Blank Code Podcast

Blank Code Podcast 219 – Joe Sousa
On July 17, 2017
Detroit based artist Joe Sousa has been warping into obscurity for quite some time now. This set was recorded live at the Blank Code/System/Communion opening party this past May. Enjoy over an hour of aggressive electronics.

Blank Code Podcast 219 – Joe Sousa

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

Episode 240 brings a transmission from Decoder, the Dallas-based artist crafting hyper-minimalist body music with a distinct sci-fi sensibility.

Through releases on storied labels like Axis and Molecular, as well as modern outposts such as Blank Code, Float, AMTK+, and his own imprints Codec and Toca Records, Decoder has shaped a sound that feels engineered for deep space — stark, rhythmic, and precise.

His work has drawn the attention of techno’s most forward-thinking figures, including Jeff Mills, Rrose, Amotik, and Richie Hawtin, the latter bringing him on an international tour spanning North America, Europe, and India. Decoder’s performances at venues like De School, Fold, and Watergate reflect his alignment with the more experimental edges of the genre.

This mix is not just a set — it’s architecture in motion. Sparse, physical, and charged with tension. All of the tracks featured here are unreleased material by Decoder, offering an exclusive preview of what’s to come.

Blank Code Podcast 240 – Decoder

For episode 241, we welcome Aztekan, a Los Angeles-based artist known for his deep, hypnotic approach to techno. With releases on labels like Olympian, Illegal Alien, and EvilGroove, his sound blends tension, movement, and restraint. Through his imprints Aztekan, BashTech Radio, and Kenopsic Events, he continues to shape a vision of techno that is immersive and uncompromising.

This mix was recorded live from Aztekan’s closing set at the Peer label showcase for Direct to Earth in San Francisco, August 1st, 2025. This mix offers a focused, atmospheric journey into his world.

https://soundcloud.com/aztekan

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aztekanofficial.com

aztekan.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
Vinicius Honorio - Stark Reality (Original Mix)
Roll Dann - Human Furniture (Original Mix)
Axell Lopez - Particular Synthesis (Ketzaal Remix)
PYLOT(Sco) - Tar 33 A2 (Original Mix)
Porteix - Zeta Reticuli (Original Mix)
PWCCA - Fracture index (Original Mix)
Oxygeno - Dirty Mind (Original Mix)
Lewis Fautzi - Diversity Of Known Substances (Original Mix)
Michel Lauriola - Sinonimo (Original Mix)
Emmanuel - New Media (Original Mix)
Ø [Phase] - Edge Runner
Ruman - Inspired by Class
Ribé, Roll Dann - Secuela (Digital Only)
SCHRZØ, Atisbo - Realidad Fracturada (Oxygeno Remix)
Ribé, Roll Dann - Demencia (Original Mix)
Developer - Tears It Is (Original Mix)
Carara - Focus 002 (Original Mix)
Red Rooms - Missing Link (Original Mix)
Lewis Fautzi - Unwritten Chapters (Original Mix)
DJ Dextro - Protocol Prototype (Original Mix)
Case (UK) - Spiral Birth (Original Mix)
Secus - Ascent
Augusto Taito - Mental Friction (Original Mix)
Damne - Makar (Original Mix)
A.Paul - Magnetizm (Original Mix)
Secus - Negative Form
AgainstMe - Ekptotos (Original Mix)
Heliosphere - Cataclysmic (Original Mix)
Nachtwaker - Divide (Original Mix)
Oxygeno - The Demon Inside (Original Mix)
Takt - This Side Up
Ketzaal - Wave Processes (Elias Garcia remix)
Developer - Olmeca Ghost (Original Mix)
Bartig Move - Escalada (Original Mix)
Michel Lauriola - Touch Your Fear (Original Mix)
Carara - Focus (Original Mix)
Angelo Stasi - Crime Off Service (Original Mix)
Oxygeno - Ambivalence (Original Mix)
Sleepy Cat - ID (Aztekan Mix)
Secus - Obsidian Lens
Böhm - Fragments of Change (Original Mix)
Aztekan - Luna
Aztekan - Amor

Blank Code Podcast 241 - Aztekan

For episode 242, we feature Sphinx, a Detroit-based DJ and multimedia artist whose path into electronic music is shaped by years of creative exploration and deep connection to community.

What began in a bedroom in West Michigan—while studying Fine Art and Illustration—has evolved into a distinct sonic practice rooted in Detroit’s rich techno legacy. After returning home in 2021, Sphinx immersed herself in the city’s underground, drawing inspiration from its enduring ethos of experimentation, resilience, and collective energy.

Her sound blends layered percussion, acid grooves, and Detroit’s driving pulse into mixes that are both introspective and physical. Influenced by early exposure to live jazz, spiritual traditions, and symbolic storytelling, she creates sets that move beyond the functional—toward the transformational.

From stages like Movement, Electric Forest, and The Great Beyond, to this latest offering for Blank Code, Sphinx continues to craft experiences that resonate on and off the dance floor.

Tracklist: 

Vacil - Infans
The Living Planet - Foreign Material
Corel - Cloned
Wobani - Luigi Tozzi 
The Summon - Wata Igarashi
The Message - Forest On Stasys
Bacchanalia I (Al Wootton Remix) - Big Hands
Block Nine - Forest Drive West
Bending - Kobe Dupree
Marchesa Deserta - PRG/M
South Meridian - Cliche Morph
Wandering Endlessly - Robert Hood
Winged (Donato Dozzy Remix) - Priori
808 Trax (Original) - Alpha 606
Multiform - al dente
Doctors Note - Acutek
Mockingbird - KGIV
Bolt - Planetary Assault Systems
Chez Driss - Feral
Mindless Chaos - Joshua Calleja
Cave - Rene Wise
No Dice - Paul Fleetwood
Breathing - Son Error
Goddess Within (Give It To Me Daddy) - Maara
Epoxy (Patrick Russell Remix) - Jasen Loveland
Diamond City - Obscur
Curve Pericolose - Marco Shuttle
Norm - Philipp Stoffel 
Vardana Zaf - QUELZA
Virgo Space Acid - GiGi FM
the temptation - al dente

Blank Code Podcast 242 - DJ Sphinx

For episode 243, we present a four-hour set from Lorely Mur, recorded on October 5th, 2025, during the second edition of Misa de 7 at Bar Américas.

Raised in Ciudad Juárez, Lorely Mur developed her voice within the city’s early-2000s pressure cooker, a context that shaped the discipline and clarity that run through her work. Her years at Hardpop, one of Mexico’s most emblematic clubs, placed her alongside artists from across the global circuit and grounded her approach to techno in precision and intent.

Now based in Denver, she continues to expand her presence in the global underground while remaining a key reference in Mexican techno. This set reflects that trajectory, one that is direct, deliberate and rooted in experience.
Listen and enjoy.

Watch the video on Youtube - https://youtu.be/rEHuqBM_Be4

Para el episodio 243, presentamos un set de cuatro horas de Lorely Mur, grabado el 5 de octubre de 2025 durante la segunda edición de Misa de 7 en Bar Américas.

Criada en Ciudad Juárez, Lorely Mur desarrolló su voz dentro del ambiente intenso de la ciudad a principios de los 2000, un contexto que moldeó la disciplina y la claridad que caracterizan su trabajo. Sus años en Hardpop, uno de los clubes más emblemáticos de México, la colocaron junto a artistas de todo el circuito global y consolidaron su enfoque del techno, basado en la precisión y la intención.

Ahora radicada en Denver, continúa expandiendo su presencia en el underground global mientras se mantiene como una figura clave del techno mexicano. Este set refleja ese recorrido: directo, intencional y forjado a través de la experiencia.