Mixes

These are mixes made by the current members of Research & Development, Makeen and JS Alvarez

Mixes by R&D members

Electronic Sets 2024 (techno x house etc)

This week & next at Podlasie Club [05.16 - 05.25]

This week & next at Podlasie Club [05.23 - 06.01]

This session was originally recorded for a fundraiser during last year, but wanted to redo it to tighten up the blends. I picked a lot of tracks that remind me of the deeper side of Detroit. This feeling went with what I was feeling during the time of being home and secluded from a lot of friends.

Tyrel Williams "Detroit"

Here's my two hour mix from opening for Silent Servant at the iconic Smartbar in Chicago February 25th, 2022.

KonaFM Smartbar 02/25/22

we're getting ready for a night out. hugs, kisses, everyone's looking hot, and someone decided to change their outfit as the uber is waiting outside.

what's that? you and who didn't work out? that's alright, the girls and this fine bottle of bahnez gotchu

part 2 coming when it's done lol

THE GIRLS ROOM

Tracklist:

Fernando Falcão - Memoria das Aguas
Pulse Emitter - Void Engine 1
Uun - Junkspace
Inox Trax - Sound Effects
Franz Jager - Lana Hunts (VIL Club Edit)
Robert Hood - Ignite A War
Hardcell & Grindvik - Silver (Hardcell Remix)
Sibilant - Screecher Creature
Overland - NASA
1800 Haightstreet - Permafrost
Pelada - Desatado
Vinicius Honorio - Heartbeat (Alex Bau Repaint)
Andre Kronert - Tenth Street Rag
dj ESP Woody McBride vs. John Frank - The Pitch of Madness
Clouds - T12
Sound Associates - Jackknife (Len Faki edit)
Subjected - Thtswhtwnt
Merino - Como Desaparacer
Lonefront - 19
Furtive - Crossfire
Russell E.L. Butler - Maggots
Are:gone - 721.2
Tarker - Enhanced
Jaq Attaque - Martian Immigration (Raw Mix)
Free Range - The Grey Goose
Paul Bailey - Battery Girl
Blacknecks - Don’t Say Goodbye
Frankie Vega & Gabriel Palomo - The Tempest
Decks - Fractured
Keanu Raves - Secret Base Aesthetic
Fjaak - Bassani
Alphaconda - Hey Mami
LSDXOXO - Mutant Exotic (D.Dan Remix)

JS Alvarez- minimal detroit

For mix number 18 in the PPRZ Podcast series, we have a mix from Chicago's @makeensound

Chicago based producer and DJ Makeen is focused on groovy textural techno
with a dark edge. He co-organizes the party series Research & Development
with J.S. Alvarez and founded the parties Spent and Near Dark.

His electronic music obsession began when he started performing live sets
on tables full of gear. With an interest in sound design and synthesis, Makeen
spent the early part of his artistic life composing and performing
experimental music more focused on acoustic instruments. The latest leg of
his journey has brought him back to electronic music with an elevated
passion for dance floor-focused beats.

Mix Description:
I decided to take a playful approach to this mix— playing some lighter and
groovier tracks with an emphasis on trippy sounds and atmospheres. This
mix was recorded with 3 x CDJs and an Allen & Heath Xone 92 mixer. The
focus was on long continuous blends, while shifting between new and
unexpected sonic worlds.

Tracklist:
Oktobr - Sleepdancer
Dj Hyperactive & Jason Patrick - Harrier Env (Original Mix)
BLANKA - Howl
Atonism - Back And Forth
Temudo - P is For Paula
Karo - Uväll
Vladw - Aou Mallku
Augusto Taito - High Trip
Ohm - ASKE
CRAVO - Innerversion
Tsibo - M25
Takt - Groove Chaser
Orbe - Post-Cycle
Toru Ikemoto, bw - Don’t Play 050r
Amotik - Saat
Zisko - State of Rhythm
Seigg - Secondary Options
Planetary Assault Systems - Raww
Speedy & Steve - Rotor
Temudo - Susto
Gaetano Parisio - Klytia

PPRZ Podcast 18 - Makeen

https://soundcloud.com/ole-mic-odd
Not only is this the first post for Research & Development of 2024, it is our very first live set to be published as part of the mix series!  

Los Angeles-born Ole Mic Odd (aka Michael Padgett) grew up surrounded by jazz and rap music before moving to the east coast and becoming obsessed with vinyl. After DJing at parties and bars for years – spinning everything from dub/reggae and funk to krautrock and minimal wave – he finally discovered techno and picked up a few drum machines. 

Influenced by cult Dutch electronic labels, Detroit electro, Miami bass, early Chicago and P-Funk/G-Funk, Michael's music and performances are driven by hardware electronics, live recordings and improvisation. His high-energy live sets weave together techno, acid, electro, house, synth-wave and jakbeat styles, while his recordings range from acid electro and jackin techno to stomping house and ambient synth improvisations.

Michael has released on Kraftjerkz, Source Material, Zement, Dead Channel, Natural Sciences, New York Haunted, Another Perspective, Hilltown Disco, Clan Destine and Up North Records, among others. He has releases forthcoming on KRI Records, Zonate and Jungle Gym Records.

RND 097 - Ole Mic Odd

Interesting mix here, the 1st 50 minutes is Donato, then after Mathew. Does anyone know who Brancaphonic (maybe Andrea Filosa & Filippo R. Travaglio) were at the Brancaleone club in Rome, Italy around 2004 or 2005? If so, contact us. See also our comment on https://www.discogs.com/label/553629-Brancaleone.

Original mix location: https://www.mixcloud.com/B_bootlegs/dozzy-mathew-jonson-dj-set-microhouse-space-edition-20-nov-2004/

Mix description text on that webpage: 

‘1 of the microhouse events, that took the name Space Edition, and hosted the Canadian Mathew Jonson, a member of Cobblestone Jazz, and 1 of the founders of Wagon Repair record label. That evening, Mathew divided the music area with Donato Dozzy, a resident DJ and famous today in the international electronic scene. In this recording, Dozzy is playing at the opening, while the set of Jonson, is in the central part. There are 3 or 4 jumps in the track, because that night the recorder had some problems’.

Donato Dozzy
• Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/202097-Donato-Dozzy
• Bandcamp 1: https://donaotodozzysm.bandcamp.com
• Bandcamp 2: https://dozz.bandcamp.com
• Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/dj/donatodozzy
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donato_dozzy/
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/donato-dozzy
• MixesDB: https://www.mixesdb.com/w/Category:Donato_Dozzy

Mathew Jonson
• 2000 Underground Music: https://2000undergroundmusic.com/mathewjonson/
• Bandcamp 1: https://mathewjonson.bandcamp.com
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mathew-jonson
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mathew-Jonson/30624791775
• MixesDB: https://www.mixesdb.com/w/Category:Mathew_Jonson

Donato Dozzy (Elettronica Romana) and Mathew Jonson (Wagon Repair) at Brancaleone club, Rome, Italy, microhouse.org Space Edition, 20 November 2004

0 hour–1 hour
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05. Kyrkogaard by Johan Skugge. Mitek, Sweden 2003.
06. Destination Eskimo Pt. 2 by Donato Dozzy & Brando Lupi. Elettronica Romana, Italy 2005.
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13. Accidentally Brilliant by Crackhaus. Mutek_Rec, Canada 2004.
14. Contact by Claro Intelecto. Ai Records, UK 2003.
15. Strange Attractor by Alex Smoke. Vakant, Germany 2004.

1 hour–2 hours
16. Joana by Bogger. digital gadget, Germany 2004.
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37. Mono On Mono by John Tejada. Palette Recordings, US 2004.
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If you know any of the tracks, send me a message through SoundCloud and I will add them to the list, thanks.

Donato Dozzy and Mathew Jonson at Brancaleone club, Rome, microhouse.org Space Edition, 20 Nov 2004

TUNNEL Mix 009 | Memphy

Techno 
Hardcore

Live set from TLR January 5th 2024

On the hhunt #2 (Techno Live Set Chicago January 2024)

Housey, minimal grooves to keep your body moving

House Key - Mixtape 006

Jana has 'shape shifting lizard' JS Alvarez on the show to select some mutant techno and unruly bass music. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/jana-rush/episodes/jana-rush-24th-february-2024

Jana Rush w/ JS Alvarez 240224

THIS MIX IS FUN AND UNSERIOUS. GET INTO IT.

ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVE DILETTANTE MIX

BLACKCLUB 
Instagram - @blackclub_

ELEVATOR MUSIC
Linktree - https://linktr.ee/elevatormusiclive

For booking inquiries, please contact booking@elevatormusic.live

Consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/ElevatorMusicLive

BLACKCLUB - Elevator Music

Being 存在 - 2023 Asia Tour Live Recording

54번째 꿈 Kkum 이야기는 런던에 기반을 둔 사운드 아티스트 Jin Synth의 40분 라이브 세트 [Being 存在]과 함께 합니다. 이 세트는 지난 2023년에 있었던 아시아 투어에서 녹음된 소리들을 재구성하여 만들어졌습니다.

Jin Synth
런던에 기반을 둔 DJ이자 사운드 아티스트인 Jin Synth는 신디사이저와 모듈러, 그리고 직접 녹음한 필드 레코딩 사운드를 혼합하여 실험적인 아날로그-노이즈 질감을 표현한다. 라이브 공연에서 진은 자신의 설정을 자유롭게 즉흥적으로 조정하여 청중에게 추상적이고 명상적인 분위기를 제공한다. 최근에는 소닉-아트 분야에 심혈을 기울이고 있으며, 독특한 사운드를 내기 위해 직접 설계,제작한 악기와 마이크를 사용한 라이브 무대를 선보이고 있다.

The 54th 꿈 Kkum episode features a 40-minute live set called ‘Being 存在’ by London-based sound artist Jin Synth. This set is a reconstruction of sounds recorded during her Asia tour in 2023.

Jin Synth
Jin Synth is a DJ, musician, and sound artist based in London. Her music is a unique blend of textural and experimental analogue noise elements. Jin is adept at playing synthesizers, modular setups, and various microphones for field recording. In her live performances, she aims to create an abstract, meditative atmosphere through free improvisation with her equipment. Recently, she has immersed herself in sonic art, dedicating time to building her own instruments and DIY microphones to craft distinctive sounds.

www.jinsynth.com
soundcloud.com/kkumpodcast
www.youtube.com/@vurtseoul  
credits
released June 12, 2024

Live Performance_ Jin Synth
Cover Artwork_ Pano
Cover Design_ Yoojun
Mastering_ Yoojun
3D Preview Video_ CSSSS
Released by vurt.

꿈 kkum 54 - Jin Synth

KKUM54

꿈 kkum 54 - Jin Synth (Live)

@jsalvarez
@researchndevelopment
Interview: https://www.ayli-sf.com/2024/05/16/ayli-ground-level-019-js-alvarez/

Track-listing: 

Michal Wolski - Qi
Architectural - Rare Ceremony Tapes
Space Drum Meditation - Oviraptor (Marco Shuttle Remix) 
Felix K - Fundamentals (Onar Anxiety Remix)
Uun - Blood Money Redux
Wata Igarashi - Gravity 
DJ Hockey - Whirlpool 
Jeremy Caufield - Station A
Aliasing - Bline
DJ Nobu - pressure point 
Ezy - Too Deep
Marçal- Bionic Jungle 
Gag Reflex - Tomb 
Ungar - Aggressive 
PS11 - Chiron 
Decoder - Visionary
Legless Lizard - Something Better 
Are:gone - Organic Taste 
Aadja - post natal drip

AYLI Ground Level 018: JS Alvarez

Neptunian Influence, Sixty-Seven | Featuring @jsalvarez

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike. He is the founding member of Research & Development. ﻿What started as a monthly event series at Smartbar took on a new path with a biweekly mix series focused on nurturing new sounds, experiences and atmospheres while exploring the music and culture it was born or mutated from. Find him at Podlasie Club or sweaty basements and warehouses in Chicago and beyond.

SUPPORT: @researchndevelopment

| Tracklist | 
Phoenicia - Diagnosa
Forest Drive West - Time
214 - Body Control
Annika Wolfe - The Art of Abduction Dark
Atrice - Multiplex
Del Hale, R. Mohr - Gambit
Keith & Kevin - No Hot Water at St Regis
Future DZ - Sawed Off
Gesloten Cirkel - Everything For The Dev
Only Now, Flore - Cut & Run (Only Now Version)
Pedrolino - I Don’t Believe You (Filmmaker remix)
Marcela Dias Sindaco - Rio Ofegante
Privacy - Sword, NYC
KEEFE - Bad Boi
Identified Patient - Digital Drain
Deandrah - Red Grey
MANASyt - No 13th Floor
Data Assault - Pesadelo Absoluto
Rescript - Regurge
Shcuro - Unbearable Heaviness
Cressida - Al Gore Riddim
Machino - Pusher
Jensen Interceptor - The Fountainebleau
Raavel - Insect Repellent
Nite Fleit & False Persona - Parallax
Cyan 85 - 4 ma C-Borgs
TANS - The Priest’s Morsel (DJ Nephil RMX)
Vorp - I Plead the Filth

Meet you in the Great Dark Spot

NI67 | JS Alvarez

Umfang & Q Media - Studio Mix

Feeling very honoured to have played Dommune alongside my host Kai Galactic from Daybreak Recordings, followed by a fabulous gig at VENT the next day.

Watch full video on YT -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTD-Tq0Bqrk

Youtube

Polygonia @ Dommune 21/11/2024

This mix is from a very special at night November 09 2024 at Smartbar with my dear friends Nikki Nair, Madeline and Pen Pals. I was tasked with closing out the evening and was an honor to do so. Thanks to everyone who came out and stayed till the lights came on.  Hope yall enjoy!

Live mix at Smartbar Nov 09 2024 - Dan B Hood

We are so lucky to release this mix for our 37th entry, recorded live at SmartBar (Chicago) by our friend and excellent DJ Shanti!

From the artist:
I am so grateful to be able to share this mix with you all through PPRZ! This is a mix that was recorded at Smartbar in Chicago when I opened for Lady Starlight as part of Justin Aulis Long's series, Flowers of Romance. It was a 3-hour long set from 10pm-1am on a Pioneer V10 Mixer with 3-4 CDJ 3000s. 

What I love about opening sets is having the ability to set the tone for the night as people are arriving and making the transition from wherever they came from to the communal embodiment of dancing. The other fascinating element about an opening set is the dramatic contrast between the beginning and end as one first experiences an empty dance floor and sees the gradual process of it growing with energy and feeling even though I can really only see beautiful silhouettes moving in the darkness. I take an opening set to be about the gradual cultivation of energy but also an opportunity for creative tension and exercising restraint for the headliner and rest of the night.

Bio:
Shanti is a Chicago-based DJ who explores philosophical themes of existential angst and ambiguity through surreal, foreboding, and atmospheric soundscapes. Her sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition. 

While she is thoughtful about curating multifaceted energy and emotion within her sets, she also co-curates events such as Otherworldly Ambiguity as Evanti, a conceptual experience centered around the phenomenon of hybridity, occupying the spaces in between and outside of pre-existing concepts and rigid categories. She is also a part of Chicago-based DJ collective and label, Research & Development which is a mix series and curator of multifaceted music-centered experiences. 

Mix mastered by: Umair Chachar

Tracklist:
Part 1:
Lemna - Memories
Lemna - Hallucination 
Voices from the Lake - Mika 
Donato Dozzy - Aquatica
SHXCXCHCXSH - A Sunny Day in Ostrogothia 
Dan B. Hood - Ode to Drome
BMG & Derek Plaslaiko - Ghost Ship 
Rrose - Signs 
Alexskyspirit - The Travelers (Polygonia remix)
Etapp Kyle - Source 
Mike Parker - Heat Inducer 
Love Letters - Morse (BMG mix) 
Club Drippy - Crashed
Ryogo Yamamori- Zw
Marcel Dettman - Rush (Deep Release mix)
Pause - Crater  
SHXCXCHCXSH  - HHHHHHHGGKS 
Part 2:
Rrose - Solaris 
Lonefront - Stera
Modes - M52 
NØRBAK - Luyr 
Allana Letm - Tempos Multiplos (Centrific Remix)
Nubbles - Reflect 2 
Maedon-X - Caged Animal 
Perc - Milk Snatchers Return
Ritaffein - Laiva
Regis - Body Unknown 
Jamaica Suk - Tes Levrés
British Murder Boys - We Will Show You 
Uun - Junkspace 
Kanding Ray - Dark Barker 
Peter Van Hoesen - Vola Flash 
Surgeon - The Golden Sea 
Alexskyspirit- SNCTR2 
Decoder - Falling Flat 
Part 3:
Quelza - Plastic Waves 
Neel - A Thought without Time 
Oscar Mulero - Tormenta 
Regis - The Theme from Street Walker
DASH3D - Neuropulmonar
CRØG - Fire 
Oblivion & Uranya - Bassa Marea 
Sorcery - Dark Scan
GiGi FM - Amadamushies
Neel- Riflesso 
Quelza - We’ll Never Be Friends Again 
J. Blofeld - Uranus 
Cej- Itchy 
Char - Free 
Psyk & Orbe - Tunnel Diode
Surgeon - Convenience Trap Pt.2

Donations if you enjoyed this mix from Shanti's recommended organization: https://www.newrootsinstitute.org/ - creating a just and sustainable food system for all through education.

PPRZ Podcast 37 - Shanti live at SmartBar Chicago

ZONA CINCO - MICTLAN - VOL 4

We are thrilled to present this mix by Chicago based JS Alvarez for our 39th entry in the series. Both Adam and I admire what Jeremy contributes to the music scene with their podcast and event series Research & Development.

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that has learned human behavior from living in cities such as Chicago and Miami. He succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike.

He is the founding member of Research & Development which ignited in the iconic Chicago mainstay of Smartbar. The event series has moved on to host community focused events centered on a wide variety of often cutting edge electronic sounds at venues like Podlasie Club, The Whistler and various DIY spaces. R&D also hosts a biweekly podcast 100+ episodes deep ranging from rising talents, hometown heroes and well established DJs and producers from North America and around the world.

He's shared the booth with artists such as DVS1, Veronika Vasicka, D.Dan, Hodge and others. His mixes have been featured on NTS Radio, Mutant Radio and SutroFM among others. Catch him at The Great Beyond this July! 

I was trying to find a very textured sound within the first quarter of the mix. My attempt at some sort of atmospheric sci-fi horror score followed by something a bit more hypnotic. By the end of the mix I wanted those vibes to explode into something highly rhythmic. Something to shatter what came before and get the sweat dripping off the walls. 

If you enjoyed this mix, please consider donating to JS Alvarez' organization of choice:
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/ 
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/donate

PPRZ Podcast 39 - JS Alvarez

The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 - 2:00 AM UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music. The show has been presented since its inception by Pete Tong and features an uninterrupted two-hour mix from a different artist each week, overlaid with occasional continuity announcements delivered by Tong. With a broadcast run in excess of 25 years, the Essential Mix is one of the longest-running programmes in the current BBC Radio 1 schedule, and is one of very few Radio 1 shows which is not broadcast live.

Essential Mix 2003-04-20 - DJ Heather

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Jana Rush w/ JS Alvarez 240224

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