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

Guest mix 2nd hr Raffaele del Zingaro from Naples, Italy. He normally plays hardstyle, a fusion of techno, new beat & hardcore, which is popular in Italy, the Netherlands & Belgium. For us, he plays dark, peak time techno. In this mix he’s upped the bpm for a hard hitting set.

Links
Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/raffele_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/

Our mix 1st hr Hannah Laing, Xesus Xanchez, Pam & Margot, Pao Calderon, Jennifer Lee & lots more. 

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

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.   Ben Code – Stardust (original mix) Metherealism promo to be released 31st March 2023.
2.   Ben Code – Nomadic (original mix) Metherealism promo to be released 31st March 2023.
3.   JP Lantieri – Forty Something (Manu Riga remix) Flemcy Music promo to be released 14th April 2023.
4.   Dan Von Schulz, BeatQueche – Da Da Da (Low Cuntrast remix) Trippy Code Free Download https://soundcloud.com/trippycode/dan-von-schulz-beatqueche-da-da-da-original-mix-1
5.   Far From Home – Prophet (original mix) Sequence Music.
6.   DJ Dee – Don’t Stop Now (original mix) mau5trap promo to be released 31st March 2023.
7.   Tini Gessler – Nothng Expected (original mix) Drumcode.
8.   Sullivan De Morro – Come With Me (original mix) Sounds of Urban promo to be released April 2023.
9.   Chelina Manuhutu – Amsterdam Rave (original mix) Drumcode.
10. Jennifer Lee – Fake Prophets (original mix) Huambo Records,
11. Layton Giordani – Life Moves Fast (original mix) Drumcode.
12. Pam & Margot – Contact (original mix) Exetra Records.
13. Ryan Michael Robbins – Inebriation (original mix) Fierce Animal Recordings.
14. Pao Calderon – Vortex (original mix) Exetra Records.
15. Bart Skils – Roll the Dice (original mix) Drumcode.
16. Lucas White – Delirium (original mix) Lazuli Records promo to be released 31srt March 2023.
17. Xesus Xanchez – Orion (original mix) Svstain.
18. Dark Mode – Vocal Chords (original mix)
19. Deborah de Luca – Wild (original mix) Sola Mente.
20. Alosoul – Get Out (original mix) Exetra Records promo to be released 27th March 2023.
21. Hannah Laing – Mind Controller (original mix) Trick.
22. Holden Federico – Emergence (original mix) SK Eleven.

2nd hour.
Raffaele del Zingaro  – The Dark Side of Me #7 (an exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave) 
1.   AKKI (DE) - Venezia (original mix) From the Soul.
2.   Michael Katana - Help Me (original mix) Techno Germany Records.  
3.   Xonnox – Tekno (Karrot Pico remix) Self-release via Distrokid.
4.   TRYM - Trinity (Amelie Lens remix) Exhale.
5.   Karasso - Focus & Concentration (original mix) Smash the House.
6.   Maddix - Heute Nacht (original mix) Revealed Music.
7.   Basswell - Massive Attack (original mix)  Free Download https://soundcloud.com/basswell-2/basswell-massive-attack-81mastering
8.   Creeds - Push Up (original mix) Rave Alert.
9.   Will Sparks – Dreaming (original mix)  Spinnin’ Records.
10. Will Sparks – HARD (original mix) Revealed Music.
11. OMAKS - Back Street Bass (original mix) Bonne Nuit Les Petits.
12. CARV - Say My Name (original mix) Revised Records.
13, Diction Dj - Jamaican (Luca Agnelli Ice MC Edit) Free Download https://soundcloud.com/lucaagnelli/diction-dj-jamaican-luca-agnelli-ice-mc-edit-1
14. Joey Risdon - Hardcore Power (original mix)  DUR_
15. CARV – Brembo (original mix) Revised Records
16. Joey Risdon -Consommation (original mix)  Fusion Records Free Download https://hypeddit.com/freedownload/joeyrisdonconsommation
17. Lucas Campagna - Can I Drive u To The Rave (original mix) Oiz Records.

A Darker Wave

#423 A Darker Wave 25-03-2023 with guest mix 2nd hr 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!!!!

Born in Naples, Raffaele del Zingaro is an international DJ and producer. Raffa has always had an innate
curiosity and passion for listening to new tracks and radio, which lead to headphones being an essential part of his life. His music influence has been linked to Northern European style; Hard Dance, Jump Style, Trance,
Progressive House, Electro House, Tribal House and Tech House. Though his love is EDM Hard Style and Tribal EDM, he predominantly plays international EDM music. Having trained in production and mixing techniques by Marco Corvino and Gaetano Savio, Raffa went on to take a degree in ‘Producer of Music and Live Performer’from the NUT Academy of Electronic Music and Digital Arts, as well as the Steinberg Certification for Cubase and live of Ableton Programs. The Napolitan DJ began his career in his hometown, where he was resident DJ at Duel Club. From competitions, to playing in clubs, events and radio shows, his career took him across Italy and
worldwide. Venue credits include Samsara Beach (Gallipoli – Italy), Biblos (Umag – Croatia), Cameo Island (Zante
– Greece), Duplex (Prague – Czech. Rep.) and Bondi Beach Radio (Sydney – Australia). Collaborations include DJ From Mars and Cristian Marchi.
Raffa is currently the creator, coordinator and artistic director for the only EDM music movement in Naples with his group, “4 The Beat”.

• Progressive • Techno • Dark Disco • Underground • Tribal •

Based out of Los Angeles, Justin Nicoll’s sound emphasizes melodic elements fusing edgy, progressive, and driving basslines with deep and hypnotic rhythms.  Collectively, his sets merge techno, progressive house, and tribal genres with unique textures and curate a future forward sound while sprinkling in nostalgia along the way. Justin’s DJ sets are truly progressive in nature, and leads his crowd on a hedonistic yet emotional journey that keeps their bodies pumping and grooving all night. His DJ sets and music production draws inspiration from artists such as Sasha & John Digweed, John Creamer & Stephane K, Rick Pier O’Neil, ARTBAT, Oscar Mulero, and Rene Wise.

Justin began his journey DJing during the pandemic (2020), and fell in love with progressive house and techno after attending underground raves and Berlin’s techno scene. Since then he has played numerous and diverse events around the United States and abroad, including leather events, underground warehouse raves, circuit parties, tea dances, and pool parties.  Folsom (San Francisco), Los Angeles Leather Pride’s Off-Sunset Festival, Palm Springs Pride, The Cuff Seattle, and Brawny Bear Weekend (Puerto Vallarta). 

He has recurring gigs and performances for parties including TUFF, Masterbeat, GPS, Trophy Dad, The Eagle LA, MEAT RACK, Tom of Finland, Mantamar Beach Club (PVR) and underground warehouse events including SMD and ABUNDA. He has provided support for headlining artists such as PAGANO, Karsten Sollors, GSP, and Berghain/Panarama Bar resident Partok. His online podcasts and live DJ set recordings have accumulated just over 39,000 plays and listens since 2022 on SoundCloud. 

For bookings contact: jx.nicoll24@gmail.com

Events and Parties
TUFF (resident)
Masterbeat
GPS (LA)
Masteurdome Folsom (San Francisco)
Trophy Dad (San Francisco)
LA Leather Pride Off Sunset Festival (LA)
SMD (warehouse; LA)
Tom of Finland: TOM’s BAR (LA)
Brawny Bear Weekend (Puerto Vallarta)
Bear Trap (Puerto Vallarta)
Palm Springs Pride
Cheap & Dirty at The Cuff (Seattle)
Meat Rack at The Eagle (LA)
ABUNDA (warehouse; LA)

Voltaroxx is the sound of forgotten futures, midnight circuits, and dust-covered dreams rendered in rhythm and noise. Born from the flicker of CRT screens and raised on a steady infusion of cyberpunk cinema, glitchy game consoles, and VHS fuzz, he builds music that’s less about genre and more about atmosphere—audio collages from the back alleys of the imagination.

Growing up, Voltaroxx was glued to the glow of Blade Runner, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and obscure sci-fi anime taped over Saturday morning cartoons. The worlds were bleak but beautiful, eerie but electric. At the same time, he was living inside the soundchips of machines like the ZX Spectrum, NES, and Mega Drive—systems that hummed, beeped, and crackled with strange life. Those early sounds never left; they just evolved.

His music doesn’t follow rules or trends. One moment it's dusty lo-fi techno, the next it’s eerie ambient, then suddenly it's chaotic 160 BPM jungle with warped pads and broken memories. Tracks like VizzerLine show just how deep the time capsule goes—an atmospheric 90s jungle homage that blends ghosted-out pads with rolling breaks and a dreamlike energy..

Voltaroxx doesn’t believe in “sticking to one style.” He follows moods, fragments, old files, and the static of ideas half-remembered from forgotten arcade cabinets or the background hum of a tube TV. Some days it’s electro with a sci-fi edge. Other days, it’s decayed ambient or synth-heavy jams with melodies that loop like a corrupted memory card.

He never really thought anyone would listen. These tracks were, and still are, made mostly for himself—just an outlet, a way to exorcise digital ghosts. So when people started listening, following, commenting—it was surreal. It still is. Every play, every follow means a lot. No PR machine. No hype. Just raw sound from a bedroom somewhere, echoing into the void and somehow landing in your headphones.

Thank you for tuning in. Really.
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DARKNOISE, is a musical project by Chilean producer JE Poblete, which makes us navigate through the darkest and most hidden landscapes of techno, generating forceful atmospheres, which break our ears with raw kicks, ghostly voices and sharp melodies. Each DARKNOISE track makes the listener dance in the shadows surrounded by spirits, zombies and ghoulish beings. It is this combination of darkness and energy that is the basis of DARKNOISE's powerful approach to techno.

DARKNOISE ist ein Musikprojekt des chilenischen Produzenten JE Poblete, das uns durch die dunkelsten und verborgensten Landschaften des Techno navigieren lässt und kraftvolle Atmosphären erzeugt, die unsere Ohren mit rohen Tritten, gespenstischen Stimmen und scharfen Melodien brechen. Jeder DARKNOISE-Track lässt den Hörer im Schatten tanzen, umgeben von Geistern, Zombies und gruseligen Wesen. Es ist diese Kombination aus Dunkelheit und Energie, die die Grundlage von DARKNOISEs kraftvollem Techno-Ansatz bildet.