 Kiernan Laveaux, She/They

Kiernan Laveaux is a connective rhythmic energy conduit & ecstatic beat conductor from the Great Lakes. A boundless ball of discordant energy, she’s an adventurous spirit - conducting the vibrant forces of our world that are transmitted through the unbridled passion contained within her DJing. 

Inspired by forces of universal chaos & the innovative, experiential visions found within midwestern electronic music, she's since embarked on a lifelong journey of channeling binary dissolving phenomena throughout our known universe via her unbridled musical vitality & the multifaceted Sweet Abyss imprint. 

Originating from within Cleveland's multiversal DIY underground, she materialized through the rhythms of life & her loved ones - soaking up influence in everything from the enchanted & irreverent joys of disco, the raucous mayhem of hardcore punk & noise gigs, the spatial manifestations of dub, nonlinear revelations & outer reaches of free jazz expressionism, bewitching industrial conjurations, lineages & contrasts of freeform DJing across the world, & dancing with many weirdos in rooms full of fog, neon mesh, & skate ramps.


Notes on the Mix ///

"This mix is a live recorded portion of a set I played late at night at the wonderful club Outra Cena in Lisbon, Portugal in April 2024. The vibe of it is pondering the orb, watching your life and emotions play out in arcane swirls in front of your eyes as you embody the role of an unreliable narrator in your own existence. Sometimes this view allows clarity, other times overwhelmed by imagined insecurities, other times allowing a reprieve from strife into self love. Emotions and mental findings that feel held in many sets of mine. Sonically, I really felt encouraged this night to dive into my love of the stranger ends of house music, and combinations of industrial/dub/breaks on top. Specifically the influence of my lifelong love of industrial and synth music can really be felt throughout, as well as lamentations on loneliness and connection within capitalism that lots of that music speaks to - industrial music for industrial people. Discotekno, Haunted house, whatever name you want to apply to this music - as well as a healthy dose of dubwise rave stylistics. A strange dream within a stranger reality, living in the paradox. Musick for dance, musick for new corridors of your mind, musick against the fascist, ogliarchal pacification of who we are - viva la differenze!"

SOCIALS:

@kiernan-laveaux

http://sweetabyss.bandcamp.com - my debut collaborative EP with Johnny Zoloft as JZKL entitled "Pancake of the Infinite"

In lieu of a tracklist, here's 3 tracks that encapsulate the set to Kiernan:

Melancholy Man - Born to Rock (Rocking Dubwise) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0RYelZ9xGU

Junito Perez / I.M.T. - No Quiero Estar Solo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b5K-GPWSok&t=1s

Outa Tha Blue - Pressures of Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_t_USokvfc


XOXA BLEND 247 - Kiernan Laveaux

DJ Sotofett is back on Trushmix for the 237th edition. he's no stranger to this platform, and here he presents a 45 min pure electro infused power mix to get you going!

Here some words from Sotofett himself!

Clone West Coast Series just released the album "DJ Sotofett & The Colours Of Computer Generated Instruments" - 15 cuts widening the spectrum of electro, with 80's Nintendo console vibes and holy grail analog vs digital synthesis. The album is filled with surprises, seamlessly transitioning from acid infected vibes and catchy electronic pop to avant-garde electro cuts. But this is "The Mixtape", a 45 min energetic and deep dive into essential Electro and Detroit Techno. Mixed by DJ Sotofett, with 2 x Technics 1210mk2 in the tradition of old school Hip-Hop mixtapes, it holds several cuts from the album (even an unreleased version), as well as excellent tracks by Aux 88, Skatebård, Carl Craig, Cosmic Baby, Westbam & Nena, Kraftwerk, DMX Krew, DJ Hell, Pom Pom, The Advent, Victor Duplaix, Dopplereffekt, Gus Gus, Reese Project, Daft Punk and The Jonzun Crew.

Enjoy the mix!

Music from the top!

Trushmix 237 - DJ Sotofett

Veteran NTS host Hampus brings you Doing Time: a genre-agnostic monthly trip through quality records from around the world’s past and present, featuring regular appearances from musical friends and family. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/doing-time/episodes/doing-time-27th-april-2025

Doing Time w/ Earl Grey (Shella Records) 270425

forwards and backwards through bits of a [mostly] electronic music timeline. reverence for BCR. records i’ve played forever and new records i’ve just found. boil it down. one z in drizle. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/drizlefm-w-plo-man/episodes/drizlefm-w-plo-man-1st-may-2025

drizle.FM w/ PLO MAN feat. ion 010525

https://www.instagram.com/russellelbutler

Deep Exposure with Russell E.L. Butler @ The Lot Radio 05-05-2025

https://www.instagram.com/no__________sir



All Nerve with No Sir @ The Lot Radio 05-12-2025

An excursion into the unknown carried by slow paced beats and psychadelic visions

https://www.instagram.com/alpha__tracks/ 
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-tracks-official

 

Alpha Tracks @ The Lot Radio 06-13-2025

Having crossed the Atlantic on a sailboat and toured all over North America by bus and train, Nono Gigsta attempts to translate the adventure through music. 

https://www.instagram.com/gigstab
https://www.soundcloud.com/gigstab



Nono Gigsta @ The Lot Radio 06-27-2025

Nocturnal acid lines and swirling, soft rotations meld mental spaces with melodic threads. Downtempo energies and soulful traces of ’90s R&B entwine with lava-lamp psychedelia and interstellar journeys. Smoky, visionary passages and unexpected intervals of ‘80s pop pay homage to the lost art of crate-digging and compilation craftsmanship.

The unmistakable Ivkovic signature emerges: slow-motion BPMs, drum-heavy basslines, and tastefully warped distortion — all blending into a masterclass in futuristic acid.

Experimental club culture shuffles through ISAbella’s grooves, echoing her role as a trailblazer of Barcelona’s queer nightlife and co-founder of the MARICAS collective.

Words by Laura Caprino

ISAbella b2b Vladimir Ivkovic - Climate of Fear - April '25

The Meta Monk Saga - Interdimensional Adventures

The Meta Monk awakens — a traveller between realms, carrying memories of countless lives and access to infinite knowledge. Guided by 100,000 years of hidden monk technology, he masters the fine arts of interdimensional travelling, crossing horizons where humanity meets its fate.

Through synchronicities and riddles, through sonic artefacts and citadels of frequency, the Meta Monk walks a path both timeless and uncharted. His journey is not only discovery but liberation — breaking the human cage and revealing the love of a free humankind. A saga told in sound, written across dimensions.

🎹️ Live-Music by Aentitaet 🎹️

Aentitaet is a Live-Music & Visual Artist creating psychedelic soundscapes with his own forged Hardware Synthesizers Set-Up. He'll give you a trip through the possibilities of velocities and tonal spheres as a Multi-Instrumentalist. He experiments live with the driving force of percussive Polyrhythms and Polymeters.

He invites you to "The Aentitaet Experience" with many concepts of dramaturgy and story-telling. Take a seat and listen to the psychedelic journey through the unheard realms of the meta. Float with him to the event horizon of human experience.

The audio is processed live with the RME UCX II in Studio Quality.
RME UCX II + BITWIG + ACCESS VIRUS TI2 + TR-8S + SP404 MK2 + Dirtywave M8 + Faderfox UC4 + Korg NTS-4 + MOOG Minitaur + TD-3 + Source Audio Atlas

More to come - so SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW ME for more!
🪐️YouTube: www.youtube.com/@aentitaet
🪐️Bandcamp: www.aentitaet.bandcamp.com/
🪐Instagram: www.instagram.com/aentitaet
🪐️Website: www.aentitaet.com/


01 Meta Monk Awakening

Anthony Naples and Jenny Slattery’s Incienso label is back with a final dispatch, concluding their crackaud.io residency with an hour of stepping hip-hop and chugging idm from Moodhut’s CZ Wang.

Find out more at https://crackaud.io

To keep going, we need your help. Become a Crack Magazine Supporter: https://crackm.ag/support