About Repetition Podcast Series 008 incoming, this time with Hugo Dirac at the controls.

Hugo's set carves a path through glitched-out soundscapes and broken rhythms, a deliberate detour from the familiar. It features experimental turns, but the EBM and darker textures Hugo is known for are still in the mix. It’s a snapshot of new territories he currently explores in the studio.

Hugo Dirac is a Düsseldorf-based producer, DJ, and sound engineer. His work usually sits in the realm of gritty EBM and techno with a sharp electro edge. Precision and a feel for industrial textures are central, something that likely stems from his background as an audio software developer and mastering engineer. Notable releases include the self-released single "Glyph" and the "Veil EP" on @sharpedrecords.

Hugo is part of the local crew @systemctl_global and also involved with About Repetition.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/hugo_dirac/
SC: @hugo_dirac
Photo: Benjamin Schlemmer
Design: Felix Rabe

About Repetition Podcast 008 // Hugo Dirac

Recorded live at Ratherlost Easter 2025, Lofi Amsterdam, 6-9PM.

Thank you to the @ratherlost team for the trust, to the producers within for their incredible music, to all who shared that moment which will surely endure in my mind.

Artwork by Dypere (dypere.cc).

Aaron J at Ratherlost Easter 2025

Eora’s dub-techno tastemaker Command D and Naarm’s harmoniser of the emotive and abstract Zara combine for Gravity Reset, a collaborative four-tracker on Butter Sessions.

Both producers are equally nestled with love into Australia’s underground, with releases on beloved labels like Animalia and Pure Space. Command D also boasts refined live sets heaving in sub-bass, while Zara's celebrated for boundary-blurring productions and her Kinesis imprint championing the local scene. On Gravity Reset, they meet in lockstep, delivering trance-inducing offerings rooted in a shared love of rhythm, space and subtlety seeded with dub minimalism and introspective, tech-driven sound design.The titular track 'Gravity Reset' sets the tone with a deep, persistent kick, reverberated snares, and a low-end that twists and lifts. 'Cascadia' introduces pad warmth and light percussion, where laughter weaves into the mix, adding a human touch to the dub-soaked cut. '2Pulse' brings expressive congas and dubby psychedelia into dialogue with the wubs, before The Fog closes in a haze of phasing hats and musky bass.

A collaboration for the ages. What they mean when they say #deep.
credits
releases July 18, 2025

Mastered by Corey Kikos
Artwork by Maryos Syawish
Words by Margarita Bassova

Command D & Zara - Gravity Reset (BSD08)

“There is a certain smell in a room when the set is good. Your body notices it immediately. It’s a delicate mix of many variables. The sound needs to have all the layers and depth, then it acts like glue. People need to be present so that whenever you lock eyes with someone, you feel grounded. The bodies have got to be responding to music in a way natural for them, and then the bodily fluids start seeping into the air. But all of this can only happen when the music is delivered honestly. With love, intention, opinion opinion, and with a real dedication to sharing and connecting. I felt that when Madeleine and Daniel were playing on Ankali’s 8th Anniversary. The room smelled like the perfect set – and with that, you can’t go wrong. It fuels you to give even more.”

@kobayashi_maruuu
@madeleineapolen

Words by Atomal
Artwork by Pavel Holomek
Extract from Ankali 8th Anniversary

Ankali #050 – Kobayashi Maru & Madeleine [extract]

Live recorded on 3 turntables, vinyl only.

B2B with Helena Hauff Live at Trädgården, Stockholm

For their July show, @bambi-dj invites Rotterdam-based DJ and visual artist @nelly_dj, for a one-hour B2B. Known for her psychedelic and narrative-driven sets, Nelly crafts immersive and trippy sonic journeys, blending emotional depth with a distinct psychedelic touch. Together, they’ll explore the depths of deep techno, mind-bending psychedelia, and trance-inducing rhythms — a vortex of tension, texture, and release.

Bambi b2b Nelly - 24 Juillet 2025

My set from a sweet Sunday afternoon at Unfold. I played in the Mainroom from 4-6pm <3

Mastered by Other Joe

Zara @ Unfold, London (20.06.2025)

Inner Zone - Fallout EP (SL015)

A1	Folded Realm
A2	Folded Realm (Kohra Remix) 			
B1	Spiral Form 			
B2	Fallout 				

Inner Zone returns to space•lab with an immersive EP exploring the meeting point of deep techno and progressive minimalism, shadowy rhythms and spatial resonance. 

Folded Realm opens the release with a hypnotic pulse, drawing from the darker edges of the Inner Zone sound with precision and restraint. Goa’s Kohra steps in on remix duties, transforming the original into a tunnelling techno weapon — dense, focused, and primed for the floor.

Spiral Form is a slow-burn evolution, unfolding in layers of submerged textures and flickering synth work. Closing the EP, Fallout breaks formation with a menacing, breakbeat-driven excursion through scorched sonic terrain. 

Written: Inner Zone
Remix: Kohra
Mixdown: AudioSol
Mastering: Marco Pelligrino
Distro: One Eye Witness

Pre-sale: August 5
Release: September 16

Inner Zone - Fallout EP (SL015)

For the next episode of our mix series, we welcome GTI – a French producer and DJ currently based in Berlin. A resident of the legendary French underground institution Macadam and co-founder of the event and podcast series X-Wave, he steps up with a one hour groovy progressive house journey, packed with percussive drums and deep vibes. Exactly how we like it :) enjoy!

@gtidj

Harmony Rec. podcast | GTI

Cataphonic Mix Series 37 __ Kendal

"This set was recorded at dawn on a Sunday morning, closing out a long day of incredibly inspiring music. I hadn’t gone to bed yet and was so locked into the sound that by the time I started playing, I was already deep in a trance. I took over from Formant Value & Simone Bauer’s live set, picking up the momentum where they left off, then gradually brought the BPM down, leaning into psychedelic textures and trance-laced rhythms.

Those two hours flew by - we were all locked in. It’s a rare kind of magic to do what you love in a place like Refractor, where most artists stay for the whole weekend to immerse themselves in the community and support each other. Music has this way of creating deep connections, and you could feel that throughout the festival. We were part of something unique.

And the crowd... what can I say. Even after a full day of dancing, they stayed with me through the entire set, joining me on the sonic journey I was crafting to carry us into the morning."

Swiss-born, London-based artist TSUNIMAN has gracefully imprinted the London scene with their spellbinding selections from the underground, spanning raw trance, spacey techno, tribal rhythms, and progressive delights. TSUNIMAN's sound alchemy merges dark, hypnotic elements with ethereal vibrations, creating otherworldly soundscapes that captivate the senses. A resident at Klub Verboten and a regular at FOLD's UNFOLD party, TSUNIMAN has graced the decks at renowned institutions from Berghain's Säule to Macadam.

Tune in now for a deeply cerebral trip of TSUNIMAN’s masterfully executed hypnotic alchemy - recorded live at Refractor 2025.

Follow:

TSUNIMAN
https://soundcloud.com/tsunimanmusic
https://www.instagram.com/tsun_iman/


Refractor
https://soundcloud.com/organic-signs
https://www.instagram.com/refractor.festival/


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