Live set from JLO

At Kwia Berlin for FUZZY, 08.06.2023

@jenniferloveless

JLO at KWIA [8 June 2023]

Purelink have emerged as underdogs of the Ambient and Downtempo scenes – the past couple of years has seen the group release a number of records which showcases a deep sense of understanding and ambition toward a genre which is often misunderstood and misheard.

Tommy Paslaski (aka Concave Reflection), Ben Paulson (aka Kindtree) and Akeem Asani (aka Millia) have been releasing music as Purelink – broadening the narrative around their sound as they weave intricate layers, samples and melodies together to create a new age world of their own making.

Their music is atmospheric and rooted in moments of personal reflection and self awareness. They rework material and samples to create something else entirely and the music itself is as much a soundscape or a backdrop to the world of the listener.

Recent releases have come on Peak Oil, UwU dust bath, Naff and Lillerne Tape Club.

Purelink: The Wednesday Alternative Mix

Chicago formed experimental outfit blends atmospheric ambient, pulsing percussion, and deep dub flourishes to create thoughtful rhythms and immersive music

https://www.instagram.com/pureliiink

Purelink @ The Lot Radio 12-21-2024

Awe is something you feel when confronted with forces beyond your control: nature, the cosmos, chaos, human error, hallucinations. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/laurel-halo/episodes/laurel-halo-1st-july-2025

Awe w/ Purelink 010725

| CLOSE COMFORTS | w/ D Grade & Con Pani | E3

All the atmosphere, length and drama of a film score: over two hours of dark, thick post-punk and wave from Brussels-based DJ Nina Welch, recorded live from RA's stage at Horst Arts & Music 2025.

@horstartsmusicfestival

RA Live - Nina Welch - Horst Arts & Music 2025, Belgium

For RA.1000, DJ Sprinkles' first mix in over a decade is a powerful meditation on the genocide in Gaza.

Dance music often relies on simple narratives: release, escape, unity. But those narratives can often feel inadequate, and even at times, hollow. Or, as Terre Thaemlitz might bluntly put it, just "shitty."

For her first mix in around 15 years, Terre Thaemlitz AKA DJ Sprinkles, challenges us to think differently. "I felt this 1000th podcast should reflect the moment in which it was made," she told us in her Q&A.

And what is this moment? Every day since Israel's 2023 assault on Gaza began, an average of 28 children have been killed. That's an entire classroom, every day, for over 600 days (at the time of writing). It's a staggering figure that only captures a fragment of the listless cruelty imposed on the strip.

Faced with such a genocide, what can music really do? How political can it truly be?  For their RA.1000, Thaemlitz gives us an unflinching rebuke to the idea that music should provide escapism. The mix weaves ambient fragments and jazz passages, woven around samples from Israeli media and the voices of outspoken Jewish critics like Gabor Maté and Norman Finkelstein. 

The result is not just a protest, but a document of our time. For Terre Thaemlitz, music is never just music. Her RA.1000 serves as a reminder that in an age of relentless suffering, the most political act is to reject the illusion of escape, and search for something greater.

Read the interview and find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1013. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Terre Thaemlitz / DJ Sprinkles

Recorded live on 8/21/25 for my first and last guest Dublab show prior to moving out of LA <3

TRACKLIST:

nor elle – freddy is gone
charlie tate – dar el salam
king kooba – the antidote
t-polar – pentagram
t-polar – calatrava
santal – past and future things (ananda mix)
ohm-g – aya
freeform – the brink
rithma – emphasis
mark force & kaidi tatham – afrospace (blakai mix)
vikter duplaix – manhood
chari chari – life in flow motion (volker meitz remix)
karizma – i c u
bruk rogers – get stronger
darcosan & alexdrum – funk on pot
king kooba – indian summer
searchlight – breathe ft tolu makay (afroforce remix instrumental)
afro mystik – ritual de rua
super_collider – soily soul
tempo 2 – latinlectrofuzion (ambient pass)
chris brann – in love again (king britt remix)
watershine – tania’s dancing along
neon phusion – galaxian
neon phusion – unreleased dub mix
phoojun – blackcurrent
ananda project – i hear you dreaming (cottonbelly dub)
midnight music co – black swan (vertical mix)
king kooba – want your love

Dublab

Live on Dublab (8/21/25)

@camillemandoki de la Ciudad de México nos preparó para Septiembre un mix introspectivo e íntimo acompañado de una cita que lo identifica ⋆⭒˚｡⋆

“Como mujer y como amante, sin embargo, me conmuevo al ver a mi Amado. Donde Él está, quiero estar. Lo que Él padece quiero compartirlo. Lo que Él es quiero ser: crucificada por el amor.”

- Santa Teresa de Avila

Portada de Jackie Valadez aka Dollstar.

Camille Mandoki - Lapi + Filia Music Series 029

Current Material is a mixtape (C60) recorded by C.K and released in '25. It contains 90% unreleased material.

In total 50 copies were made. The cassette tapes were distributed through Safe Distribution and in various (offline) record stores worldwide.

*Update 15/09/2025: Still a few copies left!

C.K - Current Material

The track combines elements of Electronic, Folk, World and Country music with pop beats and bluesy melodies. It has an upbeat tempo that sets the tone for excitement while also creating tension in the listener's heart. Additionally, it features vocal samples to add depth to its emotional impact. Overall, this track is energetic yet thought-

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