interview: www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/opheliaxz

Shimmering dubby perfection from Philly.

Excited to welcome one of the best around to the series, Philadelphia-based DJ and producer Opheliaxz. As well as being one of the finest DJs around, Kelsey has been teasing tracks on soundcloud and various compilations for the past few years. In April, she released 11/11 on Bandcamp, a collection of incredible dubby ambient works spanning from 2020 to 2022. If you haven’t checked it out already, you absolutely need to. 

Kelsey’s mix is a homage to her time in Berlin when she played at Kwia. “I thought it would be fun to rummage through my music folder I made to play live there a few months back at Kwia and squish in an additional bit of tracks I vibe with.” You all know this one is going to be good. Enjoy.

@opheliaxz

Theory Therapy 53: Opheliaxz

"Space is something I'm really developing in my music," she explains. "Often I get inspired by surroundings," she continues. "When I'm in a certain place, and there's a certain smell or atmosphere, that really inspires me. So sometimes when I make a track, it kind of resembles this moment I had in this specific place."

upsammy (@upsammy) was a resident DJ at Amsterdam's much loved De School nightclub and words like "adventurous" are often used to describe her sets. As electricity blossoms and leaves glisten, upsammy creates interpretative space, cleverly paradoxical in its concurrent comfort and desolation. Known for her keen ear for crystalline melodies and intricate rhythms, her name is Thessa Torsing; she transcends traditional genre boundaries, creating a space where the digital and organic harmonize.

PURE Guest.053 upsammy

In very loose terms, James K's (@jamesk_1) music operates at the fringes of the pop world. It is experimental and industrial, packed with hooks and riddled with dreamy textures that show off her mastery of synths. She has released it in album form with Dial and Incenso, dropped EPs on AD 93 and collaborated with the likes of Drew McDowall and Stefan Maie, and always manages to imbue her adventurous arrangements with real-world emotions and anxieties. This year she will join us at Dekmantel Festival but not before serving up this week's podcast.

It's the sort of rhythmically thrilling workout that has always stood James apart: jittery drum patterns and kinetic grooves that unfold at 100 miles an hour as a barrage of caustic motifs, hypnagogic melodies and hyper-real colours all bounce about the mix. There is an ever-present sense of tension in the way things are assembled - it's as if they might implode or explode at any minute, and it all sounds fantastically futuristic.

Dekmantel Podcast 460 - James K

@stone_xo live recording at Hackney Baths, London on 05-07-2024.

One and half hour of downtempo/dubby notes to chill under the sun.

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Osmura live w/ Stone 01

session recorded for 'Soundtrack for a Dream' from 4 AM until the first light of dawn in Collemancio, Umbria 24/08/24

Soundtrack for a Dream - Aug '24

Noods Radio: III DIM w/ Eleftheria (22/09/24)

~ nauka oddychania ~ it means 'learning to breathe' in polish language
~ one hour radio show broadcasted live on radio luz (www.916.fm) every second sunday at 6pm

312th breath playlist 01~09~2024

01 ~ elin piel ~ gården
https://northernelectronics.bandcamp.com/album/vaka
02 ~ naemi w/ zoe darsee ~ milau
https://exael.bandcamp.com/album/dust-devil
03 ~ slowfoam ~ blurred mutuality
https://eastern-nurseries.bandcamp.com/album/diving-headfirst-into-the-sun
04 ~ patina lush ~ french kiss through a window
https://amuletoftears.bandcamp.com/album/to-be-kept-in-the-body-eternal
05 ~ box5ive ~ sour kiss
https://coclear.bandcamp.com/album/grey-space
06 ~ box5ive ~ rough sleeper
https://coclear.bandcamp.com/album/grey-space
07 ~ toxido mask ~ along the vibe
https://pregnantvoid.bandcamp.com/album/ember-oasis
08 ~ naemi w/yves b.golden ~ co (sugar hiccup)
https://exael.bandcamp.com/album/dust-devil
09 ~ ciro vitiello ~ speak to me softly, let me sleep
https://eastern-nurseries.bandcamp.com/album/diving-headfirst-into-the-sun
10 ~ antonina nowacka ~ turning info dolphins
https://antoninanowacka.bandcamp.com/album/sylphine-soporifera

nauka oddychania~312nd breath~everything happens in its seasons~experimental ambient radio show

Rennes based Christian Coiffure (@c_coiffure), on a blazing hot afternoon with a set filled with chuggy goodness, in the French countryside at the first edition of per:sona (run by the Positive Education crew). Saturday, July 27th from 3pm to 5:30pm, before Azu Tiwaline.


Thank you Lucas! <3

ani/live Sixty: Christian Coiffure @  per:sona

https://soundcloud.com/exzald-s & https://soundcloud.com/borreb

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Kora Sounds #3 w/ Børre & Exzald S (13/10/24)

pi/live: Ian Kim Judd @ In The Open 07-12-2024

College dorm crafted, made with love<3, this was a three month long headache made with an sp404 and a cheap Casio, enjoy the mess,,,,

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