Blue Hour (https://soundcloud.com/bluehour909), the Berlin-based producer, DJ and head of the ‘Blue Hour Music' record label blurs the lines between Acid Techno, old school Rave, Breakbeat, Jungle and Leftfield to create a mirage of hazy euphoria and explore a narrative of timeless music unbound by geography and scene.

About his favourite track:
Symbolism - Bloom [PTHM]

"I’ve been really enjoying playing ‘Bloom’ from up and coming Berlin producer Symbolism on PTHM recently. It’s an immersive and rolling techno track with a dark and dub’y atmosphere. You hear a bit of the dub sound coming back at the moment which is nice, but this is the way I like it over the more chord driven dryer sounding stuff. It’s quite versatile, intriguing and very adaptable for DJ’ing with."

Blue Hour... IsBurning #142

Polygonia is the 378th guest of our original Hate Podcast series.

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Sam Coates took to techno like a diligent pupil, falling in love with the genre through labels like CLR in the late '00s. It didn't take long for the student to surpass his proverbial teachers. Almost immediately, the Manchester native was putting out pitch-perfect, functional techno records with everything intricately balanced. The requisite move to Berlin only sealed his fate as a future techno luminary, and by now, based in Kyiv, he's one of techno's most reliable, yet exciting, workhorses. Setaoc Mass records (and those on his label, SK_eleven) are minimalist but colossal, deceptively simple but not easy to pull off. 

We've praised him in these pages for his "sense of economy—how to get the hardest impact out of just a few elements," and that's the idea behind his RA Podcast as well. Put together from records old and new, and intricately layered, Coates's mix is like a time-travelling wormhole connecting disparate eras from techno, and highlighting the genre's most timeless attributes: mechanistic rhythms, careful pacing, rudimentary melodies made out of the strangest sounds and, of course, the power of the bass drop. It's hard to imagine anything that sounds more capital-T techno than this mix, which is a high compliment. It's easy to hear why his records and DJ sets are only more in demand from techno heads across the geographical and generational spectrum.

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JakoJako (@jakojako_live) always wanted to make music and her self-confessed hyperactivity ultimately led to her getting the most joy out of playing about with machines and patching up synths. These days the Berghain resident is a celebrated live act and DJ who draws on the considerable knowledge she picked up working at Berlin's legendary synth shop SchneidersLaden, but she has also worked on several high-profile motion sensor dance projects at places like The Royal Albert Hall. Her smart sound designs and unique rhythms have landed on Leisure System, Tresor and Figure and she has a new EP coming on Mute this June.

Her mix for us this week features a sneak preview of one of the tracks from that EP as well as mixing up music from Alaric, Siege, Altinbas and many more. It's full of high-speed sounds couched loosely in techno but with moods and textures borrowed from industrial, minimal and even trance as things reach an emotional peak late on. Though she broke through as a live act, this set shows JakoJako can now speak just as freely through the decks.

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Dekmantel Podcast 462 - JakoJako

monthly house music podcast with a short interview taken at a walk around the Weißensee in Berlin-Pankow

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In our 215th edition of the voxnox podcast, we are pleased to introduce you to STERAC B2B Bastienne. The set was originally recorded on 03.03.2024 at the Daycare event at Bret. 

STERAC, a musical persona of Steve, thrives on Planet Rachmad. Unlike his other aliases which explore dub, disco, or house music, STERAC is dedicated to the darker, deeper realms of techno. This side is manifested in signature tracks across prominent labels like M-Plant, Tresor, Klockworks, Afterlife, Mote Evolver, Indigo Aera, and Delsin. 

Over the years, Bastienne has crafted her unique DJ sound through continual exploration and enjoyment of diverse sounds. As a versatile performer, she seizes every chance to lead club-goers on an engaging musical journey. Whether performing solo, delivering groovy, rhythmic techno sets, or teaming up with her friend VUUR for lively back-to-back house sets, Bastienne immerses herself fully. 

Follow Sterac here: @steverachmad
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Voxnox Podcast 215 - Sterac B2b Bastienne

Reclaim Your City 588 | Dustin Zahn (Berlin)

Active since the turn of the millennium, Wisconsin-born / Berlin-based DJ and producer Dustin Zahn has been trading some of the most consistently powerful techno blends over the past twenty years. Incisive and empowering, his sound epitomizes the perfect balance between strenuous, big-room-focussed wares and an acute sensibility for the sharpest sound design. Throughout an endless flow of grade-A heaters for some of the scene's most highly-regarded imprints, including Blueprint, Rekids and his own record label, Enemy, Zahn has been sculpting a body of work both ebulliently intense and future-facing, never quite resting on his laurels but throwing all of his nerve and energy into staying relevant in the age of disposability. Ageless, boundless.

Soundcloud: bit.ly/dustinzahn_sc
Facebook: bit.ly/dustinzahn_fb
Instagram: bit.ly/dustinzahn_ig
Discogs: bit.ly/dustinzahn_dc
Bandcamp: bit.ly/enemyrecords_bc
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Reclaim Your City 588 | Dustin Zahn

Born in Algeria, and raised between France and the Netherlands, with a later stint in London, Mary Lake has lived a life through the lens of different cultures, each adding a little more to her experience in the realm of electronic music. It wasn’t always her medium, but in DJing she’s found her most authentic voice, with her start at more intimate house parties, then on to the best and brightest of Dutch clubs and festivals. For her, creative discovery and expanding the limits of craft is key, covering both the range of utilitarian techno and more atypical sounds, the likes of which she was apt to share via her experimental pandemic-era radio show Worshipping Discordia. Alongside that, and a slew of catchy releases, she’s now a Spielraum resident and frequently billed on stages from Dekmantel to De School to Tresor, Bassiani and beyond. Her percussive techno spreads the kind of wildly infectious crowd energy that drew a younger her towards it many moons ago, now she's on the inside looking out. Bassiani Podcast 209 is an hour of vanguard beats delivered fresh by this burgeoning selector, driving and serpentine basslines to rattle your musical senses.

@marylakeworld

Bassiani invites Mary Lake / Podcast #209

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Frenzy Podcast 176 - Lea Occhi

For our 176th podcast we invited the Parisian born and Berlin based Lea Occhi, mother of Spectrum Waves in Paris. She is no stranger to the scene anymore and therefore doesn't need much introduction. Lea is committed to promoting values of tolerance, diversity and freedom within her musical journey and music has always been an important part of her life. 

Describing it  herself as 'a moment of communion between music, dance and nature', this mix will take you on a mesmerizing journey of organic and tribal infused sounds. Enjoy listening!

Podcast: Link in bio

Artwork: Janu Krohm

FrenzyPodcast #176 - Lea Occhi

Belgian artist Kr!z, founder of Token Records, has been at the forefront of techno for more than a decade. Influenced by the hypnotic and energetic sound helmed by veterans such as Jeff Mills, Steve Rachmad and James Ruskin, he gradually but steadily developed his own identity in the international techno scene. 

Touch KR!Z: @tokenrecords
Touch OECUS: www.oecusmusic.com
Artwork: Ava Krohn
www.instagram.com/ava.krohn

Bassiani invites Mary Lake / Podcast #209

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