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@keptmale

Introduce yourself? Preferred pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself? 

Hi i’m Gigi — he/his — Austin, TX — I was a childhood ice hockey star

How is everything going with you right now?

I have been fortunate enough to be well.. been using this year off from work to dive into a practice and learn some discipline.

How did you get your dj name?

I got it from my partner, Mimi — she flipped my original g-name into gigi & it stuck. I never liked my birth name much anyway + it’s cute to match.

Who currently inspires your music-wise?

ry, tito fuego/mister water wet, charles, bobby, nueen, boundary, jel, purelink, pascäal, ian kim judd, jung dj, shiner, downstairs j, hysterical love project,  perila, oli/px, thurlow joyce+ many more.. so many friends exploring inspiring places these days

If you had to describe yourself as a flower,which one would it be and why? 

Mimi says “frost flowers because they’re ephemeral”

Favorite weird drug/mind altering experience?

Sensory deprivation tank before the rave at Shirley’s Temple (r.i.p.)
What was your first gig? How did it go? 

A show put together by Ben Aqua at an upstairs club on downtown Congress that I don’t recall. I was 18 & had only started making music on ableton a few months prior, and played a live set that mostly consisted of pressing play on a 30 min composed production mix with a little knob twiddling & dj drop triggering. considering that, I’d say it went pretty well

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

I think it’s obvious, but increased representation without tokenism. also, turn away from the dj & look at your fellow dancers.

Any cool releases upcoming for Gi Gi this year? 

I don’t want to speak too soon, but I do have a couple of records in the pipeline with quiet time & index, both of which I’m very excited about. working on some more uptempo material as kept that should be seeing the light of day soon as well.

For extended interview & OG pipipi track game please visit our website ------> pipipi.life <-----------

Gi Gi - 79˚ Cloudy

Mateo is from Lyon, makes media art but also produces music and works as a DJ.
His show refers to a movement of electoronic music flourishing in France, which embraces all popular music styles in an excessive, almost exaggerated form. Mateo performs an hour-long mix of experimental pop, French emo-rap, dramatic edm, and general subcultural music. 💥

We are more than pleased to have him as our first guest for the bi-weekly Sphere x Friends Format in which we will invite friends of the team and artists we love to play on the radio.

Hear more from daesiidae on Soundcloud or Bandcamp:
https://soundcloud.com/user-930074185
https://daesiidae.bandcamp.com/album/moon-breakin-through-ur-hair

sphere x friends #01 - daesiidae - 07.01.2023

For the fourth live stream of the sphere x friends format we had two guests joining us in the sphere radio container. For the first half Halle based DJ, JLULULU brought us deconstructed global club sounds and some straight up amazing grime tracks. We hope you enjoy as much as we did.

JLULULU creates a coupling of post-club enigmas and percussive, quirky art pop questioning contemporary restrictions. Get involved in a wide dynamic range of deconstructed bangers and shaky beats – presented with a fresh provocative streak.

https://soundcloud.com/jlululu
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jlululu___/

sphere x friends #04.1 - JLULULU - 23.02.2023

SxF #4 comes as a handy double pack. Illgal treats us with abstract, harsh electronics as well as grime and rap while casually drinking Weißweinschorle. We are stoked to have her on the show!

IllGal is exploring resilience of mixing genres and styles. hectic surf through crying on the dancefloor to couldnt care less mood all signed with deepest ever deep bass and noisy glitches crossed with dupstep

https://soundcloud.com/illga1
https://www.instagram.com/taskai_/

sphere x friends #04.2 - Illgal - 23.03.23

Stoked to have a good friend of our Sphere Members on the show with a hard hitting and fast drum & bass mix that makes no compromises. 
Thanks, Pablo Discobar (aka Pablo Not-So-Discobar) for sending us a Mix from Ghent, Belgium. 

The man in his own words: "I'm not hipster enough for a deep meaningful bio for my dj stuff" 

So there you go. Listen to more of his sets on mixcloud or follow on Instagram.
https://www.mixcloud.com/pablovgd/
https://www.instagram.com/pablovgd/

sphere x friends #05 - Pablo Discobar - 09.03.2023

Cue: @sensi_ble (he/him)
The most recent new member of the Sphere Radio office and creative person behind the futuristic and innovative show "Elysium Solidity" on Sphere.

In his show sensi.ble explores the in-betweens of experimental music & individual notions of future. For this episode of sphere x friends, he twists back to his proggy & tech house roots to revisit memories of last year’s rave season.

A true jack of all trades <3

Check out his show on our Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/Fy7Yh

Tracklist:
01 stonebridge feat. therese - put 'em high (claes rosen lounge mix)
 02 ramu - nothing else to do [remotif] 
03 LFO vs. fuse - loop 
04 danny howells & dick trevor - breathe feat erire (lexicon avenue remix) 
05 makam - glacial valley [pariter] 
06 underworld - born slippy .NUXX (darren price remix) 
07 drua - LARP [spray]
 08 prime minister of doom - drumatise [planet uterus] 
09 reflex blue - mystic [terrazzo] 
10 suki & sniper1 - purple haze [holding hands] 
11 bedrock feat. KYO - for what you dream of (full on renaissance mix) 
12 duke - so in love with you (full intention remix)

sphere x friends #12.1 - cia - 26.10.2023

INEN KÄMPFERISCHEN 8. MÄRZ!

Zu dieser sehr besonderen Folge ist eine sehr besondere Person Gäst:in der Vomens Bar digitale. Diese Person spricht über das Schreiben und den Literaturbetrieb als Insitution. Wir sprechen über Erfolg und Ablehnung in einem System, das Erfolg scheinbar exponentiell denkt, das Arbeit fetischisiert und Community Care genauso wie Selbstfürsorge entwertet.

Wie ist es als FLINTA Person selbstständig zu sein? Aktivistisch zu sein? Zu schreiben oder Literatur produzierende Person zu sein?

Die Person erzählt von Ängsten und Selbstzweifeln, dem Imposter-Syndrom in einer patriarchalen Leistungsgesellschaft, die uns zu Konkurrent:innen macht, Missgunst und Neid schürt.

Und wir sprechen über Klarheit und Sucht.

Habt ihr es vielleicht schon erraten?

Gäst:in ist Autor:in, Podcaster:in und Journalist:in Svenja Gräfen.

Vomens Bar digitale #42 - Im Gespräch mit Svenja Gräfen - 08.03.2024

My session at HÖR earlier this year, thought some of you maybe wanted to have it on Soundcloud.

DJ Balduin | HÖR - January 16 / 2024

DJ set from Seanaps Festival 2024 The Ongoing Now // Preview Radio Show. Two hours of instrumental goodness.


Tracklist:

Glenn Jones - The Orca Grande Cement Factory At Victorville
Arthur Russel - [from Instrumentals]
Ryūichi Sakamoto - Zure
Jocelyn Reyes - [from Overland Bioms OST]
Ernest Hood - August Haze
Head Of Wantastiquet - Return To Agharti
Tetzui Akiyama - Time Between
Sholto Dobie - Hot Steps
Jim Guthrie - Moth To A Flame
Gewgawly I / Thou - [from Norco OST]
Samuli Tanner - [from Music For 1-Year Old]

lange nicht gehört LIVE: Seanaps Festival 2024 // Preview Radio - DJ Nimmersatt - 13.09.2024

For the 10th episode of moosgrund radio we invite Aarhus-based Sara aka DJ SRA who provides a one-hour selection of fine deep house and electronica tunes. After the set, stick around for a talk about the electronic music scene in Aarhus, her involvement in the volunteer-driven space Super, and a dive into her personal listening and DJing habits. Tune innnn!

@discsra
@siriustopic

Tracklist:
DJ Central & Erika Casier - Drive (ambient mix)
Manmade Deejay - V-Bee
Chris Gray - Diffused Emotion
DJ Popup - Matakana
Kerri Chandler - Keep Me Inside
I-Levels - Dope Eyes
Chris Brann - Psychic Driving
Pete Moss - Deep Desires
Callisto - Eycesykles
Central - Jackfruit Dub
C.K - Sirens
Mr YT - Evening
Amore - One Steppa Da Time

moosgrund radio episode 10: DJ SRA

Dŷsnomia invites you to "enjoy the world" even with all its dystopian undertones.
"Shifting Through Water" drifts through shimmering pools of spoken word, tales of doom and glimmers of hope.

Time Capsule #3 – Dŷsnomia – 01.12.2024

Uffffff, the next mix for stanitzel is pure magic—a diamond of immeasurable worth. Sparkling, multifaceted, and hypnotic, it catches your eye and won’t let go. Leipzig based @soey_jewelry polishes this sonic gem with precision—from deep, shimmering dubby slow chuggers to emotionally radiant anthems that refract like sunlight through its crystal-clear facets. No more words needed. Just let it shine your way

SMS#42 w/ jewelry

Soft Node is a digital listening space. Read the newsletter at at softnode.substack.com

Edward would like to acknowledge that this project was conceptualized on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people and continues to be developed on lands belonging to First Peoples across this continent. I pay my respects to Elders past and present and recognize the enduring connection of First Peoples to these lands. Always was, always will be!

Tracklist:

Kali Malone - Sacrificial Code
John Høybye - Haec Dies (from 3 bright motets) performed by Voces Nordicae
Hugo Distler - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Op. 12, No. 6) performed by Berliner Vokalensemble
Ivo Antognini - Canticum Novum performed by The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Javier Busto - Gloria (from Missa brevis pro pace) performed by Mt. Eden High School Chamber Singers
Kali Malone - Litanic Cloth Wrung
Thomas Jennefeldt - Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich performed by Athesinus Consort Berlin
Knut Nystedt - Peace, I leave with you
Karensa Briggs - Media Vita performed by The Chapel Choir of Pembrooke College, Cambridge
Anonymous 4 - love fail: you will love me
Martin Folz - Nachtgebet
Kali Malone - Fifth Worship II
Kali Malone - Hagakyrka Bells

Mulatu Astatke & His Ethopian Quintet - Soul Power
Synchro Rhythm Eclectic Language - Foukie Owa tchu wa
Dif Juz - Heset
ML Buch - Big Sun
Moin - Family Way feat. Sophia Al-Maria
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Pea
Mad Tea Party - Win-D-Oor
Devarrow - A Shadow Apart
Duster - Payote
Kante - Tourisme
Karate Boogaloo - There Is No Rush
Nick Drake - One Of These Things First
Joni Mitchell - Song for Sharon
Clarissa Connelly - The Hills Are Crying

Soft Node w/ Edward - May 29th 2025

Next up for our little stanitzel show, we welcome OLIV (@oliviapaula).

She's here with a smooth, jazzy, and gently chilled hour of downtempo - perfect for lying in the grass and watching the levees dance in the breeze.

Tune in // fade out!

SMS#46 w/ OLIV

sound collage & more, this set starts both cassette and digital recordings made in the surroundings of crisálida. later on, you can find a temptation to dialogue between these and tracks crisálida feels in touch with; as she tries to communicate and escalate her frozen wings through languages already taken. closing off with twin peaks' magic, crisálida finds her way asleep again.

carrossel + motherboard of feelings - crisálida
butterflies' shield + saxofone recording - crisálida
eden et après - crisálida
(voice recordings) + avó lena - crisálida
ingus baušķenieks - 19.10.89
lena platonos - lego ( + field recordings) 
pony tail - crisálida
piccolo ( + field recordings) - crisálida
eye - sabine
annelies monseré - hold music I  ( + field recordings)
dali muru - slothrising
naomi klaus - crocodile skin shoes
rojin sharafi - dbkkk 
julee cruise - the world spins (demo)
organs feel it too in a loop - crisálida

TIME CAPSULE #7 - CRISÁLIDA - 03.08.2025

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For inquiries, feedback or anything else: info@sphere-radio.net

sphere x friends #12.1 - cia - 26.10.2023

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