Your Mom's Fantastic Playlist

Your Mom has only just arrived, but she's already inviting you into her world.

Following her debut EP Your Mom Likes It Deep on Non-Friction Records, the Brooklyn-based producer and DJ shares ten records that shaped her musical DNA. From stripped-back minimalism and filthy acid to psychedelic house, blown-out techno and beautifully bizarre vocal experiments, these are the tracks that continue to influence the way she writes music today.

The selections reveal the philosophy behind Your Mom: squeeze everything possible from the smallest ideas, make every sound count, and never sacrifice groove. Along the way she reflects on the producers who rewired her brain, the records she hunted down on vinyl, and the moments that became the blueprint for tracks on her debut release.

If you're wondering where Your Mom Likes It Deep came from, it probably started somewhere in this playlist.

Ask Yourself vs Headcase (Fabrizio Maurizi's Reply Yourself Remix) - Plastikman

Plastikman is mother. The minimalism, the grooves, the vocal freakiness - it all inspires Your Mom. And this remix is just relentlessly precise, powerful, and psychedelic. A lot of Your Mom’s sensibilities come from this track. 

Espectaculo - Heckmann, Kauffelt 

Deliciously absurd. The bitcrushed telephone style vocal is preposterous and funky all at the same time. And the bassline is a dancefloor destroyer. Nothing extra happens in this track - only the core essentials. Nothing is excessive or wasted. This is one of the foundational principles of Your Mom’s music. 

On Your Feet - Matthew Herbert

Matthew Herbert is probably the number 1 point of reference for Your Mom. He is one of the most under-appreciated gods of electronic music and a ridiculously avante-garde innovator. This track is so tight to the floor and the synth work is masterful and mindblowing. “That’s Just What They Say” is an ode to Matthew Herbert, and this particular track demonstrated all the flavors Your Mom is lifting from him. 

Sophia Minus 2 Octave - Mike Dehnert

Oof. Mike Dehnert - not appreciated really at all in the U.S. He makes some of the most raw and blown out techno but it’s also grounded in wildly inventive grooves. The acid tone in this track is just next level. Gritty, raw, unruly - everything Your Mom loves. The vocal work is the especially odd and delightful. 

Lovin U (Ahh Shit) - Paranoid London

Your Mom loves acid. Paranoid London is the pinnacle of hypnotic, filthy acid. This track is restrained yet propulsive - one of Your Mom’s specific goals. 

‍Blood On My Hands (Ricardo Villalobos Apolalypso Now Mix) - Shackleton

Villalobos is the master of getting the most out of the least. That ethos underpins Your Mom’s entire production approach. Squeeze all the juice from the lemon. And then don’t use any more lemons, use a lime. Or maybe even a tomato. 

Crush On Me - Maetrik

The vocal work. The restrained, driving reverb wubble that’s bubbling beneath everything. The subtle nuance of the vocal timbre that keeps shifting. And of course, that slutty ass donk that comes in after 5 minutes - a foundational tonal reference for Your Mom. 

Love Oh Love - Farben

Farben (aka Jan Jelenik) is also in the pantheon of minimal deities. Every sound is so precise and demands your attention. This track feels like it’s trying to pull you under water, but not to drown you, just to teach you how to breathe underwater. The percussion is particularly inspiring for Your Mom. 

Tokyo Dreaming - Raynerfromfinance

Picked this up on vinyl in Berlin. An instant favorite. Every track on the record is 10/10, but this one especially tickles the musical g-spot. Slow, smooth, psychedelic, classy, a hint of sleaze - everything Your Mom aspires to be. “The Cat & The Toaster” wants to be friends with this track. 

Planetary Deadlock - Beanfield

The E-Funk style of the vocal on top of the trip-hop groove is just cool as fuck. Different yet approachable. That’s the whole idea behind Your Mom - something that sounds somewhat new yet totally familiar. 

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