THE MIX WAS RECORDED DURING THE CLUB'S(∄)THIRD ANNIVERSARY EVENT LAST NOVEMBER. 

THE NEW SERIES WILL BE UPDATED ON A WEEKLY BASIS WITH RECORDINGS OF SETS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN ∄ SPACE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE RUSSIAN FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE. TUNE IN AND DON'T FORGET TO SUPPORT  THE UKRAINIAN ARMY, VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS AND FUNDS, INCLUDING https://k41community.fund WHICH CONTINUES TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY.

PHOTO & AUDIO CREDITS: @m-e-s-h

BEFORE THE CURFEW ① M.E.S.H.

Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp: https://cclurl.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-in-the-skull-discotheque

Side A: Bass is Eternal
Side B: 2-step Mutual Dream

A Night in the Skull Discotheque by the beloved underground selector CCL is the latest offering in the T4T LUV NRG label’s highly limited DJ mix series of cassettes. This immersive journey through a wonderland of proto-dubstep sounds from the late 1970s through the year 2000 is a sonic sibling to CCL’s acclaimed 2018 mix Ode to Queer Steppas.

Inspired in part by Eris Drew’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments” on her Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 mixtape (T4T LUV NRG, 2019), CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Created with 3 CDJs, one Turntable, and a Boss Digital Delay 200, the tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the 'wrong speed', pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.

With a solid nod to seminal mixtapes of the early 90s, CCL references the namesake for Side A, Bass Is Eternal, an unreleased 1992 mixtape by influential Bristolian producers Smith & Mighty, an important sonic fulcrum amongst the musical tributaries of the hardcore continuum that continues to reverberate to this day. CCL experienced the after-effects of this ‘proto’ sound genesis in 2008, while living in Bristol, by which point its emergent whispers had coalesced into what became known as dubstep. Tracing a rich history of reference through the samples, basslines, moods, and drum patterns emanating from Bass Is Eternal while looking for connections that predate it became a long-term fascination for CCL. The result is a DJ mix that connects the oft-forgotten dots between proto eras and modern developments in bass and dubstep.

For the resulting sonic ride on A Night in the Skull Discotheque, CCL leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.


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A portion for the proceeds from this release will go to fundraiser "SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!". You can also directly donate via:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-palestinian-solidarity-in-europe
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Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL 
Linear notes: Nevan Jio

A Night in the Skull Discotheque [T4T015]

CCL - A Night in the Skull Discotheque

Earlier this year, we described Los Angeles act 1morning as one of the funkiest young producers in modern-day techno. And we stand by it. The fast-rising upstart is building a solid fan base around North America and beyond with a rugged, vintage style of swung techno and hardgroove. His all-vinyl DJ sets and pumping productions on the likes of Fixed Rhythms and Mála Ádh stand out for their distinctly old-school flavour—steamrolling hi-hats à la Robert Hood, swift choppage behind the decks and deep, deep grooves. Like many of his all-vinyl heroes, he's also a treat to watch behind the decks

The up-and-comer had a hell of a year in 2023, from playing in Japan to going on his first European tour, and his momentum shows no signs of slowing. He debuted at New York's dweller festival this year and K9 Unit, his duo with Bloodhound, recently did a night with fellow hardgroove king Regal86. It's only a matter of time until 1morning gets to a festival or a club near you so until then, enjoy his RA Podcast for now. The mix unfortunately came with some less than stellar circumstances, as the records 1morning pulled were stolen from his car, and so instead this RA Podcast became a statement of resilience and creativity—and, in his words, "an outlet for my rage."

@1morning

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/932

RA podcast

RA.932 1morning

~ exploring 3/2 polymeter mixing for dance practice, a biweekly dancefloor meditation at LSD in greenpoint, bk ~ ^^

the evening began with a guided movement meditation by selena lee, which i followed with this 90-min percussion workout. selena's instruction helped everyone body-scan and ground themselves, settle into the space, and greet their neighbors. with everyone so dialed into their bodies and the sound, i felt free to explore a litany of trax i have been collecting that hover between tuplet and triplet meters, creating a hybrid rhythmic space where you are free to follow multiple equally present tempos and pulses. special thanks to everyone who shared their favorite triplet trax with me ahead of the night ^^ selections from doula, plushie, lucia beyond, iha, and baalti are included here :)

https://www.dancepractice.nyc/

tracklist->

azu tiwaline - - izen zaren
golden teacher - - no hemos vivido
joe - - line to earth
deena abdelwahed - - violence for free (dj plead remix)
foreign material - - into the gleams of forgetfulness (patrick russell remix)
thomas fehlmann - - eye
dj plead - - skittles
cassius select - - slight
eyra - - schtum (version)
nirborna - - whole roar
peaky beats - - helms deep (aya 'uh' remix)
boofy - - avec gang
lechuga zafiro - tero sex (danza para piedra volca-nica y tero)
tony gallardo - - la jacaraca
anunaku - - bronze age
ploy - - pax cultura
shackleton, dj scotch rolex, & omutaba - - insect vibration
toumba - qasf
chants & dave schoepke - - cavernicole
refracted - - vórtice
bambounou - - kosovo hardcore
joaquin cornejo - - buma ii
atoloi - - l'ultima estasi del ragno
aya - - heffalump
bftt - - enin

pretty bright light * * vol.2 * * [live at dance practice, LSD loft]

pi/live: seiva @ Outra Cena - This Side 12-20-2024

Monthly mixes and "Bad behaviour" from the crew behind Berlin's acclaimed Mala Junta parties. Expect throwback trance, souped up '90s basslines and party music of a high tempo flavour. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/mala-junta/episodes/mala-junta-12th-may-2025

Mala Junta w/ Tedesco 120525

Few producers embody the contradictions of our era as viscerally as Pavel Milyakov, better known under his alias Buttechno (@buttechno). First emerging from underground with a body of work that oscillated between post-industrial techno and introspective ambient, Milyakov has since shifted his practice towards deeper sonic and conceptual terrains. Now based in Berlin, he operates equally as composer, collaborator, and cultural agitator — using music as a vessel to process historical trauma, collective memory, and the psychic toll of authoritarianism. Whether channelling harsh noise into haunted minimalism or scoring fractured rave anthems with meditative restraint, his output refuses easy categorisation. Across projects with artists like Bendik Giske, Lucas Dupuy, and Martyna Basta, as well as his PSY X label, Milyakov crafts spaces where vulnerability and resistance coexist.

As Buttechno, Milyakov continues to challenge what techno can hold: abrasive textures meet hypnotic repetition; dancefloor urgency meets political grief. His sets, like his productions, exist in a tension between euphoria and erosion — propulsive yet frayed, euphoric yet elegiac. A fierce opponent of neo-imperialist ideologies, Milyakov has used his platform to denounce war crimes, reroute funds toward humanitarian efforts, and elevate lesser-known voices from the margins. From early cult releases like "Eastern Strike" to his recent frost-laced "lost sounds" EP, his sonic language has grown expansive, intimate, and defiantly plural. In this week's mix, expect a deep and atmospheric set that not only moves bodies, but also challenges histories, offering not escape, but confrontation, communion, and transformation.

PURE Guest.088 Buttechno

X^x CHAPTER III - Dj Saliva

IN OUR COMPOSITION SERIE WE ARE GOING TO
PRESENT U THE APPROACH OF CONNECTING
KNOW AS AWELL AS UNKOWN AMBITIOUS MUSICAL ARTISTS
WITH VISUAL ARTISTS.
WE ARE TRYING TO USE OUR PLATFORM
TO OVERLAP COMMUNITIES AND PRODUCE A
COMPOSITION WHICH U MIGHT CAN RELATE
TO.

FOR THE SIXTH COMPOSITION WE WARMLY INVITE.

DJ SALIVA.
“Mauro aka “DJ Saliva” is a multi-talented artist, working as a painter, visual developer, labelmanager and DJ. As the label-manager of Herrensauna Mauro is curating the trademark visuals and artwork of the brand, label and it's events. Next to being a Herrensauna resident, Mauro is as well the founding member of Porto based queer party "Arena Spa Superiora". 
Musically DJ Saliva brings together a hybrid fusion of old school & hi-tech new school sounds. From up-tempo electro & breaks to trippy & hypnotic tribal materials."


Lagrima I.
"Fado, mellow whispers, beth gibbons, psychic tv, melancholic guitars, final fantasy, lee gamble, unreleased songs of mine and more.

The tittle of this mix was inspired on Inês de Castro, a Galician noblewoman who fell in love with Prince Pedro of Portugal while he was married to Constança of Castile. After Constança’s death, Inês and Pedro lived together, which alarmed the court. Fearing her family’s influence, King Afonso IV ordered her execution in 1355. After becoming king, Pedro took brutal revenge by having Inês’s killers executed and their hearts torn out. The Quinta das Lágrimas in Coimbra is traditionally believed to be where Inês was killed or wept before her death. The Fonte das Lágrimas (“Fountain of Tears”) is said to still bear the stains of her blood.

I’ve released many dance mixes, but this one is for the mornings when we wont leave bed — to sunlight peeking through blankets, to the purges, the tears, the retreats, and the quiet return to lullabies and sad songs for recovery."

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS PIECE AS MUCH AS WE DO.

SOCIALS.
https://www.instagram.com/salivasollidha/
https://soundcloud.com/djjsaliva

X^x CHAPTER III - Dj Saliva

New Life

Mirkus Brown ft. Ydden - Afterlife

Body Clinic joins us for our next 12” release with four tribal tech-house cuts, recalling the sound of early-2000s Pacha. With E-Talking on Papa Nugs’ label running the festival circuit this summer, he’s already become the talk of the scene—and this EP makes clear why.

Body Clinic - The Righteous (ND033)

∄ is a cultural institution in Kyiv, established in 2019 on the territory of a former brewery, located at 41 Kyrylivska Street. It serves as a multifunctional space for club events like ∄ Community Events, Curated By, Enareї, for experimental music concerts like Miasma of the Real and other cultural events.

∄ also manages the in-house music label Standard Deviation. Established in September 2020, Standard Deviation is a multidisciplinary label for music, art and publishing, cultivating creative exchange between an aspiring Ukrainian scene and a global community.

K41 is the community-born name of the institution embraced and widely used by the public.

BEFORE THE CURFEW ① M.E.S.H.

∄ (K41) / Standard Deviation