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.

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Blank Code Podcast 235 - Craig Gonzalez

Regis and Function's first mix in over 10 years is a unique paean to Silent Servant, heavy on unreleased material.

When it came time for RA to compile our Albums of the 2010s, one record with a tauntingly limited availability of 500 copies was never in doubt: Sandwell District's era-defining 'Feed-Forward'. Encompassing Karl O'Connor (Regis), Peter Sutton (Female), David Sumner (Function) and Juan Mendez (Silent Servant), Sandwell District had the underground in a vice grip for over a decade.

The collective imploded in 2013, with Sumner and O'Connor's relationship appearing beyond repair. And yet, an unlikely second phase is here, featuring imminent comeback LP 'End Beginnings' and their return to the RA Podcast after 16 years. In 2023, the trio of Function, Regis and Silent Servant had been performing and laying down new material before the latter's shock death last January. It's in the shadow of loss that this unique mix was forged.

Founded in 2002 as a spiritual sister to seminal Downwards, Sandwell truly began to hit its straps in the late '00s, as shadow-stalking cuts sliced through clubland orthodoxy like a switchblade. In parallel, the label's artwork—a noir recombination of Burroughs cut-ups, DIY zines and arthouse amour that Silent Servant made his own—helped fortify a movement which placed an aesthetic premium on grit, grain and sadism.

By the early 2010s, this fixation on the dark arts had utterly permeated the mood inside techno's masonic temples. Labels like Blackest Ever Black, Stroboscopic Artefacts, Avian and Modern Love were in their pomp, razorwire legends like Severed Heads and Chris & Cosey benefited from second winds, and it was briefly a jailable offence to not have a press photo in black and white. 'Feed-Forward' was the exceptional coronating statement.

RA.978 features a stack of unheard recordings from each of the trio, as well as close allies Stefanie Parnow and Tropic of Cancer, while also gathering many of Silent Servant's all-time favourite songs, including Psychic TV, Grace Jones and Galaxie 500. It's a strikingly vulnerable listen, one without many parallels on the Podcast. We're glad to run it. – Gabriel Szatan

Read more and find the tracklist here: ra.co/podcast/978
Read our new feature with Sandwell District here: https://ra.co/features/4426

RA.978 Sandwell District

I do not own any of the copy rights used in this mix.

Annika Wolfe - DJ SET @ The Great Beyond - Main Stage

Thanks to Erika, BMG and the whole Interdimensional Transmissions crew.
photo by Andrew Charles Edman.

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01 - Surgeon - Granular Intro
02 - Joe McPhee - Party Lights
03 - The Advent - It One Jah (Surgeon Remix)
04 - Nørbak - Sinal
05 - Surgeon - Klonk pt2
06 - The KLF - What Time Is Love (Power Remix)
07 - Scion - Emerge (British Murder Boys Remix remix1)
08 - Surgeon - Soul Fire
09 - Surgeon - Empty Cloud
10 - Peder Mannerfelt - Records & Vibes
11 - Skee Mask - LCC Rotation
12 - Jorge Watts - Up To The Sky (Dc Chi Hi Mix)
13 - Perc - Static feat. Sissel Wincent (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
14 - Surgeon - Fall
15 - Glaskin - Valve
16 - Casper Hastings - Reaper (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
17 - Quelza - Orange Du Ciel
18 - Curve - Falling Free (Aphex Twin remix)
19 - Surgeon - Serpent Void
20 - Surgeon - Forgotten Gods
21 - Nørbak - Grego
22 - Sylvere - Ah Oui Ah Oui
23 - Surgeon - Badger Redux
24 - SNKLS - ESSENCE I
25 - The Exaltics - Corroded (from the future)
26 - Surgeon - Raw Trax 10
27 - Millsart - Step To Enchantment (Stringent)
28 - Dubfire - Dark Matter (L.B. Dub Corp Remix)
29 - Operator - Deliberate
30 - Raoul Delgado - Steelworks B1
31 - Oscar Mulero - 46 (Antaganists Mix by Regis)
32 - Stephen Brown & Fossil Archive - More House
33 - Monomood - Vault (Mike Dehnert remix)
34 - Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space - High Up
35 - Kabay - Lula 22
36 - Temudo - U Were My Second First Choice
37 - Surgeon - Raw Trax 2
38 - Mark Hawkins + D Knox - This Is The Underground (Surgeon remix)
39 - Reeko - Street Tool#4
40 - Robert Hood - Unix
41 - Leod - Untitled 03
42 - Marco Zenker  - 909D
43 - Oneiro - The Warrior (6 B.C. Version)
44 - VIL - Field
45 - Paul Bailey - Saturday Boy (Surgeon remix)
46 - Peder Mannerfelt - Town Crier
47 - Peverelist - Pulse V
48 - Paperclip People - Throw
49 - DJ Bang - Hallelujah (Dc Private Edit)
50 - Stanislav Tolkachev - Very You
51 - Surgeon - Screw The Roses [live]
52 - Finalversion3 - Vulnerables (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
53 - Mike Dehnert - Tagebedarf EP part 4
54 - RSD - Pretty Bright Light

Tresor 313 at Return to the Source, Tangent, Detroit on 24th May 2025

IDBH :: Liminal Moments Mix :: 08.28.2025

Psychedelic Techno grooves from The Great Beyond co-founder and head of Enemy Records.

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Dustin Zahn @ The Lot Radio 08-29-2025

Fly back to that hazy afternoon when the Berlin-based selector Eric @cloutier delivered an infectious and organically pulsing ride in the Lofi Courtyard, Amsterdam.

Eric Cloutier - Ratherlost 17.08.2025

Sciama joins us for a pulsating session with impeccable selections and transitions throughout he delves deep for episode 486.

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MNMT 486 : Sciama

HQ 132: Function - 20 September 2025

10.2025

Shed is one of our favourite artists and definitely a no bullshit guy. His discography, including all his different names & projects, will impress you more than his social media appearance. As it should be. We really appreciate that he contributed a mix to our podcast series!

Interview: http://iliantape.de/ilian-tape-podcast-series-031/