Shy One was back for the first time this year, gracing the booth with an assorted mix of music, featuring two hours of soulful house, techno, and a sprinkle of acid cuts. Tune in !

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Shy One - February 2024

Pew Fellowship recipient, King James Britt (his real name) is a 30+ year, producer, composer, performer and educator in electronic music. As a composer and producer, his practice has lead to collaborations with the likes of De La Soul, Alarm Will Sound Orchestra, Saul Williams, director Michael Mann (Miami Vice) and many others, as well as being called for remixes from an eclectic list of giants, including, Meredith Monk, Solange to Calvin Harris. Most recently collaborating with MacArthur Fellow, Tyshawn Sorey for a recently released album project. In his role as performer, he has travelled globally playing thousands of venues and festivals, including, AfroPunk (NYC), Berghain (Berlin), MoogFest (Durham), Le Guess Who Festival (Utrecht) and The Kitchen (NYC). King was also the original DJ for the Grammy Award winning Digable Planets.
His curatorial work has been seen in many collaborations with the likes of MoMA PS1, Philadelphia Museum of Art and most recently Carnegie Hall. Blacktronika : Afrofuturism In Electronic Music, is a new lecture course at UCSD, created by Professor King Britt, researching and honoring the people of color, who have pioneered groundbreaking genres within the electronic music landscape. Genres span from Chicago House, Detroit Techno and Drum & Bass music. Using his position in the industry, the class has been attended by many, including Questlove, Julian Priester and Flying
Lotus. King remains one of the go to authorities on Afrofuturism in music.

Follow King Britt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingbritt/?hl=en

Coloring Lessons Mix Series 063: King Britt

Deezy (@deezys) is an Arab-American DJ based in San Francisco and one of the co-founders of QUICHE, a party series that provides stages to emerging and established queer DJ’s. Influenced by his upbringing in Detroit, he’s developed a decade-long obsession for collecting and curating a wide range of dance music that reflects his passion for the history of the craft. This mix presents a selection of timeless house cuts that reflect on the urgency of the dance floor to “let your body be free”, a sentiment all too important in our current political moment.

Episode 62 w/Deezy

A rare radio show appearance from one half of Mister Saturday Night.

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Eamon Harkin (Mister Saturday Night) @ The Lot Radio 04-12-2024

Pioneering force in UK electronic and downtempo sounds, DJ E.A.S.E. celebrates 25 years of Carboot Soul this April, complete with an NTS guest hour. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/nightmares-on-wax-16th-april-2024

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Guangzhou-based COLA REN steps up for this month’s Third Place show on Balamii - tune in for a dose of otherworldly fourth world textures, dub, and beyond.

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Third Place w/ COLA REN - April 2024

This past February, Tesfa Williams released his debut album—over 20 years into his career. Raves Of Future Past distilled decades of experience on London dance floors into a potent and powerful blend of grime, house, rave and techno. Made with an Elektron Digitakt to imitate the rough textures of early '00s UK dance music, the LP is an anachronistic history lesson that throws everything in a blender, imagining what gqom might sound like as an Eski track and giving new life to the short-lived "sublow" sound Williams helped invent with classic tracks like "Invasion," released under his earlier alias DJ Dread D.

Since the sublow days, however, Williams has become a torchbearer for UK house music and African diasporic sounds like Afro house and gqom in London. He's put out soulful hits like "Heartbeat"—recently reissued by Local Action—and released a steady stream of dance records for PMR and Strictly Rhythm. He's what you might call a jack of all trades, except for that he's actually a master of them all.

His RA Podcast charts his musical journey in reverse chronological order, starting with smooth, African-influenced sounds and winding through grime and dubstep, eventually landing at jungle. He threads a needle through diverse genres (and eras), and posits that the traditional UK hardcore continuum is a bigger spectrum than you might think, with gqom's heave and amapiano's log drum equally important in the musical equation. It's nearly two hours of UK dance music past and present, from a DJ who has lived it all.

@twilliamsmusic

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/935

RA podcast

RA.935 T.Williams

Hour 1: Alex Egan
01. Doof - Mantra [Mysticisms]

02. Oro Azul - Lemuria [Mood Hut]

03. Kouslin - Soup And Jam [Kouslin]

04. Effective Force - Diamond Bullet (Act 1 – Will To Power) [Transmigration]

05. Mortal - Mentor: Low Flying [Sunny Crypt]

06. DMX Krew - Escape To 92 [Hypercolour]

07. Mr. Ho - 000 Baby [Klasse Wrecks]

08. Alex Kassian - E2-E4 (Mad Professor’s Qantas Crazy Remix 2) [forthcoming on Test Pressing]

09. Pure Science - Ekeyz [Favorite Recordings]

10. Shinichi Atobe - Dub 6(six) [DDS]

11. Syclops - Pink Sarah NYC Is Back [Bubbletease Communications]

12. Labyrinthine - Integumento Labyrinthum [forthcoming on Utter]

13. Dopplereffekt - Programmable Organism [Curtis Electronix]

14. Theo Kottis - Lighthouse [Dekmantel]

15. Xray Xperiments - Techcore (Edit) [Blank Mind]

	

Hour 2: Nick Williams	

16. Silsila Dubs - Walk In The Light feat. Luther Vine [Silsila Dubs]

17. Ilo - Supernature [Nómada Records]

18. Der Strom - Dammerung [Industrial Lies]

19. The Holy Ghost Inc. - In The Groove Of The Ghost [Holy Ghost Inc.]

20. Pir - Lasis [Off Topic]

21. Shinichi Atobe - Ongaku 1 [DDS]

22. DJ Kolt - Vuguvuguu [Príncipe]

23. Dan Andrei - Oddity [a:rpia:r]

24. rrao - Ramanujan Prime [Worldwide Unlimited]

25. Persian - UK Apache Dubplate Mix [Existence Is Resistance]

26. Major Problems - Overdose (The Final Trip) [Nu Groove]

27. Rotor - Nexocis [Up-Roar]

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Phonica Records with Alex Egan & Nick Williams - 05 May 2024

Ahead of Phonica's trip out to Kala festival this week, we reach out to one of their longest running residents to display his wares for the Phonica mix series. Music From Memory affiliate, NTS host and all round deep digger John Gómez pays homage to Phonica with a dive into his more clubby collection of records. John gives us an hour of some of his favorite releases in the realms of house, disco, acid and breaks showing why he stands as one of the UK's most respected collectors. We had a brief chat with John about the mix and what he has coming up. Get over to offtherecord.net to check that out now

Mix / Interview Here

Phonica Mix Series 120: John Gómez

https://www.nts.live/shows/abby-imperial/episodes/abby-imperial-4th-june-2024

Guest Mix for Abby Imperial NTS Radio

A sonic exploration of colorful textures, designed by Ron Trent. Sound bites, rhythm & sound, and melodies woven together to tell a story. New age themes, kraut rock, dub, and jazz are a custom here. Let your mind run into its own space... "This is WARM" 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/ron-trent/episodes/ron-trent-8th-june-2024

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