Yes yes! 
Up next for the series we have none other than Low End Activist. His 140/breaks and grime influenced sound has seen him release some outstanding records over the last few years, on the likes of Sneaker Social Club and Seagrave. Very happy to bring the Berlin-based DJ and Producer to the pod!
We caught up with him for a chat below >> 

AM: Hey hey! What have you been up to recently? 

Holed up for years now! =/

Can't complain though tbh, i'm able to put food on the table, got a roof over our head.
Things are starting to open up here in Berlin, although cases are going up again!
Roll on the summer basically.

AM: We absolutely love the records you’ve been putting out over the last few years. Can you tell us about the inspiration for your latest EP on SCC, and the set up you use?

Yeah sure, the album was finished this time last year! but record production is loooong as we all know. I think i've written nearly 3 albums worth of tracks since lol
A lot of the source samples are taken from old news footage reporting on the riots on the estate I grew up on in Oxford, Blackbird Leys. Even sampling car screeches from the 'hotters' footage.
Shouts to Cando for the treasure trove of old tracks/ recordings from past local young Grime MCs doing bits at the time - 2G/ SFT + crew. There's a bunch of diff beat flexes on there, all spanning various decades of the continuum, but no straight up Breakbeat bits for a change, that was a challenge I set myself and you might hear some exhumed rave/ soundsystem ghosts of the past!
I went back to a lot of equipment I haven't used in a while, The Korg Triton, my beloved EMU E6400, some pedals but honestly it's 80% sample based and in the box. All tracks were expertly mixed down by my good friend Josh (FFT) - which is why I can confidently say it sounds great!
The whole album is a love letter to home, my love/ hate relationship with the place hence the title - Hostile Utopia, it touches on a misspent youth and nails home once again the message of the class divide that continues to choke the city of it's culture.

AM: The mix is really wicked, and spans through seems of different sounds and genres. Where and how did you record the mix? Any theme behind it too? 

1st run was recorded at home on my 1210's and shitty old CDJ800's and a few edits done in Ableton. No real theme tbh, starts slow, picks up the pace a bit. I knew I wanted to start with that Muzikon recording (which I sampled heavily on my first Sneaker 12") into the actual Courtney Melody 'Stop It' record,  and the rest was built it around a few tracks I defo wanted to include 'Space Afrika ft. Blackhaine' that 2min old Pepe Bradock jam, Shackleton's 'Naked', Lukid 'Hair of the Dog' and an unreleased Sneaker bit from Mantra.

AM: Whats next for you?

The album is out June 12th and I need to figure out what to do with all these other new tunes! will most likely just continue to self-release I reckon? we'll see.
Few gigs on the horizon here in Berlin, possible trip to Milan, Gottwood Festival in June. Are thing going back to normal? I hope so!
Thanks for having me! =)

AM Podcast #64 - Low End Activist

Live rec at DANCAHOLIC (at Aoyama ZERO) on Friday 27th. Jan.2023.

LIVE REC at DANCAHOLIC by CHIDA JAN.2023

Live recording of B2B dj set with @stupid-kozo for hosted party "FUTURE CLASS 10th anniversary" at NEKKE2 on Feb 23th, 2024.

BOOT BEAR B2B Stupid Kozo at NEKKE2 20240223

an excerpt of my 3 hr warm up set for @djrum at @foldldn back in feb 🌀

focussed on textures, weird details, sludgy sounds from the swamp + eery vocals. building up with moments of tension + release. one of my fave sets yet <3

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BS081 - Tv is Terrible w/ T.V.S.T.
@kashual-plastik
 https://bambooshows.com/tvst-bs081

T.V.S.T. joins today with the unequivocal “Tv is Terrible” guestmix: a series of experimental experiences between ambient, percussion, musique concrete, post punk and avantgarde, brought to your attention via Hertzian transmission. Here, everything seems washed-out, as if the cassette tape of your life had become slack because of too many rewinds. It’s time to turn off the soporific, spiraling blue screen that has been sucking up your soul for so long. Maybe a bit of fresh air could perk up the sluggish gum hidden behind your bulging eyes?

T.V.S.T. is the fictitious pseudonym of the mastermind and subculturalist Franz Aembient of Kashual Plastik. A protagonist of the vibrant Neukölln scene, influential disc jockey and selector. Program Curator of arkaoda. He works out of Berlin and is involved in various music/art projects under several dozen mysterious names. With his own label Kashual Plastik, he experiments with an authentic DIY approach composed of an intriguing graphic aesthetic and a hard-to-categorize sound inspired by Punk, 80s Synth-wave, EBM, Electro as well as Noise, Ambient, Folk and Leftfield electronics.

BS081 - T.V.S.T.

2023年にENTERで行われたK8主催のGravity-Bongoでの録音です。
太鼓の音や土着感ある音をベースに様々な角度からの解釈でいろんなジャンルのDJが聞けるこの場所でそれらを意識した普段の自分とは全然違うDJのやり方で自分らしさを出せたと思ってるmixです

live recording at Gravity Bongo 2023 at ENTER
quite deep and dark. selected based by percussion rhythm tracks from my head data base at that time. unusual stuff from me :0

PortaL - Gravity Bongo ＠ENTER 20230527.WAV

Artist — Track Name
SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL - NuSkanking
100Records - 13
Meat Beat Manifesto - Nocebo
Nubian Mindz - Automaton
Emptyset - Completely Gone
Barnt - Chappell
Ton Lebbink - Denke Nie Gedacht Zu Haben (feat Christine & Jasmine)
Sir Freddie Viadukt - Let Me Out & Slow Train To (LVRIN Edit)
Tino - Monster Dub
Alessandro Adriani - Two Jouneys
Lbeeze - 2 Nights
Nothing Was There, N.W.T, The Sour Cream Ensemble & MVQX - Do Not Stand By My Grave & Weep (Point)
Front 242 - One (With The Fire)
Biotecs Rebirth Of 23
Technoline - Don't Give A Fuck (Type 1.1 Mix)
Structure - The Light
Axodry - YOU (Beauty And The Beast Mix)

Nocturnal Technology with Mars89 04DEC2024

Live at 30 -NUMA(ALAKI & DETOXX)- ORBIT,31st May 2025

Ce groove, c’est pas juste de la musique, c’est une vibe.
Funky basslines, disco souls & house beats pour faire bouger les corps 💃🕺

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