Very industrial 🏭 this is so heavy and so deep!

A real pleasure to host one of my favourite djs in the Animix series, the ever-charming and immensely talented @playvlada, with her distinctly recognisable signature sound.

With a style deep, but somehow oozing with equal parts crunch and groove, Vlada is a master of blending her wide and eclectic old-school record collection into undulating journeys of bassy, hypnotic grooves, telling of her longstanding passion to the craft. 

The Russian born, but Berlin based mainstay balances touring with running mix series/party collective speLL in Berlin & beyond, with @vaahzer. One of my favourite parties in town :) 

Thanks again for the mix Vlada <33

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Animix One Hundred & Sixty One: Vlada

Magic moments in a packed and sweaty Muzieklokaal with dear friend @lunaludmila <3

Luna Ludmila b2b Vand @ De School, Feb 2023

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@gizemoz live at outro lado

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Gizem Öz live at Outro Lado - Waking Life '24

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
@kia-sydney @animalia-label  @cirruslabel

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RA.973 Kia

Experiments of the funk with Olya Smok

Twisted notech from the Berlin-based follower of no trends

@olya-smok

item.cast 038: Olya Smok

Flying away from the Typhoon Kong-rey with the last plane from Shanghai, arriving straight to Miki Abe, his inaugural wonderful Picnic People Panic to the DJ booth at Womb Tokyo to take over from the superb Alien Sex Friends.

Here is the live recording.

Ryosuke Tsuchiya, who also served as PA, mastered this mix. He used a unique approach, including IR reverb, to simulate the environment of the day with an immersive feel.
WOMB is a club with a very high ceiling and wooden floor. The subwoofer, with its large horn, gives the kick a rich ambience.

Enjoy!

Vladimir Ivkovic Live at PICNIC PEOPLE PANIC - November 1st 2024 at Womb Tokyo

Local legend Lora Mipsum takes the tools for number 33.

Heads down and grooving, it’s a peek into the darker corners of her bag.

Tuck in.

mooncoral.tape33 ~ Lora Mipsum

The 16th part of our podcast puzzle comes from Que Sakamoto. 

The nomadic Japanese DJ and producer and self proclaimed "party ninja" serves up 3 hours of peak-time breaks, trance, tech house and techno, recorded live in March 2025 at the Rio. There is a certain quality that courses through his DJ sets that is hard to pin down; psychedelic? Definitely. Playful? Of course. 

It's fair to say that a lot of the music Que plays you won't have heard before and most likely won't hear again. He's always got his own unreleased bombs up his sleeve, plus plenty of Japanese rarities that just hit each time. Dive in to the world of Que Sakamoto. 

Rio 016 - Que Sakamoto

Darkwired

Solar Flare

For bookings: jimmy@horizon-artists.com

2025 Gigs

1 jan - BFC Radion - Amsterdam 
24 jan - Radio Radio - Amsterdam 
31 Jan - OT 301 - Amsterdam 
14 Feb - Le Technicentre Paris 🇫🇷 
21 Feb - Luisterclub - Rotterdam 
22 feb - Paradigm & Zeezout - Groningen
21 march - nachbar, Amsterdam 
22 march - Outcast - Torino 🇮🇹 
28 march - Bassiani - Tbilisi 🇬🇪
29 march - Reflector - Kutaisi 🇬🇪
04 april - Olympiad - Rotonde - Paris 🇫🇷
05 april - Laak Wc - Den Haag 
19 april - Golden gate - Berlin 🇩🇪
25 april  - Laak - Den haag 
26 april - Radius Festival - Maastricht
26 april - Kingsday Mood - Adam   
10 may - Breakfast Club 15 years - Adam
24 may - Time is the new Space - Roffa
30 may - Secret Party - Adam 
30 may - Yoyaku instore - Paris 🇫🇷 
01 june - Olympiad Festival - Paris 🇫🇷
14 june - Yellowhouse - Adam 
20 june - Club Bizarre - Maastricht 
28 june - BFC Summer in the City - Adam 
04 july - Riche - Stockholm 🇸🇪 
05 july -  Dansällskapet - Stockholm 🇸🇪 
06 july - Ploegendienst - Breda 
08 Aug - Sisyphos - Berlin 🇩🇪
16 Aug - Hall - Tallin  🇪🇪 
22 Aug - Radio Radio - Adam 
05 Sept - Studio Stereo - Barcelona 🇪🇸 
13 Sept - Mood - Adam  
25 sept - Goa - Rome 🇮🇹 
05 okt - Masada -Milano 🇮🇹
26 okt - BFC ADE Radion - Adam 

2024 Gigs

01 jan BFC First Dance - Radion Amsterdam 
06 jan Multipla - Amsterdam 
20 jan Radio Radio - Amsterdam 
02 feb Hertz - Arnhem 
08 feb Future Intel - Den Haag 
24 feb Doka - Amsterdam 
23 mar BFC b2b Jane Fitz - Amsterdam 
30 mar Pip  - Den Haag 
12 april Metropool - Enschede
27 april Mood Kingsday - Amsterdam 
03 may The Villa Project - Saigon 🇻🇳 
04 may Decommune - Bangkok 🇹🇭
05 may Bangkok Radio Community 🇹🇭
10 may Wigwam - Shanghai 🇨🇳 
11 may Studio 9 - Taipei 🇹🇼
19 may Olympiad Festival - Paris 🇫🇷
26 may Sisyphos - Berlin 🇩🇪
13 june Goa Ultra beat - Rome 🇮🇹 
22 june Daglicht - Den Haag   
28 june The Tribe - Berlin 🇩🇪 
29 june BFC after - Amsterdam 
27 juli Ron Showcase - Amsterdam
11 aug WUS Festival - Varana 🇧🇬
17 aug Kabul a gogo - Utrecht 
23 aug Ankali - Praag 🇵🇾
06 sept Horoom - Tbilisi  🇬🇪
07 sept Vuemer - Amsterdam 
14 sept Mood - Amsterdam 
27 sept Love inn - Bristol 🇬🇧 
28 sept Transmissions - London 🇬🇧
12 okt Locked x Mood - Multipla - Amsterdam
18 okt Kontakt Kollektiv ADE - Amsterdam
19 okt BFC ADE Radion - Amsterdam
21 okt BFC ADE Benelux - Amsterdam
02 nov Doka - Amsterdam
15 nov Modeci - Seoul  🇰🇷 
16 nov Output - Busan  🇰🇷
22 nov DD3 Verandah - Macau 🇲🇴
23 nov Slap - Hong Kong 🇭🇰
25 nov Mitsuki - Tokyo 🇯🇵
29 Nov Compufunk - Osaka 🇯🇵
30 Nov Riff - Changsha 🇨🇳
06 Dec Ting - Bejing 🇨🇳
07 Dec System - Shanghai 🇨🇳
19 Dec Cafe Katoen - Amsterdam

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