irini - lost in dreams

Our landmark 700th episode in partnership with Detroit’s Blueprint presents the first in a new three-part series exploring the untold history of Detroit techno from the perspective of the women who built it.

The history of Detroit techno is often recounted in waves. First there was the Belleville Three—Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May—closely followed by a second cohort of artists who further developed the sound in the '90s. Names like Carl Craig, Octave One, Robert Hood, Jeff Mills and Mike Banks are among those that have been codified in the official annals of techno history.

But there's another, lesser known story that is seldom told about the women who grew the scene right alongside them. Equally esteemed artists like DJ Minx (the founder of Women On Wax Recordings), K-Hand, DJ Cent, Stacey Hotwaxx Hale and more ran labels, collectives and DJ nights that aren't bestowed with the same credit as those from their male counterparts, and have consequently been lost in the chronicles of time. For the 700th episode of the RA Exchange, we counter correct this gender inequity with the first episode of a three-part series hosted and produced by the all-female Detroit collective and party series Blueprint. 

Alanna Greenlee, Janisa Nelson and Crystal Mioner embark on interviews that illuminate an alternative history of Detroit techno that unfurled alongside these better-documented techno waves, tracing the birth of a woman-led community that put mutual support at its heart and fought to earn respect from their male peers and the scene at large. Listen to the episode in full.

Credits:
Produced by Blueprint
Hosts: Alanna Greenlee, Janisa Nelson, Crystal Mioner
Guests: DJ Minx and DJ Cent
Writer/Researcher: Crystal Mioner
Technical Production: Janisa Nelson
Consultant: John Collins
Consultant: Conor Anderson

EX.700 Detroit's Blueprint: Episode 1

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The in-demand US DJ unfurls dubby, dance floor poetry.

Where does sentimentality fit on the dance floor? For Liv Klutse, AKA livwutang, the answer is everywhere. The New York-based DJ is guided by a deep desire to stir connection, finding themes and points of correspondence across an impressively broad range of sounds, tempos and eras. 

This emotional intuition lends Klutse's sets a depth few others can match. Her selections can seem unpredictable, rooted in an appreciation for feeling over genre—hard and soft sounds are carefully balanced with surrealism and bursts of nostalgia (for instance, the Lazy Dog bootleg edit of Everything But The Girl's "Tracey In My Room"). But as versatile as she is, a few signature traits colour her style, such as a love for dubwise music and rhythms from across the Black diaspora, alongside a refreshingly introspective energy that invites dancers to find moments of meditation—even during peak time. 

A former staffer at our New York office, Klutse has long merited an RA Podcast. Her slow-burning blends and mystical selections have graced near-enough every major festival and club out there, from Dekmantel and Sustain-Release to Nowadays, where she's been a resident since 2022. Despite this cross-continental touring schedule, she still plays plenty of grassroots venues—testament to her days with TUF collective and Orphan Radio in Seattle, as well as her enduring belief in the power of DIY, community-orientated dance music. 

"How did you come down off life?" James Massiah asks at the beginning of RA.975. Across nearly 90 minutes, Klutse's downright beautiful mix seeks answers to this question, reflecting on hedonism in times of political decay. She's in full-on dub mode, moving through meditative bassweight, glitchy house and flat-out weirdo techno with a deftness we've come to expect from one of the most promising, singular voices in dance music right now. She's got there all on her own terms—and we couldn't be prouder.

@livwutang

Read more and find the tracklist ra.co/podcast/975

RA.975 livwutang

Inspired by my favorite class in social work school

Ritual Dreamspace

#	Track Title - Artist - Album

1	Obsidian - Luigi Tozzi - Strati
2	Individuo - Viels - Il Quarto Respiro
3	Collasso Mentale - Viels - Il Quarto Respiro
4	Wujhca - Viels - Pensieri Ricorrenti EP
5	Residui - Pyramidal Decode - Manipolazione Mentale
6	Sorcery - Luigi Tozzi - Spiral EP
7	23lr - Delusional Circuits Dycide Mtrl - Sphere Vol. 2
8	Aztec Euphoria - Marmo - Deaf Ears Are Sleeping
9	Emerald Curse - Hitam - Tones
10	Awakening - Morven - Tones
11	Reazione - Pyramidal Decode - Bliss
12	Magnete - Pyramidal Decode - Bliss
13	Entropia Variabile - Viels, Pyramidal Decode - Processo Irreversibile EP
14	Contraddizione - Pyramidal Decode - Manipolazione Mentale
15	Amphibia - Luigi Tozzi - Sentient
16	Uterus - Luigi Tozzi - Sentient


3.11.25 PSHQ Motel 80

01 - 30 - 25 @ Flash DC - Opening set for DVS1

last hour of my Infra Boston debut set April 2025
art work by Black Tourmaline @blktrmlne

bullosa @ infra boston

Tv Hill Records - OGAG and dimneonsum mix between vinyl and digital, original tv hill tunes and underground bangers from producers around the world. Check it out.

TV HILL RECORDS LIVE ON EATON RADIO // APRIL 2025

rhythm of the jungle | 5.4.2025

Played on May 31, 2025
1		Second Woman,	Instant II
2		Tal Fussman,	Move Your Hips
3		Hackler & Kuch,	Chasing the Chord
4		Alex Mendes,	Terceiro Orbito
5		ProOne79,	Lysergic
6		Star B Riva Starr & MARK BROOM,	House Massive (feat. MC GQ) [Gaetano Parisio SouthSoul Remix]
7		Borai & Denham Audio,	Skrrrt
8		Ruman,	From within to without
9		Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell,	Skura
10		Planetary Assault Systems,	Desert Races (Luke Slater Reassembly 2025)
11		Nameless & J B I L O,	Overheat
12		MARK BROOM,	Soul Reverse
13		Devilfish,	Texas
14		Cristian Varela,	J0t5
15		Devilfish,	Manalive
16		Fabrice Lig,	Nocturnal Melody
17		DJ Plant Texture,	Life
18		SHDW & Obscure Shape,	Before Sunset
19		The Southern,	Funk You
20		Barker,	Force of Habit
21		Anthony Naples,	Scanners

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