During summer lockdown 2021, it was forbidden to have dancing at parties. And so when exemplary north-east London record shop Hidden Sounds asked me to DJ at a sitting-down event, it seemed like the perfect workaround, and a wonderful excuse to explore some deep corners of my record collection. 
Think blankets, incense, rugs, chess, cushions, fungi, tea and 50 people laying around in a cosy space for a psychedelic, horizontal, evening listening session - pure bliss!
Here is the whole thing.
Www.hiddensounds.co.uk

Shroom Sessions at Hidden Sounds August 6 2021

@jameswestall

The 48th page in the P&P instruction manual from another friendly face we met back at SR 21, James!

It's a builder, a good one at that. Are you?

People & Places 048: James Westall

S:S 014 comes from Italian/Albanian artist Brad Alloc. 

We came across his mixes after hearing them on a long car journey to a festival last year from what can only be described as a cosmic serendipitous link up with Brad's aka Stiven's best friend.  Being treated to at least 4 of his mixes on our trip, we were impressed with his fluid, genre hopping style, and his ability to weave together ambient, IDM, deep techno and trance in a unique, lucid and hypnotic way - both rhythmically and texturally. 

A regular on Radio Raheem in Milan with his Biocybernetics show, Stiven is also a lover of the outdoors, and is responsible for the aptly named Mycelium forest parties in the mountains of North West Italy that he puts on with his OOM collective.

@brad_alloc_604

S:S 014 - Brad Alloc

For the 16th Transmission, we bring you a mix from 98dots, the alias of Georgian-born DJ Nikoloz Gedevanishvili. 016 is a perfect snapshot of 98dots' growing influence, starting with a steady build and offering a seamless fusion of mind-bending acid and trance(-y) techno that transports you straight to the dancefloor.

Known for his unique fusion of sounds, 98dots has been steadily making a name for himself around the globe. Now permanently based in the US, Nikoloz is also the host of the monthly radio show, Rapture Investigation on MutantRation.net, where he explores all sides of electronic music. 

@98dots

S:S 016 98dots

@priori-ties mix begins and ends with a gentle embrace, prowling seductively with dub-driven grooves before retreating into the ether like dusk yielding to dawn. Consistently in motion, but never in haste. Don’t miss the lion’s roar. 

The jewelry released with this mix is inspired by Priori’s fascination with labyrinths. Priori feels like mazes and labyrinths were omnipresent in youth literature and movies but hey rarely encounter them in culture these days.

Explore more on www.forge.fm 🔥

Priori

21st century electro-futurism, Helsinki style. 

Sometime around a decade ago, electro started to surge onto dance floors again. A new generation of DJs, from Helena Hauff and DJ Stingray, brought the sci-fi, cyborg funk to new audiences, as a modern retool of the style began enjoying the ubiquity of its four-to-the-floor cousins. And few embody its future for our current decade like Sunny Seppä, AKA Sansibar.

Cutting his teeth in Helsinki's underground with residencies at Kaiku and Post Bar, Seppä's sound draws from a broad range of influences far from the Finnish capital. His first releases channeled the high-definition Motor City school of electro, but he has since evolved.

Not one to be confined by the narrow confines of any genre, the Finnish producer and DJ's discography has steadily begun to encompass a wider palette of influences, including releases with fellow new-gen electro artist Reptant.

It's no wonder Seppä has found a home on Kalahari Oyster Cult. Sans Musique was released by Rey Colino's label, and both are united by a love for an amalgamation of gritty and ecstatic sounds of the '90s. As Colino put it himself, the Cult espouses "nostalgia with a modern sound design."

You can hear that peppered throughout Seppä's RA Podcast. From Simulant's stone-cold classic "Wav.Form" to shades of tech house from the late '90s and early '00s (as well as some of his own unreleased material), the full vision of his broad sound world comes alive on RA.976. You won't technically hear too much electro in this mix—but underscoring many of the selections is the retro-futurism that electro elicits, that bleary-eyed optimism of dance music's halcyon era.

@sunnysibar
@sin-sistema-sin

Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/976

RA.976 Sansibar

Experiments of the funk with Olya Smok

Twisted notech from the Berlin-based follower of no trends

@olya-smok

item.cast 038: Olya Smok

The first entry in this year’s Virtual Utopia program comes from the Australian-born, Berlin-based duo, Daisy Records (@daisyrecordsmelbourne). Mitch and Obelix have crafted an entrancing 2.5-hour journey that weaves through downtempo, house, ambient techno, and trance -all infused with a shimmering ambiance that radiates warmth and positivity. Each track carries an ethereal beauty, enveloping the listener in a calming softness that invites them to close their eyes and drift peacefully through the inner, and outer reaches of their minds. 

Daisy Records are true masters at capturing a sense of ethereal spaciousness, delivering a sonic palette that soothes the mind and cleanses the spirit. This mix offers listeners the space to let their thoughts flow gently downstream, while their atoms dissipate, floating aimlessly yet never lost, free from the need for a destination.

Every sense is blissfully engaged here—vibrant colors, cooling winds, the fresh scent of life, and the harmonious soundscape of a flourishing Earth. A temporary window into the unspoiled nature it once was.

Through the spectrum of euphonic sound, resonating souls merge and dissipate like distant murmurations. Although for some, however much their distance may change, through the phenomena of love, they will remain forever bound.

Thank you, Mitch and Obi, for this beauty <3

Virtual Utopia 11: Daisy Records

This recording was made at one of our events last summer by shjva

Сath Podcast 06 - Shjva

Transmitting from one of Belgium’s most promising electronic dance spaces, the Garage at Horst club. It’s the most intimate room of the club. Ko-designed, ko-invented and ko(be)-built by the deejay behind this live recorded Basic Moves mix: Kuba’97 ! 

Kobe is part of the early generation of Horst alumni. From his early 20ies he has been involved in this world leading and ultra professional hybrid architecture, art, culture and (club) music festival. They are organising a yearly festival in May and a burgeoning club space that operates throughout the rest of the year on the Asiat site just outside of Brussels. Back in 2018 Kobe started together with a crew of music heads and dreamers a nightlife collective called nacht which operated from the socio-cultural spot Stelplaats in Louvain. This being said Kobe is also the head of production at our Beautiful Freaks parties, a fantastic cook, creative DIY handy person, cider maker, pizza master & great human to have around anytime of the day or night. 

Now let’s put some attention to what Kobe loves the most … records! He has been working hard, digging through the fruitful orchard that is dance music (and beyond), to make his own special brew. This live recording is a perfect reflection of what he loves and has discovered over the last couple of years. We hear shreds of deep techno, spaced out minimal, 80s inspired body music workouts, psychedelic oddities, proggy weird b-sides…and more; definitely not the easiest spread to put together. In Kobe’s hands these three and a half hours are a cruizin’ ride, produced in the dj booth he has built and danced-to by the community Brussels has been (re)building over the last decade … with Kuba’97 unquestionably at the heart of it.

https://soundcloud.com/kuba97

The Basic Moves Of … KUBA'97 (live at Garage/Horst Club 2025)

Tempera Viva

SUB:SYSTEM Transmissions 

Transcendental waves from the outer planes ⌧

Mix Series & Party Collective  

@remove-me
@richardgregory
@jacques-adda
@auratekh
@wednesday_dj