Bringing big alpha energy for number 112 is Alpha Tracks himself, straight outta Vienna for your listening pleasure. When it comes to trance, few peope do it like this guy. His approach to DJing as well as his own productions has a refined element to it that has set him apart from his contemporaries for a while now. Since he started to DJ at the age of 14, Alpha Tracks has only gained more acclaim in the scene, often being mistaken for a long-standing veteran. His attention to detail and his passion for the ravey, trancey 90's inspired sound have made him a standout-figure in the trance-revival movement.

Follow the Alpha: https://soundcloud.com/alpha-tracks-official

BCCO Mix Series 112: Alpha Tracks

Hey everyone,

I would like to share with you my project for this year. I’m pitching a subscription program that will take you on a year long journey into my real-time music production. The project will be explored together with my audience as we travel along through the vast and complex outer space of music....
Having the experience of being a label owner and organizing parties, collaborating and being with the crowd, I have always tried to incorporate an awareness of the music industry‘s mechanisms. After more than a decade of working with vinyl (producing, selling, collecting, gifting, swapping, and losing), I want to deviate from the sluggish times of the last years and rethink my approach to music distribution. To achieve this I will use the Bandcamp Subscription Service.....
After signing up, subscribers will receive a track every Thursday throughout the whole year of 2023. You’ll receive 52 tracks for 52€. At the end of each month, non-subscribers will be able to buy the monthly digital EPs for 2€ per track. For those who fear commitment of any kind, single tracks can be purchased for 3€....
Dividing the year into 4 seasons, every quarter‘s content will be presented in a continuous mix made by affiliated artists and friends. The fast rhythm of the output is an integral part oft the framework because it encourages more playfulness, spontaneity, and surprise. I’ll experiment with making versions of tracks by expanding the duration, multiplying, and reconfiguring the order of my material. Appropriated, sampled, and recorded fragments will reappear to disturb the semantics of a conventional album, releasing different meanings after each slightly shifted repetition. Thus interrelations between the output can stretch over a year‘s time, poking at sonic memory and rigid listening behavior. The habitual 30 minutes attention span a vinyl EP requires is given way to explore limitless digital possibilities. Even though I see great value in the compact physical object of a record, such benefits as the distribution process, pricing, and overall autonomy overrule that fetish in this new strategy. I will continue to produce vinyl, but for this project, I´d like to subvert the industry‘s superstructures (which tend to exploit the artists´ share) and strive for my own sales autonomy even more. You will be able to communicate with me on a surface level but also unconsciously via your digital trace. Streaming and purchase behavior, likes, and critiques will be met quicker and more intuitively.....

I look forward to sending out my music to your Bandcamp inbox every week, so please subscribe and meet me on this psychedelic journey that will hopefully blow your mind.

alphatracks.bandcamp.com/subscribe

Subscription Mix - SPRING by Philippa Pacho

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 PODCAST SERIES

Bassiani invites Philippa Pacho / Podcast #178

JakoJako at Ratherlost NYD 01.01.23  Lofi Amsterdam

Mathys Lenne | RSO, Berlin | August 25th 2023

We are so happy to share this next edition of Juicy Tunes by London-based artist, venue manager and promoter @melati3000.

A familiar face to many in the London community, Melati is a beacon of light both behind the decks, as well as behind the scenes. On top of recognition from prolific platforms such as Unfold, FLŪXO, Technomate, Para//e/, RSO, Rote Sonne and Den Anden Side, she has recently birthed her own trance-techno club night Sliver and continues to be a key member of the small team behind London’s newly-favoured intimate venue SET Vault.

This latest exploration is one of transcendance; a deeply sensual journey through seductive motifs, alluring textures and driving landscapes. Get into it and enjoy bebes <3

Juicy Tunes 025 w/ Melati

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

D.Dan - Szczecin Recordings - ARTE Concert

⛓️ No Safe Word – Dark Industrial Techno.
Ein Track ohne Kompromisse: Schmerz und Lust verschmelzen in metallischen Ketten-Sounds, tiefen Subkicks und verzerrten Stimmen. Ein Rave für die Dunkelheit, für die, die keine Grenzen kennen.

⚙️ Industrial Vibe | 🩸 Schmerz & Ekstase | 🔊 138 BPM | 🔥 Club Eskalation

#NoSafeWord #DarkTechno #IndustrialTechno #HardTechno #TechnoBerlin #UndergroundRave #RawTechno #ChainsAndLeather #138BPM #DarkRave

No Safe Word

Buy: https://transitionofc.bandcamp.com/album/trsn038-unspoken-intention

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TRSN038 welcomes back Melbourne/Naarm talent Josh Heywood with a powerhouse 7–track EP. Featuring five originals alongside heavyweight remixes from fellow Aussie duo 6 SENSE and The Chronics (Bipolar Disorder / Primal Instinct), this release captures the raw intensity of Josh’s evolving sound.

The originals dive deep into dark, gritty textures while maintaining relentless dancefloor energy, tracks built for late nights and smoke-filled rooms. With this release, Heywood firmly cements himself as one of Naarm’s most exciting rising names, bridging uncompromising power with hypnotic edge.

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6 SENSE
https://soundcloud.com/6sense_mp3
https://instagram.com/6sense___

Josh Heywood
https://soundcloud.com/joshheywood
https://instagram.com/josh.heywood

TRSN (Transition)
https://soundcloud.com/transition_ofc
https://instagram.com/transition_ofc
https://transitionofc.bandcamp.com
https://transitionofc.com

Josh Heywood – Souls That Dance (6 SENSE Remix) [TRSN038]

https://secretthirteen.org/stm-260-phase-fatale/

Phase Fatale - Secret Thirteen Mix 260

Cutting edge techno curated in Berlin.

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