@adab arrived at a love of electronic music on the dance floor of queer-run techno party In Training in their native Cleveland. Before long, they went on to established themselves as a DJ who plays electric sets of house, techno and club beats as part of a constant quest to "seek the unifying elements in the world and themselves." The Pittsburgh resident and radio regular is now half of Cleveland party Heaven is in You and has an international profile that is only set to grow as they continue to confound expectations with each new set. 

That starts with this week's mix, which is an other-worldly trip into genre-less electronics. Dense and cinematic ambiance and sound design set the opening scene - it's a world of searching synths and shadowy alien life forms in which a skeletal rhythm eventually appears. Deconstructed dub, club and jungle flavour the ensuing grooves which are heads down and dark. They evoke all manner of dystopian futures and make for a brilliantly unconventional ride.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 375 - ADAB

With this mix for the Ever Afters 2023 campout, I wanted to help set the stage (literally) for the lineup that Envelope booked for the Yurt. This took three forms: lesbian soundsystem music to establish dancing in that room as a norm (prog); dark and percussive and carnal tracks to open the gates for wider tempos and sonic palettes (dnb); and experimentally-focused pieces to acknowledge the history of the Yurt as a site of primarily ambient casting (experimental ambient). It works best I think if you imagine yourself in the depths of the California midlands, huddled under swerving UFO lights as the hours from 3-5am careen by 🖤

Track list

#	Artist - 					Track Title					[Year]
1	Adam Pits - 				Cosmic Confession			[2022]
2	Cass - 					Kenjin (Cass Mix)				[2003]
3	Sleepfreaks -				Distant Mellow				[2001]
4	Bipath - 					Paranoize (Flip-Path)			[2001]
5	Tata Box Inhibitors - 		Plasmids (Placid Mix)			[1994]
6	Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany -	Gravity Bongo				[2022]
7	Subtone Trio -				Load (Chab Remix)			[2001]
8	DJ Nukem - 				Secrets (Deep Mix)			[2002]
9	Chab -					Get My Love (Moogwai Mix)	[2000]
10	Spray -					Ratenplan					[2022]
11	Leama -					Melodica (Humate Mix)		[2002]
12	Thing - 					Raw Space Work				[2015]
13	Gesloten Cirkel -			Submit-X					[2014]
14	Andy Toth - 				Subspace					[2022]
15	Maara - 					Rude, Crude & Out Of Control	[2022]
16	Max Watts -				Queue & Throw It				[2020]
17	Spray - 					Puk Codes					[2022]
18	Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany - 	Lil’ Drummer Boi				[2022]	
19	Clarity - 					Kaitain						[2014]
20	Homemade Weapons -		Lamia (feat. Torn)				[2019]
21	Torn - 						The Fear						[2022]
22	Clarity - 					Inclination					[2014]
23	WDDS - 					Slow Burner					[2022]
24	Homemade Weapons - 		Third Rail					[2016]
25	Venom -                                  Torn Fury                                        [1997]
26	Syzygy - 					Luminous (4AM Mix)			[2021]
27	Skream - 	  			Ain’t It Cold?					[2005]
28	Holloway - 					Dust 2 Dust					[2023]
29	Overmono - 				iii’s Front						[2018]
30	Second Woman - 			700358Bc5					[2016]
31	Second Woman - 			/							[2017]
32	Rhyw - 					Aversion Two					[2017]
33	Torn - 						Disolcations					[2022]
34	Orbital - 					Halcyon (On and on)			[1993]

Faited @ Ever Afters 2023

Samira Mendoza is that club bitch here to make your mind spin n your booty pop with their genre bending blends. A co-founder of the Uhaul Disco afterparty along with Johnny Zoloft. You can catch them spinning with XC-17 and Yessi as the Dyspheric crew every third Sunday at 9PM on Verge FM.

@dsypheric-leesss
@mirasamira

Recorded live at @hot-mass - August 20, 2022

DETOUR Podcast 21: Samira (Live at Hot Mass)

"I wanted to craft something polyrhythmic and groovey while focusing on the idea of stretching time and slowing things down. I’ve been loving the resurgence of funky hard groove techno and wanted to make a mix with this sound in mind while slowing down a lot of the tracks (by 10/15 bpm at least). In general, I’ve been enjoying a s lower and more considered pace in my life and this mix has a bit of that. Stretched out rhythms with the long mix."

@napmusick
@sonidoisla

Mantissa Mix 297: NAP

Recording of Akanbi's set at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023.

Akanbi at Lente Kabinet Festival 2023

Toronto dj couple sanjeet & emissive bring the vibes to NY for an afternoon exhibit in "keeping the swag alive"

http://www.instagram.com/_emisiv
https://www.instagram.com/sanjtakhar

emissive and sanjeet @ The Lot Radio 07-14-2023

Ploy makes mad music – a lot of his music sounds mad. It shouldn’t necessarily make sense but it does.

The term discombobulated comes to mind at times but in the very best way. No, seriously we mean that as a compliment.

For many years Ploy has been one of the most interesting producers in underground Electronic music having released records with the likes of Hessle Audio, Hemlock, Timedance and L.I.E.S.

No two have sounded the same and each of them have drawn upon a musical influence or five as Ploy attempts to piece together his own flavour of dance. As an artist he has continued to evolve – creating his own world in which to release the music that feels right to him.

Ploy’s own record label, Deaf Test, has been integral in the evolution of his sound. Acting as a platform in which to experiment and explore new sounds and concepts.

One challenge of his career thus far has been working out a way to connect the dots between his own musical tastes, productions and outlook towards club culture. However, as of late his focus has been rooted in the wonkier undercurrents of UK Bass music and its intersection with Tech House. A new record on Timedance forthcoming cements this idea.

We invited Ploy to record a mix and the result… Well, you are in for a treat as we gain an insight into some of the music which makes Ploy tick on the dancefloor.

Ploy: The Ransom Note Mix

Bimonthly excursions through memories, geographies and nostalgia from NYC-based livwutang. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/livwutang/episodes/livwutang-4th-september-2023

Furniture without Memories w/ livwutang - Dana Kelley Tribute 040923

Lis Dalton _Mix 14

Last December @CCL-tuf and I were invited to play an all night back to back set at a party called High & Tight in Seattle. H&T is one of those parties that you dream of playing, where every detail from the sound to the setting is perfectly thought out and where the crowd stays with you for every twist and turn. We ended up playing for almost 9 hours (although actually I had to leave for the airport before the end.) This excerpt is the first 3 hours, slowly and carefully heating the soup before bringing things to a boil.

CCL X Physical Therapy [Live @ High & Tight 12/13/19]

Juanita's Mix 28 with Ron Like Hell @ronlikehell

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. I have been a music enthusiast since age 9 (playing violin then tenor sax), bought records with my weekly allowance every Friday night when I was a kid. Loved seeing DJs in the 80s but a visit to NYC in 1990 changed my life after hearing the city's DJs "say" different things with their records which were all non-top 40 tunes. A big door opened and I went through never looking back being eclectic as possible.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. I moved to NYC in March of 1998. After 8 months, I became an employee of Satellite Records selling records to every dance music head that rolled through the city. It was both fun and very hard work. After 2001, retail struggled hard so I worked part time jobs at other record shops while I sold records online and did my best to play music I owned that people wanted to hear in the non-loving house music days pre-2009. Stuff like obscure synth, rare disco, italo, ebm and psych rock were my go-tos to play but I still collected house records even if they were just for me to enjoy. In 2009 I partnered with a buddy as a DJ duo then later we named ourselves Wrecked in 2011, a major left turn of a party for the NYC gay/queer nightlife scene which I never had an opportunity to play for. Being accepted by that community truly helped me feel like I finally gave something back to the city that taught and continues to teach me so much.

Q. Tell us about this mix.
A. The mixes on Juanita's are a great example of Brooklyn's finest and friendliest DJs. Since the series was launched, many of the mixes are helping me through these heavy modern times so I wanted to give back what those mixes gave me which is comfort and joy.  My approach was to include bumping, patient, soulful, dubby and trippy music. Something to help you relax yet dance nice and easy to...or get your head nodding, raising the volume as you chill with your friends on the couch. I had a wonderful time making it so a tremendous thank you for asking me to contribute.

emissive and sanjeet @ The Lot Radio 07-14-2023

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