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BREAK iT UP

Ashland Mines, AKA Total Freedom, AKA Big Gay Idiot DJ, AKA Bobby Beethoven, is one of the best and most influential DJs of the 21st century. Starting out at pioneering parties like Mustache Mondays and Wildness (which he cofounded with Wu Tsang)—and a regular at GHE20G0TH1K—Mines helped to define the style that would become known, however cringe-inducingly, as experimental club or deconstructed club, directly inspiring fellow visionaries like Arca. 

Like some of the best DJs before him, Mines uses the CDJs as an instrument, but that doesn't mean just fancy tricks and looping. Instead, he artfully throws together clashing sounds—effects, samples, monologues, pop and R&B acapellas, and beats that run the gamut from dancehall to kuduro to breaks and techno. He's not afraid of the grotesquerie of human life and movement (just check out the monologue at the beginning of this mix), and he likes to push buttons. Once he put on a party where dancing wasn't allowed. Some of his sets are intentionally anxiety-inducing, evoking horror movies and modern classical composers like Penderecki, while others are bouncy and ebullient, weaving between genres and tempos like an old-school platformer. The best are both.

On Mines's RA Podcast—a milestone 900th in the series—he shows off this inimitable style, sharpened and reinforced over a decade-and-a-half of playing some of the world's best parties, fashion shows, you name it. He's the kind of DJ who creates his own music as he goes along. He makes you hear old tracks—especially pop music and R&B—in a whole new way. Titled "Cursed Piercing," this is a near-hour of controlled chaos that'll confound you at one moment and deeply move you the next.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/900

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RA.900 Bobby Beethoven (FKA Total Freedom)

DEMMO FIST MIX (HOLYWEEK MIXED BY CROWW)

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FIST MIX 48 - Holyweek

Broadcasting out of Birmingham, Arrhythmia is a monthly exploration of interesting new audio and abnormal rhythms. Expect irregular, dark or heavy - but not always. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/ARRHYTHMIA/episodes/arrhythmia-14th-november-2023

ARRHYTHMIA 141123

New York City selector Sausha sounds the alarm with a high-velocity rush of sleaze, sweat and sirens.

https://www.factmag.com/2023/11/20/fact-mix-sausha/

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Fact Mix 935: Sausha (Nov '23)

recording of DJ CISWOMAN at The Black Eagle in Toronto, 22 December 2023

FYI: i'll be in the UK&EU in may/june 2024 — if you want to bring me to a party in your city, get in touch ❤️

CISWOMAN! at the Eagle

"I didn't see myself in French electronic music." The Parisian artist talks about representation, Southern rap and Notting Hill Carnival's enduring influence on her music live from C2C Festival.

Crystelle Oyiri, the artist otherwise known as Crystallmess, has had a circuitous route through dance music. In this Exchange recorded live at C2C Festival with Whitney Wei, the  Ivoirian-Guadeloupean artist discusses how she never saw herself represented in French techno, where artists like Daft Punk reigned supreme. "When you don't see yourself, you can't tell yourself that [music] is what you want to do," she reflects. Instead, she fell in love with Southern rap and artists like DJ Screw, who ignited her passion for music before she began experimenting with beats for the dance floor.

Today, Oyiri is a full-time electronic music artist. A resident of NTS radio, she's also released on labels like PAN and created original productions for films and fashion brands, including Ottolinger. Her unique production style combines melodic techno, afro-trance, abrasive dancehall and what she calls "synthetic music"—genre-fluid mixes that switch effortlessly between pummeling techno cuts, high-speed electro and melodic trance. Listen to the conversation in full.

EX.694 Crystallmess

HIMHUN | live @ Silk is Smooth CHI '23

As we rev up for the festival, enjoy sounds from our extended Dweller artists as they open the portal for what's to come.

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DWELLER PREGAME: Thug Pop @ The Lot Radio 02-20-2024

Xtreme Turbo mix from BK powerhouse Starka <3

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tracklist:

@0800shygirl - Rude [@NUXXE]
@amnesia-scanner - AS Too Wrong (Nahshi 160 Edit) [@nahshict]
@VONBIKRAV – Ultra Instinct [@CASUALGABBERZ]
SIDE PROJECT – Is That Techno Serious? [@CASUALGABBERZ]
@VONBIKRAV - Asile Politique (feat @herwinterboyfriend & @paulseul) [@CASUALGABBERZ]
@KILBOURNE - MY BETRAYAL (estoc's antifa tool) [@splintered]
@VONBIKRAV – Timberland [@CASUALGABBERZ]
@princessnokia92 – Versace Hottie
@pininga – IHATEUptempo [@parkingstone]
Jish & Midlands League – Rack Em (nktml Remix) [@mainmiserecords]
@rorganic – Art of King
@oguzgk – Mental Destruction [@mainmiserecords]
@missdjax – Burnout
@missdjax & Human Resource vs. @marshall-masters - Stereo Destroyer
Big Little Lies: Scream
@nenetreat - Un Violador En Tu Camino
@thoo-m - Left Hand Crane [@infinite-machine]
@ornviom – Mydriasis [@technos-children]
@eqstasya – Pop a Xen (Stasya’s Trip)
Miley Cyrus - "They Tried To Kill Me"
@tymonmusic – VL [@prspct-recordings]
@jaredsoule – Where’s My Juul?? feat. Lil Mariko
@mynameisbulma – G Force [@whatdoisee]
@kelvin-tttt – Be Air Be Air w Shyshine @user-495090931 [@absurd-creation]
@benfrost – Venter (@evianchrist TF 12” Mix)
@princessnokia92 - Kitana

DWELLER PREGAME: Thug Pop @ The Lot Radio 02-20-2024

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