Joining Currents.fm's COMMON 2021 decentralized online festival, Ikävä Pii and Airali put together a line-up that delivered 8 hours of abrasive sounds, algorithmic live-coding, extreme sample manipulation, radical impro, modular patches, plus meta-music quizzes, fake commercials, and more amenities streamed from TMI's virtual room inside the platform's temporary "multiverse". The audio recordings of the performances are now archived as the next installment of our ODDCAST series.

https://a.currents.fm/

About @digitalselves:
digital selves is a London-based musician who uses live coded algorithms to create computer music. Using the functional programming mini-language TidalCycles they create computer music through live coded algorithms- recontextualizing club culture, experimental art and human-computer interaction.

ODDCAST/5b: digital selves

Mix for Standard's show on Subtle Radio, aired 22.12.21.

Priori - The Tower ft. Ex-Terrestrial
SÁCCEA - Bucle de Ensueño
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - Images
K Wata - Your Attitude Not Mine (Clemency Remix)
Thing - Protocol X
Big Hands - Calix's Head
New Age Doom & Lee "Scratch" Perry - Holy Dub
DJ Lag & Sinjin Hawke - Raptor
Walton - The Bop
Palazzi D'Oriente - Parallel (Cousins)
Machine Girl - 覆面調査員 (GabberTrap Mix)
Rian Treanor - Hypnic Jerks
Piezo - Rowina
ARKHAM SOUND - “LIMINARY"
Arca - Electra Rex
kild - REEEEEL
Glass - Quantic Blunt
Simo Cell - Cegetel
Victoria Mussi - Changes
Ternion Sound - The Summoning
Lingua Ignota - Pennsylvania Furnace

Ikävä Pii on Subtle Radio x Standard - 22.12.21

1		ex.sess - forthcoming via @sodaa_club				
2		raays - Lone	
3		anaphora - forthcoming via @sodaa_club	
4		Hassan Abou Alam - forthcoming on @earlyreflex	
5		Ikävä Pii - unreleased			
6		TSVI - forthcoming on @nervoushorizon	
7		Le Dom - Loot	
8		Kouslin - unreleased		
9		Happa - forthcoming on @nervoushorizon		
10		Pluralist - Jerzee
11		TXETEXT - Oumuamua	
12		Piezo - Friends of Fritz
13		BFTT - forthcoming on TT	
14		Lighght - forthcoming on @earlyreflex				
15		Nwando Ebizie - The Swan	
16		Tristan Arp - Specie 	
17		DJ Tess - Giro
18		Ltd Colours - Project Serjjjj	
19		Forest Drive West - 100m	
20		Keplrr - Esoteric Functions		
21		JMeg - forthcoming via @sodaa_club			
22		Ikävä Pii - unreleased				
23		Klahrk - forthcoming via @sodaa_club			
24		KAVARI  - skee (w/ klahrk)
25		diessa - forthcoming @earlyreflex				
26		Low End Activist - Clocks Ticking
27		AYLN - forthcoming on @earlyreflex					
28		Aria Rostami - Bolbol
29		Ikävä Pii - unreleased				
30		Yre Den - Ontolock	
31		Yetsuby - Jelly 	
32		Ikävä Pii - unreleased			
33		BLCKEBY - forthcoming @earlyreflex		
34		96 Back - Designer (CHARLI DUB)
35		Rosalìa - Hentai (played from my phone's speakers)

TOO MUCH INFORMATION w/ Ikävä Pii @ Loose.fm - 22/03/22

Curator of all things weird and psychedelic, we welcome the wonderful Ikävä Pii. They are a super talented artist, curator, dj and producer based in London who has their hands dipped in many projects and collectives. With shows on Netail radio and Kindred shows his capability to produce mind-bending mixes. Being the boss and curator of Niche, a monthly gathering for performers to express their talents through avant-garde music. It is a space that encourages improvisation and collaborative shows. He also recently co-curated Gnojki SAMBA which is an intimate festival in Poland, selecting the best underground UK talent. Proving he is a force to be reckoned with releases on labels such early reflex and more. His latest ep ‘Turbo Lento’ released on Pampsychia’s ep series, is a 4-track piece inspired by ‘fungi,gnome mode, shrooms and mouldy warehouses’. We are super excited to have him create a special mix for us that explores the dark and gloominess of deep swampy electronic music. A real trip this one is.
Interview below>>

How and why did you get into producing / dj’ing?
I've been making music forever - there isn't a "before" for me :)
I was in bands for a while, then I got into producing after leaving a corporate songwriting job. I only wanted to make and listen to weird sounds and gain complete artistic freedom in my creative process: for a few years I had recorded stuff with a manipulative d*ck who even stole some of my royalties Cracking Ableton and a few plugins was cathartic. Took me a while to get to something that felt personal, then I self-released my first club-adjacent music in 2020. Now I work with DIY labels like early reflex, and Pampsychia. Absolute vibes. DJing happened to me randomly: I started in Puglia as a resident in one of the few queer clubs/events in the region; they thought my sensibility as a musician could bring an interesting angle. So I learnt with warm-ups, empty room first then crowds of 1000+ 🥵 That's where my love for slow stuff and long developments comes from.

Who, What/where was your most coziest gig you've been to or experienced and why?
Hard to pick a single highlight! Ulla's live show at the Jago for Goodness was  a caress to my soul. The bubbliness of Accidental Meetings nights or Diversion parties is always comfy and welcoming. Freddie Hudson's mixes are *literally* cuddles (their closing set at Gnojki was mesmerising).There are chiller, listening-oriented parties that I love, Terra Obscura is one of the very best.I once played at a fundraiser in the 2nd room at Grow Tottenham -everyone sitting down, was really special.Last weekend I was playing near Florence with the Pho Bho and Dissidanza crews - dreamlike landscape in the Chianti vineyards for 2 days with the wonkiest music, one of the coziest things ever!

Are you an introvert or extrovert in the industry?
Not a big fan of the definition of "industry'! I like to think of our scene(s) as an ecosystem resulting from the interdependencies and the inherent mutualism of music creation and fruition. Anything else is business-driven, network-y, toxic stuff.I would say I am an extrovert bc I reach out, listen, make space, connect (with) fellow music makers, lovers, workers or promoters.Although not one of those who have the confidence of emailing people to ask for stuff!

If you had to choose 1 track to vibe out too forever, what would it be?
If it's eternity it has to be Kali Malone - and definitely Spectacle of Ritual, opener of one of the best albums ever made. Not a dance one!

What is your routine when preparing for a gig / production/writing session? do you have any special remedies/ mental prep/ places to go to? :)I go to my studio early in the morning, your ears just work better then. Switch off my phone (new, life-changing habit), and try to avoid any beaten track, both when producing or selecting.The best habit I have before a DJ gig is talking to as many attendees as possible. When you step in, you know them more, so connect more.

CoziMix 06 - Ikävä Pii

1st single from POST-CAPITALISM HYPERWARS, out on @toomuchinformationlabel.

https://ikavapii.bandcamp.com/album/post-capitalism-hyperwars-pt-1

Produced and mixed by Ikävä Pii
Mastered by Beau Thomas
Artwork by Tom Hallgren

POST-CAPITALISM HYPERWARS

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Open and decentralised collective founded by musicians, producers, and DJs. It functions as a name-your-price music label, a collaborative archive and support network, and an online space for critical thinking and anti-infocapitalism activism. Started in Puglia an now loosely based between Europe and the UK.You can listen, download and share their music, subscribe to their newsletter, follow their audio mixes series, and join us to contribute directly.

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