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For the twelfth mix of our 24-hour takeover - we are joined by the Cluj-Napoca-based DJ and producer - @mihai-popoviciu-1 - get locked in for an hour of minimal goodness in the 99th episode of the microminimal takeover!

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The microminimal takeover - Episode 99 - w/ Mihai Popoviciu (Threads*NORTH YORK) -02-Jul-21)

Juanita's mix 51 with Simisea @simisea

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Sugar, spice, and everything nice.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NYC music scene?
A. I’ve been a part of it for as long as I’ve lived here, which is 10 years now. Before that I was working in nightclubs & for promoters in Miami, my hometown, before I moved to NYC to go to music school. The music communities I’ve been a part of here have been my life & family for the past decade. I don’t really know that I can do anything else but work in music. I’ve had a few different music jobs throughout the last decade, but currently I work at the record label RVNG Intl. which has been my musical home for the last 6 years. There I project manage records and manage artists. I also run my own label with Tristan Arp called Human Pitch, and run another label and party series with my pals Enayet, K Wata and rrao called SLINK.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. This mix is my love letter to summer, my favorite season. Just as I was about to begin pulling tracks, I came across a beautiful book called Summer Solstice by Nina MacLaughlin. It’s a heartwarming essay exploring the meaning of summer in our lives. A perfect and inspirational coincidence that this book and I would find each other for this mix.

In this mix is a full summer day and all of its possibilities….Waking up to a balmy summer morning, sun bouncing off leaves from vines desperately trying to crawl through your apartment window. A cold shower to rinse off the dewy night’s sweat. It’s hot out. A stroll outside, thick humidity filling your lungs. A car ride to the beach with friends, windows down. Nothing beats a summer ride to the ocean; the perfect amount of time to listen to a mix. A BBQ in the park; a loud PA system blaring summer’s ecstatic joy. Sunset…an endless pastel New York sky that stops everyone in their tracks, no matter how many summer days they’ve seen come to a close. You feel cute, you’re kissing your newly blossomed summer crush. Is this the best day ever? Is this summer better than the last? An evening out with friends. What’s the move? Too many. You're unstoppable. Stumbling into bed, full moon so bright your cheap window shades don’t do shit; but it’s ok, you lay there and reminisce on a beautiful summer Saturday. “I have so many more left”….You wake up abruptly the next morning to a knock at the door. Fall is here.

Juanita's Mix 051: Simisea

Recorded at La Textil, Barcelona, on Wednesday June 8, 2022. 

A journey from 80 to 118 BPM featuring Gonno, Purelink, Yoni, Gescom, Leo Anibaldi, Autechre, DJ Python, Salamanda, Nicola Cruz, Physical Therapy and more.

Primavera Sound 2022

after 5 years of getting to a place where I could really embrace the life of walking my own path to the beat of my own drums while being able to support myself through my art and creative projects and going on year 3 of moving back stateside to New York -it ironically came to a point where I decided to take a “dayjob” again rather than to sell myself short to circumstances and people that exponentially perpetuates to exploit the essence and the livelihood of an artist. As someone who finds the construct of days, the way we codify and quantified the life we experience to be counterintuitive to our existence, and considering the love and passion that I have for life and creating - the hard work it took to get to this point- this was a really difficult decision to make but needed as I needed to take the time to disconnect so that I can reconnect to myself 💖.

For part of the time I was still. Instead of creating, trying to get booked, or playing gigs, I observed, processed, listened, rested, and reflected. On rare occasions I created, played gigs, or went out to support/dance to my friends and other artists like I used to. I spent time slowing down and being okay with it, being in the moment taking it day by day. The rest of my time I worked at my new day job. I took it seriously and made the best of it but it was toxic. After some time, it came to a point where I was feeling so much resistance from my life as if the universe was telling me that I needed to go back to doing the things I was meant to do and loved.  

The day I quit my job I sat in my studio and went through my records that I haven’t given love to in awhile, music created from friends that I loved but had forgotten about, and the music I collected during these times, keeping in my mind the experiences and the emotions I felt these days leading up to this summer of changes and moving forward and I pressed record. 

I wanted this mix to exhibit the way I navigate my life and my art making; psychedelic and expansive - genuine, playful, and honest, deeply connected to the senses.

I started the mix with a piece that was made by my friend Dasom, using Korean traditional instruments, her voice, and looping techniques to compose this beautiful piece that I felt captured the essence of Han. Coming from Korea, Han is a big part of who I am. A complex emotional concept that has no english equivalent to explain its meaning, Han is ambiguous and highly subjective. Theologian Suh Nam-dong described han as "a feeling of unresolved resentment against injustices suffered, a sense of helplessness because of the overwhelming odds against one, and an obstinate urge to take revenge and to right the wrong—all these combined".

For me, han is all of these things yet it's passive; not seeking revenge but instead it carries a deep understanding and hope that injustice will be righted through change and transmuting the negative experiences and emotions into an opportunity of growth, inspiration, and creation. It's the essence of the soul that drives the artists in all of us. From there I let my intuition take the wheel and attempt to tell a story of the journey I’ve been on through my selections.

Nema Hän Basement Mix

Rinse FM Podcast

NIKS's Bday Special with Tim Reaper, OK Williams, Moxie & Amaliah - 22 May 2024

CHAPTER ONE 

Once, in a forgotten time, a soul wandered through the ethereal mists of a disjointed forest and found herself thrust into the heart of a mysterious world. Lost and disoriented, she sought shelter from a rain of glass. On the edge of this new world, she found a cavern filled with scintillating crystals, their magical glow an invitation to marvel. 
In this sanctuary of beauty, she caught sight of an undine, a creature of bewitching grace. She was bathing in her own tears of darkness. Deeply moved by the sadness of the undine, the soul approached and spoke with her. She learned that her tears, both powerful and melancholic, reflected the eternal nostalgia of her lost kingdom. 
Astonished by the soul&amp#39;s presence, calming and peaceful, the undine released one last painful tear before freeing herself. She transformed into a celestial statue of quartz, turning the water of tears into eternal ice from the heavens. In gratitude for her deliverance, the soul obtained the final crystal drop of the magical tears in the palm of her hand.

TRACKLIST: 

- BARTOSZ DZIADOSZ & TOMASZ MRENCA – Borderline
- DAMSEL ELYSIUM – Shoreline
- EJNAR KANDING – Zinnoberfeuer
- Field recording crystal cave
- ANTONINA NOWACKA – Time Vapour
- ELLA KAY – As the Earth Preserves
- SUZANNE DOUCET – Drop Out
- MARTYNA BASTA – Glass
- SLOWFOAM – Divine Morpho, Shimmering 
- MANAKA KATAOKA – Ancient Zora Waterworks
- ADELA MEDE & MARTYNA BASTA – Hol A Tavasz
- KӢR – ΕΓΚΩΜΙΑ
- RUHAIL QAISAR – Namgang 
- ASHINOA – Yzmenet 
- S280F – god cries watching lilith split an angel like an atom over the sea
- MONDO RIVIERA – Silver Treats 
- CHRISTIAN MAIRE – Le Fabulo (remix by ASPI)
- TOBIAS BROSTRÖM – En liten blåsa i Guds andes glas

Lind of Ivren : Chapter I w/ Ad Aïra (04/10/24)

"There are so many different takes on reggaeton." The Latine supergroup discusses dembow, Afro-Caribbean music and more in this Playing Favourites live from C2C Festival.

This week's RA Exchange revisits one of Resident Advisor's flagship live formats, Playing Favourites, where we bring guests onto the pod to walk through their musical influences and play us some tracks that have been formative in their personal and creative development. 

This week, we're honouring El Dia de la Raza—which happened on October 12th—an occasion that remembers the colonisation of Latin America and pays tribute to its heritage and cultural diversity. Our guest is Sangre Nueva, a trio made up of the artists DJ Python, Florentino and Kelman Duran. They all come from different backgrounds: Kelman is a Dominican multidisciplinary artist, Florentino is a musician of Colombian heritage signed to XL Recordings and DJ Python is Ecuadorian-Argentinian, releasing prolifically under a number of aliases in the worlds of ambient and club-adjacent music. 

Together, their style explores pan-Caribbean musical styles, especially dembow, which is experiencing a parallel renaissance in the underground and commercial dance music spheres. In this conversation, they talk to journalist Christine Kakaire from last year's C2C Festival about what it means to approach Latin music from an experimental perspective to bring an amalgamation of Caribbean and Spanish-speaking musical cultures into their work. They also reflect on the stigma that was attached to reggaeton for a long time and the songs that represent its reclamation in the world of contemporary club music culture. Listen to the episode in full.

EX.735 Sangre Nueva

Bramalama Bar w/ Linnemann - 21/10/24

Monthly excursion through laid back dub, dubstep & other sub heavy music, both old and new.

See all shows & tracklists at https://bit.ly/3BcIC1B

Headzmusik w/ WRK & Irish Dub - 21st of October 2024

deeper and heavier disco mixing. Sonic's gotta wear something under those sneaks!

Sonic Socks

Mambele, The 1993 Brussels native with Congolese roots is a DJ & Producer known for his ability to blend music and captivate audiences with all kinds of infectious beats. Hailing from one of the world’s most diverse cities, Mambele has developed his eclectic and energetic musical universe. He loves to play with the boundaries of music genres in his music and DJ sets.

Mambele @ Kiosk Radio 30.11.2024

Connecting local communities across the world and empowering people to express themselves through music, discussion and art.