machine wants body
VARIOUS GENRES· 2026
Breathy ad libs and beeping sounds, inspired by the ending of Ex-Machina (2015)
Thoughts written after watch for context (spoilers):
Ava tricks the Caleb into freeing her and directly shops for body parts.
Through acquiring the symbol of a body, Ava pushed her humanity to the maximum.
At last, the machine wanted a body, and getting it made it more human to itself.
Sega Bodega, Charlotte Gainsbourg
16 songs, 57 minutes
crack-addicted bellydancer
ELECTRONIC · 2026
Named after the song by El Mahdy Jr., this selection is an exploration of the dubstep sound pioneered by london’s black underground electronic music scene in the early 2000s with darbuka, levantine and beledi influences (+ some extras that aren’t really dubstep to round out the playlist.)
(Honorable mention to Bedouins by Coki, I did not include it because I really don’t like the drop but it felt wrong to not mention it at all.)
Click on track name for bandcamp/discogs purchase link.
Eat Static
DJ Haram, Abdul Hakim Bilal
Commodo, Gantz, Kahn
Fleck & Fish Finger
Commodo, Gantz, Kahn
Gantz, El Mahdy Jr.
El Mahdy Jr.
El Mahdy Jr.
El Mahdy Jr.
15 songs, 1 hour 8 minutes