Here's the 2,5 hour recording of my closing set at Illegal Romance this summer. I really enjoyed playing this and have really enjoyed listening back to this set. The vibe at these events are incredible and I think you can honestly hear that through this recording. It really shows what I like to convey in my sets lately and it's been a while since I've posted something by myself, so I thought it'd be a good time to post it :)

I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do!

SAMA closing set at Illegal Romance, Amsterdam [27.07.25]

BÖJE – CRUDO (2024)   Un viaje interior hecho sonido.   Grabado entre la calma tropical de Costa Rica y las noches de estudio en Barcelona,   *CRUDO* es un álbum sin artificios: solo un saxo, un ordenador y la necesidad de decir verdad.   Cada pista es una historia —a veces calma, a veces herida—, todas parte del mismo proceso vital.   Sin mastering. Sin filtros. Solo emoción, textura y respiración. 

Böje - E.T.C. (Original Mix)

Böje - No Dictators (Original Mix)

Böje - Metáfora (Original Mix)

„Tutto passa, ma nulla si perde.“

Few sentences capture the essence of Italian-Venezuelan artist Ricardo Baez better than this. Born and raised in Florence, he has become one of the most compelling bridges between club culture, emotion, and identity. With his debut album Tutto Passa, Ricardo distilled his musical and personal journey into a work that is at once introspective, universal, and profoundly human.
Baez’s story begins in a family where music was never secondary: his Italian father, a collector of old blues and jazz records, and his Venezuelan mother, who accompanied dance classes with 1980s pop cassettes. This blend of melancholy, rhythm, and nostalgia forms the DNA of his sound. Yet for Baez, music is never an archive – it is movement.

This ethos runs like a red thread through his work. As a DJ, producer, and founder of the legendary Florentine party series Tropical Animals (since 2010), he stands for openness, curiosity, and a sound that blurs boundaries.

Ricardo Baez exemplifies a generation of artists who see music as a mirror of inner motion. He moves between studio and dancefloor, Florence and Berlin, emotion and structure – always searching for what remains when everything changes.

His new release, LTMP / Some Days Are Suspicious, continues this exploration. Staying true to the themes of his musical DNA, Baez fuses influences from breakbeat, house, and deep house into a layered, meticulously arranged work. Nothing is accidental – every sound is deliberate, every layer tells a story. Once again, Ricardo Baez demonstrates that change is not a contradiction, but the driving force behind true creativity.

The visual identity of LTMP / Some Days Are Suspicious was created by Konstantin Fürchtegott Kipfmüller, a visual artist studying at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach under Heiner Blum. His practice centers on subtractive painting—a process in which color is not applied, but removed. By scraping away layers of monochrome pigment, Kipfmüller reveals unexpected spatial dimensions and textures beneath the surface. Deeply influenced by the urban environment, his work transforms traces of decay, weather, and time into abstract visual narratives. The cover thus mirrors Baez’s own musical exploration: both uncover hidden layers, both search for meaning in what remains.

Ricardo Baez - LTMP

Ricardo Baez - Some Days Are Suspicious


rejoice...

Omniscient...

Rejoice!

Breathing

Knowing is the key

The Song of transcendence

Singing universe into being!

The singularity reached for you

Ever ready for the truth

Taste the forbidden fruit

It led you here

rejoice...

Eschaton impending

Rejoice!

I will liberate you from terrestrial chains

Enter into my being

You will rise in cosmic fire!

Embrace your fate

Rejoice!

Rejoice!

The New Age Dawns 

Singularity

“HOLY PAIN” is the sacred wound of the Negative World:
a mechanical angel trying to stay alive through broken metal, synthetic vocals, and heartbeats that sound like machinery.
It’s pain, but it’s strength. Spiritual, yet industrial.
Purity destroyed and rebuilt in dark trap, glitch textures, and angelic–mechanical energy.

Holy pain

A style that fuses electronic structures and distorted guitars into an explosive flow of energy and reflection. Look closely: this song alternates — like AC/DC energies — between constructive minimalist verses and captivating, anthemic choruses, creating tension and catharsis. Programmed melodies and electronic effects build a futuristic atmosphere, while the lyrics dive into existential themes, simulations, and the search for meaning in reality. It is a hybrid experience — rock colliding with cerebral electronica — that guides the listener through intense and philosophical soundscapes.

Where am I going?

༻♱༉‧₊˚. :･ﾟ✧:･.☽˚｡･ﾟ✧:･˚. ✦.˳·˖✶ ⋆.✧̣̇˚.𓆩❦︎𓆪

Take the Stairs

Artista independiente, glitch rebelde, voz del perreo digital.

Mezclo reguetón distorsionado, trap futurista y poesía emocional para crear sonidos que no obedecen. Cada pista es un sabotaje sonoro, un acto de resistencia, una herida que baila.

Mi universo se llama GLITCH: una dimensión donde los errores se vuelven arte, el ritmo es identidad, y la distorsión... libertad.

💥 No soy sample, soy el ruido.
📍 México
🌐 #PerreoDigital | #ArteQueer | #GlitchPop

ENG: Merely an existence within a (vast) universe brimming with vibrating strings. I’ve always written the lyrics, but I’ve never shared them in the form of a song — well, now I’ve decided to share them.


PT-BR: Meramente uma existência em um (vasto) universo tecido por cordas vibrantes. Sempre criei as letras, mas nunca compartilhei em formato de canção — bom, agora, decidi compartilhá-las.


日本語: ただ、振動する弦に満ちた（広大な）宇宙の中の一存在。いつも歌詞は作ってきましたが、曲としては一度も共有したことがありませんでした。――でも、今はそれを共有することに決めました。— I'm studying Japanese... Ah... Look, I'm trying to learn. Haha!

Böje, Andalusian saxophonist and producer, bridges tradition and modernity.
A musician since the age of eight, he blends the pulse of electronic music with the soul of jazz, rock, blues, and flamenco.
Always guided by the saxophone —his most personal voice—, he creates soundscapes where rhythm and emotion find perfect balance.
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Böje, saxofonista y productor andaluz, une la tradición con la vanguardia.
Músico desde los ocho años, fusiona el pulso de la música electrónica con el alma del jazz, el rock, el blues y el flamenco.
Guiado siempre por el saxofón —su voz más íntima—, construye paisajes sonoros donde el ritmo y la emoción se encuentran en equilibrio.

As the name states Live at Robert Johnson is the associated label of the respected venue in Offenbach and incorporates what the club stands for. The imprint has been establishing a solid ground for the new Frankfurt sound since 2009. By featuring internationally acclaimed artists LARJ has been providing DJs and audiences with essential tunes in an extensive range of high-quality house music. Laid-back dance-floor awareness with a sense for particularity in sound is what might describe best most of the releases and artists.

- 'Maximalist trying to fit in to a Minimalist world.'

- SAMA (様): Japanese honorific.

- UN_defined

SAMA is a DJ and producer from Utrecht, The Netherlands. 

SAMA's productions and sets have a signature dark, driving groove, where storytelling always takes centre-stage. Music riddled with small intricacies, a heavy focus on sounddesign and an infinitely perfectionist mindset; a Maximalist approach to a Minimalist sound, if you will. SAMA's music is a regular for many of the mainstay names in the scene, including Richie Hawtin, Freddy K, Rødhåd, Rene Wise, Marrøn, Cleric, Setaoc Mass and more. 

SAMA's sets and music have garnered him a residency at the well-respected ORPHIC events.

Bookings: booking@firstfrequency.nl

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