Mixes and Guest Shows

Next up we have Junior playing an odd ball selection of records. Expect EBM, Industrial, dancehall and dubby sleeze.

Junior [OYC]

Ez!
Special 1 for us, one of our fave selectors & top, top humans is up next for the pod. Leeds-based Junior has served up an hour of dubbed out, bubbling thru bits, he teeters the line perfectly with tracks you want to hear out while also suiting that sweet home listening. Really wicked stuff inside this one, dig in. 
We also caught up with the man himself for a lil chat, read below > 

AM: Ez mate! How have you been recently?

Ey up! Yeah been doing well to be honest, living the good life. I’ve just been working on a lot projects and also partying a lot. No rest for the wicked! In all seriousness though, I’ve never really felt so energised to get stuck in and support friends :)

AM: Where and how did you record the mix & what was the idea behind it? A theme as such or? 

Well I recorded this mix in the NARR Studio based in Release Records here in Leeds. I feel very fortunate to be able to head down there, plug in and record. The space is so lovely and. I feel like I can really get in the zone, despite occasionally getting told to off for ragging it a bit to loud - no such thing imo.. To be honest, this mix is inspired by an afters I attended when down in Bristol the other week. I just have a very fond memory of melting into sofa - but dancing in my head - whilst a certain friend played a bunch of dubbed out records. I guess this mix is an ode to that!

AM: Tell us a bit about yourself, see you’ve been promoting a fair bit in Leeds + are on the airwaves a lot :) 

Well I guess I’ve been dabbling back into the promoter life since the end of lockdown, this has been a bit of a god send. Quite luckily, I recently started working as a programmer for a grotty DIY warehouse space called Freedom Mills here in Leeds. Getting to run the in-house parties has be wicked. I get a lot of joy from bringing new faces and friend to Leeds and hosting them for the weekend. Starting a new party, THIRDSPACE, has been a dope opportunity to book in some more experimental/ Left-field oriented stuff that is pretty different to the staple Leeds sound. Lots of cool stuff to come this year do sure. I host a monthly on Noods radio and a bi monthly on NARR which definitely gave me a sense of purpose during lockdown. It’s also been an amazing way to platform friends and artists that influence me!

AM: What have ya been digging & listening to recently? 

Ahaha where do I begin! Been massively diggin labels such as Pressure Dome, Reel Long Overdub, Youth, BRUK, Club Night Club just to name a few. I am really enjoying listening to some new stuff that mates are sending me! Dome Zero, Lewi Boome, Flytipper and DJ ojo are all sat on a scandalous amount of unreleased music that people need to hear. Radio wise, host such as k means (Noods), Zoe Pea (Noods), Minus Kendal (NTS) and Oli Overdub (NARR) don’t cease to stop inspiring me :)

AM: What’s next for ya this year n beyond? 

Well… got a couple of pretty cool gigs lined up for the rest of this year. I will be playing b2b with I-sha next week for the Rhythm Works crew in Bristol, then at patterns the next week with Flytipper for The Secret Shade debut party!! I will also be hosting a couple parties here in Leeds for both Freedom Mills and THIRDSPACE, more to be revealed on that shortly ;)

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Yak with Junior - 16 December 2021

For Sircle Mix 010, we head back to the talent bubble that is Leeds. In entry 10, @stanley-ricketts AKA Junior pieces together a whirlwind of up-tempo club ready music. Originally starting out playing at drum ’n’ bass parties, he puts plenty of these sonics on display alongside footwork and rapid-fire breaks. The influence of Junior's time within the Leeds scene can be heard, where he works as a booker for local space Freedom Mills and contributes to Leeds nightlife through his own project Third Space.

Sircle Mix 010

Sircle Mix 010: Junior [Thirdspace]

NormCore Attitude number 32 live from Noodio straight from Mickey Zoggs will be commissioned to one of the most interesting DJ we had the chance to see this year.

Fresh from Dimensions and Outlook UK , we will have the pleasure to have Junior on the airwave for a full two hours.

A great addition to our Noods Radio series.

Lock yourself tonight 20:00-22:00 GMT !!!

Normcore Attitude 32 w/ Junior

Noods Radio, 23rd November 2022 - Excellent trippy session with Junior! Hypnotic, eerie, bewitching, lots of lovely wobbly wonkiness and grooving all the way through. Make yourself cosy and immerse.

Sounds from Robert Aiki Aubrey Love & Ariel Kalma, Conrad Schnitzler, Memotone, Jon Hassel, Vox Populi!, Gabrielle Roth, Valentina Magaletti, Viktoria Wehrmaster, Khidja, Nadia D'Alo, Aucuba Replica, Teja Schmitz, Muslimgauze, Mapstation & Nicholas Addo-Nettey, Burnt Friedman, 9ms, Mark Spn, Death In June, The (Hypothetical) Prophets, Chrisman, Articulat, Andy Rantzen, Via App, Coil, La Masque, White Light

November '22 ft. Junior

Bristol based Noods resident, Junior, trudges us through an hour and a half of what he describes as the fruits of "a years worth of procrastination" that he would have named "Delay and Deliberation" had it not clashed with the title formatting tradition we've established. Dive in.

Forecast 064: Junior

Very special show this time : to round off the radio season, I stepped aside and gave way to Noods radio resident and bristol based badass selector Junior !

Junior ( @stanley-ricketts ) is to me an OG ambassador of what I think the Bristol sound is and I really dig his noods show and his last podcast for 12th isle.

This time he delivered a sick ass 1hr dnb and 160 organic techno wormhole and needless to say that I'm really really happy about it 💎

Cremation of Care #11 w/ Junior

Flytipper shared the decks with our dear friend Junior, live in the Noodio.

Twin System with Junior // NOODS // 19.5.23

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Penumbra / Junior

Wanderers 73 is here! Made by Bristol based Noods Radio en Narr Radio resident Junior Ricketts aka J_r. I am a big fan of his mixes, be sure to check out the resident shows as well. This journey is all about fleeting moments of optimism, fueled by hazey guitar & slight melancholy, all dedicated to the feeling of passing summer and reflections on the haze.

Enjoy!

J_r:
- https://www.instagram.com/junior___ricketts/
- https://soundcloud.com/stanley-ricketts

Wanderers 73: Reflections on the Haze w/ J_r

Positive Directions show hosted by Uppercut resident , Stanley.

He will be taking you through the slowest music he could ever have on his memory stick. Expect world influenced chug, ebm and techno. Playing artists like Identified Patient, Pinkman and Lurka!

Covering 4 Zoe Pea (Positive Directions)

Twin System was joined by Leeds based DJ Junior for 2 hours of leftfield selections. Chuggy downtempo, bass-heavy dancehall and break heavy drum and bass throughout the full 2 hours. Tracks inside from Laughing Ears, RAMzi, The Higher Intelligence Agency and more.

Twin System w/ Junior - February 2021

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Contact- S.ricketts89@gmail.com