2024 Mixes

Grab-bag of house, techno, and other in-between flavors, looking back at the best stuff from 2023. Tracks from Brian Kage, James Holden, DJ Central, Javier Drada, Furtive, Beta Librae, Purelink, Strategy, Ryan Clover, Ciel, Seb Wildblood and more.

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DJ Kel | The Nod: best of 2023 (part 1) | 01-04-24

Best of 2023- Politics of Dancing with DJ ROO
Coming back to WKDU in 2019 was the best thing I was able to choose to do. Sharing music with you each week is a gift that continues to bear such sweet fruit and it’s a privilege that I take very seriously. Not everyone gets to do what I get the honor of doing each week, at this little college radio station here in the basement of the Creese Student Center at Drexel University. While so much has changed in the world around us and in the music industry and how we experience and discover new music ; our little corner of the sky seems so much the same after over 50 years. I am glad to say that I have been around for over half of that time since starting my show in 1995. Many thanks to so many of you who have followed me since those early days and were patient as my mixing skills improved and the track selection found its groove in progressive trance, house and breaks.
I couldn’t have made it happen without the generous DJs and producers who have created tracks that have moved me and dancefloors. It was an honor to go to your shows, watch you move crowds and get emotional as your tracks echoed and throbbed out of speakers stacks 20 feet high or out of studio monitors. Guest sets from djs from all over the world helped Politics to share this special brand of progressive dance with listeners here at home in Philly and those of that tuned in on Soundcloud and weekly on WKDU.ORG and WKDU 91.7Fm. Framewerk, Anthony Pappa, Retroid, Hybrid, Steve Parry, Dave Seaman, Sasha, John Digweed, Tinlicker, Bicep, Staysis, Braxton, Marsh, Ben Boehmer, Rufus Du Sol, Sultan and Shepard, Cassian, Jeremy Olander , Nick Warren, Hernan Catteno and so many more.
Here’s to a year in music that has been the healing and propulsive soundtrack to my 47th year around the sun and my 28th year as a WKDU dj.
With so much love - roo
Set list...
Here We Go- Anthony Pappa, Jamie Stevens (Framewerk mix)
Higher than Nirvana- Emberz
No One Dies From Love- Tov Lo
Under the Surface- Sultan and Shepard
Space and Time- Braxton, Jody Wisternoff, James Grant
The Runner- The Foals( Rufus Du Sol Remix)
Cos of You- Joseph Ray
The Truth- Braxton
Mercury and Solace-BT (Framewerk mix)
Fade to Black – vocal acoustic- Tinlicker
Fade to Black- vocal extended-Tinlicker
Don’t look down- Grum/ Natalie Shay
Seeds- Jamie Stevens
Great southern Land- ice house Cassian
Golden age-Jamie Stevens/ Anthony Pappa/ Mango
Murphy-Jeremy Olander
Seven days and a week- BBE Framewerk remix
u- Grum
Buggin-Hot Since 82
Otherside-Timanti/Just Her
Air- Acidova
Circle of Light- Because of Art

best of 2023

DJ ROO- Politics of Dancing-Best of 2023

live mix from 1/5/2024
politics of dancing on WKDU 91.7 fm Philadelphia
The show airs weekly from 9:30- Noon EST
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pod 1/5/24

DJ Roo- Politics of Dancing 1/5/2024

Tracklist:
01. STILL, Winnie Lado - Ahlam Wa Ish السماء هي الحد
02. Yak - Kaepora
03. Tristan Arp - Curved Space
04. Earthnut - Fae Flourish (Gru Var Remix)
05. llloyd - Warning
06. Roska - Pree Me feat. なかむらみなみ
07. Florentino - Colombian Flute
08. Lamento - Stand Up! / Pangaea's Mix / Lamento Edit
09. DJ JM - DJ JM - Muscle pain
10. Shai FM - Unreleased
11. Ayesha - Potential Energy
12. Catartsis - Double
13. Benga & Coki - Night [Lucent Edit]
14. Bianca Oblivion & ONHELL - Sinais
15. Pura Pura - Feel the 808
16. Deniro - MPC Tracks 2
17. Shai FM - Unreleased
18. Bailey Ibbs - We Run
19. Kaval - Nocturnal
20. Gaszia - Final Round
21. Stones Taro - Ba Ba Bash
22. Mikrotakt - The Infinite
23. Pteron - Choppah
24. Karima F - Sheer Rage
25. Jumping Back Slash - A Heartwrenching Song of Astonishing Imagination

Under his Shai FM moniker, Jia Liu (@shaifm) creates and plays percussive music with a global orientation. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, he draws upon a wide spectrum of bass and club, connecting threads across cultures, geographies, and eras. His sets are shapeshifting explorations of rhythm and emotion, from dubby downtempo to floor-shaking drum workouts. His latest EP “Bend and Break” explores these sounds, along with a recent release with SF Bay Area label Club Moniker.

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Freak Flag | Shai FM | 2024-01-10

This is a recording of the set I played for DJ Freedom's WDKU series realhouse. This was a funky gay old time! 

1.  Skyline - Cinthie
2.  If (Brothers in Rhythm House Mix) - Janet Jackson
3.  Isis (Magic Carpet Ride) - Hot Natured feat. The Egyptian Lover
4.  Voodoo Ray (Gerald's Rham on Acid Remix) - A Guy Called Gerald
5.  Do You Want Me (Techno Philly Mix) - Salt 'N' Pepa
6.  Silent Morning [1018 Dub] - Noel + Levitating - Dua Lipa
7.  Hanging Gardens - CLASSIXX + Seven Wonders (Extended Club Version) - Fleetwood Mac
8.  Odessa (Junior Boys Remix) - Caribou
9.  Fascinated (Nocturne Edit) - Company B + Burn for Love - Pitto
10. Tobago - Nature Boy
11. Kill Frenzy - Fouk
12. Acid Cult (Piano Power Mix) - Make A Dance
13. Give It To You (Maurice's 12" Mix) - The Imports
14. Picpus - DJ Steaw
15. Because Of You (Man City Mix) - Gabrielle
16. Spiritual Warfare - Terrence Parker
17. The Move - Ian Pooley + Circus - Britney Spears
18. The Sun Can't Compare (Long Version) - Larry Heard pres. Mr. White
19. Across That Fine Line (Working Men's Club Remix) - Nation of Language
20. comfort zone - altrice
21. House of Love (Hardcore Bootleg) [2012] - RuPaul
22. Fantasy (Subtrax Edit) - Mariah Carey
23. Bop - Surusinghe
24. Round - Hagop Tchaparian
25. Paper Work (Original Mix) - Matrefakt
26. Roadkill (Mark Broom Remix) - Dubfire
27. Forgotten Planet - Marc Brauner

REAL HOUSE 91.7FM PHILADELPHIA WKDU.ORG

Twas the night before New Year's when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a DJ...

Relive the fun as Dr. Plotkin rings in the new year for 2024 with a musical journey guaranteed to make you move!

Tracklist: https://wkdu.org/playlist/63166

The Listening Room 2024 NYE Special

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DUNESKA @ The Lot Radio 02-17-2024

Half quirky beats and half ambient glitches on this weeks mostly-vinyl improvised mix. Featuring tracks from Off The Sky, Nigel Richards, The Future Sound of London, Sweater, Anthony Manning, Ron Trent, Circular, Ali Berger, YMC and more.

DJ Kel | The Nod: springtime flingtime | 03-21-24

@nikodegallo back on the KDU airwaves with @chris-b-wkdu before they headed out to Lancaster for some horse buggie dance action !!

Catch the Hot Mix on Tuesday nights at 10 pm est <3 <3

Niko de Gallo b2b Chris B Hot Mix 1/16/24

For Grand Prix’s debut release, label co-founder Cades will be performing an hour long live set spanning from murky dancehall to ethereal soundscapes all themed around blown circuit boards merging with ancient organisms.

http://www.instagram.com/cades

Grand Prix Recordings: Cades (Live) @ The Lot Radio 04-03-2024

An all-vinyl crate dig through lower BPM's and glossy textures, plus a few bumpier interludes... featuring records from Tarotplane, Move D, K. Leimer, Sage Caswell, Topdown Dialectic, The Amalgamation Of Soundz, Joey Beltram, Neutron 9000, Steve Hauschildt, and many more.

DJ Kel | The Nod: golden hours for wallflowers | 04-11-24

How many colours has March?

Track list:
Lex - F* My Number
Eoin DJ - 2 Tha Dawn (Dub)
Ollie Cox - Jenga (SURANA Remix)
E-Talking - Telephone Rose
Toma Kami - Blades
Doctor Jeep - Phase Morph
Siu Mata - Ur
Lewski - Gru
Morgan Huggins - Welcome Home
Eoin DJ - Ultrasoft (Byron Yeates Remix)
K-LONE - Drumz! (Leod Edit)
Roza Terenzi - BabySteppers Delight
Fio Fa - Fantasm
Blu:sh - Hits Different
DJ Babatr - Aget Love (Super Mix) (feat. DJ Lemad)
Scratch D & H Bomb - The Red Pill (Bassbin Twins Edit)
Aphid - Ear Painter
Caroline Polachek - Pretty Impossible (Tom VR Edit)

How Many Colours: March '24

After 3 years off, Natlek (Merge Layers Records co-founder) is back in the game and he's on Rinse France as a guest.

Rinse Podcast France

Natlek - 20 Avril 2024

Happy Mother’s Day

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Kyle Dixon @ The Lot Radio 05-12-2024

Rinse FM Podcast

Hessle Audio feat. Pearson Sound - 20 May 2024

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