We are honoured to have our long-time companion and resident DJ Alienata back for another KrakeCast. Her daytime garden set ://about blank for our festival this year was a highlight of the weekend. With a razor-sharp selection of electro and tribalistic breaks, she transformed the sunny dancefloor into a pandemonium for ritual turnups. Cinematic synths fused with deep bass and the dark yet sensual vibe that this DJ is known and loved for. Take a sip of the magic potion from Alienata's cauldron and get in the mood for an electro masterclass!

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KrakeCast 047: Alienata (Live at Krake Festival 2023)

Elemental Focus (DJ Set)

Currently on tour here in Australia is the lovely, warmhearted Jesse aka Jeku (@jeku_fin), fresh out of Helsinki, Finland - and now based in Paris. 

Jesse and I played together at one of my favourite European spots, Post Bar in Helsinki last year. He's an incredible producer with a great talent for blending trance inspired sounds with a modern twist.- and here he showcases his incredible record collection & dj skills with a mix inline with the same style & class.

Thanks for this one Jesse!

<3

Animix One Hundred & Fifty: Jeku

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It is with great pleasure to feature talented emerging artist Aerae for our 24th Herbarium episode. She convinces us with the great energy that her productions and mixes radiate. Trippy, tribal characteristics combined with experimental soundscapes is what we grasp from her output.

Aerae chose the plant Calea zacatechichi as inspiration for her mix.
It is a shrub found throughout Central America, especially in the highlands of Mexico. Indigenous people prepare a ritual infusion with its leaves, which resemble nettle leaves. After drinking it, one lies down and experiences the ensuing dreams which are believed to provide insights into healing current ailments.

Some words about her thoughts behind the mix : 
I have therefore imagined an entire journey of what this plant provides when consumed. From the very first seconds to the last. Passing through different states, different sensations, and encounters. Datura Stramonium is a psychoactive deliriant traditionally used in folk medicine and occult ritual. The drug induces a state of total confusion and disassociation, with users reporting not knowing where they are for days at a time. Join me on this long strange trip.

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About Aerae

Under her former alias, she had the privilege of performing at various renowned festivals and clubs in France, such as I LOVE TECHNO (Montpellier, FR), Les Plages Electroniques (Cannes, FR), REF (Nice, FR), Kwartz Club (Nice, FR), Le Spot (Rouen, FR), and ADE (Amsterdam, NL). She has shared the stage with artists like Marcel Dettmann, Justine Perry, Ben Klock, François X, to name a few.
Her debut LP 'Percussive Reverie' released on Annulled Music, marks a turn in her production skills, which gained international support by artists like Claudio PRC, Spekki Webu, Evigt Mörker, Eric Cloutier, Laura BCR, Refracted and many more. It was selected as ‘Best Album of the year" on the popular German magazine GROOVE alongside prestigious artist like Donato Dozzy.

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Artwork by @polygonia

Herbarium No 24 - Aerae - Calea Zacatechichi

toploader (@toploading) is rooted in the now-defunct family of Fluid Festival (R.I.P.), having made early appearances alongside his bestie dj fako at Hamburg’s club institution [PAL] in 2022, followed by gigs at Jupiter, Callshop & Sicnal Radio, Akashic Records, and Paloma. These days, he’s shifting into more introspective territory, curating ambient and listening sessions with events with Transmute in a questionable attempt to rebrand himself as “thoughtful.”

Musically, he has (allegedly) matured — drifting away from uninspired 4/4 techno and house toward deeper, more hypnotic, and non-linear soundscapes. Think dubby textures, tribal rhythms, and percussive, reverberated deep techno — because nothing screams originality like dramatic, cinematic pads and echoes.

He most definitely does not break boundaries or bend genres. Instead, he plays what he likes (and what he almost certainly shazamed off someone else’s digging efforts). Toploader values about flow, cohesion, and subtlety. Neither especially known for his stellar mixing nor his careful selections, he’s presenting to you today: all things dub.

Tracklist:
Joe Davies – Hi Life feat. Ossia  
Deadbeat – Rattle The Roof Down  
Jay Bliss, Ada Kaleh – Nimbus  
Biodub – Reminder  
Chaos In The CBD – Global Erosion  
Kelman Duran – Dancehall, Audubon Ballroom  
Nicolas Barnes – Feratum (Original Mix)  
Rhauder, Paul St. Hilaire – Sidechain (Dub Version)  
Quantec – Profound Experiences  
Berg Audio – R.Y. feat A.C. - Move Dub (Steve O'Sullivan Remix)  
Aril Brikha – Bytes  
Andrew Tighe – Spirits  
Chaos In The CBD – Digital Sound  
Trinidadian Deep – Native Revolution (Original Mix)  
Reset – Runaway Dub (Del 5 (Northwest Coast Mix)  
9west – Moments (Original Mix)  
Delano Smith – Untitled_2  
Two Right Wrongans – System Error  
Grad_U, Ohrwert – Surface I (Ohrwert Alter)  
Delano Smith – Untitled_1  
Oceanic – Sulphur Streams (Original Mix)  
Malin Genie – Mastodon  
Deniro – Monsoon 3  
Claudio PRC & Andrea Cossu – Biofluorescence  
Hatti Vatti, Echo Ranks, Andy Stott – Great (Andy Stott Remix)

decompression session 009: toploader

Hamatsuki delivers heavily on the penultimate showcase from Prog Realm. Pure bumping deep house and minimal techno drenched in atmospherics dub-wise logics. Fuses the foot-moving urge with the subtle introspective spells found in the deepest recesses of early 00s + club music. Includes music from Echomen, Sub Basics, and Taron-Trekka amongst others. 


Prog Realm Takeover w/ Hamatsuki @ Radio Panini (26.07.2025)

Ahead of her debut performance with DJ Zoik on the first week of Headnoiz' takeover programming at Club 77, Grevillea has put together an hour of patient, hypnotic, psychedelic and well weighted trance and techno.

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ProMIX009 - Grevillea

Latino_(Original Mix)

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