Altstadt Echo

Blank Code Podcast

Welcome to the latest edition of the Blank Code Podcast, Episode 235, featuring a masterful live mix by Craig Gonzalez. Recorded during his performance on the Blank Code Twitch stream, this session is a deep dive into the world of dub techno, showcasing the genre at its finest. Craig crafts a seamless journey, weaving together atmospheric textures and driving rhythms, with standout tracks from renowned artists like Reeko, DB1, and Felix K.

Blank Code Podcast 235 - Craig Gonzalez

Blank Code Podcast 236 features a live performance by Luis Flores at Mental on Friday January 31st in Mexico City. Flores, a Blank Code recording artist and prominent figure in the techno scene, delivers a dynamic set that showcases his signature style—deep, hypnotic rhythms and textures featuring past and future releases from the Blank Code label. This performance is a testament to his longstanding influence in the genre. Listeners can expect a journey through immersive soundscapes that highlight Flores’ expertise in crafting engaging, dancefloor-ready techno.

For those interested in experiencing this live set, Blank Code Podcast 236 is available for streaming on platforms like SoundCloud, Amazon Music and Apple Podcasts.

Blank Code Podcast 236 - Luis Flores Live - Mental - Mexico City 2025

Blank Code Podcast 196 – Altstadt Echo
On August 18, 2015
Praised by SPIN Magazine as bringing the “avant-garde element to Detroit techno,” 26-year old Altstadt Echo has made an immediate impact on the American techno scene in his early years. After performing at the Movement Electronic Music Festival in 2014, Altstadt launched his own experimental techno label Modern Cathedrals, announced by Resident Advisor with a front-page feature article. In addition to having his original works remixed by legendary techno artists such as Terrence Dixon, Donor, and Jeff Derringer, he’s shared the stage with notable figures such as Regis, Silent Servant, Vatican Shadow, Rodhad, Luke Slater, and more. But he hasn’t limited himself to production and performance; over the last two years, he’s organized an astounding sixteen events in the Detroit area (three of which were given the distinction of being Official Movement afterparties) featuring headliners ranging from Rrose to Shifted. Further branching out, Altstadt Echo is the founder of techno-focused web magazine Dub Monitor, which has served as a platform for interviews with artists including Speedy J, Lucy, Oscar Mulero, and more. In 2015, he looks forward to releasing two additional EPs on his own label (in vinyl and digital formats) and performing at the Great American Techno Festival in Colorado.

Blank Code Podcast 196 - Altstadt Echo tracklist

1. Claudio PRC - 992 HPA (Svreca Remix)
2. Altstadt Echo - Untitled
3. Antigone - Enter
4. Dronelock - Uneven Numbers
5. Altstadt Echo - Modern Cathedrals pt. 3 (Original Mix)
6. Altstadt Echo - Modern Cathedrals pt. 2 (Original Mix)
7. Ontal & Dronelock - Soil
8. Jack Murphy - Untitled
9. Altstadt Echo - Modern Cathedrals pt. 3 (Donor Remix)
10. Altstadt Echo - Untitled
11. Antigone - Words of Silences feat. Cheyenne (Original Mix)
12. Pessimist - The Woods
13. Dalhous - Information is Forever

Blank Code Podcast 196 - Altstadt Echo

Marteka Fair is a DJ and producer from North Carolina whose work explores rhythm as both structure and sensation. Her background in acoustic percussion informs a deeply-embedded control of time in her sets—favoring nonlinear layering, tonal restraint, and kinetic tension.

Marteka is an active performer in the United States. Her performance resume features direct support sets for forward-listening electronic artists like Rrose, Rødhåd, DVS1, and Bloody Mary, as well as performances at Slingshot Festival and The Great Beyond. In the digital domain, she has recorded and released mixes for HÖR, Refuge Worldwide, and THF Radio, expressing sharp rhythmic architecture and hypnotic intensity through these recordings.

In March 2025, she released a four-track EP titled “Ether” on Berlin-based W133—raw, spacious, and deeply rhythmic, with an emphasis on percussive structure and temporal tension. She is also co-creating Liminal Space, a live concert series with visual artist Fluxxss that merges sound and image into a shared, sensory environment.

Tracklist: Staffan Linzatti – Drawn Towards The Center Singular Anomalies – Intellectual Soul (Original Mix) Flaws – 4000 bc Peter Van Hoesen – Prime Directive Elias Garcia – Ultion Arjun Vagale – XX 19 A2 GIRI – Sartorius – Antiterra Amorphic & Tensal – AT4 - The Sleepwalker Tsott – White Rider Temudo – Da Papps (Mix2) Motion Symmetry – Orbassano Cirkle – Quantum Shift Tapefeed – Levitation Sequence Kellener – Driving Method (Original Mix) Border One – Celestial Observer Jonas Kopp – Red System #1 Conceptual – Thousand Miles Per Hour Gemini Voice Archive – Fast Radio Burst (Original Mix) Vertical Spectrum – ...ci. ...to. Eric Fetcher – Vein Divide – Troposfera Ruman – Surprise On Miles Rostøm – Midnight Melancholia (Original Mix) Kangding Ray – Ypox Anthony Linell – A Sense of Order

Blank Code Podcast 237 - Marteka Fair

Blank Code Podcast 238 featuring a deep, driving mix from Pleasures, a rising force out of Phoenix. Pleasures delivers a set that perfectly balances raw energy with precision. This mix is a journey through pulsing rhythms and shadowy atmospheres—ideal for late-night sessions or setting the tone for your next underground event.

With releases on respected labels like Synthetik Sounds, Crisis of Man, and RAW, Pleasures continues to push the boundaries of modern techno. Episode 238 is a cerebral journey through a curated mix of hypnotic grooves, intricate landscapes and textures. Merging familiar artists with some emerging talents for an hour of immersive listening. Stream it now and get lost in the sound.

Tracklist 
Deshuman - Gonzalo MD
Interstellar Object - Flashe
Velvet - Paul Hauck
Kink - Pris
Spectrum - Flashe
Untitled - Psyk & Orbe
ATS I (Jonas Kopp Remix) - Oisel
Celestial Sphere - Romain Richard
Pelias - Dino Sabatini & Maurizi
The Moon Speaks - Mathys Lenne
Better Left Unsaid - Uun
Semiprime77 - Omnia Vox
Shyd - Hemissi
Broken Stone - Rheak
Wrecking - Rau Kajioka, Heiko Laux
Spektron - Arjun Vagale
Moar - Tarker
Conception - Louis The 4th
Broken Button - Rheak
Wrong Number - Neo
Near The Bar - Sciahri
XX 19 B1 - Arjun Vagale
Panic Attack - Matthieu Benjamin
Sure - Mees Javois

Blank Code Podcast 238 - Pleasures

Vegas born. Built from small rooms and borrowed gear. She's played more awful rooms than she can count. Slamming a full live rig together in twenty minutes and making it work. Charisma? Not her thing. That's why she's loyal to the underground, the outsiders, and anyone who's been told they don't belong. No gatekeeping. No velvet ropes. Just music and the people who find it. Shared the bill with Nina Kravitz, Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Rodhad, Dax J, and Takaaki Itoh. You might have to know someone to know who she is but when you see her, ask for a sticker.

Blank Code Podcast 239 - Adra

Altstadt Echo moved to Berlin from Detroit only 2 months ago, but we got him fast! His music cannot be put in any box. It is a melancholic mixture of Detroit's rough concrete landscape and dark Scandinavian romanticism. He is wise enough not to talk a lot. He gets things done instead. We let his music speak for himself.

----

Altstadt Echo has accomplished what most up-and-coming artists only talk about: a handful of vinyl releases, multiple festival performances, and the curation of an event series that has become a fixture of local underground culture.

He's been remixed by electronic music leaders across the world - from Terrence Dixon and Erika in Detroit to Abdulla Rashim and Varg in Europe. He's been called "Detroit techno's new guard" by Resident Advisor, "the avant-garde element to Detroit Techno" by SPIN Magazine, and "one of Detroit's fastest rising electronic music names" by the Detroit Free Press. His tracks have been featured on Regis mixtapes, written-up by Resident Advisor, and sold out at Hardwax.

KILLEKILL PODCAST #34: Altstadt Echo

Altstad Echo will be making the debut of his new live set at the Krake Festival in Berlin this July. His new vinyl EP ("1954") will be out this summer on Modern Cathedrals.

FB : https://www.facebook.com/AltstadtEcho
SC : https://soundcloud.com/altstadt-echo