Darwin takes a trip through dance floor transcendence and sonic catharsis for this week’s Fact mix.

https://www.factmag.com/2022/08/01/fact-mix-870-darwin/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 870: Darwin (Aug '22)

Nowadays NYC - Facta & K-Lone - 4 hour B2B - 06/08/2022

If you haven't heard of Nikki Nair at this point, we'd invite you to come out from under that rock you're living in. But jokes aside, the last 12 months have been the Atlanta producer's year. He's toured seemingly endlessly, has found his way into a number of local scenes and has put out records for labels like Dirtybird, Lobster Theremin and Scuffed Recordings. If that weren't enough, he's also been putting out an illuminating series of monthly singles on his Bandcamp that show off both his restless muse and his seeming ability to both perfect and put his own stamp on any sub-genre or style he tries.

People usually use some form of the word "bass" to describe Nikki Nair, because of the way his music flits between dubstep, drum & bass, electro and more. One moment he's making staggering hip-hop instrumentals that would have fit right into the old LA beat scene, the next minute he's making pneumatic techno or uptempo stuff that would fit right in one Juke Bounce Werk. 

His voracious appetite for new sounds comes across on his RA Podcast, which is a sprawling two-hours-plus of genre hopping and careful mixing, hopping from mood to mood like a 2-D video game platformer. It starts off perhaps a little slower than you'd expect, but weaves through countless Nikki Nair tracks, older selections from Wolfgang Voigt and Drexciya and mind-melting club tracks from newer producers including DJ ADHD, Despina, Limewax and more. If you want to know what the hippest, most inventive dance music sounds like, bridging continents and oceans, this mix is it.

@nikki-nair

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/848

RA podcast

RA.848 Nikki Nair - 2022.09.05

Recording of Darwin's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

Darwin at Dekmantel Festival 2022

Otik explores various tempos and genres on his records from Jungle to UK Techno on labels like 3024, Intergraded, Keysound and his own label Solar Body. He also has a bi-monthly radio show on Rinse. Enjoy!

ITPS084 OTIK

Bass-heavy party fuel and dancefloor wobblers from the Dublin selector and Woozy label founder.

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Crack Mix 472: EMA

This week we welcome UK producer and DJ, Laksa to our mix series. This one is packed with dance floor spirit, with heavy percussion, dramatic breaks and energetic rhythms maintaining the vibe throughout. Interlaced with snippets of audio from current politics, we twist and turn through selections in techno, funky, dancehall and more. Featuring unreleased music from Laksa himself alongside tracks from the likes of Jurango, Amor Satyr & SIM, this will seriously kickstart your day.

Cofounder of re:lax, the club-night and radio show with re:ni, Laksa is no stranger to enthralling listeners and dancers with his versatility, attracting the attention of labels such as Hessle Audio, Ilian Tape and Timedance.

https://soundcloud.com/laksauk

DIM274 - Laksa

Rinse FM Podcasts

Hessle Audio with Ben UFO feat. Toumba & Stefan Goldmann - 05 December 2022

This very special pre-holiday treat is another Unsound podcast recorded at the 2022 festival in Kraków. Around 4am, a few hours after premiering his new live A/V show, Kode9 was back on stage in the second room to go b2b with Tim Reaper. These two heavyweights of the UK club scene circled between old- and new-school jungle, high-tempo footwork – sometimes raw, sometimes soulful – hardcore and beyond.
So turn up the volume, and let this euphoric mix navigate you towards the New Year in fine form!

Unsound Podcast 85: Tim Reaper b2b Kode9

Pressure Dome label boss and newly appointed Freerotation resident, @yushh’s high energy Pirate Mix will make you sweat.

Read the feature: pirate.com/en/blog/pirate-mix-012-yushh/

Tracklist:

@toma-kami & @seneparis - Tons Sem
@lewiboome - Unreal
@gobekli - Pillar 43 (Suze Remix)
Capiuz - Bling Ring
Bakongo + Scuba - Over Again (Hassan Abou Alam Percussive Tool)
@less-o - Bumblebee
Bloodhound - Djum
@stennyyy - Kembow
@pariah_uk - Squishy Windows
@deejaymosca - Vacuum Sealed
@officialcoe - Lemonade Spaces
@rhyw - Kirkhusa
@e_talking - Hi-Res
Mossambi - EBreakingSystem
@yushh - Look Mum No Hands
Monologue - Nowt
@jiovanni-nadal - cliqued

Pirate Mix 012: Yushh

For the second 3024 TAPES we are very excited to present one of London's most forward thinking producers and DJs: Ehua (pronounce Eh-Wah), who is celebrating her debut release for 3024 'Clouds'.   Repost and link as much as you like - let the music travel!

3024: Please describe the mix in a single sentence ?

EHUA:  "This mix is dark contrasts, bursts of sunlight and rhythmic complexities all the way, it explores the entire emotional spectrum."

3024: What DJ inspires you at the moment / has inspired you throughout the years and why?

EHUA: "Flore’s DJ sets are some of the best sets I’ve seen in recent times. The skills and the selection are always next level. But through the years I’ve been inspired by so many incredible DJs from so many different scenes - from minimal techno, to dubstep, drum and bass, jungle - my inspirations are countless."

3024: What are you working on / what have you got forthcoming?

EHUA: "At the moment I’m working on a bunch of projects in between touring and I have a few tracks coming out in the next months. I’m also exploring lots of new sound directions, I’m going through a phase where I constantly have a lot ideas and I excitedly and disorderly jump from one to the other. It’s fun though, it feels good."

Enjoy!!!

Buy Clouds on Bandcamp

3024 TAPES 002: Ehua

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