2025 RETURN

Recorded live at Soapbox Music - Humboldt Park, Chicago
April 16-17, 2021

Art by DJ PW
Mastered by Shy

Purelink - Head On A Swivel

Mana Online w/ Soya Ito - 26/10/2022

upsammy - Being is a Stone
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 132S
Release Date: 02 March 2023
Purchase: https://pan.lnk.to/BeingisaStone

upsammy shares ‘Being is a Stone’, the first single from the upcoming full-length album ‘Germ in a Population of Buildings’ out via PAN on May 5th.

Mastered by Rashad Becker
Mixed by James Ginzburg
Artwork by Jonathan Castro Alejos and Tharim Cornelisse

upsammy - Being is a Stone (PAN 132S)

‘For home use only’ is an anti-club social, a chance to get to know someone/something. A series of transmissions purely dedicated to exploring the other side.

Eighty six comes fresh from the murky depths of Eora, from none other than Command D aka Charles Fester, born of royal blood, professor of mad dubs, and a 4 wheeled aficionado. Saturate your speakers in fat for the next 70 minutes and then fry until crisp. Stone-cold static rhythms, deep-ended depth charges, and echoes beyond space.

his sounds >>> https://soundcloud.com/commandd

FHUO # 86 // Command D

sample::: only angels have wings by nicole dollanganger

if i was an angel

Thanks to https://soundcloud.com/s0ftw0rld.

(+)earth w/ softworld

listener

@oscilla-sound
@god69

https://oscillasound.bandcamp.com/album/lmnl-001-liminal-va-001

Liminal, a new label series from Oscilla Sound, sparks to life with a nine-track compilation featuring Slowfoam, Kincaid, GOD69, Toupaz, XENIA REAPER, usof, Losssy, Joseph Theodor, and Infra.

The essence of Liminal resides in the spaces between, venturing beyond the confines of the dance floor to traverse transitional sonic landscapes. It inhabits the fringes, where echoes of past epochs mingle with murmurs of the future, inviting introspection and an embrace of the unknown. Stirring a sense of yearning and nostalgia, the series embarks on a journey through liminal states, where belonging remains a distant dream.

Previews here: soundcloud.com/oscilla-sound/lmnl001-liminal-va-001-previews

LMNL​001 - Liminal VA 001

pi premiere: GOD69 - subtrue (Oscilla Sound)

PddlStompr_XXLmix +r000

soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/genus-aix
instagram : https://www.instagram.com/genusaix/

Genus Aix @ GIMIC - 17 November 2024

Chicago formed experimental outfit blends atmospheric ambient, pulsing percussion, and deep dub flourishes to create thoughtful rhythms and immersive music

https://www.instagram.com/pureliiink

Purelink @ The Lot Radio 11-26-2024

Living Room n°77 ~ @seanbeing

q. pls introduce yourself 
a. I’m Seán, a musician from Dublin, Ireland, currently in London. I make music solo and in the group Princ€ss, among other collaborations. A friend of the living room angels :)

q. is there a story behind the mix? 
a. It’s based around this James Tenney string composition that runs throughout, a simple exercise in beating around a tonal centre. I really love how it interacts with other music so thought it would be fun to use as a backbone under some new and old songs. 3 years after yous first asked !

q. what’s the best way to enjoy your mix? 
a. I enjoyed listening on public transport

q. describe a favorite object in your living room... 
a. The TV <3 for the group activity it provokes

q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?
a. Slowly trying to put together new solo material for release after a couple of years of other things. And enjoying playing bass for some friends:)

Living Room n°77 ~ Seán Being

Command D summons the gods of the deep to have us completely submerged in a world of interdimensional dub techno, traversing us through an hour and a half of infinitely looped reflections and subaquatic soundscapes. 

@commandd

Q. This certainly feels like one of your most immersive mixes to date, deeply contemplative and full of dreamy dub techno atmospherics. What inspiration did you draw upon, and what type of setting or situation could you imagine it being enjoyed in? 

A. I started to get into this sound when I was putting together my mix for the Moonshoe mix series. I didn’t know what to call it at the time but I found all of those tunes and tied them together with a certain feeling that was really inspiring me then, it was very organic and that is still one of my favourite mixes. You can hear dub elements scattered throughout that whole mix.

As I started incorporating more dub elements into my productions I discovered artists like Stephen Hitchell and Rhythm & Sound that had created a kind of music that was really extremely satisfying for me to listen to, especially considering my developing love for hi-fi and larger sound systems. I incorporated those artists into my FHUO mix which was a much more considered exploration of the style. Looking back on the process of making the mixes and how much I enjoyed them really assures me that the deep and contemplative sound is a big part of who I am.

For this mix I’ve taken inspiration from the MDC series itself which I’ve been listening to for years. I wanted to add little hints of deep house sounds as a nod to the mixes of the past. I personally think mixes like this are the best to listen to when you’re travelling and looking out a window, otherwise maybe sitting at a desk on a rainy day doing some work. I’d like people to listen to this in a time where they won't be distracted by something else or feel the need to skip forward, I’d want people to just throw it on and let it play, drifting in and out of the tracks and their own thoughts.

Q. Are there any songs in the mix that are especially close to your heart, and what is it about these tracks that resonate with you so much?

A. My favourite tracks in the mix are Saftig Komposition by Rasmus Hedlund and Sedlec Ossuary by Persuasion. At a base level I love these tracks because they take a more modern approach to a dub techno track with tight production. Going deeper, the thing that really resonates with me is hard to put into words and best left unsaid. I think this kind of music (along with many other kinds) allows the listener to feel emotions that aren't able to be put into words, part of why I love it so much. I find that dub techno specifically can feel sad and happy at the same time like lots of jazz ballads. That to me is a really beautiful sound that kind of encapsulates life in general.

Q. Tell us about the development of your live set, and where things are currently at with it? Do you feel like you’re able to explore different shades of your sound when playing in a live setting?

A. Putting together my first live set was an awesome experience. I got to play it all around Australia from clubs to rainforests. I’ve put the current live set to bed for now and am starting to work on a new one with a slightly different setup. Although it was a challenging experience, I loved making a live set because often when I would dig for tunes to play out I’d think ‘I wish I had a song like this’ and writing a live set meant that I could bring those ideas to life and curate a set exactly how I wanted. I think I’m really starting to settle into ‘my sound’ in production and DJing, but there are creative limitations in both like finding new music or learning new skills. Overcoming technical barriers in production allows me to get closer to my most true form of expression when it comes to what’s coming out the speakers so I’ve been really working on that recently. Hoping the next live set will be bigger and better : )

MDC.302 Command D

Pavel Milyakov NTS 16.12.2024

The Dekmantel favourite kicks off 2025 in an exploratory mood.

Since her breakout in 2017, Thessa Thorsing has built an enviable CV: a debut release on Nous'klaer Audio, an album on Dekmantel and a residency at former Amsterdam clubbing institution De School. Over these years, she's honed a singular sound, navigating wild variations in tempo and mood that dance along the edges of techno, IDM and drum & bass (we could list many more, but you know the drill).

Her creative arc has seen her delve into ever more abstract concepts, such as 2024's ambient-leaning album, Strange Meridians, exploring the interplay between synthetic and natural textures through drumless experimentations. As she explained in her 2018 RA Breaking Through profile, "I just want to hear the weirdness in the music."

Thorsing's RA Podcast showcases exactly why she's one of the most  consistently adventurous names in dance music. Describing it as "a mix with a narrative," the former landscape architecture student flexes her ability to build sonic environments, beginning in a landscape more akin to a swamp than a club.

Across 90 minutes, she moves through numerous layered terrains, exploring everything from Skee Mask's lucid, beatless techno to the piercing acid of Mike Parker. Unfolding with a restless sense of curiosity, RA.970 captures an artist challenging the boundaries of electronic music, ever upward.

@upsammy

Read more at ra.co/podcast/970

RA.970 upsammy

Thanks to https://soundcloud.com/gabrieller0se

(+)earth w/ Gabrielle Rose

This week, we hit replay on last year's stopover in Japan as part of our World Tour.

Supported by Budweiser.

TRACKLIST

¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U | Boiler Room: Tokyo

We’re excited to return to our favorite monthly routine—sharing a new episode of the ZSA ZSA Mix Series. No. 5 is in the hands of Stress, a Frankfurt-based DJ and founder of the otherworldly curated podcast series (+)earth. 3647 seconds of hypnotic, meditative soundscapes—seamlessly woven together. We can’t stop listening! Press play, and drift away.

2025 RETURN

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