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Next up on The EDWIN Music channel is Canada-born, Berlin-based DJ @Darwinspec globally celebrated for her distinctive, community-fostering take on all kinds of bass music. Since 2014 she has run her party REEF in Berlin, which today materialised into the city’s most sought-after club night for unmarked Sound System influenced dance music.

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N°124 - Darwin

𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝔀𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓾𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓼?

interview live on –>–>–> www.wav.world/ –>–>–> @darwinspec

wav.world emerged out of a long-running chat exchange of mixes, tracks, and some playful speculation: If you were going to make a platform for DJ mixes in 2024, what would it look like?

Mixes are a unique type of musical expression. They capture a specific moment in time, determined by the knowledge and style of the artist. A mix is as important a creative statement as an album, remix or EP. One mix can change an artist’s career, one mix can open a listener’s mind to something completely new.

𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝔁𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼.

We miss the importance that mixes used to have. So, we made a platform for mixes.

Each wav.world mix gives one artist the time and resources to create whatever kind of mix they want, to share something sonic about who they are and what they love.

Every wav.world mix will feature a longform interview with the artist which gets to the heart of what moves them—in music and in life—through text, video and image. Each edition of wav.world will feature the commissioned work of music journalists, visual artists and graphic artists.

𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓪𝓿.𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭

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Darwin - Restrictions Mix

Next up comes Canadian-born polymath Darwin, who’s been getting Berliners talking ever since she kicked off her event series REEF back at now defunct venue Griessmühle. Tired of providing partygoers with the same formulaic sounds they’d come to expect, she started to play around with others, dubstep and bass among them. It was a fresh approach that through persistence ended up paying off with a form that’s as animate, subaquatic and essential to its surroundings as the ocean reefs that inspired the name. A UK-leaning sound, that pays homage to breaks, drum n bass and garage and fuses it with a techno more indicative of her chosen digs. Nowadays that approach has really gained traction and her parties blossomed into something much larger, encompassing her own selections, whether at UNFOLD or closing Berghain’s Klubnacht, as well as the launch of her SPE:C imprint. Her loose selection and low-end frequencies are a modern take on a long tradition of rumbling bass and out-and-out techno, brought together with a killer instinct for the hourly requirements of a dancefloor with high expectations. Following on from her previous techno stints at Bassiani, Podcast 251 further explores this side and delves back into her roots; a studio mix brought to you from this true pioneer, mastered by bestie Esposito.

@darwinspec

Bassiani invites Darwin / Podcast #251

Darwin operates in the realm of low-end frequencies, delivering a tripped-out, sub-rattling blend of styles firmly rooted in soundsystem culture.

Her sets move with swampy intensity and hypnotic flow, drawing dancers in while maintaining a quiet versatility. A seasoned crate digger across many genres, she’s as comfortable playing back-to-back with DJ Storm, Mala or Lena Willikens as she is closing out Bassiani or Berghain’s Klubnacht.

Born in Canada, Darwin found her way into dance music after moving to London—first working at fabric in the mid-2000s, then experiencing a bass eureka moment years later at a Swamp81 party. That defining night set the course for her next chapter in Berlin, where she founded her label SPE:C in 2015 to spotlight emerging global talents like Decka, Carré, Axle, Beatrice M., and Tano.
In 2016, she launched REEF at the now-defunct Griessmuehle, a club where she had started a monthly techno-focused DJ residency 2 years earlier that helped develop her signature stripped back, sci-fi-infused sound. The boundary-pushing party brought bass music’s alien energy into the heart of the techno capital, which now calls Berghain home. 

2024 marked a new chapter in Darwin’s evolution with the launch of ABYSS, a Sunday evening soundsystem series centered on the restorative power of low-end frequencies. Blending transcendental dance music with breathwork, meditation and healing practices, the event creates a space where sound connects body and mind. ABYSS has also teamed up with Wuppertal’s acclaimed Open Ground club for an extended weekend takeover, with plans to expand the concept to other cities in the future.

PURE Guest.083 Darwin

In 2006 Mary Anne Hobbs aired a special titled Dubstep Warz on BBCR1 assembling the early dubstep pioneers for a pivotal two and a half hour showcase that helped spark a global movement for the genre. Prior to that dubstep had been mostly confined to pirate radio and dark basement clubs. She went on to curate worldwide showcases around this sound and continues to push experimental and underground culture forward through her radio show to this day.

To say Mary Anne Hobbs is a huge inspiration to me would be an understatement. As a woman that cut her teeth in a time when men really ruled the scene she was a beacon of light that paved the way for many of us. She gave us hope we could be impactful when that idea felt impossible due to our gender. A true cultural sculptor and a level of influence I aspire to. 

Fast forward almost 20 years and there are more FLINTAs in dubstep than ever. It is inspiring to see a new generation carrying the flag with their own fresh take on the sound and I tried to include as many of them as possible in here. When I was asked to contribute, all I could think of was the soothing tone of Mary Anne’s voice, which became my anchor for the palette of this mix. And of course there was no way I was going to do anything other than dubstep to honor her.


Tracklist: 

1. Bukkha - Abstract 
2. DBL Negative - Tension Dub
3. Wetman - Bongo Dub 
4. Carré - Faded 
5. Ila Brugal & Jon 1st - Contemplate 
6. Unreleased - SPE:C 
7. DJ Madd - Someone (Breakage remix) 
8. Slimy Ape - Onstera (Dubrunner remix) 
9. Dubrunner - Blackheart 
10. Sicaria - Rhassoul 
11. re:ni - Sunrise on the Superloop 
12. Beatrice M. & Trois-Quarts Taxi System - French Lessons 
13. Unreleased - Useless Seconds 
14. Walter White - Seven 
15. DJ Bwin - Cell Phone 
16. Unreleased - SPE:C 
17. Kercha feat. Hypho - Stimulate 
18. Unreleased - Useless Seconds 
19. Mob Killa - Kill a Boo 


Darwin Mix BBC 6 Music

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NEXT REEF EVENT

Darwin - RBMA Choice Mix

NEXT REEF AUG 17 w/ UNTOLD, RESOM, OSSIA, ORSON &more: https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1135544

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