle Remix) 
Felix K - Fundamentals (Onar Anxiety Remix)
Uun - Blood Money Redux
Wata Igarashi - Gravity 
DJ Hockey - Whirlpool 
Jeremy Caufield - Station A
Aliasing - Bline
DJ Nobu - pressure point 
Ezy - Too Deep
Marçal- Bionic Jungle 
Gag Reflex - Tomb 
Ungar - Aggressive 
PS11 - Chiron 
Decoder - Visionary
Legless Lizard - Something Better 
Are:gone - Organic Taste 
Aadja - post natal drip

AYLI Ground Level 018: JS Alvarez

Neptunian Influence, Sixty-Seven | Featuring @jsalvarez

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike. He is the founding member of Research & Development. ﻿What started as a monthly event series at Smartbar took on a new path with a biweekly mix series focused on nurturing new sounds, experiences and atmospheres while exploring the music and culture it was born or mutated from. Find him at Podlasie Club or sweaty basements and warehouses in Chicago and beyond.

SUPPORT: @researchndevelopment

| Tracklist | 
Phoenicia - Diagnosa
Forest Drive West - Time
214 - Body Control
Annika Wolfe - The Art of Abduction Dark
Atrice - Multiplex
Del Hale, R. Mohr - Gambit
Keith & Kevin - No Hot Water at St Regis
Future DZ - Sawed Off
Gesloten Cirkel - Everything For The Dev
Only Now, Flore - Cut & Run (Only Now Version)
Pedrolino - I Don’t Believe You (Filmmaker remix)
Marcela Dias Sindaco - Rio Ofegante
Privacy - Sword, NYC
KEEFE - Bad Boi
Identified Patient - Digital Drain
Deandrah - Red Grey
MANASyt - No 13th Floor
Data Assault - Pesadelo Absoluto
Rescript - Regurge
Shcuro - Unbearable Heaviness
Cressida - Al Gore Riddim
Machino - Pusher
Jensen Interceptor - The Fountainebleau
Raavel - Insect Repellent
Nite Fleit & False Persona - Parallax
Cyan 85 - 4 ma C-Borgs
TANS - The Priest’s Morsel (DJ Nephil RMX)
Vorp - I Plead the Filth

Meet you in the Great Dark Spot

NI67 | JS Alvarez

This mix is from a very special at night November 09 2024 at Smartbar with my dear friends Nikki Nair, Madeline and Pen Pals. I was tasked with closing out the evening and was an honor to do so. Thanks to everyone who came out and stayed till the lights came on.  Hope yall enjoy!

Live mix at Smartbar Nov 09 2024 - Dan B Hood

We are so lucky to release this mix for our 37th entry, recorded live at SmartBar (Chicago) by our friend and excellent DJ Shanti!

From the artist:
I am so grateful to be able to share this mix with you all through PPRZ! This is a mix that was recorded at Smartbar in Chicago when I opened for Lady Starlight as part of Justin Aulis Long's series, Flowers of Romance. It was a 3-hour long set from 10pm-1am on a Pioneer V10 Mixer with 3-4 CDJ 3000s. 

What I love about opening sets is having the ability to set the tone for the night as people are arriving and making the transition from wherever they came from to the communal embodiment of dancing. The other fascinating element about an opening set is the dramatic contrast between the beginning and end as one first experiences an empty dance floor and sees the gradual process of it growing with energy and feeling even though I can really only see beautiful silhouettes moving in the darkness. I take an opening set to be about the gradual cultivation of energy but also an opportunity for creative tension and exercising restraint for the headliner and rest of the night.

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

While she is thoughtful about curating multifaceted energy and emotion within her sets, she also co-curates events such as Otherworldly Ambiguity as Evanti, a conceptual experience centered around the phenomenon of hybridity, occupying the spaces in between and outside of pre-existing concepts and rigid categories. She is also a part of Chicago-based DJ collective and label, Research & Development which is a mix series and curator of multifaceted music-centered experiences. 

Mix mastered by: Umair Chachar

Tracklist:
Part 1:
Lemna - Memories
Lemna - Hallucination 
Voices from the Lake - Mika 
Donato Dozzy - Aquatica
SHXCXCHCXSH - A Sunny Day in Ostrogothia 
Dan B. Hood - Ode to Drome
BMG & Derek Plaslaiko - Ghost Ship 
Rrose - Signs 
Alexskyspirit - The Travelers (Polygonia remix)
Etapp Kyle - Source 
Mike Parker - Heat Inducer 
Love Letters - Morse (BMG mix) 
Club Drippy - Crashed
Ryogo Yamamori- Zw
Marcel Dettman - Rush (Deep Release mix)
Pause - Crater  
SHXCXCHCXSH  - HHHHHHHGGKS 
Part 2:
Rrose - Solaris 
Lonefront - Stera
Modes - M52 
NØRBAK - Luyr 
Allana Letm - Tempos Multiplos (Centrific Remix)
Nubbles - Reflect 2 
Maedon-X - Caged Animal 
Perc - Milk Snatchers Return
Ritaffein - Laiva
Regis - Body Unknown 
Jamaica Suk - Tes Levrés
British Murder Boys - We Will Show You 
Uun - Junkspace 
Kanding Ray - Dark Barker 
Peter Van Hoesen - Vola Flash 
Surgeon - The Golden Sea 
Alexskyspirit- SNCTR2 
Decoder - Falling Flat 
Part 3:
Quelza - Plastic Waves 
Neel - A Thought without Time 
Oscar Mulero - Tormenta 
Regis - The Theme from Street Walker
DASH3D - Neuropulmonar
CRØG - Fire 
Oblivion & Uranya - Bassa Marea 
Sorcery - Dark Scan
GiGi FM - Amadamushies
Neel- Riflesso 
Quelza - We’ll Never Be Friends Again 
J. Blofeld - Uranus 
Cej- Itchy 
Char - Free 
Psyk & Orbe - Tunnel Diode
Surgeon - Convenience Trap Pt.2

Donations if you enjoyed this mix from Shanti's recommended organization: https://www.newrootsinstitute.org/ - creating a just and sustainable food system for all through education.

PPRZ Podcast 37 - Shanti live at SmartBar Chicago

ZONA CINCO - MICTLAN - VOL 4

We are thrilled to present this mix by Chicago based JS Alvarez for our 39th entry in the series. Both Adam and I admire what Jeremy contributes to the music scene with their podcast and event series Research & Development.

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that has learned human behavior from living in cities such as Chicago and Miami. He succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike.

He is the founding member of Research & Development which ignited in the iconic Chicago mainstay of Smartbar. The event series has moved on to host community focused events centered on a wide variety of often cutting edge electronic sounds at venues like Podlasie Club, The Whistler and various DIY spaces. R&D also hosts a biweekly podcast 100+ episodes deep ranging from rising talents, hometown heroes and well established DJs and producers from North America and around the world.

He's shared the booth with artists such as DVS1, Veronika Vasicka, D.Dan, Hodge and others. His mixes have been featured on NTS Radio, Mutant Radio and SutroFM among others. Catch him at The Great Beyond this July! 

I was trying to find a very textured sound within the first quarter of the mix. My attempt at some sort of atmospheric sci-fi horror score followed by something a bit more hypnotic. By the end of the mix I wanted those vibes to explode into something highly rhythmic. Something to shatter what came before and get the sweat dripping off the walls. 

If you enjoyed this mix, please consider donating to JS Alvarez' organization of choice:
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/ 
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/donate

PPRZ Podcast 39 - JS Alvarez

Special guest mix from Chicago based dj SHANTI  - cohost of Otherworldly Ambiguity with Scum.ee, member of techno collective Research & Development, and host of “Liminal Radio” on WIIT 88.9 FM. Shanti kindly shared a 3 hour opening set she did for Aurora Halal in Chicago on May 9th 2025 at Smoke & Mirrors - toon in! 🚀🚀🚀
https://soundcloud.com/shantievanti
https://soundcloud.com/researchndevelopment

See video of Shanti’s set at https://youtu.be/QqfMYAyS8bM?si=FPZJDhNdZqlf63YS

BL Radio EP 130: SHANTI [Research & Development]

Smart Mix 02: Samone Roberts

Indeep - Buffalo Bill's Backside
Unknown Edit
Jellybean - The Real Thing Instrumental
Eddie Kendricks - Goin Up In Smoke (Super Value Special Edits)
Bernard Badie - Party Jacktrack
Billy Ocean - Stay The Night
Andy Ash - Love Me Straight (Deep Space Orchestra Mix)
Dijkhuis - Salt Caramel
Legowelt - How Things Are
Nicholas - All I Got
The Cushion - My Heroes Are Your Heroes' Heroes (Audio Soul Edit)
Civi - Ride The Beat
Eastbound Expressway - Knock Me Senseless Dub 
Liz Torres (Master C&J) - Can't Get Enough
Tony Lionni - Body & Soul
Jeanette Thomas - Shake Your Body (House Shaker Version)
Eddy C/Dane - Red Motorbike
Bobby Konders - Future

Smart Mix 02: Samone Roberts

Smart Mix 03: Future Kill

Will Crawshaw - So Mesmerized
Angel Mora & 1000 Faces - Wave Jerks (Leix Remix) 
Tapesh & Sidney Charles - I Feel So Blue 
Dale Howard - Change Things
Tom Demac - Trying Is Right By Me
Actor One - Building Strike
Mathilda Leek - See You Again 
Toby Tobias - One Night on Mare Street (Ugly Drums Remix)
Dam Paul & Bof - The Argument
Soul Phiction & Missing LInkx - Lovin' Dubbin' Feelin'
Fete - Song For Her (Hannulelauri Remix)
Grunbox - Be Love Feat Victor Magro

Smart Mix 03: Future Kill

Smart Mix 04: Nate Manic

Nicolas Jaar - Can't See What Is Burning There
Tornado Wallace - Insect Overlords
Tiger & Woods - Deflowered
Silverclub - Crash This Car (Jimmy Edgar Remix)
Jay Lumen - Drop That
Tim Green (TG) - Lone Time
Niki & The Dove - The Drummer (Danny Daze Paradise Garage Remix)
Ben Lb - Lala Li Lala (Olivier Giacomotto Dub Edit)
Spirit Catcher - Dirty Circuit (Lifting Live Mix 2005)
UAP - BiMac (The Cube Guys Mix)
Solo - The Flea Circus
Jesse Rose - Non Stop (Mason Remix)
Sebastien Leger - Origines
Superjunk - Junkalicious
Aardvarck - Cult Copy (2000 And One Mix)
Maceo Plex - Her Security

Smart Mix 04: Nate Manic

Smart Mix 05: Sassmouth

Chiapet - Westworld (Medieval Funk Mix)
Studio 1 - Lila
Emika - Morning Tea
DJ Pierre & Marshall Jefferson - Clap Your Hands Anthem (Doc's Underwater Classic Mix)
Chris Mitchell - California
Delano Smith - Direct Drive
Chris Mitchell - Phrenetic
Shane Linehan - Do You Know Who You Are
Red Planet - Medicine Man
Abe Duque feat. Blake Baxter - Disco Nights
John Tejada - Flight To Tokyo
Rework - You're So Just Just
DJ Sneak - Show Me the Way
Mirror Boys - See the Music 1am
Nebraska - This is the Way

Smart Mix 05: Sassmouth

Smart Mix 06: Tim Zawada

1. Trus'me - Bail Me Out 
2. Masurrati & Huey Harris - Super Duper Lovin 
3. Take 3 - Tonite (Rayko Edit) 
4. Zopelar - Feeling 
5. Francis Inferno Orchestra - Sun Up 
6. Deep&Disco - Feel The Rhythm (Razor-N-Tape Edit) 
7. TZ - Pleasurable Editable 
8. Claptone - Cream 
9. Harry Wolfman - Don't You Know 
10. Bang Bang - Susan Cries (Rhythm Plate Remix) 
11. Todd Terje - Inspector Norse 
12. Only Children - Be the One 
13. Rebel - Her 
14. Lee Webster - One19 
15. Atjazz & Mark De Clive - Sweat No Sleep (Broken Soul Dub)

Smart Mix 06: Tim Zawada

::welcome home::
✺ the proof is on the dancefloor
✺ celebrating the underground for over 40 years

Smart Mix 58: JS Alvarez

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