Saturday 3 February 2024
CTM 2024 – Sustain
RSO.Berlin

Like a blossoming mind-fungus, the microtextual world of upsammy hums with the uncanny seepage of the organic. Effortlessly blending translucent tones and funky rhythms, the Amsterdam artist creates a natural groove that flows through different speeds of spatial vibes and dreamy soundscapes. Collaborating with visual artist Jonathan Castro in many of her live shows, they craft psyched-out landscapes, playing with contradictions of comfort and solitude. These are beautiful companion pieces to her ephemerally-hitting DJ sets, drawing from trippy experimental DnB and offbeat techno.

@upsammy

CTM 2024: upsammy at RSO.Berlin

Recording of LYDO's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

Dekmantel Selectors 2024

LYDO at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Full tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-294-bjarki

After giving us A Guide To Hellthier Lifestyle, Bjarki continues to provide with a conceptual companion mix to detox from the world’s ills, stitched with ironic infomercials and sarcastic self help tape skits. As Bjarki puts it: “It’s a wellness mix with a narrative that reflects the present moment. A snapshot in time, a map of the sounds and artists I keep returning to. Some of these tracks hold deep personal meaning, reminding me exactly why I’m drawn to music in the first place.”

Featuring a generous variety from the Throbbing Gristle extended industrial family, as well as Swedish composer Egil Kalman, Bjarki’s “relentless pursuit of wellness” runs from jaunty, psychedelically blurred 70s pop and early pioneering synthesiser musicians like Raymond Scott to the tangling guitar picks and acidic pulses of Biogen’s Sigur Rós remix, to Cyclone’s classic, euphoric bleep techno cut ‘A Place Called Bliss’ and the seminal Shackleton production 'Undeadman' reminding us everyone starts from point one. Ingeniously cunning and tongue in cheek as this mix is, there’s plenty of bliss in between Bjarki’s unreleased blistering rhythms.

Bleep Mix #294 - Bjarki

Our 34th entry in the PPRZ Podcast series is a special one! We are releasing the live recording from the amazing set Zvrra delivered to us live in Vancouver in June of 2024. Strap in for 2 hours of Zvrra's signature warping sound recorded from 1:30-3:30am.

Zvrra is an American music producer and DJ known for her wide variety of techno, house, and experimental music. Zvrra has released projects on prominent labels such as Avian and International Chrome. After a successful run with her 2020 techno single "Dress" and 2021 LP release "Bizzaroland," the DJ Producer has been performing at venues worldwide and has been regularly played on international radio.

Tracklist
MIST GASP - MELTING SHOES [MORD]
ALARICO    - ID [PHTM]
NØRBAK - TESTE [TOKEN RECORDS]
DEMETRIOUS - CHAPTER III [ILLEGAL ALIEN BLACK LABEL]
A.MORGAN - DYSTROPHY (ORIGINAL VERSION) [NEWRHYTHMIC RECORDS]
DECODER - XX 15 A2 [MOLECULAR RECORDINGS]
JOEL MULL - THE MOLE (GAETEK RMX) [PRIMEVIL]
BORDER ONE - STRANGE ATTRACTOR [TOKEN RECORDS]
GUILT ATTENDANT - A FLOWER WILTS UNDER THE HEAT OF THE SON [UNIMATRIX ZERO]
BINARY ALGORITHMS - REGISTER [FURATENA]
INTROSPHERE - ASTRAY [SELF RELEASED]
ASSAD HARRI    - LET IT GO [SELF RELEASED]
DUSTIN ZAHN     - ROTATOR [BLUEPRINT RECORDS]
ALTINBAS - PRESENCE [TOKEN RECORDS]
TEMUDO-A2 [HAYES]
TEMUDO  - RAP OVER THIS [HAYES]
O POSITIVO - 26 TOMS [HAYES]
EXIUM - RAW VISIONS [PERC TRAX]
DEMETRIOUS - CHAPTER II [ILLEGAL ALIEN BLACK LABEL]
DJ BOSS - DEPKA RULEZ [PLANET RHYTHM]
C-SYSTEM - MIRAI [SELF RELEASED]
NØRBAK - SOPRO [TOKEN RECORDS]
DARK QUADRANT - SPACE-TIME TRAVELLER [UNDERDUB RECORDS]
RICARDO GARDUNO - NOT YOUR LIKE [ILLEGAL ALIEN RECORDS]
ZVRRA - SOCIETY    [AVIAN]
RITZI LEE - PATH OF RESISTANCE [SYMBOLISM]
KAMIKAZE SPACE PROGRAMME - HALF LIFE A [MORD]
R O J O - ÅRE:GONE [HAYES]
MICHAELANGELO - METAMORPHOSE [LABRYNTH]
JUSTIN BERKOVI - BACKSHREDDING (FORWARD STRATEGY GROUP REMIX) [PERC TRAX]
GADY KA - YAYA [SELF RELEASED]
JONAS KOPP - LIM 5F [TREMSIX]
GADY KA    - NAUKK [SELF RELEASED]
LINEAR SYSTEM - HYPERFOCUS [DKN SELECTIONS]
ASSAD HARRI    - KIDS WANT ACID [SELF RELEASED]
CHARLTON - ARGIBALT [LABRYNTH]
KESSELL - ADDICTIVE STATES [POLEGROUP]
ARTHUR ROBERT - PROACTIVE [RX RECORDINGS]
NØRBAK - KYBER [UNDERDUB RECORDS]
ŘITUAL.TANZTRACKS - PULVERISE [TANZTRACKS]
DEEPBASS - TEMPEST [AFFIN]
DJ ASEXUAL    - VOID SURFIN [SELF RELEASED]     
UK GOLD     - AGENT WOOD (ADAM BEYER MIX) [HAUSE]
ROOT REGENERATOR - RR003 A [TREMSIX]
ZVRRA - ARRAY OF LIGHT 04 [WHITED SEPULCHRE RECORDS]
ID
ID
CHEMIE - MOLECULAR RIOTS [A_FILES]
EXIUM - MAZINGER [PLANET RHYTHM]
C-SYSTEM - EMPHASIZED [INDUCTED WAVES]
JUDAΣ - INTENΣE IV [ARTS]

PPRZ Podcast 34 - Zvrra (Recorded live in Vancouver)

Mesmerising dance floor tapestries from a singular experimental musician.

Can you reinvent the human voice? The oldest musical instrument in existence, our voices are the foundation of music as we know it, and few push its limits in electronic music today like Lyra Pramuk. On her masterful debut, Fountain the Berlin-based, US-born artist's voice was the only instrument. No drums, no synths—just her voice warped, synthesized and layered to achieve orchestral-like electronics.

Five years on from her breakout, Pramuk's practice has steadily evolved, with a continued interest in ideas of folk and futurism, and how technology can enable us to build community beyond boundaries of time and space. There’s a holistic nature to her artistry, one that extends seamlessly into her DJing.

As she explains in the Q&A accompanying this week's RA Podcast, she sees her work as "part of a continuum of sacred, folkloric, and communal music represented by many different subcultures and communities across the world."

It's an approach that, like much of Pramuk's output, feels explicitly choral in nature. The first voice we hear on the mix comes from Lonnie Holley, his woozy Southern drawl calling out, "Earth will be there to catch us when we fall." (Although, you have to wonder, if we keep flogging the Earth, will it?) 

More voices follow across an eye-catching tracklist, from the poetry of friends (Nadia Marcus) to esoteric French chantresses from the ’80s (Anne Gillis), while Pramuk wraps an extensive amount of her own forthcoming material around tracks from SD Laika, Leyland Kirby, rRoxymore and 33EMYBW, to name just a few.

By the end, voice and noise become indistinguishable—stammering, glitchy vocals colliding with an orchestra of instruments. The effect is mesmerising.

Unfolding as one continuous composition, RA.979 exists somewhere between an ambient set at Kwia and the main stage at Unsound, voices and textures blurred into a fluid tapestry of sound. It's a singular offering to the series from a singular artist.

@lyra_songs

Read the interview and find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/980

RA.979 Lyra Pramuk

The next Dekmantel mix is a wild melting pot of dark, murky techno grooves by @mattikk. A pillar of the Amsterdam underground, the Garage Noord resident has a long history of DJing in the city and is closely connected to your favorite techno labels. He’s the mind behind Delsin Records' Mantis series, collaborating with artists like Forest Drive West, Konduku, Lemna, and Dino Sabatini.

Drawing on UK sound system culture, his selections always carry an experimental edge, whether diving into deep Italian techno or ambient. Usually, he crafts mixes for immersive listening pleasure, but here he makes a rare turn to the dance floor, inspired by his closing set on the UFO2 stage at last year's Dekmantel Festival. Over an hour of powerful, driving grooves and subtle details, sprinkled with new tunes and some personal favorites that span low-end-heavy electro and broken beats.

Tracklist/
Dasha Rush - 100 Hearts
O.utlier - Evoparation 
Tammo Hesselink - Harbour Launch
R-010 - Exhaust Pipes (Absis Remix)
Amotik - Iktalis
Kon Janson - Unbound Perspective 
Saku Niamh - Unreleased 
Roseen - Separation
Stenny - Hazy Grove
CAIV - Shimmer 
Broken English Club - Ghost
Konduku - Unreleased Remix
Agonis - Unreleased
James Ruskin - Lahaine (O/V/R Remix)  
Konduku - Unreleased
Firn - Rakaposhi
Vand - Futureshock
Gez Varley - Purgę
DJ Slip - Spice
VC-118A -  Unreleased
Carrier - 2 Slow
Kellen303 - Pinehearse
Fret - Stuck

Dekmantel Mix 486 - Mattikk

Primal Colors Presents Hex Code #FFFFFF by Agraybé...

Step through the serpent’s portal—Spring is here. 🐍 @agraybe conjures a soundscape where deep, rolling basslines and shimmering textures blur the line between the organic and the mechanical. Rooted in the rhythms of the Midwest and flourishing in LA’s underground, she brings a perspective shaped by art, science, and ecology. As a resident of @MadeToMove_LA and @NewPalm, and the force behind Anemone and Cloud Studies, agraybé curates sets that feel both instinctual and intentional, fluid yet deeply grounded.

This mix sways between hypnotic, spaced-out grooves and crisp, old-school techno sensibilities, moving like a slow exhale into the warmth of a new season. Change is in the air—let it pull you in. 🌿✨

Artwork by @Otodojo 

#Techno #LosAngeles #Detroit #PrimalColors


Hex Code #6AFEFA by Agraybé

@syberkid

~ we’re back to the essence of Tentacular with this long-awaited mix from one of our dearest—Sybil (@syberkid). A true weaver of sonic worlds, she gifts us a high-energy journey where UK rave meets psychedelic doof, storytelling through sound in the way only she can. Mystical, embodied, and full of heart.

This recording holds a special story, as told by Sybil herself:

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘐 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 — 𝘢 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤, 𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘜𝘒 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.

Tentacular 26 ~ Sybil

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The Scion and Hard Wax man gets low on this week's RA podcast.

RA.147 DJ Pete

@julianahuxtable continually crosses boundaries and breaks down borders. Her multidisciplinary art takes in writing, performing, poetry, DJing and running the Shock Value nightlife project in New York, where the Texan currently lives. She explores themes of history, the body, the internet and much more, often with a strong sense of personal identity. Next to solo exhibitions she has authored two books, worked as a Visiting Artists Program lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is involved with a number of collectives that challenge gender norms, interrogate notions of race and engage with socio-political issues and sexuality, often in visceral ways. 

This week's mix is just as direct and physical. It is a sound college filled with rage and confrontation, where brutalist industrial textures and squealing synths crash into banging techno. Human voices are mangled into walls of white noise and uncontrollable machines run riot in what could be a soundtrack to the end of the world, or the start of a new one.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 288 - Juliana Huxtable

Founder of RNR
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