AYLI PODCAST ARCHIVE
AYLI LIVE | DJ SPUN UNEDITED | ALL NIGHT RONG 07.31.26
DJ Spun takes over the dance floor for four uninterrupted hours in Unedited, a live set recorded for As You Like It. From the founding days of San Francisco’s acid house scene to Promo Only, Rong Music, MoMA PS1’s Warm Up, and beyond, Spun brings decades of club history into one continuous session.
DJ SPUN IN CONVERSATION WITH KEN WOODARD | AYLI 106
Ken Woodard interviews DJ Spun on growing up with records, the Loft tradition, Chicago’s influence, and 18 years of musicology in New York. Plus an exclusive mix.
CRAIG GONZALEZ | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 027
“Detroit selector Craig Gonzalez on playing Movement Festival, polyrhythm technique, extended sets, and what keeps him rooted in the underground.”
DAN BAIN B2B MISTER JOSHOOA | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 026
“Detroit veterans Dan Bain and Mister Joshooa — Pulse Width collaborators, TV Lounge and Paxahau lifers, and two of the underground’s most dedicated custodians — trace their paths from late-’90s warehouse parties with GZA and Eminem on the bill to marathon sets, brick-by-brick community building, and why un-fuck-withable is the only blueprint that matters.”
STACEY ‘HOTWAXX’ HALE | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 025
“Detroit’s Godmother of House Music, Stacey Hotwaxx Hale, reflects on 40 years behind the decks, the responsibility that comes with the title, and why authenticity is the only thing that lasts.”
BILL SPENCER | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 024
“Detroit’s Bill Spencer — vinyl selector, Just Us Records co-founder, and NTS resident — talks operating without ego, following feel over genre, and the yin-yang dynamic of Suck It with Geoffrey LaRue.”
REBECCA GOLDBERG | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 023
“Detroit’s 313 Acid Queen Rebecca Goldberg — graphic designer, field recordist, acoustic ecologist, and hardware live performer — talks synthesizing Midwest acid techno with the Great Lakes soundscape, what Stacey Hotwaxx Hale taught her about longevity, and why imperfection doesn’t exist in field recording.”
FATHER DUKES | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 022
“Detroit-adopted Father Dukes talks liquid as philosophy, omakase DJ sets, and why an empty dance floor keeps everyone humble — interviewed by Sean Ocean for Unabridged.”
KUDEKI | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 021
“SF techno promoter and producer Kudeki — founder of Endzeit and Noctuary — talks Berlin as escape, building the Bay Area scene from scratch, and why someone told her the party saved them a trip to Berlin.”
DJ HOCKEY | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 020
“Vancouver’s DJ Hockey — PPRZ Records co-founder and queer techno advocate — talks electrical storms in a mix, the politics of dance music, and why instead of waiting to get booked you should just throw your own party.”
AARON DAVIS | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 019
“Acid Camp founder Aaron Davis traces ten years from a roasted pig at Mystery Box to a 10th anniversary compilation — talking renegade parties, flexible venue changes, and why he’s a passionate raver first and a veteran never.”
JS ALVAREZ | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 018
“Chicago promoter and DJ JS Alvarez — punk at heart, Latin in spirit — talks Research & Development, exporting North American talent to Europe, and why he moved all the furniture out so people had no choice but to dance.”
DJ SNEAK | AYLI 105
“House music legend DJ Sneak — first name on Daft Punk’s ‘Teachers’ roll call — talks Chicago roots, vinyl obsession, social media as cancer, and what’s on the table at a Puerto Rican family dinner.”
KEN VULSION | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 017
“Honey Soundsystem co-founder Ken Vulsion — punk-named, queer-rooted, East Coast by birth — talks hosting over DJing, designing for ACT UP, and launching Club Übar as a Sunday tribute to the Lower Haight.”
STEVE FABUS | AYLI 104
“SF disco pioneer Steve Fabus — spinning since the ’70s — talks The Stud as queer sanctuary, the return of long DJ sets, and why San Francisco has always been a beacon for nonconformists.”
RYAN SCANNURA IN CONVERSATION WITH DEREK RUSSO | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 016
“Deep Club founder Ryan Scannura traces ten years from a Denver basement to a Brooklyn hi-fi clubhouse called Jewel — interviewed by Derek Russo on Mancuso principles, Cedar Room, and trading records with a stranger in Canada.”
PATRICK GIL IN CONVERSATION WITH JEREMY BISPO | AYLI 21
“We caught up with LA-born, Bay Area-based producer and DJ Patrick Gil ahead of his AYLI debut at Public Works — talking early influences, his sold-out Deeplabs vinyl, the Direct to Earth crew, and why he’s thinking about going vinyl-only.”
WHODAT IN CONVERSATION WITH MIGUEL SOLARI | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 015
“Detroit selector Whodat — whose track ‘Don’t Know’ landed on Theo Parrish’s IK7 Detroit Forward mix, and who once packed her bag after three records until Earl ‘Mixxin’ McKinney set her straight — talks digging records with her mother, Mike Huckaby signing her Workshop release at Movement, and a WhoLab decorated with a Digable Planets LP and a JC Penney Christmas catalog.”
PERSEPHONE | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 014
“Portland’s Persephone — eternal student of strange and sinister sounds — shares a mix about shedding layers and trusting intuition, and talks community liberation as the true root of dance music.”
FORCE PLACEMENT | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 013
“LA’s Force Placement — Black Lodge co-founder, acid techno shapeshifter, and harsh noise artist as Nu Sire — shares a mix inspired by Altered States and talks tacos, punk bands, and coping through music.”
TAYLOR BRATCHES | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 012
“Taylor Bratches — poet, dancer, RA journalist, and Walking and Falling co-founder — shares a genre-smashing mix and talks risky moves, PLUR, and learning to spin vinyl from Sassmouth.”
KEENAN ORR | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 011
“Washington DC underground mainstay Keenan Orr — Buzz veteran, Alphabet Soup curator, and SLEAZE party founder — shares a hard-edged mix and talks representation, local talent, and DC’s international dance community.”
TURTLE BUGG | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 010
“Detroit-based Turtle Bugg — Sublimate co-founder, RA contributor, and new parent — shares a mix recorded from flood-damaged records and makes the case for analog life, abolition, and thinking for yourself.”
CM-4 | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 009
“Bay Area’s CM-4 — Nackt collaborator, Outpost founder, and Revive the Night co-founder — shares a dubby bass-heavy mix and talks raising $45k for SF venues during the pandemic.”
JOSH CHEON | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 008
“Dark Entries founder Josh Cheon — the man who reintroduced Patrick Cowley to the world — shares a mixtape built around the songs his best friend gave him at high school graduation, mixed as if they were back at NYC’s The Bank.”
INFINITE JESS | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 007
“Infinite Jess — Vinyl Dreams resident, SutroFM host, Soft Rendezvous co-founder, and one of the Bay Area underground’s most quietly essential figures — talks mood-based cinematic selects, why activism and raving go hand-in-hand, and what it will take for the post-COVID underground to finally reckon with itself.”
KADEEJAH STREETS | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 006
“Seattle’s Eddie Cuscavage — Kadeejah Streets, DJ Daddy Ice, Innerflight member, and Dirty Ice Crew ringleader — shares an eclectic Halloween-tinged mix and proves that levity and seriousness are not mutually exclusive.”
IVVY | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 005
“Chicago-born, Seattle-based producer and DJ IVVY makes protest techno for queer dance floors — music that’s equal parts catharsis and out-of-body experience — and shares an all-original mix for AYLI’s Ground Level series.”
TAPE GHOST IN CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS ZALDUA | AYLI 103
“David Grunzweig — Night Sea co-founder, AYLI Recordings artist, and a jazz guitarist who got hooked at a Robert Hood rave in 2016 — talks the Still album selling out on Silent Season, why dub techno risks sounding like the smooth jazz of techno, and rediscovering disco records as the one reliable antidote to pandemic bleakness.”
ZERNELL | AYLI GROUND LEVEL 004
“Chicago-born, LA-based Zernell — Crate Diggers founder, Grimy Edits label head, and lifelong house music educator — shares a disco-soaked mix inspired by the RedLine parties and talks bringing Midwest soul to the West Coast.”
