Dekmantel Anniversary Series

Light In My Life

@alblayney


Recorded djset at Perpendicular 2025 (@espacio-perpendicular) - somewhere in the woods. When? Saturday 13:00 Where? main stage.

Perpendicular is a self managed and private festival held somewhere in the woods of central Spain.

Artwork: Javier Marimon (@javiermarimon)

Al Blayney @ Perpendicular 2025

Berlin-based Producer/DJs and Tresor residents, LNS & DJ Sotofett, bring the warehouse vibes with a 3 hour x 3 turntable all vinyl set recorded on June 7th 2025 at the release party of their latest EP on Tresor Records "Globus Trax"

Stream/purchase Globus Trax: https://album.link/globustrax

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Follow LNS & DJ Sotofett
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Sparrowlaura
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sotofett/
Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/dj/lns
Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/dj/djsotofett
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lauransparrow
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sophatmixes

Photo credit: Marie Staggat: https://www.marie-staggat.com/
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About Tresor Berlin
At midnight, on March 13th 1991, a basement door opened at Leipziger Strasse 126, Berlin. Through this door, many passed, on their way to defining new terrains in electronic music. There they found a dance floor in the vaults of a closed-down department store, with a unique sound bound to dense fog, building night after night a history that was also a vision of the future.

This history has seen in Jeff Mills’ first sets on three turntables, Underground Resistance's first live appearances in Europe, grandiose Tresor Park parties, to various chapters of the Loveparade with Sven Väth in the 90s and since then countless generation-spanning parties. These moments represent the highlights of infinite personal clubbing experiences. It is the manifestation of the Berlin spirit, emerging from its considerable strife. This history is not without its complications - from temporary closure by the authorities and several raids in the early years to closure and demolition of the old location in 2005. What followed was years of wandering in exile and, finally, resurrection in the new home in Kraftwerk Berlin.

These stories, conversations and shared experiences within our walls forge a resilience that drives towards a shared ideal, the Tresor sound: community, resistance, and the world to come. This was observed in the newly re-unified German youth, who danced and celebrated together from the club’s inception, and into the present day through ongoing community work in Detroit.

To those that have danced before, and to those that will dance in the future: the light at the end of the long Tresor tunnel is a signal. A flicker amidst the fog. This is our future. This is our place.

LNS & DJ Sotofett | Live At Tresor - June 7 2025

3h dj set recorded on sunday august 17th (11:00 - 14:00)
at ratherlost, lofi amsterdam

photo by martijn kuyvenhoven

nthng (3h dj set) at Ratherlost 2025

Batumi-born, Berlin-based DJ/Producer Nicole has been instrumental in the evolution of Tbilisi’s role as axis for music and politics. Her earliest ventures in sonic creation saw her attend music school as a child and drum in a band, followed by a pivot into electronic music as half of teenage duo Body Thrills. It was 2018 that she truly emerged solo as a talent to watch on the Georgian scene, with a Boiler Room performance at Bassiani to celebrate its reopening following civilian protests against the government’s shutdown of cultural spaces. And with the threat of authoritarian ideology looming once more, her kind of energy is perhaps more important than ever. Nicole’s sound represents the best of what Georgia has to offer, a free and open enthusiasm for life where creativity reigns and anything is possible. Witty minimal with a generous measure of acid squelches and positive funk, these tunes are a mirror to the dancefloors she plays on. Her strength is in knowing her audience, which strings to pull and when, and that’s just as true of her other work, which now counts promotion duties at Tbilisi space Cafe Gallery and an EP on Marco Shuttle’s Eerie Records. This latest episode carries Tbilisi’s flame forward, a six-hour compilation that brings together her unique perspective as native to the city’s struggle, and her disparate musical references. Bassiani Podcast 275 is a knockout set from a top-notch local talent.

@nicole-popkhadze

Bassiani invites Nicole / Podcast #275

Richard Akingbehin @ Sustain-Release, New York - Sept '25

This leading light from the Berlin scene is up next with 85 minutes of feel good tunes guaranteed to get you moving. Partok’s rise as go-to DJ for clubs like De School, Blitz, Basement and Panorama Bar is really no surprise. The recipe? Bridging genres and histories from Detroit to early UK rave, and constantly correlating those with more recent developments in music, and always through a queer lens. These deckside stints have a soft galvanising power, chugging rhythms with social change front and centre, grassroots house that spurs dancefloor denizens to action with selections that prioritise the work of fellow queer artists. Along with Roi Perez and David Elimelech, Partok's also at the reins of transnational party series Laundrette, a forum for endurance-testing B3B sets. And the fun doesn’t stop there, his past forays into production as 1/3 of Partok Matushka Apfelberg on Kompakt have set the bar even higher, fleshing out a vision for sound that flips the script at every turn. For Bassiani Podcast 279, this Berlin selector brings a singular magic, anthemic grooves and butter-smooth transitions, this is highly combustible house from a one-of-a-kind talent, an exclusive mix recorded at the K41 garden in Kyiv for Bassiani.

@partok

Bassiani invites Partok / Podcast #279

Volume was a one-day event held at Auditorium San Fedele in Milan on October 10, 2025. Conceived in memory of Loris Moretto and on the occasion of his birthday, it brought together artists, friends and sound. A gathering built from frequencies, echoes and silence - a collective act of listening. Volume is the measure of sound, the space it fills and the energy it leaves behind.
The program featured a DJ set by Luca Renton, Simone Merli and Eli Imsirovic (Concentric Records and E/Tape), followed by the screening of the film "Messengers" (2022-ongoing, 23'51'') by Rebecca Salvadori and a unique live performance by Tobias Freund (Tobias.) called "Semblance of Nature"

Semblance of Nature - live at Volume Milan 10.10.25

Fenna Fiction at Waking Life 2025

Couldn’t wait to share with you the set recording of @mabelau from favourite summer collab with @stepballchain that took place at Berlin’s OHM club.  

Two hours of groovy techno, liquid waves and raw energy with a cheeky closing banger 😜 

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! 💋

Harmony Rec.ordings | Mabel @ Harmony x Step Ball Chain [OHM, Berlin]

Widely known by friends & scene-heads as an absolute sweetheart - Carl's warmth and creativity really shine through in his musical leanings. 

Carl H (@carl-haop) is a legend of the UK scene and someone I would consider at this point as prolific  - between running his own record label Animals On Psychedelics,  making regular headline DJ appearances at clubs.and festivals globally, and frequent b2bs with other legends like Jane Fitz - Carl really shows how it's done. I've always admired his humble nature and clear passion for music - the way I believe it should be :) 

So happy to host him finally on the series - thank you Carl for this mesmerisingly groovy mix, that really, for me, speaks to his signature sound!

<3 

Downlods enabled

Animix One Hundred & Eighty Three: Carl H

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