Nashville's finest @mischa-lively has been holding it down with his @new_love_unlimited label and event series in Nashville for some time now, and his earnest touch with electronics buoys a necessary voice in a city known for its cultural and historic power in the American music industry, but overlooked by many off the usual dance music itinerary. I reached out to him this summer, drawing an Oblique Strategy to serve as a prompt, and having drawn 'think of the radio' we jettisoned directness in favour of "the glass prism as a multidimensional object". Starting with Crystal Ball era Prince, offering playful advice and guidance, Mischa's mix spirals down Drexciyan wormholes, restrained riddims, acidic peaks, his favourite Derrick Carter remix (not who you would expect), dance hypnotics, and contemplative and reflective energies.
Prince - Power Fantastic (Live In Studio) [1987, Paisley Park]
Miles - Queuing [2013, Modern Love]
Tiziano Popoli - Iunu-Wenimo [2021, RVNG]
Equiknoxx - A Rabbit Spoke To Me When I Woke Up [2016, DDS]
Pangaea - Send It In [2016, Hessle Audio]
Drexciya - Bottom Feeders [1999, Tresor]
Virgo - Untitled A4 [1986, Trax]
808 State - Flow Coma [1988, Creed]
Tortoise + Derrick Carter - D’s Winter Outtake [1998, City Slang]
STL - Getting Deeper [2006, Perlon]
Trans Am - Positron [1999, Thrill Jockey]
K-Lone - Yelli [2020, Wisdom Teeth]
Demdike Stare - Haxan [2009, DDS]
Larry Heard - Feathers Floating [2008, Alleviated]
Lumisokea - Whirling Dervishes [2016, Opal Tapes]
Pan Daijing - Lucid Morto [2017, PAN]
