SSFB Mix Series

System Olympia joins us for an hour a month. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/system-olympia/episodes/system-olympia-25th-august-2025

System Olympia w/ Jerry Cane 250825

Next in the series, we welcome babyschön!

"babyschön is a DJ and radio host based in London. Whether in her live sets or on her weekly Soup to Nuts slot on NTS Radio, she connects the dots between new wave, new beat, synth pop and house, always keeping it weird and sleazy but rhythmic"

Today’s mix drifts through babyschön’s signature dancefloor energy, perfect for those smoke filled rooms.

Kick back and enjoy!

Photo Credit - Julius Dettmer / https://www.instagram.com/jollovision

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Head of Parodia records Nathan Melja will play some unreleased music coming up on the label 

https://www.instagram.com/nathanmelja
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https://www.soundcloud.com/nathanmelja



Nathan Melja @ The Lot Radio 09-19-2025

Welcoming one of our personal favourite's from the big apple! A positive conductor of all things deep and dreamy, NYC's @yibingg is a longtime resident on The Lot Radio with an impeccable ear for contemplative sonics, ever thoughtfully sliced and diced with a big signature smile :)

Time to hit recline and let Yibing tranquilify your mind.

Q. What sounds or feelings did you draw upon when gathering inspiration for this mix, and what listening environments could you imagine it being best enjoyed in?

A. I’ve always been drawn to uplifting sounds, but I also love deep, percussive music and melancholic minor key melodies, which I think there’s a lot of in this mix. Hopefully a nice journey to drift into and daydream with :)

I really wanted this mix to be a sort of homage to the sound of MDC and the AU music community (as I hear it), which I connect with deeply. I find it so playful, psychedelic and beautiful. It definitely took me a while to untangle this, especially knowing it was for one of the most goated series out there… One that’s inspired me time and time again.

Personally, my favorite place to test mixes is on my bike. Maybe not the safest spot to zone out, but it’s become part of my post recording ritual. 

Q. Are there any songs in the mix that you were especially excited to share, and what is it about these tracks that resonate with you so much?

A. Atone's "Lost & Found"! I became obsessed with Tonal Ocean's Atone Special after it aired on NTS last year. Atone is, of course, an Australian project from the mind of Andrew Fitzgerald. I've listened to that mix countless times. "Atonement" is really just such a perfect record to me.  

I played "Lost & Found" last year at a festival that Doc Tom and CZ Wang curated called In The Open. It's still one of my favorite sets I've ever played and a memory I will cherish forever... I felt people really locking in during it and I was surrounded by some of my closest friends too… Music & friendship - truly nothing better than it.

Q. Tell us about the evolution of Tranquilamente Radio on The Lot Radio, you play such a wide variety of beautiful music on the show, do you approach each show with a theme of sorts or just let things flow naturally?

A. It's wild to think that I've been involved with radio in one shape or another for over a decade at this point... Through so many changes, radio in its different iterations has remained the only constant.

When I started the show on The Lot Radio almost five years ago, it was deep during the pandemic and I wanted to foster a space for more laidback, at-home listening music. The inspiration for the title of the show was the Pacific Ocean - thinking about oceans as connectors of all these beautiful ~music waves~ around the world.

I have done some themed shows over the years - I do an indie rock special every year, as a nod to my roots and to what I was playing back at KCSB, a college radio station in California where everything started. I also did a Canto-pop special a while back with some music I grew up listening to. More recently, I did a Music From Memory special that I really enjoyed, using the opportunity to really dive deep into everything that's come out from that label. I definitely want to keep doing more of that.

I find it exciting that even though the show is pretty eclectic, it’s developed a sound of its own. I definitely have a predilection for weirdo, left-field music and I love that the show can be a platform where me and my guests are encouraged to explore different sounds beyond the club. I think doing the show has also taught me and motivated me over the years to bring that sound into my sets too.

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Jean-Claude searches through his extensive mountain of records to bring out some of that new new, and some new old as well. It always bangs. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/ifmusic/episodes/ifmusic-28th-september-2025

If Music Presents You Need This w/ Jean-Claude 280925

God's Waiting Room: a round-about selection of the cinematic, library music, rock 'n' roll, psych, experimental, unclassifiable and independent. From the mind of DJ, producer and creator of original soundtracks, David Holmes.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/david-holmes/episodes/david-holmes-29th-september-2025

God's Waiting Room w/ David Holmes 290925

Rachel Opert is a NYC-based DJ, collector, and curator. Her sets are a focus on the forgotten: cosmic pulses, hypnotic rhythms, voices that haunt and seduce. From outsider disco, synth-pop, house, dub, xian folk, jazz, new age, and new wave - her selections move like tides and cycles of the moon - shifting, mysterious, eternal.


Rachel Opert @ Kiosk Radio 30.09.2025

Every week, as they’ve done since February 2016, Barbie Bertisch and Paul Raffaele host the Love Injection radio show on NYC’s beloved online radio institution, The Lot Radio. Airing Saturday mornings, this sonic extension of Love Injection the print fanzine provides the duo, and their occasional esteemed guest hosts, the latitude to explore sounds unrestricted by the demands of the nocturnal dance floor. Listen in, or listen back to the more than 300 aired and archived episodes, as Barbie and Paul interweave selections past and present with equal amounts attention and affection.  Love Injection on The Lot Radio airs Saturdays, 10am-12pm EST, thelotradio.com
 
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https://www.instagram.com/barbiebertisch 
https://www.instagram.com/paulraffaele 
https://www.instagram.com/loveinjection.records

https://loveinjection.nyc

Love Injection @ The Lot Radio 10-25-2025

Based out of Bushwick’s Human Head Record store, California’s Shawn Dub and Germany’s Sticky Dojah bring you the „Records Before Rent“ show. Each month they play their latest finds and your all time favorites. Both won’t shy away from themed sets (their post election healing set was a favorite!) and often feature guests from all around the world. 

All vinyl, all live, all soulful. Both are heavy diggers and seasoned party rockers and love to bring it all together on air. Expect the odd classic as well as tracks and versions you’ve never heard before.

https://www.instagram.com/shawndub365
https://www.instagram.com/stickydojah
https://www.instagram.com/humanheadnyc

Records Before Rent with Shawn Dub and Sticky Dojah @ The Lot Radio 10-28-2025

babyschön & floor length skirts November 2025

To start off our new Mix Series in fashion, here is Vladimir Ivkovic. Long time resident at the infamous Salon des Amateurs in Düsseldorf and the man behind Offen Music, a label specialized in authentic subjectivism. We had a talk with one of the finest selectors of hidden musical gems out there. 

Visit www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com to read more.

Strange Sounds From Oracular Dreams

SSFB Mix Series #1: Vladimir Ivkovic

For the second entry of our Mix Series, Josh Cheon pays tribute to the artists who lost their lives in the recent Oakland warehouse fire, spotlighting some of their music in a special mix.

Visit www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com to read more.

SSFB Mix Series #2: Josh Cheon

An incredible third mix for SSFB, provided by Nosedrip, founder of Stroom.tv and dj extraordinaire. Read more about it on our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com.

SSFB Mix Series #3: Nosedrip

Hugo van Heijningen aka DJ Soulseek – co-founder of Red Light Radio and front man of Firestone and White Slice, blends it up for the 4th entry of our Mix Series. Our editor Ocke Weeda tracks him down in between his flights for a little chat. For a tracklist and more info visit our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com

SSFB Mix Series #4: DJ Soulseek

Australian born Steele Bonus is up for the 5th entry in our Mix Series. Besides being a respected digger, Bonus compiles, creates art, and passes on his knowledge to the uninformed. We’re delighted to have him, so our editor Ocke Weeda asked him some questions about life & stuff.

For more info visit our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com

SSFB Mix Series #5: Steele Bonus

Number 9 in our series is none other than Traxx, Nation label head and frontman of Mutant Beat Dance. Brace yourselves for an hour, fifteen minutes and thirty seven seconds of interstellar travels.

Read more about it on our website: www.strangesoundsfrombeyond.com

SSFB Mix Series #9: Traxx

Strange Sounds From Beyond

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