refreshing to find sets like this again <3

 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

subcast is born, an incantation of adventurous sonic alchemy behind radiant subs. The inimitable Razrbark kicks things off. Strap in for a chemistry-altering ride.
@razrbark's interview below--->

ℚ: ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕖 ℝ𝕒𝕫𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤?

A: Live edge, live wire

Q: Describe the story behind Razrbark's Specific Heat.

A: Specific Heat measures how resistant (or not) substances are to temperature changes, specifically how much energy is needed to raise the temperature of something by one degree. This concept from chemistry has always stuck with me and is something I thought of after listening to the finished product of this mix/let's be real I just think it sounds cool.

When I first started prepping for this mix, I went in a very different direction and had a rough draft, but it felt tedious, trying to force ideas and tracks in a way that required a lot of energy with little output. Sometimes, things pour out of you and sometimes, they don't. 

One day, a very exciting booking came through (spoiler alert: it was Honcho @ Hot Mass). With the adrenaline rush of the booking, I immediately started mixing tracks from the extremes of my USB, and everything flowed really easily. I decided to hit record, and it came together in a way that felt much more organic. I also unearthed many tracks I had forgotten about that were collecting cobwebs on my stick but that I always loved.

Anyway, all this to say, just like in chemistry, sometimes you need the right conditions for a reaction to truly take off~~~

Q: What is your ideal dancefloor (fictional or real).

The Bronze.

Q: When is the last track that made subs glow for you?

A: Two specific tracks come to mind:
https://snappedankles.bandcamp.com/track/come-play-the-trees-crooked-ankles-2
To me this is the perfect track. I played it at Hot Mass in Pittsburgh sometime after 6am a bit slower than this. I love how it has so much raw power behind it. Big chug NRG. I've always loved this song from the same band. It has a very Iggy Pop/Plastic Bertrand sensibility to it, but I've never been able to play it on a dance floor, so I was happy when I found this edit that is a bit more dance floor friendly and still has the rock/dance vibe that I feel is a hallmark of my sound.

Another track:
I just played this song towards the end of my set at Afterlife in Seattle this weekend. The bass was so intense my drink literally bounced across a table and fell to the floor. I'd say the subs were glowing hard.
https://normalpleasure.bandcamp.com/track/heart-palpitations-on-the-m1

Q: What track/artist was a musical game-changer for you?

A: Föllakzoid. It's psych rock, it's techno, it's everything. Each time I've seen them play, it's world-building and expansive. 

Q: If this mix was a book or a movie what would it be? 

A: It would be in Walk Hard Part 2, when Dewey goes through his drum and bass era.

subcast #1 ✹ Razrbark's Specific Heat

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

Exploring the deeper and more abstract end of the ECM catalogue.

Lot Radio 4/27/25 ECM Special #2

Ramzilla back in the studio for an hour... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/ramzilla-13th-may-2025

RAMZILLA 130525

twisted afternoon b2b, low & slow...

https://www.instagram.com/deep_creep
https://www.instagram.com/mikemidnight_



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Daisy Records Takeover - adobeprincess - 07 Jun 2025

Took a while to get this one out there, a couple personal things got in the way, you know it. This one's been doing super lovely on the dancefloor, hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Grab it, play it, share it, but most importantly, as always: send me your feedback. Much love and keep passin' dat dutch!

FREE DL: Missy Elliot - Pass Dat Dutch (And Hazel Re-Dutch) [KTSG004]

Hailing from the ever-vibrant underground of Buenos Aires, DJ, producer, and visual artist Apste makes his debut on ICONYC with 909, a razor-sharp, three-track transmission that blends analog punch with digital poise. With a tactile sense of sound design and an instinct for tension-building, 909 is a record that operates at the intersection of precision and emotion, offering a complex portrait of an artist stretching the edges of club music.

The title track, "909", opens with a sense of architectural restraint as hypnotic synth cascades glide against a grid of steely kicks and needlepoint hi-hats, carving out a minimalist space that pulses with latent energy. Gradually, a spectral vocal emerges—distant, half-formed—imbuing the arrangement with an eerie sensuality. As Apste modulates and reshapes the groove, the track ascends into something more cinematic: a luminous act of synthesis where soul and circuitry collide in full, high-definition release.

"In My Head, In My Dreams" takes a more direct route to euphoria. Anchored by a propulsive bassline and splintered vocal treatments, Apste weaves a dense network of arpeggios and rhythmic misdirection, blurring the line between delirium and control. There's a wild elegance to it all, a controlled chaos that drives the track upward until it breaks through into open sky. It's as emotionally charged as it is rhythmically infectious—a potent reminder of the power of well-calibrated pressure.

Rounding out the trip is "Let's Go Back", a high-voltage closing statement that pays homage to the rave continuum while looking unmistakably forward. With its distorted vocal cuts, acid-washed synths, and relentless low-end architecture, the track feels like a transmission from both past and future. A kind of synthetic memory coded for the dancefloor. Simultaneously chaotic and calculated, it's Apste at his most unfiltered.

With 909, Apste delivers a commanding debut—a fully-formed sonic identity that folds movement, emotion, and raw machine-funk into one blistering statement. A future classic in the making.

Artwork & Design by Quim Marin Studio
A&R Director : Pietro Casella

Catalog Number : #ICONYC019
Release Date: 11th July 2025
Buy/Stream: https://lnk.to/6QgdqD

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