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March's drive time special on Netil Radio with R$N family Matt Cowell on the guest mix in hour two. Plenty of new music and a round-up of some of the premieres on site.

The Ransom Note Dispatch on Netil Radio (March 2021)

1.	After Altamont - Scoring For Fools (A Strange Wedding Remix)
	2.	Red Deviil - Zero
	3.	Mimmo - Les Idoles de Bressuire
	4.	A Strange Wedding  - Twenty Four Hours Rotation 
	5.	Phaser Boys - Bialetti Break
	6.	Zombies In Miami - Be Free
	7.	Benjamin Fröhlich - Club Fantasy (Club Version)
	8.	Younger Than Me - Time To Say Goodbye
	9.	Mahkina - Corporal (Young Drums 7am Remix)
	10.	Point Blank - Meng’s Theme
	11.	Malugi - Energy (Break Mix)
	12.	InnVision - Nighty

We are rather delighted to welcome one of our favourite DJ duos to the ITI mix series! Milanese gentlemen, and now full-time Berliners, Younger Than Me have been on our radar tearing up dance-floors and releasing fantastic productions for a couple of years, with their remix of I'll Never Reach Your Level by Shun being a standout highlight in the ITI back catalogue! 

The boys treat us to an hour of electronic rumblings from the (much missed) dance-floor, touching on classic breakbeat, acid, techno, rave, house etc.. all the while with that inimitable YTM flair. 

Look out for their next EP on the Tusk Wax sub-label they run, 90's Wax, featuring ITI head honcho Timothy Clerkin and Francesco Farfa and follow them here:

https://soundcloud.com/youngerthanme

https://www.facebook.com/YoungerThanMeOfficial

https://www.instagram.com/younger.than.me/

https://ra.co/dj/youngerthanme

ITI Mix 018: Younger Than Me

With far too many chin strokers and music elitists around, we need people like Kristy Harper who choose to bring a sense of fun and sparkle to their musical pursuits instead. 

An advocate for female empowerment and body positivity, she translates these messages into both her productions and DJ sets. So far her releases have come via Let’s Play House and Monologues Records, followed by her acclaimed ‘My Body, My Future’ track, which samples Samirah Raheem’s viral interview at the LA ‘Slut Walk’. 

As a DJ, both behind the decks or on the Netil Radio airwaves where she holds a residency, she’s guided by a pure and unadulterated love of disco, Italo and classic house; sonics that filter into much of her musical output.

That goes for today’s mix too, which revs through a cocktail of synth-driven rhythms and bright acid-laced cuts, and follows Kristy’s fuego remix for our latest R$N Records release from Bawrut and Chico Blanco, which you should listen to stat!

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Kristy Harper: The 'Wednesday Alternative' Mix

UK inspired electronic music has changed significantly over the past twenty years, mutating between elements of bass, house music, techno and back again. The sounds are often intertwined and linked by creative dj's and producers who aren't keen to be pigeonholed or bound by the limitations of genre or style. 

Tom VR is a perfect example of one such artist, an emerging producer who has risen to prominence with an array of eclectic, thoughtful releases on the likes of All My Thoughts, Lionoil Industries and his own imprint Valby Rotary which he runs alongside Louf. His most accomplished work perhaps has come on a new EP for Midland's record label, Intergraded. A pensive, bass inspired affair which also features beautiful ambient textures and delicate, precise sound design built to immerse dancers in the clubs. 

Tom's own musical tastes are rooted in the more pensive undertones of electronic music, there is a tonal undercurrent which runs throughout his work and sound. That's not to call it 'deep' but it is.

Tom VR: The Ransom Note Mix

I recorded a mix for Mr. Tong's "Essential Mix" radioshow and it will be sent straight into the heart of your ears this Saturday! 👂🏻👂🏼👂🏽👂🏾👂🏿

Really happy to say at least a third of the mix consists of music made or released by friends - a constant inspiration in my life! ❤️

I also wanted to give a bit of context, as I had two inspirations for this mix:

1. The beginning of an Auden poem called "On This Island" 🏝

"Look, stranger, at this island now
The leaping light for your delight discovers,
Stand stable here
And silent be,
That through the channels of the ear
May wander like a river
The swaying sound of the sea." 🌊

2. The mix starts with a song called "White Bird" by June11 and there is a beautiful background story to the song, that stayed with my during all the dreaming i was doing during the recording. 🕊

"White Bird was inspired by the story of the biplane L'Oiseau Blanc, that took off from Paris in 1927 and vanished on its way to New York. The pilots, Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli, were never seen again. Their PL.8-01 sea plane, made of wood and cloth, is thought to have broken upon landing. Nobody knows what really happened. I think L'Oiseau Blanc is still floating somewhere in the endless sky, with its ghosts, doing aerobatics. Maybe their plan was to have no plan, but to gracefully get away from darkness, time, madness, crowds." 🕊

👉🏿👉🏾👉🏽👉🏼👉🏻  this mix is dedicated to all the birds and people with dreams. 👈🏻👈🏼👈🏽👈🏾👈🏿

Tracklist:
1. Hiroshi Yoshimura - Creek [Air Records]
2. June11 - White Bird [Stroom]
3. Martin Kornberger & Volker Kuhn - Violet Jewels [Syntape]
4. Andy Rantzen - Will I Dream [Efficient Space]
5. Karamika - Ton 6 [ESP Institute]
6. Paschen’s Law - Magnifying Transmitter [Walhalla Records]
7. Bufiman - Peace Moves [Dekmantel]
8. Senyaka - Bayanyonyoba [Rush Hour]
9. Unknown Artist - Untitled (Jonny Rock Edit) [CockTail d’Amore Music]
10. Albion - Midnite Magic [People Must Jam]
11. Carlos Cutaia - Operativo [Emotional Rescue]
12. Frak - 888 [Kontra-Musik]
13. S.O.N.S. - Acid Dreams (Trance Jungle Mix) [S.O.N.S.]
14. Daywalker & CF - Easter [L.I.E.S.]
15. Beck, Nash, Reyenga - Metaclaw (Gilbert Cohen Remix) [Offen Music]
16. Kalbata - Al Shark (Part Two) [Fortuna Records]
17. Thee J Johanz - Move Your Butty (Thee J Johanz Rework) [Ballyhoo]
18. Haruomi Hosono - Laugh-Gas [Epic]
19. Automat - Rise / Advance / Genus [Harvest]
20. Aborted at Line 6 - Mammut (Extended Version) [Off Course]
21. Sociedades en Tetra Brik - Tempo Limite [Tetra Brik]
22. Aubrey - Data Block [Out-Er]
23. Pieces of Pensive State of Mind - Echoic [U-Trax]
24. Heiko Laux - Moved (Ricardo Villalobos Remix) [Kanzleramt]
25. Unknown Artist - Untitled B2 [NDATL Muzik]
26. Robbie Cee - Beautiful People (Instrumental) [Z Records]
27. Brighter Side of Darkness - Disco Ball [Magic Touch]
28. Closencounter - Let Yourself Go [Numero Group]
29. Kallaloo - Star Child (Long Version) [IDA]
30. Rodrigue Gauthier - Bon Conseille [R. Francis Entertainment]
31. Stanislas Tohon - Owhaaou ! (Raphael Top-Secret Edit) [Rush Hour]
32. Unknown Artist - Unknown Title
33. Jorge Reyes & Antonio Zepeda - Wawaki [Emotional Rescue]
34. Skandal - Fe Ca Ki Bien [Flarenasch]

Much love to every 💕 friend 💕 who has send me, shown, given, teached and told me a story about 🎶  music 🎶 . You are the map 🗺  to my island!  🏝

HUNEE - ESSENTIAL MIX (April 2017) [radio free version]

Most of the recording from the Lionoil 3rd birthday, when our big pal fae Heidelberg @move-d came along to play a one on, one off b2b with @telfort.

There were party hats, lots of balloons, a few bottles of Rioja and plenty of smiles.

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Move D B2B Telfort: Lionoil 3rd Birthday @ Bongo Club, 8th December 2017

Live jam from Hypnotic Spa—March 15th 2018 alongside Mr Curtains.
An exquisite monthly chill-out, ambient, downtempo, etc. night at Mood Ring run by Maxime and Sean. 
Free dl.

Hypnotic Spa Live

Palms Trax's set at Brilliant Corners gently ascended from slow soulful jams to joyous disco—the perfect soundtrack to a spring evening in London.

RA Live - 22.04.18 - Palms Trax at Brilliant Corners

The conjectural wedding band OTTO is expanding its organ soundtrack madness. With their third record, they deliver sonic solutions for all sorts of moods (Stimmungen), ranging from dark and stormy to smooth and suave. If you forgot, OTTO is Alexander Arpeggio—who just released a 12‘‘ on Neubau and runs the labels Mond Musik and Eine Welt—and Cid Hohner—who compiled the “Heilige 3 Könige” album on Mond Musik and produces other projects such as C.Z.

https://soundcloud.com/otto-inoffizielle-seite
https://www.facebook.com/OTTO-inoffizielle-Seite-220316258448930/
https://otto.bandcamp.com/album/stimmungen

Pre-order here!

PRÉMIÈRE: OTTO - Idyll [Orgaton]

Recording of a real fun party at Club Ohm in Berlin. 02.06.18. I Played from 2:30 till 8:00 am in the morning. Here is the full set..... @alteredsoulexperiment

ASE LIVE

ANTAL dj set @ Altered Soul Experiment  Berlin. 02.06.18

www.beatsinspace.net

Beats In Space #833 [o5.2o16]

The mood in the house was sombre, a constant black cloud that hung thick in the air. The family had not spoken for many years, it was unfortunate that these were the circumstances under which they must meet again, but life tends to work in mysterious ways. There had been happy memories here, but they struggled to remember them. Much of what had taken place inbetween had eclipsed anything that came before. Maybe these memories were just fragments of reality. Distant, forgotten and difficult to piece together...

Following the first instalment of his Holiday in Panikstrasse release in May, I'm A Cliche boss Cosmo Vitelli returns to Berlin-based label Malka Tuti for part deux of the series. The second part boasts four tracks of dark slow burners, including two collaborations with Croatian vocalist Tanja Vesic - who Cosmo teamed up with on his previous release for Les Disque De La Mort - and Microdosing boss Fantastic Twins for a moody opener.

PREMIERE: Cosmo Vitelli feat. Fantastic Twins - Fragments of Reality [Malka Tuti]

Juanita's Mix 018 with ADAB @ADAB

Q. How would you describe yourself? (DJ, producer, artist, etc.)
A. I think ADAB is definitely more of an intention to be conjured then a singular moniker for a person. It’s an instance of exploring self/collective through an array of sounds from or influenced by cultures of color and the worlds they influence at large (which are quiet a few). It's also intended to be a direct expression of afrofuturism. A humble attempt to make sets and mixes made for emboldening and envisioning future instances of pan african and POC beauty in dance music.


Q. Any memorable club nights in NY? 
A. My latest memorable club night in NYC is also the last one I was able to spin live before everything shut down. I played Public Records alongside my dear friend CCL and it was a much needed gig/trip. We played a lot of drummy stuff we both love throughout the night and eventually ended on a Jungle/DnB note which was a dream to do with them. The crowd was super into it, outwardly showed love the entire time, and danced their asses off the whole time. It was a blast!


Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I decided to finally explore a lot of my 90-100 bpm percussive stuff that I’ve accumulated over time for this one. Up until now almost all my mixes have been above or around 130 bpm so it was nice to slow it down and mess around with this section of my collection. Definitely intended to be a psychedelic hip churner! There's also a few dear homies like CCL, Flora FM, Ali Berger, & Russell E. L. Butler in here as well so big shouts to them for some of these lovely tracks <3 Enjoy!

Juanita's Mix 018: ADAB

Juanita's Mix 017 with Galcher Lustwerk @galcher-lustwerk

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Music producer and DJ, I like it simple like that.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. The first party I threw with friends and played in NY was I think in 2011 at this bar in Manhattan called Stay. It had a hidden basement.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I wanted something that overall felt gentle and daytimey and I wanted to throw in a couple of curve balls along the way ;-)

Juanita's Mix 017: Galcher Lustwerk

First bit of the night recorded at Opium club 2020 10 10. Part 2 coming in later.

MANFREDAS NIGHT OUT PT 1

In this mix, @roelien explores unknown territories of slow beats and tribal percussions. She offers us the perfect cure for the dullness that is gradually taking hold in our world.

Artwork by @anne-marie-gratton

Karagi ಏ Roelien

RAVE SCOUT #042: FARHAN (UNTITLED, BE)

Born on the outskirts of Toronto, Farhan found his way into the rave scene at 19. He quickly developed a niche as a raver. DJ and co-founder of the 'Untitled' DIY event series, his inspiration is derived from shared moments on the dance floor—this can be heard in his sets, as he enjoys taking dancers on a journey through the various genres of electronic music. His involvement with Untitled allowed him to create spaces for like-minded dancers, the LGBTQ+ community, and allies. Now living in Berlin, Farhan continues his career as a DJ and is currently working with the Quest Agency as a booking agent. in cookie series #042 Farhan takes us on a fantasy journey through ambient, dub, breaks, IDM, tribal sounds & much more.

COOKIE SERIES #042: FARHAN

Freeride Millenium pres. Queer Base 
Takeover @ Radio 80000
www.radio80k.de
Sat. Feb 20th 2021

Please make your donations to:
friends.queerbase.at/donate/?lang=en

All artwork by Daniel Rajcsanyi

Timetable:
12:00 - 13:00 WILMA
13:00 - 14:00 ROTCIV 
14:00 - 15:00 Modular Project 
15:00 - 16:00 Stacy Christine 
16:00 - 17:00 BASHKKA 
17:00 - 18:00 Clark Price 
18:00 - 19:00 David Elimelech
19:00 - 20:00 Josh Caffe 
20:00 - 21:00 Zombies In Miami
21:00 - 22:00 Raphael Schön 
22:00 - 23:00 Matisa 
23:00 - 24:00 Therese Terror

Therese Terror - FM pres. Queer Base Takeover @ Radio 80000 20/02/2021

QOQEQA, pronounced “kwo kwe kwa”, is the project of Lima-based artist Daniel Valle-Riestra.

Part of the exciting new wave of electronic producers coming out of South America, QOQEQA's productions pay homage to the traditional sounds of his home, marrying enchanting Andean and Afro-Peruvian rhythms with contemporary electronic textures and vibrant melodies.

These influences, funnelled through a haze of sub frequencies and intricate drum patterns, are firmly on display across his debut album 'AxuxA', which officially launched Dengue Dengue Dengue's Kebrada imprint only a few weeks ago.

Following the release we hand over control to Daniel to introduce you to the psychedelic soundworld of QOQEQA...

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QOQEQA: The 'Wednesday Alternative' Mix

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