The long running stirrings of Surgeon (Anthony Child) and Regis (Karl O’Connor) under the conjunct British Murder Boys are not for the faint of heart. Their alleged final act came before a Tokyo crowd in 2012, but the goodbye only lasted three years and with their Amsterdam return, a reformulation of their signature industrial sound. The duo, both at their acme with little signs of descent, have together found a hybrid techno that scales high and large, bringing together thumping bass and hissing feedback for a distinctly belligerent and primal club sound. It’s not all obvious, their 2020 cover of Lou Reed’s Real Good Time Together offered a machine-inflected spin on the original, and opened the door for their debut LP Active Agents And House Boys (2024). At the heart is a provocative, sexually-charged and punkish techno that offloads bristling rhythms and defiant energy, one that’s a little more controlled and mathematical in practice. Following on from their show at Bassiani back in November comes this next mix. Bassiani Podcast 250 is an hour-long and live recorded assault: thrashing beats, crazed and bleepy arps, EBM-style shouts, a decadent and rageful call to arms and one of the most important instalments in this long running series. Back-breaking industrial techno from these two heavyweights and originators of the Birmingham sound.

Bassiani invites British Murder Boys [live] / Podcast #250

Having made a name for himself through a string of choice releases for the likes of Nous’klaer and Delsin, Dutch producer Konduku has been turning heads with his ever innovative take on the techno medium. Pushing for new directions, Konduku’s been laying down intriguing blends of dubbed-out, Afro-infused grooves and plural strains of abstract-leaning, breaks-friendly hybrids. The present mix showcases the breadth of his influences and essential components, extrapolating techno’s genre-transcending nature through a fine mix of heavily verbed-out electronics and shape-shifting buildup, never quite going where you’d expect it, rather seeking the excitement of suspenseful arcs and unsuspected developments. Bold as it should.

soundcloud.com/kondukukonduku

Reclaim Your City 635 | Konduku

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.

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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

You may be familiar with the work of Reeko, the Pole Group co-founder and Spanish auteur whose furious techno has expanded the definitions of his genre and piqued clubfloors over the last decade; Juan Rico’s alias has galvanised the world of electronic music like few can. Over the course of his active years he’s worked on a parallel body of work under the pseudonym Architectural, at first in the shadows of anonymity, now coming into the light. Through this second epithet he channels a more fluid sound, one that uses much of the same percussive scaffolding but goes deeper. The project began back in 2010 with a string of releases on his self-titled and newly pressed label and the 2012 release of Peacetime on Semantica Records, cementing his rise as a deft and mysterious talent from the Asturian coast. The intrigue continued with a fusing of his two projects in 2013, a Reeko and Architectural release on his native Pole Group entitled The Blue Album, a dialogue between the two visions, harsh kicks of the first fused with the trailing reverb of the latter. The next two years saw a pair of releases develop the sound he’d built via his own label and Dutch imprint Wolfskull. In tandem, his sets at Tresor, Printworks, Robert Johnson, Bassiani, Awakenings and his local festival LEV have brought his heavy atmospherics to a wider audience. His sound is primal, dubby and immersive, the output of many years of sonic research and collaboration, paced-out and rich with intelligent details. Here, for one of the most important mixes in this long running series, comes Bassiani Podcast 252, a truly singular piece recorded back in November from this paragon of experimental techno.

@architectural-1

Bassiani invites Architectural / Podcast #252

An hour to give you a glimpse of my opening set at Unfold @ Fold in London on March 2 - 2025. Great memory! Thank you all for dancing.

opening Unfold, London - 02.03.25

Marie Pravda DJ set recorded at the Tepuy x Garden ritual on 26.01.2025, Pereira, Colombia.

Marie Pravda at Tepuy x Garden 2025

artist: @sandrien
recorded on the 3rd of January 2025 (Tribalism)
length: 04h22min37s

[Tribalism] Sandrien (full recording) @ essaim, Paris / 03jan2025

PAX-COLLECTIVE: Julie

Ciao tutti ~ was back on NTS Radio for a new episode ~ à la carte this spring 🌸

🌑 Cosmic update ~ Taurus New Moon bringing grounded new beginnings ~ time to nurture what truly supports us, emotionally, spiritually & financially.

✨🌀 Guest mix by the legendary Efdemin aka Phillip Sollmann ~ a deep, raw, hypnotic journey with pulsing textures and hidden vocal whispers ~ a techno ritual blooming just in time for spring spirits 🦋💌
He’s been a big inspiration to me from day one, and I’m so honoured to welcome him onto the show this month 🥰🙏 Grazie mille Efdemin 💫

Link in the usual spot 🖇️
Artwork by @mete.fyi

~ with love & gratitude ~
GiGi 🧜‍♀️

NTS RADIO GiGi FM PRESENTS EFDEMIN APRIL 2025

Aksamit rejoins our series after a 5 year absence marking a long awaited return with an intoxicating trip.

Since her last outing for Monument she has been making waves across the techno landscape featuring at venues around the world and delving into original productions as a fully fledged artist.  This all whilst promoting her Velvet Vortex project merging music and visual art - it is a real pleasure to welcome Aksamit back for episode 467.

Follow : 

https://www.instagram.com/alicjaaksamit/
https://soundcloud.com/aksamit-music
https://aksamit.bandcamp.com/track/777

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Bassiani invites Architectural / Podcast #252

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