Nous'klaer Festival

Geek-friendly and a whole lotta fun: when longtime Dekmantel family member and Juxtapose head honcho BertBert takes the decks, prepare for a tangled lesson throughout endless musical varieties and numerous inspirational variations on ‘how to smile while playing music’.

topo2 world / BertBert Radio

In late 2023 I was chatting with a musician friend about labels, and whether they're really all that necessary these days. As someone mainly focused on self-releasing my music through Bandcamp, I think for the most part the answer is no. One should focus on passionately creating things and being involved in their local music community. Over time, label or not, things will hopefully start to take care of themselves on their own. I did however mention that there was one label I thought was really cool, and would definitely be interested in working with: it was Nous'klaer Audio. Incredibly, the next day I received an email from Sjoerd Oberman, who runs Nous'klaer, inviting me to join for a release and performance at Draaimolen. Of course, I was delighted to be involved. This would be my first show in the EU. I spent about 3 months preparing a new set. Having grown rather bored of CDJs and DJ mixers, I opted to prepare a live set, in which I control 8 channels of audio tracks along with drum machines and FX. This setup gives me a lot of freedom to explore new arrangements of my catalog, and better command the dynamic energy on the dance floor, pushing and pulling things forwards to capture the mood of the crowd. To prepare for Draaimolen, I organized several shows across Japan (where I live), further refining the setup after each performance, and deciding what tracks would be the best fit for the 60 minute peak time set I was scheduled to perform. I was very nervous about how my set would be received, but it ended up working very well, and was the highlight of my year. From the very start, the positive reaction from the crowd put me at ease, and Draaimolen's focus on sound and stage design gave me peace of mind, knowing that every frequency was being perfectly reproduced on the floor. I'm so grateful for the opportunity Nous'klaer and Draaimolen provided me. Long live Nous'klaer and long live Draaimolen. Thank you Sjoerd and Milo and Kani and Hannah! 
- Erik Luebs

Erik Luebs live at Draaimolen Festival 2024

raw and heavy hitting - two moods to our shared core memory listening to techno in the early 2010s, coming at you with club trip for this episode

tracklist:

temperature’s rising - perc + passarella death
meson - sleeparchive
redemption - delta funktionen
flanter filnger - jonas kopp
untitled 2 - midland + pariah
talatone - blawan
geck - furfriend
osbasten - truss
cupel - monoloc
bump and run - moerbeck
vibe decorium - blawan
uns verbrennt die nacht - thomas p. heckmann
wir leben fur die nacht - dax j
stranger to stability (len faki remix) - dustin zahn
sangha - cleric
drop out  - room 505
knights and bishops - ancient methods
es zieht mich - schwefelgelb
ely - mpia3
i wanna go bang - bjarki
closer to god - dax j
reception (perc remix) - daniel avery
clodgy - ansome
mixtion - uvb
collider (karenn remix) -  jon hopkins
chained to a dead camel - clouds
stupid things i do (new school mix) - randomer
acid badger - mpia3
male vaporum - clouds
rota - sawf
easy now - the keepsakes
why do they hide their bodies under my garage - blawan



the_moodring w genyten + dj leroy - 22nd November 2024

This set is recorded @ The Operator radio studio in Rotterdam really enjoyed this :)

Charlton -17 - 16/12/2024  @ Operator Radio

Bye bye BertBert Radio, hallo topo2 world! Same show, different name : )

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01 Unfinished Portraits - itspect222 (unreleased)
02 Ekoplekz - Fractured Smile (Planet Mu)
03 L’vovna: 07182018-02.03.05 (Archaic Vaults)
04 Voice Actor, Squu - Rattle (Stroom)
05 Poly Chain - Turbulent (Die Orakel)
06 Manuel Tur - Crop Rotation (Freerange)
07 Gavin Vanaelst - Falafel King (Edições CN)
08 Ellll - Ore (BRUK)
09 Andreas Hofer - Untitled (Second Thoughts Records)
10 Fera - Simulacrima (Maple Death Records)
11 Loek Frey - Formation (OQAD)
12 PROXYGEN - Particle Feedback (Optic Portal)
13 Sacre - Substitutes (Plor)
14 Sentient - Void Treader (Qeone)
15 Brendon Moeller - Wires (Third Ear)
16 Museum of No Art - Percussive Expressive (Cosima Pitz)
17 Rain Text - 3.3 (Sagome)
18 Kubus x Sluwe - 17.07 [kuub deeeppp] (unreleased)
19 Gregorio +1 - Mamey (También)
20 Martina Berther - Arrow (Kit)
21 Tachycardie - Sept Croix Dont Deux Pitchées (Bruit Direct Disques)

topo2 world s07e01 at Echobox Radio 23-01-25

Dirtydub, Moving between dub, dubstep, bass, dnb, jungle & contemporary productions inspired by IDM, ambient, techno and contemporary electronics.

www.operator-radio.com

DirtyDms - 6th March 2025

Fresh off the release of her excellent debut album ‘Percussive reverie’, we welcome Aerae for MNMT 462. Aerae's music is shaped by the organic and unpredictable forces of the natural world. In the hands of the rising French artist, techno, downtempo and drum & bass are molded into unrecognizable forms, where evolving textures lock into enveloping and ritualistic grooves. 

Tune in now for a deep trip diving into the psychedelic pulse of Aerae's sound. As the mix descends into the abyss of sonic sorcery and tribalistic hypnotism, you just might lose yourself, or your grip on reality - but for a mix this good it’s a price worth paying. 

Follow:

https://soundcloud.com/aeraemusic
https://www.instagram.com/_aerae__

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MNMT 462 : Aerae

topo2 world s07e02 at Echobox Radio 20-02-25

01 Elin Piel – Vaka (Northern Electronics)
02 Martina Berther – Arrow (Kit)
03 Michal Wolski – Return to the (Dis)Comfort Zone (Southern Lights)
04 Floid & W92 – Maushe (Omen Wapta)
05 softi – Illusion (Cozi)
06 Alepher – Not to work (Stroom)
07 Froggy Explorer – Froggy Explorer (28912)
08 windscreen strings – slow fast lazy hard (33-33)
09 Unfinished Portraits – sffff34auversion2 (unreleased)
10 Windu – Deck 16 (topo2)
11 Davis Galvin – Matched Pair of Hemispheres (Music To Watch Seeds Grow By)
12 Windu – Parkstraat (topo2)
13 Konsudd – Zum Elefanten (Mantis)
14 Exister - 1994 Datcha (self-released)
15 SZTVO – Untitled (A4) (Pep Gaffe)
16 Lâmina – Creatura morada (Mappa)
17 Lawrence – Pond (Dial) 

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01 Aymeric de Tapol - Les Attractions (Vlek)
02 Dan Nicholls - reside in unity (self-released)
03 Alloy Sea - Rain fell down (Paralaxe)
04 Actress - Dolphin Spray (Ninja Tune)
05 nsi. - Bird (Non Standard Productions)
06 Production Unit - Nothing is Sure (Broken20)
07 Joli-Joli - Wú 3 (Nowaki)
08 Madteo - No Secrets (DDS)
09 Stigma - Madureira (Pessimist)
10 00Genesis - Always (Instrumental) (All City)
11 Pontiac Streator - Red Kings (Sone Glo)
12 softi - Illusion (Cozi)
13 Bryozone - Liminal Tribe (Muscut)
14 Floid & W92 - Maushe (Omen Wapta)
15 Ras G and The Alkebulan Space Program - Mush Mouth (I Can't Feel My Face) (Poo-Bah)

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01 L/F/D/M - O (Clan Destine Records)
02 Cankun - Jaguar Dance (Not Not Fun Records)
03 Skip Club Orchestra - 4 Buds Time (Booty Tune)
04 Blood Room - Feyd (Inducer) (Speaker Footage)
05 BANKERT - don’t give up (self-released)
06 Mineral Stunting - Bottle Chain Dub (Drift Ritual)
07 Cristian Vogel - New Born Wise (Shitkatapult)
08 Trjj - Animal Gathering (Mascarpone)
09 Nahash - Them Bones (SVBKVLT)
10 Ke’SO - ty9ifd_7 (unreleased)
11 Oï les Ox - Cinema du Look Remix 2 - Appendix (Constructive)
12 Tannenbaum - Yours (self-released)
13 ebl - 05 (Optic Portal)
14 St. Amp - Cave (TiHKAL)
15 Duffy x Uhlmann - Braid (Orindal Records)
16 Repetition Repetition - Over & Over, Pt. 1 (Freedom To Spend)
17 Ke’SO - oiy_6 (unreleased)
18 Cleyra - Tumble Turn (Timedance)
19 Les Eines - Ferrocarril (Mascarpone)

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01 Mineral Stunting - Chasm (Drift Ritual)
02 Schatterau - Die Wüste (Hands In The Dark)
03 Pittori Locali - Pioggia (Paesaggi)
04 Kettel - Hoshizuna (Aquatic Ape)
05 Jane Doom - Been Dreaming About You (Native Swamp)
06 KWARP - PlayStation (Mirae Arts)
07 kiille809 - untitled_01 (get invited) (self-released)
08 Blood Room - Archera (Speaker Footage)
09 Rashad Becker - Sāʿatu Alṣṣufri (Clunk)
10 Lina Filipovich - Silver Ghost (Blank Mind)
11 Takeo Watanabe - Seaside (Artificial Owl)
12 Windu - Windu-51-hprison-postmix-3 (unreleased)
13 nthng - Plainfields2 (unreleased)
14 Stefan Jós - Roger (flau)
15 Windu - Windu-79 2 (unreleased)
16 Madegg - National Water (flau)

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adventurous dj & tracklist fundamentalist
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talk or send me music!

Geek-friendly and an expert in how-to-smile-while-playing-music. BertBert is many things. A music enthousiast first and foremost he’s an avid vinyl and mp3 collector, and tracklist fundamentalist. Secondly he’s a veteran DJ who played around the world juxtaposing music from every corner in the “experimental” electronic music spectrum. Having worked for eight years as head of festivals and label for Amsterdam crew Dekmantel he also knows a thing or two about the runnings, pleasures, and ugliness of the music industry.

topo2 world s07e01 at Echobox Radio 23-01-25

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