It's been a few weeks since we've seen you last, we miss you heaps. As a token of our love, we'd like to share with you the first mix (of many) from none other than DJ 906 (@jonnierox) on a gusty Saturday arvo in the Otways.

Live at Moniker '22 - DJ 906

22032024 restaurant recording by @anton-pieete + @traceymusic

cornerstore during service • #20 • ANTON PIEETE + TRACEY

@bethan_l

o•rbyss aims to help soothe the queer spectrum and focus on the well-being of the community. Queer DJs are invited to submit a mix to showcase an alternative side to their music library outside of a rave and take us on a meditative journey. ✨

Notes on the mix:

“As the final chapter of summer approaches, I chose to create an ambient mix in time for the seasonal shift to introspection, reflection & hibernation. A mix for any time or place, to help you experience your surroundings away from the dancefloor.”

Bethan is a London based DJ, and can often be found playing and promoting at East London's much loved Dalston Superstore, as well as other queer parties across the capital, and is a core member of the long running night 'Happy Endings'.

She creates diverse sets that explore the deep, percussive & emotional side to progressive house, early trance, techno & beyond. However, she is just as comfortable playing at lower BPMs, swirling between ambient, downtempo & jungle.

o•rbyss - Bethan

Here's a live vinyl mix from 2012, recorded on the hottest summer day at the old Brixton Hill HQ. Initially flawed due to a recording malfunction, it resembled a skipping CD for half the mix. Recently, I edited and restored it into a listenable form. Created shortly after our first record on Going Good, the mix captures my musical vibe at the time: Acid, Electro, Techno, Freestyle, with sounds from Detroit, Chicago, NYC, Berlin, Sheffield, and London. It’s raw and imperfect, but the energy is undeniable and the music speaks for itself.

Brian Not Brian: "Beat Wave (2012)"

soundcloud : @nefelivp
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Nefeli @ GIMIC - 27 February 2025

VANGUARD

Cool little remix of aira math that WON'T get popular cuz i suck ig lol
If u want to use my song, sure! Tho, crediting me will be appreciated.

C418 - Aria Math (Exot Remix)

Hailing from Toronto, CEO of Modern Art, Phuk Hugh has not only got a refined taste for powder cheese and Jalapeño flavors, he also got that new sound that will make you sweat. (Some of it you can find on his great Youtube Channel "Modern Art"). 

From tight Boogie Bombs to Street-Soul Killers, it's all there in this one and we are waiting with everyone else in line for Track ID's. Perfect for the change of season that is currently happening here, best enjoy this on one of those Spring days with a couple of cold ones (yes, the man's also got a refined taste in beer).

Cal C

Just last month, Canadian Jex Opolis debuted on our label with a cosmic and feel good electro EP that came washed in Italo influences. It was the latest in a long line of colourful releases—largely on his own Good Timin’ label—that have explored a timeless mix of synth pop, leftfield, house and nu disco since 2013. As someone with a background playing in bands, he knows how to properly arrange a track, which always shows, and he even uses his own voice for extra layers of personalisation. 

His mix for us is a fun one: vocals ricochet around over boogie basslines, tropical percussions flails away next to glistening Casio keys and day-glo disco is never far away. House grooves take over later on and power through with more lush chords and it all makes for exactly the sort of thing you want to hear on an open-air, sun-kissed festival stage.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 235 - Jex Opolis

Crash landing into our series from the furthest reaches of space, this week we're joined by Space Dimension Controller who's intergalactic voyage explores a variety of sonic realms from electro-funk and acid, to cosmic-house, disco and beyond.

SDC's sound is one that's been fully formed for over a decade now, with releases on seminal labels like R&S and Ninja Tune, his music tells a story; it's cinematic, conceptual and playful by nature with an absorbing blend of electro-funk, 80s pop, acid house, sci-fi ambient and other astral planes, perfectly represented via his latest EP for Dekmantel  entitled 'Planète Contraire' - out now.

Tracklist:
Space Dimension Controller - Do You Like Space? (2009 Unreleased)
214 - Growing Old Together
Pakzad - Correlation
Pleasure Model - Mystery Wizard
Mark Mackenzie - Terrafirma
Hesychia369 - Dmbrisded
Kovyazin D - Close The Distance
Betek - Wood Engraving
N.Y. House’n Authority - Ravenswood House
Space Dimension Controller - Space Grunt (2020 Unreleased)
Recloose - Tecumseh
Nathan Melja - Synthesthesia (Pariah Remix)
Mekas - Catalyze
KAAP - Phisiks
Space Dimension Controller - Mansion ’96 (2020 Unreleased)
Gosub - Touch Screen Terrorist
Grammar of Movement - K-Mix
XY0815 & Int Main - Rigid Body
Kosh - An Arab In Space
BPMP - The Big Lie
MSL - Riviere Rouge
Private Press - 2Shy
Skee Mask - Slow Music
AFX - W32.Deadcode.A

DIM202 - Space Dimension Controller

Little intro needed here - one of the resident wizards behind the cocktail d'amore curtains - Juan Ramos puts together a beautiful excursion taking one's psyche to novel degrees of darkness, a true expression of musical research and knowledge, Mr. Ramos goes deep in the archives and continues to surprise. This time in a completely new direction - take a trip!

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 02 : Juan Ramos

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