Amal is a multi-talented label head and producer currently based in New York. With a unique perspective on music, he considers his compositions as a fusion of textures rather than a blend of styles. Starting his journey as a teen, Amal immersed himself in producing, engineering, and tour DJing for various DMV rappers, expanding his creative horizons. Fresh off two successful national tours, Amal's career continued to soar as he released a diverse collection of music, including singles featured on the prominent HAUS OF ATLR compilation series and his genre-bending projects, "Gleam" and "Pressure," all while running his boutique label Hochi Runs. Collaborating with influential artists such as Nativesun and James Bangura, Amal formed the supergroup Black Rave Culture, captivating audiences worldwide and earning critical acclaim with two volumes of their Billboard-recognized "Top 25 Dance Albums of 2022." With his boundless creativity and passion for pushing boundaries, Amal's musical journey continues to inspire and captivate listeners.

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Amal
amal.streamlink.to/amaldc

Hochi Runs
hochiruns.ffm.to/hochii

Black Rave Culture
www.blackraveculture.com/

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bossy boots / Elinah is an NYC-based DJ, movement teacher, multidisciplinary artist, and events curator. Elinah runs a weekly DJ party @she.they.dj representing upcoming DJs prioritizing women, non-binary and trans people in the music community. Reach out to her if you’re interested in playing! Approaching the 2 years anniversary, she had worked with over 200 DJs and hosted over 80 events.

bossy boots is mostly known for her high-energy, naughty, and cheeky cuts with selections from electro, acid, breaks, house, and anything in between. This time around Bossy is taking us for a ride with some of her most recent favorite techno selections specifically for RNR.

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Katie Rex has made a name foraying fine-tuned taste-making and honing in on multimedia artistry to create a multifaceted curatorial career. With roots beginning in the Philadelphia rave and basement scenes, her passion for the underground has crossed genre boundaries and culminated into an in-depth knowledge of music and cultural trends. Rex’s DJ sets fuse ceiling busting rave anthems into techno, with groove and edge. She's shared the bill with top artists across genres, staying true to her passion for progressive sounds. In the fine art sphere, she’s done activations with David LaChapelle, Tom of Finland, Elizaveta Porodina, Kia Labeija, For Freedoms, Ethan James Green, and more. She holds club residencies in New York City at Basement with BOUND and Le Bain for Midnite Request Line.

Rex’s infamous event series turned multifaceted lifestyle platform, BOUND, has received international acclaim with features from VOGUE, The New York Times, Vice, Resident Advisor, and many more. Beginning with the celebration of sex work and a need for safer spaces highlighting hedonistic enjoyment, BOUND has reached an audience that transcends any one location. They host events in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Austin, DC, San Francisco, Philadelphia, & Detroit. Beyond the party, BOUND functions as a radio show on The Lot Radio, produces the Fetishwear Catalog (forthcoming Fall 2024), and has released tracks from Dax J, Kontravoid, Terence Fixmer, Jasmine Infiniti, Silent Servant, Bored Lord, Kilbourne, and more.

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Juana is one of our Novemeber RNR Mixes! Enjoy her set from the season opener back in March 2023.

Juana has enticed crowds all over the world at venues such as Berghain, WAS, De School, Basement, Nowadays, and numerous underground warehouses. Over the past several years, Juana has played alongside DJs such as, DVS1, Jamaica Suk, Perc, Headless Horseman, 999999999, Efdemin, and DJ Stingray. Juana joined the Discwoman roster in 2017 and is a founding member of the DC QT BIPOC collective NOXEEMA JACKSON since 2021.

Juana originally hails from the city of Chicago. She started out like most, as a random kid on the dance floor every week at places like The Generator and Boom Boom Room, and has been DJing house, techno, and disco parties since roughly 2001. Juana moved to DC in 2003 and began hosting weekly live internet radio shows on HandzOnRadio (Baltimore) and Cyberjamz (Tampa) and playing parties in the DC deep house scene, upping her skills alongside legendary DJs like Sam “the Man” Burns,” and at clubs including Red and the DC Sanctuary. Juana started obsessively collecting disco and early house records in the late 90s and eventually developed an undying penchant for straight-ahead techno and darker shades of Chicago underground acid and deep house of the 80s and 90s. 

Over the past several years, Juana has made her mark in DC as one of only a handful of techno DJs, as a member of the founding squad of the Sequence collective, led by Ron Jackson. Sequence was the first underground party committed to consistently showcasing local and global techno DJs and crafting a dark, dangerous, sometimes hellishly uncomfortable party vibe hitherto unavailable in the DC area. 

As a producer, her first release “Discipline Issues” was released as part of a compilation on Katie Rex’s Bound label, and her first independent EP “Floating” landed in 2020. Her most recent EP “Peaks” was released in July 2021, and she also appeared on the TRAX ONLY Soft Touch compilation in spring of 2021 and the Neighborhoods Vol. 1 compilation on World Building in fall of 2021. She is currently working on her first full-length album project for release in 2023.

RNR- Juana (RNR x Golden Record NYC: Season Opener Sunrise Closing Set)

Contrast. Objection. Antithesis. This is how you might start an attempt to describe the world. A seemingly chaos of shapes and thoughts that don’t belong to each other. An overall image to be found in life and in music. But that’s not Fiedel’s view of the world. Where others make distinctions, he sees connections, where others find emptiness, he finds rooms full of opportunities.

Finding those harmonies, connections and contexts marks out his musical work. The synthesis of apparently opposing music, the interaction and the mix of styles and moods, without losing the storyline, that makes out the characteristic Fiedel sound.

After the wall came down, the way was open to access a fresh scene, and with it came a whole spectrum of new and old music to discover. In the beginning of the 1990s, he started DJing in public as a regular at the Monday events at Subversiv. Shortly after he began his collaboration with his befriended Errorsmith under the name of MMM. They released several productions and play live shows. Since 2000 he is resident at Ostgut and later on at Berghain. On the compilation Fünf he had his first solo release on the incorporated Ostgut Ton label, followed by contributions to the compilations Various (2013) and Ostgut Ton | Zehn (2015). In 2012 he eventually founded his own label Fiedelone, to give his own productions a more personal base. In spring 2014 he developed a live set, which he premiered at Berghain. March 2017 saw his first full Ostgut Ton release with the 12″ Substance B, followed up by his contribution to the Berghain mixes series in January 2018.

You can say one thing about Fiedel: he is no techno or house stereotype pattern that you can put randomly on every evening or any club. He is lead by his history, the history of the music and the feeling of the moment to build something new and to capture this very moment. Let it be the straight dark techno of today, banging acid of the 80s or an electro funk record, Fiedel surprises. He undermines and overrides expectations and refrains to limit the music for any reason. He lets the music speak for itself, through himself.

RNR - Fiedel (RNR X Golden Record NYC Season Opener Headlining Set)

Annie Lew is an emerging techno artist whose sound fuses rumbling beats and ethereal melodies. Establishing herself early in her career, Annie has became a resident with Infra, a techno collective in Boston, and her name is being recognized throughout the US’s techno scene, as well as appearances throughout cities in Europe.

Beyond the studio and stage, Annie is committed to fostering the community within the techno scene as well as devoting herself to connecting with the audience. As she continues to evolve as an artist, she pulls new inspiration and sounds to have her sets be an ever-changing representation of her passion. In her sets you can find a constant blend of genres while staying true to her sound she strives to deliver.

soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/JYzM7
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annieelew/

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Rocco is a New York based, NJ-raised DJ & producer who aims to deliver a range of sopping wet percussion accompanied by dirty electro and heady highs. Primarily inspired by the founders of house & techno in Chicago & Detroit as well as iconic new-age queer & trans iconic producers who have consistently complicated our understanding of sound, ROCCO aims to play as an ode to the history of the dance floor & the people who inhabit it. The FIGA founder & resident likes to start from scratch to present the sounds they will later layer & distort to keep you moving your body & complicate your understanding of sound.

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KOZHA is an emerging DJ and writer, raised in Moscow and based in Brooklyn. Their sound is inspired by the ever-present roots of techno as well as the power and brilliance of the Brooklyn music scene. For KOZHA, creating intentional sonic and communal spaces through DJing is a political and personal project aimed at disrupting (neo-)colonialism, heteropatriarchy, classism, and capitalist normativity. Here is a short list of organizations to follow and donate to:

Palestine Children's Relief Fund: pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-relief
Friends of Congo: https://friendsofthecongo.org/
Razom For Ukraine: www.razomforukraine.org/donate/


DJ T-1000 - Synthesis (Live Evil)
The Advent - Overseeya (Mark Bell Remix)
Marco Cannata & Peter Haubfleisch - Hallo Frau Obermeier
1morning - Unreleased
Fanon Flowers - Slovakian Nights 1
Matrixxman - Airlock
Adam Beyer & Marco Carola - F.F.M.
Undivulged - Modular
Michael Ius - Her Name Is Shirley
Blasha & Allatt - 8am in Salford
Sterac - Crashed At The End
Jen Series - Maldito Vicio (Original Mix)
Holden Federico - Snow Like Wool
LachrymaL - Monee
Regent - Aftermath
TYGAPAW - Run 2 U
Planetary Assault System - One For The Groove
Dylan Fogarty - Kept Aside
Black Rave Culture - Track Hawk
Pakard - Close To Your Body (Mislaw Remix)
Joton - Gigatate
Fergus Sweetland - Bear's Cage
We Call It Voight-Kampf - Florfilla
Scan 7 - System Work

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Dream ⁺ 𓂋 𓈒 born in Miami and now igniting electrifying waves in NYC, is on a mission to elevate electronic & house music to  unparalleled heights. Inspired by community & legendary figures who have shaped the sonic landscape of electronic music, he weaves these influences into his own seductive & ethereal symphony. Mastering hypnotic mixing & unapologetic blends, he crafts an immersive experience that transcends a fusion of genres, leaving listeners entranced on the dance floor. He continues to push boundaries & redefine the possibilities of dance music. 


mastered by @sea_wraith 


https://es.ra.co/dj/dreaminslow


https://on.soundcloud.com/1551uWAGM9kHg1Tt7

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Dynoman is a veteran DJ, producer, and sound artist operating at the heart of creating electronic music and communities around the world for over a decade. Based in Brooklyn, by the way of Karachi, he is the co-runner of Rare Frequency Transmissions, and Tarka. His percussive, high energy, electrifying sound is unbound by genre, and explores what a south asian futuristic sound will be. In his DJ sets he plays to the moment, and is highly versatile, often selecting percussive heavy tracks. In this mix he presents some of his favorite techno tunes from around the world compact in a 1 hour mix specially for R N R.

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Princess Peggie is a born and bred NYC producer and DJ who delivers hardcore sets and a diverse musicality. Their sound represents the relentless pace of the underground club scene, with an understanding of dance music that makes the contemporary timeless and their crowds breathless. From sound production to live sets, Princess Peggie's work continues to remind us that artistry, like nightlife and music itself, is an ever evolving force that both represents the present and references the past.

❤️

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Emergent talent Mos has only been on the scene for a handful of years but is already showing a well-developed voice and a focused vision. Across solo sets and frequent collaborations with Annie Lew, Mos dials in a tempestuous sound that would fit as well on the festival stage as it would in a small, dark club.” - Basement NYC

Originally from New York, Mos began his career far from home in Italy with "Resistance is Techno" Since then, he has been frequently playing shows in Germany and across the USA. Mos’s obsession with fiery, bold, and evolving sounds has led him to share experiences with dance floors across the world. His approach uses a blend of rigid but emotion evoking techno with influences from both contemporary and older music.

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Concrete Husband is a NYC-based producer, DJ, composer, and flutist. His forward-thinking dance records— Piel and Pelvic Resonance— on White Owl Records received critical acclaim, with Document hailing him as “redefining avant-garde composition.” A conservatory-trained flutist and composer, Concrete Husband draws on a comprehensive knowledge of musical history to create sonic narratives that shimmer with emotional resonance and surrealist imagination. His DJ sets weave grooves of hypnotic techno to generate moments of psychedelic mania and sensual release. A fixture of the Brooklyn techno scene, Concrete Husband is equally well-known for his virtuosic flute performance, which led to Eartheater inviting him to open for her 2024 European tour. As a composer, he’s scored Dion Lee’s Shanghai Fashion Week show and the flute music for the A24 film Beau is Afraid, among other projects. He plans to release his next full-length album, Aliento, this year as well as three techno EPs.


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With 30 years of djing in numerous countries, Ron Like Hell has no intention of doing anything else in their lifetime. They produce queer centered events in NYC both solo and as part of the dj duo Wrecked. Ron’s support of young artists in the music industry is unquestionably genuine as they have shared their spotlight with djs in their radio show and parties. Hard to pin as dj of one particular genre is not a concern to Ron. With 26+ years of record store experience their excitement for music goes deep appreciating many genres which provide infinite inspiration. They still love programming their music for a single genre dance party. Indulging such events is in no way an obstacle or compromise. For Ron, it is similar to painting with oil instead of acrylic. There is no intention of being the greatest dj championing specific one or two genres as they prefer to be known as an eclectic dj that reads the room as best they can. Being so eclectic doesn't seem to prohibit their appeal from techno, disco and house music forward bookings..if anything it has increased their recognition and respect from some of the world's best parties and venues. A few of the most notable spaces are Panorama Bar, Lab.oratory and Ost (Berlin), Dekmantel Selectors, Draaimolen (Netherlands), Sustain-Release, Honcho Campout and residencies at Basement and Nowadays in the NYC area. Their creativity has even been immortalized on physical media with a dj mix on a one-sided vinyl accompaniment to Baxter Dury’s 2024 album, “I Thought I was Better Than You” and a mixtape for Mister Saturday Night Records MSN Tape series Their role in the industry is undeniably unique and influential.


Online features and words about Ron Like Hell


Via mistersaturdaynight records:
“Up next in our cassette DJ mix series is our neighbor, friend and beloved hometown hero Ron Like Hell. Eclectic is an overused word in dance music circles but in this instance it is an apt and deserving description of an artist whose years working in record stores and 26 plus years behind the decks afford him a musical knowledge and emotional understanding of a dancefloor for which there is no shortcut. This is mastery at work. Ron delivers two complimentary mixes, a home recording on side A and a recording from the booth at Nowadays from an all-night set on Halloween night 2024. Very limited run on this one so do not hesitate.”


Via Draaimolen Island: 

“Brooklyn’s Aurora Halal is rooted in the underground DIY scene of her city. Her shadowy and metallic DJ sets are sensual and forward thinking. Next to playing and making music, she is also the founder of festival Sustain-Release and co-host of this years (2024) Draaimolen Island. Ron Like Hell plays eclectic, assemblage-style sets with an obscure mix of techno, house, acid and disco. Both are no strangers to each other. In fact, the two have played quite a few times since 2018. With all this experience this back to back will set the dancefloor on fire for sure. Think psychedelic landscapes and long build-ups.”


Via TRUANTS Truancy dj mix series:
Interview & feature

Nowadays Sustain-Release Nonstop description on Resident Advisor:
“Sustain-Release founder Aurora Halal and WRECKED founder and local sweetheart Ron Like Hell come back together for another extended back-to-back set – a pairing that has stirred the cauldron on dancefloors ranging from a previous Nonstop, to Brooklyn rave MERGE, to Draaimolen Festival x Sustain-Release.”


Links to mixes and more:


Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/ronlikehell/tracks

Resident Advisor - https://ra.co/dj/ronlikehell


Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/ronlikehell/


Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ronlikehell/#


Bandcamp music collection - https://bandcamp.com/ronlikehell



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Native New Yorker and Indian by birth, Jahveri has been dabbling with music production and DJing since the early age of 16. What once started off as a hobby slowly became a passion. Having different aliases in the past, Jahveri was officially born in March of 2022 when he decided to take his artist vision in another direction.

In July of 2022, he started Hypnotherapy, a podcast on SoundCloud which showcases hypnotic and psychedelic music. He has featured artists like Damon Bradley, APS, Pastels, Eric Umble, Matt Altman & many more. In November of 2022 he founded Mind Xpansion, a party with one sole purpose, to bring the minds of like-minded music heads together. Some of his prior bookings include Isabel Soto, Lychee, Deepak Sharma, Sai & Aaron J.

Currently Jahveri has been hitting the studio more than ever, taking lessons with other producers in the game and really honing in on his sound. Three words that Jahveri uses to best describe his sound would be sci-fi, sinister & hypnotic. Some of his biggest influences right now include Takaaki Itoh, Luke Slater, Wata Igarashi & Oscar Mulero.

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