'For more than thirty years, Ruud Lekx has been corrupting hearts and minds with his unmistakable brand of synthesizer music. Under his Rude 66 mask, this titan of electronics returns to Bordello A Parigi with twelve darkened tracks for Conditioning Consciousness. Tempos glide low in the opening incantations. From the breathy murmurings of “Magick Angels’ Invocations”, the listener is brought into Rude’s world. Shauna Lekx’s signature vocoder lyrics and blackened subject matter are central tenets, as are hauntingly delicate melodies. “The Riddler In Me” is a deep psychological journey through cable and circuit, an unsettling monologue accompanied by liquid analogue lines. BPMs are allowed to rise for the shimmering warmth of “In Exile” and in the reverb soaked “The Chariot.” But these are the outliers. Across the collection, percussion drives without ever being a central force. Instead, the focus is the bewitching and brooding compositions. Take the drugged low slung groove of “The Talisman of Algol” or the loose modulations of “Le Sagittaire”, here the listener is brought into the heart of the machines and the musician. The curtain close, “The Five Swords Of Venus In Aquarius” gathers a spread of influences, bringing them together into one piece. Synth. Soundtrack. Strings. All culminate in this superb climax, a climax to an album that broaches the boundaries between terrifying and terrific.'

In stores mid December.

Vinyl: https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/vinyl/rude-66-conditioning-consciousness-2lp/

Rude 66 - The Riddler In Me

All Mutant Disco Radio Show premieres available on :

Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLypdVb_SuSmL_C21MgXo2Q
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31NT4Oq48gcKdmttAFbx23
Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/170732496230
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Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/mutant-disco

Taken from "Joe Davies Aka DJ Assam - Shields In Full Sunlight LP (Smallville Records)". Out November 24th 2023. Buy here : https://smallville-records.bandcamp.com/album/smallville-lp-16-joe-davies-shields-in-full-sunlight

DJ Assam delivers his inaugural project under his own name Joe Davies this November. Entitled ‘Shields In Full Sunlight’ and comprising eight original cuts, his debut album is full of beautiful shades, unexpected twists and twirling melodies.
The past decade has seen DJ Assam releasing material for the likes of (his own imprint) Lehult, that he runs with a few friends, KANN Records, Super Tuff and Smallville Record sub-label Down by the Lake, as well as Djing regularly at hotspots across Europe and beyond. We are very happy to have him appearing under his own name- Joe Davies- to our main Smallville imprint with some serious longplayer material
Through the project, Davies offers up textural ethereal numbers like opener ‘Hi Life’ (feat. His brother Ossia, ‘Smile and Wave’ and closing track ‘Nefyn’. Also on offer is the more signature deep and dubby Smallville house sound with tracks like ‘Two Hours Earth Room’ ‘Cygnus’ ( feat. Space Drum Meditation) and ‘AMY' (feat. Johan Kaseta) while the likes of ‘’Echo Form’ sees Davies deviate into Bruk with broken rhythms and jazzy melodies or ‘Movement Into The Breach’, which embraces a more mystical, Balearic-tinged aesthetic.
Once again Smallville delivers raw deep and understated music for the heads with Joe Davies ‘Shields In Full Sunlight’ LP out this November.
Full cover artwork by Stefan Marx. 

Artist social media:

https://soundcloud.com/djassam

Label social media :

http://www.smallville-records.com
https://soundcloud.com/smallville-records
https://www.facebook.com/smallvillerecords
https://www.instagram.com/smallville_records

Shields In Full Sunlight LP

Smile and Wave

PREMIERE : Joe Davies Aka DJ Assam - Smile And Wave (Smallville Records)

Special Christmas 2024 mix!
(Photo credit: https://www.instagram.com/raphael.chene/)
It features Music by:
@todays_vibe
@coflothesoulshifter
@djrontrent
@joeclaussellsplaygroundd
@patrickgibin
@mothertonguerecords
@theshelterny
@djfranckroger
@traumer_music
@benwestbeech
@@iam_rahh
@@joshmilan6969
@kaialce
@kleo_cleliazida
@kodenation_
@djpierrephuture
@djemmaculate
@grimyz
@karizma_kaytronik_official
@saisonmusic
@wolfmusic
@fasteddiechicago
@corky_traxman_strong
@shachonkasey
@torontohustle
@seanroman81
@bebewinans
@djtommybones

DJ DEEP CHRISTMAS MIX (LONG VERSION)

OSE at Open Ground Club Night 01.02.25
Opening for Danilo Plessow (MCDE).

@opengroundclub
https://www.openground.club/




OSE at open ground

The mastermind behind Basic Channel, Hard Wax and Rhythm & Sound doesn't do mixes. For RA.1000, he made an exception.

Trace Mark Ernestus's path, and you trace the evolution of electronic sound itself. The timeline of contemporary Berlin is unimaginable without him. At first, that meant Hard Wax, the crucial hub that shaped the early era of the city's techno revolution. Carl Craig once said it plainly: "Mark was ground zero."

From there, Ernestus never stopped. There's the birth of dub techno and the near-flawless catalogue that followed through Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound. There's his immersion in Senegalese mbalax with Ndagga Rhythm Force. Lately, that means Open Ground the Wuppertal bunker that's letting people hear music as never before.

As part three of RA.1000, Ernestus has kindly supplied his first studio DJ mix. As you might expect, it's technically immaculate, but more than that, it feels like a substantial and generous conduit to one of the world's most vital genres.

Amapiano remains underexplored in music media. Publications like our own are still learning to keep pace with the South African sound's global pull, animating millions across the globe. 

You'll hear the range and richness of the genre across the near two-hour mix, from the gothic, percussive stomp of Caltetonic's "Bambela"  to the devotional glow of GemValleyMusiq's "Something Spiritual."

Through all of this, Ernestus has remained understated. He lets the music speak for him, with a quiet honesty that lies in decades of opening doors—creating the conditions for new sounds and scenes to flourish and carry the culture forward.

@opengroundclub @hardwax 

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1011. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Mark Ernestus

In German we will call it "Wilde Mischung"...

Dirk Domin b2b Andreas Eisenschneider - Open Ground, Annex, Wuppertal, 21-08-2025

from within the tidal movement of days and nights, a 'falling leaf' lands right in front of a restless mind. 

the original tune by tcp has a mood as warm and cold, bright and dark, colourful and grey as the time when summer turns to winter. jahyu's remix sets things in motion, like wind invites all leaves to a dance to the music of the heaven and the earth. the vip version comes down to the floor providing a deep and powerful vibe for a steady march through the dark time of the year.

check out the 'falling leaf (original)' visual by yAssel: https://youtu.be/AP6pZvMzPf0

check out the release: www.harlekinsound.bandcamp.com/album/tcp-falling-leaf-hks005


www.harlekinsound.net

-one love-

tcp - falling leaf

tcp "Falling Leaf" (original) [hks005]

Between 2006 and 2008 i (Tonic) made a few edits on a label called 'Mindless Boogie' under a few different names (Tonic, Skinny Joey, Rubber Room). The label was vinyl only, so the tracks are pretty hard to find by now. It's a shame to let them go to waste, so here they are... Go and multiply!


MINDLESS 001 - B2 - Tonic - BALEARIC 33

ach verdammt, es ist so kalt.

Mix und Master von Philip J. Brooks

leichter//kälter

Listen & download https://kruderdorfmeister.lnk.to/Johnson

Johnson

The enthusiastic response to evin dropping Sonnenbank Raver in her HÖR set in February has vividly revealed two things fundamental to humanity:
Demeaning words can be successfully reclaimed, and nostalgia serves as a powerful tool when creating a summer hit to be enjoyed by nobody on the pandemic-ridden dancefloors of 2021.

DCHM: https://soundcloud.com/dont-call-him-molly

DCHM & MALUGI - Sonnenbank Raver

Wine Dealer and Music Lover. From Wuppertal with love. Played at Loch, OpenGround, Café23, Café du Congo, Utopiastadt,...

Dirk Domin b2b Andreas Eisenschneider - Open Ground, Annex, Wuppertal, 21-08-2025

dirkdomin