ZENAARI MIX SERIES

BASSIANI PODCAST SERIES

Horoom Records returns with HRM004, uniting Tbilisi’s finest, Skyra, and the Swedish craftsman Martinou in a journey through elegance, warmth, and emotional depth, a true reflection of the HOROOM spirit.

A1 Skyra — So Long
A2 Skyra — Shores of Easy
B1 Martinou — Rise
B2 Martinou — We Made You

In between the spaces of existence, we find the essence of becoming, a silent realm where what was no longer holds, and what will be has not yet taken shape. These spaces are neither failures of being nor empty accidents; they are the necessary breaths of existence, the intervals that make movement and transformation possible. It is in these spaces that we wrestle with uncertainty, where meaning is not given but must be made. They ask us to let go of fixed identities and rigid narratives, to sit for a moment in openness, vulnerability, and possibility. Within these spaces, the self is not a completed fact but a living question. Without these spaces, life would harden into static repetition. Growth would be impossible, as growth requires a break from what is familiar, a stepping into the unknown. The spaces between allow for reflection, for doubt, for reinvention. They are the hidden architecture behind every act of choice, every spark of creativity, every new becoming. Thus, existence is not merely a series of events strung together; it is also made of the silences between them, the invisible crossings, the quiet hesitations. In honoring the spaces of existence, we honor the fullness of life itself, not just its milestones, but its mystery.

All tracks written and produced by @skyraa and @martinou3000, 
with additional percussion on B1 by K. Bobrov.
Mastered at Hardgroove.
Concept and design by Tengiz Begoidze.
Distribution by Triple Vision.

Release date: 23 January 2026

HRM004 Martinou, Skyra - Untitled

Sophie Phare is an emergent fixture of Georgian club culture. Since 2016 she’s taken inspiration from the land, everything from the Black Sea coast to Tbilisi’s dancefloor denizens, and funnelled these influences into a frequent schedule as rebel selector for queer party Horoom Nights. Like the series, Phare has activism running through her veins: her resonant and peppy mixes are the language she chooses to spread her anti-normative creed, one geared to creating a more inclusive world. And with italo, acid and perky house forming the backbone of Bassiani Podcast 132, she’ll encourage everyone to have fun in the process. This one’s a lightning-speed broadcast from the budding maverick talent.

@sophiephare

Bassiani invites Sophie Phare / Podcast #132

Previous Podcast guests Ndrx and Newa return to the series with Bassiani Podcast 168, a b2b live set recorded back at the club in early March. These twin flames are faithful custodians of the Georgian scene and not for nothing. Independently, the duo have a discernible in-your-face spirit all their own, but together they make for a formidable pair whose sound for sore ears is thrilling and instinctual. Their surging techno bouts are the result of a flawless combo that sprints between slamming beats and underwater echoes with a kindling tempo designed to pique your primal senses. Watch this space, the duo’s skull sessions are reciprocal spellwork in the making, and who knows what they’ll summon up next.

Bassiani invites Newa b2b Ndrx / Podcast #168

Philippa Pacho is back on Bassiani airwaves for Podcast 178. The dynamic artist behind positivesource and STHLM Murder Girls knows a thing or two about setting a crowd in motion. Her shapeshifting beats and unmatched energy fast making her a household name far outside her native Sweden and more recent Berlin base. Her residency at Stockholm mainstay Under Bron is about a decade old, but there’s not even so much as a suggestion of hesitancy or weariness in her work, carrying a passion that’s infectious, and as palpable in a club as it is on screen (check out her recent sets on Hör). Her Techno really is powerful stuff, a sustained sonic onslaught, an unyielding beast, hulking and formidable but also smart. For many DJs whose sound is so heavily reliant on bass to carry forth their message, a slip into monotony wouldn’t be entirely unpredictable, but Philippa’s cunning use of supporting effects and melody keeps even a 6 hour journey like this one interesting from start to finish. This up and coming doyenne of loop Techno really is a force like no other.

@philippapacho

Bassiani invites Philippa Pacho / Podcast #178

DJ Masda is a seasoned selector renowned for his deep excursions in house and techno. Born and raised at the foot of Mount Fuji, his path has taken him out from the shadow of the sacred mountain, through Osaka, and placed him firmly in the nerve centre of European techno, Berlin. He made his first steps in the 90s, spinning expertly chosen vinyls and developing a keen ear for subtler details that quickly got him noticed. In the decades since, he’s been busy building a body of work that includes playing at some of the world’s most revered venues and running his very own label and club series Cabaret with So Inagawa. Under their imprint,  he’s primarily focused on giving a platform to friends, those with whom he shares a personal connection and whose music brings something fresh and fun to the label; this fraternity of musical souls are hard at work to bring the very best of the Cabaret sound to market. Here, Masda’s own signature mix is made manifest for Bassiani Podcast 199: a patiently crafted three-hour dive into eerie electro, bouncy house, even a peppering of Italo nostalgia, recorded live at Horoom’s season close last July. A perfect end to summer and a perfect start to a new year, an act that’ll be hard to follow.

@hauznated

Bassiani invites Dj Masda / Podcast #199

Now in its 200th instalment, this Podcast has given voice to a diverse offering of global talents across the musical spectrum, from the democratic rhythms of zeitgeist appropriate techno and house through to more avant-garde synthwork.

This next guest has cast a large shadow over the technosphere, so large in fact, that no introduction could fully encompass the breadth of his achievements. But in brief: Ben Klock is a titan whose formative years were spent playing marathon mixes to the crowds at Berlin’s (then recently opened) Berghain. Off the back of his endurance sets and the club’s success he became a household name whose influence grew to be felt across the world, with a body of work that includes appearances at an exhaustive list of clubs and festivals, a number of hot releases on Ostgut Ton and an equally respected self-run label (Klockworks) to boot. On this second imprint, his own productions have repeatedly seen the light of day, alongside those from the likes of DVS1, Sterac, Stef Mendesidis and younger talents like Temudo and Vil & Cravo. The sound, ubiquitous as it is, will be familiar to anyone involved in the world of electronic music and there’s good reason for that: Klock’s deep and percussive work and ability to pull from a wide range of influences have earmarked him as a unique agent for the techno cause. Atmospheric and delivered with hammering force, Klock’s refined palette for rhythms is as relevant now as ever. Bassiani Podcast 200 is a measure of driving loops and purist textures, dexterous and provocative techno from start to finish, simply put: a banger

@ben-klock

Bassiani invites Ben Klock / Podcast #200

DASCO is a hurricane force with recent roots in Berlin, active for the past decade and packing as strong a punch today as she ever has. That’s as true of her music as it is her persona. She has the kind of rare, contagious energy that’s capable of setting dancefloors ablaze: animated, celebratory and full of joie de vivre. As DJ, she draws from the wells of Chicago house and UR, as much as 90s UK rave: dispatching rhythms from the booths at Tresor, Panorama Bar, RSO, Bristol’s Motion and many more. As producer, she’s released records on the likes of Shall Not Fade and pushed her own vision via her recently launched Bisexuality Exists imprint (2022). Catchy name and it serves a purpose. Through her music, DASCO wants to lift people up, that includes people like herself who identify as bisexual and see a frequent tendency towards bi erasure: ‘With the label, I would like to show the world that music - like life - is rarely ever black or white.’ The label’s first release was the acid influenced Get High With Me, featuring her own vocals and a slew of punchy 90s beats - an attempt to bottle the feeling of dancefloor rapture that washes over a crowd every time she plays. She’s here again spreading love and positive vibes for Bassiani Podcast 201. An irresistibly dancy studio mix, an hour of poker-hot tunes for late hour dreamers from this incomparable musical talent.

@dj-dasco

Bassiani invites DASCO / Podcast #201

This next one’s a very special B2B set from two of techno’s freshest talents. German/Dutch pairing Phil Berg and Lobster have emerged from their respective habitats masters of their art. From raves in both their homelands to releases on SK-eleven, HAYES, Room Trax and positivesource, as well as a shared residency for Vault Sessions that’s brought them here for Bassiani Podcast 210, the duo posit a deep and driving compound of high-voltage rhythms in their day-to-day praxis. Slamming techno that has claimed a rightful space among the greatest names of their generation. Layer by layer, an instinctive formulation of heaving basslines and delicate hi-hats balanced with utmost precision. It’s a seamless communion of complementary worldviews in respect to sound, a rich tapestry of ever morphing loops. It’s focus on gradual build, a slowly evolving chimera in lieu of schmaltzy instant gratification. This latest edition clocks in at three hours, a redacted version of their 12 hour set for the Vault Sessions night at Bassiani back in early February. Immersive and rolling, monolith techno that’s sure to set a higher bar for those who follow.

@phlbrg
@lobsternl

Bassiani invites Phil Berg & Lobster / Podcast #210

Amsterdam based DJ MARRØN’s name comes from the enslaved Marrons, who centuries ago, cast off their chains and went to live in the forests of Suriname. Inspired by Afro Deep and a number of great names in the history of Motor City beats, as well as more recent incarnations on the other side of the Atlantic, MARRØN’s sound is aptly liberating and reasserts the foundational link between african rhythms and techno. It’s a hypnotising onslaught of beats with which to lose yourself for a few hours in a sweaty basement. Though it was during the pandemic, under a different format, that his podcast series took off full tilt and gave him the platform to play the former. Nowadays his purist sets have their home at Sunday jaunt Eerste Communie, a community building mission and event series he started with a group of friends, with extra bookings all over the map. Key to his sets is something he describes as ‘constant energy flow’, a kind of forward-pitched rhythmic momentum that keeps him and his attendant crowds going. Simple but powerful and expertly devised, overlapping rhythms delivered in high definition and a mile a minute. Bassiani Podcast 212 is 69 minutes of meticulously crafted textures and seductively layered beats from this decidedly gifted mainstay of the Amsterdam scene.

@marron-official

Bassiani invites MARRØN / Podcast #212

Somov Records head Ignez is up next with an unmissable techno number that’ll make you sweat. A younger self dropped the stuffy confines of his childhood on the Dutch coast and fled to Berlin as so many do, and there began to cultivate a sound that has placed him firmly among some of his talented and much talked about peers. The DJ/producer credits the seaside upbringing with instilling a deep respect for the rolling tides and endless sands, natural references that are deeply embodied in his hypnotising and immersive rhythms. His occasional return to home turf as resident of Amsterdam-based party series Eerste Communie has also played a significant role in his musical development and found him willing publishers in the likes of Token and SK_eleven, as well as a sparring partner in Berlin heavyweight Rødhåd (with whom he shares two EPs). It’s techno in purest form, bewitching loops that pulsate like those long ago shores. In that sound his ascetic beats are flanked by the most minimal detail and rely on raw percussive might to mesmerise his listener. A dancefloor portal to another world; transcendent stuff for sure. From small club settings to festivals on a larger scale Ignez brings a kind of magic that’s hard to turn a deaf ear to, Bassiani Podcast 220’s proof that he’ll pull those tricks at home too. A hour of virgin, mechanical beats that daze and enthral, a staunch reminder of techno’s visceral power and of why, for so many, it’s such a ruling passion.

@ignez_smv

Bassiani invites Ignez / Podcast #220

Co-founder of Norway’s future-facing Ute crew, Ekkel (Teo Bachs) has a front-row seat in the cockpit on their psychedelic flavoured quest. From their woodland beginnings they’ve staked a claim to freedom through music and community, and expanded to include brick and mortar club nights and a self-titled label for the release of their magnetic and mysterious techno sounds. Forest-bath electronics that take stock of Scandinavia’s ambient tradition and cross-pollinate it with a measure of acid, trance and midnight sun. Teo’s own steadily rising number of productions (side project H25 included) has fleshed out Ute’s vision with a personal twist, and there’s another three scheduled for the fall. The past few years too have seen him hard at work exploring the possibilities of sound in a lonely cabin as part of Solar Alliance, collaborating with S.O.N.S on Korean label Junction Forest and producing many more unreleased tracks, some of which you’ll hear here first for a very special number. It’s a wormhole trip that marches headlong from the shadows, shimmering and physical beats that heave and swell, tribal breaks that flit from track to track and build a cathartic mood that harks back to Ute’s woodland roots. Teo hits the airwaves with a solemn and ritualistic hour and a half of occult techno for Bassiani Podcast 229. 100% unreleased Ekkel productions, It's one you won't want to miss.

@ekkeltype

Bassiani invites Ekkel / Podcast #229

Luxembourg’s Ogazón (of Nathalie Ogazón Faber) followed her studies to the Netherlands and fell deep down the rabbit hole of Amsterdam nightlife, Trouw she recounts as transformative. Enough so that she followed that thread starting in the mid 2010s as neophyte DJ before upping sticks for Berlin a few years later. There, her passion for digging and upbeat outlook landed her in Ryan Elliot’s sights, a partnership that’s taken B2B form on more than a few occasions and led to further work with fellow blue chipper Marcel Dettmann (she signed to his agency in 2023). These days Ogazón’s sound is spreading to the pace of its rapid tempo, and her schedule’s all the more punishing for it. Dekmantel, Awakenings, DGTL, Berghain, Robert Johnson, the list gets longer. Refusing trivial categorisations, her work pivots between groovy house and austere techno, bringing together various influences (the ambient inclinations of Sofia Coppola she also cites) and keeping her vision broad. For Bassiani Podcast 241 she errs on the side of techno, delivering a profound two-hour mix that marches unrepentantly forward, zipping from ascetic track to track and building an atmosphere thick with subtle detail. This is deep, utilitarian techno for unsettled times and Ogazón leads the way.

@ogazon

Bassiani invites Ogazón / Podcast #241

Ahead of this weekend’s Bassiani booking, Berghain resident Fadi Mohem delivers a masterful blend of large scale rhythms for Bassiani Podcast 247. Raised in the leafy suburb of Spandau, the native Berliner always had the very best of nightlife within easy reach: exposure to drum ‘n’ bass, Detroit, the dubby incarnations of Basic Channel and IDM meting out references for a personal distillation of sound that saw him go from techno acolyte and sound engineering student to folk mainstay in just a few years. A stint at cult vinyl purveyor Hard Wax and the tutelage and encouragement of Ben Klock (they met in 2016) have permeated his work even further. From his alma mater to Dekmantel and beyond, his is a lexicon comprised of rhythmic loops and heavily stylised snarls that ripple, echo and penetrate the body; a catalyst for mental and physical experience that’s forward-looking and deeply intuitive. This latest one’s a 92 minute compilation of Mohem’s favourite sounds, an avatar for his high-concept sonic palette, assembly line beats from this nonpareil Berlin selector.

@fadimohem

Bassiani invites Fadi Mohem / Podcast #247

Under his pen name Chlär, Charles Accarisi sets forth with a full rig manifestation of techno that jolts from one trunk-rattler to the next. From his native Switzerland to his adoptive home Berlin, the potency of his sound has followed him and grown ever larger, an assertive strain of dyed-in-the-wool techno that’s groovy and layered as a mountain rock. Working over and above his standard DJ duties, across A&R, events and sound engineering, Chlär practices full-involvement in much of the music pipeline, starting with his own sound and that of new finds and ending with the music’s final dialogue in public space. He’s been keeping busy, and as half of Funk Assault, co-runner of Bipolar Disorder Rec and founder of Primal Instinct his plate’s more than full, but his just-released first full album on the latter label shows little signs he’s tiring. The Architects of Shadows explores current political and sociological themes as broad as nationalism and social atomisation, rifts that through his many roles in music, he’s working hard to bridge. The promise of that newly connected world comes alive through the primacy of his beats, looping, packed with meaning but immediate nonetheless. Bassiani Podcast 248 is an hour and a half of dizzying basslines and all encompassing loops that bear witness to Chlär’s undeniable skill as techno selector. These are future-ready beats from a techno polymath.

@chlaer

Bassiani invites Chlär / Podcast #248

Irakli Kiziria is a much lauded cultural force in his chosen home Berlin. For over a decade, the Georgian transplant has been crafting a space somewhere between belligerent rhythm and ambient dreamscape with a growing number of influential projects to his name. His 10am-10pm STAUB parties offering legendary daytime gathering soundtracked by an incognito list of techno’s finest, and earlier collaboration in the form of I/Y also setting forth a voice and imprint to publish the work of consonant peers. More recently, his home-listening outlet Intergalactic Research Institute For Sound has funeled his energies towards a “dreamy, more abstract, 'intergalactic' music”. And it’s from this realm that this next Zenaari instalment emerges: a tripped-out reverie that walks his more delicate line. Zenaari Mix 016 weaves together gently waltzing piano interludes with the chiming of bells, lullaby warps with the analogue crackle of a vintage speaker and the confident strumming of a lute. Irakli given free-hand to explore his space in heavens and this is the result, an intimate augur for a promising future and 80-minute (all vinyl) podcast hued with the longing and strange.

@irakli

1. Ssiege - Cg104
2. Lucy Gosch - Stalagmites & Helicitites 
3. Hiroshi Yoshimura – Sheep
4. sTia - Out Of My System
5. Panoram - Cyclo
6. Launaea - Del Mar
7. Ken Karter - Kript 432HZ - Sequence 03
8. Saba Alizadeh - Fluid
9. Hannu Karjalainen - Love, Unconditional
10. Tuomo Väänänen - Garden
11. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Dance (Ambient version)
12. Jabu - Lay You Down
13. Niecy Blues - Cascade
14. Sunfear - Daycare 
15. Demen - Morgon
16. Tropic of Cancer - Stop Suffering
17. Above & Beyond - Strength From Inside
18. Tangerine Dream - Portico 
19. Nordvest - Sleepless one
20. Sufjan Stevens - Visions of Gideon

Zenaari Mix 016 - Irakli

Viennese DJ/Producer Alpha Tracks is best-known as a fleet-footed champion for contemporary neo-trance. Where others to the north of the genre’s beginnings are breathing new life into the musical style, Felix Benedikt holds down the fort in the east, deriving his intrinsic link to its forms from the early millennium record-digging. With releases on imprints like Blue Hour, Ute.Rec., his very own Morbid and newly pressed <AIR WAYS> bristling with scrappy basslines, the shape of his mission is sharp in focus, a revival and reconfiguration of those 90s sounds into something modern and loaded with relevance. Striking parallels with the speed of data in our modern landscape could be made with trance’s newfound acceptance, but for Felix it’s something inherently felt. Logic demands respite, and his palette has changed to suit an equal need for interiority, a slower pace and the psychic realm. Enter Zenaari Mix 017: this latest episode turns down the tempo and strips away the kick of his bellicose basslines for a pure and surrealist patchwork of prophetic sounds. Rapid eye melodies that conjure up a dark side to Alpha Tracks’ moon. Weird and beautiful frequencies from Vienna’s veteran artist.

@alpha-tracks-official

1. The Future Sound of London – Cascade
2. Subdub - Monuments On Earth
3. Donato Dozzy - Personal Rock
4. Robert Rich & B. Lustmord - Delusion Fields
5. Biosphere & Deathprod - Journey To The Centre Of The First, Pt.2 
6. Alpha Tracks - December (Nino Stelzl Remix)
7. Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 96 :12 24:00
8. A Strange Wedding - Wormhole Breaker (Patrick Russell Remix) 
9. David Sylvian – Epiphany
10. Biosphere - Ancient Campfire
11. Terre Thaemlitz - Subjective Loss, Day 83
12. MLO - Birds & Flutes
13. Silence - While Angels Sleep
14. Datacide - Data Haiku
15. Aphex Twin - #20
16. Terre Thaemlitz - 2AM on a Silo
17. Labradford - Air Lubricated Free Axis Trainer
18. Biosphere – Shade
19. Plastikman - Cor Ten
20. Plastikman – Consumed
21. nthng - Monk Teknois
22. Eternal Basement - Switch The Things
23. Om - Human Love
24. Biosphere – Hyperborea
25. Carl Craig – Sandstorms
26. nthng - Two People
27. Tetsu Inoue - Magnetic Field
28. Philipp Pettauer - Coming Full Spiral
29. Europa - V

Zenaari Mix 017 - Alpha Tracks

Founding member of Axces Recordings and Danish DJ/producer Kasper Marott returns to the Bassiani airwaves with a Zenaari edition that studies a much more phrenic side of his musical world. Driven by instinct, his work reflects a single minded aversion to commercial orthodoxy and the regular grind of a 40 hour work week: it’s all about feeling and a passion for creating the sounds that have kept him and his Copenhagen crew together, ‘nature, friends, family, home’. Forget the springy beats and dulcet melodies this time round, here is something entirely different and new. In stark contrast to his catalogue of jovial anthems, the likes of breakthrough hit Keflavik and 2021’s Mini Trance, Kasper’s inward-looking work slows those rhythms right down and investigates the possibilities of a sound much more restricted in palette. It’s a surprising turnaround for someone whose name evokes the breezy basslines of open-air jaunts, one packed with vibrating synths, understated instrumentals, and the electronic crackling of a wood fire on a balmy summer night. Zenaari Mix 018 is Kasper Marott like you’ve never heard him before, far from the dancefloor and burdening constraints of a rave context, Zenaari gives his inner world a voice, and the result is a rich, human and deep-toned 67 minute cut recorded in studio for this latest in the series.

@kaspermarott



Zenaari Mix 018 - Kasper Marott

Bulgarian-born, Oslo-based talent Kameliia’s sound leaves little room for misunderstanding. It’s ghostly, powerful and mesmerising stuff that leans on a wealth of inspiration from peers and the likes of Burial’s shadowy UK dubstep. Having studied music for four years, the production of sounds comes naturally, and on the dancefloor she’s given the space to test those personal and unreleased experiments in situ; that feedback is part of the process. Her sets too follow a formula, and a narrative thread that builds from more sparsely populated compositions to maximal, high-intensity techno, a vertical trip of the purest calibre. The threatening and world-shaking sounds she’s come to be known for have coalesced into a number of well-received productions, and made her a solid collaborator for names such as Amotik, Rødhåd and Setaoc Mass; it would be hard to imagine better company for the work she’s doing. Her cavernous and highly spiritual sound is soaked in gritty textures and characterized by a generous dosing of formidable bass, enough to get blood-flowing and her calendar packed with names like Berghain, Fold, Fuse and essaim. For Bassiani Podcast 265 Kameliia delivers a masterclass in atmosphere building, a skittish and salient addition to the Podcast series, you might want to buckle up.

@kameliia-music

Bassiani invites Kameliia / Podcast #265

The Lady Machine is back for another round of Podcast fun for Bassiani Podcast 266. Born in Rio, based in Berlin, Camila Milieme developed an ear for techno at a young age, attending Brazil’s Galaktika parties and picking up tracks from radio show Novas Tendencias before landing her first gig at the fresh age of 21, and at the famed Bunker 94 in São Paulo no less. Following studies in music production in the UK, she eventually landed in Berlin and channeled everything into a dual career as DJ/producer. Her vinyl sets were, are, contagious and brimming with rapid-fire basslines, relying heavily on the type of techno à la Detroit that has been so foundational to the genre without aging a day. These ones she’s published on Mote Evolver, half of Unterwegs with musicmate Decka and resident at free-spirited Berlin party series Pornceptual. A successful crowd-DJ alliance is no easy task, but twenty years of experience have sharpened her instinct for sound and the people she’s playing it to. Driving techno that lurches along on a razor edge, slamming rhythms that vibrate through the body, the magical and unquantifiable substance that allows the very best raves to coalesce. Whatever it is she has it in spades and this latest instalment proves it. This recent number’s a cut from her live set at Bassiani in mid April; rampant grooves and low-end layers picked, welded together and distorted by this singular Brazilian talent, and mastered by @neptunemastering. The Lady Machine’s chopped-up beats are a techno purist’s dream, this newest arrival makes it reality.

@theladymachine

Bassiani invites The Lady Machine / Podcast #266

SHDW is the phantom moniker of Marco Bläsi, a Stuttgart native with a penchant for racing percussions and big room sounds. 2014 saw the beginning of his long-term partnership with like-minded techno dealer Obscure Shape (Luigi Urban), with whom he co-ran the party series and label spin-off From Another Mind. Ten years later and Bläsi has set out on his own journey, building on a decade-long legacy of sounds with just himself, ‘his music, decks, and a mixer’. Following on from his previous label, he founded Mutual Rytm in 2022, an outlet and creative platform focused on putting out the type of expansive techno SHDW’s come to be known for. His signature style a blend of intelligently superimposed and shuffling basslines, blink of an eye beats that elicit movement and social bonds. Unerring prime time techno, Bläsi’s path forward is looking promising, with a surge of Mutual Rytm releases and worldwide dates, the next ten years look set to further build on what he’s achieved since he started out. Bassiani Podcast 267 is a true to type episode from this master of the genre, a sleek and contemporary spate of rumbling kicks, dizzying effects and hedonic vibrations, a chugging and groovy 65 minute edition with SHDW’s fingerprints all over it.

Bassiani invites SHDW / Podcast #267

Bassiani Podcast 272 brings together two techno heavy-hitters for a three-hour bout of heady, rolling grooves. In one corner comes Georgian mainstay and grassroots agitator NDRX, a formative member of Tbilisi's techno contingent. His early efforts in expanding the city's nightlife offerings helped drive radical change, and shaped the decades since. His mission further translated into the founding of Stare at DJ (2012), and 11th Floor (2015). Both are vehicles for the gathering and promotion of local talent without which, Georgia today would look much different. In the other corner comes Dustin Zahn, a midwestern champion for tribal rhythms and pulsating hypnotism. Heavily armed with a flurry of references including the brain-melting IDM of the late 90s and iconoclastic beats, Dustin founded Enemy Records in 2004. In recent years, he has made appearances on labels like Blueprint, Token, and Rekids. He also hosts the Trainwrecks Podcast, an outlet for intimate face-to-face chats with industry peers. This storied duo are a menacing match, a b2b pairing that manifests the adrenaline-fueled techno native to both their sounds and whips up a sum greater than both its parts. This latest number is a bout of fevered techno havoc devised by two sonic confrères, an auditory onslaught of hammering loops recorded live at Bassiani's season closing night.

@nod-rex
@dustin-zahn

Bassiani invites Ndrx b2b Dustin Zahn / Podcast #272

Tbilisi stalwart BMI brings his esoteric sound to Zenaari’s Podcast series for this next instalment. The Georgian DJ is a heavy-hitting talent on home turf, frequently stalking the capital’s venues and actively involved in several cutting-edge collectives and projects like Substract, Octachoron, Fear Pollution, 3 Suli, and Soulvent. His fluid, ever-mutating sound is smart and expansive techno that’s plugged into a wide scope of references from the outer fringes of experimental music, tying them neatly together and offering a reflective take on contemporary electronics that challenges and rewards its listeners. Clocking in at 62 minutes, this episode offers a glimpse of the inner workings of BMI’s mind: sounds that click, shift and refract, not a one out of place and coming together in a fuzzy, echoing whole. Forward-looking, resourceful and teeming with Tbilisi energy, Zenaari Mix 019 is a taste of BMI’s innovative sound, a fresh and stirring addition to the Zenaari Podcast roster.

@bmi_ghostnote

1.  The Beneficiaries - Metallic Stars
2.  Kirk Degiorgio - The Stars, Your Makers
3.  Hanker - Ringing Waves
4.  Dold - Unidentified Frequency Oscillator
5.  FU-5 - Izar
6.  Allen - Empty Space
7.  Translate - Magnetic Emissions
8.  Dopplereffekt - Dimension 11
9.  Monolake - Error
10.  30drop - Fading Whispers
11.   Error Channel - Vemion Pulsa
12.  Jamie Bissmire - Subteranium
13.  Ear to Ear - Live Recordings D
14.  Hugo Rolan - Entorno Hostil
15.  Jeff Mills -  Arriving [The Crystal Universe]
16.  Oisel - Entropia
17.  ASC - Dying Star
18.  Pianeti Sintetici - Matrice
19.  Evod, Vincenzo Saetta, Ernesto Bolognini - Tre San
20.  Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2410009
21.  SØS Gunver Ryberg - We tumble on the edges
22.  Ø - Loihdittu
23.  Drexciya - Habitat 'O' Negative
24.  Franck Vigroux - Styx
25.  Ryoji Ikeda - ultratronics 05
26.  Echelon - Signals Reaching Earth
27.  Marcelo Antonio - Ultimo en la fila

Zenaari Mix 019 - BMI

Perhaps most known for his work as half of techno outfit Cassegrain, Istanbul native Hüseyin Evirgen has been active as solo artist since 2016 and making a name in his own right. His early classical training has taken a broader form in more recent years, a mashup of inspirations with strong mathematical current where simple ideas culminate in more complex and exponential compositions. Under the name Magna Pia, and adjunct label Arcing Seas his hulking techno has taken shape, and the imprint’s proven a platform for the publishing of his own work, Cassegrain’s and that of a small number of his close collaborators. His driving beats offer powerful and provocative moments mixed in with a clever spin on ambient that’s recognizable from a mile off, and constantly pushing what’s possible in sound to new and unforeseen heights. His 2019 album Daiauna was a return to roots record that incorporated his earlier training as piano player with the fluid electronics developed since, foraging too from his keen instinct for primal rhythms and high-brow symbolism. In the end it’s deeply physical, and proof of techno’s staying power as a medium for dance and social change. Bassiani Podcast 27 covers all these bases and more, an honest and striking addition to a body of work in constant flux. 4/4 magic from a true master.

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Bassiani invites Magna Pia / Podcast #278

This leading light from the Berlin scene is up next with 85 minutes of feel good tunes guaranteed to get you moving. Partok’s rise as go-to DJ for clubs like De School, Blitz, Basement and Panorama Bar is really no surprise. The recipe? Bridging genres and histories from Detroit to early UK rave, and constantly correlating those with more recent developments in music, and always through a queer lens. These deckside stints have a soft galvanising power, chugging rhythms with social change front and centre, grassroots house that spurs dancefloor denizens to action with selections that prioritise the work of fellow queer artists. Along with Roi Perez and David Elimelech, Partok's also at the reins of transnational party series Laundrette, a forum for endurance-testing B3B sets. And the fun doesn’t stop there, his past forays into production as 1/3 of Partok Matushka Apfelberg on Kompakt have set the bar even higher, fleshing out a vision for sound that flips the script at every turn. For Bassiani Podcast 279, this Berlin selector brings a singular magic, anthemic grooves and butter-smooth transitions, this is highly combustible house from a one-of-a-kind talent, an exclusive mix recorded at the K41 garden in Kyiv for Bassiani.

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Bassiani invites Partok / Podcast #279

Born and raised in Rome, Luigi Tozzi is undoubtedly one of the most prolific and outstanding talents of his generation to come out of Italy. Slip into any record store worth its salt, or clubs from Tbilisi to Lisbon and you’ll find traces of his work there; his signature sound has sold its share of records true, but also deeply influenced the work of many of his contemporaries. His expansive compositions intimately tied to the space they’re heard in, circling in perfect arcs below the water’s surface, where sunlight becomes scarce and a connection with sound paramount. Reformulating not only dub. techno and ambient, but a trove of memories diving off the coast of Sicily’s neighbour Salina (and with the help of analog digital tools, VSTs and controllers during live performances), Tozzi has developed a mastery for hypnotic rhythms like nothing you’ve heard before. His close working relationship with Swedish output Hypnus, as well as Outis and Non-Series have pushed his aquatic sound to it’s absolute limit, creating a world of poignant textures that have given his genre the gift of new horizons. Here he visits the Podcast for an epic 128 minutes that delve into his abyssal world, haunting rumbles and immersive techno, a ghostly, shimmering live-set recorded at Bassiani.

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Bassiani invites Luigi Tozzi [live] / Podcast #280

Swedish talent Per Hammar got his start around 2009 with a killer debut that laid the groundwork for his own label Dirty Hands. These days, between his chosen digs of Malmö and Berlin, his slick, dub-inflected configurations are stirring up dancefloors and carving a singular niche in the ever more crowded technosphere. 2016 saw the launch of his second label 10YEARS with Maya Lourenço (Parallax Deep) as a conduit for stripped-down, experimental fare, and De Vloer swiftly followed as an output for dubbier grooves co-produced with Amsterdam-based Malin Génie. His handcrafted beats and rare vinyl selections are meant for high impact raving, a mediation between his own vision and the spaces he plays in; something that leans into the ‘imperfect’ and ‘non-polished’, and lends a human touch to more metronomic formats. His bass-heavy Kiloton nights have proven an effective incubator for the type of raw, analogue techno he’s come to be known for, and evolved into a much broader program and cultural platform that hosts both local names and international heavyweights. For Bassiani Podcast 281, the Skåne native brings his incisive vision to the fore with a 72-minute studio mix packed with rolling grooves and shifting textures, expert techno from a dominant force on the Malmö scene.

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Bassiani invites Per Hammar / Podcast #281

Tatsuya Kanamori goes by the name DJ Shufflemaster, a veteran driver for rolling hard-groove still going strong after three long decades. In his native Japan (around the time names like Takaaki Itoh and DJ Nobu were on the rise), his earliest ventures were closely tied to the work of Tokyo’s Subvoice, dynamic techno through and through. His arrival in Europe coincided with his 17 track debut album on Tresor Records, EXP (rereleased 2023), and proved his mettle as one of Tokyo’s best and brightest exports. Earmarked by talents like Ben Sims and Cari Lekebusch, those sounds became a staple for those in the know. 2014 saw his proprietor run label Shiki Kyokai kick into gear with a number of EPs, ruthless, iron-willed techno for the small hours, and a recent addition alongside Tensal, Pergo and Eduardo de la Calle has renewed his star for 2025 as well. Pluralistic and shrewd in their vision, his vaulting basslines flutter headlong into surging incarnations of the same wind he’s been riding since before the new millennium. With a spate of recent interest in the minimal styles of his starting decade, his work has found a new resonance among fans both at home and abroad. DJ Shufflemaster and his techno are keeping on rolling to the rhythm of his breakneck sounds. Bassiani Podcast 282 is a live recording of his set at Bassiani back in September, masterful beats from a Tokyo legend.

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Bassiani invites DJ Shufflemaster / Podcast #282

This next episode comes courtesy of a surefire talent from the land down under. Melbourne-based, Beijing-born Moopie has been influential on his local scene as master selector and founder of pioneering record label A Colourful Storm, whose gamut includes juxtaposing genres such as minimal techno, lo-fi pop, hallucinogenic IDM, indie-rock and abstract drum ’n’ bass. Also a vector for the republishing of long-forgotten tracks, it earned respect and put his talents on the map for names like Ben UFO and Helena Hauff to see. A passionate record-digger, Moopie’s craft is intrinsically laced with emotion, striking a balance between clubfloor and bedroom floor that’s convincing enough to win fans in both camps. Far from home, his sound is causing ripples and his rise as an artist is fast in the making. Bassiani Podcast 283 is a live cut from his set at Horoom in August, a richly layered blend of rare and highly saturated rhythms by this budding and versatile polymath.

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Bassiani invites Moopie / Podcast #283

Just a few years in, Hannover native Bennet’s been fast rising up the ranks of his peer group with a fresh take on driving rhythms. From Germany to Australia, and over his short career, this new-gen mixer has kept crowds on their toes with sets that blend infectious percussions and unfiltered emotion. Rooted in the pulse of the underground, his sound bridges the warmth of classic grooves with the precision and tension of modern beats. Riffing on endless combinations of vinyl treasures that radiate euphoria, he seams together tracks in blissful lockstep, astutely conjuring up dynamic sets that thoroughly capture the raw intensity of the dancefloor in all its primal energy. So too he delivers his straight-up cuts as part of his residency at Hamburg’s Queerpool. With bookings at parties like London’s Adonis, Berlin’s Multisex, and Haze and Horst in Brussels, Bennet’s painted a broad canvas and honed his dubbed-up beats to perfection; and through a focus on the clubfloor as collective space for unity, joy and liberation, his sound is leaving its mark. Bassiani Podcast 284 is a cutting-edge blend of effervescent jams and peak-time bangers, 100 minutes of soulful house from a breakout talent.


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Bassiani invites Bennet / Podcast #284

It’s back to the strange, mind-expanding world of Zenaari with an episode from Moroccan techno master Chami. Leaving his homeland for France was an epiphany, Lyon the place where his passion for beats kicked-off. Since then, he’s relocated to Berlin and become synonymous with a clean, rhythmic and mentally-focused sound played exclusively on vinyl. It’s raw and unforgiving techno primed for body and soul, Berlin to the letter and a constant dialogue with the city’s ever-changing zeitgeist. Foregrounding burgeoning talents through his and Olivia Mendez’s DIG Curated, playing as half of Face 2 Face with DJ peer OPH, and key figure in Berlin-based collective Minijob (whose calling is in organising underground raves in and around the city), Chami’s plate is more than full. But it’s passion for sound that drives him, visceral basslines his bread and butter. Breaking with the expected, there’s a further facet to his sound, one that occupies the focus of this next Zenaari number: jazz. Not quite as far as it might superficially seem, Chami’s feeling for rhythm and knack for progressively stacked up moods translates flawlessly, but if it helps there’s a few warped percussions to move things along. This is an expert fusion of his musical universe, a Podcast that probes the possibilities offered by the superimposition of these two sonic languages and develops something new in response. Two sides of a coin: Chami’s slamming beats and soothing jazz are a window onto the spectrum of his talents, 68 minutes of compelling sounds from a Berlin mainstay.

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The Art Ensemble Of  Chicago - Tnoona
Sun Ra - Springtime Again
Sun Ra - Twin Stars Of Thence
Sun Ra - A Fireside Chat With Lucifer
Gong Splat - Yuggoth Travel Agency
Doug Carn - Passion Dance
Herbie Hancock - Riot
Ndikho Xaba and The Natives - Shwabada
Mulatu Astatke / The Heliocentrics - Masenqo
Blurt - Physical Fitness
Lydia Lunch - Lost World
Spiral Deluxe - The Drive
Jeff Mills - Nocturnal Moves
Jeff Mills - Just Like A (Vernacular Objects)
Spiral Deluxe - The Cosmos
Sun Ra - Friendly Galaxy (short version)
Haki R Madhubuti & Nation - Medasi
Doug Carn - Welcome

Zenaari Mix 020 - Chami

Spanning music, community and activism, Syrian-born, Holland-based Fafi Abdel Nour brings a voice that’s as shaped by Arabic heritage as his queerness. In this space between two worlds, his sound combines a host of influences from 90s house to breaks to body music, and dares to imagine better futures through an affirmation of community and those who live on society’s margins. Upbeat and rolling at steady stride, his sets pull off the kind of sonic miracles you’d hope for on the best of nights, euphoric and sensual house with a heavy measure of lucid percussion. He’s a Club Raum resident and the mastermind behind some of OOST, Groningen’s most hyped and queer-focused nights, HOMOOST and later, BUTTS, further vehicles for human connection, spaces for dreaming. Otherness is the fuel that fires his mission, a need to contribute his voice and create inclusive and safe spaces for people to come together. From Dekmantel to Panorama Bar, Lowlands to Bassiani, Fafi brings his positive message to world, a sure testament to music’s radical power for change. For Bassiani Podcast 286, this rising star delivers 67 minutes of transcendent and soaring house, a journey through shimmering synths and liberating melodies, a peak-time studio mix and firm reminder that for Fafi, ‘love is the message’.

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Bassiani invites Fafi Abdel Nour / Podcast #286

B2 Martinou — We Made You

A2 Skyra — Shores Of Easy

Horoom Records returns with HRM004, uniting Tbilisi’s finest, Skyra, and the Swedish craftsman Martinou in a journey through elegance, warmth, and emotional depth, a true reflection of the HOROOM spirit.

A1 Skyra — So Long
A2 Skyra — Shores of Easy
B1 Martinou — Rise
B2 Martinou — We Made You

In between the spaces of existence, we find the essence of becoming, a silent realm where what was no longer holds, and what will be has not yet taken shape. These spaces are neither failures of being nor empty accidents; they are the necessary breaths of existence, the intervals that make movement and transformation possible. It is in these spaces that we wrestle with uncertainty, where meaning is not given but must be made. They ask us to let go of fixed identities and rigid narratives, to sit for a moment in openness, vulnerability, and possibility. Within these spaces, the self is not a completed fact but a living question. Without these spaces, life would harden into static repetition. Growth would be impossible, as growth requires a break from what is familiar, a stepping into the unknown. The spaces between allow for reflection, for doubt, for reinvention. They are the hidden architecture behind every act of choice, every spark of creativity, every new becoming. Thus, existence is not merely a series of events strung together; it is also made of the silences between them, the invisible crossings, the quiet hesitations. In honoring the spaces of existence, we honor the fullness of life itself, not just its milestones, but its mystery.

All tracks written and produced by @ skyraa and @martinou3000, 
with additional percussion on B1 by K. Bobrov.
Mastered at Hardgroove.
Concept and design by Tengiz Begoidze.
Distribution by Triple Vision.

Release date: 23 January 2026


A1 Skyra — So Long

B1 Martinou — Rise

Chiming in for Bassiani’s anniversary party on October 10th comes an exceptional talent from the Asturian coast and Architectural’s third appearance in the Podcast series. Since 2004, Juan Rico’s been holding the line as Reeko, a stand-in for blistering industrial rhythms, founder of Mental Disorder and founding partner of Spanish techno bastion PoleGroup. Come 2010, a new incarnation emerged under the stage name Architectural, a faceless and assumedly authorless variant of his that played on rich textures, cinematic tones and a heavier focus on the architecture of sound itself. In the studio he manipulates and records sounds in real time, allowing for a greater degree of spontaneity than working with standalone parts would otherwise permit. No longer incognito, Architectural offers a brand of ambient techno charged through with Jazz and references from the world of film that pulsates and slithers, crackles and shifts. From his earliest releases on his eponymous Architectural imprint, through Semantica, Non Series and others, his music has established itself as a touchstone for avant-garde techno centred on body and dancefloor, and his future’s sure to keep delivering more of his monolith beats. Bassiani Podcast 287 is a truly impressive addition to the series, a sweeping three-hour montage of gritty textures, modulated frequencies and punchy basslines recorded live at Bassiani.

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Bassiani invites Architectural / Podcast #287

Moving to London from his native Trieste and then later to Germany in 2016, Matthias has been an instrumental player in Berlin’s nightlife for the past decade as the head of Superluminal. The label and long-running party series is a lab for minimal techno, a breeding ground for new ideas where he’ll famously play a primary synthesis of his own productions and white whale records. These releases and sets are marked by a cross-pollination of house, techno and electro; heaving frequencies that roll along at steady clip. In April of this year (and coinciding with Superluminal’s 9th birthday) he also released his debut album The Edge of Night, a nine-track opus that spans the realms of experimental and more dancefloor-configured terrain, a further exploration of the tonal landscapes he’s been treading since his early days as budding musician: profound, unvacilating techno that binds together disparate sounds in new and elegant form.  Bassiani Podcast 288 brings forth Matthias’ self-reflective strain of sound once more for a 71-minute studio mix: tribal, psychedelic rhythms from liminal lands, Matthias’ rattling percussions and heady sonics at the top of their game.

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Bassiani invites Matthias / Podcast #288

DJ Deetron’s side project Deetron presents Soulmate is synonymous with raw, Detroit-influenced techno, often played live as part of a three vinyl set-up and at unforgiving tilt. The Bern native’s solo venture had been half dormant, until in 2022, the alias was revived at full capacity with the first in a string of releases for Münich’s legendary Ilian Tape. Magnetic beats that delivered a contemporary take on the classics, rehashed and given his personal slant. Blending stripped-back, funky cuts with unrivalled technical smarts and a sharp instinct for percussion, his layered sets have been a testament to his abilities as dancefloor provocateur from Berlin to Bangkok, Cape Town to Medellin. Released September 4th, his latest outing on wax is four-tracker Code, mile-a-minute breaks that offer a further glimpse into his sonic world, a further development of his hypnotising tribal frequencies. The Soulmate project’s had a second wind and it’s clear he’s here to stay. Bassiani Podcast 289 is a furious, hour-long studio mix that delivers an immersive mix of typical Deetron drum patterns, volatile energy and ice-cool hooks in abundance, rapid-fire techno from a Swiss master.

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Bassiani invites Deetron presents SOULMATE / Podcast #289

Bassiani residents Hamatsuki and Skyra are up next with another recording from October’s anniversary night. This isn’t the first time the duo have joined forces to celebrate the club’s birthday but it might just be their best; as Tbilisi residents and longtime Bassiani collaborators, the pair know what makes the club tick. Their chilled out releases and slick-tongued sets are a paragon of Georgian electronic talent, on the one hand supplying the club with a regular dose of rhythmic magic and on the other, funnelling the work of some of the strongest local producers through the Morevi outlet. Rarely have two artists sparred so well, but this feedback loop is one that’s apt to furnish some of the smoothest music out there. Palpitating synthwork and stacked tempos that forge ahead into the small hours, from the Horoom floor comes a very special recording. Gently rising, these sounds play with tension, breaks, computer bleeps and distorted samples, maximising a sparse palette with the undeniable skill of two veteran selectors. This is an hour of liquid house, progressive and patient, impeccable rhythms from two forerunners of the Tbilisi scene.

@hamatsuki
@skyraa


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