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

Nick Burgess is a student of Detroit, prioritizing the groove while seamlessly weaving between deep acidic Techno hypnosis and punishing Industrial sonics. In the short time since making his debut, Nick has played every hour of the night across notable Detroit venues such as Leland City Club, Marble Bar and Tangent Gallery as well as making appearances at the Tec-Troit Electronic Music Festival and the Lollapalooza after party circuit in Chicago. He has shared the bill with the likes of Skee Mask, Headless Horseman, Black Asteroid, BMG, Terrence Dixon, The Brvtalist, and Underground Resistance artists like Mark Flash and Esteban Adame. As a producer, his hypnotic and abrasive productions have been released through labels PITS, Junted, Detroit Underground, Ominous Earth, Collapsed Structures and his co-owned label, Apocalypse Rave Culture.

"Trance, tribal, progressive, techno, breakbeat and house have all borrowed from one another. . . . Is it trance? Is it house? Does it matter? I believe no matter what the music style may be, good music is simply good music."    D:Fuse