As You Like It Podcast

As You Like It (AYLI) is the result of a shared taste for quality electronic music, late nights and experiences that focus on cutting-edge sounds by today’s most driven artists, while striving for and acknowledging timelessness.

AYLI Ground Level #004: Zernell 03/08/2023

AYLI Ground Level #004: Zernell NTERVIEW: @ TRACKLIST: Detroit Swindle – Time Jon Pierce – Survivor KemeticJust pres. Terrance Downs – Here For It (Deeper Tech Rub) The New Mastersounds – Taking Me Down (DJ Spinna Remix) Hugo LX – Catching Thunder Tai Davis – Acid Luv Latin Soul Brothas – Future foundation Every Cow has its Day Kimosabe – If We Were Children Again James Curd- Let’s Get Get Get it PJ – Unreleased Byron the Aquarius – I want to go /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/26170593

AYLI Ground Level #003: Truncate's It's a New Day Mix 03/01/2023

AYLI Ground Level #003: Truncate's It's a New Day Mix Ground Level : @ Pronouns: He/Him INTERVIEW: https://www.ayli-sf.com/2020/09/09/ground-level-003-truncate/ TRACKLIST: Josh Wink - Intro Ackermann - Stabilität Harry Romero - Control (Josh Wink Interpretation) Gabriella Vergilov - So Cool So High (Hiroko Yamamura Remix) Bleur & MB1 - Mercedes (Michael Klein Remix) Black Girl/White Girl - Jelly Brain Hertz Collision - Vent Armando - Unknown Disco Tape DJ Pro One - Kaos Theory (Claude Young Mix) Jay Denham - Beat Box Reeko - Indonesian Dream Kai Van Dongen - Siabasin Scuba x Felsen - Speed This MF Up (Truncate Remix) Earwax - Attraverso Re_Axis - Collective Shift TWR72 - Breath CZR - Climax It’s Not A Game (Jorge Zamacona Remix) Losoul - Movespeak Loco Dice - Backyard Moves DJOKO - Jode Lade Glenn Astro - Slarutan (Pristine Mix) /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/26087349

AYLI Ground Level #002: Jacq Jill's Release Mix 02/28/2023

AYLI Ground Level #002: Jacq Jill's Release Mix AYLI Ground Level shines a light on artists that create the fabric of our community: City by city, state by state, country by country. Washington, D.C.’s Jacq Jill AKA Lauren Wright's contribution to their local community have ramped up in recent years, with regular gigs alongside international heavy hitters and the launch of the “Hothouse" warehouse series with Shyboi. Those dates have been paired with releases on a who’s who’s of podcasts and an appearance representing D.C on Boiler Room. That energy has lead to headliner appearances at the leading queer underground parties in North America. Jacq Jill’s best known for bringing that same energy to the party. Their energy on the decks is captivating. Their drive is to build community through the creation safe spaces. It’s impossible not to be pulled in. We’re excited to shine a light on Jacq Jill. Take a moment to listen to the mix, read the interview and send Lauren a few bucks or more. Last weekend we showcased the Washington, D.C community, in collaboration with Fault Radio, for our monthly Coast to Coast broadcast. Get ready for a release. Quality. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/26074986

AYLI Ground Level #001: Baronhawk Poitier's Stopped World (Mix) 02/06/2023

AYLI Ground Level #001: Baronhawk Poitier's Stopped World (Mix) The new podcast series “AYLI Ground Level” shines a light on artists that create the fabric of our community: City by city, state by state, country by country. In a different year, under a different environment, Washington, D.C.’s Baronhawk Poitier would be an “it” name of the summer festival season. His release on Honey Soundsystem would have been played by DJs near and far, bringing a smile to the face of the moodiest raver. For a debut release, his polished sound, infectious vibes and catchy beat is years beyond his relative experience. Despite the uncertainty of what’s to come, you can bet that Baronhawk will be a name you’ll be hearing about for years to come. Take a moment to listen to his mix, read his interview, pick up his Honey release on Bandcamp, and send him a few bucks or more. This Sunday we’re excited to showcase the Washington, D.C community, in collaboration with Fault Radio, for our monthly Coast to Coast broadcast. Quality. Venmo/Cashapp: @ INTERVIEW: @ Baronhawk Poitier - Temperado Tornado (Official Video) Dir. Aron Kantor on @. Baronhawk Poitier – The Stopped World (Mix) Rustic Hut – See You Again (Broadway & Queen Mix) Panash – Cheval (Przewalski’s Eastern Bounce) Waajeed – Better Late Than Never DjjoelS – Al Greens House D Tiffany – V2M Armonica – Ngeke (Andhim Remix) Obas Nenor – Tribe Tribute Gafacci – Sweetest Taboo DJ Technics – Don’t Make Me Wait Dukeyman – Feelin It Filter Joint Flora FM – Inc Stop Santos – Hold Home Cray76 – Evangelion Christina Chatfield – Flutters (Unreleased) Acronym City – Powermoves (Gerd Janson Mayday Edit) Karizma – How Fly This Life Is Jay Ka – 6 Atjazz – Sweat No Sleep (Broken Soul Dub) Maxwell – Stop The World /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/25849074

AYLI Podcast #103 - Tape Ghost 10/13/2020

AYLI Podcast #103 - Tape Ghost David Grunzweig performs as Tape Ghost, a solo project which incorporates a clubbier flavor than the deep crystalline ambience of his duo Night Sea. The dancefloor-friendly sounds of Tape Ghost found a home on As You Like It’s record label — first a remix on Christina Chatfield’s new EP and soon a full record of his own. To celebrate, he contributed the latest edition of the AYLI podcast, a mix full of groove-forward dub techno. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/16383227

AYLI Podcast #102 - Tin Man 09/29/2020

AYLI Podcast #102 - Tin Man As anyone who has heard one of his records knows, Tin Man, aka Johannes Auvinen, creates acid techno. But his acid goes deep, and he continually seems to find new worlds within it, despite having worked exclusively in this style for about 15 years now. He's been an AYLI stalwart since the earliest days of the party, and so it only makes sense that he’s contributing a remix to Christina Chatfield‘s new EP, Ascent / Descent, the first on AYLI's new record label, As You Like It Recordings. He’s also responsible for the latest edition of the AYLI podcast. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/16198592

AYLI Podcast #101 - Christina Chatfield 09/29/2020

AYLI Podcast #101 - Christina Chatfield Christina Chatfield has been in the AYLI family since the beginning. For 10 years, she has been an As You Like It resident performer, playing live techno, improvised and not, on stages both big and small. Anyone who has caught her sets more than once will easily recognize her sound: tight, loop-focused acid techno with a particular interstellar feel. Now, after gracing As You Like It’s stages an untold number of times, she’s kicking off their record label. To be released on November 27, 2020, in commemoration of the four year anniversary of the Ghost Ship fire, her first release for As You Like It Records, Ascent / Descent, captures the twisting, tunneling spirit of her live performances. Backed by remixes from Tin Man and Noncompliant — both AYLI mainstays in their own right — plus Lily Ackerman and Tape Ghost, the record highlights American techno in a way that strikes me as distinctly As You Like It. Altogether, the record feels like a snapshot of Chatfield’s live performance, but cut for the club. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/16198526

AYLI Podcast #100 - Gerd Janson B2B Prins Thomas 08/04/2020

AYLI Podcast #100 - Gerd Janson B2B Prins Thomas For many, Prins Thomas and Gerd Janson likely need little introduction. Thomas comes from Norway and has spent the past 15 years amassing a discography of perfectly composed synth-y cosmic disco; Gerd comes from Germany and co-founded Running Back, perhaps the most dependable European deep house label in the business, in 2002. This installment of the As You Like It podcast, the hundredth, is a recording of Thomas and Gerd going back-to-back at The Midway in San Francisco, celebrating AYLI's 7th anniversary in 2017. For those who were there, this is an opportunity to savor the memory, and for those who weren’t, this is a chance to experience them in full party mode. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/15476954

AYLI Podcast #99 - Wonja 07/09/2020

AYLI Podcast #99 - Wonja Wonja Fairbrother is a DJ for the heads. She's been quietly but steadily putting together mixes for years and years now — with her partner Dan as Herzog Hideout and now Do/While; solo, in the beautifully delicate series Wood Glass Metal and the beautifully weepy Melancholy Italo Disco (does what it says on the tin); and increasingly for club-focused mix series, including a recent stint for San Francisco's Boiler Room. To quote her own words, it's an "i'm not crying it's just the smoke machine" kind of mix — dedicated to those lost-but-not-forgotten club moments that are regrettably inaccessible right now. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/15139727

AYLI Podcast #98 - Lando 06/25/2020

AYLI Podcast #98 - Lando Lando — sometimes Lando Kal, or just Antaeus Lando Roy — has been around the block. Born in Daly City, raised in Sacramento, came up in San Francisco, did stints in New York, Berlin, LA — he's been around. As a producer, he's released records on Hotflush, Rush Hour, Icee Hot, and Ultramajic, to name a few. As a DJ, he's played clubs all over the world, including the ones you namecheck to your friends. His own music and his DJ sets are hard to pin down, picking and riffing on bits and pieces from different scenes and different eras. He's also responsible for the latest edition of the As You Like It podcast. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/14961317

AYLI Podcast #97 - Sis Girl 05/16/2020

AYLI Podcast #97 - Sis Girl Sis Girl has made a steady approach on San Francisco dancefloors, building off their work throwing a party in Pittsburgh, MESH, which highlights queer, nonbinary, and female talent from the midwestern and eastern United States. After several appearances behind the booth at The Stud, Public Works, and more, they recently joined forces with Kosmetik, perhaps the city’s most out-there queer DJ crew. Dov's responsible for the latest edition of the As You Like It podcast, an hour-long swirl of rubbery minimal techno and cooled-down house flavors. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/14444372

AYLI Podcast #96 - Space Ghost 05/02/2020

AYLI Podcast #96 - Space Ghost Space Ghost, the alias of Oakland-based house-funk player Sudi Wachspress, has been steadily producing and releasing tunes since 2010, and in the past several years, he's picked up serious steam, releasing three LPs, two on Denmark’s Tartelet Records and a third on Steven Julien's Apron Records. Besides producing tunes as Space Ghost, Wachspress has flexed his DJ technique, playing out with friend Steve Sandwich as a duo called Late Feelings, and launching a party at Starline Social Club called Open Soul. True to its name, Open Soul focuses on boogie, house, and disco — influences you’ll hear in Space Ghost’s sound. Wachspress has mixed up the latest edition of the As You Like It podcast, a mellow collection of modern soul, gospel, and boogie-flavored tunes. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/14249627

AYLI Podcast #95 - Rubidium 05/01/2020

AYLI Podcast #95 - Rubidium Rachel Bisagni, aka Rubidium, is a techno veteran. Based in Oakland, she's a DJ, producer, and co-founded the bi-monthly Konstruct event series, which highlights American techno artists in particular. She's responsible for the latest edition of the AYLI Podcast, a slow burn of a mix that, as she points out, could very well serve as an opening set in a club — but is really designed for home listening. It’s proper zoning music, and I think we could all use a bit of that right now. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/14230280

AYLI Podcast #94 - Eichef 03/30/2020

AYLI Podcast #94 - Eichef If you live in San Francisco and like techno — Techno techno, with a capital T — then you probably know Hiram Fabrizio. One of the friendliest and kindest players in the local scene is also one of its most talented — and most active. You might know him from Konstruct, the no-nonsense techno monthly he’s a part of. Or U-SRD, his duo project with Loammi Rodas. Or Eichef, his solo production moniker. Or you might know him from bumping into him on a dancefloor at a club, a warehouse, or a house party. He’s a genuine supporter, in it for the love of music, not to build a brand or make a name. It’s a refreshing reminder of why we’re all here to begin with. As Eichef, he’s responsible for mixing up the latest edition of the As You Like It podcast. It’s an hour-long “slower mix of electro and techno unfolding into world sounds,” in his own words. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/13756283

AYLI Podcast #93 - Vaughan 02/21/2020

AYLI Podcast #93 - Vaughan In advance of their first collaboration with AYLI, Supervixen resident DJ Vaughan mixed up the latest edition of the AYLI Podcast. Supervixen's coming up on their two-year anniversary (June 26 at Underground SF). Before that, though, they’re hosting the Klub Room at 1015 Folsom on Friday, February 28, a whole-club blowout co-hosted by Dials, As You Like It and 1015 — grab tickets while you can. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/13242377

AYLI Podcast #92 - Patrick Wilson 01/31/2020

AYLI Podcast #92 - Patrick Wilson Oakland-based DJ Patrick Wilson isn't new to the game. In fact, he's been DJing longer than some of us have been alive. He's been at it 39 years, first putting hands on decks around the age of 10. Now that's dedication. He and fellow Oaklander Nina Sol (who recorded her own AYLI podcast in 2018) are resident DJs at Elements, a party dedicated to deep, soulful house, both classic and new. They're celebrating five years of Elements on Saturday, January 18. This latest edition of the AYLI podcast is actually a live recording of Patrick and Nina at a previous Elements party. Catch them both opening up for one of the most brilliant DJs in the business, Fred P aka Black Jazz Consortium, handling the deeper, psychedelic side of things. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/12957368

AYLI Podcast #91 - Brown Amy 12/30/2019

AYLI Podcast #91 - Brown Amy DJ Brown Amy co-founded Hard French, and has been DJing their parties since the very beginning. She’s got range well beyond soul, as you’ll hear in this latest edition of the As You Like It podcast. She’ll warm up the floor this New Year’s Eve, as AYLI closes out the decade at Underground SF with an all-star cast including Christina Chatfield, Austin Cesear, and murky techno legend Rrose. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/12560480

AYLI Podcast #90 - Jason Polastri 12/13/2019

AYLI Podcast #90 - Jason Polastri If the weirder end of club culture is what wets your whistle, you are probably familiar with TVOD. (The club crew, that is, but probably also The Normal’s tune that provided them their namesake.) The crew’s members — Nihar Bhatt, Jason Polastri, and Fanciulla Gentile (aka hardware techno evoker The Creatrix) — have been operating at the fringes in the Bay Area for more than a decade running. They’ve contributed the latest edition in the As You Like It podcast, and they’re holding down the fort in the back room of F8 all night long on Friday, December 13, while Chris Cruse and Mozhgan headline the front room alongside AIDA and AYLI resident DJ Patrick. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/12388742

AYLI Podcast #89 - Faychee 11/10/2019

AYLI Podcast #89 - Faychee Faychee, aka Faith Harding, is new to the Bay Area, but not new to house music. She moved to Oakland in June 2018, and since then has been playing out regularly — most frequently for Palace, a fun, breezy celebration of dance music of all kinds originally launched by her long-time friend Gabe Ross. A longtime songwriter and musician, she’s also begun producing her own house music. On Saturday, Nov. 9, Faychee makes her second appearance for As You Like It, joining fellow locals Josh Cheon and Mossmoss to welcome the Midwestern legend Mike Servito to the basement rave cave of Monarch. She’s responsible for the latest edition in As You Like It’s podcast mix series, an hour-plus selection of tunes rooted in house music of all different kinds — with a couple detours into freestyle and electro. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/11973158

AYLI Podcast #88 - Jordan Poling 08/31/2019

AYLI Podcast #88 - Jordan Poling Not all house music commands you to jack your body. Some house music — cool, crystalline house music with delicate beats and melodies like a winter breeze — sets the soundtrack to a mood just as well as it turns up a dance-floor. That’s the shade of house music that Jordan Poling, a recent transplant to San Francisco from Brooklyn, explores in his productions and DJ sets. He came up in New York’s mid-aughts dance music scene, and cut his teeth at Halcyon, the city’s legendary record shop. His own productions, propelled by driving grooves and filled with intimate detail, take after NYC’s contemporary deep house sound, but feature his own unique twist. This Saturday, Aug. 31, Poling supports his friend and compatriot Levon Vincent — maybe the best-known of NYC’s new deep house maestros — for an intimate gig at Monarch. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/11068364

AYLI Podcast #87 - Ivan Ruiz 08/03/2019

AYLI Podcast #87 - Ivan Ruiz Ivan Ruiz is that kind of West Coast DJ, an old-school Bay Area selector with forward-thinking taste. He’s put his time in working in various San Francisco record stores and is a founding member of Moulton Music, a crew of producers and DJs that embody that particular deep, soulful house music sound. Ruiz has mixed the latest edition in the As You Like It podcast. He’s DJing this Saturday, Aug. 3, when As You Like It takes over the Gingerbread Danzhaus for a two-floor shindig featuring one of the best new players in the biz, rRoxymore, alongside other talented locals. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/10763105

AYLI Podcast #86 - DJ Ra-Soul 07/29/2019

AYLI Podcast #86 - DJ Ra-Soul African-born, Oakland-based Guy Nado — aka DJ Ra-Soul, Digi-Soul, Killa Green Buds, Madd African, Politix of Dancing, San Frandisco Sound Outfit, and many more — has been producing and DJing killer disco-flavored house music in the Bay Area for decades. His first record as DJ Ra-Soul landed in 1993, with a steady stream to follow. He quickly became known for deep, funky, hard-hitting house music, and was a key player in the developing West Coast scene. Recently, he went on hiatus — which is why some newer heads might not be familiar with him — but he’s back in action, producing psychedelic political house music with fellow Oaklander Don Crisp as Black In Time, and returning to the DJ circuit, recently playing As You Like It’s annual picnic in Golden Gate Park last Sunday, July 21. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/10691765

AYLI Podcast #85 - Dan Harris 07/02/2019

AYLI Podcast #85 - Dan Harris For a couple years running, Dan Harris has thrown a small party in San Francisco called Blank. It's about as non-pretentious and unassuming as you can get. It showcases Bay Area DJs, not out-of-town headliners, and its focus is on the dancefloor — and dancing. (Each iteration of Blank, he respectfully asks attendees to keep their phones off the dancefloor.) Naturally, Harris is a DJ himself, too. He tends towards vintage disco and funky party jams, the kind of tunes that makes you put your arms up in the air with a smile on your face. More than disco makes him tick, though — which he shows off in the stylistic spread of DJs he books at Blank — and this latest mix for As You Like It's podcast series sees him exploring that range. This Saturday, July 6, Harris joins a cast of talented locals (AYLI resident DJ Patrick and Vinyl Dreams' Infinite Jess) to support Detroit veteran Andrés, whose cut “New For U”might be one of the most successful deep house records of the 21st century. (It is, indeed, that good.) It’s all going down in the basement at Monarch. Snag tickets now and read on to learn more about what makes Harris tick. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/10380206

AYLI Podcast #84 – Lindsey Herbert 05/23/2019

AYLI Podcast #84 – Lindsey Herbert The latest edition of As You Like It's podcast is mixed by Lindsey Herbert — and it's a session recorded live, opening for British techno purist Ø [Phase] in March of this year. Dive into the mix while you read her interview below — and make sure to snag presales for Spanish maestro Oscar Mulero‘s return to San Francisco, landing Friday May 31 at F8. For techno lovers, San Francisco dance-floors are a good place to be right now. Techno with a capital T — fast, tough, rough, and rugged — has taken the city by storm, and that's in no small part thanks to the efforts of people like Lindsey Herbert and parties like Robot Ears, the techno-focused crew she’s worked with for years. After nearly six years running, Robot Ears has brought some of techno's most well-known players (Speedy J, Chris Liebing) plus new-school favorites (Truncate, Tommy Four Seven) to San Francisco. Lindsey's been one of their resident DJs for almost as long, honing her craft and pushing a deep, psychedelic techno sound. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/9892925

AYLI Podcast #83 - Sleepygirl B2B Tape Ghost 05/08/2019

AYLI Podcast #83 - Sleepygirl B2B Tape Ghost Some of the most exciting new energy in San Francisco dance music has come from a close-knit group of techno heads — often spotted out together on the dance-floor, usually clad in black. Two of those techno heads, David Grunzweig (aka Tape Ghost) and Eugenia Puglisi (aka sleepygirl), have commandeered the latest edition of As You Like It's podcast series. And although they are techno fanatics in the true sense — read below for some of the recent club nights and gigs that have inspired them — their AYLI podcast features a house-flavored twist, a lighter mood than we might expect from them. The two will DJ back-to-back this Friday, May 10, as part of a two-floor As You Like It takeover at Monarch in San Francisco. They’ll heat up the Lounge upstairs while Call Super, Jason Kendig, and Dr. Rubinstein turn the basement into a techno dungeon — the last batch of tickets is available here. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/9707153

AYLI Podcast #82 - Nonsuit 02/28/2019

AYLI Podcast #82 - Nonsuit If you go out regularly in San Francisco, you've probably met Steven Feiler. You've probably seen him fluttering about at Public Works — doing any number of different things, all at once — or on the dance-floor, chatting and dancing like he was born to do both. Lately, he's also making appearance on the other side of the floor, behind the decks. As nonsuit, he mixes up out-of-bounds techno, heavily percussive club music, and acid house, all laid over with queer flavor and intent. He’s making his first appearance for As You Like It this Friday, March 1, at The Great Northern, as AYLI celebrates all things Pisces with two of the heaviest hitters in the biz: Omar S from Detroit and DJ Nobu from Tokyo. He also mixed up an excellent AYLI podcast (his first!) and gave us some insight into his background and practice. Read on below, tune in, and make sure you catch Omar & Nobu. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/8825018

AYLI Podcast #81 - Elexos Park 10/12/2018

AYLI Podcast #81 - Elexos Park Without hyperbole, it's safe to say that the San Francisco dance music ecosystem would simply not be what it is today if it weren’t for the mostly thankless work of Ryan Merry - now better known as Elexos Park, but formerly known as Ghosts On Tape. Landing back in San Francisco after a stint in Berlin had him refreshed and revitalized, with a new sound and direction to match. His new AYLI podcast shows off that new sound. Make sure to catch him this Saturday Oct. 13 at an undisclosed warehouse location in San Francisco, supporting DJ Seinfeld on his DJ-KiCKS tour. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/7159982

AYLI Podcast #80 - Jordee 10/05/2018

AYLI Podcast #80 - Jordee We've released an exclusive podcast by one of AYLI's favorite people in the world, Jordee. Jordee is a partner for Mixed Forms and also co-runs Kosmetik weekly at The STUD in SF. Please take a moment and listen to their mix before joining us tonight. Quality, indeed. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/7134715

AYLI Podcast #79 - Tony Humphries 08/21/2018

AYLI Podcast #79 - Tony Humphries Humphries' Club Zanzibar residency began in 1982, and more than 30 years later, he plays to audiences around the globe, on stages large and small. He's making his As You Like It debut this Saturday, August 25, for an all-night DJ set at Monarch. Enjoy his AYLI podcast, an excerpt of a live mix recorded in Perugia, Italy. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/6950358

AYLI Podcast #78 - Nina Sol 08/14/2018

AYLI Podcast #78 - Nina Sol Nina Sol makes her As You Like It debut this Saturday, August 18, for an open-air day party (1 p.m.-9 p.m.) on The Midway's sun-kissed patio. She’s supporting Detroit's funky house maestro Kyle Hall and jazzy beat-maker Byron The Aquarius. Dive into her stellar mix below and catch her live behind the decks on Saturday. /episode/index/show/aylisf/id/6923663

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