Sound Metaphors (@sound-metaphors) is Nemo Ripoll and Castro Moore, but it is also the name of their famously well-curated label and record shop in Berlin. As such the pair has been helping to define the sound of the underground on many different fronts - electric DJ sets, cult events and even through the custom-made sound systems built for customers worldwide. With a vast musical knowledge between them and a never-ending supply of their own unreleased edits and DJ tools, they are able to tell musical stories that draw from all across all genres and many different eras.

That plays out in the superb mix they have put together for us this week. It's a full-bodied selection that shows off their love of contrasting styles - loose, percussive house music brushes up with deep and dubby cuts, dark acid grooves sit next to '80s synth sounds before a disco finish goes from stomping to funky. The exuberance of it all is infectious and leaves you wanting more.

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Dekmantel Podcast 477 - Sound Metaphors DJs

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Anak Kota FM every 2nd Thursday of the month (18:00 - 19:00 CET) at https://operator-radio.com/
Bookings or inquiries: carlos@pontoonbookings.com
Instagram: @mmmowgliii
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Rotterdam’s Mowgli blends the serrated edges of Chicago house, rough 90s techno, sleazy wave and unknown boogie and whatever leftfield curveballs that fit the mood.
His sets pull from the friction between nostalgia and chaos, where synths hum, drum machines spit and tape hiss brings the fuzz. Whether behind the decks at sweaty clubs like Doka, NAR, Radio Radio or Poing, festivals like Wildeburg and Blijdorp, or rooms in Tokyo, Antwerp, Berlin, Madrid and Prague, Mowgli thrives in spaces where weirdness is welcomed. 

His sound is punk in attitude but cinematic in feel. Think deep cuts, dubbed-out B-sides and hypnotic loops that tilt toward euphoric disorientation. One moment you're in a downtown dive bar, the next you're lost in a Balearic haze or being jerked sideways by a mutant boogie oddity, and never do you know what's coming next. 

Mowgli's long-running Anak Kota FM shows on Operator Radio are for unbound expression where musical boundaries dissolve: carefully dug out ambient excursions, leftfield house spirals and weirdo downtempo blends all feature in his unexpected but storytelling sections. 

This lean towards lo-fi comes from a life spent absorbing DIY cultures, old punk flyers, hissing VHS tapes and skate-video scuzz. Beyond the DJ booth, Mowgli is now channeling these inspirations into Exposed 2 Rhythm, a low-key project where he shares all those things and more, with parties, t-shirt designs and new music all a possibility. 

Still rough. Still raw. Still searching for that moment where familiar feelings flow in unfamiliar ways - Mowgli makes any smoke-filled space his own.

Played venues:
- Keile Cafe (Rotterdam, NL)
- Weelde (Rotterdam, NL)
- Steur Garden (Rotterdam, NL)
- Bird (Rotterdam, NL)
- Poing (Rotterdam, NL)
- Mono (Rotterdam, NL)
- Time Is The New Space (Rotterdam, NL)
- Bit (Rotterdam, NL)
- Blijdorp Festival (Rotterdam, NL)
- WiBar (Leiden, NL)
- Grey Space In The Middle (The Hague, NL)
- Pip (The Hague, NL)
- Skate Cafe (Amsterdam, NL)
- Radio Radio (Amsterdam, NL)
- Paak (Nijmegen, NL)
- EKKO (Utrecht, NL)
- Ankali (Prague, CZ)
- NAR (Utrecht, NL)
- Ginfizz (Tilburg, NL)
- Doka (Amsterdam, NL)
- IFM Festival (The Hague, NL)
- WORM (Rotterdam, NL)
- Wildeburg Festival (Kraggeburg, NL)
- Into The Woods Festival ADE (Amsterdam, NL)
- Panama Racing Club (The Hague, NL)
- Oost (Groningen, NL)
- Pier15 (Breda, NL)
- Kabul A Go Go (Utrecht, NL)
- Popstel (Istanbul, TK)
- Gizli Bahçe (Istanbul, TK)
- Taproomx (Istanbul, TK)
- Renate (Berlin, GER)
- Cult=Us (Rotterdam, NL)
- Benelux Bar (Amsterdam, NL)
- Het Bos (Antwerp, BE)
- Phono Lake (Amsterdam, NL)
- Noorderlichtcafe (Amsterdam, NL)
- Sexyland (Amsterdam, NL)
- Kitkat (Berlin, GER)
- Malasana (Madrid, ES)
- Moment B (Arevalo, ES)
- Multipla (Amsterdam, NL)
- Club Siroco (Madrid, ES)
- Bar San Francisco (Amsterdam, NL)
- Lion Music Bar (Tokyo, JPN)
- Bar Inc. (Tokyo, JPN)
- Demo (Tilburg, NL)

Amsterdam based DJs, events company and record label. - support@dekmantel.com for all your webshop and label enquiries.