Having grown up in a house where collecting music was the norm, Swedish-born DJ Philippa Pacho has carried this through to her adult life. As a result, the Berlin-based artist is a well-tuned and confident selector who knows how to capture an audience in any given situation.
It all began with her father’s hobby of collecting jazz, blues and folk records. As a teenager, Philippa built her own music library before attending her first rave, and later discovering the underworld of dance music and club culture.

As standard in a community of electronic music heads, Philippa made friends from the scene in Stockholm and in 2010, formed a collective with a handful of girlfriends. Together, the women curated their night every Thursday at 2:35:1; an art gallery and club located in the city centre. It was here that Philippa delved into DJing headfirst, taking advantage of the creative freedom on offer and learning the skills of mixing and working the dancefloor until dawn. With two years of DJing under her belt, by this time she earned a residency at the Stockholm-based club Under Bron — where she remains the longest-running resident since the space opened in 2010 — Philippa’s early sound leant towards hypnotic techno, but she has since graduated to a include myriad of bouncy and tripped-out rhythms within the genre.
Playing at forest raves on the outskirts of Stockholm and upending abandoned warehouses in the city — balanced between Under Bron bookings — these raw experiences infiltrated Philippa’s sound down to the last cadence, resulting in her groove-heavy collection and quick-fire blending.

Making the move to Berlin in 2014 allowed Philippa to flourish and finesse her sound. Known today for merging contemporary and old-school techno while dipping into different tempos and sub-genres, Philippa has played for Ellen Allien’s We Are Not Alone series, Synoid parties and DJ Tool, D.Dan and Hyperaktivist’s event, Mala Junta. Such a diverse range of bookings has allowed her to reveal other dimensions to her sound, and joining MESS line-ups — a collective that celebrates diversity and supporting DIY club culture worldwide — has recently contributed to the growth of Philippa’s profile.

A recent chapter for Philippa sees her founding the label ‘positivesource’ together with Blue Hour. The pair release various artist EPs from artists including Oprofessionell, Newa, Sugar, Alan Backdrop, Rove Ranger, Lady Starlight, LDS, Blue Hour himself and many more.
With the return of nightlife, Philippa’s focus remains crisp and clear; her goal is to get you to move your whole body in expressive ways. She sees herself as a dancer first and foremost and has that always in mind when she performs. "A good DJ set is like a candy bag. You need a bit of the sweet, sour and some unexpected flavours to tickle your taste buds."

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#SlamRadio - 497 - Philippa Pacho

The early 2010s were an extended annus mirabillis for heavy-hitter Sébastien Michel, whose release of megahit ‘Mixtion’ was just the start of a trajectory that followed the shedding of his former skin as half of Daxyl and saw him pursue a more streamlined and emphatic vision of the techno future under his UVB pseudonym. Back in a time when he was hell-bent and producing up to three tracks a day, his early excursions into clubland were distinguished by sets forged exclusively from his own work; that gamut is a little broader nowadays but clearly no less exciting and personal. For the latest instalment of Bassiani Podcast series, he packs those years of toil into a succinct and aggressive strike, hedonic yet disciplined, the type of masterful studio mix you’d expect from the Body Theory label boss.

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Orphic resident Thoms Traxx is totally in control of the next 75 minutes for Artaphine Series. One of the collectives of the Amsterdam underground that is slowly moving out the illegal rave scene while staying true to their core, this resident displays the more deeper side of the groovy domain. Next to the DJ work, he's also part of the Minimal Collective, that tries to blend the boundaries of music, visual and physical artistic styles. The dedication reflects the selection, so tune in.

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Thoms Traxx | Artaphine Series 098

Rene Wise is already a staple within the Techno scene! This episode of our monthly mix corroborates the previous statement with a masterful display of his sonic trademark in a session recorded live at the iconic Bassiani in Georgia. With a clear focus on the body and its intimate relation with sub-sonic frequencies, constantly evolving muscular rhythms roll in dense atmospheres lit by minimalistic leads. 
Be ready for a blast!

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Reclaim Your City 506 | Alarico (Bergamo)

Boss of Katana Records, also known as one half of Italian duo Funk Assault, Bergamo-based operator Alarico steps in the series with two hours of hi-octane state of siege. Pulling out all the stops on his way to peak-time bliss, Alarico multiplies frantic angle-shifts and radical U-turns, nervously oscillating between raging uptempo whorls and fractured dystopian ambiences to weave his own compelling narrative that thinks and ticks outside the main genre’s box. Proper flawless and highly selective slice of mind-razing machine wares. 

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The live recording from Kaiser at Frenzy x Volt - 01/10/2022 at RADION Amsterdam.

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Frenzy x Volt - Kaiser

Live recording of my closing at Fold London on the 05 November of 2022 , part of the 47 label night showcase alongside Tommy Four Seven , Flaminia and VSK.

Enjoy the ride as much as I did !

Quelza @ Fold London 05.11.22 I 3 Hours Closing

The air was sweaty, the floor was burning. 
Love to everyone in attendance. P

P.E.A.R.L. @ RSO Year One, RSO, BERLIN (20.11.21)

@boris is kind of a charismatic, multifunctional weapon in the Berlin club life. His musical roots reach back to the mid 80s, when he lived in New York for four years where he absorbed the unique spirit of the seminal club Paradise Garage weekend after weekend. From the Club’s mentor Larry Levan Boris learned to believe in his musical intuition as well as a broad musical spectrum, which nowadays ranges from Disco, Hi-NRG, Post-Punk and (Kraut-) Rock to House and Techno, all of which Boris loves to throw into one set. “Music was most important for Levan. He was uncompromising and he knew how to convey it. That’s what I’m trying to achieve, too, when I’m djing.”

Many years later, Boris became a resident at Panorama Bar’s first incarnation in Berlin, where he was able to build a loyal following by playing long sets lasting until noon. “The crowd is always a lot more receptive for music at the end than at the beginning. That’s when I rather have the opportunity to present unusual stuff and that’s when I’m able to let my feelings run freely.”

After the old OstGut/Panorama Bar closed in 2003, Boris played in almost every club in Berlin, but when the follow up club Berghain opened its doors in 2004, he quickly focused on playing out here again. From 2005 till 2010 he had another musical platform, as he was taking care of the label Careless Records as an A&R. As a DJ, he is not exactly keen on refining a certain genre, but rather to push music with a certain twist.

GENAU #090 - BORIS (Ostgut Ton - Berghain / DE) || 18.01.23

Proving to be a prominent force within the techno community with his flawlessly crafted mixes and productions, British techno master and Modwerks boss Ø [Phase] takes us on one of his notorious hypnotic journeys filled with electrifying soundscapes, stripped from all non-sense.

Catch him this May at our Hemkade Warehouse edition for an extended dance 👀

Tune in for #129.

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