Feels like getting into the best sonic hottub :}

Perhaps best known for his association with beloved dance music blog Truants, @riccardovillella is also one of our favorite DJs—with a streak of mixes that always feel like instant classics—and a staple of the broader dance music scene in his own right. Villella's penchant for community began on early dance music forums and extends into today's social media networks and elevating others through mixes and in-depth interviews on @truants. His mix for us, inspired by timeless mix CDs like those of Fabric and a 'spiritual successor' to his mix for our friends at @sure_thing, is also a vivid memory of teenage bike rides along the beach in 2006.

Read the interview and see a tracklist:
spontaneous.zone/051-villella

"For the last 11 years I’d been living in London and for a long time, I had no desire really to leave. People say you can call somewhere 'home' after living there for a duration of seven years, so I was well past and on my way. The last three years though, I had really burnt out quite hard creatively, and was kind of just trudging along. It took me a while to realize that I’d maybe needed a break away from London and the constant living for the weekend parties. Work had gone remote, so the option of moving back home to Brighton on the seafront for a temporary reset and to save some money seemed like the logical next step.

I was quite excited about moving back, as one of my friends Bobby had moved back home from London a year prior to also work remote, my friend Sean was still down there and had been making some really cool art recently so we’d been reconnecting, and my friend Sam who moved to Australia 10 years ago was going to be back for a short trip in Brighton this year for a couple weeks. This felt kind of important to me as, as we’d all be in the same city for the first time in a very long time, and these were people that made up my favourite summer ever - the year 10 one in 2006.

... We spent most of that summer going on these really long bike rides from Shoreham-by-Sea, past the cement factory before reaching Brighton beach, and just cycle as far as we could until the sun went down. Me and Bobby would pack our little MP3 players (think I had a Creative Zen Touch then) the night before with as much ‘feels’ music as we’d like to call it, anything that would make our cycles feel like an extended Michael Mann movie, or "LA Action" we’d say. There was just something quite life-affirming as a 16 year old, headphones in, cycling back as the sun sets after exploring some beach cave and you’ve got either of Fila Brazillia - "Subtle Body", Groove Armada - "Paris", or DJ Shadow - "Blood On The Motorway" playing in the background. It was all very Stand By Me in the most musically liberating way possible. I’ve caught myself thinking of those times a lot lately.

I’ve tried to channel a lot of those feelings quite subtly into my studio mixes over the years—hopeless nostalgia, bittersweetness, a sad euphoria—more so on ones where I’m trying to achieve something other than a club-mix. The Sure Thing mix comes to mind especially, but that was also very influenced by the techno aspect of the series and certain life events. Whilst this feels very much like a spiritual successor to that mix, I didn’t want to be so subtle with this one. It’s a straight ode to a single perfect 24 hours that summer, and all the tunes that I was listening to back then, plus some that capture that perfect world-at-your-feet, carefree, teen vibe for me. It covers many moods and feelings of a hot day down at the beach and the transition as the sun sets and you’re getting ready to dance the night away.

I’ve wanted to record something like this for a long time, something that kind of felt like a timeless mix CD, and think you gave me the best opportunity and timing in wanting to put it together, especially as I’ve been doing that same cycle route every other weekend whilst down here."

@riccardovillella / @truants

Spontaneous Affinity

Interview + Tracklist

Spontaneous Affinity #051: Villella

Throughout a three decade career & countless of releases under tens of aliases, Terre Thaemlitz has tackled complex issues — queer identity, race, class — through the lens of club music, an art form which relies on simplicity & easy narratives. 

In this In Focus, 150 Session parses through the politically forceful productions of Terre Taemlitz

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-dj-sprinkles-12th-february-2020

In Focus: Terre Thaemlitz / DJ Sprinkles

https://www.nts.live/shows/adab/episodes/adab-25th-march-2023

Heaven Is In You w/ Adab 240323

Sitting in the sun vibes ☀️ 

For the summer installment of our mix series, we’re thrilled to share a special live recording from our Gradient campout with PrintShop this April by DJ and friend Kaleb Marshall  . 

Kaleb soundtracked the early afternoon hours in the high desert with a superb blend of atmospheric downtempo and psychedellic, trip-hop leaning electronica. We rarely, if ever, get to hear sets like this out on a big system ~ it was an absolute delight and standout memory.

Kaleb Marshall  - @ergot88 - is a Los Angeles based DJ & artist with an atmospheric, eclectic & percussive sound that we were excited to get in the fold. You can catch him play out on occasion at Homage, Tuff Shed, PrintShop, and other local favorite happenings. 

  We'll be releasing info later this year about our 2024 plans for Gradient campout with PrintShop, follow @gradientcampout on IG for more.  

~ enjoy ~

New Palm 09 - Summer: Kaleb Marshall

New Palm 09: Kaleb Marshall

With fall around the corner, we look to Sold (@soldchicago) to take us through the feeling of trying to feel again. It’s time to decompress, grab some tea, take a seat, and ride the wave.

Moods is community-curated and community-supported. By helping us out, you're directly supporting artist commissions, curator fees, merchandise, and materials for parties. Consider subscribing to our Substack (moods.substack.com/), or give us a buck, four, or more a month directly: danielsharp.cargo.site/Moods

We paired Sold's mix with a work by Frank Bowling titled “Head”. Bowling’s work in abstract expressionism and color field painting resemble a similar mastery in handling and composing dramatic saturation using raw form.  

For the interview, tracklist, and more, read on our Substack: https://moods.substack.com

For more on Frank Bowling: 
Frank’s Site - https://frankbowling.com/
And the piece Head (1974)- https://www.wikiart.org/en/frank-bowling/head-1974

<3 Moods

Moods 61: Sold

Berlin based DJ, producer, and owner of label Acting Press stops by for a two hour guest show. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/plo-man-17th-august-2023

PLO Man 170823

" It was up in the mountains :)
we had this ceremony every year :) "

playing my favorite music for my favorite people in my favorite place as the sun sets behind the ridge 

Long Live tha Lodge
- Toni D

Toni Dewdrop - Sunset at the Lodge

Selene's 𝓵𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝔃𝓪𝓻𝓭 Lodge Afters

Juanita's Mix 093 with Yibing @yibingg

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. Emo & bubbly, Chinese-Mexican, cycling enthusiast, overthinker, moon in gemini.

Q. How long have you been a part of the NY music scene?
A. In literal terms, since 2017, when I started working with Beats in Space (shout out Tim!). Met some of my best friends throughout those years (RVNG crew 4e). I think a lot has changed since then (in great ways!) and I feel a deeper sense of community & belonging with each passing year. 

Zip codes aside though, music has always been where I’ve felt most at home.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. The first song I knew I needed on this mix was Cabaret Voltaire’s “Resonator,” and then it kind of morphed into a bunch of different ideas and iterations from there. The process felt trippy and somewhat contradictory. I lost the plot a few times. But that’s just how it goes sometimes when the mezzo’s kick in!!! I finally recorded this mix a week after Sustain, on a gloomy and rainy Sunday in Dev’s studio. Steph helped me master it ❤. I was still riding off that high of feeling so deeply held by my friends, feeling so rooted in this city I love so much. 

The sound on this mix is somewhat slippery and introspective. There’s a bit of nostalgia and yearning, but also optimism for the future. Overall, it’s a letter for what 2023 has been so far - connections & missed connections, ebbs & flows. What a whirlwind.

Hope you go on a bike ride & cross a few bridges with this mix 🚲

Juanita's Mix 093: Yibing

EOS Dezember 2021

EOS December 2021

Interview + Download:  http://truantsblog.com/2019/truancy-volume-251-kiernan-laveaux/

Soundcloud: @kiernan-laveaux

“She is rearranging molecules in the air” was how Shane aka. Kiernan Laveaux‘s mixing style was once described to us by her In Training co-founder, Father of Two. Anyone who has been lucky to catch one of her mesmerising sets over the years across North America, in Berlin, or more recently during a tour in Europe this spring, will know exactly how accurate that description is. Kiernan Laveaux is one of the founding members of In Training, a queer party and collective which made its roots in Cleveland, Ohio in 2014. Over the course of a few years, by throwing their own parties in their small, industralised city In Training became part of the fabric of North America’s queer dance music underground. Shane is now based in Pittsburgh and, alongside In Training, holds strong links to the collectives & event series of Heaven is in You and Motherbeat, as well as other parties and groups based around the globe . One thing you become acutely aware of when listening to Shane play, or to her mixes, is that an intrinsic part of what she does is to create a narrative with the music that she plays.

Read more: http://truantsblog.com/2019/truancy-volume-251-kiernan-laveaux/#ixzz6mZxlcrkE

Toni Dewdrop - Sunset at the Lodge

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