"Leaning hard into the conceptual thrust of the Distant Signal series, Furtive weaves a sonic narrative of cosmic exploration and calamity. Pulling heavily from all stripes of lost-in-space science fiction plots, this is a non-specific tale of human optimism (or naivete) and intrepid scientific leaps leading to a terrifying confrontation with eldritch cosmic forces and the unraveling of the reality our limited human technology, science, and faith have tried to understand. This is a mix of high-impact “g-force ambient” (in Furtive’s parlance) and introspective atmospheres, a sonic ride for psychedelic explorers and dissociated adventurers, those taking (third) eye-opening sacraments to traverse the vacuum of space, the sands of the desert, the cold of night, and chasms of the heart. 

The sonic arc of this mix begins by conveying the receipt of a distant signal, a message from far within the blackness of the cosmos that suggests an intelligent alien entity is beckoning to us. In our natural human curiosity and hubris, a mission to make contact is undertaken, launching a ship with a team of top scientists, explorers, negotiators, and warriors to investigate, communicate, learn, discover, and perhaps conquer. A journey full of promise, hope, excitement, faith in humanity and our collective achievements and intentions. Their long, plodding interstellar journey encounters treacherous circumstances, leaving nerves on edge and the team rattled as they approach their destination… yet as they come up on their anticipated end point, they are overwhelmed by slack-jawed awe. Initial contact is promising and profound, unnerving but inspiring. The awe and excitement fade, quickly becoming concerning as slinking things get out of hand with spiking anxiety and desperation, an absolute moment of break-glass emergency and panic on the space station. Nothing is as expected and promised - yet fully predestined and predictable - as mysterious, otherworldly eldritch forces alter, predate, inspired, terrorize, and transform - threatening to rend cosmic reality, civilization, the foundations of our minds, knowledge, and reason as we have understood them all. Through the contortions of alien forces and life-threatening calamity, the existential threat abates. A new light shines on this portion of the universe, and a new vision of our place in the world prevails - though not destroyed, nothing is ever the same, and we can look into the cosmos with fresh eyes, of understanding, awe, fear, and faith, and beauty, rinsed clean by a narrow brush with annihilation.

…or something like that."

@furtivetrax
IG: @furtive.sasha
https://furtivetrax.bandcamp.com/ 
https://ra.co/dj/furtive

Furtive is a full-gonzo rave conjurer: they're a Philadelphia-based producer, DJ, event organizer, and visual artist - bending and blending genres, mediums, experiences, and crowds into raveworld magic. 

Tracklist: 
I Am A Lake of Burning Orchids - Sojourn
Lapalux - Oblivion
adammmmmmmmmmmm - ok I’m real I think
Bubba crumrine - Coin
Sung Hargun - Rigel
MORI345 - Oxbow Owls
Horla - Opium Quartet
Lišaj - Mezina (feat. Sweeps 04)
Laura Luna Castillo - Things Have Started To Float
Exploited Body - Hypoesthesia
clipping. - Interlude 01 (Freestyle)
Polygon - Soft Focus
DIGITRONICA - кораблик
BRYYA - Ano
Heliochrysum - FORBIDDEN STRUCTURES
Infans - Avanie
Punshukunshu - Indistinct Light
DJ Glow presents Populist - (Spectrum)
Kathy Jinani - Abandoned Gear (wac© Remix)
Air Max '97 - Veneer (Tendryl's purp80x remix)
Mosca - The Twins
WOLF & 111X - Wounded Alien (Astrosuka Remix)
‡Starving Poet§ - Trans Euphoria
Arca - Sinner (JHL remix)
Yen Tech - Sentry
Furtive - Awe Bubble
Sangam - The World Ain’t The Same
Ben Frost - Periphera
Seven Orbits - Ganglion
Furtive - Embrace
Jade Statues - Invocation
Modeo - Nobody Sleeps

Distant Signals 035: Furtive

Juanita's Mix 100 with Ciel @ciel_dj

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. a music maker with too much sincerity and a passion for sampling, film, and leftist politics

Q. What drew you to the music scene in the beginning and where do you hope to see it in the future?
A. Looking back at my life, I think everything from my birth led me on this path towards music. It was my first love. But as an only child, my experience with music growing up was always very solitary. I yearned to be part of a community radio station with Iikeminded music nerds, and it was working for a radio station eventually during my undergraduate that brought me toward DJing and rave culture. Back then I never thought I could do this full time, but once I got the chance to make a living doing this, I realized the scene was far from perfect, in fact it's very exploitative. I hope in the future we can find a way to fairly compensate music makers for the incredible gift of music they bestow upon the world, without becoming beholden to corrupt corporate & military interests. Artists can be hyper individualistic and self-interested, and I hope we can get better at looking out for each other instead of just our own paycheques.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I wanted to present a different side of myself to international audiences on such a wonderful mix platform. Perhaps people outside of my home city of Toronto are less familiar with my downtempo sets, but it's been a significant part of my wheelhouse for years, and have gained even wider affection from me since I started doing a downtempo party in Toronto last year. Like I always say, 80-100bpm is the most natural tempo for extended human body movements. I also liked the idea of doing a mix that doesn't build in a predictable way, instead it waxes and wanes like the natural rhythm of life. So many of my favourite mixes build and release tension in a way that's very satisfying to listen to, the sounds intensify to a frenzy before disintegrating into nothingness. I wanted to play with that rise and fall and mix downtempo and dub with double time d&b in a non-linear way that is evocative of our most precious memories and tells stories we've only seen in dreams. Downtempo and dub also seemed like the perfect genres to play in the 100th mix for Juanita's, and in the lead up to my fav April holiday. :) I hope the listeners enjoy it.

Juanita's Mix 100: Ciel

Entity

Canadian DJ and producer Regularfantasy teams up with her musical soulmate and Irish powerhouse, Sally C.

https://www.instagram.com/regularfantasy
https://www.instagram.com/sallycberlin

Regularfantasy and Sally C @ The Lot Radio 04-23-2024

Some of my fave jams from recent months and beyond.

http://www.instagram.com/midlandsound

Midland @ The Lot Radio 04-25-2024

Zaum. The quest for transnational.

http://www.instagram.com/vladimir_ivkovic

Vladimir Ivkovic (Offen Music) @ The Lot Radio 04-29-2024

LADIEZ DRINK FREE 303 in the house 🖤

http://www.instagram.com/ladiezdrinkfree

TOTALLY CORRUPT WITH LADIEZ DRINK FREE @ The Lot Radio 04-30-2024

https://www.instagram.com/nigelthreetimes
https://www.instagram.com/maachewbentley

NIGELTHREETIMES & MAACHEW BENTLEY @ The Lot Radio 04-30-2024

Supercontinent EP, named for the ancient geological era when Africa and South America were joined as Pangea.

A reformulation of rhythmic ideas inspired by South African Amapiano and South American Baile Funk governs the two hemispheres of the record. The pair examine and deconstruct dancefloor material, eschewing 4/4 for interlocking shaker patterns, searing acid lines, cracking breakbeats, and vocal samples in Zulu and Brazil Portuguese.

An ascending percussive riff marks the arrival of “Pulgueiro Baile”, followed closely by break beats and the nostalgia of distinctly British acid electro. While pulguero translates as ‘flea market’ there is nothing random to be found; it is an intentionally future-forward retelling of a vintage sound, replete with a mind-melt breakdown of rave pads.

Artist: @kassiansound
Buy: https://kassiansound.bandcamp.com/album/supercontinent

PREMIERE: Kassian - Pulgueiro Baile [!K7]

Rinse FM Podcast

Patrick Holland - 3 May 2024

A two-hour-ish journey through some of my favorite house tunes & producers, aired originally on Mexico City's Aire Libre FM. Hope they make you feel good <3

TRACKLIST:

Axel Boman - Barcelona
Studio OST - Ascension
DJ Boring - Butterfly Walk
Will Martin - Cloud City
Minimal Afrika - Blissful
Earth Boys - Roll It Back
Metro Area - Caught Up
Tom VR - A Fantasy
Mr Fingers - Cerebral Hemispheres
44th Move - Broken (Dan Shake Remix)
Bjørn Torske - Clean Air
Jex Opolis - Desolation (Vocal)
Neurostate - Dance to the House (Unreleased Mix)
Levon Vincent - Double Jointed Sex Freak
Rick Wade - Deepenstein
Fantastic Man - Dream Machine
Osunlade - Dionne
Baba Stiltz - GET DOWN - DON'T GO
Les Sins - Grind
Pal Joey - Harmony
Omar S - Here's Your Trance, Now Dance
Palms Trax - Houses In Motion (Tin Man Remix)
Liem & Eddie Ness - Hylta
Pal Joey, Beautiful People - I Got The Rhythm (Club Mix)
Shinichiro Yokota - I Know You Like It
Remi Mazet - Les Merguez
USG feat. Monica Elam - Life 4 Living
Moodymann - Music People 
Frankie Knuckles - Only The Strong Survive (Club Mix)

Wig-Wam Mix For Aire Libre FM

DJ, writer, party maker based in Brooklyn. 
co-founder of Stream Informer
1/2 https://soundcloud.com/goonroomnyc w/ https://soundcloud.com/daycartmusic
bookings: david.garber7@gmail.com 

thestreaminformer@gmail.com

Wig-Wam Mix For Aire Libre FM

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