They say that you need to understand the rules before you can break them. If that's true, @toma-kami is a true sage of rhythm. The Paris-based artist and Man Band label boss defies convention each time he drops a new 12" or one of his famously physical DJ mixes. He bends and toys with drums and bass, twisting and turning them through the worlds of house, techno, breaks, juke and club to come up with something thrillingly fresh and hard to define.

Toma will join us at Dekmantel Selectors in August, but before that comes this week's mix. It is a masterfully controlled but edge-of-your-seat ride through all those sounds and more. At times they are piled up on top of each other to the point of collapse, at others they are teased apart and drawn out to hypnotic effect. These are supple but muscular and physical sounds that make you want to bend every bone in your body in pure appreciation of Kami's unique rhythmic gymnastics.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 369 - Toma Kami

A journey at light speed through the universe of Akua, focusing on old school techno from the ’90s and early 2000s.

More info and tracklist here: https://www.factmag.com/2023/01/10/akua-fact-mix/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 890: Akua (Jan '23)

Name: Alice
Alias: Coral (@coral-london)
Pronouns: she/her
Location: London

Influences: so many to choose from but some of my fave artists right now - Darwin, DJ Spit, DJ Voices, Donato Dozzy, Monoke, Delay Grounds. But mostly I draw inspiration from the dancefloor and clubbing community, everytime <3

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: monthly residency on Voices Radio

Favorite Quote: 'If it feels good, do it' - Jeremy, Peep Show

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: It's not a competition, there is space for everyone. Collaborate with your friends. And be nice!

With this mix Coral asks to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ Palestinian Hydrology Group: In Gaza 95% of water is unsafe to drink. The Palestinian Hydrology Group aims to improve water quality in the West Bank, Gaza and beyond. Implementing programmes that work to increase availability and cleanliness of water, and focus on how water can best be used for agriculture and renewable energy. All whilst educating the communities on the ground that they are working with to create sustainable solutions that continue to benefit people moving forward. (www.phg.org)
❁Saffron Records: Saffron are a Bristol based organisation working to advance gender equality in the music tech sector by creating safer spaces for marginalised people to learn, create and grow through music creation, DJ and music industry experience. They are currently at risk of no longer being able to provide this service due to lack of funding. Please consider donating - donation link here (https://gofund.me/4b2491b3)

Tracklist and more: https://thedaisychain.club/2023/03/28/daisychain-271-coral/

Daisychain

Daisychain 271 - Coral

Bass heavy body sonics from London based Coral b2b cass.

www.instagram.com/alicexcoral
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Coral b2b cass @ The Lot Radio 07-20-2023

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ᴀ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀᴛᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪꜱꜱᴇᴄᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴘʜᴇʀ ᴄᴇʟᴇꜱᴛɪᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴅᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴᴄᴇꜱᴛʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ…

It’s been a while since we have added to our monthly examination series, and not a lot of people know that a month in the liquid realm is as long or short as your mind’s imagining. It’s true, just look inside yourself bbz. You know it feels right.

In this rotation we are treated to a blessed gift beyond comprehension. A spirit that was brought into our knowing through their recent offering ‘Aquazul’ on Dream Software. Wigs has encapsulated what it feels like to enter the dream theater, pure downtempo & balearic indulgence that will satisfy the soul and allow it to float 4eva. We thank Wigs infinitely for this gift.
Elevate, resonate & perforate into paradise…

Examination by @will-ortizz
World Build by @dariuszoltan

EXAMINING THE GOD HEAD ｡ Wigs °

Recording of Ben UFO's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

Ben UFO at Dekmantel Festival 2023

"For this mix I wanted to pull together something that captures where I'm at musically in terms of what I'm listening to regularly, obsessing over and who I'm inspired by. I feel like it's a proper time capsule. I'm very thankful for the dancefloor experiences I had this summer which introduced me to some pretty incredible producers and DJs, ones who are more influenced by nature and the environment surrounding them with these organic, psychedlic textures seeping through their soundscapes. There's a lot of percussive and deep spacey elements in this mix, spanning everything from the trippy and minimal to the sometimes obnoxious style of psytrance."

@basicchanel
@untitled909

Mantissa Mix Series

Mantissa Mix 323: Basic Chanel

Toumba spools through a two-hour meditation on love, lament and desire with an uncompromising transmission from the heart.

https://www.factmag.com/2023/12/12/fact-mix-toumba/

Fact Mix 938: Toumba (Dec '23)

✨ 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓋𝑜𝓁. 𝟧  ✨

I started listening to ambient music properly during lockdown as a way of trying to heal from heartbreak as well as a coping mechanism to deal with what was going on around the world. I was pulling together playlists of tracks that made my heart sing or weep, to soundtrack my daily walks around the canals of berlin or the quiet residential area where i grew up and ended up moving back to. These playlists were the start of the sounds of healing series and my journey of digging deeper into ambient soundscapes via my refuge worldwide residency. It’s a genre that I probably would say I have the biggest emotional connection to right now, in the way that it has helped me through some really difficult times in the last four years. So it was an honour to bring this to the club space for the first time for playbody 002, a party run by some of my wonderful  friends. Sounds of healing vol. 5 is a glimpse of what I played during that after hours set, in what became one of the most beautiful settings with the lights dimmed, a candlelight by the decks, people curled up with each other on various platforms, kissing, or deep in conversation. It was touching to witness people have the same emotional reaction to the music as me; people coming up and saying how a track or artist had saved their life or that they just wanted to have this personal moment with the music, away from the conversation. It was deeply vulnerable to play some of these tracks to a group of people, some being strangers but it very much aligns with the journey I’ve been on recently. And with this mix, I’m not only sharing that moment with you but I’m bottling up this feeling and keeping it close to me forever. 

taylor e burch - you gotta start somewhere 
jonny from space - slip 
pugilist - alignment 
hysterical love project - i hope i see some of my haters out tonight 
command d & gi - bleary
purelink - stadium drive 
jonny from space - hearing colors
astrid sonne - say you love me 
erika de casier - the flow 
hyperdawn - maybe 
pontiac streator - time flies (shena’s loop edit) 
nala sinephro - space 1
kelela - far away 
davis galvin - loved 
anthony naples - orb two 
the durutti column - requiem again 
ml buch - high speed calm air tonight 
ot to, not to - new york city 
laila sakini - that wave, that line 
command d & gi - align 
spooky - the river (ambient) 
donato dozzy - vaporware 07 
secede - foliage pathway 
julianna barwick - pyrrhic 
takashi kokubo, andrea esperti - gaia’s love theme 
foam and sand/robot koch/delhia de france - circle 27 
coral morphologic - endless love 
nick león - dolphin 
soria - mary madrugada
julianna barwick - labyrinthine 
rosalía - sakura 
jake muir - tonic 
special guest dj - panoramic deep love story 
mu tate - me when u 
mazzy star - fade into you

sounds of healing vol. 5

playbody resident artist and DJ HEZEN creates us a mix that merges melancholia with evocative beats and experimental club music.

HEZEN MIX

'Dush', sees Seamouse blending drone, lo-fi hip hop, field recording and IDM into a narcotic concoction that is both uplifting and confusing all at once.

More: https://ins-rt.net/audio/seamouse-dush

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