132 Bpm driving/peaktime Techno Set. My prayers are with Ukraine. War is never the Answer. And russian peoples are not our enemies. We are ONE Human Family. Make Music not War!

Hot Pressure Stream SPECIAL - War is never an solution!  - (No War Edition)

This is Draw The Line Radio Show with Jacki-E, presenting the best music from female producers and DJs.

Helping me Draw The Line this week with her guest mix in the 2nd hour it’s WISER, a DJ / Producer from Melbourne, Australia. Blending sub bass, punchy kicks and atmospheric synth sounds with the occasional dark psychedelic twist, WISER is inspired by the raw energy and emotion of hard techno whilst infusing her trademark delicate warmth. She runs her own party brand DAZED HDT where DJs play sets with no bpm or style constraints. She’s had releases on Mavic Music, Oxytech, Bubblejam, Frisson and many other labels with previous releases hitting #1 on Beatport.

Links for Wiser :-
Soundcloud:-  https://soundcloud.com/staywise-1
Facebook:-    https://www.facebook.com/wisertunes

In my mix in the first hour I’m playing tracks by Gallya, Fatima Hajji, Mha Iri, Shelley Johansson, Lisa May and lots more.

It's time to say NO to gender imbalance in dance music. It's time to Draw The Line!!

Track list
1st hour mixed by Jacki-E:-
1.    Daniela Hensel – Lucky Charm (original mix) Gain Records.
2.    Henriette Ramirez – The Talking Tree (original mix) Stickrecordings.
3.    Shelley Johansson – Rytm (original mix) Turn Recordings.
4.    Lisa May - Push (original mix) Mavic Music.
5.    Valerie M, Jason Laidback – Soundsystem (original mix) Hot Cakes.
6.    Gallya – Desires (original mix) Set About.
7.    Mha Iri – Your Heart (original mix) 1605.
8.    Lady Caro’zart – Don’t Panic (original mix) Mental Schizophrenia.
9.    Shay de Castro – Watching Me (original mix) Prospect Records.
10.  Shelley Johansson – Opia (original mix) Turn Recordings
11.  Death of Codes – On The Edge of Knowledge (Jacki-E remix) D-Pillar Records.
12.  Fatima Hajji – Liberty (original mix) IAMT.
13.  Kerrie – Inner Space (original mix) Dark Machine Funk Recordings.
14.  Gray – Inventory (original mix) Gray Music, Bandcamp release https://gray-music.bandcamp.com/album/dialogue-systems
15.  Anika Kunst – Detox (original mix) Symbolism.
16.  MSL-T – Silence ( Sara Krin remix) Black Kat Records.
17.  Daniel Tonik – Desire ft Shiralee Coleman (Lisa May remix) Pumping Records.
18.  Ma Haiping – Gravitational Capture (original mix) Deepsomnia.
19.  Onyvaa – The Way It Is (original mix) KNTXT.

2nd hour
Wiser -  An exclusive guest mix for Draw The Line Radio Show.
1.    Anthony Castaldo & Raniero - Kalt (original mix) Intec Digital.
2.    Hidden Empire – Cashmere (original mix) Octopus Recordings.  
3.    Drunken Kong, Teenage Mutants - Mainz (original mix) Tronic.
4.    ANNA - Spectral (original mix) Afterlife.
5.    Brennen Grey - In a Dream (original mix) Kraftek Music.
6.    Andrea Oliva - Jam Table (Marco Faraone's Love Is A Lie remix) Truesoul.
7.    1A Egbert - Korrelig (original mix)  Gem Records.
8.     Jay Lumen - Balance (original mix) Octopus Recordings.
9.     Belocca - Xtasy (original mix) Codex Recordings.
10.   Alex Bilancini - Crack Of Doom (original mix) Etruria Beat.
11.   Darmec - Zeuzera (Abyssvm & Ave remix) Insectum Records.
12.   Teenage Mutants & Frankyeffe - Run (original mix) Senso Sounds.
13.   Gaston Zani - Unruly (original mix) Agile Recordings.
14.   Adam Beyer - Teach Me (Amelie Lens Acid mix) Drumcode.
15.   Toxic D.N.A - Resolution (Martin K4rma, Salvatore Mediana remix) Red Channel Records.
16.   Tom Hades - Stability (original mix) OFF Recordings.
17.   Ben Riss - All Night (original mix) IAMT.
18.   2pole – Atom (original mix) Tronic.
19.   Caitlin - Freaks & Misfits (Victor Ruiz remix) Electric Ballroom.
20.   Layton Giordani - Body Language (original mix) Drumcode.
21.   Chris Liebing & Charlotte De Witte - Liquid Slow (original mix) KNTXT.
22.   Emanuele Millozzi & Luke Di Lullo - Let It Go (T78 remix) Silent Storm.
23.   Cosmic Boys - The Bast (original mix) Legend.
24.   SHDW, Obscure Shape - Gesang der toten Dinge (original mix) From Another Mind.

Draw The Line Radio Show

#196 Draw The Line Radio Show 18-03-2022 with guest mix 2nd hr by WISER

WINKED SESSIONS, the WINKED Records Podcast hosted by TC-JAY.
Listen the best selection of Techno music by our guest Artists.
Enjoy it!

Guest Dj: Jeremias Clerici www.instagram.com/jeremiasclerici
WINKED: linktr.ee/winkedrecords

Tracklist:
01 Illus1on - countdown (original mix)
02 Stoked-mushroom cake-signals (original-mix)
03 Jeremias Clerici  - Turn on the lady(Orginal mix)
04 Nonameleft-the second law of thermodynamics (original-mix)
05 The enveloper-converse (original-mix)
06 Mosher ronnye m-breaking news 
07 Dual destress- rumors in the dark (original mix)
08 Jeremias Clerici  - Hands Up (Orginal mix)
09 Konrad italy-from another world (original-mix)
10 Klines - riddim selecta (original-mix)
11 Rabo traumata-lonely nights (original-mix)
12 Nahum Korm - Star Y (original mix)
13 Emiliano cassano nik wel-self reflex (original-mix)
14 Jeremias Clerici  - Headkick (Orginal mix)
15 Jeremias Clerici  - Success (Orginal mix)

WINKED SESSIONS 073 | Jeremias Clerici

WINKED SESSIONS, the WINKED Records Podcast hosted by TC-JAY.
Listen the best selection of Techno music by our guest Artists.
Enjoy it!

Guest Dj: Antonio Ruiz www.instagram.com/ajrb1981
WINKED: linktr.ee/winkedrecords

Tracklist:
1.     Whaldez - Styx 
2.    MAUK - Lost Satellites
3.    Nik Wel - See You on the Other Side (Hamaton3 Apollo 10 Rmx)
4.    Sigabort - Roster
5.    Danny Rosado - Free Your Mind
6.    KRAAB - Berlin
7.    Ian Kita - Samurai 
8.    Coutts - Disillusion (May-i Rmx)
9.    Marko Markovic - Choronzon 
10.  MNDC - Limits of Humanity (Abel Blanes Rmx)
11.   Soleeman - Warzone
12.  Whaldez - Kronos

WINKED SESSIONS 076 | Antonio Ruiz

A Darker Wave, the best in underground techno, tech house, deep house and anything else we like enough to play in the show, presented by Jacki-E and P-Mac.

The guest mix in the second hour is by LxL who's from the Netherlands. He started DJ-ing in the 90's in Club Lobbes in Haarlem where he ran his own evening. He has two regular mix series on his You Tube & Soundcloud pages. Deep Vibes features progressive and melodic house whilst Techno Vibes is mostly Peak Time Techno. He also mixes in other genres including Tech House & House,(Party Vibes), Nu-disco (Disco Vibes , Relaxing music (Chill out Vibes), Hardstyle and DnB (Hard Vibes) and old style house and 90s HipHop. 

Links for LxL :-
You Tube:- https://www.youtube.com/c/LxLdj
Support: LxL:- https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/djlxl
Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/user-23193669
Mixcloud:- https://www.mixcloud.com/djlxl/
Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/lex1532/
Twitter:- https://twitter.com/LeursLex

In our mix in the first hour there’s music by Julian Jeweil, Jay Lumen, Lady Caro’zart, Lilly Palmer, Adam Bacon and lots more. 

If you like the tracks we play, please support the artists by buying their music.
For all things A Darker Wave:- adarkerwave.com

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.    Carbon – Madness (original mix) Shasdow Wulf Records.
2.    Daniel Levak – Invasion (original mix) Riot Recordings.
3.    Gusttavo Luys – Drone (original mix) Detection Music.
4.    Fractious – Zodiak (Ben Champell remix) Raw Work.
5.    Jay Lumen – Terra (original mix) Footwork.
6.    Nick Fetcher, MRTadel – Concentrate (Sam Kitt remix) Ushuaia Music.
7.    Sam Wolfe, Kill Script – Blackout (original mix) 1605.
8.    Gusttavo Luys – Effect (original mix) Detection Music.
9.    Julian Jeweil – System (originL mix) Drumcode.
10.  Lady Caro’zart - `Intuition (original mix) Mental Schizophrenia.
11.  Alex Lentini, Stomp Boxx – Shifted Soul (original mix) Drumcode.
12.  Bearman – Reloaded (original mix) Tust Jechno Records.
13.  Adam Bacon – Discordia (original mix) Zeca Records.
14.  Fire between us, Kepp – The Hoax (Disscut remix) Blsck Kat.
15.  Folual – Yellow Energy (original mix) Apogee Recordings.
16.  Lilly Palmer – We Control (original mix) Drumcode.
17.  Julian Jeweil – Reverse (originL mix) Drumcode.
18.  Adam Beyer – Dirty Lagoon (original mix) Drumcode.
19.  Luca B, Ire Dreamer – Disney Princess (Grossand remix) Gain Plus.

2nd hour.
LxL – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave
1.    Space 92 – Cyberspace (original mix) Filth on Acid.
2.    Bart Skils X Weska - House Of Lords (original mix) Drumcode.
3.    Thomas Schumacher – Interlinked (original mix) Electric Ballroom
4.    Samuel L Session - The Night Of Really (Skober remix) Crash!
5.    Giorgio Leone (IT) - Chronicles  (original mix) Frequenza Records.
6.    GrooveANDyes - Strange Harmony (original mix) Infekted Records.
7.    Paxtech - Haimonios (Extended_version) Say What?
8.    Will Sparks, New World Sound – Lsd (original mix) Spinnin’ Records.
9.    Shadym, Niereich - Flashbang (original mix) Eclipse.
10.  Cherrymoon Trax - The House of House (original mix) Electric Ballroom.
11.  Pablo Say - Right Now (original_mix) Codex.
12.  Torsten Kanzler - Fear (original mix) Codex.
13.  Balthazar & JackRock - Psychedelic (original mix) Hypnostate.
14.  D.Mongelos - Cntrl (original_mix) IAMT.

A Darker Wave is produced for radio by Sergio Erridge and is A Darker Wave production.

A Darker Wave

#371 A Darker Wave 26-03-2022 with guest mix 2nd hr by LxL

A Darker Wave, the best in underground techno, tech house, deep house and anything else we like enough to play in the show, presented by Jacki-E and P-Mac.

The guest mix in the second hour is byFelipe Zona who's from Zagreb in Croatia. He started his DJ career as a lounge bar resident before becoming a DJ and promoter at TAG, a techno club in Chengdu, China. This led to a residency at China’s biggest nightclub chain, Space Plus first in their Chongqing club, then in Shanghai and now in Guangzhou. His DJ style is hard to define. Mixing seamlessly between deep tech, techno and progressive house, Felipe is an electrifying presence behind the decks. 

Links for Felipe Zona :-
Website:- https://felipezona.com/
Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/felipezona
Mixcloud:- https://www.mixcloud.com/felipezona/
Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/felipe_zona/
Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/djfelipezona/

In our mix in the first hour there’s music by Pryolo, Daniel Levak, Sam Wolfe & Kill Script, DJ Jordan & Vanessa Sukowski and lots more. 

If you like the tracks we play, please support the artists by buying their music.

For all things A Darker Wave:- adarkerwave.com

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.   Indifferent Guy, Odyssay – Before You Go (Two Are remix) Area Verde.
2.   Quivver – Hold (8Kays remix) Bedrock Records.
3.   Simon Heartfield – Hurtful Logic (original mix) Limbic Production Bandcamp release https://simonheartfield.bandcamp.com/album/ballet-m-canique
4.   Adam Beyer – Code is the Code (original mix) Drumcode.
5.   Kaiserdisco – Together One Time (original mix) Drumcode.
6.   Daniel Levak – Invasion (original mix) Riot Recordings.
7.   Gusttavo Luys – Drone (original mix) Detection Music.
8.   Julian Jewril – Minuit (original mix) Drumcode.
10. Fire between us, Kepp – The Hoax (original mix) Black Kat.
11. Sam Wolfe, Kill Script – Disruption (original mix) 1605.
12. Seven – Bro (original mix) Unreleased.
13. GODO – Observable Consequences (original mix) Fever Recordings promo.
14. Maddix – The Formula (original mix) Revealed Music.
15. Kmyle – Train to Valhalla (original mix) Skryptom.
16. Goncalo M – Antimatter (original mix) Resilient Recordings.
17. Pryolo – Aufruhr (original mix) IAMT Raw.
18. DJ Jordan – The Power ( Vanessa Sukowski renix) Autektone Records.
19. Hans Delbruck – The Black Freighter (original mix) Urban Chaos Records promo to be released 29th April 2022.

2nd hour.
Felipe Zona – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave
1.   Santiablo - Dao (original mix) Outta Limits.
2.   Enamour - Red Room (original mix) Factory93.
3.   Jordan Gill , Jeremiah McKnight - Sin (original mix) UV Noir.
4.   DM Theory, Synesthetic -La Preds Bene (original mix) IbogaTech.
5.   Wally Lopez - Power to You (original mix) Tremenda Recordings.
6.   Magnetic Brotherz - Translucent World (original mix) Shambala Music.
7.   Jonny Quigly - Another Hit (original mix) Kenja Records.
8.   Drunken Kong - Take It  (original mix) Tronic.
9.   Eli Brow - Believe (original mix) Filth on Acid.
10. Aardy, Shawn Moses - Mixed Signals (original mix) Senso Sounds.
11. Transcode - Inception  (original mix) Terminal M.
12. Cosmic Boys - Power (original mix) Legend.
13. Lampé - Dignity (original mix) Alula Tunes.

A Darker Wave is produced for radio by Sergio Erridge and is A Darker Wave production.

#372 A Darker Wave 02-04-2022 with guest mix 2nd hr by Felipe Zona

A Darker Wave, the best in underground techno, tech house, deep house and anything else we like enough to play in the show, presented by Jacki-E and P-Mac.

The guest mix in the second hour is by Longo Bcn who's from Barcelona. and this is the second time he’s been on the show. He’s a lover of techno sounds, an electronic music selector and a follower of the electronic scene since the 90s. In addition to playing in dark corners of Barcelona, in the last two years he’s been creating his own music. His mix features strong kicks, powerful grooves and dark atmospheres.

Links for Longo Bcn:-
Soundcloud:: https://soundcloud.com/longo_bcn
Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/longo_bcn/
Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/LongoBcn/
Twitter:- https://twitter.com/Longo_bcn

In our mix in the first hour there’s music by UMEK, Mha iri, Tony Romanello, Salvatore Mediana, Drunken Kong and lots more, plus a couple of tracks from my new EP, “Melodic Dreams” to be released by UPUK Records on 14th April.

If you like the tracks we play, please support the artists by buying their music.
For all things A Darker Wave:- adarkerwave.com

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.   Roberto Traista – Here and Now (original mix) Skanda Records promo.
2.   Fiorella Fr – Expirare (original mix) Dear Deer Black.
3.   Duppeditt, Faia – Minimal Mreaning (original mix) Romklang Records.
4.   Cosmic Boys – Take my Mind (original mix) Legend.
5.   Jacki-E – Melodic Dream (original mix) UPUK Records promo to be released 14th April 2022.
6.   Tom Wax, Rummy Sharma – Encore ft Zowitcha (original mix) Re:vibe Music.
7.   Tony Romanello, Salvatore Mediana – Leviathan (original mix) Red Channel Records.
8.   UMEK – Dark Market (original mix) 1605.
9.   Greenjack – Keep It (original mix) Absinthe.
10. Gusttavo Luys – Resonance (original mix) Sbert Records.
11. Julian Jeweil – Time (original mix) Drumcode.
12. Jacki-E – Break It Down (original mix) UPUK Records promo to be released 14th April 2022.
13. Sebastian Mora, Mosher – Rave 99 (original mix) Unity Records.
14. B4rbra – Rio (original mix) Waxx Blckk.
15. Fire between us, Kepp – The Hoax (James D remix) Black Kat.
16. 2wice Shye – King’s Gambit (original mix) Army of Darkness Records promo.
17. Mha Iri – Burn steadily (original mix) 1605.
18. Drunken Kong – Sphere (original mix) Tronic.

2nd hour.
Longo Bcn – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave
1.   Andres Campo - Outside (original mix) Free Download https://soundcloud.com/andrescampo/andres-campo-outside-original-mix
2.   Schädel - Nature (original mix) Dolma Records.
3.   Keith Carnal - Tangerine (original mix) Affin.
4.   Luca Agnelli - K666 (original mix) Planet Rhythm.
5.   Rehmark - Equacion De Drake (original mix) Jam.
6.   KUSP (UK) - Infernus (original mix) Suara.
7.   Ramiro Lopez, Andres Campo- Bulgari (original mix) Odd Recordings.
8.   Uncertain - Magnetic (original mix) Complexed Records.
9.   Andres Campo – Bonus (original mix) Ei8ght.
10. Mark Broom - EFB (original mix) Rekids.
11. Bily - Short Scene (original mix) Devotion Records.
12. CamelPhat, Rebūke - The Future (Reinier Zonneveld remix) Filth on Acid.
13.  I Am Bam, Ignacio Arfeli - Noises In My Head (original mix) Kneaded Pains.
14.. Giovanni Carozza - Your Body (original mix) Unrilis.
15. Marcal - Rolling Sway (original mix) Rekids.
16  Mat Sassari - Phantom (original mix) Tronic.
17. DJ Boris - Work That (original mix) Tronic.
18. Rodriguez Jr - Kilian (original mix) Mobilee.

A Darker Wave is produced for radio by Sergio Erridge and is A Darker Wave production.

#373 A Darker Wave 09-04-2022 with guest mix 2nd hr by Longo Bcn

A Darker Wave, the best in underground techno, tech house, deep house and anything else we like enough to play in the show, presented by Jacki-E and P-Mac.

The guest mix in the second hour is by Scr_tch who's from Strasbourg in France. He began DJ-ing in the late 90’s playing drum n bass, switching to tech-house and techno in 2005. He’s played at many events and gigs in Eastern France with his style of hypnotic techno.

Link for Scr_tch:-
Soundcloud:: https://soundcloud.com/scr_tch

In our mix in the first hour there’s music by Wehbba, Dok &Martin, Simon Heartfield, Anna Kost, YUADA and lots more, 

If you like the tracks we play, please support the artists by buying their music.
For all things A Darker Wave:- adarkerwave.com

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.    Anyer Quantum - Ultra Glow (Realm of Rebirth mix) Flow Records.
2.    Katrii- Reality (original mix) VRTN Records.
3.    Cory Goldsmith, Katrii – Void (original mix) VRTN Records.
4.    Salvatore Mediana – Demented Reality (original mix) Cosmodrome Records.
5.    Yuada – Afterglow (original mix) Agile Recordings.
6.    Weirdmunky – Savannah (original mix) Urban Deep Trax promo to be released 2oth May 2022.
7.    DJ Jordan – High (DJ Jock remix) Dolma Records.
8.    Hertz Collision, Gene Richards Jnr – Must Do It (original mix) CLR.
9.    Simon Heartfield – Spectacle is the Sun (original mix) Limbic Productiomn.
10.  Shess – Abyss (909 Resistance Dreamer mix) Urban Deep Trax.
11. Wehbba – Dynamo (original mix) Drumcode.
12. Dok & Martin – In & Out (original mix) Ei8ht.
13. Pfirter – Attack (original mix) Odd Even.
14. Stephen Mahoney – Empyreal Dreams (original mix) Children of Tomorrow.
15. Pink Concrete – I Hate Millennial Architecture (original mix) Children of Tomorrow.
16. GODO – Perception (original mix) Fever Recordings.
17. Anna Kost – Seasick (original mix) Hotflush Recordings.
18. Seven – Spirit of Dreams (original mix) Unreleased.
19. Ecilo- Stripped & Trip (original mix) Synthetik Minds.
2nd hour.
Scr_tch – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave
1.     Pulse One - Disturbed (Kessell alternative mix) Granulart Recordings.
2.     Shifted – Spire (original mix) Mote Evolver.
3.     Yan Cook – Indigo (original mix) EarToGround.
4.     Cardao – Breaker (original mix) New Rhythmic Records.
5.     Rene Wise – Changa (original mix) SK_eleven. 
6.     Truncate - Modify (Dustin Zahn remix) Truncate.
7.     Exium - Expect Nothing (2018 mix) Nheoma Records.
8.     Cravo – Rhetoric (original mix) Hayes Collective.
9.     Norbak – Occino (original mix) MindTrip.
10.   Tadeo - Granada Granada (original mix) Cmyk Musik.
11.   Kwartz - Lost Signal (original mix) Sonntag Morgen.
12.   Industrialyzer - Live Sugar (original mix) Second State.
13.   Chris Colburn - Trip to Eris (original mix) Modul.
14.   Fixeer – Detic (original mix) Vector Functions Records.
15.   Roman Poncet – Piege (original mix) Figure.
16.   Ant Brooks - Fluid (Poty & SOZZE remix) Addcepted.

A Darker Wave is produced for radio by Sergio Erridge and is A Darker Wave production.

#375 A Darker Wave 23-04-2022 guest mix 2nd hr by Scr_tch

This smashing psytechno tune from Dianthe and J.FAY is a stellar example of these 2 talented artists' penchant for the driving and dark side of the spectrum. Free download for the 'heads out there!

https://hypeddit.com/dianthejfay/erebus

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Dianthe & J.FAY - Erebus [FREE DOWNLOAD]

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What and who is A Darker Wave?
We are a duo (jacki-e & p-mac) who present A Darker Wave every week only on NLive Radio, Circl8 Radio, Echo Radio & Chill Lover Radio. We put the show together in our home studio. The show is streamed worldwide on the internet. Each show is posted on our Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Hearthis.at, Podbean and You Tube pages once it has been streamed and presents the best in new techno releases.
We also play gigs as A Darker Wave and we have played at events in Germany and all over the UK.
The music we play is techno, tech house, deep house and anything else we like enough to include in the show.
Each show is 2 hours long. In the first hour we go into the mix with our featured EP of the week and the best of the new releases.
In the second hour we invite new and upcoming DJs to come onto the show and do a guest mix.

Why are you called A Darker Wave?
Dark Wave was first used in the 1980s to describe a dark and melancholy variant of new wave and post-punk music and was first applied to UK musicians such as Bauhaus, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode and Anne Clark. It was also used to describe artists who combined music with performance art, such as Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, who challenged and explored the darker and obsessive sides of the human condition.

A lot of techno takes its spirit and ethos from this music, Listen to Throbbing Gristle or Cabaret Voltaire and you can hear the industrial sounds which are a staple of techno music today.

Techno is the outsider of electronic dance music, the punk of today's modern music scene. As Dave Clarke said in an interview with Mixmag, " Techno is edgy. Techno will challenge you......it's the real dark art."
https://mixmag.net/feature/the-road-to-tomorrow-dave-clarke

Our radio show, in presenting the best in underground techno and deep house music, and in giving an opportunity for new, up and coming DJ's and producers, is providing an outlet for new techno, which is best described as being the new wave of modern dance music.

Not just a new wave, but with it's incessant bass rumblings, synthesiser drones, pounding drums, melodic top notes and eerie, distorted vocal samples, techno, in all its forms, is a backdrop to and a critique of our post-industrial, consumerist society, one in which our actions are observed 24/7, our democratic freedoms are threatened by our very own governments and our rights to do, think and act as we please are under ever increasing scrutiny. Techno really is A Darker Wave.

When we were listening to music in the 60’s and 70’s, before the electronic tentacles of technology infiltrated the world, we often thought, whilst listening to the likes of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Hawkwind, Captain Beefhart, New York Dolls and Roxy Music, where would music go to in the future? It could never be what was being portrayed in the science fiction movies of the time. Now we know. It can be anything. When we have a recording studio in our own home which is more powerful and versatile than anything available back then, we now know music can be anything and go anywhere. It is only the spark of our imaginations, or lack of it, that holds us back. On our laptop computers we have the capabilities that many artists back then would have given their right arms for. It’s for the uniqueness of the artist to express themselves to be able to stand out from the deluge of music available. Finding those gems is the modern day equivalent of crate digging and when you do, it makes it all worthwhile. Long live music!!!!