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Music for healing with Brooklyn DJ Shira Dennis

"In early January, I was roofied at a club I have spent a lot of time at. In my subconscious I think I recognized that I had been drugged because I started feeling uncomfortable. I tried to leave once I felt this but unfortunately collapsed unconscious and hit my head. I suffered a skull fracture and hematoma that had me in the hospital for a week, followed by months of recovery where I had to re-learn how to engage in daily life. It has taken me away from DJing in the way I’ve been doing it for almost ten years, and also took me away from being a teacher until just two weeks ago when I went back to work. It was one of the hardest things I’ve had to go through in a really long time. Once I was home from the hospital and settled a bit into recovery mode, I really wanted to engage with DJing but didn’t know how. I’ve always loved Theory Therapy and also listened to a lot of the mixes in my hospital bed so I reached out to see if I could contribute. I never had made a mix of this nature, and had to do it as a studio mix via Abelton because I couldn’t DJ or even really stand up. My friend Karl, who is amazing, helped me learn Abelton in little chunks and we did a lot of this together. It was really emotionally healing for me to learn something new, have creative time with my friend, and also lean into the music I was listening to in the hospital, and create something that was different from my usual style and mixes."

Full Q+A: https://www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/shi-shi

@djshishiiii

Theory Therapy 77: Shi Shi

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio and streaming platform broadcasting 24/7 from a wooden kiosk in the heart of Brussels’ historic 'Parc Royal'. The radio was founded in 2017 and broadcasts a wide range of music genres, from jazz to experimental, from rock to electronic music.

OJOO @ Kiosk Radio 21.04.2025

Living Room n°85 ~ @living_roooom sleep set

8.5 hour hybrid set recorded on the 8th of February 2025, 23:30-08:00 at Oficina Municipal do Teatro in Coimbra, Portugal by @asiootus and @usofusofusofusof

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q. pls introduce yourself:
a. Hi we’re asio and usof from the Living Room crew


q. is there a story behind the mix?
a. We were invited to perform a sleep show by the Ouvido Absoluto crew in Coimbra. We were very excited because playing a sleep set was always something we wanted to do. We've been collecting tracks specifically for an occasion like this for many years. On top of the different tracks we were improvising with a variety of digital instruments, to create an organic canvas of sound that is always moving, but very slowly. The idea of influencing dreams with music is one aspect that we found particularly interesting. So for that reason the set is not always focused on creating comfort, but rather different, sometimes quite alien moods.


q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix?
a. Sleeping and dreaming.


q. describe a favourite object in your living room…
a. Perhaps the red desk light in Cosmos (technically our living room:). it creates a very cozy atmosphere.


q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?
a. The whole Living Room crew is soon set off to play at Waking Life. After that we’ll have a string of events in Lisbon, with the next one being on the 6th of July. 

Living Room n°85 ~ sleep set (usof & asio)

False Aralia gracing the Motion Cast with his first publicly available studio mix. Infectiously rhythmic, varied, primitive sounds from a person who’s been making some of my favorite music of the last decade. Those who spend the time connecting the dots between his various projects are in for a realll treat. This one feels like a subconscious (or maybe intentional?) selection of songs that highlight many of the lovable things about his productions, explored through the lens of music across a spectrum of time and moods. 

https://soundcloud.com/falsearalia

https://falsearalia.bandcamp.com/

the decayes - k-7
dirx - hediste
scanner - mbm reanimator
st. ride - eskimo
pieter kock - savage
saboten - appleton
lamusa ii - materiale
etienne schwarcz - vii
surfacing - amaurot
altz - sky
simon fisher turner - oh
die welttraumforscher - 21 januar 2021

Motion Cast vol. 98: False Aralia

Pour cette « Know Your Local », Delphine Demord navigue entre les styles et propose un ride entre rock, abstract, downtempo, dub et rythmes club fracturés. Pas de montée, pas de chute — juste une tension latente et surtout beaucoup de fun à l’enregistrement !


KNOW YOUR LOCAL

𝑯𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 at Mezzanine jan 10 2025

MEZZANINE : V 𝑯𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕

Live recording from Nowadays Nonstop in Ridgewood, NY 6/7/25, 2-5am

Hank Jackson live @ Nowadays Nonstop 6/7/25

mix 20/09

Organic soundscapes, field recordings and melodic ambience from composer Sophia Zhuravkova. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/sophia-zhuravkova/episodes/sophia-zhuravkova-5th-october-2025

SOPHIA ZHURAVKOVA 051025

Where music becomes a gateway to a new world, welcoming you to escape the confines of reality. Daydreaming takes you on a journey through stories and fairytales told by mesmerising sound waves. With no boundaries of genre or style, lovely selected tunes create a tapestry of moods and narratives, inviting you to immerse yourself in a realm where fantasies take real form.

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