"Genre: Not Applicable" says one of Bogatá-born DJ and producer @bitterbabe's online bios, and she's not wrong. She mixes up and blends global club styles from Colombian guaracha to Venezuelan raptor house with high energy and rich percussion on labels like TraTraTrax and is a member of the ECO and Latitudes collectives. She is focussed on amplifying electronic artists and labels across Latin America while herself being on a near-constant tour of Europe's finest clubs. After a long time entrenched deep in the Miami scene, she recently made the move to Berlin. 

On this week's mix, Bitter Babe takes you on a wild ride through her unique rhythmic world. Everything she plays is defined by big drums, but how they fall and where they take you is always a thrill. You'll recognise hints of jungle, there are nods to techno and flashes of rave intensity but mostly these are contorted in between sounds that captivate mind and body with equal intensity.

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Dekmantel Podcast 430 - Bitter Babe

Since emerging (to most the world) on Ben Klock's Klockworks label, Ukrainian producer Etapp Kyle immediately caught attention of Berlin's techno cognoscenti, with a sound that seemed perfectly fit for the Berghain school: taut, slyly melodic and just the right amount of funky. Over the past ten years, he's refined his sound to a science, but also opened it up: his records on Ostgut Ton, particularly 2020's Nolove EP, showcase a mastery of sound and space. This is techno you can sit in, and let it wash over you.

As a DJ, Kyle is generally associated with a functional, if atmospheric style of techno (and, more recently, electro), but on his RA Podcast he invites us into something of a different space. In a way, this mix represents the spirits of his productions, with a wide-open soundscape touching on everything from '90s techno and trance, including some goodies from Canada and Denmark, along with core electronic acts like Future Sound Of London, Autechre and today's modern electronica poster-boy, Skee Mask—BPMs and genres be damned. It's a mix that veers from melancholy to emotive to ecstatic, sometimes even silly, and it's a real pleasure, capturing one of techno's more creative and restless voices.

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Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/884

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RA.884 Etapp Kyle

Kiosk & The Lot Radio proudly present their three-day broadcast at Horst Festival’s Moon Ra stage, showcasing New York’s and Brussels’ vibrant communities at one of Europe’s leading festivals. 

Listen back to this year's closing set by none less than DJ Fart in the Club.

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DJ Fart in the Club | Kiosk x The Lot Radio x Horst Festival 2024

Recording of CEM & JASSS' set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

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CEM & JASSS at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Welcome back to another edition broadcasting from the HER 他 Transmission Mix Series, our mix series showcasing amazing artists from around the world. For the 200th edition, just before HER 他 marks its fifth anniversary, joining the celebration is Berlin-based lesbian icon DJ AYA https://soundcloud.com/djayaya, co-head of (lip) service.

Zurich-born and Berlin-based, DJ AYA has a talent for amplifying the vitality, sexiness, and energy of any dancefloor. Their intention is always “to bring the queers to dance,” drawing inspiration from Berlin’s local scene while exploring underground communities in cities like Istanbul and Tokyo.

AYA’s love of UK bass, developed during a seven-year stint in London, sparked their passion for electronic music. This bass-driven groove and playfulness have shaped AYA’s approach to mixing, which blends clean, immersive techno kicks with diasporic influences such as grime vocals and reggaeton beats.

A special set for the FLINTAs sex party DJ AYA played at Slit at Berghain Lab. She is slow and sexy. Please enjoy.

In just a few years, AYA’s career has soared, with a packed schedule of weekly gigs at standout venues like Khidi in Tbilisi, Boiler Room sets in Lisbon and Berlin, and Live From Earth’s Panorama Bar showcase.

Since 2020, HER 他 has released a new mix on SoundCloud every week and offers an open-call submission opportunity to all. HER 他 is a weekly mixtape and event series, as well as a platform that focuses on supporting women and minorities. Represented by the Chinese character "他" (Ta), which symbolizes a genderless identity.

For its milestone 200th edition, HER 他 is excited to feature DJ AYA as the special guest.

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HER transmission 200: DJ AYA

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
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RA.973 Kia

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Cuddles with.. @djayaya 🫦

Excerpt from the closing set of poodle resident and absolute legend DJ AYA recorded live on the 24th of May in Aeden in Berlin!

Our hype girl dyke smoke machine absolutely delivered! 
Nearly two hours of booty popping pure energy.

🐩Be cute, be c**t, clothes off, come cuddle! 💕

Cuddles with.. DJ AYA Nº14

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Your Soul is Mine  Techno

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