raveN 2023

Andrew Smith aka Jasen Loveland aka infinity was the embodiment of the spirit of No Way Back and Return to the Source, his energy, his neon colors, his front and center nature was such a core element of these parties. In 2019 he showed up to the party with a shirt he ordered off the internet that was a collage of all these pictures he had done of the Interdimensional Transmissions logo, it was so over the top, no one could stop talking about it. The statement was so clear, he was here, and he was all about this. During the night almost every DJ played some of his music, I remember Derek Plaslaiko playing 5 of his songs that night. He was floating on air, I bumped into him on the dance floor and he was just glowing. It was like he was having a private concert of his own music with a few thousand friends. It was pure magic. 

He became a part of these parties, creating art for them. During the streams and after I had lost my father, he made sure to call me all the time and check in. That really meant so much to me. We’d have long incredible discussions, sometimes very spiritual. When the first streaming No Way Back happened at the beginning of lockdown, he made these over the top animations for us of the shirts and products we were making. They were a hit in the stream and some are still on our instagram. 

When we lost him only days before the 2021 stream, it was too much to process. Anger, sadness and just that incredible loss of a true head and magic spirit. So we broadcast this set he had recorded for Miguel Senquiz only a week before, and had Andrew Charles Edman process the video. A patch he created for Touch Designer was used for his and many videos in the No Way Back Streaming From Beyond 2021 broadcast. He was and always will be an integral part of what we do, and here we remember him with this video and mix, and have dedicated all of Return to the Source 2022 to him. Forever Jase.

video: https://youtu.be/Q3pcTQ3IYrE

Interdimensional Transmissions Podcast

IT Podcast

IT.podcast.s11e16: Jasen Loveland at No Way Back Streaming From Beyond 2021

Improv at the now legendary club for the Ukraine Fundraiser party Headznite

Live Set - Headznite @ Nowadays 6 12 22

smart mix 70: @dj_leesh

recorded live in smartbar, chicago's leesh delivers over 90 minutes of groovey vibes. leesh is perhaps best known for starting up the daisychain podcast back in 2018, a groundbreaking weekly mix series highlighting trans, nonbinary and femme djs around the globe. they can be found djing around chicago, the usa and over the airwaves.

check out leesh's foundation of choice, beagle freedom project, and consider donating: https://bfp.org/

Smart Mix 70: Leesh

JADALAREIGN @ The Lot Radio 07-27-2023

https://soundcloud.com/erin_platner

Erin grew up in the midwest in the 90s, isolated from the rave scene but having a chance discovery of Warp Records and adjacent UK dance music via the internet in their teenage years. In the blog house era of 2007 they started playing a monthly party in Madison, WI, which led to a brief residency at Smartbar in Chicago before moving to NYC in 2009. This move coincided with a growing musical dissatisfaction. The scene they knew felt and sounded increasingly vapid and commercialized. At this point Erin took a long hiatus from DJing and instead focused on showing up to parties in order to listen, both figuratively and literally. It wasn’t until 2014 when they first attended Movement in Detroit, and more specifically No Way Back, that they started to find their place in it all and the sounds that still move them today.

In the years between then and now was a winding path through many cities, scenes, and parties across the globe in search of a more complete picture of a community that resonated. Time was spent in LA helping with the Acid Camp parties, and another 2.5 year run in NYC which led to a deeper love and connection to the house & techno music scenes there via The Carry Nation and The Bunker parties, among many others. All of these influences helped them find their footing and in 2018 they attended Honcho Campout for the first time. This contributed greatly to a decision to move to Pittsburgh in 2020 at which point all of these experiences started to coalesce into who Erin Platner is today. Alongside the quick adoption of a new home came the desire to share who they had become, musically, back to the dance music communities that had given them so much. This is the sound that comes through today in Erin’s mixes and DJ sets.

“This mix is my attempt to tell a story about the past five to six years of my life. A period of major upheaval, loss, learning, forgiveness, growth, and ultimately celebration. It touches on some of my most cherished influences during this time, specifically in New York, Taiwan, Berlin, and most importantly my adopted home town of Pittsburgh. It’s a tale of accepting pain, leaning into the difficulty of moving forward and being vulnerable, coming out the other side to tell the tale, and ultimately coming back to the dance floor to absolutely lose it to great music surrounded by friends. Thank you for listening!”

Tracklist:
TITLE —— ARTIST —— LABEL
結合 Jiehe (Manuel Fischer Tool Machine Remix) —— Romain FX —— JIN
Forgotten Glyphz —— Sepehr —— Planet Euphorique
The Last Minute —— Tano —— In Armatura
Craig.py —— Bambounou —— Bambe
Neighbor —— Pervocet —— Interdimensional Transmissions
EMP —— Sister Zo —— Grid
En Route —— JV & Palf —— Panel
Mobius —— Skudge —— Indigo Aera
The Maid —— S'aint Panic —— Nervous Records
Take 4 —— Cartridge —— Kaizen
Neon Arp —— Leonce —— Morph Tracks
Structure B —— Gladstone Deluxe —— Data Disk (Is / Was)
Set The Roof (ft. Tayla Parx) —— Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair —— Warp Records
Kusama —— Austen —— Soft Raw
1 Tun —— Cousin —— Moonshoe
Cope —— Sobolik —— Kindergarten Records
Spears —— DJ 老闆 —— JIN

Deep South Podcast - 122 - Erin Platner

An Exploration of the Deeper, Darker side of Techno, House, Detroit, Acid, Jazz, Dub, D&B, Trip Hop, Downtempo, Electronica and whatever moves your soul.

https://www.instagram.com/analog_soul_

Analog Soul @ The Lot Radio 08-02-2023

https://soundcloud.com/kush_jones
https://soundcloud.com/moma_ready

Kush Jones and MoMa Ready B2B @ The Lot Radio 08-09-2023

Tony G is a DJ and Producer newly based in Chicago after relocating from New York City in 2023. You never know what you’ll get when Tony G is at the controls - his unpredictable DJ sets reflect his kaleidoscopic taste and years of diligent record collecting. As a producer, he has released music on Sorry Records, Eat Dis, Eto Ano, Toucan Sounds, and Super Tuff, and he co-runs Sorry Records with his friend Nick Boyd. 

Notes on the Mix ///
"This was a mix I recorded on a whim one night shortly before moving out of New York. I was trying to sell some records before I moved and thought I’d go through some of the house records on my shelves that I wasn’t super familiar with. This mix was the result… safe to say i didn’t sell any of these records! 

PS: I recorded this mix a few months ago and went back just recently to figure out the tracklist.. most of them I remembered pretty easily, a few took some deeper digging through the record shelf, and there’s one track that, as of this mix being released, I cannot ID! It’s on the tip of my tongue.. maybe i’ll come back and update the tracklist at some point. Anyways, hope you enjoy!"

SOCIALS:
@t_o_n_y_g
https://txny-g.bandcamp.com/
https://t0nyg.bandcamp.com/
https://sorryrecords.bandcamp.com/

TRACKLIST
C&M Productions feat. Marcel - True House (More Filter Mix) [Deep Touch Records 1999]
K.W.S. - Rock Your Baby (James Bratton Dub Remake) [Network Records 1992]
Alana Dante - Think Twice (Classic Dance Mix) [Next Plateau Records Inc. 1996]
Ray Lock Presents Effective - Do You Feel (Original Dub Mix) [Spontaneous Effect Records 1995]
Mutiny - Bliss (MAW Mix) [MAW Records 1999]
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Digi-Soul feat. LZ Love - Lift Me Up (Ra-Soul's Spiritual Dub) [Freshly Squeezed 1995]
Charlene Smith - Let It Slide (Booker T Mix) [China Records 1995]
Barry White - Come On (Tribal Club 12") [A&M Records 1995]
Danell Dixon - Dance, Dance [Nite Grooves 1994]
A Guy From Jersey - Heart & Soul [Deep Groove Records 1995]
Photon Inc. - Give A Little Love (Photon's Disco House House Mix) [Strictly Rhythm 1992]
Two Tons Of Fun - Do You Wanna Boogie (BBE / Music Works Dub) [BBE 1998]
Mary J Blige - Beautiful (Dub II) [No Label 1999]
Dano - Do What You Want [Honchos Music 2003]
Mateo & Matos - Let Yourself Go [Nite Grooves 1995]
Soularis - Revolution (Dub) [Guidance Recordings 2002]
Deep Sided - Soul Baby [Chicago Deep 2000]

XOXA BLEND 168 - TONY G

Name: Brendan Lemkin (@blemkin)
Pronouns: they/them
Location: Chicago-based, Michigan-raised

Influences: Larry Heard, Underworld, Eris Drew to name a few

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Host and producer of Open Decks, Nightlife worker (Podlasie Club)

Favorite Quote: "But all style, that is, artifice, is, ultimately, epicene. Life is not stylish. Neither is nature." -Susan Sontag (from Notes on Camp)

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: 
As a musician I believe it is key to always challenge yourself. I see a lot of DJs, and musicians in general (myself included), getting into this routine of practice where comfort in what you play takes priority over experimentation and the self-reflection of that practice. As DJs, our musical identity is often based around what genre of music we spin, but much like playing an instrument, experimenting with different forms of music can really impact the way you listen, play, and appreciate what you're trying to create. Aim to step outside your own norm and focus on a new technique, style, effect, process, and especially look to your community for inspiration. Experimentation is essential to all musical practice and DJing is no different. And prioritize community over everything, surround yourself with kind and open-minded individuals :) !

With this mix Brendan Lemkin asks for you to please learn more about and consider donating to:
❁ The Humboldt Park Solidarity Network! You can find their info here: (https://opencollective.com/hpsolidaritynetwork)

Read more & tracklist - https://thedaisychain.club/2023/08/29/daisychain-293-brendan-lemkin/

Daisychain

Daisychain 293 - Brendan Lemkin

Recorded Sunday morning ... July 30th at The Great Beyond.

It’s been a while since I’ve put up a live DJ set. It’s also been a while since I’ve played a mostly electro set. Thought I’d take this opportunity at The Great Beyond this year to record a sunrise set driven by some of my favorite melodic electro tunes ever. Many which I’ve been playing for 20+ years.

Danny Daze - Live @ The Great Beyond [Sunrise Set]

For our 905th RA Podcast, we're proud to welcome Goldie, one of the most famous, talented and important electronic music artists of all time. Starting out as a graffiti artist, he eventually made music under the name Rufige Kru, helping push the then-nascent genre of jungle forward with tracks like "Krisp Biscuit (Power)" and "Terminator." The latter was released under the name Metalheads, which would later become the name of his label (with a z instead of an s). Metalheadz—which he cofounded with DJ Storm and the late Kemistry—celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and remains the defining outlet of drum & bass, the genre that grew out of jungle that Goldie helped invent with records like 1995's massive crossover album Timeless (alongside countless other classics). He's a producer, DJ, actor and all-around celebrity, a huge personality in UK electronic music.

Goldie is also RA's guest curator this month, and his tenure starts with this mix. We'll have more to come starting this week—check our editor's letter later today for more information—but for now, here's a survey of drum & bass past and present from a man who helped invent the genre. With plenty of new Metalheadz material plus a healthy dose of older tracks, these two hours lay out the history of Metalheadz, drum & bass and its various subgenres, from twinkling liquid to rumbling techstep. It's the first part of a month celebrating Goldie's legacy, and we can't wait to show you the rest.


@goldie-official

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/905

RA podcast

RA.905 Goldie

Heaven is in You began as an intent based project in wide ranging exploration of the world and our own being. Now defunct, ADAB once curated the Cleveland based Heaven is In You parties alongside colleague Eric Sarley (Ghost Noises) for what became locally known as a labor of love in sonic variety. The sentiment finds itself resurrected here for ADAB's monthly transmissions. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/adab/episodes/adab-7th-october-2023

Heaven is in You w/ ADAB 071023

Recording of my @noodsradio show from October 17, 2023. In honor of my birthday month, I wanted to showcase music released the year that I was born (1984). Expect to hear tracks from Chris & Cosey, International Music System, Jesse Saunders, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Cabaret Voltaire, and more.

Catch me on the airwaves on rotating Tuesdays of the month from 6-7pm EST.

Tracklist:
Cocteau Twins - Otterly
Chris & Cosey - Love Cuts
Saâda Bonaire - Invitation
Hard Corps - Dirty
International Music System - Vanity Rap
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria (7" Version)
Depeche Mode - Lie to Me
The Human League - I Love You Too Much
Yellow Magic Orchestra - The Madmen
Streetlife - Act on Instinct (Hot Swedish Mix)
Lime - I Don't Want to Lose You
Aleem - Release Yourself
Jesse Saunders - Im the D.J.
The Egyptian Lover - I Cry (Night After Night)

Flow State w/ T.Wan - Noods Radio (10.17.23)

Ron is a favourite of ours from New York through the Wrecked Parties and other sexy recordings we've heard. His intense acid/techno/house style really sent this party to the moon, with a lot of acute local techno fans calling him their new favourite dj. Check it out, it's wild!

@ronlikehell

Ron Like Hell, Promise Electric Garden Party! Mar 23, 2023

No Way To Live

DJ Yazi has been active since the mid-1990s,  as a member of Tokyo’s notoriously avant-garde hip hop group called Think Tank. The record label Black Smoker Records founded by the group took their experimentalism to a series of club nights called El Nino, and DJ Yazi remains its resident for two decades. Drawing inspiration from across the musical spectrum: the mentality of hip hop, the intensity of dub and jazz, the ferocity of techno and the euphoria of house. As a DJ he moves fluidly across styles, with his sets connected by a strong focus on deep and tripped out grooves. His attention to details, precision and masterful control over the decks clearly show his long time involvement in this art form. He also performs with Haruka as Twin Peaks, an improvisational live/ DJ hybrid act. He currently hosts a regular techno/ industrial themed night called Konvektion at Contact, Tokyo together with Takaaki Itoh. After appearing in a Tokyo satellite event series New Assembly presented by Berlin Atonal in early 2017, he caught the attention of the festival directors, and made his European debut in Berlin playing Herrensauna at Tresor and Berlin Atonal 2017.

facebook.com/deejayyazi/
residentadvisor.net/dj/djyazi

SCOPÁVIK 092 | DJ Yazi

XOXA is a boutique booking agency and events promoter based out of North American and the United Kingdom. Their mission is to support and highlight talented marginalized artists in the electronic dance music industry. 

XOXA BLEND is a long running mix series featuring a wide range of genres and sounds from queer people & womxn (& select allies). 

Agency Roster: @tammylakkis | @honeybbzz  | @shannon1dj | @panooc_music

Email kira@xoxanyc.com for artist bookings & mix pitches.

Upcoming events: https://ra.co/promoters/77201

XOXA BLEND 168 - TONY G

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