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10 Years of BSR: Skylab Radio takeover - Kia

Nosedrip at Praia - Waking Life '22

The closing set of our birthday celebrations in New York City saw Ciel go toe-to-toe with DJ Voices for an exceptional journey through skippy house, techno and UKG.

@ciel_dj
@latenitesbookclub

RA Live - Ciel b2b DJ Voices - RA2122 New York City

Priori and Ciel go b2b for 2 hours prior to their set at Public Records on NYE

http://www.instagram.com/priori_tize  
https://www.instagram.com/ciel_dj

Ciel b2b Priori @ The Lot Radio 12 - 30 - 2022

With what was mostly a full and fruitful year for us with many beautiful moments, we now turn our eyes forward to what is looking to be a very exciting year for us at Phonica as we walk into our 20th year of being alive. 2022 saw our mix series get even more killer contributions from artists like Paramida, Sally C, Fred P, Eden Burns, Alex Kassian, Erol Alkan and more. 2023's series line up plans to keep moving up and we have opened this years mix season in the capable hands of two of the finest DJ/Producers doing it right now. Bringing nothing but powerful, euphoric and goddess energies it can only be Octo Octa and Eris Drew of T4T Luv NRG. Amazingly celebrated for their strand of psychedelic, rolling progressive, trancey-house and break rhythms we can't think of two better selector's to take on our series. With an excellently curated compilation and mix for our good friends at Fabric last year as well as two banging cassettes on T4T we can't begin to imagine what this year has in-store for Maya and Eris but we have no doubt it's even more on the upward trajectory! Most likely to the heavens and back! We had a chat with Maya and Eris to see what they have been up to lately and little about how they approached the mix.

Interview Here

Phonica Mix Series 103: Octo Octa & Eris Drew

ISAbella has always had a passion for music, not just as a DJ, but also as a co-founder of the LGBTQ+ party, platform, and collective MARICAS. 

It didn't take long for the scene to take notice of her fresh and energetic sound. Right around the end of 2018, we started to hear about ISAbella. She played at our ADE event in collaboration with HÖR at Radion, where this mix was live recorded. 

Many more to come for ISAbella!

The Crave Mix 017 - ISAbella (live at The Crave x HÖR ADE)

There's an old-school touch to ISAbella's sound. Breakbeats, rolling tech house, progressive house and trance pepper both her studio mixes and her debut EP, transporting listeners to a place of peak '90s indulgence. It's no wonder, then, that vintage rave sounds are a signature tenet of MARICAS, the club night and label that she helped start in 2018.

Her love for the '90s is tangible on her RA Podcast, an emotional journey across breakbeat house, trancey techno and funky electro. First-rate throwbacks such as Canyon's "Move" and "Lightspan Soundwave" by The Shamen exude a carefree euphoria, while heavier cuts like Desert's "Moods (Club Mix)'' intensify the feeling of rapture. Even the contemporary releases, like Bashkka's excellent "C-quence Of Calamities," feel rooted in nostalgia.

MARICAS mixes are usually energetic from the get-go, but ISAbella starts out nice and relaxed this time around. The mix's most striking element is how personal each track feels—a reflection of her intimate relationship with these records. Each one evokes a special poignancy and though these ephemeral selections were largely improvised, ISAbella believes they "show what's going on lately and what's going on forever."

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Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/875

RA podcast

RA.875 ISAbella

Music for the small hours and for the early morning dancers. ISAbella's SonarMix offers a taste of what's to come during her back-to-back with Roza Terenzi at Sónar this June. The Colombian-born DJ and co-founder of Barcelona LGBTQ+ party, platform and collective MARICAS goes from ambient to techno across an hour and seven minutes, exploring the deepest parts of her record collection.

Tracklist:
Dream Dolphin - Rain
S.O.N.S. - Yamanote Underground Beach
Sepehr - Forgotten Glyphz
Unknown - Untitled
Emissive - Natural Springs
Jens - Psycho Strings
Blu:sh - Beats For Bogs
Dance 2 Trance - We Came In Peace
Friends of Matt - Out There (Raw Mix)
Ankara Dub
Eddie Richards - The Network
The Shamen - Make it Mine (Moby's Deep Mix)
Oxygen - Absent Minded

SonarMix 020: ISAbella

Born and raised in New York but now transplanted to Berlin, @gabriellekwarteng has quickly become a Panorama Bar regular known for her eclectic radio shows. The move to Europe widened the scope of her DJ sets which tend to be high energy and punchy with plenty of techno, while on the airwaves she is likely to serve up a mix of boogie, Afro-disco, and neo-soul. That broad approach no doubt stems from growing up in the musical melting pot that is the Bronx, but also from childhood summers - and later a year studying abroad - in London. Add in a desire to champion the classic Black American genres and you have the foundations of the Kwarteng sound. 

All this is reflected in this week's mix which traverses global genres with effortless enthusiasm. Hefty bass cuts and weighty rhythms build into acid-tinged workouts, sounds of the diaspora spread across the course of 70 minutes and energy levels drop even when the mood changes. It's a great snapshot of a DJ at ease with worldly sounds and the ability to thread them all together into a communal dance floor experience.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 429 - Gabrielle Kwarteng

Sleep D from Melbourne, Australia play Techno, Dub, House and everything in between. Sometimes showcasing brand new and upcoming releases on their label Butter Sessions.

http://www.instagram.com/sleepd93

Butter Sessions with Sleep D @ The Lot Radio 05-08-2023

A recording of @vladimir from Outburst at  Houghton 2022.

Tickets for Houghton 2023 are on sale now:
www.houghtonfestival.co.uk/

Recorded at Houghton - Vladimir Ivkovic (2022)

ISAbella & InVertida - CDMX TAPES X NTS Radio (22.06.23)

ISAbella - CDMX TAPES X NTS Radio (22.06.23)

Barcelona queer collective takes over the lot radio for some hours of sexy, sweaty, playful and queer music

https://www.instagram.com/maricxsmxricxs/

MARICAS with ISAbella @ The Lot Radio 09-14-2023

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they/she

Recording of a very special night during ADE at RadioRadio; Private hearts night; The warm up set curated was more than a musical journey; it was a shared experience among friends and dancers; A slow-building journey thru ,music i have been digging lately and some of my latest favorite records. Our MARICAS Mix series just felt like the perfect home to put this out and share with all of you! Is all about the warmth of shared connections and unity  during many nights we shared together 

Hope you all enjoy and vibe with it <3

MARICAS - ISAbella Live at RadioRadio ADE n.59

Recording of ISAbella's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

Dekmantel Festival 2023

ISAbella at Dekmantel Festival 2023

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SonarMix 020: ISAbella

Sónar Festival

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