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Inspector hails from Chicago and is one half of renowned hardware duo easygoingtech. She both DJs and plays solo hardware as Inspector; for this edition of Spin Cycle she's graced us with an all-vinyl mix. Recorded live at the Chicago Redux studio, this hour+ deluge of raw beats and no-nonsense electronics is sure to move your feet and cleanse your spirit.

Becton's return after a long hiatus

hh Loops is an hourlong seamless remix of No Other Day's first release, Until We Meet Again Find Peace in Heaven's Hands. This remix was recorded live and consists only of looped and/or slowed sections of No Other Day's original compositions. Through this remix we are actively building a sonic foundation from the ashes of our own music—as well as our current moment—to re-territorialize the culture of tomorrow.

open free, rolling highway up and down where the sky meets the horizon. if only.

Rooting around in the dusty corners of your local record shop in search of overlooked audial sprockets and cogs is Dean Raymond, the master mechanic behind Chicago's esteemed 'Spare Parts' party series and a disc jock of the highest caliber. This week on Spin Cycle he graces us with an hour of his trademark sound - in his words, "machine funk, dirty disco, and emotionally bent house music with a post-punk edge." A lively mix of hot tracks to get you sweating as the days turn cooler.

Shelf Selects is 99% unreleased tracks. My hope is that a listener will enjoy these works as much as I have over the years. As I get further away from the creation of these tracks, the processes that spawned them become more mysterious to me, which gives me the opportunity to be somewhere in between the audience and the DAW.

i went too deep into the empty underground labrynth of corridors in the downtown chicago pedway...

practice makes perfect

Following her usual news segment, Brumaire this week revisits an adolescent favorite of hers, Billy Bragg. In exploring his music, does it hold up?