Drop Tunnel / Arrival

Drop Tunnel (Original Mix)

Mark E- Call Me (Dixon Edit)

a morning warm up in a sea of mud overlooking Mt Fuji. This was my first set of the day, to be followed a few hours later with a b2b, at the very first edition of Transcendence, a cute and cosy festival in Japan. Big thank you to Takumi Inamoto and DJ Maria for everything.

Jane Fitz live at Transcendence April 2023

Francesca Macri also known by her now well known moniker System Olympia has been stretching the genres of new-wave, disco and club sounds to her whim since the mid 2010's. With her 2020 debut album "Delta Of Venus" still in huge demand sitting on discogs for a keen collectors price it only speaks volumes about Macri's fan base. Having followed up her successful debut with the synth driven "Racing Heart" and the stunning "Always On Time" in more recent years, not to forget most recently her critically acclaimed new EP "Sanctified"; System Olympia has won fans over with her unique ear and keen eye to her sound, each time bringing something new to the table. As well as performing live shows, the artist also enjoys taking punters on journeys in her diverse DJ sets and this is where we move on to the mix. An hour of leftfield disco, rare boogie gems and synthy anthems all mixed to perfection. Pop that bottle of champagne, cue up the system and shine your phone light at the disco ball in your room.  This is Off The Record 48: System Olympia!

Off The Record Mix Series 48: System Olympia

Waves of pulsing, layered techno from the revered Mala Junta resident.

If the electronic music industry is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over what makes for true techno, then D.Dan is one of the underground's great modern emissaries.

A figurehead from the new guard of DJs to arise in the '20s, the Berlin-based artist and Mala Junta resident is an ambassador for a sound that is strongly anchored in the classic roots of techno. His productions, like his mixes, are revved-up takes on the hypnotic wormholes that defined dance floors last decade, but with a fresh (and high BPM) millennial twist. 

Originally from Seattle, D.Dan became enamoured with the spectral stylings of psych rock and shoegaze in adolescence. It's not difficult to see how the cosmic tapestry of bands like Cocteau Twins became a blueprint for the entrancing music he's gone on to make as an adult. His releases on Mutant Future and summerpup are latticeworks of loops and layered percussion, custom-tooled for lost hours on the dance floor and drawn-out mixes behind the decks. 

This approach directly extends into his DJ practice, where he pairs song selections from contemporaries that mirror his own reduced, controlled approach to techno. RA.994 is a Grade A display of contemporary four-to-the-floor from flagbearers like Roll Dann and Marcal.

And like D.Dan's standalone records, his RA Podcast finds room for sweetness—the intermittent peal of an open clap, the steady ripening of a chord—while ultimately emphasising the beauty of function and form over flair.

@ddan-sounds

Find the full interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/994

RA.994 D.Dan

HOR Berlin - Meltem Yazar - 30th July 2025

Next in the series, we welcome babyschön!

"babyschön is a DJ and radio host based in London. Whether in her live sets or on her weekly Soup to Nuts slot on NTS Radio, she connects the dots between new wave, new beat, synth pop and house, always keeping it weird and sleazy but rhythmic"

Today’s mix drifts through babyschön’s signature dancefloor energy, perfect for those smoke filled rooms.

Kick back and enjoy!

Photo Credit - Julius Dettmer / https://www.instagram.com/jollovision

@babyschon

babyschön | 135

An hour of selections from Nuno floating through downtempo, balearic, dub and other bits in between.

NUNONUNONUNO - 19 SEP 25

@paperplanexmusic’s Imagine If returns for episode two, featuring special guest @zeyneperbayy.

Zeynep Erbay is a DJ and producer whose story bends in ways you don't expect. Red Bull Music Academy in 2006. A debut on Compost Records alongside some names you’d recognise. Then, life. Pressure. Anxiety. A non-supportive environment. A step back that lasted over a decade. And eventually, a way back in.

They talk about all of it. The weight of early success. The tension between classical training and the simplicity of a groove. What it means to change cities, change languages, change versions of yourself. And the moment she realised: this is the only thing she can do.

That conversation comes about 40 mins in. Before then, Paperplane warms up with a vinyl-only, straight up groovy house mix. And after, Zeynep's guest mix drifts between worlds with stunning sounds that pull you in slowly, then lift you somewhere you didn't know you were heading. 

This is Imagine If. Let’s get to it.


Imagine If w/ Paperplane & guest Zeynep Erbay 15/12/25 - [Voices Radio]

1- Cubicolor - Got This Feeling
2- &ME - The Rapture
3- Butch & C. Vogt - Bliss
4- Manoo & Raoul K feat Ahmed Sosso - Toukan (Dixon Rework)
5- Howling - Phases (Toto Chiavetta Colour Zero
6- Id
7- Pastaboys Feat. Osunlade - Deep Musique (Rampa Remix)
8- Cubicolor - Falling
9- CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace (Four Tet Remix
10- Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)
11- Super Flu – V13a
12- L. Doblado - Lie Alone (16 Bit Lolitas Remix)
13- Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons - I Found You (Patrice Bäumel Remix) 14- Marco V - Simulated (Bas Amro Remix)
15- Cubicolor - Dead End Thrills (Patrice Bäumel Remix)
16- 16 Bit Lolitas - Deep In My Soul
17- Boris Dlugosch & Cassara - Traveller
18- Depeche Mode ‘Never Let Me Down Again’ (Cubicolor Remix)

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