Pain Management welcomes London cult favourite DJ ojo, who arrives on the label with a hazy three tracker of trademark nether zone system music. On his most dubbed out full length to date, ojo span’s the full emotive spectrum of dub sonics with a range of both the eerie and more tender expansions of low end atmospherics, the resulting 12” equally suited for the club and the journey home alike.

‘Tongue Tied’ opens the record, a lysergic offering from the darker edges of dub music. A slippery fugue-state hit of narco-ambience built around a crooning, intelligible vocal refrain and chest shot sub weight. A real nightfall system pusher built to simmer in the early hours. It kicks off the EP on an amorphous, hypnotic note that sustains throughout.‘Oil Dub’ sinks deeper into the fog, melodic kinesis and expansive delays upholding an underworld of feedbacked percussion and tongue in cheek sub motion; a seven minute sound bath of ambiguous dub ASMR.

The B-side balances out the darker strains found on its counterpart with an overtly tender digidub closer. Clocking in at almost ten minutes long ‘Cloud Suck’ is a nebulous bliss of perpetually ascending late-summer warmth. The kind of liminal dream-state embrace that you wish would never end. True to the name, it evokes tender, dusk and dawn hued moments, a quiet ride-home flash of introspection on the way to or from some pursuit of meaning. Pain Management essential right here.

Limited run of 200 hand-stamped 12” records available now.

DJ Ojo - Cloud Suck

ooms 11a-1p @ big moon 2024

revisit a moment suspended in sound – enereph’s live set from mizaji lounge. recorded beneath the treepoline, their set unfolds like the forest itself—with the first half drifting in ambient stillness, deep vapors of tone and space. as the set moves forward, textures emerge, and patterns take shape, creating a resonance that lingers.

enereph (live set) @ Osmosis in the Trees 2024 @ Mizaji Lounge

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Visionary Bay Area pop experimentalist SPELLLING releases a new album this month, entirled Portrait Of My Heart. She selects an hour of influences and original music, from A.R. Kane, to Jawbreaker, to Jeff Buckley. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/spellling-2nd-april-2025

SPELLLING 020425

A mix beamed in from the future by singeli's young star.

If singeli has a new era, DJ Travella is its leading light. At just 23 years old, the Tanzanian producer is pushing the genre into fast, frenetic and unmistakably futuristic territory. And while there aren't too many entries in the RA Podcast's 20-year history where you can say, "this has no parallel whatsoever," RA.984 shatters that assumption in style.

Singeli emerged from Dar es Salaam's underground in the early '00s, forged from limited resources and unlimited creativity. Producers looped and sped up taarab instrumentals using basic software like Virtual DJ, creating a sound that was chaotic, witty and lightning fast. With support from local studios like Sisso and Pamoja, singeli took root as the breakneck pulse of Tanzanian youth culture.

Travella—real name Hamadi Hassani—came up outside that infrastructure. He began producing music aged ten, self-taught and internet-savvy. By 2022, he was touring Europe with Kampala-based collective Nyege Nyege and gaining global attention for a distinct style he's dubbed "cyber-singeli." 

Like gabber, hardcore and jungle before it, singeli is unapologetically go hard or go home. It's unique and utterly infectious. After all, what could possibly connect pop provocateur Arca to the late president of Tanzania? Not much—except singeli. 

Travella's RA Podcast is a white-knuckle ride through this blistering sonic universe. It's wild and joyful yet controlled—a window into one of the most exciting young minds in global club music.

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Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/984.

RA.984 DJ Travella

For jcore, the dancefloor is a meditative sanctuary. The Braket (@braket.sf) resident started her journey into the underground as a form of music therapy, immersing herself in rich soundscapes and dark warehouses to achieve a state of embodiment that was otherwise difficult to access. Eventually, she began exploring her own sound, performing at underground parties and established San Francisco venues like F8 and the Stud.

These experiences profoundly shaped her approach to mixing: while her taste spans a wide spectrum of genres, from the deeper side of techno and bass to the frenetic energy of jungle, footwork, and braindance, her sets are unified by a focus on hypnotic textures, sound design, and minimalism, as well as a strong commitment to leftfield and experimental music. This ethos extends to her passion for hardware and soundsystems, which she indulges by sharing gear and co-producing heady, community-oriented events with her collective.

"Lately, I've been drawn to ethereal textures, hypnotic tracks, and syncopated grooves. For this mix, I decided to combine these two flavors for a descent from heaven to the abyss, starting with classic ambient jungle and progressing to wobbly braindance and minimal drum and bass. I hope that you enjoy going on this sonic journey as much as I had recording it!"

FLUX AETERNA 067: JCORE

Pressing Invites DJ CZ: 18th May '25

Kismat 06: Lil Sur

Say It Right - Far Lane de-mix

Collection Of New Bits 
https://jabes.bandcamp.com/album/losing-it-along-the-way

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