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Live Recording @ Tresor Berlin | 16th April 2025

Jon10 @ Tresor Berlin | 16th April 2025

Asynine [live] at The Strepitus | Frisson - 18 Oct 2025

The ever-restless crate digger and globe-trotting selector Romain FX steps into the booth for our 137th edition of the Phonica Mix series, bringing with him the full force of his nomadic, genre-bending ethos. 
Born in France but raised across Hong Kong, Taiwan and the USA, he’s spent nearly two decades cultivating a sound with no borders—whether through founding Hong Kong’s Fauve Radio and Fauve Records, digging through the city’s back-street record shops or driving sunrise sessions atop the Great Wall of China. For this mix he set out to “create a melting pot of sounds from different corners of the world, stitched together into my own musical sphere,” he tells us, outlining his intent to blend Canto Pop with Korean beats, Ghetto House with IDM, Indian electronic experiments and dreamy rave, all seasoned with a dash of space disco. That he pulls it off – without caring if genre purists wince – is testament to years of diligent vinyl hunting (over 3,000 records and counting) and a restless urge to challenge the dancefloor. It’s not just the track-list that intrigues, but the spirit of connection through contrast. Expect hidden unreleased gems for curious ears, and a journey that reminds you why Romain FX remains one of the most adventurous voices in underground dance music today.

Phonica Mix Series 137: Romain FX

2hrs recorded live from Magnetic Fields Festival & my first ever live mix

Under the velvet drapes of the Peacock Club in the Rajasthan desert last December we celebrated 10 years both of Rhythm Section & Magnetic Fields. The whole experience really did feel like a dream, filled with the most wonderful colours, sounds & characters. Thank you to the dancers, the festival & all the folk involved in making this experience one of the most magical I’ve had to date. I hope some of this shines through in the recording.

Wallace live from Magnetic Fields 2024

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Neska's listening session at the Magnolia Stage

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A true craftsman of deep, timeless house and techno, XDB delivers a mix that captures the essence of his sound: hypnotic, patient, and beautifully refined. Drawing from decades of collecting and playing records, he pieces together a journey that feels both classic and current, with subtle shifts and warm textures woven throughout.

“The invitation to contribute to the fabric podcast series and do my debut in the club, playing room one together with Craig Richards and Peach, added big time to an already fantastic year.

What I did for this mix, was going through the shelves to pick a bunch of solid records in combination with a selection of my newest purchases, included a few promos and some unreleased dubplates. Deep stuff as always, but also a quite diverse mix, 32 tracks in total stretched into a 2 hour journey for your listening pleasure. I hope you enjoy”

He makes his fabric debut on the 15th November.

Tickets: https://ra.co/events/2206620

069 - XDB - fabric podcast

Three hours of deep underground house music from a couple of Naarm's extended blend bosses.

@jackhnelson & @billusmoon

Q. What sounds or feelings did you draw upon when gathering inspiration for this mix, and what listening environments could you imagine it being best enjoyed in?

A. Sam: would be amiss not to say deepness – hard to really say what that means, though. Music played deep into the party, everyone on molly, the sound system is the one from Labyrinth, and it’s in Yarra Bend. 

A. Jack: Yeah much the same as Sam, we share a mutual love for deepness albeit in a slightly different way. I hope it will be a bit of an all hours mix for cooking, eating, driving or for the hours after etc.

Q. Are there any records in the mix that you were especially excited to share, and what is it about these songs that resonate with you so much?

A. Sam: Many resonate, but the Baby Ford track toward the beginning sums up the whole deepness-being-difficult-to-describe thing, for me at least. David Alvarado does that to me as well – he features a fair bit here. 

A. Jack: there have been many tunes I would've loved to include - but without much defined planning we got to this mix one afternoon. Bit of a mish mash of different deepish tunes from over the years, moving around home base which is good old house music. Nothing too serious.

Q. You’ve both been involved in facilitating a myriad of great underground parties in Melbourne over the last decade from outdoor raves to basement club nights, Jack, tell us about your latest endeavour Reasons and how that fits into the music community focussed party ethos?

A. Jack: Reasons came about as a bit of an evolution from just running parties, toward something that connects and platforms the people around me and incorporates music, food and art.. After spending time overseas, I felt a strong pull to bridge those worlds, and to bring some of those ideas we encountered abroad back home.  

Q. I know you’ve both been working hard on various studio projects both solo and collaboratively, tell us about the latest endeavours, and what sounds are you enjoying exploring whilst working together?

A. Sam: Making music together has always come naturally, finishing tracks less so. Plans mostly go out the window once we start, but I feel like we’ve always converged on a distinct feeling without having to explicitly voice. I like exploring all sounds with Neil, but I guess we’ve always tended to steer toward some kind of 90s nostalgia. The final track in the mix is a useful example.

A. Jack: We’re both always making music in some form, sometimes with more focus than others, at least for me. We’ve always got a few bits in the works I guess (including the last track in the mix), but as Sam said, finishing things together doesn't always happen... Lately, I’ve been trying to be a bit more deliberate with what I am making. Definitely a few releases to come in the next 6 months, as well as a new non-dance music project.

MDC.315 Neil E & Billus

From humble beginnings attending off grid parties in Iran to holding down residencies at clubs such as Panoramabar and Robert Johnson, PARAMIDA has, over the past few decades, grown to become a barometer for high grade electronic music. With such a wide remit for the gems that she has at her disposal, PARAMIDA is an artist that is consistently moving and evolving. Having founded one of the most en vogue labels in Love On The Rocks and in doing so cemented a self belief that has stood her well in progressing through the ranks at a cosmic pace. [continue reading at...https://trommelmusic.com/music/podcast/alphatheta-podcasts/trommel-232-paramida-powered-by-alphatheta/]

Trommel.232 - PARAMIDA [powered by AlphaTheta]

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