As often extensively touring as he is on the quest for new sounds (‘the iron fence in front of the studio’, ‘the wooden door in the toilet’ among other samples), or building instruments from scratch with his pals (see Modular Organ System), Phillip Sollmann’s experimental zeal underscores a conceptual framework that reveals a collage of influences as broad as Basic Channel, Francis Bacon, Japan or the room he’s sitting in. This often amounts to smooth and genre-busting segues on Dial, Curle and Ostgut Ton. For Bassiani Podcast 120, the German neutoner challenges and surprises with an hour of osmotic and textural 4/4 techno, twilight arps and fidgety basslines. Efdemin at his very best.

@efdemin

Bassiani invites Efdemin / Podcast #120

Imagine growing up near Berlin, getting into dance music, going to Berghain for the first time and getting your mind blown by techno. Then, ten years later, you become a resident DJ at the fabled club. Not many people—any people?—can claim this story, but for Fadi Mohem, what would be so many DJs' dreams became a reality. After getting his 2017 debut 12-inch Reckless in the hands of all the right people in Berlin, Mohem established a bold, bouncy techno sound with releases on Modeselektor's Seilscheibenpfeiler, Ben Klock's Klockworks and FJAAK's SPANDAU20, pretty much the cream of the crop of modern techno.

Now, this year, he's becoming one of Berghain's newest residents, alongside other exciting names like Sedef Adasï and Naty Seres (and Lakuti upstairs at Panorama Bar). As heard on his recent collaborative with Ben Klock, Mohem has modern techno down to a science, thanks to a combination of reverence for the old-school and clever rhythmic touches, like the irresistible snare pattern on "Prefix." His RA Podcast sounds like what you might expect from a new generation of Berghain resident: aerodynamic, heavy and, honestly a little midtempo compared to a lot of other young techno DJs. It's the sound the club has made world-famous, with cuts from Reeko, Heiko Laux and Truncate, plus some special moments from aya, DJ Deeon and Petar Dundov. It takes a certain kind of DJ to get to this hallowed place, and Fadi Mohem deserves it.

@fadimohem

Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/842

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RA.842 Fadi Mohem

JakoJako (@jakojako_live) always wanted to make music and her self-confessed hyperactivity ultimately led to her getting the most joy out of playing about with machines and patching up synths. These days the Berghain resident is a celebrated live act and DJ who draws on the considerable knowledge she picked up working at Berlin's legendary synth shop SchneidersLaden, but she has also worked on several high-profile motion sensor dance projects at places like The Royal Albert Hall. Her smart sound designs and unique rhythms have landed on Leisure System, Tresor and Figure and she has a new EP coming on Mute this June.

Her mix for us this week features a sneak preview of one of the tracks from that EP as well as mixing up music from Alaric, Siege, Altinbas and many more. It's full of high-speed sounds couched loosely in techno but with moods and textures borrowed from industrial, minimal and even trance as things reach an emotional peak late on. Though she broke through as a live act, this set shows JakoJako can now speak just as freely through the decks.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 462 - JakoJako

Live recording of my first all night long at Open Ground , located in Wuppertal , Germany.

One of the most memorable night I had in recent years , in a club that have making me feel at home right from the first time I performed there.

Hope you enjoy the 8 hours ride.

Open Ground

Quelza @ Open Ground I All Night Long l 19.05.2024

Over the past two decades, @djnobu_bitta’s name has become synonymous with Japanese techno; his deep yet hard-hitting sets consistently transfix the global underground. Alongside a blazing On Cue mix, the Bitta label boss tells James Gui about the lasting influence of his hardcore punk background, his Omega Point noise project, Future Terror parties, and inspiring the next generation of artists to lead with compassion

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/cue-dj-nobus-techno-punk-spirit-bitta-future-terror-interview

Interview

On Cue: DJ Nobu

Recording of Sterac's set at Dekmantel Ten

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Sterac at Dekmantel Ten

Dasha Rush b2b Jakojako at Draaimolen Festival 2024

https://solarreef.bandcamp.com/album/soft-logic

Guycelium (formerly Moray) returns to the Reef with 'Soft Logic' his first full release under his new alias. A potent mix of Prog, Tech and 90's Rave, drawing from all corners of dance music. It's an EP for the heads and floor - in equal measure. 

Dreamy vocals, driving percussive elements and grooving bass lines meet mysterious synth lines to create an intoxicating elixir of Prog laced offerings. 

Amanita, Parasol & Stinkhorn: 3 Pumping cuts to keep the dance-floor chugging along in a trancelike state. 

Kitsta casts a spell on the remix, gleaning something only her ears and unique approach could supply. Journeying across genres and continents she lands somewhere both familiar and alien, every element taking 'Stinkhorn' to uncharted territories, even providing her own flute playing to the magic that she brings to her productions

https://soundcloud.com/guycelium
https://soundcloud.com/solar-reef


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