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Difficult to pin down, Madrid-based producer Merca Bae’s sound was originally focused around dancehall and reggaeton and begun incorporating grime and dubstep influences into the mix following his brief move to London in 2016. As a producer, he became quickly known for his self-released edits and EPs as well as collaborations with the likes of Nick León, Bitter Babe, bk beats, Miss Jay, GAZZI and more. On Bandcamp and Soundcloud, you will find his Merca Zip’s series which has always been free as an ode to club culture and encourages donations to financially support the artists who take part in the project. His DJ sets have seen him play across Europe including Sonar, Rye Wax, Axis in Chengdu, Mexico City, and Nitsa Barcelona. 

Cited as one of the most ground breaking artists in the new generation of Madrid’s sounds we’re extremely excited to have Merca on the 909 mix series. In this 45-min session, Merca speeds through tracks from INVT, Mina & Bryte, Siu Mata & Amor Satyr, badista and more.

Tracklist:
Parzubanil - Pegadito
PVSSY & Entrañas - Acertijo
LEJIA & Merca Bae - ?
Nick León - Aguacero
EYRA - Hero Zear
Gipsyan - Hybrid Skank
Prozak - 1996
Guim - 3AM (feat. Highkili)
Guim - 3AM (Dub Mix)
Helsmoortel - Arson
Ice Wing - HyperCubed
INVT & Coffintexts - Fresa
Bitterbabe & Nick León - ?
Mina & Bryte - Awolonge
Nick León - Grillo (ZutZut Remix)
Modern Collapse - Seeds
Rattlesnakke - Sublimación
Helsmoortel - Knock The Hustle
INVT - Caiman
KAVARI - Elk
Endless Mow + maya q - Sliced
Merca Bae & Bitterbabe - Solsticio 
INVT & Coffintexts - Humo
Siu Mata & Amor Satyr - Acidez 
Siu Mata & Amor Satyr - Reggaeton Sex
badsista - TOMOTOMO
hidden jayeem - vuela libre

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Untitled 909 Podcast 112: Merca Bae

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✹ Born in Buenos Aires, @jaijiu is an audiovisual artist influenced by the Argentine club sound, as well as its folklore and cumbia. His productions approach the rhythm in an edgy way, mixing his roots with current influences. We're presenting you his new 34 minutes mix for Swine Daily.

▮ "Drums and not too many notes. I wanted to make a hard drum mix with edits of mine. It took me roughly 5 hours to make. 1 hour gathering the songs and the rest chopping and screwing around the mix to create something that flows smoothly. I wanted to have control of the whole thing so I decided to edit the whole mix as if it were a continuously song." ▮

✹ Article ☛ https://swinedaily.com/swine-guest-mix-jaijiu/

[Swine Guest Mix] JAIJIU - Blends & Edits

Mictlán
Las nueve regiones del Mictlán  o Chicnauhmictlán hacen referencia al inframundo de la cultura mexica. Es una cosmovisión de creencias nahuas referidas al espacio y al tiempo, estructurando un universo en parcelas o regiones determinadas por unas fuerzas vivas. Su creación se debe a los llamados "dioses creadores" (Xipe Tótec, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcóatl y Huitzilopochtli).

Mictlantecuhtli
(en náhuatl: Miktlāntēkwtli ‘señor del mictlán’ o ‘señor del lugar de los muertos’‘Miktlān, Mictlan o lugar de los muertos; mik, muerte; -tlān, entre, lugar; tekwtli, señor’) en la mitología mexica, zapoteca y mixteca es el dios del inframundo y de los muertos. También era llamado Popocatzin (en nahuatl: Popōkatsin ‘ser humeante’‘popōktli, humo, fuego; -katl, ser: popōkatl o popōka, ser humeante, humeante, ardiente; -tsin, honorífico’), en zapoteco Pitao Pezeelao, dios del inframundo, por lo tanto, era el dios de las sombras. Junto con su esposa Mictecacíhuatl, regía el mundo subterráneo, país de los muertos o reino de Mictlan.

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Mutant afro-latinx styles abound as Lima's @parzubanil jumps on the podcast series.

On full-throttle for this one. Typically found putting a contemporary spin on traditional rhythms and diasporic hybrid modes, it’s exactly what we’ve come to expect from the @sacrilejiorecords founder. Hard-edged and straight for the jugular. 

“1 hour of speed club shapes and cuts centred around Sudamerican and Caribbean rhythms as well as their diasporic influences, from Guaracha and Aleteo to Dembow and Bubbling.” – Parzubanil

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The latest podcast sees Petrola 80 bosses @lyravalenza take a restrained approach while placing specific focus on their local Copenhagen scene.

A collaboration between longstanding friends Jens Konrad and Hjalte Lehman, the LV blueprint transcends genre. It’s day-glo rave ordnance that draws from eurodance, techno and the so-called hardcore continuum – nostalgic and undeniably fwd-facing at once.

Distilling the euphoria of their live sets into 8 distinct tracks, debut full-length ‘Low Gear No Pressure’ spanned everything from blissed ambience to precision-tooled breakbeats and trance-tinged jungle. Dipping into downtempo territory for the first time, it also represented a broadening of their already eclectic palette, and this mix certainly continues in that vein.
 
“Our recent DJ appearances and mixes have been hazy peak-hour sets, so here, we wanted to dive a little deeper and explore slower BPMs and tracks we rarely get the chance to play out, combined with tunes we usually play in the beginning of our sets. It’s also the first time we chose to work with a strict gender balance between the featured artists and producers. And as usual we focused on the booming Copenhagen scene, this time including local artists such as Gavnlig, Muskila, Capitana, DJ Paydar and Mbizo.” – Lyra Valenza

If-Only Podcast #127: Lyra Valenza

@preciousmetalsx founder @therealendgame, AKA “the devil himself”, in the building for the latest podcast.

Co-founding the now-defunct Bala Club to launching Precious Metals, the NTS mainstay is one of London’s foremost underground operators: a prolific producer, DJ and label owner that counts the likes of Kamixlo, Yayoyanoh and Organ Tapes among his closest peers and collaborators. 

Committed to platforming emerging artists, no stone is left unturned in his label’s pursuit of dysfunction and emotive-driven, genre-bending cross-pollination. It’s music that draws from the chaos of the urban complex; intense, visceral, sometimes nocturnal, and, on occasion, violent in the extreme.

And where his own productions straddle the line between severe electronics, drill abstraction and Latinx styles, this mix treads a similar path. 

“The mix is the soundtrack to a inward spiral - propelled towards the blessed chaos of our inner most desires and fears, entwined in sacred rapture.” – ENDGAMƎ

If-Only Podcast #128: ENDGAMƎ

mix 133 by @palta-mango

૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა tracklist:

★ Los Tigres Del Norte - Te Vengo A Decir Adios Remix - DeeJay Lopez
★ Dj Pai - Aleteo 1
★ Turbo Sonidero - Vuela Vuela
★ Shushupe - Kallpa
★ Fuerza Regida X Natanael Cano - CH Y La Pizza (Chan Remix) [paltamango edit]
★ Satánico Dr. Veneno - Swinger
★ Tropikhongo - Criminal
★ Pelícano Turbo - Gallineo [CINK002]
★ Qechuaboi - Futurito
★ Peso Pluma - Ella baila sola ^[paltamango wrx edit]
★ Scizzie - Aquatic Ambience
★ Dites Safran - Cilco (Pelícano Turbo 3ball edit)
★ DJ DRACULON - Cartas Versión Rapida [CINK009]
★ Una perdida de Control (Klpuyi Remix)
★ Los Tucanes De Tijuana - Espejeando (Chan Remix)
★ Vudufa - SacaTiya
★ Los Tigres del Norte - El avión de la Muerte (DeeJay Lopez Intro)
★ 𝖑𝖔𝖇𝖎 𝖉𝖏 🐺🐺🐺 - ModoEfimero (auu edit)
★ ₘ ₐ ₙ ᵤ ₑ ₗ - Para Innsurgentes [paltamango extended edit]
★ Estrellas Azules - Cumbia Gotica
★ Dj Nervoso - Tapada
★ Tribal Kids (Osteer Remix) ^[paltamango djtool]
★ Proyecto 1 - Al otro lado del Mar (paltamango speed up remix)

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NYC scene figurehead and podcast contributor Ex Wiish keeps things horizontal with a 45-minute exercise in total immersion. 

We're gassed to have the 29 Speedway founder on board for this one. Something of a luminary in the Big Apple scene, the sound artist and composer has grown increasingly experimental with age, culminating in  a widescreen debut for Anthony Naples' Incienso label.

Where that album oscillated between windswept arrangements, lacerating IDM and downbeat styles, his mix taps into the same vein of transcendent, meditative experimentalism. 

“For this mix I wanted to feature tracks by some of the artists who have recently been involved with 29 Speedway on tour alongside music I’ve found inspiring as of late. Picks from Flora Yin Wong, Lauren Duffus, Yolabmi, Eric Frye, bod [包家巷], KMRU, Exael and some other favourites”. – Ex Wiish

If-Only Podcast #129: Ex Wiish

Gassed to have arch futurist and @polaarsounds founder @flore on the podcast series.

As the brains behind a label constantly upending expectations and convention, the Lyon native has achieved cult status among discerning music heads. If you haven’t checked the POLAAR output, not to mention Flore’s own productions, you only have yourself to blame. It’s curation without compromise, defined by a voracious appetite for innovation.

Flexing a commitment to reckless abandon and clubwise experimentation, the mix treads a similar path. Bassbin accelerators and hardcore torque in abundance. 

“This mix is a collection of new and old tracks that represent my current mood: a mixture of introspection and excitement. In a few days we are starting the celebration of the 10th anniversary of my POLAAR label with a party at the Machine du Moulin Rouge in Paris (one of the biggest we have ever organised).

It proved the perfect occasion to delve back into the archives and it was surprisingly pleasant to see how far we have come. It’s also an opportunity to think about the new creative directions we want to take in the years to come. I've made the selection while working on this, and I think the mix reflects that state of mind.” - Flore

If-Only Podcast #130: Flore

Gauzy bliss-out and pop abstraction to forward-facing dancefloor pressure, @imgonebaby founder Jetty (@mystictearz) delivers the 131st podcast. 

67 engrossing minutes from a real one. Definitely the handiwork for the brains behind a label that trades in the tender, mutant, smudged and sublime.

RIYL: Madjestic Kasual, Slagwerk, Organ Tapes, blastah, TT

“Sometimes I’m catering to the imaginary techno-industrial board of directors… sometimes my eyes are closed and my brain is smooth. This one has been Schwinn and Salt Marsh approved - the true test of pure intent. All glory goes to the producers behind the songs I stitched together.” – Jetty

If-Only Podcast #131: Jetty

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