Dummy Mix 566 // Ariel Zetina
Ariel Zetina is one of those people who the term “creative” truly applies to. The Chicago-based artist’s skills include – but aren’t limited to – DJ, producer, playwright and writer, while she also enjoys a residency at Smartbar. As a DJ, her selections mirror her own background – a blend of her vibrant Latinx American roots fused with the driving acid of the city in which she lives.
Earlier this year, the Discwoman affiliate dropped her ‘Organism’ EP, a record which turned a phrase of a leering catcaller into a percussive element and found her laying down her own vocals before swerving sideways into relentless four-to-the-floor territory. Her Dummy Mix is as multi-faceted as her own productions, dipping energetically between rave and dembow rhythms and proving her skills as a sharp selector.
“This mix is about the intersection of club, house, and techno,” Ariel Zetina told us. “I started deejaying because I fell in love with club music and that led me into experimenting with four-on-the-floor. These tracks all live somewhere in that perfect transitional region between these genres. I have always been interested in percussion that is so hypnotic it turns into melody and with melody that drives like percussion. I tried to be patient with my mixing as much as possible, which is always difficult for me. I breathed with this mix.
“The track ‘Gel’ by Prist was very important for me to include,” she continues. “She was a trans woman who I saw do an unbelievable live set at a gig in Oakland Jasmine Infiniti organised and (including, memorably, this track ‘Gel’). Serena Jara and I were also on the lineup. Cash Askew (Prist) and I connected that night and shared music with each other via email a couple days later. Cash was one of the people who we lost in the Ghost Ship Fire in Oakland and I just feel like it is a testament to how many amazing artists the community lost that night. Her music is here and she also was part of the dreampop project Them Are Us Too.”
Tracklist:
Elijah – Eli’s Oddysee (Ariel Zetina Remix) [forthcoming]
MoMa Ready – The Concept
Nightwave – Acid Mouse
BFTT – Like
PHSNWSKY – Dryfield (SHE Spells Doom Remix)
Prist – Gel
Sinceer – 90’s R&B CLUB
Pelada – Ajetreo
Jubilee – Pull Ova
Tayhana x Lechuga Zafiro – Condenada
Boy Pussy – Fucked Me Up (CSI x Mix)
IBON – Svever
Crystallmess – Just Because This is A Funeral it Doesn’t Mean We Can’t Rave
DJ SWISHA – AceMo’s Sermon (ft. BASSBEAR!!)
Jasmine Infiniti – whu carez
Nancy – Watermelon
Kush Jones – Lars Type Beat
Ariel Zetina – So Meaty!! [forthcoming]
KABLAM – Problems
Puto Tito – Mestra das Artes
Klein Zage ft. Joey G – Steppin (It’s OK To Be Positive)
Listen to the mix on Soundcloud.
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