Name: Seunghee Lee
Alias: Seunghee (@b1111t)
Pronouns: She/Her 
Location: New York City 
 
Influences: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Edgar Allan Poe, Doris Lessing (Literature), Roza Terenzi, Marra, Bearcat, Ciel, Seltzer (Dance Music), Maryham Hoseini, 33EMYBW, Robert Nava, Francis Bacon (Art)
 
Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Synthetic Bloom (Crew of good friends)
 
Favorite Quote: "I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is sometimes the most charming little thing" - Note from Underground 
 
Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: There is always going to be at least one person who likes your style. Better yet, the person might be rich!

With this mix Seunghee asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
Brooklyn Animal Action (www.brooklynanimalaction.org)

Daisychain

Daisychain 215 - Seunghee

I was able to get a hold of the recording for my set at Nowadays for Dweller on 2/25. There were some issues with the recording and the first hour was lost.

Anyways, hope y'all enjoy this.

Dweller 2022 Friday Live Recording

Name: Nico Gonzales
Alias: NI CO (@nico-gonzales-8)
Pronouns: they/them
Location: 'Vancouver', BC
 
Influences: Ciel, LSDXOXO, Jasmine Infiniti
 
Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Drill Events
 
Favorite Quote: “It’s better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes.” - Breakfast at Tiffany’s 
 
Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: 
 
Don’t lose sight of the reason we are all creating in the music scene. When you prioritize community, it will go a long way in creating sustainable and safe spaces for every walk of life to enjoy. Events are remembered by the joy you bring to people, not the money you walk away with.

With this mix NI CO asks to please learn more about and consider donating to: 
Vancouver Black Library (www.vancouverblacklibrary.org)
Van Black Library’s proposal is just what you’d imagine - a Library ran by Black organizers, dedicated for Black and BIPOC community members. This is a space to not only sign out books for free, this is intended to be used as a study space, a chill space, and a safe space. It is to cater to the needs of the Black community first and foremost. The hope is that one day, this not-for-profit initiative can be a springboard for other services like group therapy, community care efforts in the realm of fundraising, childcare, art exhibitions, poetry readings, bookclubs, zine making etc. Ultimately, in addition to connecting people to information, libraries connect people to people.

Daisychain 226 - NI CO

Catch Overland every 1st Wednesday of the month, from 01h to 02h [CET] on rinse.fr

Rinse France Podcast

Overland b2b 2Lanes - 1er Juin 2022

Nick Boyd (@nickboydnyc) is a dancefloor staple in NYC, and there's good reason for his omnipresence: everything he does, he explains, is centered around the dancefloor and the dancers who spend time there. Whether he's running @sorry-records, DJing at beloved local haunts like The Lot Radio, Bossa Nova Civic Club, and Nowadays (where this mix was recorded), or giving advice to friends, his ethos always comes back to the dancefloor. Grounded by an encyclopedic knowledge of dance music history and generous sharing of that knowledge, Nick and Sorry Records are beacons of integrity and openness in today's dance music community. 

This is part 1 of a 2 part mini-series with Sorry Records.

Read the interview + see a tracklist:
https://spontaneous.zone/047-nick-boyd

Mix mastered by @drvmmy.

"This mix is a recording of my first time playing at Nowadays, a club that has been incredibly influential and important to my life and my friends' lives. When I first started deejaying, my only goals really were to play on The Lot Radio and play Nowadays.

When they asked me, I was very surprised, legit like fall on my bathroom floor crying type situation 😂 😭. I’m a sappy nerd and had loads of nerves but I was lucky to be able to do it for the first time alongside my friend and collaborator Khadijah/DJ Delish and also have the time to just completely over-prepare for like three months ahead of time.

I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted to do with the space, both extensively over the years keeping a running “Nowadays Wishlist” playlist and in the three months leading up to the party. I eventually came to the conclusion that I wanted to tell a story with what I played, in the tradition dictated by the New York dancefloor. A story about myself and my friends and the scene here as I’ve seen it both good and bad. A story about the Nowadays dancefloor itself and what that space means to me, but in turn also what dance music spaces and community mean period; how they function and the double-edged sword of trying to be good when it comes to those things.

I also wanted to play tracks by my friends that I knew were going to be there. The people I love who I dance alongside there frequently. I wanted to play tracks that were silly too! Tried to give a sense of levity to a pretty emotional thing. I mean, I got into dance music in large part because of the work that Justin (Carter) and Eamon (Harkin) had done through Mister Sunday into Nowadays, and I'd been going to the space since before it was open indoors. I’m there most every week and have put a lot on that floor…

In the weeks following, I finally got myself to listen to it. At first, I was like, there's so many bits in here where I remember not being able to hear myself or hear the cue. It's my first time playing in a big loud club besides like, Bossa. I considered making all these edits to it…

But then kinda just got to the point where I was like — look at the process of the mix, the ethos behind it… it's more about letting go and natural joy and glee than it is about anything else. So I decided to share it unedited, except for a little audio sample I added at the beginning that I didn't get on the recording. There’s a lot of other very concrete lyrical content included — always with purpose and intention but not always lyrics that I believe in personally."

@nickboydnyc / @sorry-records

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #047: Nick Boyd

Fruits of my yearly ritual of making a mix for the drive to Honcho Campout

New Edition-Crucial (Dance)
Tony Terry-Forget the Girl
Protect Ryan-Unfinished BTEC (Davis Galvin's Floater)
Seal-Crazy (Do You Know The Way To LA)
Sounds Of Blackness-Optimistic (12" Alright)
Erotic Dissidents-Move Your Ass And Feel The Beat (Instrumental)
Cabaret Voltaire-Here to Go (Live Drum Jacknife)
Guest Band-Ta'kan (rmx)
Flowered Up-Weekender (Audrey Is A Little Bit More Partial)
Monie Love-It's A Shame (My Sister)
Stex-Still Feel The Rain (The Grid)
Janet Jackson-Escapade (Hippiapolis By CJ Mackintosh & David Dorrell)
Konk-Your Life Skull Whip
D.B.S. & The Choice M.C's-Reality (Vocal)
The Orb-Narcotics (Head Crusher) (David Harrow  2)
808 State-Compulsion
Native Red-Fade (Edit)
Funhouse-Hang on in There Baby (house)
Bump-I'm Rushing (The Martian)
Fern Kinney-Love Me Tonite
Tony! Toni! Toné!-Feels Good (Ben Liebrand)
Visnadi-Hunt's Up
Electrot-I Love You (Cubic 22)
Centerfield Assignment-Mi Casa (Mi Garage)
Co Dependents Of Knowledge-The Dark Side
Simon Harris-rock right now
Madonna-Causing A Commotion (Silver Screen)
Willie Colón-Set Fire To Me (Inferno Dub)
Sound Factory-Cuban Gigolo
Cabaret Voltaire-Keep On (Sweet Exorcist)
Yanni-Niki Nana (Red Zone)
Phormix-Εσυ Ζεις Μονο Για Τους Αλλους
Electro Force-Getting High-High Dub
India-The Lover Who Rocks You (All Night) (Rock U Right)
Central Fire-This Is A Shout Going Out (Into The Future)
Thomass Jackson & Theus Mago-Clubby
Directional Force-Forever
Maurice Fulton presents Boof-Feeling the color blue
Def Jef-Etta Droppin' Science on Drums
Eden's Paradise-This is the dance (this is the break)
Precious-Dub Dub-Rob Hanning
Bassix-Everybody Plays the Fool
The Force Of Power (TFP)-That's What It Is
Back To The Future-Kick It (Disco Crew)
Urban Jungle-I'm In Love With You (Club)
Gary's Gang-Keep On Dancin' (Hollywood's 5am Club)
Marc Pharaoh-Watch Your Step
2 Smooth-Move To The Groove (Original U.S.A. Club)
JT Donaldson-Make You Higher (Before I Go)
model 500-the flow (frank de wulf)
Sunscreem-Perfect Motion (Leftfield Remix)
Hysterix-Talk to Me (Sasha's Full Master)
Moonoton-Edit #23
The Dynamic Duo-In the Pocket (Hip House)
Adonte-Dreams (Trance Hypno Dub)
South Street Player-Who Keeps Changing Your Mind
Shi-Take-Perfect Virtue (Full Moon Over Maduri Club)
Playboy-In Da Jungle (Mod Wheel Safari)
Lisa Marie With Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra-Something's Jumpin' In My Shirt (Walk The Body)
Funk Machine-N.O.I.D. (Aria)
Corona-You Gotta Be Movin'
N-Joi-Manic
Session #9-Welcome To The Magic Sessions (Choo-Choo's Deep In Jersey  Part #1)
Sub Sub-Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) (On The House)
Lemon8-Lose Control
Golden Girls-Kinetic (Orbital)
father funking-soul groove
4-X. Sample-Once Again 'Back' (Mix 2)
Digital Domain-I Need Relief
G Flame & Mr G-Make Me Hi
SoundSation-Peace + Joy (The Shaker)
Kruze-Please Be Kind (To This Heart Of Mine)
Playboy-A Paco Di Bango's World (Vocal)
double fm-amnesia
Omni A.M.-I On U (3rd Floor Dub)
institution-it's not over
Rhythm On The Loose-Break Of Dawn (Strike)
Autonation-Inside Your Mind
2 For Joy-The Rachel Tune (Gonna Give You My Love)
Serendipity-Do You Feel Me
Clear People-Planet Earth (DJ Jes)
DJ Technics-Cuum On
Pépe-D3S4F10
2 Unlimited-Let The Beat Control Your Body
Sam Goku-Fungi Spin
The Sphinx-What Hope Have I (edit)
E-Type-Are You An E Type?
Linden C-Avenge (Avenge The Acid)
YT8K-DJ DJ
Bailey Ibbs-Jungle Splash
1-800-Dis-N-Dat-Punany (Hula's Club)
Hex Editor-Utena (Prog)
Doc In The Box-Stop That... (Funk D'Void Psychotrance)
Patrick Prins-Indoctrinate
The grip-shades of passion
Lxury-S Undulata
Deepstix Versus Kentish Man-Struck Out
dJJ-Djj Yn Y Ty
Mata Disk-Surrounder
S T I N 9-mi7
Donell Jones-What's Up (Jaymie Silk Jersey tool)
RobbBoss-I Want Your $ (TurboTrap)
Basic Judgement-I Can Make You Harder
Insomnia-Untitled A1 [WF010-Nocturnal Grooves EP]
DJ Phantasys Mate-Edit Vol 1 A
ABC-One Better World (Pickering-Park)

boxofbox - 'oh, hey there little one' mix

This is a home recording of the piece I wrote and read for Nowadays' Writing on Raving series. The original performance was on Sep 7 2022. The text can be found here: https://sixth-blog.ghost.io/born-again-freak/

Backing track is Autechre - Bronchusevenmx.

Nowadays Writing on Raving #4

"Born-again Freak" - Writing on Raving @ Nowadays, 9/7/2022

Kiernan Laveaux [15.10.2022]

@Kuschelntime

Taking up the controller for the next in our SMUT mix series is the incredibly talented Kuscheln. The moniker of Matt Mockford, Kuscheln is the second Canadian to appear on our series and is a multi-talented producer (check out his track ‘Speed Bump’ as featured on Kaptcha’s compilation Xenolith 1.0 release) and DJ who runs Klub Ferret, a Toronto based queer party.  He has made his name playing places such as Phile, Por Detroit and Bossa Nova Civic Club and recently played at Promise Cherry Beach and has even appeared on our friends Ema’s show for Dublin Digital Radio. Matt’s extensive range of influences is reflected in this mix.  Here fusing UK techno, bass and breakbeat with some edits added in for good measure (particularly the iconic Donna Lewis closing), we couldn’t be more delighted to share this ethereal hypnotic mix with you. Big love to Kuscheln for putting this together.

008 - KUSCHELN

@boxofbox

For extended Q&A & OG track game... please visit our website ------> pipipi.life <----------

Introduce yourself? Pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 

Hi, I’m john(athan)/box [they/he], an artist/scientist/engineer originally from Seattle, currently hailing from Durham, NC, USA.

What sound would you listen to… if it was the only thing you could listen to 24/7?

A binaural recording of a tiger purring, taken from inside their mouth while they were sleeping.

Describe in detail your favorite place to sit & listen to music.

It’s not a specific place, but I like a sturdy wooden bench in a park-like area, early afternoon, overcast, cool but not cold, shabby, lush grass, beautiful old trees, and lots of people bustling about.

When you are in the crowd… where do you like to stand and why?

Wherever the central most a/c vent downdrafts, to balance getting a nice solid stereo image & not overheating.

Last track you would want to hear before crying?

Spring - No Time (For Crying) 12” Mix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cN2Q2gPvWk

Sure, a bit on the nose, but it means my tears won’t be totally sorrowful.

Favorite BPM and why?

As a dancer, the 140<->70 BPM two-speeds-at-once zone because I like options for my energy expenditure.

As a DJ, 135 BPM feels pretty nice right now, not exactly sure why though.

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

I’m a broken record on this, but more universal connection/activation/support off the dance floor.

boxofbox - 273.1600 K at 611.657 Pa

another transmission arises from the cavernous depths of the interstellar sea 🫧
a bubbly journey through different dimensions brought to you by T.Wan 
[Recoded at Market Hotel 12.9.2022]
@tiffwanee

"Born-again Freak" - Writing on Raving @ Nowadays, 9/7/2022

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