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Russell E.L Butler is a Bermudian artist living in New York. Their current projects include a residency with The Lot Radio, Deep Exposure - survey of deep listening practices, an EP and Album on T4T Luv NRG, coming soon, and DJing all over New York and abroad. This mix reflects some selections from their most recent set at the Garten at Berghain.

Tracklist: 
Interlove - Family of Few
Fuk Dat (Instrumental Remix) - Sagat 
Car Show - Max Watts
Gurners Choice - Idjut Boys
Secret mixes ffixes 15 - The Fantasy
Fall Back - Factory Floor
Alone - Remain
Personal Grooves - The Dance
Out in the Open - Andrés
Trope 2 - DJ Autopay
No Regrets - Claude Young
Easy Going - Nico Lahs
Listen to the Music - E.B.E.
Twilight - DKMA
Black River - Roy Davis Jr.
Phenomenal Woman - Craig Alexander

Follow Russell on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/russellelbutler/

Coloring Lessons Mix Series 055: Russell E.L. Butler

A spark of light erupting from a naked, crouched body adorns the cover of Sodomy, the new EP from Jorkes on their label Freeride Millenium. The image, serious yet playful, seems to represent an outburst of ideas and emotions from a person's inner core, literally. It's the perfect metaphor for Jorkes, whose palette of rugged house music, slick disco, '80s synth-pop and booming acid always feels unapologetically earnest.

Their sonic identity, built around their queerness and self-described empathetic nature, is both cheeky and deeply thoughtful, washing listeners over with feelings of love and human connection (and lots of catchy vocal hooks). Anyone who's attended their resident nights at Stuttgart club Romantica or listened to their shows on Munich's Radio 80000 can attest to Jorkes' sense of unbridled enthusiasm, sweetness and passion for their queer community.

All of that is tangible on their RA mix, a lively and poignant journey through exuberant house and emotive nu disco with plenty of classics like Club 69's "Let Me Be Your Underwear" thrown in for pure, feel-good energy.

@jorkes

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/891

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RA.891 Jorkes

2 Hours extracted from the live DJ mix for Induction 20230623 at SPKRBOX Detroit

INDUCTION MIX 01

As a producer, Lamin Fofana makes ambient music that makes you think. His painterly compositions may be beatless, but they're full of movement, expanding and contracting from modulations and shifting frequencies to create a sense of infinite vastness. This immensity of sound creates a cerebral mood, allowing the Sierra Leone-born talent to explore sociocultural issues close to his heart, like the geographies of the African diaspora and what he calls Western rationality in music.

He translates this heavy subject matter into textural sound using narrative structure, field recordings and archival material. The final product could be an album or an audio-based installation. Rooted in themes of identity and belonging, his exhibitions seek to disorient the senses and have been shown around Europe, including the Biennial in Venice and Liverpool.

On his RA Podcast, the New York-based artist presents an all-original mix of loopy techno that mirrors the dynamism of his ambient productions. Laced with acid and pulsing synths, these cuts are faster paced and geared for dance floors, but they share the atmospheric touch of his earlier work. Based on the interview below, it seems like we'll be seeing more of this side of him in the year ahead.

@laminfofana

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/892

RA.892 Lamin Fofana

Leston Paul - Santa Cruz
Dream Dolphin - Voyage (Dive to the future sight)
Woolfy - Pint a day
Jeanette Baker - Vaction from my mind
Mishio Ogawa - Hikari no ito kin no ito 
Soyuz - Weather Report 
John Carroll Kirby - Gecko Sound
Pauline Anna Strom - Equatorial Sunrise 
Silent Poets - Moment Scale 
Jah Wobbles Invaders of the Heart - Visions of you ( Ade Phases The Parameters of Sound)

Music For Dreams Radio Show 22.7.23

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”.

More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Planet Show w/ Rino @ Kiosk Radio 20.07.2023

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Molly invite Adar Cohen - 22 Juillet 2023

It's been a year since I uploaded my last Safe Radio episode. Damn. That was certainly not my intention. I actually had in mind to do three to four episodes a year, but it only came down to one due to various reasons [read: L I F E!]. It was a long one, though. hehe.

But here we are! FINALLY another episode in the Safe Radio series. I'm very happy and excited about the result, but moreso relieved that I already now have planned out episode two in season seven. It means that I'm on the path of doing four this year. So far at least. Hell yeah! 

This first episode of season seven includes no less than sixty nine tracks ranging from my favorite headphone music over hazy downtempo and japanese dub to no nonsense club trax. Different styles, tempos, old, new, unreleased - u name it. 

If you're still reading this long post I'd like to express my gratitude to all the people [still] supporting and listening to my stuff. It truly means a lot. Especially when I put so much energy and time into what I do. THANK YOU! 

Lastly I'd like to say that I'll be looking for shows over the coming autumn and winter. Will be posting about it in the coming weeks, but feel free to HMU if you're interested in bringing me to your club/show/event/whatever! 

Enjoy. 
xoxo c.

C.K - Safe Radio S07E01

Ploy makes mad music – a lot of his music sounds mad. It shouldn’t necessarily make sense but it does.

The term discombobulated comes to mind at times but in the very best way. No, seriously we mean that as a compliment.

For many years Ploy has been one of the most interesting producers in underground Electronic music having released records with the likes of Hessle Audio, Hemlock, Timedance and L.I.E.S.

No two have sounded the same and each of them have drawn upon a musical influence or five as Ploy attempts to piece together his own flavour of dance. As an artist he has continued to evolve – creating his own world in which to release the music that feels right to him.

Ploy’s own record label, Deaf Test, has been integral in the evolution of his sound. Acting as a platform in which to experiment and explore new sounds and concepts.

One challenge of his career thus far has been working out a way to connect the dots between his own musical tastes, productions and outlook towards club culture. However, as of late his focus has been rooted in the wonkier undercurrents of UK Bass music and its intersection with Tech House. A new record on Timedance forthcoming cements this idea.

We invited Ploy to record a mix and the result… Well, you are in for a treat as we gain an insight into some of the music which makes Ploy tick on the dancefloor.

Ploy: The Ransom Note Mix

RA.469 Dasha Rush

Introducing a new mix series for Benji B's late night BBC Radio 1 show

"The Afters" - July 2017

"The Afters" mix for Benji B on BBC Radio 1

90 minutes of magical textures and alien party sounds from the much-loved London collective's residents

More info here: http://crackm.ag/2rZgRu1

Crack Mix 187 - SIREN DJs

live recording of @silviakastel @ VERSION, OHM Berlin, 9-3-2018

---> next VERSION @ OHM, Berlin 18-5-2018
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Silvia Kastel @ VERSION, OHM Berlin 9-3-2018

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Zenker Brothers - Saturday 28 April 2018

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

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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