Kay Fabe is a Sheffield-based DJ whose sets explore the dark sparkles at the fringes of dance music. Her Noods Radio show, Natural Language, is a hybrid essay-soundscape where she talks about books in a stream-of-consciousness style. Her club night, ROOM.3 platforms oddball chuggers and in-between sounds.

Last month I performed at Watching Trees festival. In a similar style to my show on Noods Radio, I performed live voice-over with a soundscape. The piece was called LEAKS, and explored love, loss and mirrors. I was excited because I’ve been writing the script for years and Watching Trees was the perfect space to share it; the crowd is the friendliest I’ve ever experienced at a festival. It’s the kind of party where you’ll end up in a three-hour-long conversation with someone you’ve just met.

Last weekend I DJ’d for my friends’ night, one of the biggest parties of the year in Nottingham, ‘The Party’, hosted by DJ Sneaze, rPal, BigSexy and DJ Come. All sick DJs to watch out for. Notts is my home turf, and where I discovered and fell in love with dance music. So it always means a lot to play there!

I recorded the mix at Spring Tank studios in Sheffield on a Pioneer A9 DJ mixer and Pioneer CDJ 3000s.

The mix is the stuff I would play in a late, sweaty, smoky club, but I wanted it to work as a mix to put on in the background at home as well. I’m always trying to make my sets equally dark and fun – or mischievous and gothic.

I recently started my night ROOM.3 in Nottingham, and I’m really excited about the artists (yet to be announced)!

I’ll also be playing at the Notts/Sheff festival Camp Paradise in the summer. Always the highlight of my year, so I’m really looking forward to that.

1. Puma & The Dolphin – The Glass Drum
2. Tronik Youth – Zulu Whiskey Hotel
3. Feller – Undertake
4. KWAKE – Acid Pathway
5. Arthur Johnson – Secretary Disordia
6. Tala – Creepy Little Heart
7. ZHENG – Zero Time
8. Niv Ast – One Hundred Cats
9. Autarkic – It’s no tool
10. Jack Pattern – Of Unknown
11. Justine – She’s A Freak (Jonah Considine Remix)
12. KMBN + A_M_B_O_S_S – Love to Watch U
13. Theus Mago – Ella feat. Doog
14. Alvaro Cabana, Silicodisco – Misty
15. Rekorder – Rekorder 9.2
16. Hi Tech Criminal – Duster
17. LAPS – Who Me? (D. Tiffany & Roza Remix)
18. Fantastic Man – Alpha
19. Makabr – Man’s Woman In F#