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Contributing this week's Hyp mix are Lakker, a duo who have just been announced as the newest members of the venerable R&S stable. The label, which played host to electronic music luminaries such as Aphex Twin, Joey Beltram and Derrick May, will put out a four track EP by the Irish pairing in March. The announcement marks a continuation of Lakker's fine 2013, which saw them drop EP's on Stroboscopic Artifacts and Canada Rising, whilst also finding a selection of their tracks included in recent sets by the latterly mentioned Aphex Twin.

Although rooted in Berlin leaning Techno, Lakker have frequently demonstrated a willingness to mix things up that places them comfortably amongst the famously experimental ranks of their new label-mates. Finding room for the likes of spaced out Warp rapper/produce Jeremiah Jae alongside Motor City machine funk merchant Robert Hood, the mix takes in all manner of styles whilst retaining a sleek flow. With two cuts from the forthcoming R&S EP finding their way into the latter half, Hyp 164 is an hour of exciting music from two producers on the up.

01. Fis - Homologous Interlude
02. Batillus - Concrete (Andy Stott Remix)
03. Jeremiah Jae - Fish Bomb
04. Lakker - Untitled
05. IVVVO - Pure Morning
06. RdF - Doubt (Lakker Remix)
07. Frank B - JewelandDarlin
08. Astrobotnia - Untitled
09. Dadub & Grun - Ergot Kernel
10. These Hidden hands - Kheium (SHXCXCHCXSH Remix)
11. Crust Punk Techno - Stab It In The Back
12. AnD - Bow (Decomposition by Russel Haswell)
13. Ghostphace - Rome Boredom
14. Robert Hood - Eleven
15. Rrose - The Stare
16. Lakker - Valentina Lane
17. Metrist - Third Law (Eomac Remix)
18. Lakker - Thermohaline
19. Burial - Rival Dealer

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Hyp 164: Lakker

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard @siriogryj for its 98th episode of Amplify Series.

Born in Rome late in the 80s, where he took his first steps deejaying and producing with Black Sam Records around 2010, he became the founder of 'Monolith Records' in 2014. As deejay, sound designer, resident of the former eclectic platform 'Liber Null Berlin', art director of the event series 'Metamorphosis Berlin', Sirio Grimaldi aka Sirio Gry J have been proposing sounds and concepts able to destabilize and renew the scene of Berlin during the last decade. 
Focusing on crafting, disclosing and supporting meaningful electronics, the mission to push the boundaries and deconstruct the standard methods led him to forge a unique dark aesthetic as the fruit of an uncompromisable vision which led to establish an identity that made him a key figure in the most underground circuits of the darker music scene of the arty Berlin. 
His work also reached the attention of Alessandro Bavari, Italian pioneer of the digital arts (also more recently director of the special effects sequences of Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien Covenant’), with whom he collaborated for several videos as sound designer and musician since 2017. Born in Rome and relocated to Berlin after studying music production in London, he’s been regularly playing in the most iconic clubs that consecrated the Berlin scene during its golden years (such as Berghain Säule, Tresor, About Blank, Grießmühle, KitKat Club, Suicide Circus, Arena Club, Urban Spree, OHM-ex Shift… to name a few) and exported his unique dj sets over Europe (in France, Italy, Greece, United Kingdom, Latvia) and Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan), while releasing tightly on labels like Furanum Records, Overdraw, Mechanical Thoughts, Several Reasons along with the regular contributions for his own imprint Monolith Records and Liber Null Berlin. 

TRACKLIST:
Fire at Work - An Imperfect God [Stirpe999]
FRET - Care [LIES Records]
Gutenberg - Nostalgia Scene (Tomohiko Sagae Remix) [Faktoria]
Tomohiko Sagae - Amaranth [Furanum Records]
Ryuji Takeuchi - Hatch Out [Dead Svn Records]
Greyhound - Awakening [Hands]
Obsoleet - Condition 19 [Monolith Records]
K0debreaker - Evolutionary Mechanism [Monolith Records]
K0debreaker - Variance [Monolith Records]
Limbus Puerorum & Dead Svn - Maison Blanche (Hypnoskull Remix) [ Dead Svn Records]
D. Carbone - F*ck You [Repitch Records]
K0debreaker - Unreleased
Caustic Window The Garden Of Linmiri [Rephlex]
Future Sound of London - Electric Brain Storm [self released]
Scam. - Shaping Black Forms [Monolith Records]
Dominik Müller - New Path [Monolith Records]
SKD - Dzinulis [Metaphysik]
Mogano feat. LIIneas - Rogue Proxy [Dead Svn Records]
Sirio Gry J - Disgregatio Temporis (Uncto Remix) [Monolith Records]
Skumring - Immunoem Emocoag [Brutal Forms] 
Elements of Joy - Never Closer [Dead Svn Records]
Nine Inch Nails - At The Heart of It All (created by Aphex Twin) [Warp Records]
Sirio Gry J - Disgregatio Temporis [Monolith Records]
Operant - Also To The Inorganic World [Instruments of Discipline]

LINKS:

SIRIO GRY J:
Soundcloud: @siriogryj
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SirioGryJ
Instagram: www.instagram.com/siriogryj
RA: ra.co/dj/siriogryj

MONOLITH RECORDS:
Soundcloud: @monolith-records
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MONOLITHmusik
Bandcamp: https://monolithrecberlin.bandcamp.com

DIRTY EPIC:
Website: www.dirty-epic.com
Merch: shopby6am.com/collections/dirty-epic-collection
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DirtyepicLA
Twitter: twitter.com/dirtyepicla
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dirtyepicla/

Amplify Series 098 - Sirio Gry J

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard @kmyle for the 124th installment of Amplify Series.

Meet Kmyle, a name synonymous with boundless audible exploration, who has etched a lasting mark in the realm of electronic music. His career seamlessly blends magnetic techno, hypnotic rhythms, and ethereal melodies, inviting listeners on a transcendent voyage through time and space.

With revered labels such as Soma, Mord, and Skryptom placing their unwavering trust in his musical prowess, Kmyle’s journey serves as a living testament to his artistry. As a live performance maestro, he effortlessly enthralls audiences with his Möd4rn Live quartet and Spatialised 360° adventures.

Kmyle's journey knows no bounds, launching "Kmyle Records" in 2020, an exciting new chapter in his career. Guided by luminaries like Luke Slater, Blawan, and Laurent Garnier, Kmyle has shaped a formidable career while cultivating lasting friendships.

LINKS:

KMYLE:
Soundcloud: @kmyle
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kmylemusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmyle_music/
RA: ra.co/dj/kmyle

DIRTY EPIC:
Website: www.dirty-epic.com
Merch: shopby6am.com/collections/dirty-epic-collection
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DirtyepicLA
Twitter: twitter.com/dirtyepicla
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dirtyepicla/

Amplify Series 124 - Kmyle (live in Paris)

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard @dimi-angelis for the 125th installment of Amplify Series.

The mix is a live recording played at one of Dimi's Illegal Parties back in the day. It was recorded on the 18th of August 2002 and is part of a 5 hour set, vinyl only.

Thinking of Dimi Angelis, we quickly associate his name with pounding sounds, high-quality releases, and an iconic trajectory. Staying true to his sound, Dimi has evolved over the years into one of the most renowned producers and DJs worldwide.

Looking back to the nineties, Dimi has been one of the key figures shaping the Dutch techno scene as we know it today. His career has been marked by releases on top-tier labels such as Axis Records, Warm Up Recordings, Mord, KEY Vinyl, Tar Hallow, and the co-owned label A&S with Jeroen Search. This has led him to perform at major techno institutions such as Berghain, Awakenings, Dekmantel, and Tresor.

Another product of Dimi’s creativity is his solo label, ANGLS, which delivers raw and uncompromising techno. In recent years, Dimi has been a regular presence across different continents, frequently performing in Latin America, Asia, and the USA.

LINKS:

DIMI ANGELIS:
Soundcloud: @dimi-angelis
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dimiangelis1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dimiangelis/

ANGLS:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ANGLS.Records
Bandcamp: https://anglsrecords.bandcamp.com

DIRTY EPIC:
Website: www.dirty-epic.com
Merch: shopby6am.com/collections/dirty-epic-collection
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DirtyepicLA
Twitter: twitter.com/dirtyepicla
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dirtyepicla/

Amplify Series 125 - Dimi Angélis

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard @raffaele_attanasio for the 126th installment of Amplify Series.

"My trajectory, I hope, will always be uphill, in continuous musical evolution... I’m always hungry for new sound experiences, and I’ll put all my soul into it." - Raffaele Attanasio

The confines of contemporary music often ensnare a musician in a particular sound. Wrapped up in a box that defines and sells the 'product', that it's easier to digest for the modern consumer. It operates on a plane where it is assimilated in tiny soundbites that are quickly digested and moved on. Sound can get lost amongst trying to 'make it' or get likes. Music is not lost though; it exists as it always has and the passion for composing transcendent and transportive tracks exists in an artist like Raffaele Attanasio.

Born to a musician father in his home city of Naples, Attanasio was only satiated when listening to virtuoso maestros like Il Guardiano del Faro and Keith Emerson. Developing his prodigious ear, he trained on drums and then piano and his auspicious ability become apparent early. In his late teens, he ventured into DJing and electronic music production and has garnered plaudits from Jeff Mills, Len Faki and Ben Sims; even performing with Mills in a B2B live set and also Octave One. He found a home within the electronic music community, heading his own label Letter From Jerusalem, and releasing on others, such as Third Wave Black and Non Series. His label even released music from Douglas McCarthy of the band Nitzer Ebb.

What has never been lost on Attanasio is his eclectic flair. His releases span from nefarious techno - even releasing under his X-501 alias - to riveting Detroit inspired dance music with soulful piano. That piano may encapsulate a sound not many may equate to the Italian, but he now threads down a course that garners influences from his native Naples and musicians like Keith Jarret Duke Ellington and even Hans Zimmer. His artistic mould is shaped from by his experiences, and these are laid bare in his jazz-tinged sound on his album Nuovo Futuro, which was released on Axis records. Kaleidoscopic in his quenching of musical thirst, Attanasio keeps music in its purest form. These melodic air vibrations evoke something opaque, yet wildly pulchritudinous, regardless of the audience.

LINKS:

RAFFAELE ATTANASIO:
Soundcloud: @raffaele_attanasio
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/attanasioraffaele/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raffaele_attanasio_ofc/

DIRTY EPIC:
Website: www.dirty-epic.com
Merch: shopby6am.com/collections/dirty-epic-collection
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DirtyepicLA
Twitter: twitter.com/dirtyepicla
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dirtyepicla/

Amplify Series 126 - Raffaele Attanasio

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard @shantievanti for the 127th installment of Amplify Series.

Shanti has made textured waves in Chicago’s techno scene with her curation of dark, sinister, and ethereal soundscapes. Music has always been a means of coping with the otherness and hybridity Shanti experienced throughout her life. She has been deeply moved by the transcendent ability of music to express concepts, states of consciousness, and conflicting emotions. Shanti’s sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition and illustrate an intentional trajectory through combining and cultivating surreal, atmospheric, and haunting sounds.
 
Enamored by the liminal dynamics of sound, she cohosts Otherworldly Ambiguity with Scum.ee –an experience that is centered around the phenomenon of existing in between and outside of pre-existing concepts and rigid categories. She is also a member of techno collective Research & Development and hosts a monthly radio show, “Liminal Radio” on WIIT 88.9 FM featuring thoughtful artists at the core of Chicago’s underground music scene.
 
Experiencing music outside of the confines of a club or the underground is extremely important to Shanti as she had initially discovered her favorite artists through online podcasts and radio. The universalizability of podcasts and radio enable music to be experienced by more humans situated in different contexts. This is why she has contributed to many notable online mix series and radio channels. Her mixes have been featured on The Black Lodge Radio, SutroFM, Mutant Radio, PPRZ, Distant Signals, Death Decay & Magic, Braid Records, Low Visibility, Dance All Day, and m50’s etc radio among other podcasts and shows.

"For this closing set, I wanted to cultivate an atmosphere of releasing the turbulent emotions we have been experiencing in Chicago as a community. I anticipated the desire for this release but experiencing it in the subterranean context of Smartbar - in the darkness - in real time- felt so powerful and transcendent. This experience was not merely an escape, but a channeling of the heaviness within us - how do the mind and body cope and grasp what is happening? I was fueled by the defiantly heavy energy from the dancers and it was such a testament to the healing power of music during these dark times."

LINKS:

SHANTI:
Soundcloud: @shantievanti
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shantiism/
RA: https://ra.co/dj/shanti

DIRTY EPIC:
Website: www.dirty-epic.com
Merch: shopby6am.com/collections/dirty-epic-collection
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DirtyepicLA
Twitter: twitter.com/dirtyepicla
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dirtyepicla/

Amplify Series 127 - Shanti (live Smartbar, Chicago 10/25)

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard @xiorro for the 128th installment of Amplify Series.

Xiorro is a Berlin-based DJ, producer, and label head whose all-vinyl sets and unmistakable presence have made him a defining force in contemporary techno. He first emerged from Brooklyn’s underground in 2017, where his work with ALKHEMY and the warehouse/off-site rave series The Black Hole became central pillars of the city’s DIY nightlife.
Now firmly rooted in Berlin, Xiorro has become a core resident at RSO, continuing the trajectory he began during the club’s previous era as Griessmuehle in Neukölln. His regular appearances during RSO’s intense weekender programming have earned him a reputation as one of the venue’s most trusted and versatile selectors—known for extended, vinyl-driven sets that balance precision, stamina, and narrative depth.

A self-taught artist with a sharp instinct for tension, groove, and acceleration, Xiorro crafts long-form journeys that reflect both technical mastery and the rhythmic sensibility of his Puerto Rican heritage. His tactile command of vinyl allows him to move fluidly between hypnotic introspection and peak-time intensity, preserving the raw energy of underground rave culture while pushing it forward. With an ear tuned to otherworldly textures and a drive that anchors every performance, Xiorro continues to leave an unmistakable imprint on RSO’s identity and on dance floors across the global techno circuit.

LINKS:

XIORRO:
Soundcloud: @xiorro
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xiorrodj/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xiorro_/
RA: https://ra.co/dj/xiorro

DIRTY EPIC:
Website: www.dirty-epic.com
Merch: shopby6am.com/collections/dirty-epic-collection
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DirtyepicLA
Twitter: twitter.com/dirtyepicla
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dirtyepicla/

Amplify Series 128 - Xiorro (vinyl mix)

Rinse FM Podcast

Rinse FM Podcast - Mumdance b2b Perc - 6th November 2016

Headless Horseman has been cementing a place as one of the most exciting live acts in Techno. The eponymous Headless releases sum up the modus operandi of this artist: dark, raw, and rhyth-mic IDM flavoured Techno. His hardware only live sets at Berghain, Boiler Room Berlin and worldwide have really showcased the Horsemans insurmountable skills as a producer and performer.

https://www.facebook.com/HeadlessHorseman1/?fref=ts
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/headlesshorseman
https://soundcloud.com/headlesshorseman-1

twitter.com/slamdjs 
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Headless Horseman

#SlamRadio - 219 - Headless Horseman

Xhin CLR- Podcast 156

The Brvtalist is proud to present a set from Crystal Geometry. Recorded live at the 1988 Live Club in Rennes, FR, the emerging producer delivers a massive improvisational modular set of techno, EBM, hardcore and beyond. For more visit: www.thebrvtalist.com/newbrvtalism144/

@crystal-geometry

New Brvtalism No. 144 - Crystal Geometry (*Live in Rennes)

Perc - CLR podcast 182.

To book Perc for a DJ or live set please email chris@elitemm.co.uk

1) Perc - Untitled - Unreleased
2) Go Hiyama - Spiral - Counter Pulse
3) Svreca SS10 (Steven Porter Remix) - Semantica
4) Optogon - Zeus - Cuatro Records
5) James Hammer - Bang It - Relief
6) Jimmy Edgar - Sleight Of Mouth (Steven Porter Remix) - Semantica
7) Perc - Pure & Simple (Perc's RZ Dub) - Sleaze
8) Sawlin & Subjected - FM.4 - Vault Series
9) Blawan - Grafter Gets A Home - Black Sun
10) Truss - Ganymede (Perc Remix) - Perc Trax
11) Will Azada - Easy Does It - Mystical Disco
12) Forward Strategy Group - Nihil Novi (Dom Factory Floor Remix) - Perc Trax
13) DJ Sneak - Compute - Strictly Rhythm
14) L-Vis 1990 - Hard Drive - Nightslugs
15) Mondkopf - Ease Your Pain - In Paradisium
16) Joey Beltram  - The Pulse - Vex
17) Ben Sims - Barrow Boy Acid - Balkan Vinyl
18) Gabeen & Tosi-Fejek - A Porban (Raven Remix) - Reactivate
19) Ro! - Crise Planitia (Aiken Remix) - End Of Dayz
20) Blawan - 6 To 6 Lick - Black Sun
21) Perc - Pure & Simple (Original Mix) - Sleaze
21) Factory Floor - Two Different Ways (Perc Remix) - DFA
22) Perc - Molineux - Stroboscopic Artefacts

Perc Trax Bandcamp

Perc - CLR Podcast August 2012

For the thirteenth episode of the TNDB-podcast serie, French producer UVB delivers a more than quality mix. With dozens of releases and gigs on his name, UVB is not an artist that can be overlooked.

Making music for 10 years and counting, UVB has been releasing on labels like MORD, 47, Falling Ethics and his own imprint Body Theory. His music is well-written, structured and are explorations of different vibes and emotions. All this result in music that is strong and enriching for techno as a whole. As a DJ UVB never fails to get the crowd moving. Having played at all important stages and places, UVB can be seen as a true artist with the right passion for music.

A true artist and an amazing person. We are happy to welcome UVB to our podcast serie. With tracks/remixes by SZYMON, Peryl, Tommy Four Seven, PEARL, Blush Response, Esplendor Geometrico & more. Check it out!

For more references:
@uvb
facebook.com/uvbmusic

TNDB-podcast no. 13: UVB

Paula Temple at Katharsis 2019

Next Episode of Abaddon Podcast with Blush Response Live at Prectxe Festival at B39.Space, Bucheon, South Korea

Blush Response is Joey Blush, a Cuban-American artist and sound designer hailing from NUC who now resides in Berlin. Blush cut his teeth doing programming work for artists such as Fear Factory, Rhys Fulber, Cristian Castro, and as a touring member of Joey Jordison (Slipknot)'s alternative rock project Scar the Martyr. A fascinating, vibrant new artist, frequenting the outer realms of post punk, industrial, techno, you-name-it and has a plethora of releases on cd, vinyl, digital and even cassette tape format to date on labels like Sonic Groove, Aufnahme + Wiedergabe, Ant-zen, and Total Black

The intention behind blush response is to always push the limits of sound, structure, and perception, creating a modern version of what he perceives industrial music to be: brutal, inventive, uncompromising and always innovative. Throbbing Gristle, Surgeon or Front 242 have left audible traces in his sound, and his goal is to recapture the core spirit of these originators, and then to evolve it even further. Performing on hardware synthesizers is a big part of the essence of Blush Response. His approach is very ‘hands on’ and thus 90% of the changes you hear on his sounds are done by hand without any automation. Blush believes in performative gestures over cut and paste editing, and strives to explore the limits of human-machine interactions. His live performances are 100% improvised and mostly unplanned which includes mistakes and happy accidents, and this philosophy is also reflected in his studio work.

Blush Response's music is characterized by a heavy approach to sound design, combining rough, glitch-heavy beats with thick, distorted synths. Pounding, head-tripping kick drums intermix with abrasive, dark sequences generating huge walls of cavernous sonics. A pulsating slice of straightforward noise-filtered techno with a good dose of industrial and EBM influences while blush's improvising skills enable a sound that blurs the lines between these genres. A barely tamed beast, biting and piercing holes in eardrums and somehow magically managing to make your feet tap along or, at considerable volume, rave.

Follow Blush Response: 
SC - https://soundcloud.com/blush-response
FB -https://www.facebook.com/blushresponseofficial

Abaddon Podcast 091 X Blush Response Live at Prectxe Festival at B39.Space, Bucheon, South Korea

Next Episode of Abaddon Podcast with MÆDON

MÆDON an American electronic musician & producer. You may not know MÆDON, the artist formerly known as pulsewidthmod, but you will soon; she has been pulverizing select dance floors with live sets since her arrival in Brooklyn late summer of 2018. Shrouded in mystery, there is one thing known about her, she’s a wizard with the hardware driven by some fierce passion for the music. 

Full Tracklist: 
http://technocartel.net/abaddon-podcast-092-x-maedon/

Follow MÆDON:
SC - https://soundcloud.com/m_a_e_d_o_n
FB - https://www.facebook.com/maedon.nyc/

Abaddon Podcast 092 X MÆDON

Welcome to Dirty Epic's Amplify Series, a music podcast focused on elevating the underground from scenes across the globe. From techno to electro, and everything in between, our aim is to broadcast the music we love, from artists we respect, to people all around the world.

For more information about Dirty Epic and our mission, head over to Dirty-Epic.com