For March's instalment of The Dispatch, Rosie Ama was joined by Johnny Xie and Global Warming Records boss Malcolm for two hours of good tunes, vibes and sound effects.

The Ransom Note Dispatch w/ Johnny Xie & Malcolm on Netil Radio (March 2023)

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UPCOMING GIGS
25-07-2025 / Baby Club (Marseille)
02-08-2025 / Sucre (Lyon)
09-08-2025 / NOUS Festival (Château de Bellocq)
22-08-2025 / HEAT (Lyon)
20-09-2025 / Station Mue (Lyon)

PAST GIGS
12-07-2025 / Intérieur Queer Festival - Transbordeur (Villeurbanne)
03-07-2025 / Kiblind - Transbordeur (Villeurbanne)
27-06-2025 / Isis Garden Festival (Saint-Julien-De-La-Nef)
20-06-2025 / Palazzo Farnese (Rome, IT)
28-05-2025 / Kabarouf (Avignon)
19-04-2025 / Le Sucre (Lyon)
12-04-2025 / Le Petit Salon (Lyon)
19-04-2025 / Le Sucre (Lyon)
26-03-2025 / Super5 (Lyon)
08-03-2025 / Sucre (Lyon)
22-02-2025 / Chinois (Montreuil)
10-01-2025 / Terminal (Lyon)
21-12-2024 / Sucre (Lyon)
09-11-2024 / Chez Marti (Lyon)
22-09-2024 / Station Gare des Mines w/ La Culottée (Paris)
21-09-2024 / Antoinette (Lyon)
14-09-2024 / Sucre (Lyon)
31-08-2024 / Station Mu (Lyon) b2b Tushen Raï
30-07-2024 / Sucre (Lyon) w/ NICOL
18-07-2024 / Le Bouge (Marseille)
28-06-2024 / @MOKO Festival (Toulon)
08-06-2024 / Marche des Fiertés-Pride (Lyon)
01 & 02/06/2024 / @Gizli Bahce & Arka Oda (Istanbul, Turquie) b2b Tushen Raï
19-05-2024 / @Marvelous Island Festival (Torcy) b2b Tushen Raï
05-04-2024 / @Les Subsistances (Lyon)
16-03-2024 / @Le Sucre (Lyon) w/ Dresden
21-01-2024 / @Le Sucre (Lyon) w/ Dixon
31-12-2023 / @Tempio Del Futuro Perduto (Milan, IT) b2b Tushen Raï
09-12-2023 / @Terminal Club (Lyon) b2b Neskeh (all night long)
01-12-2023 / @FIL Festival (Guadalajara, MX) b2b Chloé
04-11-2023 / @Le Sucre (Lyon) b2b Justine Forever
31-10-2023 / @La Bobine (Grenoble)
22-09-2023 / @Techno Parade (Paris) & Terminal Club (Lyon)
02-09-2023 / @Space Safari Festival (BE) b2b Tushen Raï
12-08-2023 / @HEAT with Ivreatronic

29-07-2023
Cosmic Terroir Party @MJC Lillebonne, Nancy

22-07-2023
La Culottée @Station Gare des Mines, Paris

07-07-2023 • Iptamenos Discos x HARD FIST Showcase @Urban Spree, Berlin

21-05-2023 • Closing Day @Nuits Sonores Festival (Lyon, FR) b2b Chloé
19-05-2023 • @Son Libre Festival (Collias, FR) b2b Neskeh
18-05-2023 • Nuit 2 @Nuits Sonores Festival (Lyon, FR)

07-04-2023 • w/ Marie Davidson @IBOAT, Bordeaux

11-03-2023
Lumière Noire w/ Chloé & Ivan Smagghe @REX, Paris

04-03-2023
w/ Shkema @Terminal, Lyon
 
04-02-2023
w/ Fantastic Twins (live) & Simple Symmetry @Macadam, Nantes

03-02-2023
w/ Flegon (live) & Gilb’R @Le Sucre, Lyon

31-12-2022
w/ Neskeh, Niv Ast (live), Nikky & Theme For Kids @Secret Place, Lyon 

21-10-2022
w/ Tushen Raï & Cornelius Doctor, Theus Mago @Topaz Deluxe, Monterrey (MX)

20-10-2022
w/ Tushen Raï & Cornelius Doctor @Casa Jaguar, Tulum (MX)

14-10-2022
w/ Tushen Raï & Cornelius Doctor @Bar Oriente, Mexico (MX)

13-10-2022
w/ Tushen Raï & Cornelius Doctor @Chula, Puerto Escondido (MX) 

01-10-2022
HARD FIST Residency w/ Motel77 & Neskeh @Terminal Club, Lyon

17-09-2022
Lumière Noire w/ Chloé & Inigo Vontier @Le Sucre, Lyon

21-08-2022
Supplément BOA w/ Tushen Raï @Chapelle de Mussonville, Bordeaux

30-07-2022
@Tempio Del Futuro Perduro, Milan (IT)

21-07-2022
w/ Cosmo Vitelli, Barnum (live), Tushen Raï & Cornelius Doctor 
Summer Session @Transbordeur, Lyon

16-07-2022 
MIIMO Bar, Lyon

15-07-2022
Kasbah Residency @Groom, Lyon

02-07-2022
b2b Ravintsara, w/ HARD FIST crew, Theus Mago, Damon Jee
Baraque Originelle Festival @Valence

26-06-2022
@MOKO Festival, Toulon 

26-05-2022
b2b P errine
Day 2 @Anciennes Usines Fagor-Brandt - Nuits Sonores Festival, Lyon

27-03-2022
b2b Neskeh, w/ Red Axes
S. Society @Le Sucre, Lyon 

19-03-2022
HARD FIST Tribe
@HEAT, Lyon

12-03-2022
w/ Visages, kätisfaktion
LAP CLUB #04 @Le La Voir Au Public

05-03-2022 
w/ HARD FIST Crew, Slowciety, Kabylie Minogue, collectif Hors Sol
¡Opening Sauvage? @Cabaret Sauvage, Paris

04-03-2022
w/ Maelita
Pinky Swear @Théâtre de La Croix-Rousse

04-12-2021
@La Station Gare des Mines, Paris

20-11-2021
w/ Matias Aguayo
@Le Sucre, Lyon

11-11-2021
b2b Tushen Raï 
@Le Choka Bleu, Île de la Réunion

25-09-2021
w/ Cuften, Konik, Serge, Anthony Rother (live)
Le SIRK Festival #6 @Aéroport de Dijon-Bourgogne, Dijon

18-09-2021
w/ KasbaH & Mechant Mechant
Musique de Fête Residency @Groom, Lyon 

11-09-2021
b2b Isa
Cabaret Créatures Festival #1 @Station Mue, Lyon 

04-09-2021
Lyon Is Burning @Bellona Club, Lyon

28-08-2021
b2b Neskeh w/ Pablo Valentino, Bordello A Parigi Soundsystem, Matisa
La Terrasse ECAM Festival #5 @Lyon

23-07-2021
Graines Electroniques 
@Parc Francis Poppy, Lyon

22-07-2021
w/ Mahiane, Ramses, Nikky, Mambo Chick, Bernadette b2b Pedro Bertho
Nuits Sonores: hors-série @HEAT, Lyon

17-07-2021
w/ HARD FIST Tribe
@Hippodrome de Vincennes

11-07-2021
w/ Marvin & Guy
Eh Bien Dansons Maintenant! @Le Sucre, Lyon

09-07-2021
w/ Le Beau Festival & La Babance
@CARGO Container Bar, Paris

26-06-2021
w/ Hirschmann
@IBOAT, Bordeaux 

26-08-2020
w/ Princesse Sourire, Sathönay, Nico Poisson 
Radio Béguin x Scene City @Fort Superposition, Lyon

⎾COVID⏌

07-03-20
@L’Antonnoir, Besançon

15-02-20
b2b Midnight Kisses 
@Ballesta Club, Madrid (ES)

25-01-20
Warum special Slug Rave Dj Set @RINSE France
w/ dOP, Doctr & more
Garçon Sauvage Club @REX Club, Paris

21-12-19
w/ Damon Jee
@Terminal Club, Lyon

02-11-19
w/ Doctr, Krystal Klear b2b Jennifer Cardini, Aubry, J-Zbel, Corine & more
Festival Intérieur Queer @Transbordeur, Villeurbanne

13-09-19
w/ Curses
Mixmag x Electronic Subculture @Le Sucre, Lyon

10-09-19
Move UR Gambettes @La Bobine, Grenoble

30-08-19
w/ Rozzma (live), Dj Dziri
On Air - Toit Terrasse @Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille

05-07-19
Ola stage @Worldwide Festival, Sète

30-06-19
@Triebwerke stage - Fusion Festival, Lärz (DE)

16-06-19
w/ Jonathan Kusuma & Zombies In Miami
S. Society @Le Sucre, Lyon

19-06-19
w/ Inigo Vontier @Maison M, Lyon

30-05-19
Love Boat @Nuits Sonores, Lyon

26-05-19
Extra! Nuits Sonores @Go Go Carwash, Caluire-et-Cuire, Lyon

17-05-19 
w/ Khidja & Absolem
@Cluj, Romania

06-04-19
w/ Eteocle & Aubry
Arm Aber Sexy - La Suite @Terminal Club, Lyon

16-03-19
w/ Switchdance & Tushen Raï
MEGA Residence @Terminal Club, Lyon

23-02-19
w/ Erol Alkan, Potochkine (live) & L'Homme Seul
Garçon Sauvage Club : Galactica @Le Sucre, Lyon 

22-12-18
w/ Pedro Martins
MEGA Résidence @Terminal Club, Lyon

21-12-18
8 Years of Anna Loulou @Anna Loulou Bar, Jaffa

20-12-18
w/ Jazar Crew
@Kabareet, Haïfa

17-11-18
w/ Fringe Society
MEGA Résidence @Terminal Club, Lyon

19-10-18
b2b Farrah Bagarre Vj Set
Festival DIRECT #3 @L'Alchimia, Dijon

27-07-18
w/ Gaet303, Akimbo
@Taverne Gutenberg, Lyon

30-06-18
w/ Timothy Clerkin
@Terminal Club, Lyon

21-06-18
w/ Leonor @Fête de la Musique - Lyon

05-05-18
w/ Mont Analogue (live), Leonor b2b Cornelius Doctor, Juanito
EXTRA! Wash Wash Yo! @Laverie Chevreul, Lyon

28-03-18
b2b Shadi Khries & Tushen Raï
Closing Wadi Rum Festival @Tipsy Cow @Amman, Jordan

09-02-2018
w/ Glitter & Shadi Khries
Gros Bazarrr @Le Pop Up du Label, Paris

⎾ & many more since August 2017! ⏌

Releases:
2025 
https://biardo.bandcamp.com/album/birds-of-bardo (Compilation)
2025 
https://solitarylistener.bandcamp.com/album/yssue-human-nature
2025 
https://ethosrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dancing-poetry-ii (compilation)
2024 
https://www.globalwarmingrec.com/gw020 (album)
2023 
https://yesmeansmaybe.bandcamp.com/album/yes007-yssue-x-athing-smugglers
2021 
https://getbuzy.bandcamp.com/track/d-c-h-f-m-u-t-yssue-remix-145-bpm
2021 
https://soundsofogigia.bandcamp.com/track/yssue-desolate-place-of-glory
2021 
privatepersons.bandcamp.com/album/procrastinator
2020 
kump.bandcamp.com/album/kump6-yssue-naturalist-ep
2020 
http://yesmeansmaybe.bandcamp.com/album/yes003-yssue-the-laughing-gas
2019 
https://kump.bandcamp.com/album/kump4-various-artists-2
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 DJ / Promoter @ Love In Slow Motion on ZIP FM.