@jamesbangura

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Introduce yourself? Pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 

Hello, I’m James Baangura and I currently reside in Washington D.C.

Describe your ideal music listening situation for digging…

For digital digging, my ideal listening environment is early morning in my living room at home while drinking ginger tea. For Vinyl, I like to go on off days to my favorite local shops when there is not a great deal of foot traffic.It gives me the sense of not having to rush any selections.

How do you deal with being nervous before a gig? 

DJing for me is a form of communication. So for me I like to come to gigs early and talk with people in the crowd, learn about them and who they are. That’s important to me, it’s like sharing a meal and talking over delicious food.

Favorite thing to cook? 

I love to bake chicken and add asparagus and basmati rice. Very simple but very versatile. You can do so many things with that combination and it’s affordable haha.

Favorite DJ mixing trick? 

I love to use filter and echo FX in unison for transitions. It’s a way to make false buildups that aren’t already present in a track. Looping vocals or melodies over other tracks is something I like to do for on the spot edits.

What color would you pick to represent the way you produce? 

Clay(Red+Brown) I love warmth in music.If it can feel a bit cozy then it’s an automatic yes for me.

Listen to 11:11 in your PI mix… describe how it makes you feel?

Oh I love this blend. It makes me feel like I'm at a tribal celebration. 

When I was in the military I was fortunate enough to participate in tribal celebrations in Northern Afghanistan and to witness that first hand was sobering. Tribalism is such a raw human experience.

Any advice to upcoming DJs/producers? 

Continue to be you. No need to replicate what anyone else has done. Push yourself in your craft. There is no such thing as a bad question, if you don’t know, ask. Also reaching out to artists you respect for guidance is a good thing. More often that not they’ll you. Make music with friends, you’ll learn much quicker. Finally, make sure it remains fun. If you lose that, re-asses and determine how you can regain that.

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

I’d love to see more infrastructure for North American Dance music. The community is there but the spaces are minimal. So more nightclubs, more underground radio platforms, more publications, more curated festivals. North America now is taking up a bigger part of the conversation because of the last few years and I love that. I hope to see a definitive increase in the next few years.

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@nigelthreetimes

Recorded live at Nowadays Nonstop New Years Eve. Nigel took over from 2-3am and brought his signature peaktime heat, mixing NY house with UK styles to leave the dancefloor sweating and ready for 2024.

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Eclecticist - 25 January 2024

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For the next entry in the Sorted Series we are very pleased to release a mix from Chicago's Chris Widman. Chris, as some of you know, played for Sorted way back at Sorted 3 with Hodge, Call Super & Dean Grenier. Chris, in addition to being a Smart Bar resident, also hosts the weekly WLUW radio show @abstractscience , going strong since 1997. 

Chris has been our friend & fellow traveler for nearly 25 years, and this mix demonstrates the depth of his immersion in dance music culture with skill & aplomb, guiding the listener on a trip across a landscape that Sorted fans know well: from house to techno to dubstep to the broken beats of Bristol, it goes deep and hard and, like a Sorted party, ends with a proper rinse-out.
This is an absolutely killer mix, from a true selector who has lived & breathed this music for decades. We are proud to release it, and we are proud to call Chris our friend.

Track List: 

Barker & Baumecker “Senden” (Ostgut Ton, 2016) 
—consciousness intro—
Bruce “Baychimo” (Hessle Audio, 2018)
Pev & Kowton “Raw Code” (Hessle Audio, 2013)
Lurka “Heat Mover” (Timedance, 2018)
Shalt “Resistant” (Astral Plane, 2016)
Slikback “Ascension” (Hakuna Kulala, 2018)
Otik “Latex” (Keysound, 2018)
Low Steppa “On The One” (Food Music, 2016)
Breach & Dark Sky “The Click” (Naked Naked, 2013)
Lone “Crush Mood” (R&S, 2017) 
Martyn “Cutting Tone” (Osgut Ton, 2018) 
A Made Up Sound “All Out” (Delsin, 2016)
Addison Groove “Bad Seed” (50 Weapons, 2014)
Hodge “Swing for the Fences” (Hemlock, 2017)
Happa “Beat Of The Drum” (Church, 2012)
Salva & Grenier	“Wake the Dead” (Frite Nite, 2012)
L-VIS 1990 “United_Groove” (Mad Decent, 2009)	
Batu “Bleeper Feed” (Timedance, 2016)
Ipman “Ghostrunner” (Tectonic, 2015) 
Loom “Dog In The Fight” (Gobstopper, 2017)
Skee Mask “Dial 274” (Ilian Tape, 2018)
Kamikaze Space Programme “Half Life A” (Mord, 2018)
Killawatt “Crackerjack Cacophany” (47, 2017)
Detboi “Groovedigger” (Metalheadz, 2018) 
YAK “Wide Eye” (R&S, 2019)
Soundbwoy Killah “The Bounce” (Body Jack, 2015)
Solid Blake “Warp Room” (Seilscheibenpfeiler, 2018)
Andrea “Future Atmo” (Ilian Tape, 2018)
British Murder Boys “Splinter” (Downwards, 2004)
Special Request ”Redrum” (Houndtooth, 2017) 
Untold “Palamino” (Hemlock, 2009)
Struction “Kreen” (R&S, 2016)
Headhunter “Prototype (Modeselektor's Broken Handbrake remix)” (Tempa, 2009) 
Dexorcist “Sunstorm” (Yello Machines, 2013)
The Tuss “Synthacon 9” (Rephlex, 2007)
Stenny “Fail Better (Bent Mix)” (Ilian Tape, 2019)
X-Altera “Check Out The Bass” (Ghostly Intl., 2018)
—universal language epilogue—
DJ Flash “Pulp Fiction” (Urban Gorilla, 1995)
Run Tings & Liftin’ Spirits “Come Easy” (Suburban Base, 1995)
Danny Breaks “Step Off” (Dropping Science, 1995)
Photek “The Rain (Remix)” (Razors Edge, 1996)
Boymerang “Urban Space” (Prototype Recordings, 1996)

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