"SPNT001 - For The Rave / When The Rave Is Not Enough" features producers who’ve created mixes for Spontaneous Affinity in the past as well as our extended family around the globe, and is available on its own or included with every purchase of our year two zine.

https://spontaneousaffinity.bandcamp.com/album/spnt001-for-the-rave-when-the-rave-is-not-enough

Part 1, "For The Rave", features 9 tracks ready for an emotional and cathartic dancefloor. Part 2, "When The Rave Is Not Enough", is for the reflective moments at home and on the sidelines. This compilation can be consumed as two mini albums in sequence, though the tracks can stand alone, too.

Thanks so much to the artists for being part of this.

All proceeds will be donated to Critical Resistance.
criticalresistance.org

released February 1, 2020

Artwork + design by Alyce Currier
Mastered by Trackland Studios
"Lateral Fold Embrace" mastered by Marco Spaventi
"Less Restlessness" mixed by Dominic Clare at Declared Sound

Bandcamp

SPNT001-2: When The Rave Is Not Enough

An all vinyl b2b set from Rage.inald and 30,000AD for Spice Jams on particle.fm.

Recorded: May 18, 2023
Aired: May 19, 2023

Spice Jams Vol. 13 - Rage.inald b2b 30,000AD

@richard-akingbehin

www.wakinglife.pt
19 - 24 June 2024

📸 kieran behan

Richard Akingbehin at Praia - Waking Life '23

Pre-order the album here: https://pprz.bandcamp.com/album/celestial-pursuit

Full release on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 

DJ Hockey approaches techno by intermingling layers of contrasting elements. Defining characteristics for his productions are grounded, thick, encompassing atmospheres often on the introspective side. Psychedelia is present in all of his musical expressions, crafting dynamic journeys resulting in playful and groovy sets.

With releases on labels Model Future, PPRZ and RF Records, DJ Hockey works to propel his interpretation of techno with his production work.

1. Red Giant opens the EP with gentle, dusty percussions, eerie atmospheres and cavernous low end sub. Delayed claps create swirling wind ontop of the steady pace.

2. Kuiper Belt is a tool effective at infusing a reserved moment in a 4/4 set, or making a transition from electro to 4/4 techno. Gentle melodies and hypnotic elements glide over the kicks and snares.

3. Andromeda is a scifi inspired 909 workout. Grooving toms, aggressive snares and spacey claps float around a vox sample while intensity builds from the synths until take off.

4. Starburst is a layerable tool with a strong kick and sparkly arpeggiated synthline which modulates throughout. Simple yet effective percussions provide build up and release through-out this straight forward melter.
credits


W+P by Tanner Hockey / DJ Hockey
Mastered by Pheek
Artwork by Tanner Hockey

DJ Hockey - Celestial Pursuit Previews

For mix number 17 in the PPRZ Podcast series, we have a mix from New York's aka-Sol @acaciabaila

aka-Sol is one of the monikers of the Ecuadorian DJ, producer, and multidisciplinary artist Sol León. Sol is based in Brooklyn and through their Acacia Baila label, they're also a connector: they've released their own tracks as León, Brouhaha and dp1x as well as collaborations alongside releases from artists all around the globe and the closed community. Sol is part of the collective running the "Dripping" event series and festival and also holds a residency at Mansions. As a DJ, their sets are dynamic, genre-defying and psychedelic, weaving musical stories that bridge the gap between heady, trippy sounds and percussive grooves that go straight to the body. As a live performer and composer Sol has gathered and directed multiple experimental multidisciplinary ensembles, working with electroacoustic musicians, dancers and visual artists to convey their expansive and mostly improvisatory based creations using all forms of extended scores with graphics, text and animated visuals. 

In addition to their solo work, León collaborates with a variety of artists, such as their new duo Gaze with Relaxer, as well as projects with Hank Shoklee (Public Enemy & The Bomb Squad), Nona Hendryx (Labelle), Jessica Mitriani, Juan Miguel Marin, Benton C. Bainbridge, Æirrin Ricks, Gryphon Rue, and many more. Their solo and collaborative work has been presented in The Museum of Modern Art of Bogota (MAMBO), The Hunter East Harlem Gallery, The Fridman Gallery (NY), Alice Yard (Port of Spain), Frieze week (NY), Sustain-Release Festival (NY), Nowadays (NY), Dripping (NY), Videoclub (BOG). 

Mix Description:
As a DJ that is interested in creating narratives with different styles of music and tempos I've been wanting to put together a mix focusing on the deep and psychedelic side of techno. I wanted to create a mix that feels like you are sliding down through an infinite spiral, sort of like when Alice goes down the rabbit hole. Seeing Rrose performing at Dripping was a big inspiration to aim for that hyper-textural and ever-expanding sound.

Tracklist:
MicroGestureLoong04 - aka-Sol
Autokinetic - A Saucerful Of Sequence
Reptant - Freq Accident
Planetary Assault Systems - Spell A
Function - Against The Wall (Rrose Remix)
ghoti - rubble
Polygonia - Pterois Miles
Plastikman - Elektrostatik
Lindsey Herbert - Dark Matter
Young Male - Distrust
Eric Cloutier - Heuristic
Shinedoe - Astrophunk
Truncate & Dotdat - PNQ V1
DIT ZY - Tunnel Vizionn
Luke Slater x Barker - 9-8 Gumbo
Relaxer - Disinfectant
400PPM - Larsen C
Polygonia - Hamadryas Amphinome
Amandra & Karim - Sqala 3 (Donato Dozzy remix)

If you enjoyed the recording, please consider donating to their Paypal/Venmo:

Paypal: carayabass@gmail.com
Venmo: @aka-Sol

PPRZ Podcast 17 - aka-Sol

New York party Merge is often described as a queer techno extravaganza. Over the past two years, it's built a loyal community from the ground up while integrating everything from high-energy trance to disorienting acid into its rave repertoire. Resident Clarisa Kimskii has played a defining role in the collective's growth, largely thanks to the ultra-kinetic and rhythmic pace of her DJ sets.

Time and time again, the Washington DC native has demonstrated her ability to lock in dancers through captivating and hypnotic selections across various sub-styles of techno. There are tribal, witchy cuts. Jacking, Detroit-style funk. Psychedelic, DJ Nobu-style grooves and austere sounds that nod to Sandwell District. It's the kind of range that explains why Kimskii has been booked worldwide many years over, and more and more as of late. Her deep understanding of techno's myriad flavours come from two decades of industry experience as well as esoteric productions on labels like Mysteries Of The Deep and L.A.G. (her own short-lived, underrated, essential techno platform).

Kimskii's long time in the techno scene, her experience and her expertise is expressed in full form on her RA Podcast Moving from industrial grit to gentle transcendence to heady acid, the mix feels free, fluid but also remarkably precise, just like Kimskii herself.

@kimskii

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/901

RA podcast

RA.901 Clarisa Kimskii

In a world where attention spans are constantly under siege by a myriad of distractions, the search for a reliable source of quality music can often feel like navigating a vast, unpredictable sea. In this era of inconsistency, there are shining beacons of reliability. One such beacon, which has consistently graced our monthly selections of favorite mixes, is the music platform Truants.
Truants has been a steadfast provider of top-tier music, a sanctuary where music enthusiasts can find solace in the promise of quality content. Among the architects of this musical haven is the talented and eclectic Riccardo Villella, a London-based designer and DJ renowned for his exceptional taste and mixing skills.
Today, we are thrilled to present to you this special mix, meticulously crafted by none other than Riccardo Villella himself. We vividly recall the moment we first encountered this mix – a serendipitous drive through the picturesque Spanish landscapes, rewinding our way from the Paral.lel festival to Barcelona. It was the perfect soundtrack to soothe our souls after an unforgettable weekend amidst the mountains. Mixes of this caliber have a unique power, a lasting resonance that ensures they become cherished companions, revisited time and time again.

Before we dive into this fabulous journey that Riccardo has curated for us, this is what Riccardo said in his own words about the process behind this remarkable mix: "It took me a little while to think of a direction to go in this. I've always loved the style and atmosphere to a lot of the mixes and tracks that get posted on Delayed but knew I didn't really want to record a techno or house mix. So I ended up putting lots of tracks on a half-time tip that evoked strong emotions of nostalgia and a hopeful sadness. I got to an hour of tracks and felt like I had perfect passage into more clubby double time stuff to round off the later stages of the mix. So there's a big switch half way through but hope it's seamless in essence. Some amazing tracks in there from some artists that are really doing it for me at the moment such as Morgan Wright, Cousin, Vardae, Downstairs J, Sobolik and Tom VR."


https://soundcloud.com/riccardovillella
https://www.instagram.com/villella303/
https://www.facebook.com/riccardovillella1991


www.itsdelayed.com
www.instagram.com/_____delayed/
www.facebook.com/itsdelayed

Delayed with... Villella

Nothing In Moderation with Nutrition Facts @ The Lot Radio 09-13-2023

For this edition of The Bunker Podcast we're releasing @otodojo's live set from their album release party at The Bunker in April.

artist video explanation accompaniment:
https://youtu.be/h-xMUetPiTg?si=9qj-4DNHj2dHUBtT

artist statement:

In February 2023 I focused on developing a new live set for my debut with @thebunkerny for an album release, named one of the best releases of 2023 by @mixmag-1. I trained the set with performances at Bossa Nova Civic Club with Perfect Party Look Book and at Forest City Lodge with Microtones in Ithaca.

Maybe describing this can help you process some live set ideas.

My previous approach to delivering this material live (originally at The Long Count Cycle, then at Technically Yeah) was using stems as a bedrock and improvisation on top. Even though this worked fine, it got a bit stale for me and I wanted to be as satisfied as a listener when a groove sets in. So I decided to go fully based on MIDI information and instruments, with an added challenge that my CPU can’t take too much of a load, so I needed to make sure I disabled certain instruments before bringing others in. A disclaimer is that I am not fully endorsing all of the equipment in this list, there are some caveats that I’m happy to discuss.

In Ableton I created custom instruments through stock plugins like operator, collision, wavetable - these instruments are divided into ones I cycle through and ones that are constant throughout the set.

The constant ones exist in instrument racks and are freely interchangeable through chains - all of the parameters are mapped to the same knobs on my Novation Launch Control XL enabling me to wash through several instruments running varying sounds. I also have stored macro variations for those instruments in case I need some sound immediately without menu diving (like 1/16 note hi hats).

The cycled instruments instruments are mostly from my tracks in Amphibious / Aural Spirits that are all controlled by four channels on my Xone K1. Initially I tried using Tip by K-Devices and Map-8 to disable a swath of devices (thanks One Child Policy for the tip!). Yet I found that the CPU load was comparable with just leaving the devices on and simply stopping clips. This made for a much better workflow.

I slowly progress through the cycled instruments while improvising with the constant instruments and the main drums / accenting discussed below.

My iPad is running Werkbench by Karl Scholz @karlalamusic, a sequencer sampler app that can easily form interesting polyrhythms and is great for anything sample-related, like live accenting, bass lines, drums, etc.

For the main drums I didn’t want to be too focused on sequencing as it takes up a lot of time, so I just wanted to scroll through patterns that I generate beforehand. I opted to use a modified version of Instant Haus by @alexkid which stores drum patterns for four-five instruments. Modifying this was a bit challenging as it is difficult to determine what kind of patterns I think can stay interesting over an hour time period. This is playing Smackos 808 Simulator by @legowelt-official as well as other custom drum instruments.

For acid lines I am using a Roland TB03 on lend from Indy Nyles and sequencing the 303 with Sting by Iftah Gabbai  as well as his Microtuner device coupled with note echos (I believe this is the most CPU intensive part of the set).I am using Ableton Push as a means to do miscellaneous control and Jaw Harp / Mic for some added organic-ness.

I am running all of this through an Apollo Twin Duo and Allen & Heath Xone 96 at the club.

The Bunker Podcast 227

The Bunker Podcast 227: Otodojo

https://www.instagram.com/akeemythedreamy

Millia @ The Lot Radio 10-09-2023

Adam 2 - Jungle Dreams [Model Future]
Released 11 October 2023
Written by Adam 2
Mastered by JoeFarr
W+P by Devin Culham

Adam 2’s Jungle Dreams EP shows the Vancouver-based DJ, producer, and PPRZ label boss bringing new maturity and complexity to their latest sonic exploration.

Leading with the hypnotic arpeggios of “Jungle Dreams,” Adam 2 takes listeners through heady realms of peak party dancefloors on “Stasis” to the bristling, industrial-escapist fantasy of “Forbidden Kingdom” before finally dropping listeners off in the cerebral, ketamine-fueled gloom of “3 Quarters.” Clay Wilson wraps up the EP with a reimagined up-tempo remix of “Stasis,” showcasing the versatility and fluidity of Adam 2’s original production.

On their debut release, Adam 2’s Jungle Dreams EP is a testament to the late nights we’ll never remember, and the early mornings we’ll never forget.

1. Jungle Dreams
2. Stasis
3. Forgotten Kingdom
4. 3 Quarters
5. Stasis [Clay Wilson Remix]

Jungle Dreams

Jungle Dreams [Model Future] Previews

"SPNT001 - For The Rave / When The Rave Is Not Enough" features producers who’ve created mixes for Spontaneous Affinity in the past as well as our extended family around the globe, and is available on its own or included with every purchase of our year two zine.

https://spontaneousaffinity.bandcamp.com/album/spnt001-for-the-rave-when-the-rave-is-not-enough

Part 1, "For The Rave", features 9 tracks ready for an emotional and cathartic dancefloor. Part II, "When The Rave Is Not Enough", is for the reflective moments at home and on the sidelines. This compilation can be consumed as two mini albums in sequence, though the tracks can stand alone, too.

Thanks so much to the artists for being part of this.

All proceeds will be donated to Critical Resistance.
criticalresistance.org

released February 1, 2020

Artwork + design by Alyce Currier
Mastered by Trackland Studios
"Lateral Fold Embrace" mastered by Marco Spaventi
"Less Restlessness" mixed by Dominic Clare at Declared Sound

Auscultation - Hurts So Bad

Moonbow - Less Restlessness

Solpara - November Cut

"SPNT001 - For The Rave / When The Rave Is Not Enough" features producers who’ve created mixes for Spontaneous Affinity in the past as well as our extended family around the globe, and is available on its own or included with every purchase of our year two zine.

https://spontaneousaffinity.bandcamp.com/album/spnt001-for-the-rave-when-the-rave-is-not-enough

Part 1, "For The Rave", features 9 tracks ready for an emotional and cathartic dancefloor. Part II, "When The Rave Is Not Enough", is for the reflective moments at home and on the sidelines. This compilation can be consumed as two mini albums in sequence, though the tracks can stand alone, too.

Thanks so much to the artists for being part of this.

All proceeds will be donated to Critical Resistance.
criticalresistance.org
credits
released February 1, 2020

Artwork + design by Alyce Currier
Mastered by Trackland Studios
"Lateral Fold Embrace" mastered by Marco Spaventi
"Less Restlessness" mixed by Dominic Clare at Declared Sound

Widow - Wicked Witch Of The Midwest

Moral Extrication - Shackled To Humanity's Nature

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SPONTANEOUS AFFINITY is about the communal nature of the dancefloor. It's about communication and feedback. Spontaneous Affinity isn't for the isolated bedroom producer, although we love them, too—it is for those of us who understand music and dance as one of the most powerful sources of personal growth and interpersonal empathy, who are driven by the need to support and elevate one another, and as a result experience the evolution of our creative and connective selves.

Spontaneous Affinity isn't about ego, knowledge, paraphernalia, or exclusivity of any kind. It's about PURE SENSATION. It's about losing track of yourself and merging with a moment. It's about temporary autonomous zones and ephemeral connections. It's about forgetting to Shazam that track or fix your hair. It's about the hours far past dawn when everyone left on the dancefloor has laid their soul bare but still looks beautiful under the harshness of sunlight.

Spontaneous Affinity is NOT A UTOPIAN VISION. It's about understanding how to let go. How to let go of a person. How to let go of a place. How to break a routine even if it hurts. How to appreciate a feeling that can't last forever as if it were eternal, and how to appreciate challenging moments—and challenging sounds—as catalysts for growth.

Moonbow - Less Restlessness

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