For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

Kaitlyn Davies is a Canadian based in Lisbon, where she works and collaborates at the forefront of music and technology. She explores this nexus through research, facilitation and community organizing alongside her co-founded collective CO:QUO. She's the Membership lead @ FWB and she does Curatorial Partnerships @ Refraction – both of which are prominent culture DAOs, or decentralized autonomous organizations. She also hosts radio shows on Refuge Worldwide and Cashmere Radio.

MUSIC MENTIONS

Early Days

Much Music (Canada) (4:34)

Dance / Techno Music Across Cities

Berghain (club in Berlin) (9:52)
Panorama Bar House (Berlin) (10:09)
Lux Fragil (Lisbon Club) (10:53)
Arroz Estúdios (Lisbon Club) (11:21)
Vago (Lisbon Cocktail bar / club) (11:40)

Discovering Music

NTS (radio) (14:00)
SoundCloud (14:45)
Spotify (14:45)
Bandcamp (15:21)
Amor Records (Record Shop Lisbon) (16:48)
Flur (Record Shop Lisbon) (17:35)
Honest Johns (Record Shop London (17:40)
Hardwax (Record Shop Berlin) (17:40)

Three important artists from the past year?

Nourished by time - Erotic Probiotic 2 (18:42)
Arthur Russell (reference) (19:02)
Sampha (reference) (19:05)
Alabaster DePlume (London) (19:47)
George Riley (UK) (20:46)
Ans (producer collaborator) (20:57)
Kelela (reference) (21:00)

Most under-appreciated artist from your favorite music decade?

Arthur Russell (21:50)
Kelela (22:56)

Desert island discs?

Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds (25:03)
Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox (25:35)
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 (25:48)

Who should be on For the Record?

Timi - optimo club night in Glasgow, DJ, label called wrong island (29:05)

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