HYPERAKTIVIST B2B YAZZUS
RECORDED LIVE AT WHOLE
SUN, JULY 30, 2023
06:00 - 08:00
ARENA STAGE
@hyperaktivist @yazzus-1

HYPERAKTIVIST B2B YAZZUS

MCMLXXXV (@thetruemcmlxxxv) is a co-founder and resident at Berlin's celebrated queer party Herrensauna. Though it has gone from being a local underground favourite to a globe-travelling brand, it always remains true to its mission of empowering people though music and community. The soundtrack is hard and dark and comes from across the electro, techno, EBM and industrial spectrum but for every bit of grit, there is always a hint of seduction. MCMLXXXV was a real highlight when he closed down Dekmantel Festival '22 at the UFO stage with his fellow residents so we're delighted to welcome him back to the podcast series.

And he doesn't disappoint across a high-octane hour. The slick selections are in a rush to get you moving and once you start you won't be able to stop. The rhythms are elastic but bumping with earth-quaking bass down low and everything from tribal percussion to liquid synths via sleazy vocals up top. It's a perfect display of MCMLXXXV's ability to blend the physical with the sensual into colourful and contemporary soundtracks that really bang.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 476 - MCMLXXXV

Sterling Juan Diaz LIVE at Nocturnal Emissions 01/11/25, in Brooklyn, New York. Sterling took us on a hypnotic ride with his closing set on 01/11/25 - melding deep, percussive rhythms with intoxicating melodies and a sultry Latin infusion that kept the room entranced till dawn. Finessed with a surprise b2b moment with MORENXXX, it’s a pulse-driven journey through sound, sweat, and surrender. Listen to more on Sterling's SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/sterlingjuandiaz

Sterling Juan Diaz is a Dominican American DJ and multidisciplinary artist hailing from Uptown New York City. He is known for his distinctive approach to music, exploring the fringes and nuances of various genres from around the world, within the NYC underground scene, and his roots. Drawing from many corners of dance music, he crafts dynamic sets that evoke a sense of connection and exhilaration, with an ear like no other. As a recent Dweller Festival alum, Sterling is considered one of the most consistently exciting DJs in NYC. His performances are known for their open exploration of energy, dancefloor rawness, and fluidity. With a deep love for the art of DJing, Sterling is dedicated to continuously growing and evolving as an artist, all with a clear NY flair.

NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS is a trippy mix-mash of house, techno and trance with Latin / tribal influence; a distorted, sound-bending, mind-fuck that will leave you suspended with the vibrations of the night. bit.ly/nocturnalnyc for next events and more info. Live set mastered by @djjohnnyi

Nocturnal Sessions 026: Sterling Juan Diaz (LIVE)

TYGAPAW LIVE at Nocturnal Emissions 01/11/25, in Brooklyn, New York. TYGAPAW unleashed a beautifully relentless peak hour set at Nocturnal Emissions on 01/11/25, seamlessly blending the percussive power of dancehall with their signature emotional, driving techno. Pulsing with urgency and defiance, this set is a kinetic journey through sound, resistance, and release. Listen to more on TYGAPAW's SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/tygapaw

TYGAPAW grew up as Dion McKenzie in Mandeville, Jamaica. Today, the Artist, producer, DJ and label owner resides in Brooklyn, New York, where they have spent the better part of a decade uplifting frequencies representative of the Black electronic music diaspora. Their sonic palette—informed by the dancehall of their hometown as much as it is the techno emanating from the warehouses of Detroit—has made them an indispensable figure in Brooklyn's electronic music scene.

Since 2014, McKenzie has been carving spaces in New York for queer people of color through their queer club night, and now label, Fake Accent. The platform is part of their broader mission to forge liberating spaces for marginalized people, particularly Black, queer and trans people, an agenda embedded in the various layers of the artist's work. Early records like the breakthrough EP Handle With Care (2019), Ode To Black Trans Lives (2020) and their debut album, Get Free (2020) established McKenzie not only as a skillful producer, but further as an emotive storyteller. Through their production, they are known to weave together stories of queer immigrant life, radical self-preservation and Black communal joy.

Their music, much like New York, is a cultural stew made vibrant by influences as local as New York's ballroom community and as distant as Berlin's hard techno circuit. In 2021, one of techno's most vital institutions, the Berlin venue and record label Tresor, enlisted MacKkenzie to contribute to their 30th anniversary compilation, where the musician was in the company of techno luminaries like fellow contributors Juan Atkins, K-HAND and Robert Hood. In 2022, McKenzie brought their visionary take on techno to life with a three-part techno opera, Devil Woman (Obeah Woman)—the first iteration of which premiered at New York's The Chocolate Factory Theater, and Queens Museum before the project traveled to Berlin.

2023, TYGAPAW's second album love has never been a popular movement, was released on fabric Originals in the spring. This album is a special one for several reasons: It's the first album the musician produced with hardware rather than Ableton, their first record that features their vocals prominently and it also sees McKenzie try their hand at songwriting. In eight tracks that hopscotch across atmospheric techno and East Coast club, love has never been a popular movement addresses, with unshakable confidence, fierce self-love and TYGAPAW's journey as a Jamaican reckoning with their trans identity.

NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS is a trippy mix-mash of house, techno and trance with Latin / tribal influence; a distorted, sound-bending, mind-fuck that will leave you suspended with the vibrations of the night. bit.ly/nocturnalnyc for next events and more info. Live set mastered by @djjohnnyi

Nocturnal Sessions 027: TYGAPAW (LIVE)

Club futurism and a stack of new material from one of São Paulo's boldest shapeshifters.

BADSISTA doesn't do stasis. In fact, he prefers to be in a constant state of motion. It was immediately obvious when the São Paulo artist broke out with his 2016 self-titled EP, in which a bass-heavy melange of baile funk, dembow and trap demonstrated an ability to satiate almost any dance floor.

But BADSISTA continued to evolve through the different moods and textures of the club: from experimental compositions with Brazilian trans icon Linn Da Quebrada to ballroom bass and heads-down funk shellers for TraTraTrax.

This RA Podcast finds BADSISTA in a fluid place once more. The mood starts out slow and moody—one of a slew of unreleased BADSISTA tracks—before seamlessly morphing into the soul-stirring synthwork of Al Lover Meets Cairo Liberation Front. Then he gets playful: tasteful, techy house morphs into smutty baile funk. (And as for the guests, look out for Sully's "XT" and a spicy Batu rework.)

BADSISTA's style is connected by a uniquely Latin sense of rhythm and groove. Here, dramatic synths build up to even more dramatic funk crescendos. Perreo rattles appear in and out of the mix, as if acting as a reminder for people to move. But really, above all, this mix radiates with aliveness.

When you whittle it down to the bare essentials, all that matters is the joy and connectivity you feel within yourself and the world around you. BADSISTA is an excellent facilitator, and you'll hear as much on RA.991.

@badsista

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/986

RA.991 BADSISTA

Happy Pride month! If you're not gay, do not listen<3

Catnip DDR: Dua Dose

@brunosalfi

De las nuevas caras de este 2025, presentamos a Bruno Salfi, quien nos comparte el número 102 de la serie de mixes Por Detroit, Un mix con mood bailable que viaja por el Techno, Minimal y Acid, House, y Hardgroove.

TRACKLIST

1.- "Parola (Rework)" - Donato Dozzy & Anna Caragnano
2.- "Jnosis" - Primordial Om
3.- "Clap Clap" - DJ Plead & Anunaku
4.- "Ah Oh Ah" - Kodemul
5.- "Push The Body" - Doctor Jeep
6.- "Toloache" - 10010
7.- "Yiu (Original Mix)" - Batu & Nick Leon
8.- "Wide Trousers" - Fixon
9.-"Chonga Conga" - INVT
10.- "Bombing With Imase" - Jerome Hill
11.- "Danza Lokura" - Zisko
12.- "Boca" - Factory Setup
13.- " Do U Want Me" - 131bpm
14.- "Pulsing Crystal" - Eoin DJ
15.- "Whistle Tool" - Luke Hovey
16.- "Mambo (Original Mix)" - Confidential Recipe
17.- "Sweat Ur Prayers" - Byron Yeates