Pacing the Platform 22 w/ upsammy on NTS (16.05.24)

Living Room n°78 ~ @olga_udda

q. pls introduce yourself
a. Hey 🌸 I’m Udda, Ukrainian dj based in Berlin, part of Bass Resistance collective.

q. is there a story behind the mix?
a. It took me a while to put this mix together. Sometimes, while selecting tracks, I wanted to make it more grounding, and other times, I leaned toward something more ethereal and far from the earth. In the end, I think it turned out to be some sort of dance between these two states. 

q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix? 
a. On the train, heading home after insightful trip.

q. describe a favorite object in your living room...
a. A small Chinese clay teapot 🍵

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?
a. I’m helping friends to build a platform for electronic music artists  and fans. Hopefully soon we’ll share more about it.

Living Room n°78 ~ Udda

Accidental Meetings resident and Bristol-based i-sha plays on Kiosk with styles grounded in the dubwise principles of negative space, physical pressure and adventurous sonics. Playing music from labels such as AM, Somewhere Press, ANA & A Colourful Storm.

i-sha @ Kiosk Radio 16.05.2025

@salmarosa & @sleek-fata

Photo: Romain Guede

Salma Rosa & Sleek Fata at pe:rsona 2024

@dgradeknockoff on the 2nd of November 2024 from 6pm - 9pm in the North Woods.
This set was recorded on Boonwurrung & Gunaikurnai country.
Always was, always will be.

D-Grade in the North Woods – Zeerust 2024

The third episode in our new series (and our 40th podcast!) comes from Lyon based Comic Sans Records label-head and lyl radio resident, sleek fata. 

@sleek-fata

We've been a fan of sleek fata for a while now, often tuning into his exquisitely put together "Cremation of Care" shows - which explore a wide spectrum of experimental music focused on tracks with an high sound design profile going from psychedelic electronics to jazz with a touch of punk and trip hop between.

This mix beautifully showcases the variety of his tastes and skills of mixing it all together, from dub to dubstep, techno to half time & masterfully jumping tempo’s - sleek fata’s got it covered.

𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 / 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀 / 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲?
Sleek fata / he him / Lyon

𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘅
I wanted to build a thematic journey that could bring together different types of music and tempos, while still feeling coherent as a whole. I found a strong inspiration in the icy textures of dub techno, it sparked the whole idea. So this is essentially a cold journey through the dub techno continuum (dub techno in the broad sense): half-time, dubstep, dub techno, footwork, downtempo… each track shares a similar colour palette, sonically speaking. Think light blue, white, and grey tones. I imagined a dancer trapped in a cold room with a perfect sound system, moving and reacting to these glacial sounds. But "glacial" doesn’t mean emotionless—on the contrary. Despite the chill, there's a lot of soul embedded in each track.

𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰?
I grew up listening to rap while living in the suburbs of Lyon as a kid. Later, when I moved into the city centre for university, I discovered electronic music. So yes, my environment has always shaped my musical taste—just like it does for everyone, I believe. Our preferences are influenced by sociological data: age, ethnicity, the country we grow up in, our parents' professions, and so on.

But beyond that, my uncle, who I lived with when I was younger, had a big impact. During the peak of the Emule era, he downloaded every US rap album he could find and burned them onto blank CDs. When I came home from school, I would pick one at random and discover a new album every day. That routine really shaped my digging habit. These days, the Bandcamp community is a big influence for me.

𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 / 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘀? 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗴𝗶𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽?
I’m working on Vision Pro Dubs, a various artists project that started as a special episode of my Cremation of Care radio show. It brings together contemporary and cutting-edge smooth dub sounds. Besides that, Malesa is working on their second album, and we’re putting together a remix EP of Seta Loto’s last release. I’m also collaborating with Cortex of Light on something exciting!

𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀
Hypothermic sound system

full interview here:

kinetic mix 040: sleek fata "the cold room dancer and other frozen tales"

Pacing the Platform 28 w/ upsammy on NTS (12.06.25)

Taken from the 1st show of the boomkat residency with Radio Alhara.

Rest Symbol - 6
Mentocome - A5
Rick Myers, Andy Votel, Sean Canty - IMPULSE
Flora Yin Wong - Meadow Copse
Valentina Magaletti - The Unity of the Mind
Beatriz Ferreyra - Pas De 3 ... Ou Plus
Civilistjävel! x Mayssa Jallad - Holiday Inn (March 21 to 29) (Version)
Medlock & 5RVZ - Unreleased 
æinter - i
Doris Dana - Freed From Desire
Pan Sonic - Kaasu
Richie Culver & Pavel Milyakov - Track 1
KAKUHAN - KFP 2
Mert Seger - Domino
Al Wootton - March
goat (JP) - Cold Heat
Marie de la nuit - Le Bled
Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum, Première série (Excerpt)
SixSixSevenFortySeven - I Stood There
Carrier - Slow Punctures
Severin Black - Clari II

Boomkat w/ Tamus - Radio Alhara [29.07.2025]

DESOLATE

Organic. Raw. Synth ecstasy and dissolution. 

Produced in Ableton with VCV Rack FX stack. 

Quantraptor

Azimuth

☼ pacing the platform ☼

world bookings, other inquiries: 
meri@futura-artists.com

US bookings:

ricky@visionarytalentgroup.com

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