Juanita's Mix 072 with Kiernan Laveaux @kiernan-laveaux

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. A girl doing their best to channel kindness, fun, & understanding throughout our known universe

Some ways other people have described me: Conductress of Chaos, Rockstar with a kind soul, Patroness of free divers


Q. How long have you been a part of the dance music community?
A. Since 2014, right after I graduated high school & started to help throw parties in Cleveland - almost like a whole decade now which is wild.

My relationship to it all continues to shift & grow but my life would be so much worse & empty without dancing & the people I've met thru it.


Q. Tell us about this mix.
A. So this mix is a super special one for me, composed of broken beat records I've picked up in NYC, but also Detroit & online. I've been really fortunate to be able to come to New York to play & see loved ones over the past few years, many of those times I'd end up leaving with a stack of these records in between some necessary laughs & growth in life. Every track in here honestly contains a snapshot of times I've felt able to really live my life & the people who've helped me realize we can all do that together - very much part of my soundtrack to feeling the sun & love around me in NYC.

Broken beat is a really special style of music for me - I was first introduced to it through Titonton Duvante & Charles Noel (Archetyp) through the way it influenced them in creating their unique vision of midwest techno that in turn has influenced a lot of my approach to music. 
The way that broken beat combines & dissolves so many eras of music (drum n bass, hip hop, 70s fusion, R&B, dub, etc) into new continuums is endlessly inspiring - always focusing on community, personal insight, celestial unknowns, the depths of life & self, the joys of moving with people, cultivating togetherness in a way that always makes me feel better after listening. 
Whenever I am having a weird day or don't know what music to play at home, I bust out my stack of broken beat records & just start mixing - this mix is very much a no thoughts vibes only kinetic result of that. 
I hope it can help soothe the mind & spirit for anyone else listening - a distillation of joy in the complicated world we share.

Included a thorough tracklist for this, really recommend checking any & all of these artists/tracks + the labels People, Main Squeeze, 2000black, Bitasweet, Archive, Co-Operation... the list goes on!
What is also really amazing about this music to me is the self contained but like infinite universe it's in, all sorts of producers & vocalists gliding in & out of each other's music - exchanging energy under all different names & sounds. Much love & respect to everyone whose music is in here & to everyone whose music will be in mixes like this in the future <3


Tracklist:
SK Radicals - Reachin 4 Da Farside (Misa Negra mix) / People
Scott Grooves - Inspiration Sound / Parts Manager
P'Taah feat. Sylvia Gordon - Nobody Knows / Ubiquity
Blakai - Callejon (Hi-mix) / Schtum
Afro-Mystik - Dreamwalkers / Om
P'Taah - Compressed Light (Black Science Orchestra Borg mix) / Ubiquity
Russ Gabriel's Audio Spectrum - Flip Down to Break / Emoticon
Bougie Soliterre, Orin Walters, & Melissa Browne - Something / Flipside
Russ Gabriel's Audio Spectrum - My New Room / Emoticon
Afro-Mystik - Infinite Rhythm (dub mix) / Om
Numbers feat. Valerie Etienne - Looking Back / Main Squeeze
Spacetime Continuum - Beveled Edge (Remix) / Astralwerks
Murky Waters - Check Yourself (Pranna mix) / Main Squeeze
The One Away - 1969 LSD Madness / Main Squeeze

Juanita's Mix 072: Kiernan Laveaux

''In the Western world, improvisation is a failure; you do it when something goes wrong. But when black people improvise it's a form of mastery.'' 

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Long Gone w/ Dáire Carolan & Cosmo - 7th July 2024

Amelia @ Nowadays

Food Prep:
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"Zuchinni flowers stuffed with chorizo and homemade milk curds, quickly blanched in its own whey, drizzled with kale oil 🟢"

Mix:
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Mix mastered by Odessa

Aleksi Perälä - GBBVT1337082
Biosphere - Antennaria
Plaid - Air Locked / Face Me
Autechre - pt2ph8
Gi Gi - Tricofero
Pieces of a Dream - When You Are Here With Me
Porn Sword Tobacco - Giftwrap Yourself, Slowly
Sundrips - Data Phase; Pardoned Granted
Davis Galvin - Latest Fruits
Jürgen Müller - Sea Bed Meditation
Arthur Russell - The Boy with a Smile
rRoxymore - PPS21
Tondiue - Koye part 1
Chuck Kentis - Zero Gravity
The Orb - Supernova at the End of the Universe
Sin - Pit - underwater squat
Laenz - Heartwash

Food Prep 010: Malzof

Hyper Kapital Radio w/ Wonja And DJML

zi! @ The Lot Radio 07-22-2024

ROOM 2 - SATURDAY 20 til 22 🐊🐊🐊

Thanks to Suzybee & Steevio, the volunteers, the dancers, the musicians, Théo & Ugo, the Friends of Fictions, Alex & very special thanks to @iambruce for mastering the recording :)

Hug to @r4r_luz who sadly couldn't make it this year and was supposed to play before me.

Shorter context: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9NI2bwMVcu/

Longer context: https://nonogigsta.substack.com/p/1ec95196-66ba-45d9-91d0-3b1031fc5c42

Freerotation 2024 : The House Of Crocodiles Part 2 (Live Recording)

Umfang & Q Media - Studio Mix

One of our favourite DJs, OKO DJ, brings her quintessential Off-Kilter charm to the latest podcast. A delve deep into her varied collection, head-twisting sonics and complex oddities for at home listening and for moments on the dance floor, packed with intricacies, weaved together - an education, a story. 

Recommendation: Save yourself just under 2 hours and listen to it all at once.

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Athens based Marine Tordjemann alias OKO DJ is Preceded by a well-earned reputation as one of the most forward thinking and genre expanding selectors in the game. Her sets weave the weird and the wonderful into dance experiences that hit every extreme. Tender, disturbing, refreshingly unpredictable - she isn’t an artist to miss.

Tordjemann has been a core element of Judaah’s label Brothers From Different Mothers for a decade, besides being also the founder of LYL Radio’s Paris department, where she has been hosting her show Pu$$y Nightmare since then.

Pu$$y Nightmare has evolved into a unique party series shining a light on FLINTAQ* artists, and focusing on bringing more consciousness and spirituality to the underground music scene. 

The key element of PU$$Y NIGHTMARE events is a Sacred Circle guided by OKO DJ herself as an opening ritual to any party. It’s a grounding practice that focuses on the mind-body-soul connection and celebrates what makes us unique: our inner beauty, our vulnerability, our magic.

As a producer, artist and energetic work facilitator, Tordjemann is a master at channeling surrounding energies and forces in her art with unrestrained panache and authenticity. She is greatly inspired by the power of nature and the Divine Feminine - that’s how she crafted an acclaimed first mini-album between experimental and spoken-word about the teachings of the Cycle, featuring « one of the coolest downtime tracks of the year » (RA).

There is definitely a lot more to expect in the future from OKO DJ, as her inspiration continues to unravel along her personal and spiritual journey.

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