Like her namesake, Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Beta Librae has shone brighter than ever over the last couple of years.

Taking her moniker from the brightest star in the zodiac constellation of Libra, she cut her teeth DJing regularly at Bossa Nova Civic Club after moving to Brooklyn from her home town of Spring Hill in Kansas. 

It was at this club that she also started her Technofeminism parties alongside friend, fellow DJ and Discwoman co-founder Umfang, a monthly event that showcases emerging talent, and now she can also be found in the booth for Nowadays as a resident.

Her skills extend to production, with her first release landing on the ever on point 1080p back in 2015, followed by two more albums for Lillerne Tape Club and Anthony Naples and Jenny Slattery’s Incensio, as well as a couple of EPs for Physical Therapy's Allergy Season. Also lending her touch on the remix for Yaeji in 2018, her most recent remix effort, of Cleveland's Gamma, is about to see a release on Amsterdam's Kalahari Oyster Cult.

Stepping up for this week's Ransom Note mix, Beta Librae weaves together the sounds she's become synonymous with as both a producer and a DJ; spaced-out ambience, minimal techno and deep, rhythmic house cuts...

Beta Librae: The 'Ransom Note' Mix

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05.12...Besançon...Le Privé
06.12...Tentacular...Le Gore
25.06...Festival TBA (SSS)

2025
11.01...Paris...Badaboum for Amor Satyr Residency (SSS)
24.01...Marseille...Makeda
31.01...French Alps (SSS)
18.04...Paris...Corcoran's w/ Zohar & Tolouse Low Trax (SSS)
03.05...Bruxelles...Gimic Radio
09.05...London...Next Door Records Two
29.05...Paris...Meta @ La Rotonde (SSS)
21.06...Paris...Lyl Radio 'fête de la musique' (SSS)
28.06...Paris...Cadence
03.07...Hors-Sol Festival
04.07...Hors-Sol Festival (b2b Salma Rosa)
12.07...Paris...Glazart (b2b Olga B.)
05.09...Belgium...Bellbird Festival (SSS)
14.09...Berlin...Sisyphos
04.10...Paris...Loophole @ Slice (SSS)
09.10...London...New Forms
16.10...Paris...Hey Stranger! x Gs Presents (b2b Grady Steele)
18.10...Paris...ECLAIR / SI (b2b Salma Rosa)

2024
12.01...Rinse France (SSS)
19.01...Paris...Badaboum w/ Sybil, Mary Lake (SSS)
25-27.01...French Alps...Les Arcs (SSS)
16.02...Paris...Rex Club w/ Peter Van Hoesen (SSS)
24.02...Paris...Quartier Libre x Esprit Léger (SSS)
09.03...Paris...Avalon Emerson 9000 Dreams Tour at Badaboum
29.03...Marseille...Makeda (SSS)
13.04...Paris...Everybody Trance / SSS Curator
24.05...Paris...Virage w/ Marco Shuttle and Kasper Marott (SSS)
01.06...Family Festival (b2b Subsism)
08.06...Le Rac Festival (SSS)
29.06...Bordeaux...Iboat
04.07...www...Traverse
 'lazed' podcast
04.07...Hors-Sol Festival
13.07...Paris...Les Éveillés (b2b Olga B.)
19.07...Brussels...Brasserie Illegaal (b2b Jacky Jeane)
02.08...Paris...Virage
31.08...Paris...All night long - Le Mazette (SSS)
13.09...Paris...Hey Stranger! at Badaboum
14.09...Belgium...Bellbird Festival (b2b Olga B.)
21.09...Paris...Super Daronne at Nodd Club (b2b Olga B.)
28.09...Paris Electronic Week (b2b BNZ)
04.10...Rinse France...Hewan Aman's Dub Delights show (SSS)
05.10...Paris...Sarcus Curator w/ Darwin & Andy Martin at Badaboum (SSS)
26.10...Strasbourg...Karmen Camina all night long (SSS)
29.10...Lyl Radio...Poterne des Peupliers
02.11...Milan...Tempio del Futuro Perduto
11.11...Brussels...Kiosk Radio
15.11...Berlin...Renate
16.11...Copenhagen...Refraction Festival x Radio Panini
16.11...Copenhagen...Spectrum at Baggen
22.11...Paris...Bait Records x Hey Stranger! (b2b Beatrice M.)
23.11...Munich...Radio 80000
23.11...Munich...Goldener Reiter
20.12...Paris...Futurs Proches at La Machine (SSS)
31.12...Brussels...Aether at La Fabriek (SSS)

2023
07 01...Strasbourg...Orée 85
14 01...Paris...L'International All Night Long
21 01...Paris...Based In x 36 degrés w/ A Strange Wedding, Bambi
29 01...Bruxelles...Kiosk Radio
11 02...Bordeaux...Iboat w/ Konduku
12 03...Les Arcs...Electronic Peak Festival
31 03...Lyl Radio...Poterne des Peupliers
25 03...Paris...Everybody Trance w/ Spekki Webbu, Hewan Haman
06 04...Berlin...Refuge Worldwide Radio
14 04...Paris...Rinse France
29 04...Paris...L'International w/ Von Riu, Elvira
05 05...Paris...Rex Club w/ Mama Snake
02 06...Bordeaux...IBoat w/ Anastasia Kristensen
23 06...Le Mans...Keskival
25 06...Paris...Point Ephémère w/ Marco Shuttle
09 07...Nostromo Festival (canceled)
21 07...Per:sona Festival [Positive Education] (canceled)
22 07...Paris...Union Libre festival @ Virage
28 07...Ubique Festival (b2b OLGA)
29 07...Paris...Hors-Sol + Outrebleu Festival
27 08...Strasbourg...Longevity Music Festival
05 09...Lyl Radio...Poterne des Peupliers
16 09...Paris...Hill Billy 5 years
22 09...Paris...Badaboum
23 09...Paris...La Cité Fertile
31 10...Lyl Radio...Poterne des Peupliers
31 10...Paris...L'International All Night Long
31 10...Paris...Badaboum 10 years Anniversary
11 11...Paris...Badaboum
25 11...Paris...Concert Fasme at Badaboum
09 12...Paris...Badaboum

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17.02...Bordeaux...Iboat
18.03...Lyon...Terminal
15.04...Paris...Le Chinois
16.04...Strasbourg...La Kulture
23.04...Paris...L'International
29.04...Paris...Canal Barboteur
30.04...Nantes...44 Tours
07.05...Biarritz...Straight In
10.05...Saint-Jean de Luz...Dia Radio
12.05...Bordeaux...IBOAT w/ X Coast
14.05...Rotterdam...Operator Radio
14.05...Amsterdam...Borisov
21.05...Paris...Le 6b w/ Donato Dozzy
25.05...Lyon...Lumbago x Everybody Trance w/ Carl H
27.05...Lyon...Everybody Trance Carwash
11.06...Biarritz...Iboat 10 ans
02.07...Bruxelles...Kiosk Radio
07.07...Montpellier...Hors-Sol Festival w/ Voiski, Polygonia, Laura BCR...
09.07...Tours...Terres du Son Festival w/ PNL & Martin Solveig
23.07...Paris...La Machine du Moulin Rouge w/ Theo Muller, Jan Loup
20.08...Rennes...La Ferme de Quincé
03.09...Bordeaux...Supercamp Festival
10.09...Sarcus Festival w/ Jane Fitz, Bambounou, Valentino Mora...
24.09...Paris...La Station Gare des mines w/ Marco Shuttle, Carl Finlow
07.10...Lyon...Terminal w/ Konduku
08.10...Lyon...Super5 (b2b Jacky Jeane)
21.10...Bordeaux...IBOAT
31.10...Paris...Badaboum w/ Darwin
05.11...Nantes...Macadam w/ Mor Elian, Sansibar
25.11...Lyon...Everybody Trance Carwash w/ Marie Montexier
03.12...Paris...Le Mazette
16.12...Paris...La Cité Fertile
31.12...Bordeaux...IBOAT

Not a musician. Here for listening pleasure, sharing mixes, and promoting the artists whose work I so dearly appreciate.

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With love until the grave.

Kronenberg the DJ aka DJ Southtek aka Deep South House Technician

I’ve been spinning tunes since 2011