2022 - mixes, shows, and so on i enjoyed (and remembered to add to this list)

at the end of the day it's a game ov two halves really init.

@aya_yco has dazzled the UK underground with her experimental club productions and genre-hopping sets, which she demonstrates in her exhilarating Recognise mix. The London-based, Huddersfield-raised artist also speaks to Sophie McNulty about how her creative upbringing in West Yorkshire informs her work, and how her hyper-detailed process allows her to create art that is genuine

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/recognise-aya

Recognise: aya

https://www.nts.live/shows/ikura-imprint/episodes/ikr-imprint-22nd-december-2021

Ikr. Imprint 221121

Artist : @djrum

Tracklist :
Family Atlantica – Incantation to the Ancestors [Soundway - 2013]
Drums Off Chaos – Inner Circles [Nonplace - 2018]
Dome Zero – Transition Dub [Accidental Meetings - 2021]
Jon Hassel – Picnic [Ndeya - 2018]
Toma Kami – Gymnase Chaos [Man Band - 2020]
Basic Rhythm – 3am On The Corner [Hypercolour - 2021]
Drums Off Chaos – Dripstone Shift [Nonplace - 2018]
The Modern Institute – 200 edit [Nyege Nyege Tapes - 2019]
Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Chicago Waves [International Anthem Recording Company - 2020]
Airhead – Kazzt [Different Circles - 2016]
Wen - Swerv (El-B remix) [GD4YA - 2020]
Jon Balke & Amina Alaoui – O Andalusin [ECM - 2009]
Kliptown - Luca [YUKU - 2022]
Tara Clerkin Trio - There Will Be Time [Laura Lies In - 2019]
Sileni - Failspan [Subtle Audio - 2006]
Curley – Axe Breaker [Curley - 2012]
Paul Dresher – Channels Passing [New Albion - 1984]
? – Raven [Withhold - 2020]
Boogie Times Tribe – The Dark Stranger (Origin Unknown mix) [Suburban Base - 1993]
Kraftwerk – Numbers [Kling Klang - 1981]
Ginetix – Main Feature [Face - 1994]
Spooky-J & Ekhe – Y U No [Hundred Flowers - 2021]
Raul Lovisoni / Francesco Messina – Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo [Cramps - 1979]
Prettybwoy – Mikoshi [SVBKVLT - 2021]
? – ? (Djrum Remix) [Houndstooth - 2022]
MC Yallah X Debmaster – Kubali [Hakuna Kulala - 2019]
Ko-Ta – Shiya [Bitta - 2021]
Meredith Monk – Liquid Air [ECM - 2002]
Ivy Lab – Press Play [Dirtybird - 2021]
Midaircondo – Closer [Twin Seed - 2015]
Ploy – Zoom [Timedance - 2017]
Susumu Yokota – Balloon In The Cage [Leaf - 2001]
Paradox – Proceed [Sneaker Social Club - 2021]
Quasimoto – Goodmorning Sunshine [Stones Throw - 2000]
Studio Pressure – Jump mk ii [Certificate 18 - 1993]
Elori Saxl – Memory of Blue [Western Vinyl - 2021]
Pinch – Water Bomb [Cold Recordings - 2017]
Miink – Who Are You [Self-Released - 2018]
Mark Leckey – Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore [Death Of Rave - 2012]

TRAX.454 DJRUM

https://www.nts.live/shows/corin/episodes/corin-4th-january-2022

Corin - 040122

Podcast #55 stammt von Jana Rush (https://soundcloud.com/planetmurecords) aka https://soundcloud.com/jaru-1, einer der interessantesten Künstlerinnen Chicagos, der Stadt von Dance Mania. Das Label um DJ Deeon und seine Crew haben Jana musikalisch großgezogen und geprägt, seit sie im Alter von elf Jahren anfing aufzulegen. Keine Überraschung, dass sie in dieser Szene später auch DJ Rashad und andere Teklife Künstler kennenlernte. Dennoch fehlte ihr damals das Vertrauen in ihr eigenes Talent und Jana entschied sich, sich zunächst auf einen "richtigen" Job zu konzentrieren. In ihrem Artistprofile kann man zum Beispiel lesen, dass sie bei der Feuerwehr arbeitete, als Chemie-Ingenieurin bei einer Ölraffinerie und gerade als CT-Scan Assistentin im Krankenhaus. Musik war dabei immer eine Art mentale Rettungsleine für sie, etwas an das sie sich klammmern konnte wenn der Stress des Alltags zu groß wurde oder die Depression, mit der sie kämpfen musste, die Oberhand gewann. Indem sie diesen Struggle in ihrer eigenen Musik einfließen ließ (und immer noch lässt) hat sie ihren eigenen Sound und so am Ende zu sich selbst gefunden. "Painful Enlightenment" heißt dann passenderweise auch ihr aktuellstes Album. In den letzten Jahren konnte sie nicht nur als DJ Dancefloors auf der ganzen Welt beglücken sondern auch einige grandiose Releases auf Labels wie Objects Unlimited oder Planet Mu veröffentlichen, wo auch ihr neues Album "Dark Humor" im März rauskommt. Im April steht auch eine kleine Tour durch Europa an, die von Corona hoffentlich nicht vermiest wird.

Um ihren Style zu beschreiben greift das Label "Footwork" definitiv zu kurz, vor allem da Jana selbst eher ein gespaltenes Verhältnis zum Genre und seinen Konventionen hat. Schlauerweise macht sie jedoch diesen Konflikt zum Ausgangspunkt ihrer musikalischen Experimente und zitiert, destilliert und dekonstruiert fast jedes bekannte Footwork Motiv von sich wiederholenden, wild zerstückelte und neu zusammengesetzte Vocalsamples, 808 Drumsounds, Rhythmen, die ihren Puls zwischen schnellen Offbeats und swingendem Halftime-Feel verschieben bis hin zu smoothen Jazz-, Rap- und Soulsamples, die auf die reiche Musikgeschichte des Genres und Chicagos selbst verweisen in eine düsterere, dystopische Version. Besonders in ihren eigenen Tracks drückt sie dieser Mischung einen Stempel auf, der von ihrem persönlichen Struggle erzählt, vom Widerstreit zwischen dem Etablierten, "Erwachsensein" und mit "richtiger Arbeit" Geld verdienen, Alltagsstress und Depression auf der einen Seite und Innovation, zu sich selbst finden, Vertrauen in die eigene künstlerische Stimme aufbauen und Halt in der Musik finden auf der anderen Seite. Die Grenzen zwischen DJ-Set und Live-Performance verlaufen dabei fließend, denn ihr Samplepad hat sie meistens auch beim Auflegen dabei. Big ups to Jana for this breathtaking mix! 

Find Jana Rush at:
https://soundcloud.com/jaru-1
https://jaru.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jana_rush/

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Infinite Sequence Podcast #055 - Jana Rush (Planet Mu, Chicago)

recorded live at GIG public records feb 5 2022
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Live recording @ the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live on Youtube and futureintelradio.com.

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Pacing the Platform 26 w/ upsammy on NTS (20.02.25)

subcast is born, an incantation of adventurous sonic alchemy behind radiant subs. The inimitable Razrbark kicks things off. Strap in for a chemistry-altering ride.
@razrbark's interview below--->

ℚ: ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕖 ℝ𝕒𝕫𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤?

A: Live edge, live wire

Q: Describe the story behind Razrbark's Specific Heat.

A: Specific Heat measures how resistant (or not) substances are to temperature changes, specifically how much energy is needed to raise the temperature of something by one degree. This concept from chemistry has always stuck with me and is something I thought of after listening to the finished product of this mix/let's be real I just think it sounds cool.

When I first started prepping for this mix, I went in a very different direction and had a rough draft, but it felt tedious, trying to force ideas and tracks in a way that required a lot of energy with little output. Sometimes, things pour out of you and sometimes, they don't. 

One day, a very exciting booking came through (spoiler alert: it was Honcho @ Hot Mass). With the adrenaline rush of the booking, I immediately started mixing tracks from the extremes of my USB, and everything flowed really easily. I decided to hit record, and it came together in a way that felt much more organic. I also unearthed many tracks I had forgotten about that were collecting cobwebs on my stick but that I always loved.

Anyway, all this to say, just like in chemistry, sometimes you need the right conditions for a reaction to truly take off~~~

Q: What is your ideal dancefloor (fictional or real).

The Bronze.

Q: When is the last track that made subs glow for you?

A: Two specific tracks come to mind:
https://snappedankles.bandcamp.com/track/come-play-the-trees-crooked-ankles-2
To me this is the perfect track. I played it at Hot Mass in Pittsburgh sometime after 6am a bit slower than this. I love how it has so much raw power behind it. Big chug NRG. I've always loved this song from the same band. It has a very Iggy Pop/Plastic Bertrand sensibility to it, but I've never been able to play it on a dance floor, so I was happy when I found this edit that is a bit more dance floor friendly and still has the rock/dance vibe that I feel is a hallmark of my sound.

Another track:
I just played this song towards the end of my set at Afterlife in Seattle this weekend. The bass was so intense my drink literally bounced across a table and fell to the floor. I'd say the subs were glowing hard.
https://normalpleasure.bandcamp.com/track/heart-palpitations-on-the-m1

Q: What track/artist was a musical game-changer for you?

A: Föllakzoid. It's psych rock, it's techno, it's everything. Each time I've seen them play, it's world-building and expansive. 

Q: If this mix was a book or a movie what would it be? 

A: It would be in Walk Hard Part 2, when Dewey goes through his drum and bass era.

subcast #1 ✹ Razrbark's Specific Heat

Pressure Dome w/ Notte Infinita: 15th May '25

For deep creep’s NYC-focused curation of the Rhythmic Culture mix series, Plebeian delivers a high-intensity blend of club sounds and experimental rhythms that reflect the pulse of the city’s sounds.

deep creep: "Plebeian was introduced to me by my good friend Dan aka Alien D when we were throwing a party called False Peak (RIP). Since then I have been hyper focused on whatever release he is putting out into the ether. One of my favorite releases was his Contrast EP on Grid Records. An innovative and immersive sonic experience, driven by the most satisfying sub-bass I've ever heard in a hot minute."

@plebeiann

RC:153 Plebeian

the 9th naffcast is a recorded session from the passage of Jan Loup at Ohm Berlin for Pppppoems, in between 3 and 5 in the morning. 

@janloup

In the artist's words : 

For those two hours i rly wanted to embrace the picture a glaoting fairies-goblins complete cycle party, imagining the rite would happen in a flowery clearing deep in the middle of a giant firs forest, where those feisty creatures would then ingest some fine nuts and ravishing mushroom and start the ball by giggling swinging hovering around, until the hit arrives and the dance become more frenetic as they progressively mutate into forest parts into soil and roots and bushes, slowly loosing their contour to be part of the whole. The climax would be complete fusion, returning to being particules of the mole, flirting with univers laws, atomic gangbang. Then gently the rite wraps up as they return to their bodies, ultimate shapeshifters, fulfilled from the feeling of shortly having been together one. Return the energy to the ground and the life takes delightfully back its course
Bass hippie enough lol?

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