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

RA podcast

RA.900 Bobby Beethoven (FKA Total Freedom)

Robotic canine hymns to pull your strings.

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PURE Guest.048 Async Figure

Recorded live at an event called "The Listening Affect" organized by Institute of Post Natural Studies and Lovers and Lollypops in Porto, November 2023. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/lechuga-zafiro/episodes/lechuga-zafiro-4th-january-2024

Lechuga Zafiro 040124

"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

Tati au Miel winds through the sounds of their fantastical world.

https://www.factmag.com/2024/01/16/fact-mix-tati-au-miel/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 940: Tati au Miel

For today's Crack Mix, Oldyungmayn comes through with a kinetic club workout, fuelled by hard drum and percussive polyrhythms from the get-go. Featuring tracks from Scratcha DVA, Hodge, Doctor Jeep and many more, this is relentless, bass-heavy listening, just how we like it.

Across both his production and DJ output, the Palestinian-Egyptian artist  conveys a heady, frenetic dynamism rooted in textural depth, combining harsh sonics with heavy club euphoria. Which is exactly what he showcases with his mix here.

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Crack Mix 544: Oldyungmayn

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/mobilegirl-15th-february-2024

Tracklist:

Ouri - Boucles
Arca - Manners
Entrañas - Fisura
Destiny’s Child  - Through With Love (mobilegirl edit)
Toma Kami - Mzecal
DJ Pitch - Genelle
Suda - Inner Monologue
Ca$h Bandicoot - N.C.
bambinodj - Stick Shift (pt II)
Firaas Beats ft (Kareem Lotfy) - AVG
DJ Manny - I Can Luv U
M.I.A. - Capslock (mobilegirl edit)
Koji Kondo - Great Fairy Fountain (Pakun Jaran Jersey Flip)
Toma Kami - Ritmo Actual
Amor Satyr - Quer Dancar
Disaffected - Can’t Compare
OSSX - Blast Baile
Lemon D - Going Gets Tough
Kelela x Janet Jackson - Would You Mind Sorbet (mobilegirl edit)
Soichi Terada - Shiko Stepper Rumblin
DJ Swisha  - Mind Went Blank (RIP Screw)
Tirzah -  Gladly (mobilegirl edit)
Rye Rye - Art School Boys
Low Jack - Grqss 29
Shay - Ich liebe dich
Kaval - Free Doggos
DJ Alfredo - Kumbia Retro
Adam F - Circles
Jurango - Before Meander
Akash91 - Dahi Caught Out Here
Dj Cirofox - Moments
Tinashe - Talk To Me Nice A Capella 
DJ Playero - Beat #14
Neana - Crop Top Drums
Eris Drew - Hold Me Synthapella
Wisin Y Yandel - Pampam Instrumental
Ikonika - Kicks Count
Ultra Naté - Free
Dj Narciso & Endgame - Sem Limites (Severin Glance Remix)

NTS - mobilegirl 15th February 2024

as you wander into a clearing in the forest, sunlight splashes across your face and you feel the earth tremble beneath your feet

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estoc @ The Lot Radio 02-24-2024

Rinse France Podcast

Regal86 invites nudo - 04 Mars 2024

Menace Progressive is inviting DJ GÄP, from Slovakia, doubling as a DJ and music producer. With releases alongside Ashida Park, Low Income Squad or JEROME, his work has gained recognition. Notably, his track 'Bird Attack' from the 'Burning Brakes' EP featured in a MUGLER SS22 campaign. His latest project, 'MUTUAL CARE,' boasts collaborations with artists like Miss Jay and DJ Lycox.

Menace Progressive invite Dj GÄP - 13 Mars 2024

Bapari Tracklist
WULFFLUW XCIV - Urban Sanctuary
INIGMA & A B P - Echoes Of The Unseen
Paul Woolford - Erotic Discourse (RIOT CODE Remix)
Gaul - Halcyon On and On (Faster Horses Edit) [1993]
Neida - Hydro (Galtier Remix)
Osheyack & Nahash - Elite Capture
Sevyn 0000 - Industry Plant
UF - Dalston Bubble
Ledef - Pu$$y Demand$ Ft Wherm
ICQ Baby - SDQ
Koherent, Klinical & Operate - Problem

Ledef Tracklist
Goddess Excerpt (Ledef edit) - Reelle
Nasty (Ledef & Akasha edit) - Tinashe 
Stone Cold Anthem - Deejaychim  
Admin - KrowPerfect - City girls
Do it like this kunt - Rabit (Ft. croww, Ledef & Henry R)
Dance Little Sister - Ledef & Akasha (Ft. B.Ames & Jukeboxx)
I RULE THE WORLD (Estoc edit) - Azealia Banks
Choqewillka (SEWA Remix) - Lukrø x El Chico Callado x Sewa 
Run far dolphin (Ledef Crystal fantasy edit) - Rosei City

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