this is so good. love the tempo. it's faster than normal. God... I wish i lived in Serbia or Prague. Tekno all night long!

JULO#2024

Techno has been reclaimed and refined in the last few years. For Ghanaian-American Discwoman associate Akua (@akua_b), that means a deep dedication to bringing forth narratives about the genre's history. It's about original, authentic and rebellious old school values of the sort that Underground Resistance defined so early on. It's about breaking modern expectations with a fresh sense of attitude. Her recontextualisation of techno centres its long lineage for contemporary audiences. All this most often plays out in Akua's blazing sets, most often during the late-night and early morning hours of the clubs around her New York City hometown. They find her transmute 90s nostalgia while connecting the dots between past and present. "Playing fast feels cathartic," she says, "and helps me deal with the nostalgia I have for a time that I never got to experience but remember and connect with so fondly.”

This week's mix is a testament to that: it starts with 1994's 'Global Warning' from the late great K-Hand and goes on to cover decades of history at warp speed. There are frenetic layers of percussion and hammering kick drums, bouncing bass lines and arresting rave synths all threaded together into something hugely powerful and muscular. It is only a DJ with Akua's sense of control that can serve up a chaotic collision of sound in such a compelling way.

Tracklist
K-Hand - Global Warning [Warp, 1994]
Voltage 9 - Untitled B1 - Candema [Synewave, 1994]
Drax (Thomas P. Heckmann) -  Search [Trope Recordings, 1998]
Mike Dearborn - Warning [Majesty, 1994]
Gene Hunt - Juno 106 [Contaminated Muzik, 1998]
NYCO - Plasticity [ESP Collective, 2021]
DJ Shufflemaster - 808 Cosmetics [Self-Released, 2018] 
Mike Dunn - Damn You All [Trax Records, 1994]
DJ Powerout - Lift [Synewave, 1995]
DJ Slugo - Taris Sleeps Wild [Dance Mania, 1995]
DJ Rush - Control Yourself [Djax-Up-Beats, 1999]  
Fuzz Face (DJ Hyperactive + Woody McBride) - New Ones [Communique, 1996] 
DJ Slip - Bushwick Birds [Kanzleramt, 2001]
DJ Hyperactive - Get In [4 Track Recordings, 2008]
Joey Beltram - Caliber [Warp, 1994]
Surgeon - THX-1139 (Level) [1996]
Creeper - Spoke [Cluster Records, 1997]
DJ Jes - True Honesty [Contaminated Muzik, 1998]
Tevatron - Molekule [Re-load Records, 1998]
Jana Clemen - Momentum [Convex, 2001]
Decoder - Populations [Self-Released, 2021]
Unknown Force - Internal Drive [430 West, 1995]
Bios - Basic Black [Black Nation, 1998]
DJ Apollo - Hooligan Stomp [Head In The Clouds, 1996]
DJ Genderfluid - Dirty Funker [Wet Trax, 2021]
Woody McBride + DJ T-1000 -  Test Three [Generator Records, 1995]
Fumiya Tanaka - Micro One [Torema, 1995]
Max Watts - Ichi 3 [ESP Collective, 2021] 
DJ Rashad - Acid Bit (Feat. Addison Groove) [Hyperdub, 2013]

Tracklist

Dekmantel Podcast 350 - Akua

FFS MIX 144 | Vindya

Dutch-born, London-based, DJ and producer Vindya has got her groove back. As a newcomer in post-pandemic England, she flourished, quickly becoming known for her pristine and eclectic techno selections and filling dancefloors across numerous cities. Now with a central focus, and deeply inspired by her experience in Europe’s party capitals, Vindya is fully equipped to perform ‘journeying, four-to-the-floor and groove oriented’ sets this summer, while also testing the waters with unreleased tracks of her own.

With more than one string to her bow, Vindya is pioneering a new sound which combines techno with her South Asian heritage, mirroring the direction she has taken as a contemporary classical composer. Following huge success at Sounds From The Other City Festival in April, Vindya will once again be combining her love of hardgroove with Konnakol (an ancient Indian vocal practice, sitting firmly at the historic root of countless hand percussion samples) at Manchester International Festival 2023.

@vindyamusic

FFS144: Vindya

We invited artists from the harder fringes of electronic music to the sun-kissed isle of Malta for another lively edition of Glitch Festival.

Nene H | Glitch Festival

vindya was reflex interference's last guest of 2023.

0 - 45 ossou erratic

45 - 90 Vindya

90 - end  b2b

 (Live on Netil Radio, December '23)

[[R̶E̶F̶L̶E̶X̶ ̶I̶N̶T̶E̶R̶F̶E̶R̶E̶N̶C̶E̶]] Vindya x Ossou Erratic {Hardgroove Set} // 12.23

Living a double life, Vindya is enjoying international, repeated performances in her compositional career, while simultaneously establishing her presence in the energetic and groove-oriented techno communities across Europe. Raised by Sri Lankan parents, she grew up listening to a variety of religious and cultural drumming rituals, so it comes as no surprise that her dance music output aligns with the vastly repetitive, percussion-layered and turbulent techno sound. As she kicks off 2024 with a powerful closing set at Meat Free's New Year party and gears up to release her first collaboration EP, Vindya's longevity as an artist is guaranteed.

For this particular mix, she brings us some deeper, darker and more turbulent sounds that she's been rediscovering lately, as she explains. Including unreleased music of hers, she approaches the mix as if it was a live performance, intentionally leaving the tension unresolved at the end, leaving us with a desire to keep going.

SC: https://soundcloud.com/vindyamusic
IG: https://www.instagram.com/__vindya/

Vindya | Symbole Podcast #012

Live recording at Basilar Festival 2024.
Phara playing live under his 'In Glass' moniker, using the Korg Electribe EMX-1.

The recording is made with a Tascam DR-40.
Unfortunately I didn't use the right settings and only used the internal microphone which I found out afterwards, but loved the aesthetics of the recording.

Photo by @yuri_lines

Phara Pres. 'In Glass' - Live At Basilar 2024

Recording of Amoral's set at Dekmantel Ten

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Amoral at Dekmantel Ten

LDS (an acronym for Luca Daniel Schwarz) is based out of Stuttgart, and fast blazing a trail beyond his native Germany. 2018 saw his Dub Tapes From Outer Space EP out on Transatlantic Records, dubby techno stirrings crossbred with a hint of the psychedelic, dub both reduxed and reinterpreted, and people started to pay attention. From his studio, he pushed this work in all directions, a process of investigation, critical thinking, creation of sounds and modulation, a spark plug method of getting his software instruments into the kind of feedback loop he needs to produce the best results. Conceptually, though there’s a mirroring of past influence, it’s music for a newer and thoroughly networked era: the ‘educational internet' is, he says, the place he spends a lot of time both learning and developing his music. That signature sound has dovetailed with the work of labels like Monnom Black, Blue Hour and Planet X, where his productions have also taken on genres like trance and IDM. The benchmark for all his releases, sets, and (starting in 2023) live performances is a high-speed fluttering salvo of rhythms that penetrate and resist any type of conceptual reverse manufacture, but to Luca it matters little: ‘the impression and thoughts of the listener are the only concepts that are true’. It’s what people feel then, that puts him on the map. It’s dub techno but not as you know it, atmospheric pads deputise their role to hardheaded beats and the end product is no less hypnotic. For Bassiani Podcast 234 LDS riffs on relatively simple construction, daisy-chaining tracks faster than you can identify what trace of emotion they’ve left behind, and building a mood that’s rife with ideas and ready to dance. This is switched on techno for the internet generation, immersive beats in conversation with their author, a reworking of the old and the birth of something entirely new.

@ldstechno

Bassiani invites LDS [live] / Podcast #234

Philippa Pacho b2b Sandrien at Draaimolen Festival 2024

This set holds a special place in my heart. UNFOLD is like home to me, a space where I’ve had the privilege of performing and growing as an artist for the past 6 years. The energy in the room made the experience truly unforgettable and I’m so excited to share this recording.

UNFOLD LXXXVII - Andrømeda (LIVE RECORDING)

Dubby, detroity tracks to spacey hypnotic techno: bridging the gap between Loek Frey's great opening and Freddy K who played after me. Hope you enjoy this since these are tracks that I all really love!! 

Beatmatching is sloppy in the first 35 mins, had some difficulty with hearing the mixer cues & the monitors + i was too short to reach the upper cdjs properly (even while standing on a platform lol) so that took some time getting used to

Artists played: 
Johanna Knutsson, Blue Hour, Carsten Fietz, Adlas, Deano, Maarten Mittendorff & Jasper Wolff, Modus, DJ Deep, Yogg, Connor Wall, Red Rooms, Nachtwaker, Ruben Ganev, Black Mirror Park & Red Rooms, Dorisburg, Vergil, Robert Armani/Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell, Joline Scheffler, Lenson, Fase Bipolar, Sterac
Happy digging! <3

KELLER @ Basis | 28/12/24 | Varuna Agosti

Full recording of the vinyl only b2b set by @chamixx & @olivia-mendez during sunset in the Courtyard on Sunday August 18th '24, in Lofi, Amsterdam.

Chami b2b Olivia Mendez at Ratherlost 18-08-2024 - Lofi Amsterdam

For #236 we welcome LKY, UK-born DJ and producer who has been shaping the UK techno scene for over a decade. Growing up exposed to electronic music, LKY’s sound has naturally developed into what can be described as dark and hypnotic dub-infused rhythms, blending deep, rolling energy with a raw, driving force. 

With releases on OECUS, SYXT, FIGURE, Newrhythmic, and his own self-titled series, LKY has quickly gained recognition in the scene through his productions and distinct sonic identity. This mix is a deep dive into his world—immersive, hypnotic, and relentlessly moving forward. 

Tune in and experience the sound of LKY.  

Artwork by www.instagram.com/ankhsious/

@lkyz

Vault Sessions #236 - LKY

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