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Ground Level #003: @truncate
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 #7
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)

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.

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.

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.

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.