Had a mix post BBQ with https://soundcloud.com/bruno-schmidt a few Wednesdays ago. 

It's our second excursion into this future cloudy trap funk kinda sound, and has been in the pipe since the b*shcast we did during covid.

Bruno and mine's musical friendship goes way back and our tastes have always, and will continue to cross over in nice ways like this.

30th Milestone MMSU. Much love xx

MMSU 30 b2b BRUNO SCHMIDT

My closing set Recorded LIVE -
in - 'Sammy String's' (Room 3) 
on - Sunday Night 07-07-2024 12:15 - 2:00am
at - Freerotation Festival,
Baskerville Hall Hotel, Clyro Court, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford, UK.

Photograph by Calandra Balfour @Calandra
Audio mixdown by Charlie Tear https://www.instagram.com/arcmixlondon/

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www.instagram.com/alyxdowney
https://www.mixcloud.com/Alexmorph/
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/alexdowney
@alex-downey
Interview: www.untitled909.com/alex-downey

Freerotation 2024

Alex Downey Live at Freerotation 2024

The third offering in our mix series is a live recording of Priori and Cousin's dj set at Sustain Release 2024. Recorded on the last morning between 6am and 1pm on what was meant to be an ambient stage, it featured everything a 3 day festival closing set should. Eclectic picks, strange and emotional sounds, dubious transitions and a few feigned endings. Massive thanks to all the dancers, the Sustain staff (Aurora, Ash and everybody else who put their blood, sweat and tears into this), the music makers, the birds, the stars. 

Much love,

P & C

@secondcousins x @priori-ties

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naffcast003 ⦾ Cousin & Priori ༻ Sustain Release 2024 Bossa Nova Stage closing set ༺ ❁

It gives us great pleasure to welcome Cersy into our long-running mix series, DETECT.

A secret only to London, Cersy has been very much at the forefront of the North West’s new cultural tidal wave since the turn of the decade, becoming a near-mainstay on line-ups across Liverpool & Manchester.

Part of a new generation of artists that emerged from the ashes of the world’s extended hiatus, the @ Cella Door resident leaves genre boundaries of old lying in the dust, amalgamating breaks, electro, techno & punk into one carefully curated bass-directed sound.

To anyone outside the M25, all this will come as no surprise - the only shock will be how long it took London to notice. 

Cersy has recorded an exclusive mix for our DETECT series, which is available to listen to now on our FOLD.

DETECT [155] - Cersy

Recording of CCL & Objekt's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

CCL & Objekt at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

starting off 2025 with a fresh monthly mix series, this will be recorded either at home or live recordings from various gigs at festivals and club shows throughout the year. 

001 house, minimal, electronic, progressive house vibes.

enjoy x

jacinta / 001

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
@kia-sydney @animalia-label  @cirruslabel

Read more at ra.co/podcast/973

RA.973 Kia

capsule 2-8-2025 (vinyl set)

6 hours of sweatbox grooves from Lukas Wigflex & Ivan Smagghe. It had to work. We think it did. The word will be felt again soon.  Keep you posted.

Lukas Wigflex & Ivan Smagghe live from Can You Felt it? 7/3/25

For edition 27, we're thrilled to welcome DUTS — esteemed co-founder of Refraction and resident at Structure LDN — with a stellar live recording from The Bakery in Liverpool.

Whenever we've had the chance to catch DUTS playing across the North, it's been nothing short of immaculate. His sets take us through driving, hypnotic percussion and deep ambient soundscapes, that make for immersive journeys and a good old heads down stomp.

@dutstechno
www.instagram.com/duts_dj/
www.instagram.com/refraction.mcr/
www.instagram.com/structure.ldn/

Revamp Podcast 027 - DUTS

James DC and RoBaSca spin a down tempo house infused hour, exploring jazz, percussion and latin flavours.

[05] studio picnic regular: Otra with James DC & RoBaSca

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