Next up in the Fast Forward Audio Series we present: Roma Ptashenko

From 2012 Roma has found his inspiration in the roots of rave culture — the 90s: Belgium with its accelerated-rough rhythms, melancholic trance and acid with its emotional edges, Britain and hard trance from Bonzai Records, as well as early releases on German Harthouse and rave revival from ТРИП label. 

His first DJ experiments took place accordingly: two old decks, CD disk records and endless mixing.

As a result, Roma's sets have become adjust compositions that belong to the dancefloor, but leave the space for real bangers. The big-bit track smoothly enters techno cage: Cari Lekebusch suddenly weaves with Nina Kravitz's sensual hits, and Prodigy remix drowns into progressive house of the duo Der Dritte Raum.

Over the past few years, his performances could be regularly seen both in the main Moscow techno-mecca Mutabor, and in St. Petersburg's Blank or the closed underground space of Raf25, in Tbilisi's Drama Bar and Yerevan's Poligraf.

Roma is a member of two iconic Moscow communities: the Volchok streetwear project, where he leads his series of podcasts and organizes parties. And the Popoff Kitchen music queer community. This year, the association was included in the list of the most influential projects that form youth culture.

https://soundcloud.com/roma-ptashenko
https://soundcloud.com/popoffkitchen
https://www.instagram.com/ptashenko/
https://www.facebook.com/ptashenko9

Graphics by Melina Stehr

Fast Forward Audio Series #63: Roma Ptashenko

forming the amorphous

We are pleased to present to you our 5th podcast by Seattle based, charming @sharlese whose set you will be able to hear at BITE NITE at Berghain/Panorama Bar on Friday, September 15th.

BITECAST005 w/ Sharlese

This is a sountrack for Ukrainian made sea drone Magura. 

Roman K - Magura

Recording of @kadiristy's three hour set at 3rd Floor Stage @ Strichka Festival on 17/05/2025 warming-up before @toucan_pelican @sergejazzmate & @jan-schulte

Kadiristy @ Strichka Festival 2025

MRVD003 - Beka Wu - Vortex LP

DJ Sodeyama’s murky alias The People in Fog is up next for a very special number. The DJ/producer has been active since the 90s, reshaping his home city, extensively touring the globe, releasing music, founding record labels (Arpa) and toying with different incarnations of his palette under a few different names. The People In Fog is one such project, founded a decade ago as license to lean into his more disco and house inclinations, a means of connecting with a lighter penchant for Chicago-style and Balearic rhythms. It’s a manifestation that’s given the world several first-rate releases like debut album A Ray of Light (2013), Album: 1977 (2021) and this year’s Too Much Knobs and Cables. His whistle-stop promo tour of Japan for that latest release has been whipping up plenty of shifting grooves and phase distortions, and delivering that fresh take on sound to IRL crowds in his native land. For the rest of us, the nine-tracker’s a perfect source for summer anthems: a fuzzy, analog patchwork of synths and low-end bass. Bassiani Podcast 273 takes all of this and turns up the heat, The People In Fog’s deep reverence for underground sounds is here for a two-hour mash up of grimy percussions and sensuous urban sounds. A-game grooves from a Tokyo legend.

@arparecords

Bassiani invites The People In Fog / Podcast #273

echoes

“Simple Progression” unfolds with graceful minimalism, blending gentle piano chords, ambient textures, and steady rhythmic undercurrents. With a sound that feels meditative yet forward-moving—a slow evolution that mirrors personal growth or quiet realization. Each layer adds warmth without crowding the space, allowing emotion to breathe naturally.  There’s a subtle optimism beneath the calm surface, as if progress doesn’t always require urgency—it can come from patience and presence. “Simple Progression” is a serene, beautifully balanced track that captures the art of moving forward with intention.

Simple Progression

PAM!

The Body

Prince Of Denmark - Planet Uterus

BITE is the Berlin-based techno label co-founded by Hayden Payne (aka Phase Fatale) in 2018. Beginning with the debut collaborative EP by Silent Servant & Phase Fatale, the label aims to platform artists who operate outside the conventional preconceptions of techno and are united by an ambition to push the boundaries of electronic music. This drive is further exemplified by regular showcases at renowned institutions Berghain, Basement, and Tbilisi’s KHIDI as well as a multitude of clubs throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

With a vast artist roster from stalwarts such as Ron Morelli and Teste to contemporary talent from the likes of Pablo Bozzi and Gael, the eclectic variety of releases touches upon a range of styles along the moodier fringes of electronic music. BITE has proved itself as the imprint to watch. Fresh off the heels of their 5 year anniversary in 2023 culminating in the acclaimed triple LP compilation ‘Shedding Skin,’ BITE moves into more dancefloor territory with their next releases by label head Phase Fatale and remixes by Rrose. The display of the music is also represented in its visual prowess with cutting designs and colorways intended to take the sound into another dimension. From proper techno to synthpunk and to sparse minimalist industrial, BITE never fails to deliver fresh and razor-sharp sounds tying together the narrative of dance music.