Nice mixes of mostly ambient, experimental, leftfield and generally all sounds that are under the radar.

Nerd Mixes

A primer on the lo-fi offshoot of trap music which rose to prominence in the late '00s and early '10s, pioneered by outsider rappers such as Lil B, then popularised by longtime collaborator/producer Clams Casino alongside Harlem rap collective A$AP Mob, and the Scandinavian sad rap movement across the Atlantic.

https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/cloud-rap-8th-july-2022

NTS Guide To: Cloud Rap

He might hail from France but @simocell has always worn his love for UK music on his sleeve. It is no wonder then that his intricate broken beats, bass heavy grooves and halftime techno has come on vital labels like Livity Sound and The Trilogy Tapes. He is a frequent collaborator too, with everyone from Peter van Hoesen to Hodge, but his own signature sound design always stands out. The TEMƎT Music head's Selectors set from 2021 remains one of the most impressive multi-genre showcases we have heard and this week the Paris-based DJ repeats that trick once more. 

Over the course of 100 minutes, Simo Cell goes deep into everything he has always been about: heavy rhythms designed to move the body, heady synth designs that are intricate yet powerful, and a masterful control of energy and flow which means he can lock in a dance floor whether firing out high-speed juke or teasing with slow and supple dub. It's a whirlwind ride that will awaken every fibre of your being.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 422 - Simo Cell

blue turtle

Danish label Posh Isolation join us for an hour a month.

https://www.nts.live/shows/posh-isolation/episodes/posh-isolation-11th-may-2023

POSH ISOLATION w/ Croatian Amor 110523

Malibu is a French electronic musician whose work sails between ambient and ethereal music. Forever inspired by soft reverbed vocals and melodious chord progressions, Malibu’s music is an immersive nostalgic journey in a sea of synthetic strings and choirs.

https://www.nts.live/shows/malibu/episodes/malibu-11th-may-2023

United in Flames w/ ML Buch & Malibu 110523

This mix is all about sadness, nostalgia, love, fear and heartbeat. A perfectly unperfected heartfixer for all heartbreaker

https://www.nts.live/shows/heartbreak-2023/episodes/heartbreak-2023-heartfixer-vibrations-10th-april-2023

ambient mix - HEARTFIXER VIBRATIONS - NTS

Malibu is a French electronic musician whose work sails between ambient and ethereal music. Forever inspired by soft reverbed vocals and melodious chord progressions, Malibu’s music is an immersive nostalgic journey in a sea of synthetic strings and choirs.

https://www.nts.live/shows/malibu/episodes/malibu-8th-june-2023

United In Flames w/ Malibu 080623

Piper Durabo AKA Maraschino serves up an assortment of hyperdelic jams from the L.A. studio

https://www.nts.live/shows/piper-durabo/episodes/piper-durabo-18th-july-2023

Kiss Cafe w/ Piper Durabo 180723

Rushlight Holder

Last Japan, Escha, Ausschuss, and Midwife hit up NTS once a month for a showcase of the best UK dance has to offer, picking threads through hardcore, jungle, garage, grime, dubstep and beyond.

https://www.nts.live/shows/circadian-rhythms/episodes/circadian-rhythms-27th-july-2023

Sketch & Machine Woman 270723

Malibu is a French electronic musician whose work sails between ambient and ethereal music. Forever inspired by soft reverbed vocals and melodious chord progressions, Malibu’s music is an immersive nostalgic journey in a sea of synthetic strings and choirs.

https://www.nts.live/shows/malibu/episodes/malibu-3rd-august-2023

United In Flames w/ Malibu 030823

As @mmmmalibu, the French DJ and producer Barbara Braccini writes diaristic ambient music with a distinct sense of melancholy. As dj lostboi, she’s more playful, repurposing pop anthems into ethereal epics. 

Alongside a blissful Recognise mix evoking the vibe of “long summer nights”, she chats to Heléna Stanton about these projects, field recordings, the influence of vaporwave, film scores and trance on her sound, and her monthly NTS show, United In Flames

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/features/recognise-malibu-dj-lostboi-united-in-flames-ambient-interview

Recognise: Malibu

Malibu is a French electronic musician whose work sails between ambient and ethereal music.
Forever inspired by soft reverbed vocals and melodious chord progressions, Malibu’s music is an immersive nostalgic journey in a sea of synthetic strings and choirs. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/malibu/episodes/malibu-31st-august-2023

United In Flames w/ Seretide & Malibu 310823

Malibu is a French electronic musician whose work sails between ambient and ethereal music.
Forever inspired by soft reverbed vocals and melodious chord progressions, Malibu’s music is an immersive nostalgic journey in a sea of synthetic strings and choirs. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/malibu/episodes/malibu-28th-september-2023

UNITED IN FLAMES W/ Torus & MALIBU 280923

Welcome to LXXXVIII – the ninth Actress album to be created by Darren Cunningham and the very first presentation of Actress’ voyage into luxury sonics.

A lifetime in the making, LXXXVIII is the culmination of 25 years’ honing mind-shorting, soul-igniting audio
infusions for dance floors, rave dens, festivals, and concert hall, and the inaugural vessel for Actress’ cruise into novel strata of artistic influence: the executive suites, yacht decks and private jets of our planet’s ultimate power players. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/actress/episodes/actress-13th-october-2023

LXXXVIII w/ Actress 131023

A Bristol selector on the up, Tilly brings new wave, new beat and danceable dark wave sounds to the London studio every month. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/tilly/episodes/tilly-16th-october-2023

Tilly w/ DJ Gregoryan  161023

Malibu is a French electronic musician whose work sails between ambient and ethereal music.
Forever inspired by soft reverbed vocals and melodious chord progressions, Malibu’s music is an immersive nostalgic journey in a sea of synthetic strings and choirs. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/malibu/episodes/malibu-23rd-november-2023

UNITED IN FLAMES W/ MALIBU & Angelita 231123

My Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, originally aired Aug 2018. Here it is without the radio drops.

I’m usually not much of a preplanned mix person, I massively prefer playing to a crowd and interacting with the atmosphere. Combine that with the extremely not insignificant fact that this is one of the most important and longest running mix series around, this was quite a challenge!

I spent a long time gathering these 40 songs and playing with the arrangement (even made a couple new edits). I included songs that have been staples in my sets, plus old favorites from before I was a DJ. Eternal shouts to Nathan Micay, Aurora Halal, Overmono, E-Talking and Koehler for letting me include your dope as hell unreleased new music (plus two unreleased songs from myself). 

The last song is by Oakland band Them Are Us Too and this mix is dedicated to those who lost their lives in a diy music space a year and a half ago. Your music and love lives on. FUCK technocrat capitalist greed in the bay. One of Ghost Ship’s spiritual predecessors, Ghost Town in Oakland, was one of the first gigs I ever played, back in 2011 right around the time when I was realizing that I loved making music and DJing. 

If someone told me then that I’d eventually make an Essential Mix and be touring around the world, I’d be incredulously curious to see just how that would unfold. It’s been wild. Thank you to everyone who has listened and danced with me since then. 

recorded on two cdjs and an xdj, xone 92 & extra help from the teil1 delay and blue sky reverb

Avalon Emerson Essential Mix

French producer Malibu’s (@mmmmalibu) gushing ambient tracks feel both brittle and cinematic, like a brilliant sunrise glimpsed through the taut air of a long-haul flight or a high-budget film watched on a laptop screen alone. Otherwise known for her United in Flames mix series and DJ Lostboi alias, Malibu released her debut album One Life on Joyful Noise/UNO NYC late last year.

Full tracklist here: https://tankmagazine.com/tank/2020/01/malibu/

TANK mix: Malibu

https://www.nts.live/shows/remote-utopias/episodes/bicep-2nd-may-2020

Bicep Remote Utopias 020520

I like wine and smooth and balearic tunes. Based in Paris.

Nerd Mixes

yeulmah