Posts by Theo Kotz (@theokotz)

YACHT

DFA #1: YACHT

As we launch our new residency with NYC institution DFA, YACHT supply a selection of their favourite rubbery synth and spiky post-punk tracks

Peach Discs #5: Golesworthy

Peach Discs bring their residency to a close with lush, emotive house from long-time affiliate Golesworthy

Beatrice Dillon

Beatrice Dillon

Beatrice Dillon steps up with a mix of frantic breaks, dancehall and beyond in her Crack Mix

moses boyd

Sunday Mix: Moses Boyd

South London jazz musician Moses Boyd embraces the Lord’s Day with this collection of gospel classics and deeper cuts

citizen boy

From Avoca Hills to the world – Mixed by Citizen Boy

Gqom’s youngest veteran Citizen Boy shares an exclusive retrospective mix of his own cuts and Mafia Boyz tracks

Lydo

MESS Radio #6: Lydo

Brooklyn-based DJ and promoter Lydo draws for pumping techno tracks and ravey energy in this mix for Hyperaktivist’s MESS Radio residency

Selections: Barely Legal

Bass mainstay and Pretty Weird honcho Barely Legal runs through her favourite party-starting tracks

Cera Khin

A rising star in hard techno serves up a lesson in mixing the stomping with the cinematic

captured tracks

Captured Tracks #5: Locate S,1

Captured Tracks’ new signing Locate S,1 scours the wonky pop and lo-fi indie that influence her upcoming album, Personalia

Ciarra Black

Ciarra Black

Ciarra Black delivers an infectious barrage of weapons-grade dance music, demonstrating why she’s beloved in dark clubs on either side of the Atlantic

Function

Function embraces the chaos of public access TV for Kurzstrecke

We premiere techno stalwart Function’s new community-TV inspired video for Kurzstrecke, taken from his new album on Tresor

Sunday Mix: Gigi Masin

Italian ambient musician Gigi Masin comes through with a classy selection of hypnotic repetition and soothing tones

Toronto Underground

Sounds of the Toronto underground – Mixed by Parallel Minds

Daniel 58 and Yohei S stitch together their favourite tracks from Toronto and Canada

rye wax

Rye Wax #4: Medlar b2b FYI Coupe

Two Rye Wax regulars combine for an irresistible slice of house and UKG

toma kami

Toma Kami

Parisian DJ and producer Toma Kami settles into a murky rhythm in his Crack Mix

MARICAS #3: TITIA

Amsterdam mainstay TITIA steps up with a mix of breakbeats, acid and electro for Barcelona queer institution MARICAS’ third show

Wire

One of the most towering institutions of 20th and 21st-century guitar music, Wire, weave together their favourite tracks for this warm, enchanting set

catching flies

Sunday Mix: Catching Flies

London producer Catching Flies selects a softly energising blend of ambient music, house, disco and jazz to ease you through your Sunday afternoon

naked

Music for Satanic rituals – Mixed by NAKED

An hour of doomed rumbles, hissed incantations and the screams of the damned from Halycon Veil’s NAKED

Yaeji

Yaeji Season: Yaeji’s All Seasons Mix

As the takeover draws to a close, Yaeji journeys through breezy spring beginnings, to hot and heavy summer nights, before shifting to a more nocturnal mood as winter draws in

Yaeji Season: baitong~xystemes vs. pH’s Autumn Mix

As we come full circle with Yaeji’s crackaud.io takeover, two of the founders of Brooklyn label hyph stems construct an unruly tapestry of experimental sounds

Speedy Wunderground

Speedy Wunderground is the label bringing spontaneity back to British indie

We chat to Pierre Hall, A&R of Speedy Wunderground about the label’s unique approach and new crackaud.io residency

Yaeji Season: Salenta’s Summer Mix

Dedicated to black and queer women, Salenta cruises through rooftop-down R&B, hip-hop and drum’n’bass with her summer set

Spring Mix

Yaeji Season: Su Baykal’s Spring Mix

Plastic Dreams resident Su Baykal looks to the spring for her contribution to our week of Yaeji-curated mixes, moving from static, frosty ambient and pop to ragga jungle’s embalming warmth.

winter mix

Yaeji Season: Enayet’s Winter Mix

In the first seasonally themed mix for Yaeji’s takeover of crackaud.io, Enayet pulls us through the depths of winter with this breakneck blend of broken techno and cerebral idm

Sunday Mix: Calibre

Calibre drops hushed ambient, rolling house and warming half-time for this subtly building set

Japanese video game music – Gaijin Blues

Japanese video game music – Mixed by Gaijin Blues

Gaijin Blues blend together some of their favourite Japanese video game soundtracks, which form the inspiration for their debut LP, Gaijin Blues II

Bleeps from the vault – Mixed by Jerome Hill

Rave veteran Jerome Hill looks back on his formative years with a slamming set of breaks, hip-hop and electro

Selections: Alva Noto

One of the most respected figures in modern experimental composition, Alva Noto, supplies us with a mammoth ambient and experimental playlist that ebbs and flows for almost five hours

PTU

An hour of IDM, industrial and galloping techno from the Russian duo