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Level Mix 002 is brought to you by Brooklyn-based Dekalb Works, the collaborative project of Austin Peru (Vision Fortune) & our very own Daniel Creahan (Alien D). In Dan's words: "Last summer, we were invited by our loveable Level family to bring the project upstate for the yearly Glen Falls House weekender. Fortunately - the Tascam was running, and I’m so thrilled to release this one... [It's] got it all - guitars, heavy drones, a Tricky sample. The sky’s the limit."

Q: How much of your performances would you say are planned and how much are improvised? What's your setup look like and how often would you say it varies from gig to gig?

Our sets are almost completely improvised. We started experimenting with this for our Euro tour last summer for our last record, using Traktor to assemble, process and sequence loops. That program has a very sick effects bay and the mixing capabilities really makes for a nice system for assembling and flowing through stuff while also responding in real time to what's playing. 

Some of it was pulled from finished tracks (stems, loops, one shots etc), some are written between sets, so it's always evolving a bit. Dan will use those to move through different sets of arrangements, with Austin playing guitar and processing effects over that. There's also some other tracks we've used regularly for live sampling and grooves to sort of alternate between moments that feel very loose and open-ended and then more tracky, complete ideas to work off. Since then we've written a bunch of newer ideas and bits to work with. We'll also work in some more fully composed backing tracks to sort of reset or give a moment of cohesion to balance the flow out a bit. This has sort of become the default for how we've been playing live, but it's always an open-ended process based on how we're feeling.  

Q: How did you approach this set in particular? 

I think with this set we were pretty comfortable with the format described above as we'd played quite a bit in the month and a half before the set. We sort of got into the habit of this idea of a slow, building tension that occasionally resolves into moments that were more groove focused, so I think we had a nice template that we were working from for this one. 

Q:  Were there any surprises along the way?

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DeKalb Works - Live From Glen Falls House

"This is a mashup of my favorites from a couple sets I've played recently in Seattle and Portland. When I play opening sets, I like to slowly appeal to people for the reasons that they may be going out: to move their body, to get away, to hear familiar and unfamiliar sounds, to feel sexy, to create new connections, or to obliterate something inside. Once I feel like I've finally got everyone on board, I get to push things into a stranger direction."

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Tracklist:

Conjoint - earprint nr3
Torch Song - Shine on Me (Aurora Mix)
Electro Force - Acid Stars
Move D - Sur Un Bateau Avec Eric
Sonnen Blumen Kerne - Opomo
Olivia Newton-John - I Need Love (A Deep Need for Love mix)
Laura Peck - Hallogallo
DJ Tjizza - Rap House Jam
Mr. PC - Boogie With Me
Hot Bullet - Want Some
G.Rizo - Eye Wanna C U (P.Pulsinger's Stalker Mix)
Gabriel Ananda - Doppelwhipper
Rick West - The Flow
KMFH - Finna Pop
Codine - Solve for X (Derek Plaslaiko Remix)
Andy Vaz - Minimal Acid
Synapse - The Freak
Kid Ginseng - Konstrukt
Second Storey - London Isn't Easy
Kings of Tomorrow - Fade II Black

Mantissa Mix 365: 'nohup'

Off-centre rhythms, muted electronics & slick modern compositions in a monthly missive from the Bristolian psych-rock jammers... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/tara-clerkin-trio/episodes/tara-clerkin-trio-21st-may-2025

Tara Clerkin Trio 210525

New York's beloved party rockers bring the groovy energy to The Lot Radio for their monthly residency. Perspective expansion & nourishment of the spirit guaranteed. More groovy magic: https://www.groovygroovy.club

Our speccial guest for this show is the Nigerian-American songbird, Sola. 

https://www.instagram.com/planetgroovy 
https://www.instagram.com/frikaan_time 
https://www.instagram.com/solasearth

https://www.soundcloud.com/gggroovyyy 
https://www.soundcloud.com/andrewakanbi 



GROOVY GROOVY with Akanbi feat. SOLA @ The Lot Radio 05-23-2025

Image Man @ The Lot Radio 05-28-2025

A little bit sweet, a little bit sad, a little bit silly - Cersy covers for Lupini this month.
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/lupini/episodes/lupini-8th-june-2025

Cersy 080625

Universe Convenience : Mpthy invite Akanbi (27.06.25)

A somber and experimental guest mix from produder and DJ Maral – featuring Iranian classics, early shellac recordings of Iranian classical Music, and field recordings of folk music from different regions of Iran.
 
Tapping into the liminal feelings of being in the diaspora, mixtures of sadness, anger, fear and nostalgia. A cathartic mix for anyone in the world.
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/maral---iran-special-25th-june-2025

Maral: Iran Special 250625

🌐 Refuge Worldwide is a radio station and community space based in Berlin-Neukölln.
➡️ More info, more music: www.refugeworldwide.com

Help us stay on air by donating to our fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-refuge-worldwide-community-radio

Another Musical Bouquet - Akanbi - 26 Jun 2025

Sorry Records welcomes Pittsburgh's finest Davis Galvin for a b2b with label founder Nick Boyd in advance of their party Sunday night at Bossa Nova Civic Club in Brooklyn. Davis is one of our favorite people currently working in music period <3 

https://www.instagram.com/sorry_records
https://www.instagram.com/davisgalvin
https://www.instagram.com/nickboydnyc
https://www.soundcloud.com/sorry-records 
https://soundcloud.com/davisgalvin 
https://soundcloud.com/nickboydnyc



Sorry Records with Davis Galvin b2b Nick Boyd @ The Lot Radio 07-06-2025

Live recording at the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live every Thursday and Friday on YouTube and futureintelradio.com. For more info, visit our website.

Akanbi ╚═ Future Intel ═╗ 04 07 2025

recorded live at good work in a backyard on a lovely saturday in brooklyn

Loidis @ Good Work - 12 July 2025

DANIEL RINCÓN | NSR 17

Party starter & dancehall connoisseur Lil C live in session.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/lil-c/episodes/lil-c-8th-august-2025

Pum Pum Power Hour w/ Lil C & Akanbi 080825

Our special guests for this show are New York's own Queen Majesty & Barcelona-based Kaidara in anticipation of our upcoming takeover of the Nonstop series at Nowadays this Saturday!

https://www.instagram.com/planetgroovy
https://www.instagram.com/frikaan_time 
https://www.instagram.com/thequeenmajesty
https://www.instagram.com/kaidara_______ 
https://www.soundcloud.com/gggroovyyy
https://www.soundcloud.com/andrewakanbi
https://www.soundcloud.com/thequeenmajesty 
https://www.soundcloud.com/kaidara

GROOVY GROOVY with Akanbi feat. Queen Majesty & Kaidara @ The Lot Radio 08-15-2025

TOMA DE LADIN (DJ FELP E DJ QUERIDIN)

groovy groovy (@gggroovyyy) | rave man presents... | big room boogie

www.groovygroovy.club

bookings:
ROW: andrew@groovygroovy.club
EURO: lisa@ekipa.agency

press kit:
https://goo.gl/o2WEyd

summer biz: 
* Aug 28 - GG Playground, New York, USA
* Aug 31 - VERTX @ RSO.Berlin, Berlin, DE
* Sep 5 - GROOVY GROOVY, New York, USA
* Sep 18 - Groovy Playground, New York, USA
* Sep 20 - Rave Man Presents..., New York, USA
* Sep 25 - Groovy Playground, New York, USA

GROOVY GROOVY with Akanbi feat. SOLA @ The Lot Radio 05-23-2025

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