Dialog - DOT 3 (feat. Benji) - DOT003

http://dialogsound.com
bookings: dialog.sound@gmail.com

A1. Better Way
A2. Better Version
B1. Child Was I
B2. Child Version

Samuel van Dijk (VC-118A) and Rasmus Hedlund return for a third plate in their ongoing exploration of roots-minded dub techno with Jamaica-born, Finland-based vocalist Benji. 

The vocals set the tone on both these new tracks, as Benji meditates on internal and external forces with his own brand of old-soul wisdom. Better Way is an upfront steppa reflecting on the need for new solutions to solve humanity enduring problems, while Child Was I travels deeper inwards to highlight the importance of lived experience in shaping the inner self as we grow. 

Alongside the vocal versions, Dialog offer up the instrumental versions of the tracks for the full dubwise listening experience, letting every melancholic synth lick and echo chamber drum trail shine through as their project continues to forge its own path in the dub techno tradition.

DOT 3

Dialog - DOT 3 (feat. Benji) - DOT003

Excerpt from GHOST DUBS live set at PRESSURE- Night in Gretchen Berlin, March 2025

GHOST DUBS - liveset at Pressure, Gretchen, Berlin 2025

The third episode in our new series (and our 40th podcast!) comes from Lyon based Comic Sans Records label-head and lyl radio resident, sleek fata. 

@sleek-fata

We've been a fan of sleek fata for a while now, often tuning into his exquisitely put together "Cremation of Care" shows - which explore a wide spectrum of experimental music focused on tracks with an high sound design profile going from psychedelic electronics to jazz with a touch of punk and trip hop between.

This mix beautifully showcases the variety of his tastes and skills of mixing it all together, from dub to dubstep, techno to half time & masterfully jumping tempo’s - sleek fata’s got it covered.

𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 / 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀 / 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲?
Sleek fata / he him / Lyon

𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘅
I wanted to build a thematic journey that could bring together different types of music and tempos, while still feeling coherent as a whole. I found a strong inspiration in the icy textures of dub techno, it sparked the whole idea. So this is essentially a cold journey through the dub techno continuum (dub techno in the broad sense): half-time, dubstep, dub techno, footwork, downtempo… each track shares a similar colour palette, sonically speaking. Think light blue, white, and grey tones. I imagined a dancer trapped in a cold room with a perfect sound system, moving and reacting to these glacial sounds. But "glacial" doesn’t mean emotionless—on the contrary. Despite the chill, there's a lot of soul embedded in each track.

𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰?
I grew up listening to rap while living in the suburbs of Lyon as a kid. Later, when I moved into the city centre for university, I discovered electronic music. So yes, my environment has always shaped my musical taste—just like it does for everyone, I believe. Our preferences are influenced by sociological data: age, ethnicity, the country we grow up in, our parents' professions, and so on.

But beyond that, my uncle, who I lived with when I was younger, had a big impact. During the peak of the Emule era, he downloaded every US rap album he could find and burned them onto blank CDs. When I came home from school, I would pick one at random and discover a new album every day. That routine really shaped my digging habit. These days, the Bandcamp community is a big influence for me.

𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 / 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘀? 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗴𝗶𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽?
I’m working on Vision Pro Dubs, a various artists project that started as a special episode of my Cremation of Care radio show. It brings together contemporary and cutting-edge smooth dub sounds. Besides that, Malesa is working on their second album, and we’re putting together a remix EP of Seta Loto’s last release. I’m also collaborating with Cortex of Light on something exciting!

𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀
Hypothermic sound system

full interview here:

kinetic mix 040: sleek fata "the cold room dancer and other frozen tales"

@aeraemusic



𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕣 presents Aerae
— a voice rising from Rouen’s mist, weaving techno pulse and d&b tension into something raw, ritual, and deeply human.

Fresh from her stunning debut album Percussive Reverie (Annulled Music) and ahead of her forthcoming Nefanda on Samurai Music this July, Aerae speaks in refracted rhythms: sinewy drums, cavernous reverbs, melodies coded in Latin fragments. Dance music as incantation—dense yet breathing, suspended between rave energy and meditative drift.

In the booth, she ventures further—fusing UK-leaning sounds with trippy twists and textural experimentation. A flow that pulls body & mind into the same gravitational field.

𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮 & 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴—𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺. 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘌𝘗.

(J’avais ce besoin de retourner à la dnb, de me replonger dans cette énergie, qui est aussi ma thérapie personnelle…)

Settle in and let this Tentacular mix carry you—hidden forests, warehouse dawns, & beyond. The currents will surely pull you under.

Tentacular 28 ~ Aerae

✧ Hyperterranean presents a 60-minute excursion through the fractured borderlands between granular amen splinters, sub-bass pressure and footwork futurism by @djstrawberrymusic ✧

✧ Aired 10.07.2025 on @lyl_radio ✧

www.lyl.live

Hyperterranean #030 with DJ Strawberry

Our latest mix is provided by Suzana Benesova, who gives us a one hour guided tour through a wormhole!

TTL Mix 016 - Suzana Benesova

Mixed Signals : Kick21 (04.09.25)

“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

For the first show of the season, I invite the Tokyo-based producer and DJ comm . Artwork : Camille Giunti

Trois-Quarts Taxi System invite comm - 10 Octobre 2025

allucination

My cosmetics for the LoopDiggers Sunday Roulette #227

we can put lipstick on a pig (LDSR #227)

Hazy sounds with a clear message.
Distribution worldwide by Kudos UK
Bookings and label enquiries: dialog.sound@gmail.com

Dialog - DOT 3 (feat. Benji) - DOT003

Dialog | DOT Records