Dark Disco-Tech & Co.

Techno mixes focusing on Raw, Deep and Hypnotic with some Hardgroove, Peak time, and many other proper techno sub-genres.

Mixing always with Traktor, just recently started incorporating my own sounds in the mix in a hybrid style setup using Ableton.

These are all available in on my YouTube channel, with a top down view of me in the mix.

https://youtube.com/@djbonlando

Improper Techno Studio Mixes

MISHA SVIRID - KOKON . DECEMER 2021.

XLDK 23 Sani S Usami - Burning Snowflakes

Some absolute heaters for your ears. Loads of Berlin producers and producers from that part of the world, mixed in an unconventional way.

This mix is available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbuIqwgz7H4

Tracklisting:

1 Dieter - ANNĒ Life In Patterns @annemusicofficial
2 Jangala - Kevin Ferhati - E-HRZN Records
3 Marked Spot - Samuel L Session, Van Czar - Symbolism
4 Not Into It - Bailey Ibbs - Night Service
5 Droste Effect - Marcal - RSPX @laertemarcal
6 Talk to God - Dense & Pika - Kneaded Pains @denseandpika
7 Ocean - Sinisa Tamamovic - Night Light Records
8 Blind - ANNĒ - Mutual Rytm
9 Saudade - Coyu - Suara @coyu
10 Amygdala+ - Phara - Phaaar
11 Speeding - Rene Wise - SK_Eleven @renewise
12 INSP KIKA (MD)
13 Fake Mirror - Luigi Madonna @LuigiMadonna
14 Relic - Fadi Mohem - SPANDAU20 @fadimohem
16 Ole Ole - Mark Broom - Mutual Rytm @markbroom
17 House Sound (Floorplan Extended Remix) Mark Broom, Riva Starr, Star B - Snatch! Records @floorplan 
18 Flow State - Kloves @klovestechno
19 Matter Anthem (DIEGO HOSTETTLER Remix) Heiko Laux @heikolaux
20 Critical Ratio - Stef Mendesidis - Clergy @stefmendesidis
21 Prefix - Ben Klock, Fadi Mohem - Klockworks @benklock
22 VERMILLION 03 [220208.2] - Rødhåd, Ignez - WSNWG @rodhad @ignez_smv
23 Nanofactory feat. Matrixxman - @MATRiXXMAN, @Kaiser (K S R) - K S R
24 Grooving In A Cave - Luke Slater - The Third Room @luke-slater
25 170913 - Lucy, Rødhåd - WSNWG @rodhad
26 Don't Leave - Denise Rabe - Stroboscopic Artefacts @deniserabe
27 Dub Rola - @Talismannrecords
28 Tied Up - Vinicius Honorio, Halley Seidel - Suara @halleyseidel
29 Danza - Anfisa Letyago - N:S:DA @anfisaletyago
30 Blazar Raffaele - Attanasio
31 Sigvard - Ravaged - Sigvard
32 Modus Operandi - Distant Echoes - Non Series
33 I Want You (Dustin Zahn Monolith Remix) Citizen Kain, Phuture Traxx - City Noises @dustin-zahn
34 Wooden Lessons - Albert Zhirnov - Clergy
35 2pm (dub mix) Jay York - CATALOG 01366

Improper techno: Volume 5 - Hardgroove / Hypnotic / Deep techno

A mix of mostly Hardgroove-style tracks, getting progressively darker as I cut and slice my way through 35 tracks in this hour-long mix. Enjoy!

Also available on YouTube as an audio/visual experience:

https://youtu.be/GNwUSmFZC04

Tracklisting:

Tracklisting:

1. Asterion - Raffaele Attanasio - Mutual Rytm - 
2. Shut Up - Zondax - Rave Your Soul
3. Slow Down - Vil, PUSHMANN - Be As One
4. My House - Marck D - EI8HT
5. Mike Dist9 - Glaskin - Yael Trip
6. Family Traditions (ANNĒ Remix) - Fixon, Gene Richards Jr - ANAOH
7. Newkeys - Vil, CRAVO - Hayes
8. Devilwish - Dajusch - SPANDAU20
9. Intolerance - PUSHMANN - Suara
10. Verschleiß - BAUGRUPPE90 - UNCAGE
11. Black II - William Arist - Perseverancia Records
12. Mad Conga - FAÏG - Children Of Tomorrow
13. Baraa - Levzon - Frenzy Recordings
14. Tanan - Talismann - Talismann
15. Speedchase - Marcal - RX Recordings
16. Distance (Klint Remix) - Alan Fitzpatrick - We Are The Brave
17. Ponzu (Industrialyzer Remix) - Michael Klein - Virgo
18. When The Time Has Come - Matthieu Benjamin - Newrhythmic Records
19. Lights - Oscar Escapa - DCLTD
20. take you higher - Cleric, arzael [aka cleric] - Projekts
21. Slow Burn - Audio Units - ANAOH
22. Impact - Ritzi Lee - Symbolism
23. Tolerance - Kimono - CMND CTRL
24. Hyperfocus - Linear System - DkN Selections
25. Goblin - Diego Oroquieta - Devotion Records
26. Running Backwards - Childov - JAM
27. T-O-R-N (A.Paul Remix) - Childov - Naked Lunch
28. Pressure - Measure Divide - Clergy
29. Mystique - Hiroaki Iizuka - Arts
30. Titan Punch - Rene Wise - RX Recordings
31. 40 Fathoms - Mark Adam Paul & Tragamin - 
32. Predicted Reflection Time - Son Of Magnus - Groundwerk Recordings
33. I Don't Need You (Tool Mix) - Confidential Recipe - RX Recordings
34. Gap - CRAVO - RX Recordings
35. Layers (Extended) - TERR - Phantasy Sound

Improper techno volume 6 - Hardgroove / Hypnotic / Raw techno

Here's another mix for you all. This Raw and Hypnotic Berlin Techno Live DJ mix delivers.

Live audio/visual recording on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/PYxi1ktLlPI

Tracklisting:

1 Loop jamming
2 Angel Dust - Octavio - LPZ Records
3 Create & Destroy - Zisko - 444 Series 
4 Shut Up - Zondax - Rave Your Soul
6 Loop jamming
7 Illumination - Altinbas - Token
8 Ghouse - CRAVO - Hayes 
9 Emerge - Uncertain - AnalyticTrail
10 Inner Vision - Uvall - Aquae Sextiae
11 Marcal vs Marcal (Loop Jamming) 
12 Esco - Kaiser (K S R)-  Mord
13 Comun - Mattias Fridell, Alexander Johansson - Symbolism
14 Europium - Fvndo - Hayes
15 Dusty - M.I.T.A. - Tronic
16 Loop jamming
17 Breaking Patterns - Ricardo Garduno - Enemy Records
18 Vengeance - Greg Gow - RSPX
19 Dabler Nine - Speedy & Steve - Mote Evolver
20 Tungsteno (Linear System Remix) Pyramidal Decode - Postdynamic
21 Loop jamming
22 Blame Me (The Advent Remix) Denise Rabe - Arkham Audio 
23 Loop jamming
24 Temple - Len Faki - Figure @lenfakiofficial 
25 Non Binary (Original) A.Paul, DJ Dextro - Code Records 
26 Vitamin - Dave Wincent - Materia
27 Natural Walls - Hattori Hanzo - Modern Minimal
28 Impulse Responses (Linear System Remix) Jorg Rodriguez-  Ucker Records
29 Pleasure Note - Rene Wise - SK_Eleven
30 Red (Dustin Zahn Remix) Michael Klein - Arkham Audio
31 Feeding The Apathy (Oscar Mulero Remix) Ricardo Garduno - Illegal Alien Records
32 Enemy - Alessandro Grops - Suara
33 Lana One - David Löhlein - Gynoid Audio @davidloehlein 
34 Dry Punch - Fergus Sweetland - Hayes
35 Nadi - Ignez - Token 
36 Dilemma (Avision Extended Remix) Andrea Oliva - All I Need 
37 State of Revolution (David Löhlein & Rove Ranger Chant Remix) Zisko - Suara
38 Particle Fever - Pan-Pot - Second State
39 Loop jamming

Improper techno: Volume 4 - Hypnotic and Berlin inspired DJ Mix

"Improper" Techno, mostly Berlin-inspired techno. Live mix using Traktor, pioneer DJM-900 and Allen and Heath K2.

Audio/Visual recording on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/2QEM1USwFVk

Tracklisting:

1 Entities (Original Mix) - Ritzi Lee - Mord
2 Bear_s Cage (Original Mix) - Fergus Sweetland - Hayes
3 Name Your Hood (Original Mix) - Y7 - Illegal Alien Records
4 UFO (Original Mix) - Arnaud Le Texier - Children Of Tomorrow
5 Bionic Jungle (Original Mix) - Marcal - Enemy Records
6 Don't Care (Original Mix) - Rene Wise - Blueprint Records
7 Old Malt (Original Mix) - Albert Zhirnov - Clergy
8 Off World Relocation (Original Mix) - Marcal - Hayes
9 Interakt - Joacham Search - Eternal Friction Records 
10 Selenic (Original Mix) - ANNĒ (GR) - Hardgroove
11 Charger (Original Mix) - Dustin Zahn, Marcal - RSPX
12 You (Original Mix) - Procombo - Suara
13 Jack Move (Original Mix) - DJ Jace - RF
14 Manalive (Original Mix) - Devilfish - Bush Records
15 Like This (Original Mix) - William Kiss - Bush Records
16 W.W.W.W.W.W.W.WORK - Mark Broom 
17 Roll (Original Mix) - Resonances (IT) - JAM
18 In My Own Eyes (Original Mix) - Michael Klein - Second State
19 Morning Light (Dustin Zahn Remix) - Hemissi - Arkham Audio
20 190319 (Original Mix) - Ø [Phase], Rødhåd - WSNWG
21 I Demand (Original Mix) - Kashpitzky - Be As One
22 Acacia (Original Mix) - Linear System - Molecular Recordings
23 Your Dry Lips (Original Mix) - Grindvik - Mutual Rytm
24 Disto (Original Mix) - Rudy Ripani - Phobiq
25 Sabotage (Original Mix) - Hattori Hanzo - Modern Minimal
26 Aftershock - Kloves - KLVS Audio
27 Haze (David Löhlein Remix) - Anfisa Letyago - N:S:DA
28 Hear The Sound (Original Mix) - Franck R - Label Group
29 Crossed (Original Mix) - Eternal Chase - Counter Pulse
30 Gefesselt - Kloves - KLVS Audio
31 Pessimist (Original Mix) - Jay York - Hayes
32 Rewired (Original Mix) - Shlomi Aber - Ovum Recordings
33 Nightwalker (Original Mix) - Altinbas, Cirkle - VOLTAGE Imprint
34 Rodiaz - Those Ancient Sages

Improper techno volume 3 - Raw and Hypnotic Berlin Techno

Happy techno Tuesday everyone! After taking most of the summer off for studio mixes, I'm happy to share this new one with you.

This mix focuses on deep and dub techno with a lot of ethereal, spaced-out hypnotic techno and progresses to some more intense, darker, twisted stuff. 

I really had fun layering these tracks together, looping, filtering, and knob twisting, and I hope you enjoy listening to it. 

Follow me on YouTube (https://youtube.com/@djbonlando) for high-quality video versions of my mixes, and email ty@bonlandocreative.com for bookings.

1 Local Winds - Talismann Talismann
2 Loops and samples (sprinkled throughout the mix)
3 Poetry - Marcal - Format Records
4 Planet Der Verlorenenen (Rene Wise Remix) - Rødhåd 
5 Dubbisima (Markus Suckut Remix) - Moy Santana - Sungate
6 Stellar - NYCO - Echo Locations
7 Alpha Process - Klint - Illegal Alien Records
8 Sweat - Yan Cook - Cooked
9 %%055 (Alarico Remix) - Toru Ikemoto - Minihard
10 Lost Satellite (Lindsey Herbert Remix) - Pink Concrete 
11 Calvin Simms - Cave Dweller - Modern Minimal 
12 Angel Science - m.tex  
13  Joel West - Simlero - Vinicius Honorio Rework - Ground Werk
14 Dub Tool 1 - Jancen - Safe Space
15 From Within - Gunjack - Planet Rhythm
16 Raw Deal - M.I.T.A. - JAM
17 Forward Direction - Flug - Suara
18 Midnight Train - Casual Treatment - Hardgroove
19 Sprint (Truncate Remix) - Eats Everything - EI8HT
20 EXPOSITION I - Volster - Secession
21 LwVFTC - dc11 - Format Records
22 Cutting Edge - Ebass - Modular Side Music
23 Another - Kashpitzky - Be As One
24 O-Ton Reassembled 3 - Luke Slater - Ostgut Ton
25 Satellite - Setaoc Mass - SK_Eleven
26 Phasis - Brian Sanhaji - Blank Code
27 Levis - Quelza - Illegal Alien LTD
28 Thorn - Marc Faenger - Illegal Alien Records
29 Gomorra - Linear System, Yrsen - KR RECORDS
30 Rhythmical - Matthieu Benjamin - Illegal Alien Records
31 Power - Procombo - Tronic
32 Klendathu (Hertz Collision Remix) - DJ T-1000 - RSPX
33 Voyage - USAW - Arts
34 Life Matters - Sterac - RX Recordings
35 I Want You (Dustin Zahn Monolith Remix) - Citizen Kain, Phuture Traxx - City Noises
36 IYNDUB01 (Live) - Saytek - R&S Records

Improper techno volume 7 - Dub, Deep and Hypnotic techno

Get your proper techno fill with 40+ of the best tracks i've picked up in the past few months. This starts off with some inviting and happy dub techno and then takes a turn into nasty broken beat techno and evil hypnotic beats throughout. 

RIP Silent Servant.

Tracklisting:

1. Rumble The Funk (Blasha & Allatt Remix) - Shcuro, Vil - Paraiso
2. Quasar - Jancen - 
3. Mandalore - Antic Soul - 
4. The City Where It's Always Night - Svedstorm - 
5. Terranean - Angel Science - 
6. Groove Plantation - KYMRS - SYXT
7. Fairus (Marcal Remix) - RONY Group - SYXT
8. Collapse - Red Rooms, Avant.OCS - OECUS
9. 23 - Rebecca Delle Piane - Symbolism
10. Vortex - Sciahri - Sublunar
11. Grinder - Burden - ASS3
12. Continuum - Alarico - NIX
13. Romantic & Dead - Kashpitzky - Be As One
14. Team (Temudo Remix) - TWR72 - Float Records (NL)
15. Orbital - Løuis L.P. - Planet Rhythm
16. Freedom (PUSHMANN Remix) - DisX3 - N&N Records.
17. Auto Regulation - Louis The 4th - 
18. Moving Charges - Kwartz - 
19. Swarm - Modu-late - Asymetrik
20. Sinergia - USAW - USAW
21. Incremental (Gianluca Caiati Version) - Orbe - K S R
22. At The Edge - Kameliia - Overbalance
23. Carbon - Calvin Simms - Syncopated Records
24. 69 (Dustin Zahn Remix) - A.30 - Evilgroove Records
25. The Fine Art Of Bullshit - dc11 - Inguma
26. Anger - Volster - Secession
27. Stereotipo - Rheak - Suara
28. That Will Never Happen - Roll Dann - 
29. Locked Groove 2 - Havik - Syncopated Records
30. Dirty Synth Rave (Uncertain Remix) - D.A.V.E The Drummer - Arkham XXX
31. Catch It - Flug - UNCAGE
32. Immersive Culture - Klint - CLR
33. Black Annis - Tensal - Arts
34. Quantum Quagmire - KRISSFA - Illegal Alien Records
35. Exagon featuring Marco Effe - Marco Effe, Dario Mass - Olympian
36. M-99 - Silent Servant (RIP) - Tresor Records
37. Teach Them Young (Linear System Remix) - The Opponent - Modern Minimal
38. Exosfera - Javi Lago - Alleanza
39. Cellular Combination - Maåsym - Illegal Alien Records
40. Corp Exp - MIchael Ferrell - Edit Select
41. Under The Skin - Ana Rs - Observant
42. Arsenic Mind (Arthur Robert Remix) - MNLR - Alleanza
43. Interlinked - Kashpitzky - Be As One

Improper techno volume 11 - High energy Dub // Deep // Broken Beat // Hypnotic techno

This is the first set played at the Astral Matter Experience at Sacred Vibrations 2019 in Shepherd, MI. Starting slow, we build up into some solid progressive vibes that had our new open dance floor groovin'. Such a fun set, it was an honor to get to play for everyone there and to be able to share with you now!

Unfortunately I lost the track list, as my computer is a lil janky sometimes, but if you want to know any particular track, please ask in a comment.

Photo & Artwork by Astral Matter

Settin' the Vibe [Downtempo/ Dark Progressive Psytrance Mix] @ Sacred Vibrations '19 (Set 1/3)

Excellent combination of different styles in one set

SubKir - Hot Winter in Underground Downtempo Dark Disco 17/01/2020 Faust Bar

This year, many people were deprived of various feelings for a while. But we can't lose our sense of rhythm!

Feel the taste of Dark Disco

Groove and rhythm-focused techno has captivated Ty Bonlando since he was a young raver in Calgary around the turn of the millennium. His fascination with the art and technicalities of DJing has led him to develop a unique and forward-thinking approach to mixing music. Using custom-programmed controllers and software to DJ has allowed his workflow to constantly evolve, maximizing creativity. An average 75-minute set features over 40 tracks accompanied by loops, samples, and effects, ensuring not only the uniqueness of every set he plays but also the distinctiveness of his performance style.

Technical aspects aside, flow and music selection are his top priorities. Dub, raw, hypnotic, hardgroove, hard, dark, deep, and broken-beat, are among the many different flavours of techno that he layers, splices and loops together to create unique grooves that will keep the floor moving for hours.

Ty is the co-founder of I Love Techno YYC, a 20-year love affair showcasing talented local DJs and well-known heavy hitters. With professional and unique lighting and stage design, these shows fill a demand for techno and techno-influenced music in an underground atmosphere.

If you’d like to learn more about how he DJs, visit his YouTube channel for point-of-view mixes, where you can see every button push, knob twist, and fader cut, along with tutorials, and tips.