Back&forth Podcast Series

The twelfth episode of our podcast series welcomes RedPing, with a 90-minute studio recorded mix.

Based in Yerevan, RedPing is a relentless explorer of electronic soundscapes and a dramatic storyteller. With a signature blend of hypnotic energy and raw intensity, he crafts a sonic journey where deep, driving rhythms meet charged atmospheres. A selector with an instinct for the unexpected, RedPing guides the night with a profound connection to the heartbeat of the scene.

RedPing:
SC: @reeedping
IG: www.instagram.com/redping.pcm

Artwork by @kazmir00

Back&forth Podcast 12: RedPing

For the thirteenth episode of our podcast series, we are presenting a 90-minute studio recorded mix by Kim Kenis.

Natural consequence is a key phrase for Brussels-born DJ Kim Kenis.  Raised by a drummer, it’s no coincidence that she easily stays in time as she strings together gems from along the genre spectrum. Known and loved as someone who pretty much can’t stop dancing once she starts, it was only a matter of time before she channeled this endurance behind the decks.  Whether sending stargazers into the ether with her ambient selections or getting hearts and bass thumping on the dancefloor with her minimalistic techno sets, Kim brings a bewitching tenderness to her DJ-ing that quickly caught the attention of the Belgian scene.

With the tenacity of a historian deep in an archive, she’s had a near-prolific output of thoughtful, studied radio mixes since 2019 (Refuge Worldwide FM, WAV, Radio Sofa) and an interesting club & festival schedule (Waking Life, Horst Arts & Music, Paradise City, Listen! Festival, Funke, …).

Kim Kenis:
SC: @kimkenis
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kimkenis_

Artwork by @kazmir00

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The fourteenth episode of our podcast series welcomes Paris-based DJ Maemm, co-founder of the collective "La Taquinerie" and a resident DJ at the Parisian club La Gare, Le Gore on Thursdays, with a 60-minute studio recorded mix.

Maemm shapes her sets with various atmospheres, aiming to create immersive journeys rooted in narrative.
Influenced by a hypnotic techno style with sometimes psychedelic overtones, she also draws inspiration from ambient music and more experimental genres. Her passion for exploring new sounds allows her to enrich her musical universe and remain in constant evolution. 
She has shared the stage with renowned artists such as DJ Nobu, GiGi FM, Zadig, or Kerrie and has recently performed at legendary Berghain.

Maemm:
SC: @mmaemm
IG: www.instagram.com/maemm___

Artwork by @kazmir00

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Split Series 01 | Rrose & Luigi Tozzi | Technokunst Records (TKST001)

Release Date ─ Vinyl: 2025.09.19
Release Date ─ Digital: October 2025.

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After 15 years of shaping Hungary’s electronic music events scene, Technokunst proudly unveils its record label. The inaugural 12” kicks off a series of collaborative releases, featuring some of the collective’s favourite Artists. Each release in the ‘Split Series’ will consist of both original tracks and reworks.

The first EP brings together Rrose and Luigi Tozzi for a dive into very deep waters across four cuts of mental Deep Techno. These are functional, floor-focused workouts — built for keeping the floor moving through all phases of the night.

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Early support from the likes of Adriana Lopez, Blazej Malinowski, Claudio PRC, Daniel[i], Deepbass, Kaspiann, Na Nich, Ness, Orbe, Reeko, Save Your Atoll, Vera Logdanidi and Volster.

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Release Info:

Format ─ Limited edition 12” 180gr white vinyl in full colour sleeve and including a 12" insert.
Catalogue Number ─ TKST001
Number of Copies ─ 350
Writing & Arrangement ─ Rrose & Luigi Tozzi
Mastering ─ Gio @ Artefacts Mastering
Lacquer Cut ─ Simon @ The Exchange
Pressed By ─ Record Industry 
Distributed By ─ Triple Vision
Artwork ─ Dorka Berkes & Skeamworks

Split Series 01 | Rrose & Luigi Tozzi | Technokunst Records (TKST001)

For the fifteenth episode of our podcast series, we are presenting a 75-minute studio recorded mix by hsnbr.

John Harutyunyan, aka hsnbr, is a producer and DJ crafting deep, hypnotic, and psychedelic soundscapes rooted in groove and subtle motion. His music is driven by atmosphere — textured, immersive, and slow-burning — inviting both introspection and dancefloor connection. With releases on Back&forth and Crescent London, hsnbr continues to shape a distinct sonic narrative that moves between shadow and light. This mix captures that vision: patient, trippy, and grounded.

hsnbr:
SC: @hsnbr
IG: www.instagram.com/hsnbr.uncertainty

Artwork by @kazmir00

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Valentino Mora - Biotope - Spazio Disponibile - Spazio031

buy vinyl: https://www.spaziodisponibile.net/release/9298/valentino-mora/biotope
buy digital: https://valentinomora.bandcamp.com/album/biotope

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On Biotope, @valentinomora ventures even further from the dancefloor, delving into a rich, psychoacoustic realm shaped by modular and spectral synthesis. Built primarily around the Rossum Panharmonium, a module that analyzes and re-synthesizes audio into evolving harmonic clusters in real time, the album conjures an imagined ecosystem, where sound behaves with the logic and fluidity of organic life. Eschewing traditional field recordings, Mora instead sculpts textures and gestures that feel deeply natural yet are entirely synthetic. Inspired by elements such as soil composition, air, humidity, light, temperature, and the chemical properties of both land and aquatic environments and the living creatures that inhabit them, the soundscapes emerge as a kind of sonic biology. The result is a collection of slow-moving, tension-laden compositions that blur the boundaries between physical sensation and abstract design. Biotope unfolds like a closed ecosystem: modular synthesis treated as a breathing entity, shaped by resonance, friction, and organic motion. It embodies a kind of mystical biology, where textures mimic living forms, and frequencies pulse with intent.

This is music to be felt as much as heard, Biotope invites you to listen with your skin, not just your ears.

Valentino Mora - Biotope (Spazio031)

The sixteenth episode of our podcast series welcomes Yerevan-based DJ Lychee, resident at Diaries and stardust, with a 75-minute studio recorded mix.

A key figure in Yerevan's scene, Lychee brings honest passion and authenticity to her sound, blending her love for the golden age of trance with raw driving basslines, crisp drums and swampy textures. 
Her music has been a part of experiences in Copenhagen's Den Anden Side, France's Macadam and Berlin's Mala Junta and SYNOID.

Lychee:
SC: @lychee_lychee
IG: www.instagram.com/lych.e.e/

Artwork by @kazmir00

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Dub Inversion is a personal take on Dub music by Andrea Deplano, working under his two aliases: L-3P and Ness. Both identities meet here in a conversation across tempos and textures, where Dub’s deep-rooted essence is reimagined through minimalistic structures and spatial experimentation.

From high energy rhythms to slower, more spacious grooves, the release explores delay, reverb, and repetition with a raw yet refined approach. This is not a nostalgic homage, Dub Inversion is a transformation. A split self reuniting through bass, space, and pulse.


W&P by Andrea Deplano
Mastered at AudioSol
Artwork by Pianeti Sintetici 

Bandcamp 

Ness - The Horizon

Ausserirdisch

Free Download: https://hypeddit.com/priska/molluskkkva03

Title: Mollusk
Artist: Priska 
Label: Kongres
Catalogue: KKVA03
Format: Digital
Genre: Electronic Techno
Release Date: 20/09/25
Mastering: KOSCAK Audio
Artwork: Patrik Bartoš

Compilation Buy link: kongres.bandcamp.com/album/various-artists-03

Social Links Priska:
https://soundcloud.com/alen_merdan
IG: https://www.instagram.com/secco.wav/

Priska - Mollusk [KKVA03] (Free Download)

On this month’s episode, GiGi FM welcomes Berlin artist Mareena @mareenaofficial ~ longtime Tresor resident and founder of Unrush. Her guest mix flows with the season’s eclipse energy ~ slow, contemplative, soothing and dubby, a meeting of water and earth for autumn’s turning skies.
Artwork by mete.fyi/

NTS RADIO GiGi FM PRESENTS MAREENA 10.09.2025

Phase 404 ( original mix )

“Misty Secrets“ is a window into the playful and organic world of French but Tbilisi-based producer Ina Kacz. Across five immersive, intricately woven tracks, she cultivates a vibrant sonic garden where percussive patterns, rich organic layers, and colourful textures intertwine.
The EP opens with “Whispers”, a mysterious initiation filled with ritualistic beats and abstract voices, as if calling the listener deeper into the undergrowth. The path quickens with “Last Night’s Dream”, a driving, mysterious chase, and reaches its most physical moment in “Dive In”, where rhythmic energy commands movement. Without breaking its stride, the EP turns to a more diffused light: “Unveiled Mysteries” wraps the beat in textured swells, while “Desert” moves under a soft, hazy surface, carrying a quiet sense of pressure beneath.
Prismatic, trippy, and rich with subtle shifts, the EP moves as a single organism, breathing differently in each track.

Preorder: https://qeone.bandcamp.com/album/misty-secrets

Release date ~ October 8, 2025

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About Ina Kacz
Ina Kacz's sound is a captivating fusion of tribal grooves, hypnotic rhythms with a slight touch of trance, drawing from a wide variety of influences. The French/Polish artist, now based in Tbilisi, crafts music that always retains an emotional touch at its core.
In 2024, Ina unveiled her debut EP Endless on her newly founded imprint Aneelhi Rec, a bold exploration of dreamy half-tempo beats and techno-infused atmospheres that marked a pivotal evolution in her identity. Her music has also appeared on Anastasia Kristensen’s absorb emit, Kalt Records, On Board Music’s 10-year compilation, as well as on her own Aneelhi Rec’s latest Various Artists, each track pushing her signature sound into bold new territories.
Ina’s DJ sets are immersive, emotive, and unrelenting in their intensity, and Shave brought her to perform in iconic spaces such as Berghain and Tresor in Berlin, Bassiani in Tbilisi, ∄ in Kyiv, Fold in London, or Womb in Tokyo. As she continues to explore and evolve, Ina carves a unique space for herself in electronic music, shaped by rhythm, emotion, and a constant search for new forms of expression.

soundcloud.com/inakacz 
ra.co/dj/inakacz 
www.instagram.com/inakacz 
www.facebook.com/inakacz

Written & produced by Ina Kacz
Mastering by Niklas Bühler (Klangstellwerk) & Lindsey Wang (Polygonia)
Artwork & Design by Lindsey Wang (@polygonia)

Preorder

Ina Kacz - Misty Secrets [QNE016]

Next up in our mix series is Atsushi Maeda - a cornerstone of Japan’s underground scene and one of the minds behind ‘rural festival’ and ‘428.soundwave’ in Thailand. With over a decade of dedication to deep, immersive techno, Atsushi has shaped not only dancefloors but the cultural landscape surrounding them, both in Tokyo and across the globe. Whether in Tokyo’s intimate clubs or on international stages, his sets are marked by precision, patience, and a mind-expanding musical narrative.

This mix is a live recording from rural 2025, capturing Atsushi in his right element: outdoors, surrounded by nature, guiding a devoted crowd into uncharted sonic terrain. Nestled between Erika and Oscar Mulero, starting at midnight, Atsushi weaved a dense and precise tapestry of hypnotic peak time techno. Focused yet expansive, it’s a set that embodies the Rural spirit.

@rural_jp

Ute Mix Series #111 | Atsushi Maeda

Recorded by @biocym for The Memoir, 2025.
All tracks are written and produced by @biocym.
Artwork by Gabriella Holmström.
Curated by Hypnus Records.

00:00 Biocym - Breathe In [Agos]
02:42 Biocym - Wild Hunt [Agos]
06:36 Biocym - Unreleased
09:40 Biocym - Eternal Burial [Agos]
12:44 Biocym - Fury [Self-Release]
15:50 Biocym - Juegos [Deflection Music]
18:00 Circuit V - Unreleased (Biocym Remix)
22:15 Biocym - Forest Blackout [Sense Code]
27:45 Biocym - Unreleased
31:12 Biocym - Unreleased
35:50 Biocym - Unreleased
38:32 Biocym - Artemis [Oslated]
41:30 Soren Aalberg - Fides (Biocym & Midnight Traffic Remix) [Alchemista]
45:53 Biocym - Ghost Signals [Self Release]
48:25 Biocym - Ambush [Common Ancestors]
51:30 Biocym - Kof's Run [Self Release]
53:30 Biocym - Ys Cog [Proselytizing]
56:40 Biocym - Unreleased
01:02:00 Biocym - Blessed Circle [Qilla Records]
01:05:30 Biocym - Underwater Vibrations [Common Ancestors]
01:07:40 Biocym - Meduza's Gaze [Circular Limited]
01:11:17 Biocym - Unreleased
01:15:10 Biocym, SHFT - Unreleased
01:19:38 Biocym - Moon Thief [Agos]
01:23:20 Biocym - Stagnance [Different Exhibition]
01:27:22 Biocym - Unreleased
01:28:50 Biocym - Wadis (Piante Vive Remix) [Melifera]
01:32:00 Biocym - Unreleased
01:35:54 Biocym - Wadis [Melifera]
01:36:40 Biocym Unreleased
01:39:00 Biocym - Unreleased
01:42:00 Biocym - Swamp Creatures [Common Ancestors]
01:44:04 Biocym - Prismatic Effect [Common Ancestors]
01:46:10 Biocym - Unreleased
01:50:26 Biocym - Unreleased
01:54:00 Biocym - Yellow Anaconda [Common Ancestors]

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