May & June ‘26 ⋆˚꩜｡ grateful
May 09 Dissident at RSO, Berlin
May 16 Mapping Festival, Geneva
May 17 Goodness at Fold, London
May 22 GALA Festival, London
May 22 Useless Seconds, Paris
May 23 Lente Kabinet, Amsterdam
May 29 C12, Brussels
May 30 Electrum Up To Date Festival, Poland
Jun 05 Kala Festival, Albania
Jun 12 Wheel of Fortune* at Globus, Berlin
Jun 13 Sounset Festival, Madrid
Jun 18 xxxxxx xxxx, Crato, Portugal
Jun 19 xxxxxx xxxx, Crato, Portugal (Ambient Set)
Jun 27 Nous’klaer Festival, Rotterdam
Jun 28 Mala Junta, Berlin
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@ccl_url is both a DJ’s DJ and a music nerd’s DJ. The Berlin-based artist, who cut their teeth in Bristol and Seattle, is revered in certain corners of clubland, particularly in experimental-leaning circles and the queer scenes they call home. Their borderless sound is rooted in the pulse of dub and the thrum of UK dance music, though their sets and mind-blowing online mixes focus more on texture and mood than genre or BPM. In their hands, most music has a way of sounding like something else entirely.
“I’m often chasing an otherworldly feeling,” they said. “But also one that is deeply rooted in the human experience.”
In our latest Art of DJing interview, CCL talks openly about how they became a DJ, their unique musical philosophy and the sensual magic of the “sexy oven.”
Read the feature via the link in bio.
🖋️ @andrewryce
📸 Studio Reyes (@federey and @_rachel_israela_ )
Howdy, proud, and incredibly anxious to release my first physical mixtape today on T4TLUVNRG, a project I’ve been working on slowly for years.
The proceeds after costs from this release will go to the fundraiser “SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!”.
You can donate directly via link in my bio.
A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a journey through proto-dubstep sounds from as early as the late 1970s through the year 2000, a sonic sibling and follow-up to Ode to Queer Steppas. After noticing uncanny references in tracks decades before FWD, (some of which) were from the most unexpected places, I started to keep a folder of these “proto”, slowly adding to it over the years. They began to tell a story more vivid and eerie than I could have imagined. Beyond just archiving, I wanted it to showcase what an interesting narrative and fantastical place these tracks illustrate, and the rich history of possible red threads. :)
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Inspired by @erisdrew ’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments”, CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the ‘wrong speed’, pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.
A Night in the Skull Discotheque leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discoteque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.
Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL
Linear notes: Nevan Jio
Parmi tou·tes les DJ qui assument décloisonner les genres musicaux, peu sont aussi aventureux·ses et ouvert·es que @ccl_url (aka la·le DJ préféré·e de ta·ton DJ préféré·e). À travers son label et ses soirées @sub.glow , CCL a forgé un univers singulier où la puissance des basses rencontre une sensibilité psychédélique, où les conventions du 4x4 se fondent dans d’infinies possibilités. Grâce à une impeccable exécution technique et à une capacité presque mystique à lire son public, CCL transforme les dancefloors en zones autonomes temporaires, où les frontières entre les genres s’estompent et où de nouvelles connexions jaillissent dans l’obscurité.
While many DJs approach genre and scope adventurously, few are as expansive and unique as CCL.
At Lost, CCL will present a special performance inspired by their acclaimed radio show Liquidtime, a fluid journey in the liquefaction of rhythmic and melodic matter.
The show will unfold inside the Labirynt’s stunning bamboo setting, an immersive space perfectly suited to CCL’s shape-shifting sonic world.
All tickets in bio.
Do not miss it.
Few DJs have shaped contemporary club culture’s trajectory quite like @ccl_url , a force of nature whose meteoric rise has redefined what’s possible behind the decks. Their debut EP ‘Plot Twist’ on !K7 emerged as one of 2024’s most spellbinding releases, masterfully weaving murder mystery ASMR narratives and electric guitar riffs through crystalline steppers and haunted UKG.
Through their Berlin-based @sub.glow label and club night, CCL has carved out a singular space where bass weight meets psychedelic sensibility, where four-to-the-floor conventions dissolve into limitless possibilities. Their approach rejects the obvious, instead of chasing trends or cranking up BPMs, they craft intricate sonic worlds that demand deeper engagement.
Through masterful technical execution and an almost mystical ability to “read the room”, CCL transforms dancefloors into temporary autonomous zones where genre boundaries blur and new connections spark in the darkness. A DJ’s DJ who never loses sight of the fundamentals while pushing relentlessly forward into uncharted territory.
When dreams turn real ✨ CCL & Objekt are playing Ankali this Friday. The genre-liquifying duo will play our #allnighter, pulling us through wormholes with near-telepathic synergy. Dreams truly are the original thrill.
Presale on RA, link via bio
Photo by Dimitri D’ippolito
*reposting because @ankali_club got suspended recently (without an explanation) 🐙
Ahead of subglow at Open Ground this Saturday April 11, heres 9 records that exemplify the spirit of subglow – a sound that I feel is multidimensional, experimental, psychedelic and sensual as it is rooted in the foundations of dub and sub-heavy pressure.
Inside are subglow classics 👀 attendees will recognise, and new favourites Im excited to spin.
subglow at Open Ground
April 11
Introspekt
Livwutang
CCL
Elke
From CCL about subglow and to expect 👀
subglow functions as an organism that flourishes in the spirit of ritual and collective intention, rooted in a deep love for soundsystem culture in all its forms – all music that makes subs glow.
subglow thrives….
when subs are worshipped, central, glowing
when femmes, queer people and nerds who love to get freaky dance in the front
where the dance is sacred while smiles are exchanged
where playfulness, psychedelia and experimentation run freely
where storytelling, intention, respect and reverie for this culture are held dear
Expect dub, dubstep, jungle, live instrumentation, jazz, techno, house…and more.
Expect a night of juxtapositions – darkness and lightness, futurism and deep acknowledgement of foundations, eclecticism and ceremony. Expectations are challenged, and spirits thrive.
“Open Ground offers a unique opportunity for subglow to thrive on what many have called the most beautiful sound system in the world, and offer a new form of intention via travel to Wuppertal. This collaboration means an exchange, and beckoning of a new spirit that is both ephemeral and enduring long after the dance is concluded– do not miss it.”
◆ spring trips___ incoming ◆
first solo all night long trip :”)
◆ Thurs, Mar 19 ◆
kwia, berlin
sorry if this is self indulgent but never get the mental headspace to think about my liquidtime set irl and wanted to try to put this intention out there
let’s enjoy kwia before it’s gone
art by me 🫣
spring thaws incoming___back from a long break
here’s my first shows of 2026 ̶0̶7̶.̶0̶2̶—̶M̶i̶d̶n̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶E̶a̶s̶t̶,̶ ̶T̶o̶k̶y̶o̶
28.02—Final, Taipei
06.03—Pom Pom, Toronto
07.03—Dômesicle x Homegrown Harvest, Montreal
08.03—Nowadays Nonstop, New York
14.03—??? @ ???
19.03—liquidtime (CCL all night long) @ Kwia, Berlin
22.03—subglow @ Ohm, Berlin
27.03—Funke, Ghent (BE)
28.03—Lux Frágil, Lisbon 29.03—Breakfast Club, Amsterdam
