Tech Support on Balamii

Based in Berlin Tom is a producer and DJ who has worked hard behind the scenes for many years – establishing his sound and what electronic music means to him.

At the tail end of last year he released his debut EP on Temperamental Club Sound – a fun filled record destined to wow on the dancefloor which featured euphoric breaks, acid house, piano riffs and uplifting melodies.

It featured all the wild, hedonistic sounds which typically soundtrack a big night out. Party music with a distinct and unique twist.
 
We invited Tom to deliver a mixtape which he felt represents his own approach to dance music and that built for clubs.

What he’s turned in is an exquisite two hour accumulation of fast paced, groove focussed house which nods to the early days of Chicago and even the past discotheques of New York.

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Tom: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

Tech Support takes the reigns for the first hour, followed by Vongold in the second. Expect leftfield disco sounds and spaced out snares throughout.

Tech Support w/ Vongold - February 2022

One half of Lezzer Quest and Remmah mainstay, @anna-gram delivers an hour of positive club energy for the Nocturne series.

Synths, trance and unabashed euphoria here. 💛

From Glasgow With Love.🌙

Art: @coccomio

Nocturne Series 022: Anna Gram

We had the pleasure of hosting Berlin based @longhairlive a day after his gig at Club Epicentar. Melodic house, both old and new - as well as some soothing downtempo and jazz towards the last third of the show!

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Longhair (02.04.22)

Tech Support is joined by SIRS for two hours of disco, house and italo cuts. New music inside from Rigopolar, Cantor and Jakob Maeder.

Tech Support w/ SIRS - April 2022

This month Tech Support fly's solo. Lots of new music and a few old bits in the realm of Chug, Leftfield, House & Techno.

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Tech Support - May 2022

This month Tech Support is joined by Tassilo Vanhöfen for 2 hours of deep house and leftfield chuggers.

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Tech Support w/ Tassilo Vanhöfen - June 2022

@cracked-a
www.instagram.com/mr.fonk_

1. Thank you for the amazing mix! We heard quite a lot of great new music in your mix and wanted to ask, what are your biggest influences?

Thank you, I‘m glad you like it. My biggest influences as a DJ are definitely clubs I went to and their DJs, that is Stammheim / Kassel with the late great DJ Pierre, Robert Johnson / Offenbach with a lot of underrated boss DJs like Thomas Hammann, Paul David Rollmann and (the of course well known but imho mis-categorized) Ricardo Villalobos. And then Panoramabar obviously with Ryan Elliott, Oracy and my personal hero Boris. 

I gotta say though that this mix does not contain anything new. It entirely consists of Disco tunes from 1976…1980 that are unavailable in digital form and will not be picked up by Shazam. This music would be lost if no one would play it out on vinyl. It's really the aura of a good Club and a dj that understands, nurtures and boosts it that is my biggest influence. That's the essence of a Club. The spirit!


2. Considering your incredible collection, how do you go about the digging process? Is there a particular way you find and organize your records?

I developed various ways of digging. Maybe the most important one is listening to old DJ sets from clubs and DJs I like and pick out the gemstones that really shine. I stopped going to record stores to be frank. The “Discogs pricing scheme” prevents you from making any lucky finds. Some stores wouldn’t even price or clean records so in fact you’re doing their job.

Another digging mode is just digging through my own collection. There’s so much stuff I’ve never played, some I’ve never even listened to, so there’s always a surprise round the corner…

Last thing is, I copy a lot. If one of my guest DJs plays a bomb, I never hesitate to adopt this tune. Most music enthusiast DJs do this. For many of my favorite tunes I remember whom I heard playing this first!


3. We’ve been a big fan of your “Smile For A While” label, with superb releases by Move D, DJ Duke and more, and were wondering, how did that get started?

in 2013 me and a friend heard a lot of nice house tunes on bandcamp that friends of ours from Frankfurt did. There was no way though they could get through to the well known local labels like Perlon, LARJ, etc. Thus we decided to put two four trackers out by ourselves. The rest came just naturally over the years.

Paradisco 016 // Mr. Fonk

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ech Support is joined by Meg Paine for this months show. An hour of chuggy balearic chillers inside.

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Tech Support & Meg Paine - July 2022

Ariane V is a sucker for an infectious house cut. Not your regular "monotonous doof doof" as she calls it, we're talking the kind of house music that'll keep your energy levels high and your bodies moving from the get go. 

The Czech-born, London-based DJ has come up through the ranks as part of Common Ground (FKA Rhythm Sister), a DJ collective who platform, support and promote womxn, non-binary and trans artists.

Thanks to her refined tastes, which you can hear on her monthly radio show on South London's Balamii, individually she's been picking up regular slots across London and the UK, with an upcoming debut overseas in Slovakia soon.

Best listened to as a little Friday night sonic pre-amble or to soundtrack your home cooking, Ariane's Shine A Light offering is an hour and a half journey through laidback jams, cosmic chuggers, uplifting vocal house and driving progressive cuts, with a couple of tracks from her native Czech Republic thrown in the mix.

Ariane V: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

Moiré is perhaps one of the most criminally underrated producers of recent times - yeah we said it. 

Around 2013 his music began to bubble within certain circles - weird, mutant off piste bass inspired music with nods to the likes of Basic Channel, tape culture and beyond. It was at times Dubby, at times Housey and at the same time never necessarily fit into any one place in particular. 

He was championed and supported by the likes of Actress and released EP's for Ninja Tune, Werk Discs, Rush Hour and many other prominent record labels.

However, in part to his mysterious persona, Moiré didn't go on to the rapturous heights expected of a musician so clearly and blatantly talented. Not one to 'play the game' so to speak Moiré was happy to let his music speak for himself without the bravado or 'bullsh*t' which often comes with an industry which revels in hype.

Instead, quietly behind the scenes, he continued to hone his craft releasing a number of records and albums on the likes of Ghostly International, Hypercolour and Spectral Sound.

His most recent release came in the form of a new album for Avenue 66 - an exploratory journey through IDM inspired sounds based upon analog modulation and circuit loops - hence the title 'Circuits'.

It was an ambitious project for a producer keen to challenge his own limitations in his use and approach to hardware and instrumentation.

The result? A killer assortment of pensive, thought provoking electronic sounds that's all too easy to get lost in.

Anyway, we invited Moiré to record a mixtape for us, we should have really asked before.

Moiré: The Ransom Note Mix

RICHARD PARKER-THE WORLD HE LEFT BEHIND

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Taken from "Humble B Cuts - Blessings of the Sun EP (Pond Life Records). Out July 18th 2025. Buy here : https://humblebflat.bandcamp.com/album/blessings-of-the-sun

Humble B Flats - Blessings of Sun double disk, coming out on Pond Life Records is a sonic spiritual voyage and document of the artist's last three years, overcoming grief and challenges - while deepening a sense of gratitude for the teachings and learnings along the way.
Musically this has translated, to a beautiful series of works, inspired by musical cultures around the world, this Deep House album is infused with jazz, psychedelia , tribal and heartwarming sounds and grooves.
With exception to collaboration with Kudo Sol and Ilja Gussarov (on tracks B1 & C1 respectively) all instruments, as ever, are played, recorded, rearranged and mixed by Humble B Flat, with a more sample based approach to the rhythmic grooves.
Even our most unwanted changes and challenges, are Blessings of the Sun. 

Artist social media :

https://soundcloud.com/user-988753900

Label social media :

https://www.facebook.com/pondliferecords
https://www.instagram.com/pondliiife

PREMIERE : Humble B Flat - Dance in the Sun and the Moonlight (Pond Life Records)

Bookings: techsupportmusic@protonmail.com

AKA Asa Tate: @asatatemusic


2024
31.12.24 Next Door Records 2, London
25.10.24 All My Friends, London
12.10.24 Grey Area, Taipei
11.10.24 Grey Area, Taipei
04.10.24 Spiritland, London
02.10.24 Cafe1001, London
28.09.24 Ulster Sports Club, Belfast 
21.09.24 Sisyphos, Berlin
23.08.24 Night Tales, London
09.08.24 All My Friends, London
13.07.24 Next Door Records, London
02.07.24 Spiritland, London
15.06.24 Cafe 1001, London
25.05.24 La Ratonde Stalingrad, Paris
17.05.24 Yamamori Tengu, Dublin
11.05.24 Next Door Records, London
20.04.24 All My Friends, London
12.04.24 Night Tales, London
06.03.24 Moko, London
29.03.24 Sisyphos, Berlin
28.03.24 Crack Bellmer, Berlin
23.03.24 The Jago, London
17.02.24 Volition, London


2023
28.11.23 Moko, London
24.11.23 Lion & Lamb, London
20.11.23 Spiritland, London
02.10.23 Spiritland, London
15.09.23 Bonnefoi, Brussels
26.08.23 Egg, London
15.08.23 Spiritland, London
13.08.23 Next Door Records, London
04.08.23 Missing People, Brighton
29.07.23 The Cause, London
22.07.23 Westival, Wales
15.07.23 The Social, London
10.06.23 Metropolis, London
29.04.23 Fabric, London
23.03.23 Lion & Lamb, London
16.03.23 Badaboum, Paris
25.02.23 The Waiting Room, London
17.02.23 Jumbi, London

2022
02.12.22 Storkenland, Stockholm 
25.11.22 The Bottle, Bristol
29.10.22 Midnight People, London
21.10.22 The Utopia Project, London
16.10.22 All My Friends, London
29.07.22 The Waiting Room, London
23.07.22 Metropolis, London
22.07.22 Westival, Wales
16.07.22 Jumbi, London
02.07.22 Morse Audio, London
04.06.22 Red Waxx x Bush Hall, London
21.04.22 Tola, London
19.03.22 Club Marissa, London
11.03.22 Volition, London
04.02.22 NT's Loft, London

Tech Support & Meg Paine - July 2022

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