thank you for your selections, really enjoyed this

At this point, Shy One might be familiar to most music fans as one of the hosts of NTS's daily breakfast show, Soup To Nuts, where she helps listeners across the UK and Europe settle into their morning routines with an eclectic and soulful selection of dance music and downtempo. But the London artist has been around a lot longer than that, with a discography that goes back well over a decade. 

She started releasing music as a regular on Scratcha DVA's label, and it was there that she sketched out a recognizable but impressively varied approach rooted in her home base of London. On her records, Shy One sometimes feels like London incarnate, synthesizing the histories of Black British dance music—drum & bass, grime, UK funky, broken beat, jazz, you name it—into one syncretic and immensely appealing sound. But her music glows with the warmth of American deep house, too, which lends it a timeless, ageless quality that has proven immensely appealing. She furthers this mission with Private World, a party she started with Ruby Savage. The name kind of says it all: she's inviting you to her own personal space, but what awaits is a whole wide world of music and culture.

Her RA Podcast feels like a hybrid between a club DJ set and her morning show, and here, she zeroes in on a the lineage of American house music from the '90s and beyond, featuring tracks from the likes of Green Velvet, Marcellus Pittman, Roy Davis Jr., Wbeeza, Jay Daniel and more, plus a spotlight from Baltimore club king DJ Technics. It's patient and easygoing but perfect for a small dance floor (or a livingroom party), focused but stylistically diverse. It's everything we've come to expect from an artist like Shy One, who weaves stories and histories with her DJ sets, and does it effortlessly, too.

@shyonebeats

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/911

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RA.911 Shy One

@scottzacharias closed down Hemlock Nights on Friday evening.

Campout Mix Series: Scott Zacharias

SORRYMIX26 comes via the great @30000AD !! Here's a bit from her about the recording as well as a lil bio from the event description"

"“This was my first time playing Nowadays, and it was a huge privilege to perform in the space. The set was much different than I planned: I'd prepared 50 or so records and a digital playlist with about the same number of songs. When I got to the gig, an image flashed in my head of my USB still in the CDJs at my studio. I hoped it wasn't true, but my stick was in fact not with me, and it was vinyl or nothing.

Funny enough, this actually brought me a sense of relief. An element of bad luck or chaos acts as both a constraint as well as freedom from the self-imposed burden of perfection. I've jokingly projected this phenomenon into a deity called "The Hand". You can certainly hear working it in this mix. What begins as discomfort evolves into an exciting surrender to entropy.” - @30000AD

"Chicago-born, New York-based producer and deejay 30,000AD (fka Paxine) is joining us as well for her solo Nowadays debut; bringing her distinct presentation of “TDM [Transgender Dance Music]” to the floor. You may know 30,000AD via her monthly show Spice Jams on ParticipleFM, appearances at NYC’s LSD parties, or through her wild live freeform project Spiral Generator alongside Pamela_ and her sons; who recently performed for Real Love Blue Rips’ night at Nowadays."

SORRYMIX SERIES

SORRYMIX26: 30,000AD - Live @ Nowadays for Sorry Records + Sonic Messengers

BEIGE closing the Grove on opening night of Sustain-Release Year 9, 2023

Closing the Grove Sustain-Release 2023

Tammy Lakkis (she/they)

A rising voice in Detroit electronic music, Tammy Lakkis is a multidisciplinarian known for her playful hardware live performances and eclectic DJ sets. A masterful storyteller, Tammy fearlessly navigates through extremes, genres, temperatures in her dynamic DJ sets.

Notes on the Mix ///
"I started this mix thinking I would try to make something nice and smooth but who am I kidding, that's not what I do. This mix embodies the spirit of fluidity and eclecticism. Enjoy the curveballs :)"

SOCIALS:
@tammylakkis
https://www.tammylakkis.bandcamp.com
https://www.ra.co/dj/tammylakkis

TRACKLIST
Theme - Cibo Matto
Wandering Frames (Luca Lozano Remix) - Panoram
Burning Off My Clothes - Sworn Virgins
Do You Like It (Curses Evil Edit) - Criminal Element
Ain’t Nothing Like This Feeling (Version Mix) - Slope, Charles Webster, Martin Iverson
Hoolock Rock (Rhythm Trax) - Bufiman
Satisfaction - Extra Terrestrial
Perron - Gesloten Cirkel
Charlie’s New Vision (Johnny Aux Remix) - Kiwi
Close Encounters - Jerome Hill
Duke Beat - DMX Krew
Your Spiritual Guide - Overthinking
My Name Is - Matthew Brian
Random Access Memory - Hugo Massien, DJ Haus
Baladoun (Kamma & Masalo Dub) - Anyzette
Beware The Sun - Dark Energy
Cape Malay Prayer (Mehmet Aslan Remix) - Auntie Flo
Beginnings - Leila Samir
Fakerni - Haifa Wehbe
Offensive Username - Bliss inc.
Danceaholic - Alienage
Daddy Rock - Blackmail
Won't Stop Loving You (Fox Remix) - C-Bank
Gas Pump - MSTRBLSTR
Ciquita (Ransom Note Edit) - Bawrut
Just Be Yourself - Nightlife Unlimited

XOXA BLEND 187 - TAMMY LAKKIS

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Ciel: Susumu Yokota Special - 12 January 2024

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Basic Paradise - livwutang - 25 Jan 2024

This is Part 2 of my Mystery of the Motherbeat series of DJ mixes. I’ve wanted to record this mix for a long time as a follow-up to my 2018 mix by the same name. Both are a fusion of styles used to build a psychedelic hypnotic soundscape for deep listening and personal synchronization with the heart of Motherbeat. No big hands in the air moments to speak of here, just deep mixing and some of the most beautiful records in my collection. My Journal of the Motherbeat Substack explores the selections and intentions behind this 2 hour and 19 minute mix: https://journalofthemotherbeat.substack.com/p/notes-on-a-dj-mix. The track list is below.

1. LaTour - Blue (XX Records, 1992)
2. @geotaguchi - Deep Blue  (Coymix, 2023) 
3. Caldera - 30 Friends (Freude Am Tanzen, 2022)
4. Y.M.C. - Subway (Yoshitoshi Recordings, 1998) 
5. Brian Tanseau - Relativity (Carl Craig Urban Affair Dub, 1993)
6. @satoshi_tomiie - Un Peu (Abstract Architecture, 2023)
7. @edmondsonandon - On & On (Lissoms, 2023) 
8. Cris. P - Lemon (Psy Section, 2021)
9. @dreamcycleuk - All the Things (Idle Hands, 2021) 
10. Yaw Evans - Only Spirit (GD4YA, 2022) 
11. Todd Edwards - Winter Behavior (i Records, 1995)
12. Toka Project - One Day (Filter Flow, 1999)
13. Brian Eno - Fractal Zoom  (Mary’s Birthday Mix) (Opal Records, 1992)
14. Thurlow Joyce - Varial (NAFF, 2023)
15. Hoodwink  - Trip From The Hip (Mute, 1997)
16. The Heavyweight Kru  =  The Drea-mm (Not On Label, 1999)
17. @perkopair - Prang (Numbers, 2023)
18. Way Out West - The Gift (album version) (Deconstruction, 1997)
19. Anunaku @gu_tsvi - Celeste (WHYT, 2023)
20. Head High - Break Away (Power House, 2023)
21. Kenny Dope - Tom Beat (Dopewax, 2005)
22. S.R. - Dosemeter (Ruffset Records, 2022)
23. Knopha - Corundrum (Mood Hut, 2023)
24. Molen - Molecular Machine (Flight Mode, 2023)
25. Satoshi Tomiie - Proody-106 (Phonogramme, 2023)
26. DJ Tonka - Radical Noise (Force Inc., 1995)
27. Ruffneck Revival - My Knight VI (Not on Label, 1999)
28. Ruffneck Revival - My Knight VII (Not on Label, 1999)
29. Transformer 2  - Fruit of Love (Profile, 1992)
30. American Freedom Train - Cab Ride (Soundbird, 1975)
31. Way Out West  - Earth (Deconstruction, 1997)

Eris Drew’s Mystery of the Motherbeat Part 2

Recorded live at Nowadays in Queens, NY on Friday, January 5, 2024.

JADALAREIGN Residency w/ Hieroglyphic Being ✰

Bimonthly excursions through memories, geographies and nostalgia from NYC-based livwutang. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/livwutang/episodes/livwutang-7th-february-2024

Furniture without Memories w/ livwutang 070224

Nowadays Live and Direct returns after a long hiatus with a 5-hour recording from Carlos Souffront (@csouffront), recorded from 10 am - 3 pm at our Halloween Nonstop party on October 29, 2022. Carlos returns to Nowadays for another Nonstop set this weekend, playing from 3 pm to 6 pm Sunday afternoon.

A regular at Interdimensional Transmissions' No Way Back parties in Detroit and beyond, Carlos Souffront brings a brilliant sense of creative alchemy to the decks, combining years of experience and digging with a sensibility like no other. Abstract rhythms meld together into inexplicable chaos magic. Dark, shadowy selves emerge, ready to be explored with a sense of mischief and playfulness, carried through by an acid bassline or cheeky vocal.

For this extended Halloween set during the real witching hours, Carlos summoned all of the party gremlins, goblins, and ghouls to the Nowadays dancefloor for the ultimate seance.

Nonstop: 3/9-3/10

Nowadays Live and Direct 016: Carlos Souffront

XOXA NYC is a platform/party/collective collective based out of Brooklyn, NYC - Weekly mixes from LGBTQ+, womxn & allies released on Wednesdays

Resident Roster: @heidyp | @honeybbzz | @kandylion | @shannon1dj | @panooc_music

Email kira@xoxanyc.com for artist bookings & pitches

Upcoming Events (2024):

Brooklyn, NY
April 26th 10pm-midnight XOXA w/ Panooc & Tammy Lakkis - The Lot Radio

Brooklyn, NY
April 27th 10pm - 5am XOXA 7 Year Anniversary @ Good Room w/ Ariel Zetina, Tammy Lakkis, HONEY B b2b nextdimensional, DJ Shannon, Heidy P. & Kandylion

Glasgow, UK
May 11th 11pm-3am XOXA - Glasgow @ Stereo ft. Kilopatrah Jones, Robin Flux & Panooc

Edinburgh, UK
May 16th 11pm - 3am Have a nice rave @ Bongo Club w/ Ron Like Hell, Panooc, Bartek & Feena

Berlin, DE
May 25th 11pm - 8am XOXA x BRENN. @ SchwuZ w. Olive T, Flemish.Fetish, Panooc & FLINTA* Open Decks

Brooklyn, NY
June 28th 10pm - 5am PRIDAY @ Good Room w/ SPECIAL GUEST (Berlin), DJ Shannon b2b HONEY B & KNDYFRK (Kandylion b2b SPRFRK) - Peer Pressure Bad Room Takeover (That Matt, Drew Beck & Heidy P.)

Past events

London, UK @ Dalston Superstore
April 12th 2024 
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Berlin, DE @ Renate
January 20th 2024

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