Thank you for making WC05 amazing!
Back to regularly scheduled programming with two essential club releases: A pulsing deep house mix by Bored Lord and a single by pro junglists Soulox & Soeneido
What a time. A family affair. Friends and friends of friends, “no phonies.” Much love to Text Me Records for collaborating with us on another beautiful celebration of music and artistry at El Rio, providing a stage for creative expression and community. Bay Area style. Here are some of our favorite photos from the event (shot by @hood.dreamzzz):
Looking forward to the next!
— White Crate
PULSING DEEP HOUSE
“This mix is dedicated to the trans angels all over the earth. As fascism grows bolder by the day, remember that we have always been here and always will be. No amount of violence, suppression, or systemic oppression will stop us.” — Bored Lord
New Moon Ritual to Protect Against Medical Transphobia is a 78-minute mix by Bored Lord fluidly gliding through vast, pulsing waves of deep house. Mixed in the name of trans rights—and dedicated to everyone who has to deal with the healthcare complex and other oppressive systems of the status quo—the Bandcamp and cassette-only release is uplifting and joyous, groovy and seductive, potent and satisfying. And it’s a great mix to revisit for those who can’t get enough of Bored Lord’s last single “Like a Summer” (via no Bias), featuring her wife Jaelynn Walls.
The all-vinyl mix is the third release by Deep Listening Experience, a multidisciplinary project by Sasha Fuentes that “focuses on archiving and honoring POC art and artists that have shaped their life and practice.”
— Ronny Kerr
ECSTATIC DRUM & BASS
“Needed to see the light of day.”
Nearly a year after FR023, Oakland and Sacramento junglists Soeneido and Soulox reprise on Future Retro London with a new blissful drum & bass pairing. On both tracks, FR041 bubbles with crying vocals, woven in and out of clean punchy beats. “It Been” smoothes the edges with nostalgic, calming IDM sounds, while “Why” rides juke-like through sharply spliced 8-bit gamer trinkets.
The release arrives on Future Retro London two months after labelhead Tim Reaper performed a b2b set with Dwarde at Public Works in SF, transforming the loft into a sauna, ecstatic. Looking forward to more from the London-Bay connect.
— Ronny Kerr
SHOW RECS
Our top show recommendations for the coming week:
[latin] Discodelic Presenta Latinos Con Soul — July 18-21 in San Francisco
[folk] Goodnight, Texas (album release), Hot Brother — July 19 at Rickshaw Stop
[punk] Body Double, electric machine gun tits, Mirthquake, Candy Whips — July 19 at Elbo Room Jack London
[rock] Howlin' Rain, Hooveriii, Adam MacDougal & Isaiah Mitchell — July 19 at Kilowatt
[americana] The Pine Box Boys (album release), Secret Emchy Society, Meredith Edgar Trio — July 19 at Bottom of the Hill
[metal] Ragana, Agriculture, Cheree — July 20 at Rickshaw Stop
[americana] Beachwood Sparks, The Asteroid No. 4, Noelle & The Deserters, Pink Breath of Heaven — July 20 at Great American Music Hall
[club] Atish — July 20 at Public Works
[club] SQUISH 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ft. D. Tiffany, Ehua, Jessy Lanza, Spray, Adware, Dj Having Sex, Farsight, Wonja — July 20 at F8
[club] LOST SIGNAL ft. Profesito, felipe d, DJ Saratonin, Queenie, AZUCAR, LBXX — July 20 at TBA SF warehouse
[club] DSTRXN ft. Siete Catorce, Nudo, Travieza, Sewa, DJ Juanny — July 20 at Monument
[techno] ENDZEIT Neel, Overland, Night Sea, Sentient — July 20 at TBA secret Oakland location
[r&b] Masego, Satya, King Most (DJ) — July 21 at Stern Grove
[metal] Abstracter, Ceremonial Bloodbath, Carrion Bloom, Dismal Chant — July 21 at First Church of the Buzzard
[singer-songwriter] Brontez Purnell, Levi Thomas, Phantom Tides, Ryan Christopher Parks — July 24 at the Golden Bull