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After growing up on the renegade scene of Montreal, Paul (alias como se DJ) moved to Brooklyn and founded the DIY party series RECESS with the intention of bringing a psy-forward sound he felt was missing in New York City. Inspired by forest raves and experimental dance music, he dreamt up his party with the desire to conjure the feeling of dancing in open nature with your friends. como se DJ’s sets strikes a balance of body- and heart-activating psychedelia. At once mischievous and emotional, he pulls in sonic elements of bass, deep techno, prog and electro, flirting with genre and groove, while maintaining a lush, blissed-out undercurrent. But this mix features a different sound for him: tender, melancholic, analeptic ambience.

1. How/why did you get into DJing?

I learned to DJ during COVID lockdown. I was living in Montreal, and I just had acquired my friend’s beaten up DDJ-400. I’d just moved into this new apartment where I’d host these ridiculous dinner parties with my “COVID bubble” of about 30 of my friends. Three or four days a week, I’d have everyone over for some truly insane meal, followed immediately by a house party. The handful of us who were beginner DJs would clang out some tunes and we’d all dance around til sunrise or until we got bored and then we’d do it all again <48 hours later. We all started out at varying levels of DJ adeptness, but through these dinner parties and occasional group DJ sessions, we all helped each other get better. It was beautiful; extremely surreal, but it worked wonders. 

2. What was the coziest gig you've been to/experienced and why?

Earlier this summer, I went back to Montreal to play this renegade party called Layer 05. That crew had been doing a bi-monthly party in the open at this wicked location in Longueuil, across the water looking into the city. It took place in this secluded forested spot right on the water, the dancefloor was a clearing in the woods, and you’d turn around and be staring at this old amusement park called La Ronde with the lights from the rides and from the city reflecting on the St. Lawrence River. After my set, two of my fav Aussies, LOIF and Sina, played some extremely wooky psychedelia (in proper Australian form) through the night into sunrise. It was my first time playing to a big crowd in the woods, and the vibes were perfection all night – it felt like a night at a festival: deeply joyous, intimate, and serene. 

3. Do you consider yourself an introvert/extrovert in the scene?

Without a doubt, I’d say I’m an extrovert in the scene. I always related to others over music. The kinds of music you are drawn to says a lot about you and your values. I go through phases of being obsessed with certain sounds/genres/DJs, and I’m endlessly curious and determined to meet others who happen to share my particular musical affinities as they change and grow with my taste. 

4. If you had to choose 1 track to vibe out to forever, what would it be?

I’d have to go with “Swim” by Madonna, produced by William Orbit in his idiosyncratic triphoppy, dreamy, and deep style. It’s a masterpiece and – in my opinion – far too underrated. It’s groovy, sultry, and a bit darker for Madonna than her usual sound. (Honorable mentions: Protection, by Tracey Thorn & Massive Attack; The One to Wait, by CCFX; We Float, by PJ Harvey.)

5. What is your routine when preparing for a gig? Do you have any special remedies/mental/physical prep?

It’s gig-dependent, but I like to spend the day before the gig alone, listening through sets of the other artists on the bill. I like to get a sense of their sound and use that to figure out how my set / timeslot will fit into the flow of the evening. I like to arrive on the earlier side to see how the night unfolds, and so I get a sense of the crowd and what they’re vibing with. I’m very conscious of the progression of a party and I want to make sure I play something that feels event-appropriate, while taking things in unexpected directions.

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upsammy at Praia - Waking Life '24

2023 and 2024 saw Softi aka @jazz_brown popping up everywhere - and well deserved. The quickly emerging London based dj & producer has a knack for bubbling, dubby, smooth & hypnotic groove. As the name suggests, always presented in a soft but effective manner.

A mix reminiscent of the change of seasons, icy breaks shrouded in warm dubs.. moody sounds & summer nostalgia waft through this easy-flowing, chuggy, cosy mix from the @cozi-716789961 boss herself. 

Thanks for the mix Jazz! <3 

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Animix One Hundred & Sixty Five: softi

Into the realm of Ottertronics.

Read more: https://www.orbmag.com/music/podcast/orb-podcast-084-philipp-otterbach/

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Orb Podcast 084: Philipp Otterbach

Ciao tutti,
The latest episode of my NTS show from last night is up for replay!
A la carte this month : 
♏︎ 🌝 Scorpio season, a time of transformation, introspection, and powerful growth. 
💌🎋🧙‍♂️🌀 I’m honored to host the legendary Vladimir Ivkovic @vladimir, who guides us on a profound journey. His sets dive deep into a realm of feels and texture ~  a moment of stillness where time vanishes, pure bliss ✨ 
A full circle moment for me, when I first met Vladimir, we spoke about "The Mushroom at the End of the World" by Anna Tsing, a book that explores the life cycle of the matsutake mushroom as a lens to examine resilience, collaboration, and survival in precarious times, which aligns with today's energies and Scorpio season. 
Hope you enjoy the mesmerizing voyage Vladimir has crafted for us. 
🎨 Art by @gigi-fm

~ with love & gratitude ~
GiGi 💖✨🧜‍♀️

NTS Radio ~ GiGi FM Presents Vladimir Ivkovic 6.11.2024

aleksi perälä live at cochilo

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Aleksi Perälä live at Cochilo - Waking Life '24

An hour into the depths and mysteries of @diamantegrafito a longtime friend and inspiration <3
Tracklist:
Bernard Palaglia - Simple
Black Tape For A Blue Girl's Sam Rosenthal - The Room
Scanner - Full Fathom
Flare - Nervewrench
Brother From Another Planet -  Soundscape
Maki Fuki - Phagocytosis (Taxine Mix)
Stereometrix - Alligators
Loek Frey - Embody Ritual
Substanz-T - Rekall
Carl Craig - Untitled
Trance To The Sun - Mint
Placebo - Oxygen Thief
cEvin Key - The Chamber
Scorn - Exodus (Sabres Of Paradise Mix 3)
Starfish Pool - Deconstructed
Jesus Jones - Zeros And Ones (Aphex Twin Reconstruction)
Morelenbaum² / Sakamoto - Insensatez (Remodel by Alva Noto)
Fripp & Eno - An Index of Metals Part 1

Basic Needs with Valesuchi's Special Guest - Diamin

The Dekmantel favourite kicks off 2025 in an exploratory mood.

Since her breakout in 2017, Thessa Thorsing has built an enviable CV: a debut release on Nous'klaer Audio, an album on Dekmantel and a residency at former Amsterdam clubbing institution De School. Over these years, she's honed a singular sound, navigating wild variations in tempo and mood that dance along the edges of techno, IDM and drum & bass (we could list many more, but you know the drill).

Her creative arc has seen her delve into ever more abstract concepts, such as 2024's ambient-leaning album, Strange Meridians, exploring the interplay between synthetic and natural textures through drumless experimentations. As she explained in her 2018 RA Breaking Through profile, "I just want to hear the weirdness in the music."

Thorsing's RA Podcast showcases exactly why she's one of the most  consistently adventurous names in dance music. Describing it as "a mix with a narrative," the former landscape architecture student flexes her ability to build sonic environments, beginning in a landscape more akin to a swamp than a club.

Across 90 minutes, she moves through numerous layered terrains, exploring everything from Skee Mask's lucid, beatless techno to the piercing acid of Mike Parker. Unfolding with a restless sense of curiosity, RA.970 captures an artist challenging the boundaries of electronic music, ever upward.

@upsammy

Read more at ra.co/podcast/970

RA.970 upsammy

An hour of music into my own renewed depths, recorded in Rio de Janeiro, January 2025.

Fantasna	- BOSQUE ROJO (Ambient Mix)
Levon Vincent - Anti-Corporate Music
Kincaid - Gloop
Fred P - In the Mood (Original Mix)
RHR & CESRV	- Untitled
Hess & Harrison - Barrier Rhythms
John Shima, G Prod - Frozen Memories (G Prod Remix)
LOIF - Super Goog
Sling & Samo - DJ Tool # 1
Distal - Temple People
Nicola Cruz - Pulse Motion
Kasra V - Rain
Capetini	- It's Acido Not Acid
Hoshina Anniversary - Usagi
Morphology - Hydrus Constellation
Pris	- Dark Waves Tower
Rose Again - Many Lives Dub
MoMA Ready	- I Want You To Be Free

Basic Needs with Valesuchi - "I want you to be free"

An hour of music to travel 7 Lightyears.

Tracklist:
Chants & Dave Schoepke - Ritmo Puro
Anokie - Wake Up In 7 Lightyears
Yogg - Are You A Believer
Monoconda - Balance
ML - Nine11/20Two
Charlotte Bendiks - INGA ELEKTRA (Valesuchi Remix)
Guza - Boundaries (meditating)
Stefan Vincent - 8AM On The Train To Work You Ask Me To Send You Something That Makes Me Happy (For Maarten)
Prettybwoy - Purify (SNKLS Remix)
Badmix - Erros
Shoko Igarashi - The land of beginning
JD Emmanuel	- Prayer

Basic Needs with Valesuchi: "Wake up in 7 Lightyears"

An hour of smokey music with the Italian DJ Mistiica.

Tracklist:
Jacqueline Nova - Creación de la tierra
Congi - Thoughts
David Goldberg - Æther_Shinkansen
Chewlie- Home
Europa/Charlie Osborne - Hyper-island
Opto - indepth
Zeb Samuels - Black Out
Chewlie - Run
Kessler - BLACK SKY
Plata - I can’t sleep (hypermelodic mix)
Chino Amobi - Black Out
Maria W Horn & Sara Parkman - Kyrie
Mika Tenner - 01
Isabassi - You dial the wrong number
aya/Ice boy Violet	- Emily lights us moor
E Wata - UD S2S
Ghost Phone - B2: U&I
The nice planet - Star gaze
Congi - Cold water
Aisha Devi - The infinite Cnmistry of the Betwixt
Gigios - Nem Tudo São Flores

Basic Needs with Valesuchi's Special Guest: Mistiica

An hour of music into the depths of Rio de Janeiro's mysterious producer ótimoKaráter.
@otimokarater 

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Luigi Nono - La fabbrica illuminata
Mas - Préface 111
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Mas	- Partition M
Mas	- Hélas
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Caterina Barbieri - Arrows of time
Meredith Monk - 16 Millimeter Earrings (Excerpt, 1966)
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William Basinski & Lawrence English - Mono No Aware
Vril - CTO
Basic Channel - ?
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Basic Needs with Valesuchi's Special Guest: ótimoKaráter presents Stages of Identity

Caverna Mágica

Thirteenth track from the album 'we  all burn in the fire'. Recorded Apr2025 using an Akai Drum Machine, Yamaha PSR 220, Behringer pro-1, Donner essential B1 a theremin, a mini Korg oscillator and a load of pedals. All tracks were recorded in one take with no overdubs, samples, edits or sequencing. 

We All Burn In The Fire

Une expérience hybride entre live performance, méditation électronique et rituel dansé.

Présenté à Bruxelles et Paris en 2023, Cokafonik Gymnastik: The Awakening of the Sonic Chant est un live act de Georg Crownford qui explore la construction du morceau comme un langage en mouvement — à la fois matière dansable et support introspectif. Chaque performance est pensée comme une jam avec soi-même, rendue possible par l’accès toujours plus libre aux outils de création musicale.

Entre textures abrasives, rythmiques déconstruites et passages contemplatifs, Georg Crownford façonne un flux sonore qui invite autant au lâcher-prise qu’à l’écoute attentive. Les sets, uniquement distribués en édition ultra limitée sur cassette à l’issue des concerts, accentuent l’esthétique brute et éphémère du projet : une musique à la fois en devenir et achevée.


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Either in the middle of the day or in the middle of the night, Valesuchi distinctly translates the vast mixture of her timeless and fertile sonic research, embodied as a big list of questions that has grown at an unpredictable pace through her music production and DJ craft, since she was 15 years old.
With precision and purpose she stitches and improvises a message, looking to blend each crowd’s shadow, expansive aliveness and sometimes hidden sense of humour. By choosing people’s bodies as a limitless answer, Valesuchi rides the rhythm until there’s not much ice left to melt.
Never a lazy digger, the tools she has come from her background in Santiago’s risky
gatherings and from the lessons learnt at the uncomparable raves she’s played all over Brazil. She chose Rio de Janeiro as her homebase in 2017, a place where techno, groove, funk, desire and danger coexist.

● Music & Press → valesuchi@gmail.com
● South America → agenda@valesuchi.com
● North America → info@houseofillfame.agency
● ROW → chris@unfoldartists.com

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