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Full feature, including interview and tracklist over on our editorial site Off The Record: bit.ly/0TRMIX16

With more than twenty-five years in the game, Asad Rizvi, better known as Silverlining, has firmly rooted himself as one of the UK’s leading house and techno figureheads.

Having started out as a DJ on a London-based pirate radio station when he was just sixteen years old, Asad’s journey as a producer started around the same time, when he started to create his own brand of Warp Records-inspired electronica – some of which was picked up and played by Colin Dale on his seminal show, Outer Limits. From there, Asad’s musical influences shifted somewhat and the result was a blend the shuffle-heavy US house grooves with the abstract energy of Detroit and deep techno. A style that still rings true in his music to this day.

Since the ’90s, Asad’s music has been released via such labels as Neotropiq, Talman, Furthur Electronix, Reverberations and Terry Francis and Nathan Coles’ legendary Wiggle – not forgetting his own label Silverlining Dubs – the label from which his long-awaited debut album ‘Simulacra’ is due out later this year.

Asad’s mix, below, is a masterful one and a half-hour recording packed with all things house and techno, new and old, mixed to perfection at home using nothing more than a pair of Technics 1210s and a mixer. Be sure to check out the interview over on Off The Record as well. Enjoy!

Alex Bussé, also known as Ameeva, is a Catalan music producer who now resides in Berlin. Without closing himself into any specific genre, he explores a wide arc of influences, while remaining genre-fluid, as a desire to always stay focused on learning and understanding.

Alex’s contribution to our new series is nothing short of exceptional. It’s a one-hour, deeply atmospheric journey through all things ambient, drone and electronica, with added movie dialogues and personal conversational snippets added in to contribute towards the overall narrative of the mix. Enjoy!

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Berlin-based DJ, producer and African Acid Is The Future affiliate, Dauwd, joins us for the 75th edition of the Phonica Mix Series.

Check out the full feature and interview over on our editorial site, Off The Record 🙌 bit.ly/phonicamix75

Joining us for the 14th edition of the Off The Record Mix Series we have Lyon-based digger, DJ and producer Waxist. Head on over to our editorial site Off The Record to check out the full feature and interview 🎶 bit.ly/OTRMIX14

When she's not working behind the counter at Phonica, Lucie divides her time between producing, DJing and performing as Avsluta, free improvisation and creating conceptual sound work. She runs Introspective Electronics, which is a monthly show on Netil Radio and a series of podcasts and chill-out gatherings at The Lion & Lamb in East London.

Lucie’s second half of 2020 is packed with some exciting releases. First up, she has an electro-acoustic mini-album coming out with David Toop on Cafe OTO’s digital label Takuroku, followed by a collaborative experimental double LP with Christian Duka as Vãdin on Utter, and lastly, a tripped-out, progressive and trancey 12” shared with Miro SundayMusiq for E2-E8 Records.

Full feature and tracklist over on our editorial site, Off The Record: bit.ly/staffmix3