Not Beautiful Tonight (Crystal LaBeija - 10's Edit)

@zvrra is an avant-garde artist by anyone's standards. Her background as a video game developer has a clear influence on the music she makes. That can be anything from industrial to techno, witch house to hip hop, but most often her sounds exist in the intricate spaces in between all that. Her perfectly entitled November album Bizarroland on Avian was a fine example of that, and one united by an eerie darkness that kept you looking over your shoulder.

But this week's mix is full steam ahead through a shadowy world of grit and grime. It's a one-hour techno excursion that explores myriad different rhythms from flat-footed to floating, broken to brutal. It is unrelenting from start to finish, building the tension through a mix of texture and tempo, pulling back then going again just when it matters. It speaks of DJ with a unique sense of control and mastery of darkness. 

To learn about what inspired the mix, how it was put together, the influence of video games on Zvrra's music and about her recent EP, head over to our website to read a quick interview with the artist herself: https://dekmantel.com/editorial/dekmantel-podcast-363-zvrra

Dekmantel Podcast

Short Q&A

Dekmantel Podcast 363 - Zvrra

https://soundcloud.com/sardashhh
A self-described "rave-generalist", Sard is a DJ, producer, and Live PA artist living in Detroit. Combining his passion for perfect dancefloors and the deeper technical aspects of dance music, his performances and productions have maintained a steady placement in the Midwest and beyond. Sard channels a life dedicated to music study into his sound, blending influences of North American techno and rhythms from abroad. His releases on Fixed Rhythms, PPRZ, Amphiboly, and Codec Recordings have been played globally by friends and heroes alike.

RND 099 - Sard

OBJEKT
@keinobjekt
WHOLE 2024

Tracklist:
YOUTH – Vox Tenebrae
Atte Elias Kantonen – populus alba (i'm fine)
usof – plonplonk
Atte Elias Kantonen – algae & others
Zaumne – Poison
Commodo – Slushbox
Biogen – Mutylin
Dali de Saint Paul & Maxwell Sterling – 5
Peter Rehberg – at GRM (2016)
Fred Ho feat. The Asian American Art Ensemble and Kulintang Arts – Lapu Lapu's Battle Preparation
Scotch Rolex and Shackleton – Serotonin
Carrier – Lost On Me
EVA808 – Y R U N KET
Blurt – Be There Now
Aphex Twin – Isoprophlex (Slow) (Cr7e Version)
Blotter Trax – Super Conductor
Actress – Its me ( g 8 )
Errorsmith – My Party
Evol – Buggy Betty
Ssiege – Drama Lover
Céline Gillain – Fight or Flight
AT-XYA – Dreamo (feat. James K)
Jules Reidy – Slipstream
ssabæ – le roi est l’oiseau
Drexciya – Draining of the Tanks
IZM – Interlude
Death Is Not The End – Are You Sure?
Stas Karpenkov – 1.1
Sote – Kangaroo Court
GCOM – XO Transmission #1 feat. Qebrus
Gerard Hoffnung – Bricklayer's Story
Moritz Von Oswald – Infinito
Powell + LCO – 14, 23, 18
Evol – Buggy Betty
Mister Water Wet – A Whisper Won't Scale A Wall
Dj Fary – Punani Fantasy (Remix)
Maus & Stolle – Itch & Scratch
EDM – The beautiful symmetry of Sasaki Kojiro
Savage Garden – I Want You (Objekt edit)
Fox – Vacio ft. Trigganom (prod. by Florentino)
Aleksi Perala – Meltman / Meltdown man
Henzo – I Can See The Fatigue In You (Popcaan Devil Mix)
Toto – Georgy Porgy (feat. Cheryl Lynn) [Disco Version]
Aleksi Perälä – FI3AC2262010
2302 – Hold-3
Hateful Head Helen – Sweet Pussy Pauline Acapella
Evol – Semi Colin
Syclops – New Bro's In NYC
Valentina Magaletti – A Queer Anthology of Drums
Nilotika Cultural Ensemble – Ejokawulida
The Chemical Brothers – Galvanize
SOPHIE – Bipp (Autechre Remix)
Tokyo Offshore Project – Magic Melody
downstairs J – Soft Tissue
Alexi Baris – Eye Cast Mirror (feat. Emad Armoush on ney)
Spacetime Continuum – Q 11
Objekt – Silica
Hoavi – Phase 8
Cucina Povera – Olen oluen oljen
Rhythm & Sound – No Partial
Lee Gamble – She's Not

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Unforeseen Mix for Spectral Distortions Closing. Very happy how it turned out, especially when not knowing i would actually play that long!

So nice to show my non-clubby tracks in albums that I really like :--)

Thanks @superamas for letting me play it out, and to the whole spectral_distortion.berlin crew!

Ten25 - Ambient Closing@Spectral Distortions - 15.02.25

hannah takes us through a rich selection of techno, bass and leftfield tracks for the next hour. lock in!

hannah - 06.03.2025 - foundation.fm

Styles Upon Styles slangs nursery rhymes and cursory signs with label purveyors PT and Cambo alongside guests every second Friday of the month, 6-8pm EST. No style leaves unmangled. See you on the waves.


STYLES UPON STYLES @ The Lot Radio 04-11-2025

recorded live at Gabriela on April 27th, 2025
@saksenfeld

For Future's Sake at Cause & Effect - April 2025

Stephan Laubner/STL's Homework LP was one of the first records I bought when I started DJing 'properly' back in 2007. 

If u don't know STL - very lofi, brittle, dubby, wooden, not overly bassy, discordant, minimal, scratchy, lush, strangely funky stuff, beautiful in its own way. And he does these locked grooves on most of his records, which I've mixed up here into a two hour special at 133⅓bpm. I recorded it with a new rotary EQ mixer (thanks Dean!) and then ran it through my Roland RE-201 Space Echo (thanks Maciej!)...

U might be surprised (if u listen) how organic and varied u can make a single loop, with the right EQing, cutting, boosting, fader tricks and so on - it was a lot of fun to mix, but I don't think this is a DJ thing just for other DJs.

Hope u enjoy... most of these locked grooves are on Stephan's label Something, a couple on Perlon, Echocord and so on.

STL - Loop 1
STL - Loop 5
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 6
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 12
STL - Loop B
STL - Loop A
STL - Loop B
STL - Loop 5
STL - Loop 4
STL - Loop 6
STL - Loop 7
STL - Loop 3
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 4
STL - Loop 9
STL - Loop 3
STL - Loop 14
STL - Loop 3
STL - Loop A
STL - Loop 5
STL - Loop 8
STL - Loop 1
STL - Loop 2
STL - Listen Up! Loop
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 25
STL - Loop 10
STL - Loop 9
STL - Loop B
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 22
STL - Loop 10
STL - Loop 13
STL - Loop 1
STL - Loop 2
STL - Loop 4
STL - Loop 16
STL - Loop 17
STL - Eternalized Fiction 

Mosca NTS Show: 3rd February 2016 (STL Special)

Honey Soundsystem Potcast

HNYPOT 291: CCL's Ode to the Queer Steppas

Some old records I like and a couple of new things from the web...
1 Mike Henk ~ Untitled ~ B1 Pulsar Recordings DOX-003
2 Corrado ~ Trust (Pink Mix)~ Savannah Records
3 Robin Ball ~ A1 Untitled ~Getting High  EP ~ Magus Records
4 Roberto Q. Ingram & Stephan Riedel ~ Transend ~ Exun
5 Thotful Spot III ~ Trans-Sylvania ~ Basic Energy
6 Friction & Spice ~ Journees ~ Space Recods
7 Rainbow Bridge ~ Used ~ Rainbow Bridge
8 Dj Whatt ~ Remember ~ Break R Us
9 R-Fresh & Kyng ~ Devastating ~ Fresh Records
10 Cignol ~ Chorus Envy ~ Seagrave
11 Lust For Youth ~ Limerance (Anthony Linell Remix)~ Kafkaesque Records
12 Inner City / Global Method ~ Good Life ~ Orbital Remix ~ Sons Of the Eclipse EP ~ Ninety Two Retro
....
Thanks for listening those who did and I hope you enjoyed, its a bit all over the place but I'm excited to make more mixes and share jams w y'all <3

Summer Mix Number TWo

Resident at Research and Development, Lighting Designer at Smartbar, and leader of a [Sound Death Cult].

Not Beautiful Tonight (Crystal LaBeija - 10's Edit)

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