Influential Mixes

On Oct 6th 2021, about 2 years after my last set in London, I played from open to close (11pm to 5am) at Village Underground in Shoreditch. Here's a recording of the whole night with a bit of the crowd noise. 

Perhaps a full tracklist at some point... some unreleased stuff in here. 

Even though it had been a while, we had all night so no use in rushing things! I came across a lot of lovely music this year, but it mostly lived in my rekordbox or in a radio mix. I actually record a lot of my sets but it always feels like they're in a constant state of iteration, making it hard to pick just one "version" to release. Over the years I feel like this has led me to only very sparingly drop live-recorded sets. A "party" doesn't often lend itself to the archivable realm, maybe the memories are best suited to the ephemeral. 

Anyway, eternal gratitude crystals to those who came and those who danced, and to those listening now.

-av

Avalon Emerson Live in London (6 hour dj set) Oct 2021

live at @sustain-release-nyc 2021, main stage saturday night 1-2:30am
thanx to everyone involved, big energy!! <3

dj fart in the club @ sustain-release year 7 (2021)

Recorded from 1-3pm at Inner Varnika on Saturday 16th April 2022, on Djargurdwurrung land.

Photo by @thomasjpg

Inner Varnika 2022

Recording of Roza Terenzi's set at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023.

Roza Terenzi at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Recording of DJ Fart In The Club's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2023.

Dekmantel Selectors 2023

DJ Fart In The Club at Dekmantel Selectors 2023

Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp: https://cclurl.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-in-the-skull-discotheque

Side A: Bass is Eternal
Side B: 2-step Mutual Dream

A Night in the Skull Discotheque by the beloved underground selector CCL is the latest offering in the T4T LUV NRG label’s highly limited DJ mix series of cassettes. This immersive journey through a wonderland of proto-dubstep sounds from the late 1970s through the year 2000 is a sonic sibling to CCL’s acclaimed 2018 mix Ode to Queer Steppas.

Inspired in part by Eris Drew’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments” on her Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 mixtape (T4T LUV NRG, 2019), CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Created with 3 CDJs, one Turntable, and a Boss Digital Delay 200, the tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the 'wrong speed', pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.

With a solid nod to seminal mixtapes of the early 90s, CCL references the namesake for Side A, Bass Is Eternal, an unreleased 1992 mixtape by influential Bristolian producers Smith & Mighty, an important sonic fulcrum amongst the musical tributaries of the hardcore continuum that continues to reverberate to this day. CCL experienced the after-effects of this ‘proto’ sound genesis in 2008, while living in Bristol, by which point its emergent whispers had coalesced into what became known as dubstep. Tracing a rich history of reference through the samples, basslines, moods, and drum patterns emanating from Bass Is Eternal while looking for connections that predate it became a long-term fascination for CCL. The result is a DJ mix that connects the oft-forgotten dots between proto eras and modern developments in bass and dubstep.

For the resulting sonic ride on A Night in the Skull Discotheque, CCL leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.


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A portion for the proceeds from this release will go to fundraiser "SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!". You can also directly donate via:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-palestinian-solidarity-in-europe
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Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL 
Linear notes: Nevan Jio

A Night in the Skull Discotheque [T4T015]

CCL - A Night in the Skull Discotheque

** You can buy a cassette or digital download of the mix on our bandcamp**
https://erisdrew.bandcamp.com/album/raving-disco-breaks-vol-ii-rock-the-house

T4T LUV NRG is about to rock your stereo this spring with a sequel to the label’s first release “Raving Disco Breaks Vol. I” (2018). Eris Drew wanted to create a new sound for the second volume of her acclaimed mixtape series instead of simply retracing the pure disco vibes of the original. Setting her sights and intentions on creating a rock ‘n’ roll infected house mix, Eris worked on building crates for the last five years, finally reaching an inflection point—a moment of concrescence—when she was ready to put the needle on the records and let the beats flow. “Rock The House” was born, a concept for Volume II built from musical fragments, memories, and synchronicities. There are no classic Big Beat tunes on Volume II, instead Eris kicks out the jams for this mix with non-stop house and breaks cuts featuring plenty of rockin’ vocal vamps, as well as the likes of Janis Jopin, Joe Strummer, Ramones, and Led Zeppelin—all sampled, scratched and dropped along the way. Both sides of the mix include some of her most personally coveted recordings. To gather these records, Eris spent decades identifying tracks from older mix cassettes recorded by her DJ heroes, such as Terry Mullan and Mystic Bill, as well as discovering many of the featured tracks through happenstance and countless hours digging through dusty bins and YouTube rips. Each of the tracks on Volume II are at least 20 years old—some much older—but fresh is the word here, and the word is freeeesh!

Now, as the snow melts and the flowers of rave romance start to bloom, T4T wants to know one thing…Are U ready to rock right?

Eris Drew's Raving Disco Breaks Vol. II - Rock The House

In an era of everything at once, Gabrielle Kwarteng is a DJ who weaves stories that often look to the past, while always focusing on possible futures. Dip in to hear a range of dance music from downtempo to deep house to techno rollers - and everything in between.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/gabrielle-kwarteng/episodes/gabrielle-kwarteng-21st-march-2025

Gabrielle Kwarteng 210325

Expert selections all round: encompassing everything you know and love from Eclair Fifi. That's techno, electro, hip-hop, Latin Freestyle, early Warp Records material, and then a bunch of other stuff that's bound to surprise you. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/eclair-fifi/episodes/eclair-fifi-17th-april-2025

Eclair Fifi 170425

Monthly missives from a London club selector par excellence - expect anything from finger-on-the-pulse UK rap, to deep house and techno records, to jungle & UK funky.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/ok-williams/episodes/ok-williams-24th-april-2025

OK Williams 240425

Part of the NTS family since day dot, Moxie has held her Wednesday show since the stations first broadcasts. Inviting esteemed guests for interviews & mixes and breaking new, unreleased music, she’s got your Wednesday afternoons covered... Tune in to hear anything from Soulful House, Garage, Afro beats and all the way through to rolling techno. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-14th-may-2025

Moxie 14 year anniversary show w/ Amaliah, NIKS, Jennifer Loveless 140525

@djwillautomagic

"Will Automagic aka William Lynn moved to New York in 1992 from Austin, TX and was already DJing there by the mid 90s before he was legally old enough to be in the clubs. Over the years he has played all over including past NYC residencies at Vandam and as part of the roving warehouse party SPANK, and has produced records as part of Automagic, The Carry Nation, and Majorettes. On the roster of The Bunker, he now plays solo and as part of The Carry Nation at their Good Room, Basement & Battle Hymn residencies in NYC, and all over the world. His latest project is co-founding the record label Major Records NYC. Will is a child of The Loft & The Sound Factory and his sound is as varied and unified as the influences that create the magic that is New York."






Episode 73 w/ Will Automagic

Ahead of her Basement NY debut, Ciel stops by The Lot Radio to spin some of her favourite new vinyl digs. 

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



Ciel @ The Lot Radio 07-05-2025

Eclair Fifi at Dark Skies, Horst Arts & Music 2025

Solid Steel in association with Serato (23rd October) We welcome Avalon Emerson in Hour 1 with an extended set, where the Berlin based US DJ, Producer and software developer delves into a quality selection featuring music from Peppermint Jam Allstars, Roland Clark, Paperclip People, New Order remixed by Kevin Saunderson, Demdike Stare and Italo Disco from Valerie Dore. She had this to say about her mix;
"I recorded it on one of the last hot and sunny Sundays on a Urei 1620LE, Bozure 201, Technics, borrowed CDJs, a filter and a TR8. Now that it's definitely sweater weather here in Neukölln, maybe some of that warm atmosphere comes off wherever people listen to it. This one's got a lot of personal favorites, unreleased treats, drum machine jamming, weirdo new and old things, etc. My last mixes have been live radio shows, which are fun and loose but more snapshots of what I'm playing at the time. This time around I tried to compose a mix while keeping its entirety in mind."

The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows.
You can follow Solid Steel on  facebook.com/pages/Solid-Steel/175027509192663
instagram.com/solidsteelradio
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Go to Hour 2 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-23102015-hour-2-dj-madd


Hour 1  - Avalon Emerson  https://twitter.com/avalon_emerson
				
Nuno Canavarro	_	Untitled 6	_	Moikai 
Hermanas Pulido	_	Male Reginita	_	Nonesuch
Peppermint Jam Allstars	_	Geetarero	_	Peppermint Jam ‎
Johnny D De Mario & Nicholas Palermo & Johnick	_	Much Love	_	unknown
Ann Joy	_	You Make Me Feel Good	_	Unidisc 
Roland Clark	_	Simple Things Sacred Rhythm Dub	_	Sacred Rhythm Music
Mary Mary	_	Shackles (Praise You) (Victor Calderone Dub)	_	Tommy Boy Silver Label
Sound Stream	_	3rd Movement	_	Sound Stream 
DJ Spen Dana Weaver	_	Heavenly	_	Quantize Recordings 
2 Bitches from Queens	_	Women on Drums	_	H.O.T. Records ‎
Paperclip People	_	Reach	_	Open
Unknown	_	Unknown	_	Unknown
Serge Santiago	_	Mind Warp Edit	_	Santiago
New Order	_	Round & Round (Detroit mix)	_	Factory
Lime	_	Angel Eyes (dub)	_	Matra
Friction & Spice	_	Groove Me (Cybernetic Edit)	_	Cosmic Records
Khoeler	_	Sacred Realm	_	Skudge
Demdike Stare	_	Patchwork	_	Modern Love
Varg	_	Öhn	_	Northern Electronics
Unknown	_	tr8jam	_	Unknown
Knife	_	Like a Pen Demo	_	Brille Records
Avalon Emerson	_	Constantly My Cure	_	Shtum ‎
Valarie Dore	_	Get Closer	_	Merak Music 

Solid Steel Radio Show 23/10/2015 Hour 1 - Avalon Emerson

https://www.fluxfm.de/mint-berlin-dj-mixe-partytipps-clubsandwich/

Perel @ FLUX FM, Clubsandwich // 30.09.16

T4T LUV NRG will release limited edition alchemical objects for use in DJing, dancing, kissing and crying. Co-created by loving partners Eris Drew & Octo Octa.

Eris Drew's Raving Disco Breaks Vol. II - Rock The House

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