Amsterdam selector Orpheu The Wizard connects oddball and straight forward jams from different decades and different record shelves in a monthly show.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/orpheu-the-wizard/episodes/orpheu-the-wizard-18th-april-2025

Orpheu The Wizard 180425

Another expedition into the fourth world, or is this one the fifth… A place where the spirits of the past come together with those of the future, where haunted ambient and ghostly dubbed out rhythms make you trance out to the world unknown, where esoteric brings you down to earth… Can you still follow? Maybe just listen and get lost.

The Other Side 92, Lyl Radio 13/05/2025

UK based record label Weapons of Desire was born on the 30th November 2017. The brain child of three friends Alex Handley, Mick Clarke and Toni Aslam. Alex and Toni first met Mick two years before when they had a couple of Auto Sound City EPs out on Mick’s long running Flight Recorder label. 

The saying “Being around the block a few times” is an understatement when you look at the recording history of them all. Playing, making and releasing music all the way back to the 80’s (even further in Mick’s case) seemed like a natural progression when talking about a potential label and the vision they had before its creation using their recording names (Iron Blu and Auto Sound City) to make the kind of music they wanted to dance to. The ethos was and still is to release tough dancefloor publications as stated in the label description "Spinning an endless cable of steel sound".

Over the years Weapons Of Desire has released vinyl as single-sided two track hand stamped records, four track EPs, a couple of six track compilations entitled Machine Funk Vol. 1 and 2, double packs and an album. The label Is also now fully integrated with regular digital releases too.

31 releases and a total of 33 different artists, Weapons of Desire has a seat firmly at the table with more chairs added for 2025. Afterall without great music, life would most certainly be a mistake



Weapons Of Desire takeover w. Timothy J. Fairplay [05.05.25]

Our one year NTS residency anniversary  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/dark-entries-record/episodes/dark-entries-record-29th-may-2025

DARK ENTRIES w/ Josh Cheon 290525

Drum Major-

this conceptual production from new klan member Nico Babylon 
creates a hypnotic electronic blueprint focused on vintage 
synths and syncopated movement of rhythmic dimensions 
and craftsmanship.

plainly said..this is the next level of jakbeat moving forward!



This Nasty Possession-

The Jak collaborates with Nico on this uber old school formula 
from the days of chicago underground in the mid 80s along 
the timeline of gherkin/gene hunt era.

everything u hear on this tune was created by hand…
No samples were taken!




The Jak:Niko Babylon - This Nasty Possession



An Announcement Of A Miracle-

This tune is about a specific idea..
not using a 303 to make a timeless piece of Chicago Seriousness.

The Jak & Nico Babylon lays out the foundation of vintage 
electronics righteously snapping Kode with an intense amount 
of energy and balance paying respect to the underground tribes.

The sermon included throughout the song is about the truthful 
miracle in the lives of OUR humanity everyday.
listen, absorb and realize!


Roman Romance 4 The Drum Kidz-

This is a honorable homage to Fred Brown from 
Rocking House Records (Chicago)..

The Jak & Nico go head to head with this dark and 
melancholic slab of pure chicago created by hand…
Showin Ultra Respect.



The Jak Meets Niko Babylon- An Announcement Of A Miracle

The Jak Vs Niko Babylon- Roman Romance 4 The DruM kiDz

Psycho PipeZ-

Kincaid and The Jak come together showing massive respect to Marcus Mixx from the days of Saber Records in Chicago with an homage of "Psychousic" more twisted and mental for the dedicated freaks of oLd schoOL tracks!!!…

The Jak N KincaiD- PsyKo PipeZ

Buckwheat Beat 4 The Primordial Cult-

This spacey and atmospheric track pays tribute to the fallen heroes of the Muzik Box 
which tested and pushed dance music ideas for those who chose to UNDERSTAND 
the heritage and RESPECT the history these individuals created from their hearts..

Jakbeat is not to be trivialized. 



Psycho PipeZ-

Kincaid and The Jak come together showing massive respect to Marcus Mixx 
from the days of Saber Records in Chicago with an homage of "Psychousic" 
more twisted and mental for the dedicated freaks of oLd schoOL tracks!!!…



Sanford Zydeco- Buckwheat Beat 4 The Primordial Cult

A mix of tracks and songs that have inspired Sweater On Polo’s musical taste
over the years.

Signal Route w. Sweater On Polo [12.06.25]

Dark Entries reissues archival and contemporary gems that prove to be crucial to our modern idea of bodily music that exists out of time. Electro, italo, cold wave, new beat, house, techno from a one-of-a-kind digger who visits dusty basements to rescue lost tapes. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/dark-entries-record/episodes/dark-entries-record-26th-june-2025

DARK ENTRIES w/ Josh Cheon 260625

Nation is home of the recording artist Traxx...
additionally his exclusive dance beyond dance 
label that embraces technology from the past 
and the future which features an array of artists 
that are continuously releasing material based out of Chicago, AnnArbor, Minneapolis, New York City, 
Dresden Germany and Clermont-Ferrand France.

On here you will only be able to listen to tracks associated with artists who are closely tied to the label but also core contemporaries in some cases. 

Each project will be different in content, 
artwork, and musical production.
Snippet/Clips will go up and removed at our discretion.

mixed music segments, dek demonstrations,
rare archives and live recordings also 
appear with limited downloads...

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The Jak Meets Niko Babylon- An Announcement Of A Miracle

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