Name: DJ Koolt at Dekmantel Festival 2023 by dekmantel
Duration: 2 h 30 min 1 s
Description: Recording of DJ Koolt's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

A recording of Nicolas Lutz closing the Pavilion stage at sunrise, 5am-8am on Sunday morning in 2022.

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Recorded at Houghton - Nicolas Lutz (2022)

A live recording of Binh at the Quarry stage on Saturday night in 2023.

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Recorded at Houghton - Binh (2023)

Recording of DJ Koolt's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

Dekmantel Festival 2023

DJ Koolt at Dekmantel Festival 2023

Quest's RA Podcast starts slowly, with a thrum of synths that feels like watching a rocket take off in slow motion. Before you know it, you're in outer space, floating through zero gravity with waves of synths and gentle breakbeats. The Italian DJ is a premiere selector in the world of digging for rare records, but his outré taste shouldn't be confused with willful obscurity. He's a beloved DJ partly because of his approachability. There's a serene, early '90s feel to RA.915 that's reminiscent of some of the earliest and best ambient techno.

When he's not DJing, Quest runs the label La Nota Del Diablo. He's only put out two records, including this year's Red Tears EP from his dear friend (and fellow esteemed DJ) Christian AB, which RA's Henry Ivry described as "a careful balance of late-night tension and early morning twilight." That's not a bad way to describe Quest's RA Podcast—if it's not a soundtrack for an astral journey, then it's perfect for an afterhours, for when the laid-back vibes come to a simmer for one last stretch of dancing.

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Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/915

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RA.915 Quest

Of all the Berlin DJs who make a living spinning strange, I'm-not-sharing-the-tracklist kind of records, Sugar Free, originally hailing from Madrid, might be the most fun. She plays bold, colourful tracks with an air of sci-fi and sleaze, somewhere between Italo, hi-NRG, electro and house. (Her Dimensions Mix last year was one of our favourites of 2023.) She's the kind of DJ who messes with your perception of genres and tempos by how she blends tracks together, and also a DJ with a rare grasp of mixing melodies and moods—just check out the first transition of this RA Podcast for a spine-tingling example.

Sugar Free doesn't speak much publicly, and you won't find a lot about her on the internet. She prefers to let her DJing speak for itself. And her RA Podcast says a lot: proggy basslines, heart-in-mouth descents into reverb-heavy breakdowns, eerie vocals and a general feel of psychedelia and '80s decadence. It's difficult to tell what era these records are from, which is part of the charm. For a bonus point, try and pick out two just-completed Sugar Free originals, some of her first productions ever after her debut track came out on Limousine Dream in 2022.

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Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/927

RA.927 Sugar Free

Recording of DJ Koolt's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

Dekmantel Selectors 2024

DJ Koolt at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

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A foundational figure in Montevideo’s underground scene and co-founder of the iconic Phonotheque, DJ Koolt delivers a mix that reflects decades of dedication to deep, hypnotic grooves and masterful vinyl craft ahead of him joining us at the club for our show with S.A.S.H on April 26th.

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