SOUND COALITIONS / Episode 22: Guest Mix featuring DJ PlayPlay

Sound Coalitions by Christopher Foor

Starting off 2019, we take a spotlight on New York City's DJ PlayPlay. PlayPlay initially reached out to us for an opportunity to do a guest mix; our first listen to their productions and mixes ended with an immediate "Yes, absolutely feature this work". Mixes and productions featuring samples of known work intermixed with genre bending beats gave hint towards a deeper drive in PlayPlay's music. The real delicacy of an artist's drive like that of PlayPlay's comes from the diverse angles to which they approach understanding music: academia and teaching of the art of DJing, research in oppressed communities and dance music, activism and expansion of female and gender non-conforming artists, an expansive multi-genre understanding of music, and residency at Queen's Flux Factory where these factors are utilized to instill an informed approach to their mixes. In addition to their current residency at Flux Factory, you can find PlayPlay's work on Knightwerk records, Worst Behavior, and Cybersonic LA. We thank PlayPlay not only for their wonderful mix, but for their depth in approach to the art of music and culture itself. These elements are deeply understood by this artist and presented in a clear, beautiful, and intricate manner. Please keep this artist on your radar, and find out more about PlayPlay and their consequent connections here: https://soundcloud.com/dj-playplay https://soundcloud.com/knightwerk https://buildingbeats.org/jess-dilday/ Track list: Materia Primoris - The X-Files Theme (Lars Warn Club Edit) M Bootyspoon - New Clash Leikeli47 - Look Green Velvet & Gary Beck - Stronger DJ Lag - Trip to New York Wiwek - Run Enur feat. Natasha - Calabria Branko - 2 Nice B. Ames - Vogue Rich Girl Todd Terry - Bango (MikeQ Remix) WILHELMINA - She's Mad PlayPlay - Bondage Bored Lord - BoDiEs FJAAK - Matte Ase Manual - Big Shot Galtier - Barren Sphere Chrissy - We Need Love DIVORCE - Tea Lizard's Lament Aerotonin & Black Mags - Ashes Of Ariendel Divoli S'vere - Feelin' It T5UMUT5UMU - Curiosity Jesse Perez - Fake (DJ Madd 160 version) NO EYES - mourning (fml) Sully - Fire