The last hour of my set at the Tresor... enjoy.

Some video footage here: http://youtu.be/LaBfUtFn6IM


The next shows will be hybrid live/DJ sets with R&S Records celebrating their 30 years...

11 Oct, Village Underground, London
12 Oct, Stattbad, Berlin



DBX - Losing Control (Peacefrog)
Unklone - Grit 555 (Fifth Wall)
Fokus Group - Rave x3 (Pennyroyal)
Ikonika - Cryo (Hyperdub)
Orphx - Vanishing Point (Sonic Groove)
MRSK - Less Youth Culture Mix (Skudge)
Helena Hauff - Actio Reactio (Werk Disc)
Paula Temple - Miyako (Materials)
Rich Oddie - Bloodstream (Surface)
Paul Bailey - Relationship To Authority (Rodz Konez)
Phase - Decode (Token)
Lee Gamble - (Pan)
Drumcell - Speak Silence (CLR)
Phase - Further Trials (Token)
UZB - Crome (Sleaze)
Laurent Garnier - Crispy Bacon (F Com)
Drumcell - Context (CLR)
Barker & Baumecker - Crows (Ostgut Ton)
Joey Beltram - Forklift (The Luke slater mix of course!) (Novamute)
Cosmin TRG - Sommer (50 Weapons)
Marcel Dettmann - Corebox James Ruskin Remix (MDR)
Clouds - (Soma)
Equinox - Force (Synewave)
Delta Funktionen - Onkalo Karenn Remix (Delsin)
David Meiser - Distress (Pareto Park)
Matt Whitehead - A is for Acid Perc remix (Perc Trax) 
Jonas Kopp - Montak (Sleaze)
Clouds - Consciousness (Turbo)
Chris Page - Corpus Delicti Blawan Remix (Decoy)
Suburban Knight - Nocturbulous Behaviour (UR)
Karl O Connor - Guiltess (Tresor)
Surgeon - Dinahs Dream (Tresor)

Paula Temple at Tresor Berlin (Female:Pressure #1) 27 Sept 13

VOLTAGE Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast series, broadcasting both upcoming and well-established artists within the techno scene. Every episode features a lengthy set surrounded by a spoken in- & outro. The full story, including an in-depth interview and handwritten tracklist by each artist, can be found on our website: voltageimprint.com/en/podcast

You’ve heard her records, listened to her mix, loved her label’s releases, and been influenced by her work in the Berlin and international scene since the beginning - we’re happy to introduce Ellen Allien.

Responsible for a huge part of the development of the world’s biggest and most reputed electronic music scene, Ellen Allien has been active wearing various hats in music since the late 80’s / early 90’s as an artist, a DJ, a label owner, and a radio show host pushing other artists as far and large as Apparat or Modeselektor, even releasing the debut Moderat Album on her own BPitch Control, to pushing some of the earliest Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann records all the way to being responsible for close to the entirety of Paul Kalkbrenner’s catalog for almost a decade…

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VOLTAGE Podcast 31 - Ellen Allien

Mixmag In Session: Dax J

Full feature - http://www.mixmag.net/feature/in-session-dax-j/

“Techno is a genre known for its dark and powerful sound, but even in a sphere dedicated to no-holds-barred production, Dax J’s tracks stand out as particularly robust and intense.

Take ‘The Wonk’, from his most recent EP ‘The Invisible Man’, which lays down a tough low-end that ploughs forward with relentless energy. A frantic outer texture sounds like an accordion made out of titanium alloy, quivering in-and-out to disorientating effect. It’s a face-melting cut that that bends the mind of any dancefloor that hears it. Last month he took dancers in Berghain through to Monday afternoon with a 10-hour closing set which was undoubtedly transcendental.

The producer is based in Europe’s techno capital Berlin nowadays, but travelling back to his teen years spent listening to d’n’b and jungle while growing up in London provides insight into his vigorous approach to production.

Dax took up DJing aged 15 as a hobby that soon turned into an obsession. He would gather with friends on school playgrounds to listen to Kool FM radio recordings on their walkmens, until he could no longer confine his passion to break times and would skip lessons to shop for vinyl at Black Market Records in Soho.

Looking for an outlet to publicly air the wax he was buying by the shedload, he came into contact with one of the founders of the Time FM pirate radio station and pestered him with phone calls for a month until he was offered a show. It was hardly a prime slot – the 6-8am Saturday graveyard shift – but he accepted with enthusiasm and set his alarm early every weekend for months to broadcast his sets.

His next pirate stint was on Origin FM, which he held down for four years and in that time began to release music under the name Dangerous, with records arriving through outlets such as Mickey Finns’ Urban Takeover label and his own Xplicit Sound. But while studying Music Technology at university he began to fall out of love with the d’n’b scene, finding the move towards jump-up sounds to be at odds with the rawness and darkness of the music he fell in love with.

Musically disillusioned after graduating, he decided to spend the summer in Ibiza and it was there that he was introduced to techno. Dax was blown away by the spectacle of the clubs and the new music he was hearing, describing his response to Stray Landings as “this music is like drum 'n' bass but slower, I love it!” He returned to producing invigorated with a new direction to follow, yet he didn’t completely forego his roots and regularly works old breaks and the classic amen sound into his techno exploits, making for some of the most high-octane records going.

Dax J’s contribution to the genre since has been massive, co-founding the EarToGround label and going solo with his Monnom Black imprint, curating and contributing to a stacked release schedule that never falters in quality. His work ethic is so strong that he even sets up a micro studio on planes on the way to gigs.

2015 saw the release of debut full-length ‘Shade Of Black’ which was awarded Album of the Month in Mixmag and showcased an artist with an assured vision and uncompromising attitude. It’s a mindset that he carries over to his DJ sets that are characterised by rigid rhythms and forays into pulsating acid. Check out his slamming In Session mix below for a prime example.”

Words - Patrick Hinton, Mixmag


Dax J - Mixmag In Session - Podcast 2016

Kobosil is one of the new wave of artists to have emerged under the wing of Berghain. As well as being a resident at the club, the Berlin DJ and producer has also released on its in house labels Ostgut Ton and Unterton, as well as on fellow resident Marcel Dettmann’s own eponymous imprint. His dark, heavy sound also gave rise to a debut full length earlier this year, and with its clear focus on big linear drums and shadowy atmospheres, it proved he is here to stay. Now, the boss of his own RK label steps up to our series with a similarly impressive mix. 

Starting out in frazzled and dystopian fashion, the mix wastes little time in setting a high impact, high tempo techno agenda. Overdriven percussion and lurching synths, wild machine sounds and thumping drums are all hurried and forceful and encourage you to lean right into the grooves, head down, stomping away. It is a powerful and maximal one hour selection that cannot fail to get your attention.

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Dekmantel Podcast 095 - Kobosil

POSSESSION PODCAST #6 - FUNK THE SYSTEM - HECTOR OAKS

► Tommy Four Seven making his long overdue return to BR now. Get ready for a final 1 hr of transcendental techno.
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Tommy Four Seven | Boiler Room Prague

Perc @ Soenda Indoor Utrecht 10 - 11 - 2018

Listen to the full live set of Perc on the 20th of April 2019 at the Gashouder, Amsterdam.

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