@livwutang


Introduce yourself? Preferred pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself? 

Helloo, I'm Liv, she/her, living in Seattle. I’ve had 7 pet rabbits growing up (Timmy, Stella, Max, Chloe, Hillary, Flower, and Cinnabun).

How is everything going with you right now?

I’m honestly quite overwhelmed between work, creative projects, big life changes, and the return to more IRL interactions but I’m feeling inspired n positive in spite of the anxiety of it all :)

How did you get your DJ name?

In high school, we had a group project in history and this girl was writing our names in the top corner of the paper and asked me my last name, which is Klutse, but she heard Wu-Tang and wrote Liv Wu-Tang. It’s been my nickname and handle ever since & when I started DJing I was just going under my IG alias and never changed it, lol.

What advice do you have to other DJs to keep sane in the DJ world? 

Have a giggle filled b2b with your besties at least 2x a month to maintain your playfulness ~

What change do we need in the dance scene post pandemic?

All white lineups 🥴 Also speaking to the PNW regional scene in particular here – prioritizing booking locals to headline & bolstering our community instead of the biggest and best names in Europe with the same 5 locals on rotation as support.

Who currently inspires your music-wise?

Dana Kelley, Gemini, Maurice Fulton, and Larry Heard tracks are endless wells of cosmic inspiration to me and I turn to them in a rut, every time! 

DJ-wise, in no particular order, I’ve been especially inspired in the last year by Wonja, Kia, Kiernan Laveaux, LT, Ron Like Hell, CCL, Peer Review, Powder, Analog Soul, ADAB, NAP, Razrbark :)

What is your most recent favorite DJ mix and why?

https://soundcloud.com/down-2-earth/dj-trystero Subtle ear caress with that enviable breezy effortless style & flow that I can’t get enough of 

What was your first gig? How did it go? 

It was in my friend’s attic I was sitting down playing Kaytranada edits off of a Traktor controller and I don’t think one person listened to my set LOL

Describe your favorite thing to drink and how it makes you feel?

Rose or lavender kombucha because I feel happy knowing I’m tending to my gut health lol

Why do you think it's important to share music?

Because some things you can just say better with a melody:)

Where do you see yourself in 2060? ;) 

As part of my best friend’s commune, splitting my time between shared intergenerational homes with big wide porches on every continent 

What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

Deeper investments into local scenes, communal care and increased harm reduction, more + diversified (i.e. across platforms) archiving of dance music history <3 

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livwutang - 64˚

@sky_h1 dropped her debut album Azure at the start of December. It was a genre-busting statement that built on all the sounds she has been exposed to since the start. Drum & bass, techno, grime and dubstep all informed the rhythms while her own life experiences contributed to the album's rich emotion. Next to making club music for labels like Creamcake and PAN's sub-label Codes, the Brussels artist has also written for galleries, films and concerts so is adept at making sounds that evoke in a range of different settings. 

Across her eighty-minute podcast, SKY H1 strikes a perfect balance between potent drum breaks and heady ambient designs. Tracks float through the cosmos then come banging down to earth on a bed of heavy bass. It's a mix that is as well suited to being lost in deep thought as it is thrashing about on the dance floor. Finding emotional nuance amongst such physical sounds is exactly what SKY H1 does best.

Find out more about SKY H1 through: https://skyh1.net/

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Dekmantel Podcast 365 - SKY H1

Recording of upsammy's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2022.

upsammy at Dekmantel Selectors 2022

For her Crack Mix, upsammy’s architectural and shape-shifting approach to sound is in full force. “This mix is more on the percussive and clubby side of my sound,” she tells us, “focussing on a flow between adventurous rhythms with playful high frequencies, eccentric kicks and ambiguous tones”.

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Crack Mix 499: upsammy

Thanks to Autechre for this awesome mix, blending many styles and genres. 

This mix is here to put Neuvoids back to life, as the project was paused for a while now. We hope you'll like this mix as much as we did. More stuff coming really soon!

Full tracklist:

r beny - alpenglow 
a0n0 - 1202
Made - Tek50
Humanoid - Last Seen
Sunken Foal - Trabolgan Acid
Stallone the Reducer - Eight Queens Puzzle
Pinch - Loose Cables
Luxus Varta - Cloud Study
Ishtar - Ca Va Craquer
tsx - nachawa
Versalife - Cosmic Language
ESG - UFO
Fumbata - Actuation
DJ Stingray x The Exaltics - Herd Instinct
CONTAINER - Vacancy
Lauren Bousfield - Foster Kid Running Away Again
Sluta Leta - Snöade Läger
Westside Gunn feat. Slick Rick - Good Night
Patricia Taxxon - Ascension
Civic Edits - Hassle
Stranglers - Meninblack
Spunk - La Bimini
Willie the Kid feat. Rapper Big Pooh and Joe Scudda - Game Winning Shot 
Bob James - Nautilus
Oto Hiax - Silt
Minced Oath - A Game Of Skill And Forethought
Beach Surgeon - Four Millions
The Extra T's - E.T. Boogie
Cygnus Ft. Yukihito Tsuge - Smooth Fixation 中毒
tsx x psygod - silberringe swud
zK - ZERO TOLERANCE
KMRU - under the bridge
Pita - Inend
Russell Haswell - Ambient Takedown
BJ Nilsen - Pole of Inaccessibility
Patricia Taxxon - Crocus 1

Autechre - Mix for Neuvoids

interview: www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/opheliaxz

Shimmering dubby perfection from Philly.

Excited to welcome one of the best around to the series, Philadelphia-based DJ and producer Opheliaxz. As well as being one of the finest DJs around, Kelsey has been teasing tracks on soundcloud and various compilations for the past few years. In April, she released 11/11 on Bandcamp, a collection of incredible dubby ambient works spanning from 2020 to 2022. If you haven’t checked it out already, you absolutely need to. 

Kelsey’s mix is a homage to her time in Berlin when she played at Kwia. “I thought it would be fun to rummage through my music folder I made to play live there a few months back at Kwia and squish in an additional bit of tracks I vibe with.” You all know this one is going to be good. Enjoy.

@opheliaxz

Theory Therapy 53: Opheliaxz

~ a meadow of flowers ~

After a dark year+ of life's growing pains, with the decision to move home to Wales, ending a big relationship, reaching for the future self.
A meadow of flowers became my light, a vision of the future and a safe space to grow, to reclaim my senses.
During all the change, the vision of the meadow would keep me calm and somehow became my beacon.

Now I'm living amongst the meadows, nurturing the soul, resetting, mourning, celebrating, all that came before.

To be able to share this soundpiece on that day, my birthday, full moon rising of course, meant so so much.
To see all these conscious beings feel it, go into the soil, feel the growing journey, then dance like frolicking flowers, was so special, eternally grateful for that platform to express the truth <3

Thank you so much to the Les Siestes community, was such a special festival, to celebrate adventurous sound. 
A free public event, set in the Japanese zen garden in Toulouse.
The wether was so moody all weekend, but somehow the concerts stayed dry, then sun even came out for my set, a birthday gift to me :))
Will treasure that day forever xx

pic by queenie f charles :)

e l e m e n t at Les Siestes 2nd July 2023

Purelink selecta mode for two hours

http://www.instagram.com/pureliiink

Purelink @ The Lot Radio 10-06-2023

A selection of blood-curdling tracks from the zombie horror franchise. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/halloween-special/episodes/halloween-special-30th-october-2023

Halloween on NTS: Resident Evil 301023

Friday music.

Episode 26 of Theory Therapy, live from the Skylab studio, featuring a guest mix from Amelia Holt in the second hour.

@ameliaholt

Skylab - Theory Therapy E26 w/ GH & Amelia Holt

Imaginative downtempo and ambient to bring in the New Year.

Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/761

@forestmanagement

Halloween on NTS: Resident Evil 301023

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