It’s been a while since The Other Side hasn’t delved into the dance element. The last few excursions definitely being aimed at various chill out zones… With summer approaching and things starting to open up again, I’ve definitely had an itch for kicking up dust! The challenge being time and piecing the right bits together. Different games, similar aims yet always focusing on the mind, body and soul…

More info and tracklist here: lyl.live/episode/the-other-side-45

The Other Side 45, Lyl Radio 25/05/21 (extract from A Party In My Head)

Naitwa at Kulturgarten by Callshop Radio & Düsen 22.07.21

Back on air, waiting for spring with @argine_sx aka Diego Scaggiante, a member, resident dj and co-founder of @opificionet collective, a music collective and artistic platform which designs and curates events in unused spaces around the city of Venice, Italy.
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Twenty-first appointment of Sensual Pills. A parallel series of mixtapes around the topic of Sensuality put together by family and friends of PS.

Sensual Pills 0021 by Argine Sx

A trip to London, some promos from friends and a few trades are what one can find on this Other Side. Mostly fresh off the press so to say, still peppered with the occasional rarity… Driven by an almost constant rhythm and some subs, with synthetic delayed melodies to engage the head. The party is never far, it depends on whether you arrive before, during or after… Whichever way you like it, we try to cater for all your needs!

More info and tracklist here: lyl.live/episode/the-other-side-54

The Other Side 54, Lyl radio 08/03/22

Bugs Groove is a committed explorer of all shades of deep and dark electronics. First cutting his teeth as a DJ in his native Manchester, he then moved to Leeds for a few years to continue his musical activities, before recently making the move back home.

He's already firmly rooted himself in the city. Before his time in Leeds, you could find him playing regular stints in the SOUP bar and occasionally working behind the counter at Eastern Bloc, the tastefully curated record shop and music space in the Northern Quarter.

He's continued to put the graft in, and in the process has founded several of his own platforms as a way to celebrate the music and artists that inspire him. A few years back he launched Techno.logy, an underground mix series and community space that champions techno in its many forms, and more recently he's jumped into the world of promoting with his new club night Ost, bringing over the likes of Nick Höppner and Tama Sumo to play alongside himself.

There's plenty on the agenda gig-wise this year, both on home turf and overseas, so to kick off his summer schedule we asked him to take control of today's 'Shine A Light On' Mix. It's a real journey through the sounds that make up Bugs Groove's sound world. Starting at 96bpm and working his way all the way up to 175, he navigates everything from dub techno, minimal, electro and ghetto through to DnB, jungle, grime and much more.

Carve out a six hour period for this one and get stuck in, you won't regret it...

Bugs Groove: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

Que Sakamoto [16.07.2022]

AI generated infinity pool.

tracklist:

01. Rosemary Davis - Bells
02. Access Device - Memorias 2021
03. Local Artist - Neo Wise [Mood Hut] 2022
04. Dots - Spinout Segment [Rather Interesting] 1994
05. Ishmael Ensemble - First Light [Severn Songs] 2019
06. Leftfield - 21st Century Poem [Hard Hands] 1995
07. Boards of Canada - Ready Let’s Go [Warp Records] 2002
08. State Azure - Cave of the Crystal Harrier 2022
09. 96 Back & Skee Mask - Ambient Banger 2020
10. SW - Untitled A2 [SUED] 2016
11. Jack Dangers - Graveyard, a Night with Two Moons [Important Records] 2004
12. Jack Dangers - Deceleration [Important Records] 2004
13. Javier Segura - Malagueñas 2 [Les Disques Bongo Joe] 2021
14. Azu Tiwaline - Deep Theko [IOT Records] 2022
15. Jack Dangers - Robby, the Cook, and 60 Gallons of Booze [Important Records] 2004 
16. Koray Kantarcioglu - 500606 [Discrepant] 2018
17. Electric Supply Station - Number 6 [Erbium Records] 2020
18. Crosspolar & Bruised Skies - Thinking Machines [Crosspolar] 2020
19. Tau Sagittarii - Titan Find [Scape One] 2019
20. Local Artist - Rif Kibdani [Mood Hut] 2022
21. Mong Tong 夢東 - Mystery 秘神 [Guruguru Brain] 2020
22. The Last Atlant - Reversed Cloud [Global Unerground] 2007
23. Musley - Windblown [RDNTSVRF] 2022
24. Boards of Canada - The Smallest Weird Number [Warp Records] 2002

Selected by https://soundcloud.com/trieste_dj

Histoires de Piscine 117 by Trieste

That's a Steal invites this month Tatyana Andrianova, Moscow based creative professional successfully working on music, media and culture projects. LYL radio host (bimonthly show Double Life), Strelka music programmer and Follow Me radio co-founder.

“This mixtape for That’s A Steal show at Kiosk radio is dedicated to my friends from all over the world — 
friends who made me discover these beautiful songs I’m constantly listening to for a long time. 
All so different, but so magic, like all of you”

🌐 "Outsiders" is our daily show hosted by global record labels, record stores & more
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Outsiders: That's A Steal! w/ Tatyana Andrianova @ Kiosk Radio 24.08.2022

Out there...in the perimeter with GK Machine [22.09.2022]

Paris based graphic designer & DJ Laurent - aka DJ Sundae - is a discerning selector with an eclectic taste. Whether delicate, liminal strains of ambient and folk, atypical forms of dub and post-punk or hallucinatory fixes of acid and interstitial electronics, there’s a unity and a careful sense of consideration to a Sundae mix that makes them a reliably rewarding listen.

A route to certain moods – ruminative or celebratory – and a constant source of discovery. With roots in hip hop, scratch DJing and an early engagement with records via his local skate shop in Montpellier, Laurent has a long history of collecting music and channelling his inspirations. From formative years scouring for examples of early electronics, through familiarities with folk icons and melancholic outliers, to an important exposure to the first strides of rave and techno, Laurent has acquired an appreciation for a wide spectrum of sounds. 

Regular appearances on Cosmo Vitelli’s NTS show No Weapon Is Absolute, mixes for the likes of Left Alone, People & Places, Knekelhuis / Intergalactic FM and Red Light Radio, and cassettes on Perks & Mini and The Trilogy Tapes, have all demonstrated, in their own way, an eye for special and singular records, and a natural subtlety in bringing them together, whilst a particularly memorable highpoint came courtesy of ‘Sky Girl’, a compilation he co-curated alongside Julien Dechery for Efficient Space (a release we covered extensively here).

Alongside DJing and curating archival compilations, Laurent runs the label Idle Press, an operation with a refreshingly measured approach. What might be perceived as a sporadic release schedule, is on reflection, a welcome change of pace in a landscape of often manic activity and overload. Only release what you love, a sentiment that’s patently adhered to, judging by what’s emerged so far. Downtown disco curios by Pitch, an underrated outing by Ransom Note favourites Smagghe & Cross, ethno-stylized ‘proto-trance’ edits by Alexis Le-Tan, and the psychotropic slow burn and profound dimensions of Karamika / 3rd Wave member and Düsseldorf stalwart Gordon Pohl - under the new nom de plume V2A - have conveyed a disparate yet well-defined identity. 

Attuned to the gentle, the exceptional and the bizarre, Laurent’s myriad projects and mixes are always a compelling prospect to dive into. With this contribution to Ransom Note’s ‘Wednesday Alternative’ series, Laurent presents an up-tempo hour of music, steeped in an inconspicuous sense of prowess and a characteristic spirit of unpredictability.

DJ Sundae: The 'Wednesday Alternative' Mix

Recording of Interstellar Funk's set at Dekmantel Connects 2020.

Dekmantel Connects 2020

Radio by Rush Hour: Interstellar Funk at Dekmantel Connects 2020

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With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

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Bugs Groove: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

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