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Artist: @Melle026
Date: February 28, 2025 
Location: Melle-J's Home, Amsterdam
Mixer: Pioneer DJM 900

Who are you?
I am Johannes Melle, living in Amsterdam, Netherlands. My artist name is Melle-J.

Where are you taking us with this mix?
This mix is a statement reflecting years of dedication to creating house music. It features tracks produced by me (and collaborations) from 2009 up to 2025.

Why do you do this?
First and foremost, I do this for myself—to enjoy the journey of creating and using my creativity to develop something that reflects my taste in house music. Secondly, I do this for my team, Dorcas. And thirdly, I do this for the scene, which continues to inspire and motivate me.


For more from Melle-J & Dorcas, visit links below

https://mellej.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dorcasmusic

WhereAmi? 003 - Melle-J

Artist: @avisionofficial
Date: December 28, 2024
Location: Stereo, Montreal 
Mixer: Pioneer V10

Who are you?
I am Avision an artist from New York now residing in New Jersey. 

Where are you taking us with this mix?  
I'm taking you on a journey from the first quarter of my set from one of my favorite clubs Stereo Montreal. You'll hear a balance of house, tech house, and techno in this mix :)

Why do you do this?
I do this because I love it, it's been my forever passion, I love being able to express through my music and my sound as a DJ. I love representing a city that I love.

WhereAmi? 004 - Avision

Artist: Chloe J @rhythm_space
Date: January 24, 2025
Location: Vertigo, Toronto
Mixer: Pioneer V10

Who are you?
I’m Chloe Janicki – daughter to Mark and Anne, [pet] mom to Phoebe and Tokyo. I’m French Canadian, born in Ajax and raised in Ottawa – I left home when I was 18 to pursue a career in music and so far, that ambition has taken me to Toronto, Amsterdam, Berlin, and more, with intermittent stints living in Ibiza, the UK, and Los Angeles. I’ve had the pleasure of spinning and working in these places – but my true passion is working behind the scenes with artists to help give them space to develop and succeed in their truest artistic form.

Where are you taking us with this mix?
This mix was recorded in one of my favourite places in Toronto to spin – Vertigo. It’s a dark and sexy afterhours and I had the pleasure to be one of the regular DJs there back when it started in 2018. Coming back to it is always a pleasure. This specific mix is a bit of warm-up journey, starting slow and housey with intermittent builds and spicy acapella hits

Why do you do this?
I do it because I love it - there’s quite literally nothing else I would rather do.
Everything I’ve done in my life has been in the pursuit of music and the joy and community that comes with it.

WhereAmi? 005 - Chloe J

Some artists shape their sound around the city. Others shape the city around their sound.

@Lion-Bakman aka LAB93.EXE has been steadily carving out a corner of Berlin’s underground over the last decade—on his own terms. Born in Ukraine and raised between skateboard culture and vinyl archive, his musical foundation is as tactile as it is timeless. He’s not just a selector—he’s a converter, a curator, and the driving force behind @TheGatheringBerlin , a nomadic party and residency known for its deeply heady programming and warm, transportive atmospheres.

Launched in Berlin with early lineups that featured the likes of Desyn, XDB, and Dan Curtin, The Gathering quickly earned a reputation for spotlighting artists who favor depth over hype. What began with statement residencies aboard Hoppetosse evolved into a full-fledged institution, later taking form inside the legendary Watergate club. Along the way, Bakman has welcomed some of our favorite heavy hitters—Craig Richards, Anthony Rother, Evan Baggs, Andrey Pushkarev, ATEQ, and many more purveyors of refined taste. The energy remains the same—intimate, focused, and deeply musical.

As part of his evolution as an artist, LAB93.EXE dives further into cybernetic terrains—where analog machinery meets digital distortion in extended explorations of hypnotic techno and experimental minimal. He’s not chasing trends—he’s documenting a sound, moment by moment.

Artist: @Lab93
Date: July 29, 2023
Location: Opening the SUMME Room at @radiance-de-730352834 at RSO, Berlin 
Mixer: Xone:92

WhereAmi? 006 - LAB93.EXE

For over a decade, the New York–based photographer and DJ @jamie-adam-rosenberg has been embedded in nightlife, capturing its shifts with an eye trained on emotion, energy, and the in-between. His photography goes beyond documentation—it’s visual storytelling rooted in trust. You can feel it in the details: the light grazing a jawline mid-laugh, the focus in a dancer’s expression just before the drop. His images don’t chase hype—they hold space.

That same intuition guides his DJ sets. Built from years spent listening—on and off the floor—Jamie’s sound is fluid. It drifts between tempos and moods, drawing from the many places and parties he’s moved through around the world. His approach is less about genre and more about emotional pacing: “You spend long enough watching people move,” he says, “you start to understand how to move them.”

But beyond the creative work, Jamie has become a voice for something equally vital: recognition. In a recent post, he reflected on what it means to be a freelance creator in music and nightlife. “Credit isn’t guaranteed, but it should be,” he wrote. “It goes a long way when budgets are tight, but the person who captures the content posted gets tagged and credited. A community that’s united creatively works better in the overall sense of productivity.”

That balance—between art and advocacy—is at the heart of what Jamie brings to this culture. He’s not just contributing to the scene; he’s helping protect the people in it.

Artist: @jamie-adam-rosenberg
Date: May 10, 2023
Location:TBA Brooklyn
Mixer: Xone:96

WhereAmi? 007 - Jamie Jar

Some artists aren’t loud about what they do. No hype, no heavy branding—just steady work, strong records, and an ear that’s dialed in. @boss-priester is one of them.

Based in The Hague, he’s quietly built a sound rooted in minimal, house, and techno—clean, groovy, and full of restraint. Releases on What NxT, Dark Side of the Sun, and Interweaved have earned support from heads like Enzo Siragusa and Dungeon Meat, but his focus stays on the craft.

With a background in Music Technology from Utrecht, Boss has a thing for analog gear and subtle swing. It’s never flashy—just dialed in.

We linked during the lockdown haze on Brawther’s Discord, then met in Berlin and hit the studio. Since then, we’ve kept orbiting each other.

This live set was recorded opening Loveland van Oranje 2024. Boss wrote new material just for it—stripped-back, deep, and intentional. It’s a rare, more vulnerable side of his sound. One of three gigs that day, with his dad riding along.

No big statements—just presence. Let it unfold.

Artist: Boss Priester
Date: Apr 27, 2024
Location: Loveland van Oranje, Amsterdam
Setup:
Ableton Live + Roland TR8s + Akai APC40 + Pioneer V10

WhereAmi? 008 - Boss Priester

Some artists you connect with before you ever meet them. A mix from a homie in Buenos Aires led me to a Gustavo Cerati remix I couldn’t get out of my head. Had to find out who was behind it. That search brought me to @Furz and I’ve been tapped into his work ever since.

Nunca nos vimos en persona, pero así es esta cultura. La música conecta mucho antes de que la vida real se cruce. In English, we’ve never met in person…but that’s how this culture moves. Music makes the connection long before real life ever does.

Furz is one of the most eclectic voices coming out of Argentina right now. His sets are raw, hardware-driven journeys that move between house and electro, deeply rooted in Latin rhythms and the energy of early rave culture. There’s a steady continuity in what he does - empathetic, introspective, and completely locked in.

For episode 009, He shared something personal:
“The cat in the drawing passed away earlier this year. He was with me in the studio through most of my productions these last two years. This is a small tribute to a true companion who still walks beside me.”

There’s no formula here, just emotion, memory and rhythm stretched across machines... and from Bariloche, algo muy real.

Artist: @Furz 
Date: June 30, 2025
Location: Berlín 
Setup: Ableton + Akai MPC1000 + Elektron Digitakt + Behringer TD3 + E&S DJR 400 Rotary

WhereAmi? 009 - Furz

Not every entry in this series has to come from behind the decks. Some are felt in the curation. From the master minds of the dancefloor. In the silence before the first record drops. 

Salvatore Ficara isn’t a DJ. He’s the pulse behind one of Italy’s most respected underground collectives: Outcast Torino. A founder, a connector, a believer in music that speaks before it shouts. 

Since 2013, he’s been carving out space for community on his own terms. No fluff, no hype, no compromise. 

Born in San Luca, rooted in Turin, Salvatore built Outcast from the margins we all strive to start with, that DIY spirit, vinyl love, and a taste that never chases trends. What started as a pushback against the same old bookings has evolved into a full movement: a label, a festival, a crew, and a global family stretching from corner to corner of the globe. 

The Outcast family isn’t just a party it’s a real-time sonic blueprint for how to build something lasting in our scene and Salvatore is the architect.

This Episode 010 isn’t a mix. It’s a transmission straight from the source.

Artist: @ficara-salvatore
Date: July 23, 2025
Location: Lorenzo Aribone's House, Turin, Italy
Setup: Technics SL-1210 MK2 & Xone 22

WhereAmi? 010 - Salvatore Ficara

Amsterdam’s underground has a way of pulling new artists to the surface, not with noise, but with a quiet, magnetic certainty. @djcheryllrs is one of those artists. Emerging quickly yet intentionally through amsterdam’s scene, she’s carved a path between the city’s pillars, from Shelter’s dark pulse to the infamous Bret’s sunlit haze, and sets sailing further out as far as the Albanian shores of UNUM Festival.

Her sound and style boogies between minimal’s hypnotic repetition and house music’s warm, human groove …rolling, dubby, flecked with breakbeats, sometimes dissolving into deeper waters, other times flirting with the raw edge of garage.

For Episode 011, Cheryl drifts further still, It’s a deeper, more immersive side of her sound, built for tracing that feeling back to where it began. tracing a memory back from when we met at berghain on CSD with a mutual homie. From first chat it was nothing but good times and good energy, she says It’s a special memory since it was the first time that she experienced the Berlin music scene and we shared this together. The power of Music connected us & blossomed our friendship.

Artist: @djcheryllrs
Date: 06 August 2025
Location: Amsterdam
Set up: Allen & Heath xone PX5, 2 X Pioneer MK1000

WhereAmi? 011 - Cheryl

WhereIsFenix opens a portal into his universe for Macroverse Records with an exclusive transmission from his upcoming all-vinyl series (title withheld).
The mix was recorded directly from a physical stack of wax, left in the exact order it was pulled. No curated selection, no edits, no second takes, just pure instinct.

The result is a lush drift through the spectrum of dance music, equal parts restraint and raw instinct.
This mix marks the genesis of another planet Fenix is building. What you hear is the first transmission from that world …and more signals are coming soon

MACROVERSCAST #006 - WhereIsFenix (Vinyls Only)

A 1 hour set of all brand new and existing Bedouin original productions, remixes and edits recording at the Mixmag Lab in Brooklyn on October 9th, 2015.

1. Bedouin - Hologram (Original Mix)
2. Bedouin - Straight to the heart (unreleased)
3. Nu - Geno (bedouin remix) 
4. Bedouin with pattern drama - Spiral Eyes (Original Mix) 
5. Bedouin - Flight of Birds
6. Bedouin - Cecil (unreleased)
7. Frivolous - Serenade des Excentriques (Bedouin edit) 
8. Bedouin and Lum - Dionysus (unreleased)
9. El Pocho, José Mangual - A Mi Amigo (Bedouin Edit) 
10. Lum - Urpillay (Bedouin Remix)

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www.soundcloud.com/Bedouin-Official

Bedouin's music is set within the humanly depths of our minds and souls. Their creativity shines resplendently through every beat, every track and in every set. They will leave you engulfed in spiritual inspiration and feeling transfixed by an unparalleled sacred sensuality...

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ujPK9hes9c

Bedouin live @ the Mixmag Lab NYC - October 2015

Tracklist
01- Oceanvs Orientalis - Revenge of the Wankers
02- Oceanvs Orientalis - Jardim De Flores
03- Oceanvs Orientalis - Hymn
04- Oceanvs Orientalis - Leonardo
05- Oceanvs Orientalis feat. Vibekat - Boiga
06- Oceanvs Orientalis - Tarlabaşı
07- Oceanvs Orientalis feat. Rami - Sands
08- Oceanvs Orientalis feat. Oumeima el Khalil - Asfour
09- Oceanvs Orientalis - The Universe / Hicazkar Sirto
10- Oceanvs Orientalis - Six Days War
11- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (OvO Remix)
12- Oceanvs Orientalis - Bride’s Waltz

Published on 22 Jan 2016
Mixmag & Smirnoff Sound Collective present OCEANVS ORIENTALIS in the Lab NYC

Connect with OCEANVS ORIENTALIS :
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OceanvsOrientalis
SC: http://soundcloud.com/oceanvsorientalis

This week we welcome the talented Oceanvs Orientalis (Live) [Magic Movement] and LUM [Rebellion]. Fresh off performances at Maya Hearts and Day Zero, in Tulum, Mexico... these talented newcomers are taking the world by storm with their fresh take on electronic music -- consisting of a plethora of world music influences laid upon a bed of slowly percolating grooves, creating a sound that is deep, intelligent and altogether infectious while remaining danceable.

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo6QfoCtdhM

OCEANVS ORIENTALIS Live @ the Mixmag Lab NYC

Here's our full set at Mixmag's The Lab in New York City from May 13th, 2016!

If you want to see the video, you can check it out here: http://www.mixmag.net/read/the-adana-twins-in-the-lab-nyc-dj-lab

Enjoy :) 

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Adana Twins at Mixmag The Lab NYC

WATCH HD on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UgK6pGkhkWE

The Lab NYC is Mixmag and Smirnoff Sound Collective's weekly afterwork party where we stream the best American and international DJs from the intimate space connected to our Brooklyn office. Mixmag welcomed Brian Cid to The Lab NYC for a deep and ethereal journey through tech house.

For those familiar with the late night and early morning atmospheres of Brooklyn’s underground party scene, Brian Cid is likely a recognizable name. Once the music engineer of choice for artists such as Wiz Khalifa, Mos Def, and Snoop Dogg, Brian then found his true calling in the realm of dance music. After garnering early support from the illustrious Nervous Records in 2012, Cid began to catch the attention of industry tastemakers Richie Hawtin, Pete Tong, Claude Vonstroke, Lee Burridge, and Mark Knight, among others. The Brooklyn native and Cityfox affiliate has been steadily carving out a place for himself in the hypnotic realm of dance music.

Cid currently has plans to release a mini album on his own Extinct label in December while also working on an album for his new collaborative project with Holmar Filipsson of Thugfucker called Theory Of Light. 2017 will also see Brian release an EP on microCastle releasing in February and another EP on Cityfox to follow. With much to look forward to on the horizon, he’s sure to take to The Lab NYC with plenty of new material to share.

Tracklist:

1/ Brian Cid - ID
2/ Brian Cid - ID
3/ Brian Cid - ID
4/ Brian Cid - Dimensions (Original Mix) [microCastle]
5/ Stephan Bodzin - Sungam (Brian Cid Extinct Private Remix)
6/ Stephan Bodzin - Lila (Brian Cid Extinct Private Remix)
7/ Brian Cid - Habitat (Original Mix) [Lost&Found]
8/ Brian Cid - ID
9/ Brian Cid - ID
10/ Brian Cid - Slowest Poison (Original Mix) [Save Us]
11/ Brian Cid - Division (Andrea Ljekaj Remix) [Save Us]
12/ Brian Cid - ID
13/ Atelier Francesco - You Are Ivy (Theory Of Light Deep Dub) [Cityfox]
14/ Brian Cid - Belles Du Shaman (Eagles & Butterflies Remix) [microCaslte]
15/ Brian Cid - ID
16/ Brian Cid - ID

Brian Cid - All Originals Set Mixmag The Lab NYC

Caught the vibe at @MixMag 

In case you werent able to come out to the set. Recorded it for yall.

Enjoy!

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