Études Mix N°65 by DJ Plead @1djplead
IG:@djplead
Curated by Aimée @am-agency

A few words from the artist:
1/ How would you describe your personal connection to music and how it influences your creative process?
My personal connection to music is constantly evolving and occasionally complicated. At times I'll feel so tired by it and at other times I'm addicted to it. My creative process requires me to have some time-off from music. Mainly time off from DJing, actually. When I'm surrounded by lots of functional music designed for night clubs, it's hard for me to truly feel creative and have the energy to make new music. 

2/ As an artist, how do you see the intersection between fashion and music? 
I'd like to be more involved with the intersection of fashion and music! It feels like it would be an exciting estuary. 

3/ What particularly interested you in collaborating with Études to make this mix?
I like Études! I've been a fan since before I was releasing music. I was interested in a particular artist called Colin Snapp and bought his book that Études had published. The Études tumblr was also a very frequent source of inspiration for me. It feels weird and exciting to do something for a brand I've been following for a long time. 

4/ How did you curate this musical sequence/audio journey?
I tried to think about it being autumn going into winter over in europe and chose a few tracks that felt a bit like they were slowing down. I'm currently back in Australia so the opposite seasonal change is occurring, so I still have some slightly more spring-oriented tracks in there. 

5/ Three words to define your mix for Études?
Groovy, Deaky, Sloppy

Tracklist:
pHactory / Ancient Paths (Beatless Mix)
Razoof / Atuko
Various Artists / Forte – Hats and Toms
Golden Teacher Meets Dennis Bovell / Like A Hawk (D.B Version)
Phil Stroud / The Forest
Bartellow / SABA
Razoof / Sura Nzuri
Batida apresenta IKOQWE / Falta Muito? Feat. Spoek Mathambo
Mbizo / Bullet
soso tharpa / Serpentine
Kevin Murf / Bagombo
OCP / Raise Your Legs
Wladimir M / Evil
Dj Raw / Tech Dreams
Chiapet / Westworld (Medieval Funk Mix)
Levon Vincent / CONCRETE JUNGLE TRACKS 2 (NOVEL SOUND #38)
Clay Wilson / Rough Ends
Knopha / Off-Peak Season Tourists

DJ Plead Mix N°65

Juanita's Mix 100 with Ciel @ciel_dj

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. a music maker with too much sincerity and a passion for sampling, film, and leftist politics

Q. What drew you to the music scene in the beginning and where do you hope to see it in the future?
A. Looking back at my life, I think everything from my birth led me on this path towards music. It was my first love. But as an only child, my experience with music growing up was always very solitary. I yearned to be part of a community radio station with Iikeminded music nerds, and it was working for a radio station eventually during my undergraduate that brought me toward DJing and rave culture. Back then I never thought I could do this full time, but once I got the chance to make a living doing this, I realized the scene was far from perfect, in fact it's very exploitative. I hope in the future we can find a way to fairly compensate music makers for the incredible gift of music they bestow upon the world, without becoming beholden to corrupt corporate & military interests. Artists can be hyper individualistic and self-interested, and I hope we can get better at looking out for each other instead of just our own paycheques.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I wanted to present a different side of myself to international audiences on such a wonderful mix platform. Perhaps people outside of my home city of Toronto are less familiar with my downtempo sets, but it's been a significant part of my wheelhouse for years, and have gained even wider affection from me since I started doing a downtempo party in Toronto last year. Like I always say, 80-100bpm is the most natural tempo for extended human body movements. I also liked the idea of doing a mix that doesn't build in a predictable way, instead it waxes and wanes like the natural rhythm of life. So many of my favourite mixes build and release tension in a way that's very satisfying to listen to, the sounds intensify to a frenzy before disintegrating into nothingness. I wanted to play with that rise and fall and mix downtempo and dub with double time d&b in a non-linear way that is evocative of our most precious memories and tells stories we've only seen in dreams. Downtempo and dub also seemed like the perfect genres to play in the 100th mix for Juanita's, and in the lead up to my fav April holiday. :) I hope the listeners enjoy it.

Juanita's Mix 100: Ciel

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

“It was at the end of August. I get really burnt out at the end of the summer here in Seattle. Because we have so few months of good weather, people are just like, Let's hang out, let's hang out, let's hang out.

And once it comes to the end of August, you're like, Oh fuck, I only have two more weeks of this good weather left, what am I going to do? So for this set, my mood was, Let's have one last bash.”

- @miseryconfusion

Read the article: https://atmospheric-river.com/nohup/

Wetcast: 'nohup' [Atmo 01]

Truancy Sessions S01 E04: Kuscheln (@kuschelntime)

Locking in with a new episode of our Truancy Sessions series with a mix of hi-energy hypnotics from Toronto-based DJ and tastemaker Kuscheln. An all-round purveyor of playful, thought-provoking dance music, he has become a staple figure in the Toronto underground, with his Klub Ferret parties offering nights of steamy dance-offs and queer revelry to a soundtrack of the hottest house and bubbling bass. His mix for us today is party perfection, rolling through with an infectious palette of  late night mind twisters, soaring grooves and big room breaks. As the curveball-loving fans that we are at Truants too, we've completely lost count of the amount of times we've wheeled up the Spice Girls remix in this mix. An unreal statement of flow and taste over 100 glorious minutes.

We've put the mix as well as a little photo diary and selection of the tracklist up on our wesbite. You can download Truancy Sessions S01 E04: Kuscheln in 320kbps and view the full tracklist on Patreon here (patreon.com/truants). Couple tracks are unreleased Kuscheln tunes. Your support helps cover all our costs, allows us to now pay our guests, allows Truants to continue running as a non-profit, ad-free platform and helps fund projects like this. Members will receive exclusive access to mixes, tracklists, and discounts off future merchandise. If you're desperately after any IDs however or money is tight, please leave a comment on the mix and either us or Kuscheln will get back to you :)

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Kuscheln

Truancy Sessions S01 E04: Kuscheln

2Lanes (Live) at Outra Cena, This Side, 13/04/2024

The all night recording from a recent high energy B3B, enjoy!

Paradise Archives Vol. 3 with Amelia Holt B2B Pascale Project B2B ZDBT

pi pi pi with deep creep @ The Lot Radio 04-22-2024

TINY T-BONE live @ NOWADAYS NONSTOP • April 13 2024

Earth Dog 032: djfix

SORRYMIX30 arrives courtesy of our friend Lauren who is an inimitable deck technician, a tireless renaissance woman of rave, and a truly dedicated freak for all things good in the world of Music. Recorded live in March from midnight to quarter after 2am at Bossa Nova Civic Club in Brooklyn for our monthly residency, welcome to the wild and wonderful style of BOO LEAN (@boo-lean). 🦦 Lauren pairs a legendary terminal Party Rocker status with super deep crates filled with music big and small from a wide array of sources across digital and physical mediums. Happy to share this one with y'all. 

https://ra.co/events/1864706

Boo Lean on SORRYMIX30
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I just did the one thing you need to do.
Got out there, did my best, and had fun !!! 😅
Love you Sorry Boyz.

TINY T-BONE live @ NOWADAYS NONSTOP • April 13 2024

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