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MEP STONES Secret Underground Secret Ball 2022

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 Kepp, a Swedish DJ / Producer who is now based in Utrecht in the Netherlands. To mark the release this week on Minitech Recordings of “A Whole New Picture,” a collaboration with Fire between us, he’s put together this special mix for us and he's included the track in his mix. 

Stream / Download “A Whole New Picture,” https://www.beatport.com/track/a-whole-new-picture/16776150 

Links for Kepp :- 
Website: https://djkepp.com/ 
You Tube:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnCjBY_J7Df4bhFAhDXbSrg 
Spotify:- https://open.spotify.com/artist/4S3YR8QC9T0JTtwjdKhvXW?si=8m4WdJQ2T3yXaIoI2KwEqg 
Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/djkepp 
Mixcloud : https://www.mixcloud.com/dj_kepp/ 
Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/djkepp_techno/ 
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/djkepp/ 

In our mix in the first hour there’s music by Pleasurekraft, Dr Motte & Drumcomplex, Rebuke, Mha Iri, Rachel Raw and lots more. 

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

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.   JP Lantieri – Dignity (original mix) Free Download https://soundcloud.com/jplantieri/jp-lantieri-dignity-original-mix
2.   JJ Mullor – Popocatepetl (original mix) Stashed promo to be released 12th August 2022.
3.   Alex Nocera, Roy Batty, Andyrave – Breaking (original mix) The Myth of NYX.
4.   FOVOS, Dissolut – Backroom (original mix) Sink or Swim promo to be released 5th August 2022.
5.   Italo Brutalo – Heat of the Knight (original mix) Bungalo Disco promo to be released 12th August 2022.
6.   Victor Ruiz – Nebula (original mix) Factory 93 Records ptomo to be released 2nd September 2022.
7.   Joe Egassy – Omissus (original mix) Egalla Records.
8.   Rachel Raw – Dirty Dicer (original mix) Raving Society.
9.   Tolee – Do You Know (original mix) Cerebro.
10. Tony Romanello – Incubus (original mix) Red Channel Records.
11. Giraffe Squad – Feel it Burn (Jonathan Kidd remix) https://soundcloud.com/jonathankiddmusic/giraffe-squad-feel-it-burn-jonathan-kidd-remix
12. Rebuke - Presidio (original mix) Drumcode.
13. Pleasurekraft – Sex and the Machine (original mix) Drumcode.
14. Dr. Motte, Drumcomplex – Night (original mix) Say What?
15. Sam Kitt – Distorted Dreams (original mix) Tronic.
16. Mha Iri – Timeless (original mix) 1605.
17. Raito, Krampf – Deeper (original mix) mau5trap.
18. Gilles Bock – Run (original mix) Kassiopeia.

2nd hour.
Kepp – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave
1.   Modea - On A Level [Kneaded Pains]
2.   Alessio Conti - Boost [Pure Dope Digital]
3.   Ramiro Lopez, Andres Campo - Recycle [Odd Recordings]
4.   Erso - Bass Kick [Numen]
5.   Abe Van Dam - Telling Lies [Renesanz OOD]
6.   Fire between us & Kepp - A Whole New Picture [Minitech Recordings]
7.   Second Phase (UK) - Acid Drive [Black Kat]
8.   Karren (GR) - Go to the City [Sonusfield]
9.   L.ap. - Generator [Subtek Music]
10. Ramon Tapia - Screwdriver [Drumcode]
11. Milos Vujovic, Beliaal - Feel Alive (Velasquez Remix) [Black Kat]
12. Erso - Malicious Joy [Mosiak Records]
13. Claire Hardman - Catharsis (Atonal Structures Remix) [Mavic Music]
14. Danov - No Rules [Empathisch Records]
15. AiKAi - Why Not [NOT]
16. A.Paul - 5th Density (Robert S PT remix) [Stephen Gorrie]
17. Giacomo Renzi - Something [JAM]
18. Tobias Lueke - Elements [Himmel]

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

A Darker Wave

#390 A Darker Wave 06-08-2022 with guest mix 2nd hr by Kepp

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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 Lee Bedlam from Portsmouth in the UK. He’s been an integral part of the underground scene for nearly 15 years.  He has his own monthly podcast on Soundcloud, The Beats on the Heath, which showcases mixes from techno DJs. His style is hypnotic, immersive techno with a free party rave vibe. For this mix he’s chosen some of his favourite tracks of the past year.

Links for Lee Bedlam:- 
Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/bedders

In our mix in the first hour there’s music by Layton Giordani, Denise Schneider, Rachel Raw, Randolph & Mortimer and Operation 4.0 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.   Eugeniy Nuzhnov – Eublefor (Redspace remix) Uncle’s Music.
2.   Redspace – She is Lillith (original mix) Cafe de Anatolia.
3.   JP Lantieri – Close Your Eyes (original mix) Flrmcy Music.
4.   Aslove -Me and You (original mix) Helix Records.
5.   2Disturbances – Vision Dub (original mix) Monotoone Recordings.
6,   Fab Massimo – Once Again (original mix) The Myth of NYX.
7.   Randolph & Mortimer, Operation 4.0 – Electronic Body Weapon  2 (original mix) Bandcamp release https://randolphandmortimer.bandcamp.com/track/electronic-body-weapon-2
8.   Rachel Raw – Dirty Dicer (original mix) Raving Society.
9.   Oscar L – Random Love (original mix) Truesoul.
10. Victor Ruiz – Surrender (original mix) Factory93 Records.
11. Kreso – Guatemala 87 (original mix) Bubblejam.
12. Denise Schneider – Break the Silence (original mix) Made in Brussels.
13. Layton Giordani – UFO’s & LFO’s (original mix) Drumcode.
14. Tony Romanello – Incubus (original mix) Red Channel Records.
15. Pleasurekraft – Sex and the Machine(original mix) Drumcode.
16. Weiss – Feel My Needs (Rory Loder remix) Free Download https://soundcloud.com/roryloder/feel-my-needs-rory-loder-remix-free-dl
17. Raito, Krampf – Deeper (original mix) mau5trap.
18. Layton Giordani – Digital Age (original mix) Drumcode.

2nd hour.
Lee Bedlam – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave
1.   Truncate - The Drill (original mix) Truncate.
2.   Fractious - Hidden Spark (original mix) KD Raw.
3.   Phil Berg - Facial (original mix) Liquid One.
4.   Gaston Zani - The Message (original mix) Adeepted.
5.   Tony Tyson - Skeptic Tank (original mix) Cortex Recordings.
6.   Rene Wise - Tizer (original mix) SK Eleven. 
7.   Cari Lekebusch – Seen (original mix) H-Productions.
8.   Truncate – Intac (original mix) CLR.  
9.   Deas – Crypto  (original mix) CLR. 
10. Slone – Nightingale (original mix) Room Trax. 
11. Deano – Tension (original mix) Knowledge.
12. Pangaea - Fuzzy Logic (original mix) Hessle Audio.   
13. SHDW – Turbulence (original mix) Mutual Rytm.  
14. Pas – Devotion (original mix) Teenage Menopause Records.   
15. Deas - Phase Two (original mix) CLR. 
16. Truncate - User 7 (Drumcell remix) CLR.


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

#392 A Darker Wave 20-08-2022 with guest mix 2nd hr by Lee Bedlam

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 Alex Kogan, an Israeli-based music producer with more than 15 years of experience of mixing, mastering and music production in all genres. He was part of the successful psytrance duo 'Somatic Cell', with whom he performed on the biggest psytrance stages around the world. The mix he’s done for us consists entirely of his own original tracks.  

Links for Alex Kogan:
YouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jERue_qxL0CDtfHoh3lrg
Spotify:        https://open.spotify.com/artist/5CCckRW2LbxPofFDBUBuJT
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alex_kogan
Instagram:    https://www.instagram.com/_alex_kogan/
Facebook:     https://www.facebook.com/alex.kogan2/
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/alex-kogan/1077570588
Beatport:        https://www.beatport.com/artist/alex-kogan/1048289

In our mix in the first hour there’s music by Lander B, Dr. Motte & Drumcomplex, Fabrizio Murgia & Ire Dreamer and lots more. 

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

For all things A Darker Wave:- https://adarkerwave.com

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.   Redspace, I Am Lilith – Tribal (original mix) Cafe de Anatolia.
2.   Linkin Park – In the End (Guypa & Lott edit) Free Download https://soundcloud.com/guy-padan/in-the-end-guypa-lott-edit-1
3.   JJ Mullor – Popocatepetl (original mix) Stashed.
4.   Neurotiker – Night Stalker (original mix) Polari Records promo to be released 2nd September 2022.
5.   Simon Doty – Tatto (3am in Dhermi mix) Anjunadeep.
6.   Alex Nocera, Roy Batty, Andyrave – Breaking (original mix) The Myth of NYX.
7.   DJ Susan – Susanna (original mix) Helix Records promo to be released 2nd September 2022)
8.   JP Lantieri – Fantasy (original mix) Free Download https://soundcloud.com/jplantieri/jp-lantieri-fantasy-original-mix
9.   2Disturbances – Digital Komm (original mix) Monotoon Recordings.
10. Mike Spinx – Royal Rumble (original mix) Free Download https://soundcloud.com/mjos_mike-spinx/mike-spinx-royal-rumble-3-min-promo-peak-time-techno-driving-melodic-techno
11. Fabrizio Murgia, Ire Dreamer – If It Doesn’t (Marko Krstic remix) Boiler Underground Records.
12. Oscar L – Vulture (original mix) Truesoul.
13. Floyd Lavine – Vaseline (original mix) Afrikan Tales.
14. Ramiro Lopez, Spartaque – Poison ft Lady Vale (original mix) Terminal M.
15. Dr. Motte, Drumcomplex – Day (original mix) Say What?
16. Julien Bracht – Mode Flower Rave (original mix) System Records promo to be released 16th September 2022.
17. Lander B – Tagoma (original mix) Maskerade+ promo to be released 2nd September 2022.
18. Mike Redfields – Dark Wave (original mix) Fuzion Music.
19. Fonic – Signal From The Noise (original mix) Biotech Recordings.
20. Hamaton3, Daemon Chills – Osiris (original mix) Pure Dope Digital.
21. Speedy J, Reiner Zonneveld – Nummer 3 (original mix) Filth on Acid.
22. Lander B – My House (original mix) Maskerade+ promo to be released 2nd September 2022.
23. Varya Karpova – Simple Motion (original mix) Possession.
24. Hugh Perez, PSP – Acid Nights (original mix) Lazuli Black.

2nd hour.
Alex Kogan – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave
1 .  Alex Kogan - Park This Chords (original mix) Unreleased. 
2.   Alex Kogan – Marrakech (original mix) Sounds Of Meow. 
3.   Alex Kogan - Afterlife (original mix) Unreleased.
4.   Alex Kogan - Presence In Space (original mix) GRF Sounds.
5.   Alex Kogan - Climbing To Nowhere (original mix) Alveda. 
6.   Alex Kogan - Rider's Case (original mix) Manual Music. 
7.   Alex Kogan - Midnight Bark (original mix) GRF Sounds.
8.   Alex Kogan - Blissful Routine (original mix) Unreleased. 
9.   Alex Kogan - Scale To Nowhere (original mix) Alveda.


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

#393 A Darker Wave 27-08-2022 with guest mix 2nd hr Alex Kogan

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 it’s  Zvrra, who’s from Chicago. Her Flow State techno EP was highly praised by the likes of Luke Slater, Inigo Kennedy, Dustin Zahn and Ben Sims. At the end of 2021, Shifted released her debut LP Bizzaroland on his Avian label. Her music also features on HBO Max’s ‘South Side’ series as well as on a HBO TV commercial. Zvrra’s shrewd selections when DJ-ing have led to guest slots on Rinse FM and Dekmantel’s popular podcast series. This is the second time she’s been on the show.

Links for Zvrra:-
Soundcloud:-  https://soundcloud.com/zvrra
Bandcamp:-    https://zvrra.bandcamp.com/
Beatport:-       https://www.beatport.com/artist/zvrra/696756
Instagram:-     https://www.instagram.com/zvrra_ig
Linktree:-        https://linktr.ee/zvrra

In my mix in the first hour I’m playing tracks by Marie Vaunt, AM.I, Nur Jaber, B4rbra, Lisa Oakes and lots more.

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

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

Draw The Line Radio Show is produced for radio by Sergio Erridge and is A Darker Wave production.

Track list
1st hour mixed by Jacki-E:-
1.   Anna Unusyan – Pigmented Reality (original mix) Kuukou Records.
2.   Reza Golroo – Welcome to the Jungle (original mix) Pointzero Records.
3.   AM.I – Respiration (original mix) CDj Records.
4.   Marie Vaunt, Patrick Scuro – Lion (original mix) Animarum Recordings.
5.   Mha Iri, Subject32 – Solace (original mix) Factory93 Records.
6.   Nakadia – Back to Zero (original mix) Codex Recordings.
7.   Alexa Noir, Tony Romanello – Astral Obscurity (original mix)
8.   L.Ap – Contact (Lisa May (AUS) remix) Boiler Underground Records.
9.   Nur Jaber – Home ft Zanias (original mix) OSF.
10. Shay de Castro – High Awareness (original mix) Wazulum Trax.
11. Marie Vaunt, Slin Bourgh – Into the Night (original mix) Codex Recordings promo to be released 30th September 2022.
12. B4rbra – Hidden Stars (L_cio remix) Diversall Music.
13. Lisa Oakes – Control (original mix) Unknown Territory.
14. DAFR – Charlotte Pipe (The Lady Machine remix) Matterwave Records.
15. Isabela Clerc – Night Shadow (original mix) Dolma Records.
16. Lisa tba – Break It (original mix) Kabelkiste Berlin.
17. Charlotte de Witte – Soma (original mix) KNTXT.
18. Fatima Hajii – Black Hole (original mix) Silver M.

2nd hour
Zvrra -  An exclusive guest mix for Draw The Line Radio Show.
1.   Pyramidal Decode - Lithium (original mix) Dynamic Reflection.
2.   Nwhr – Falling  (original mix) [R]3volution.
3.   Planetary Assault Systems – Mugwort  (original mix) Bandcamp release.
4.   Anechoic - Martian Spherules  (original mix) Immaterial Archives
5.   Temudo - You Have Beautiful Highs (original mix) Hayes.
6.   James Ruskin - The Outsider (Planetary Assault Systems remix) Blueprint.
7.   Material Object – Shimmer  (original mix) Semantica.
8.   R/D/V - Electromotive Forces  (original mix) Immaterial.Archives.
9.   Linear System – Multiverse  (original mix) edit select.
10. Bily – Quantum (original mix) [R]3volution.
11. Julien H Mulder - World Creation (original mix) Labrynth.
12. Richard Holhburn - Momentarily Together Forever (original mix) Records OK.
13. Zvrra - Strangeland (original mix)
14. Tadeo - IO (original mix) Another Intelligence.
15. w0rm – Tiong  (original mix) Molwax Industries.
16. Shifted - Wash Over Me  (original mix) Bed of Nails.
17. Zvrra - Array Of Light 01 (original mix) Whited Sepulchre Records.

Draw The Line Radio Show

#221 Draw The Line Radio Show 09-09-2022 with guest mix in 2nd hr by Zvrra

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 thee second hour is by Raffaele del Zingaro is from Naples in Italy. He began his DJ career with a residency at Duel Club in Naples. He plays gigs all over Italy and Europe and currently is Resident DJ at Paraiso Club, Crete and this is the fifth time he’s been on the show.

Links for Raffaele del Zingaro :-
Instagram:- http://instagram.com/raffaele_del_zingaro_rdz_dj#
You Tube:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN8UwhzGX7kK3JK5296VflA
Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/raffaele-del-zingaro-rdz
Linked In:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/raffaele-del-zingaro-04319911a
Mixcloud:- https://www.mixcloud.com/raffaele-del-zingaro/


In our mix in the first hour there’s music by Marie Vaunt & Slin Bourgh, Nikoretti, Soolver AM.I, Bilboni and lots more.

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

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.   AquAdro – Cloud Seeking (Tamer Fouda remix) Astral Records.
2.   JP Lantieri – Know Yourself (original mix) Flemcy Music..
3.   Eleven of July – Love Over Reason (original mix) BrokenHearted.
4.   Atom (IE) – Fragile (original mix) BrokrnHearted.
5.   Eli Brown – Deep Down (original mix) Drumcode promo to be released 16th September 2022.
6.   AM.I – Respiration (original mix) Tragedie.
7.   Hi-Lo, Space 92 – Mercury (original mix) Filth on Acid.
8.   Danzah – Artificial (original mix) Red Channel Records.
9.   Soolver – Forever (original mix) Codex Recordings promo to be released 7th October 2022.
10. Gusttavo Luys – Effect (original mix) Detection Music
11. Tony Romanello, Alexa Noir – Astral Obscurity (original mix). Orange Recordings.
12. Nikoretti – Users Control (original mix) Absinthe promo to be released 7th October 2022.
13. Bilboni – Weak (original mix) Orange Recordings.
14. Anomik – Ravage (original mix) Unreleased https://soundcloud.com/dj_anomik/ravage1
15. Stér3Pläy – RDU (original mix) Fluid. Free Download https://soundcloud.com/srp213/rdu-original-mixfluiid09
16. Paul Ritch – Sultan (original mix) Quartz Records.
17. Gary Burrows – This Trip (original mix) Off Recordings.
18. Marie Vaunt, Slin Bourgh – Into the Night (original mix) Codex Recordings promo to be released 30th September 2022.
19. Dr. Motte, Tom Wax – Dark Spacer (original mix) Complexed Records.

2nd hour.
Raffaele del Zingaro with The Dark Side of Me – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave
1    The Urge - To Never See You Again (original mix) Alain Iselin.
2.   Sam Paganini - Rave (Adam Bayer & Layton Giordani remix) Drumcode.
3.   Tiesto - Lethal Industry (Maddix remix) Black Hole Recordings.
4,   Ben Niky, Distorted Dreams - We Come (original mix) Xploded Music.
5.   David Guetta, Morten – Permanence (original mix) Musical Freedom Records.
6.   Armin Van Buuren, Reiner Zonneveld, Roland Clark - We Can Dance Again (original mix) Kontor Records.
7.   Hardwell – Laser (orignal mix)  Revealed Recordings.
8.   Hardwell - Zero Gravity (original mix) Revealed Recordings.
9.   Will Sparks - Say it Again (original mix) Armada Music.
10. Will Sparks, New World Sound – LSD (original mix) Spinnin’ Records.
11. Hardwell- Mind Control (original mix) Revealed Recordings.
12. Ayma, Chris Avantgarde – Consciousness (original mix) Afterlife.
13. Justus - Nothing To Hide (original mix) Spinnin’ Records.
14, Umet Ozcan – Oblivion (original mix)  Spinnin’ Records.
15. Umet Ozcan, Will Sparks – Apex (original mix) Spinnin’ Records.

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

#395 A Darker Wave 10-09-2022 with guest mix 2nd hr by Raffaele del Zingaro

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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!!!!