For this mix, I compiled dancehall revisions of classical music and opera-referencing tracks; songs that mix famously recognizable melodies and sparse, bass-heavy breakdowns. Most of these tracks came from a time when dancehall was in direct communication with UK-based sounds, creating a feedback loop with jungle, rave, and what would eventually become dubstep, and I love the creativity and versatility of the period, it really felt like anything was possible. 

The genre (and mix) is heavily indebted to Andrew Bradford’s Opera House label, who came to define the skeletal, devastating sound of 90’s dancehall, while also infusing a kind of maximal drama that is also shared by classical music (see: Tchaikovsky firing off real cannons for the 1812 Overture). Hope you enjoy! 

I also wanted to try and back up my cultural consumption with some kind of material support, so I made a donation to support a group of Trans Jamaican artists coming to the US - link is below if you want to donate as well.
https://gofund.me/2f77f7f2

Tracklist:
Left Side - Tall Up Tall Up (Version) [Stone Love Music]
Elephant Man - Tall Up Tall Up [Stone Love Music]
Danny Brownie - Vintage Old Bruck (Version) [Main St.]
Andreas "Brotherman" Christophersen - Classic Riddim (Version) [Minor 7 Flat 5]
Cocoa Tea- Let The Dancehall [Minor 7 Flat 5]
Chalice - Dance Hall ‘Monic [Peace Pipe Records]
Buccaneer - Da Opera [VP Records]
Scare Dem Productions - Eyes a Bleed (Version) [Price Less]
Taxi Gang Feat. Robbie Lyn - 5th Of Beethoven [Taxi]
Classical People - J.D.F (Version) [Opera House]
Marie Claire -  Dancehall Opera [Krush Proof Muzik]
Rainbow Castle Production - Warhead Caan Dead (Version) [Rainbow Castle Productions]
Steely & Clevie - Nine Night (Version) [VP Records]
Buccaneer - Classical Party [Kingstone Records]
The Taxi Gang - 5 O'Clock Version [Taxi]
Mad Lion - Phantopra Opera Hall Mix [Spinnas]
Clifford Smith - Violin Riddim (Version) [In The Streetz Records]
Andrew Bradford - Skettel Concerto (Version) [Opera House Records]
Buccaneer - Fade Away (Version) [Opera House Records]
Honorebel & Alicia - Con Te Partiro [White label]
Black Slate - Mozart in Trenchtown [Unit 8 Records]


Shout out to Henry’s Records in Scarborough, where most of these records were found: https://www.instagram.com/henrys_records/?hl=en

And there's a good retrospective of Opera House Records over here:  https://www.theransomnote.com/music/playlists/gone-to-a-rave-the-wild-bashment-of-opera-house/

Classical Dancehall

PEACE PIPE (Jack Rollo, Time Is Away)

“Last year, thinking about how dance music made me feel as a teenager, I made a series of 10 mixtapes as Peace Pipe. I was nostalgic for the feelings of bliss, fear, submission and possibility that this music evoked for me. Here is two hours of weird techno to explore these feelings further.”

Special SS Tee available at perksandmini.com/peacepipe

PAMMIX030: PEACE PIPE

A gestalt switch is “a process whereby someone’s perspective changes from one thing to another.” This show features primarily beat and percussion-driven, left field and off kilter tracks. Expect a shifting, often polyrhythmic hour-long journey that wiggles, wobbles, waves, winks, blinks and knocks around in your head.

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Tracklist:

SIIHHI  HANNAN HAKEMUS
Mount Maxwell - Maze Crete
KING OF OPUS - Manatsunodoukutsu
Stefan Schneider & Sven Kacirek - Electro Electronics
Ditto - Urban
Butterfred - Cut 1
Alpha 606 - Whale Memory
5AM - Answer
General Strike - Danger in Paradise
Acaptcha - (︶^︶)
K Wata - Seltzer
Alto Fuero - Sandessudessou (live)
Aksak Maboul - Glympz
Márcio Montarroyos - The Greeting
Yussef Dayes - Rhythms of Xango

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Gestalt Switch - January 2024 - Frozen Section Radio

We've got another Psy-born-earptical-illusion-swamp-lathern mix for you! I don't think spotify wrapped bots could come up with that sentence... maybe next year? :( anyway enough about those evil lil guys and more onto this absolutely sweet mix from Montreals slug enchanter, Kiju. 

Sludgy IDM, Ethereal half-time jungle so downtempo the sofas gonna eat you up.
Wonky-daydream-percussion-heavy excursions into triphop dimensions. Genres so blurred and bass so chunky your brains gonna vibrate in that lovely head of yours. 
The mix, from a live set, we wish we were there for is a consistent sultry en-trance-ment of light and darkness. Stoked to add it to the series.  Here are some words from Kiju about it:

Seoul-born and currently loving in Tio'tia:ke/Montréal, kiju has been tirelessly involved in her city’s DIY circuit since the tail end of the pandemic as a DJ, rave organizer, and dancefloor specialist. Behind the decks, kiju has been noticed for her genre-spanning range, from swampy slo-mo to hypnotic uptempo, that focuses on finding the groove through more subtle rhythms and textures.

“Here, I present to you a my closing set from exposé noir’s vol x, in the chillout room, six floors up from the main stage. I hope you can feel the feeling that was in that room from this recording. I heard that it felt tribal, and sexy. I was playing on the floor, pulsing to the beat on my knees. There was a really good amount of fog, and many dancers were crowding in a circle around the booth as if the music were some source of heat.”

https://www.instagram.com/__kiju_/
https://on.soundcloud.com/Gqdj18vD4X7iCv17A

Tune in, Tune out. Until Next time.
Stay Weird

Kiju (Montreal) ~ inc.ternational Mix Series 08 [Weirdos inc.]

Hiroki @ CS Radio - 03/01/2025

Our third signal from Mars is now live. 

Pulled from the depths by the Proud Mistress. No lights, no labels, just sunburnt beats smuggled in through the static. 

Perfect for those who like their summer sound a little off-center. 

@theproudmistress

🛸💨💨💨

Flying Saucer FM w/ the Proud Mistress

Hour 1 curated by @bee-edits !
Poor man – John Jones 
Street Cries~Blackberries, Flowers – Unknown
Weave Room Blues -Fisher Hindley
The Spirit of Phil Murray -  Sterlin Jubilees / Congress of Industrial Organization Singers
Worker’s Appeal - Growling Tiger 
General Election - Lord Beginner 
Rum & Coca Cola - Lord Invader
English Diplomacy - Mighty Sparrow
Mix Up Matrimony - Lord Beginner
Housewives - Lord Beginner 
If I won a sweepstake - Atilla the Hun
The Strike - Atilla the Hun
Patricia & Milicent - The Mighty Terror
The Internationale - Workers' Party of Jamaica
God Bless the USA – Dorian Electra (Karaoke at Reagan Museum)
Hello World – W.K. (Old Man) Henderson
He Had a Long Chain On - Jimmie Driftwood 
Black Lung - Hazel Dickens
Instrument of Surrender  - Instrument of Surrender

Hour 2 - Destiny's response
It Must Change – Anhoni & the Johnsons 
Let the devil in – Eddie Chacon 
Om Shanti – Alice Coltrane 
People Hold On – Eddie Kendricks 
Cherrystones – Eugene McDaniels 
Poet – Sly & the Family Stone
At War – RP Boo 
War for ’94 – Badman 
Sniper (ft. Lord Spikeheart) – Scotch Rolex 
Soldier Boy (excerpt) – Bernard Bonnier 
The Gods Must Be Crazy – Armand Hammer 
Anti War Dub – Digital Mystikz 
The Electrician – Walker Brothers
Spiratualized - Fan Wu & Thom Gill
I Pity the Country - Willie Dunn

Songs of Labour, Change & Conscience

Trustfall @ CS Radio - 07/19/2025

Warm up set at The Flying Duck for Resonance: 10 Years of Invisible Inc label night. Recordings of Ravelston and Dreems to follow.

Resonance: 10 Years of Invisible Inc Label Night Part 1: GK Machine

Live recording of Lucid's set opening for Roman Flügel at Standard time on August 23, 2025. Together we build from ambient and atmospheric dub techno sounds toward playful and emotional minimal and deep house grooves. Artwork in photo by Smkg_kllz.

0:00-30:00 Han
30:00-1:00 Siren
1:00-1:30 Hemlock
1:30-2:00 Utopos

Lucid DJs Saturday August 23rd Live From Standard Time

*recorded live in Field, ON at Best Out of Town Year 5 (08/31/25)

Misty river, gentle day break, paradisal peaks. This was more than a sunrise set from a featured guest. Toumba generously wove the varied throughlines from across this year’s lineup into a deep, driving, and fresh as hell testament to the power of shared sound. Only an astute listener can pace and phrase like this - cymbals come and go with ease, vocals extend and recede to make space for new melodies, and before you get too comfy there comes a new low-end theory to unfurl. Whether or not you heard it live, welcome back to the suspended reality of a longform party with plenty of life left.

@toumbaa

Toumba // Best Out of Town Year 5 (08/31/25)

more where that came from.............

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Gestalt Switch - January 2024 - Frozen Section Radio

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