Marracuene rises with minimal grooves rooted in Mozambique, spreading shadows across the bairro

Marracuene

This summer's musical adventure of @wp-frequencies was marked by several highlights during a vigorous voyage through Bulgaria. The first stop was Nishki, a mini-festival which took place on 28.06.2025, nestled in the shady bosom of the Balkan mountain.

Bringing sensual sunshine energy to our ranks, Philippines-born / Amsterdam-based @davidd_d has an aesthetic eye and ear, always guaranteed to raise the energy on the dance floor. We hereby present his playful ignition of the mix series that kept us dancing through the night.

Deb @Nishki

The long-awaited Boiler Room debut from UK rave legends, Underworld, live from London. 

Few acts in electronic music hold the weight of history in the same way Underworld do. 

Surging from the late 80s synthpop into the UK rave scene, Underworld reimagined the tangibility of the genre, with an undeniable legacy that lives on to this day.

Underworld | Boiler Room: London

Universal and electric, flowing with liquid and environmental sounds. Latin rhythms collide with broken fragments, building a crescendo of sensuality and velocity. Intriguing vocals ride over rolling grooves, acid tones, and techno kicks, creating irresistible bursts of energy.

Kia’s meditative cosmic aura meets Bitter Babe’s rhythmic fire in a tribal, sassy mix that moves, pulses, and evolves. Layered textures, ancestral grooves, and veteran bass carry the set through ravishing hours of sound.

Kia b2b Bitter Babe - Climate of Fear x Sustain Release - June '25

Sultry low-end grooves from a rising house enchantress.

"What kind of music do I actually want to play?" Every artist asks themselves this at some point in their career. What is a sound? And why do we personally identify with it? For Lea Lang, AKA dj sweet6teen, this question is the guiding force behind her RA Mix.

Born in Aachen, a German spa city close to the border with Belgium, Lang found her musical feet in the vibrant student hub of Cologne. It was while studying social work at the Technische Hochschule that she fell into the nightlife scene. 

Finding her sound wasn't an instant process. Lang cut her teeth on breaks-heavy house and prog (think Angel D'Lite), traces of which you can hear peppered across RA.1004. But as she explains in this week's Q&A, the pandemic years were, musically, a turning point. 

"High BPMs and short-lived trends became very dominant and I realised I couldn't stand the pace anymore," she writes. "That's when my sound naturally shifted into something more minimalist and timeless."

Nowadays, you'll find Lang in Berlin during the week, and on weekends… well, take your pick. A busy touring schedule means she's on the road almost constantly —this summer she's debuted at Horst Arts & Music, Butik, Dimensions and Panorama Bar (to name just a few). 

And her RA Mix? It oozes charm from the jump. Buoyant with gyrating low-end, it's hard to think her sound was ever anything else: vocals twirl around analogue basslines, material à la Eddie Richards and Terry Francis's historic Wiggle parties, as well as the kind of bongo action that wouldn't feel out of place in an Apollonia session. Call it waft, wiggle, smooch house—whatever it is, we like it.

@djsweet6teen 
Find the tracklist and interview at https://ra.co/podcast/1022

RA.1004 dj sweet6teen

“A recording from pe:rsona in France, one of the most memorable sets of the summer for me!! 

I felt a connection to this crowd in particular and that’s not something that happens often. A lot of this is down to the people behind this festival, the pe:rsona/Positive Education crew are very intentional with what they do, they champion and support a lot of artists who aren’t necessarily ‘big names’. I think this cultivates a crowd that trusts in their curation, they’ve fostered this really special energy. 

I played on Friday night between two live sets, Christian Coiffure and Renslink. They are two incredible acts to be sandwiched in-between which inspired the set to evolve the way it did. 

Big big love to the crew and to everyone who danced with me ❤️”
- @emma-jane-g

Photo: Raphael Chene & Carla Lubrano Di Sbaraglione
Mastering: Devoye Folkes

subglow/Live 6: EMA @ pe:rsona '25

Youknow ╚═ Future Intel ═╗ 09 10 2025

Get in your feelings with Brussels party starters HE4RTBROKEN - the beloved Belgian collective that aren't scared of a few tears on the dance floor. Resident djs Liyo, Steff, Munix and ssaliva explore the full range of cathartic music listening together with some kindred-spirited emotive guests. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/hea4rtbroken/episodes/hea4rtbroken-20th-november-2025

HE4RTBROKEN 201125

woke up to first traces of snow, signaling the long cold ahead so naturally i took a bunch of dubby and nightcore-adjacent tracks that i have, old and new, and turned it into a mix

tracklist:
ANF - C.B.O.T.E.O.C
Björk - Alarm Call (Teasmade Dub)
The Hidden Figure - Stolen Tears
Mk. gee - Alesis (dj lukinhas & the dream police edit)
obese.dogma777 - dyan_tinatago (feat. nouvul)
OSSX - GET A REAL JOB
Adri Malaki - Just Couldn't Leave It Alone
Rvck - Sabado (Rvck Darkside Dub)
Gallegos - Breaks Are In My Bones
C.K - Sap (Dub)
Scuba - i wna doit nth bckst (Live Version)
Hilary Duff - Come Clean (Nick Leon Bubbling mix)
Caroline Polachek - Coma
Thirstkid - Ginhawa ni Kali

try going static

On behalf of @chyouknow

_Context

Impulsive tracks through recent finds, 
a vision clear as clay
trying to heal without a cure.
A voice lost in the jungle,
Maybe it was the Ardennes goddess
guiding me toward belladone.
Stepping stones lit by glowing worms 
under a low tide that brightens 
as my stomach turns.
Running so fast, waking up the town, 
pretending it’s a fresh start. 
Obsidian-clear, cold, reflective 
still dragged through a slipstream.
My brain space is shrinking, 
My skin is burning.
It might need a plasty. 
Wake me when it’s over. 
Or when it finally begins.

_Tracklist

Carrier - Into the habit
Agonis - Thermo
Solma - Clay
Kick21 - Bright interface 
Tammo Hesselink - Accent Award
Minu Jr - Cure
Xades - Qluless
Morpha - Jungle (Solma remix)
Sanjib - Arduenna
Bartoli - Low tide
Roza Terenzi - Glow up Throw up
Trak Burn - Numera
Caldera - Vertigo 66
Cousin - Wake the town
Dauwd - The Yuzer
Dj Life - Start
Shjva - Singularity
Ayesha - Burn
Luxe - Skin
ISA - Obsidian
Adam Pits - Sliptstream
Amuwa - Plasty
Talik - Brainspace
Kahn - Over deh so
Fluid Matter - Glowworms (Solma remix)
Yushh & Jurango - Wake me when it's over
Carre - Season Seven
Cousin & Priori - Stepping Stone
Polygonia - Atropa Belladone
Pattern - Ayahuasca

Youknow @HomeAlone

in a spontenous mood today so i’ve decided to upload a recent special memory, a snippet of my set on a sunday night in amsterdam at noclubs , which was a special ade edition in collaboration with spell

noclubs has all the elements of the perfect party in my opinion… diy, community oriented, incredible sound, stacked with locals, extended sets, amazing music & a lovely and down to earth community surrounding it. shoutout to naone_ who played before me and richard gregory who played after... amazing music nonstop

more of an afterparty vibe for this set - full of minimal, techno, and minimal techno (lol) + guilty pleasures and old favourites.. there's some flaws & a very brief blooper i edited out for your own benefit hehe (´• ͜. •̥`)✧ but that feels unimportant to me as it was such a special memory!

+ + +  a very self indulgent closing song (one of my favourites of all time)  that felt fitting for the infectiously happy & open vibes at this party.. (but who doesn't love this song?)

big love to the whole noclubs crew!!!!

<3

try going static

David