August 2023

In September 2010 I was on tour in the US visiting San Francisco. So did Pepe Bradock. Jack Wang from Stanford's University Radio KZSU 90.1 FM kindly invited us to his show.
I played for the first two hours then Pepe took over.


Roman Fluegel & Pepe Bradock live at KZSU 90.1 FM , San Francisco 2010-09-06

floating rings of a silky memory in blue by @djayaya

Bazaar 64 || DJ AYA

@kia-sydney
@harmony-rec

As part of their 2023 label night at Ankali (@ankali), Harmony Rec. has teamed up with Infame Radio to bring an evening of broadcasting and discussion. This years stream includes musical contributions from artists Lychee, Polygonia, and Kia, as well as a panel conversation on the topic of community and the music industry. All parts of the evening will be available individually via our Soundcloud or as a whole replay of the broadcast via our Youtube channel!

youtube.com/@INFAMERADIO

Harmony Rec. w/ Kia

This weeks Far Blue concept is created by Irina Kotik. Irina is one of the co-founders of Brooklyn based music platform Delayed, but moreover, she is a very talented DJ and producer. For her interpretation of Far Blue, she has thoughtfully selected music from different parts of her musical spectrum, which has resulted in this beautiful one hour mix.  

“This mix was recorded in my living room in Brooklyn on a hot and rainy summer day with a Xone:96 mixer, a pair of XDJ1000, and two companions: Kaws Blue BFF and What Party Orange. Drawing inspiration from personal experiences by attending many live performances and listening to DJ mixes, albums, and EPs, I amply titled this mix “The Book Of Reminders.” Just as a writer carefully selects words to evoke emotions and memories, I choose tracks that resonate with the essence of my musical influences. From the smooth beats of trip-hop to the dreamy vibes of ambient electronica and the infectious energy of breakbeat, the set invites listeners to explore the depths of my musical journey.”

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@irina-kotik

Instagram.com/farblue_ 
Facebook.com/farblueconcept

A Far Blue concept by Irina Kotik - 'The Book Of Reminders'

Meet Daniel, one of the Co-Founders of the awesome UK-based electronic music festival Above Below!

He gives us a sample of his vast and varied vinyl collection within this mix. He drifts through atmospheres and genres, starting with spacey dubbed out house music and into more melancholic dub techno and breaks with a euphoric, uplifting finish.

@danpeplow
@abovebelowfestival

Amamix 19 - Daniel.

<3

erika - early warning starfield (donato dozzy spiral synthi mix)
minilogue - clouds and water (rrose remix)
skirt - tumulto (shifted remix part two)
truss - auden (svreca remix)
zvrra – society
mike parker - mnajdra (shifted remix)
rrose – mirror
abdulla rashim – red pool
dj clea – love is so confusing (anthony linell remix)
felix k – mscl
dasha rush – sonic state
dadub – life (rrose remix)
rrose – purge
sstrom – fyren
voices from the lake – zulu vortex
teste - the wipe (edit select 2014 edit)
o.j. project – locator
peter van hoesen – fox tactics
retina.it – unconditional perceptive act
mike parker - 
sleeparchive - null sekunden
pervocet – ph1
mike parker - voiceprint: voice two
agonis – gamma ray
anthony linell – concordia
mike parker - lustration three (atlantic) (svreca remix)
abdulla rashim – moral blinds
anthony linell – layers of reality
judas- j_ex1
mod21 – structuralism (neel monte covello remix)
donato dozzy – rotary 3
rrose – nest of queens
voices from the lake  - secondo tempo

garçon at waking life 200822

sɒˈnɪfərəs

sybil (@syberkid) at the @harmony-rec x night vibes party at a 1900s gymnasium in prague, 17.02.23 3-5am

<3 <3 <3

Harmony x Nite Vibes Sokol 

ani/live Twenty Five: Sybil @ Harmony x Nite Vibes

Nina Mix 008 comes from prolific Quebecois DJ and producer Francis Latreille, otherwise known as @priori-ties. Over the last half decade, through his production and mixes, he has established himself as a pivotal figure in underground techno.

Priori brings a versatile game, as seen in his collaborations with Adam Feingold, Patrick Holland, and Ramzi among others, while maintaining a signature crystalline sound. As the co-founder of the NAFF imprint, he has helped champion a wide range of artists.

Priori’s Nina Mix is a collection of original material, both contemporary and forthcoming, that showcases the range that has made him one of the most exciting voices in contemporary dance music. Amidst his own production, this mix features forthcoming collaborations from Al Wootton, Cousin and Patrick Holland, along with a strong remix from Aurora Halal.

Free download and tracklist be found at ninaprotocol.com/3fdbCPbxhVfWTFeCnFFcLekZhtYWxTwWqHtwySFgFibd

Download

Nina Mix - 008 - Priori

Doula is a Brooklyn-based DJ born in Harlem and raised in The Bronx. With a taste for all things strange, stuttered and atmospherically curious, they like to create tension on the dance floor by shifting between melody, space and hyperactive drum lines. 

Notes on the Mix ///

"When recording, I found myself departing from a highly thought out setlist I prepared for this mix, which seems to be a trend with my mixes recently. This is a rare techno moment for me, regardless it contains a lot of what defines my current sound. Atmospheric, estranging music with intricate drumlines, percussive melodic elements and cinematic applications of bass, all looking forward and backwards through time."

SOCIALS: 
@ddoula
https://www.instagram.com/ddddoula/
https://ra.co/dj/doula

Tracklist
Joshüa - Distilled Water
Random Logic - Sango
temple rat - Deep Inside (Ryogo Yamamori’s Drum Remix)
Livigesh - Digital Dreamscape
Baraka - Final Fantasy (Von Riu Remix)
Dawn Razor - Scary Movies
C&G Soundsystem - Untitled #1
Pergo - Sunrises Under the Strobe
Mark Williams - The Spice of Life
Developer - No Traitors
Jeff Mills - Reverting
Albert Chiovenda - All Fucked Up
Neighbourhood - Spectra
Ciel & Ali Berger - Damn Skippy! (Davis Galvin Remix)
Gary Martin - Long Summer Nights
Cessman - Coral
Triboro Bitch - You Hear Me Girl! (Sound Factory Mix)
Gaetano Parisio - Advanced Research Technologies #3
Bryan Zentz - Goddess
Gaetano Parisio - Advanced Researched Technologies #6
Are Larson - The Technical Machine
Kim K. Francois K - Learn 2 Luv (Francois K’s Atmospheric Mood)

XOXA BLEND 165 - DOULA

Jacked-up deep house from Lisbon.

Tracklisting and download: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rpodcast_ChimaIsaaro

XLR8R Podcast

Tracklist & Download

XLR8R Podcast 811: Chima Isaaro

For the inaugural event in Montreal we teamed up with local vinyl institution, label and community hub La Rama Records to co-curate the lineup for the event. Represented by Kris Guilty, La Rama hosted a pop-up record sale with Montreal based artists and labels at the intimate OSMO X MARUSAN Café, a space merging music, coffee, and Japanese cuisine.

Shift Radio was our second collaborator and streamed this event live on their channels. Founded in late 2020 after a visit to Brussels, Audrey and Charles combined their experiences with online radio and planted a seed in the Montreal scene that grew into what Shift Radio is now: a Montreal-based independent web radio station dedicated to promoting the abundance and diversity of Montreal's electronic music scene through livestreams carefully selected by people, not algorithms.

https://www.larama.ca/
https://shiftradio.live/
https://soundcloud.com/genetellem

RA Community Connections Montreal - Gene Tellem @ Shift Radio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-eK1WYCmMo&t=2870s

Week 198

Kasra V at HÖR 25/5/23

Part of the NTS family since day dot, Moxie has held her Wednesday show since the stations first broadcasts. Inviting esteemed guests for interviews & mixes and breaking new, unreleased music, she’s got your Wednesday afternoons covered... Tune in to hear anything from Soulful House, Garage, Afro beats and all the way through to rolling techno.

https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-2nd-august-2023

Moxie w/ Dave Harvey 020823

Rinse FM Podcast

Highrise - 02 August 2023

A1. Joint 1
A2. Joint 2
A3. Joint 3
B1. Joint 4
B2. Joint 5
 
Setting the tone in a similarly deep and heady post-rave delirium as RBI’s Disseminate and in-house group Sleep D’s latest album, the spectral dub techno of Unsolicited Joints slips in perfectly to the Butter Sessions 2023 vibe.

Unsolicited…no one asked for these joints, yet here they are. Salvaged from many spontaneous late night jams over the last few years in a darlinghurst studio with only the mood in the room and the spirit of fun as guides. It’s all here really - Convextion-esque Midwest futurism, spiraling pads and woodblock style percussion mixed with the kind of borderless deep house timbres that nod more to Sprinkles, Regelbau and Acido than the watered-down, commercialised monotony. Elements of bleep, golden era 90s progressive house and even dubstep (‘Joint 5’) coalesce to prove a distinct UK influence, though Sydney brothers, Cousin & Ben Fester, combine them with ease.

'Joint 2' manages to at once subtly unfold yet rapidly ascend into peak-time 130 territory, knowingly crafted with the DJ in mind. Meanwhile 'Joint 3' gathers momentum through a shuffling, almost European minimal sort of groove, equally floor friendly but with less of the intensity. The aforementioned bleep tropes poke their head out on the latter half of the opening cut, while across the whole thing is a sense that the Fester's are as voracious listeners as they are talented producers. An exciting collection of tracks that wear their stylistic influences on their sleeve but are deep in the knowledge of those that have come before them.

Unsolicited Joints - Unsolicited Joints (BSR040)

2 hour excerpt of a DJ set by HRO on Wednesday, 2023.02.08 at the exclusive album listening session with Donato Dozzy. Weaving through the peripheries of techno, house and UK while keeping it strictly psychedelic.

HRO Invites Donato Dozzy [Excerpt] 2023.02.08 at Bar Theo

Introducing ‘The Chronicle’ podcast series, a chronicle of mixes crafted by artists and friends of the label. 

For our first chapter, we host Terrain, celebrating their forthcoming record, ‘Corners’, out August 25.

Order: https://vargmalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/corners

Artwork by Niall Greaves

The Chronicle

The Chronicle (Chapter 1) Terrain

@ciel_dj

Introduce yourself? Pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 

Hello, I'm a producer and DJ going by the name of Ciel. My real name is Cindy, my pronouns are she/her, and I'm based in Toronto, Canada.

How do you deal with being nervous before a gig? 

Try not think about it :) It doesn't always work, but i find it happens from time to time if I'm really exhausted from not sleeping on tour and my brain has naturally shut off. If I can't stop thinking about it, I will try to select the first track from my vinyl bag and have a vague sense of what Rekordbox playlists I plan to play from. I ad-hoc all my sets because I love picking tracks in response to the audience's energy, but sometimes that is a lot more stressful for me and I find myself doom scrolling the USB. Devising a strategy, even if I end up not following it, does a lot to soothe my anxiety. 

Where do you see yourself musically in 2044?

I don't know what the future holds but I hope to be a full time composer of film and TV scores when I'm in my 50s and no longer want to tour constantly.

If you could have anything on your rider… What would you choose?

An indica-sativa hybrid joint (no tobacco), nice bottle of orange wine, German flat peaches, and a bathroom in the booth (anything is possible, right?)

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

Less celebrity worship, less influencer culture, less fame & money-chasing, more focus on behind-the-scenes folks (whether DJs or producers or labels) who foster community and tirelessly build their local scenes.

Ciel - 36˚C

A stalwart defender of the Chicago underground, Eris Drew is one of this city's true treasures. A master crate digger, producer and ultra-skilled DJ, she is truly a musical triple threat. We are honored by her contribution to the Smart Mix series and proud to present the following selections. 

Tracklist: 
1. Cable Car (loop), The Elektra Corporation
2. Windy and Carlos - Shadows, BLFL18 2012
3. Translucent (Luke Slater), Inheritance, Kold Sweat Music 1992 
4. Steve Moore - Panther Moderns, L.I.E.S. 2012
5. Disco-D (Larry Heard), 1...(123-BPM) 3:58, 1986 (Clone 2012)
6. Mayday - Sinister, Kool Kat 1988
7. The Good Men - Vaslyn, Fresh Fruit 1995
8. Chrissy Murderbot - Friendship (Legowelt Remix), Halo Cyan Records Limited 2012
9. Soichi Terada - Alright, Far East Recording 1993
10. DJ Nature - Let it Ring, Golf Channel Recordings 2012
11. Jamie 3:26 - Acid Whump, Strobelight Honey 2011
12. Streetwalker (Beau Wanzer & Elon Katz) - Nymph, Minimal Wave 2013
13. Quazar - La Sirena, Go Bang! Records 1991
14. Tevo Howard - Specificity, Tevo Howard Recordings 2013
15. La Dusseldorf - Koksknodel, Teldec 1983
16. Adam Marshall - Oogamy, New Kanada 2011
17. Spacemen 3 - Ecstasy Symphony, 1987 (2010 Fire Records)
18. Greater Than One - Everybody's Crazy, Wax Trax! 1988
19. Sneaky Tim - Bad Connection, Dance Mania 1993
20. Walk the Dog (Pal Joey) - I Can't, Coco Machete 2012
21. Bookworms & Steve Summers - Possible Worlds, Confused House 2013
22. OMD - Time Zones, Virgin 1983
23. Fad Gadget - Saturday Night Special, Mute 1982
24. Harmonia - Sehr Kosmisch, Brain 1974

August 2023

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