Heavyweight collab alert! Suzi Analogue debuts new music in the shape of this meet-up with 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist Jlin.

Taking the raw parts from Suzi’s track “Stay Ready”, Jlin has constructed a frenetic, heavily percussive dancefloor workout, insectoid rhythm clusters and refracted sound arcs beamed from an alternate reality in which techno has foregone formulaic rules and still contains a genuine promise of the future.

This is the first single from Suzi’s upcoming new mixtape, Onez, the follow-up to the Infinite Zonez compilation LP released on Disciples in 2022. Whereas the previous release sought to document the Suzi Analogue story up until that point, taking an archival approach and focusing on the astonishing ‘Zonez’ series of tracks, Onez looks to the next stage in the artist’s evolution, pulling together brand new tracks, one-off collaborations, exclusive remixes and special DJ edits.

Suzi Analogue x Jlin - NICE 2 MEET U

For the past few years, RA cover star Jlin has been churning out complex percussion compositions that sit at the intersection of IDM, trap, mutant techno and sound art. Her tracks are tactile and structurally complex, stacked drums interlocking with glistening melodies and heaving basslines on groundbreaking albums like Dark Origami. Her rhythms gracefully crosscut over one another like towering blocks in an architecture sketch for a truly cerebral experience.

Growing up in Gary, Indiana, the former steel factory worker wears many hats. She produces mind-bending club music—usually for Mike Paradinas's label Planet Mu—scores modern dance performances and arranges for instrumental ensembles. Her process of collaboration is deeply symbiotic, as shown on her new EP, Perspective The acoustic version of the record, written for and performed with Chicago's Third Coast Percussion, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize this year, an unprecedented honour for a dance music artist.

Jlin's style is sometimes described as avant-garde, but modernist is a better word. She originally started out making footwork and despite moving away from the genre in recent years, footwork's jittery energy still flows through her productions, a testament to her ability to experiment across styles. Being a math whiz only adds to the angular, carefully calculated feel of her production.
 
In celebration of Jlin's career, Mike Paradinas serves up a 40 minute mix that shows off her range and most importantly, her passion for this music.

@mikep @jlinnarlei

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/903

RA podcast

RA.903 Mike Paradinas (ft. Jlin)

Sharing as many ace tunes as possible. 

The featured record is Suds' debut album The Great Overgrowth on Big Scary Monsters - three tunes from it on the show. 

Also music from: Pkew, Pkew, Pkew / Fightmilk / Leisure Hour / LSDXOXO / Suzi Analouge, Jlin / break_fold / King Tubby, Ring Craft Posse, David Isaacs / Arabrot / Svalbard / Azu Tiwaline

Lullabies For Roads And Miles - 9th November 2023 (Suds - The Great Overgrowth)

Infinity Generator (Macbeth bootleg mix)

aka Fat Fucking Faggot (Summer Mix)


Track list:

Suzanne Ciani - Mosaic
Releford, Junglepussy - Fat Yaoi
Khadija Al Hanafi - Flocka
Jlin, Philip Glass - The Precision Of Infinity 
Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
galen tipton - that was for luck
Beyoncé - Kitty Kat
Munchi - Mi Ta Bek 
Dr__e, Lil Wayne, Jeezy - I’m Goin In
Darren Keen - You’re Still Welcome
La Goony Chonga - Mirame
Noisia, Munchi - Tommy’s Theme - Munchi’s Fear is Weakness Remix 
Luny Tunes, Noriega, Zion & Lennox, Tito “El Bambino” - Hay Algo en Ti
Shalt, Moro - Unconfined (Moro Remix)
B. Ames, Icon Sinia Alaia - Love the Girls

Encore:
Diamond Soul - Deep Heat
Droon- Uplifting As Fuck

235 Pounds (Summer Mix)

Originally aired on City Wall Radio on the 3rd of August 2024.

This is Vol. 18 of <2 (two & under). A continuous stream of short musical creations, each under two minutes, miniature masterpieces interwoven, transitioning seamlessly from the briefest to the longest—a perpetual motion of sound.

Wind by Janet Jackson
Elsewhere by valyri
<2 Intro
Dreamin’ (Reprise) by Chuck Senrick
Low by chi
s.m.o.g by Goat Girl
Sing for Stranger by Lomelda
Breathing in Three Orbits - Intro by Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer
But May be Not by Benny Benji
Setting by Wand
Kamille by finn kraft
Dark Trio by Loma
99 by Klein
Intro (Letter from the Other Side of the Operation) by Robber Robber
In the Spirit of Fair Play by Duffy x Uhlmann, Gregory Uhlmann & Hand Habits
petty change by tg.blk
CERVICAL CEDRIC by Saya Gray
The Snake in Chinese Belief / A Letter from the President by Milkweed
lakes by Gia Margaret
Hyde Park by hemlock
water memory by Mia Garcia
Europium by fveld & boterspin
Hornworm Metamorphosis by Ozoyo
I’m You Empress Of by Empress Of
Yeah Right by Vince Staples
mixed with
Challenge (To Be Continued II) by Jlin
Polyurethane by Lomelda
Nose Flute Jam by Free the Robots
In the Rain by Starla Online
Shell Cameo by Jonnine
Interlude 2 by Audrey Powne
Magic City Thrill by James Tillman
All Along by Jaco Jaco
Feed You with my Kiss by The Sounds They Made
Frogs & Toads by Shugo Tokumaru
A Man I’d Rather Be by Bert Jansch
Dull by Pencil Legs
I’m Still Changing by DJ Suzy
I fell asleep again by Philosophy of Music
Situations by Wombo
Brief Inner Mission by Peel Dream Magazine
Itchy Void by New Issue
Baby I’m Bleeding by JPEGMAFIA
Manha de Carnaval by Astrud Gilberto
Avalon (Excerpt) by Randy Newman

<2 (two and under): Vol. 18

Sharing ace stuff we find. BCB 106.6FM every Wednesday 8-9pm. Get in touch at: lfrmuk@bcbradio.co.uk

El ChiQle Suertudo 

@deBruijnSequence pt. 2

DJ, writer and co-founder of The Night Trains.

Optimo kid. Former Sub Club promoter.

One half of Frolic+Detour.

Screw your courage to the sticking-place.

Bookings: emma@thenighttrains.com

Black and White Memories Ignited by the Scent of Springtime (w/ Lila Tristram) out now:
https://thelastdinosaur.bandcamp.com/album/black-and-white-memories-ignited-by-the-scent-of-springtime-explode-in-colour

"As if airing some precious lost and unmixed tapes from a recently discovered secret studio session involving Vashti Bunyan and guest players that Ivo Watts-Russell once conscripted from his extended 4AD family for This Mortal Coil albums." Concrete Islands

"This album is wistful and downbeat, yet comforting and captivating. It's a beautiful work of art, and a wonderful display of musical talent. Brilliant stuff." Fog Songs
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The Arteries of New York City self-titled album:
https://thearteriesofnewyorkcity.bandcamp.com/album/the-arteries-of-new-york-city

“A soundtrack to a movie whose images have been deleted” Marc Masters (Pitchfork, Bandcamp) - Best of Bandcamp Experimental
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Wholeness (released 2020): https://thelastdinosaur.backl.ink/wholenessalbum

"Wholeness is wonderful. Rarely has sorrow sounded so seductive." Elizabeth Alker, BBC Radio 3

"A deeply personal record and all the more affecting for it." Electronic Sound

"A very personal & artistic triumph, ‘Wholeness’ shimmers and dazzles like no other. Truly outstanding."
★★★★★ Get Ready to Rock

"The ultimate message of the album is that hope remains possible even in the hardest of circumstances. Demons can be conquered, at least for a time, long enough to declare the essential goodness of life." A Closer Listen

"Wholeness speaks to the heart with unrelenting intensity." Echoes and Dust

"This follow-up is poles apart from its predecessor. To use a Talk Talk analogy, if The Nothing was the semi-mainstream The Colour of Spring, Wholeness is a leap into Spirit of Eden/Laughing Stock territory." No More Workhorse

"Prepare yourself for a timeless moment of twenty-six minutes of delicate reverie between trembling folk, orchestral, and rainy ambience."
★★★★ 1/2 Sound of Violence

“Life is a muddled melting pot of uncertainty, joy, emptiness, confusion, hope and longing, one that we only drift through for a brief time before realising that everything is temporary and there are no real answers, and this album is no different.”
82% Belwood Music

"Wholeness is an acknowledgement that a human’s state is always temporary and mostly random, whilst at times exponentially breathtaking."
7.5 out of 10 Live4Ever
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The Nothing (released 2017): smarturl.it/TheNothing

"Elegiac, cathartic, rewarding, and beautifully moving."
★★★★ Uncut Magazine

"A labour of love about life's transience and fragility."
★★★★ Mojo

"An extended meditation on life, death and memory."
★★★★ The Independent

"This profoundly personal album will linger long."
★★★★★ Music News

"All told, it’s the kind of record you could obsess about; the kind of record you’ll foist on friends, music that you know you’ll be playing months from now. Highly recommended."
★★★★ The Skinny

"Poignant."
★★★★ Classic Pop

"A wide-screen dreamscape of a record, brimming with emotion without ever becoming maudlin."
★★★★ NARC

"It's one of the albums that just needs to be heard."
★★★★ Norman Records

"An outstanding second album & mesmerising musical journey."
★★★★ AmericanaUK

"To say this is one of the best albums of 2017 doesn't do it any justice. It's beautifully written & composed, from its delicate atmospheres to its sweeping harmonies and bright, elaborate arrangements. One of the most accomplished indie folk albums you'll come across this year besides Father John Misty's Pure Comedy."
91% Sound & Silence

"It's soul bearing, heart wrenching & most importantly; breathtakingly honest. These qualities are the hallmarks of truly great artistry and Jamie Cameron has firmly cemented himself as a time transcending artist of impeccable quality."
The Line of Best Fit

"The Nothing manages to be elegant without pouring into the lachrymal or the neurasthenic. And just for that, it deserves all your attention." TSUGI

"The Nothing is an album of transcendent beauty and is one of the finest pieces of music I’ve had the privilege of reviewing."
93% -Belwood Music
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Hooray! for Happiness was home recorded + released April 2010. Listen: smarturl.it/hoorayforhappiness

BBC 6 Music "One of the most underrated bands in the country."

Uncut Magazine "An album that's warm, engrossing and impressively original."

The Line of Best Fit "One of the most refreshing, creative and inventive records of the year."

4or The Record "This is a masterpiece, and each second is a reminder of that"

The 405 "One of the most refreshing, original and gratifying records of the year."

God Is In The TV "Hooray! For Happiness is a revelation."

Echoes & Dust - "Filled with moments of startling beauty and gloriously melodic melancholy."

New tracks tagged #Jlin