Day 8 ended in a wild and beasty rave where all bets were off, thanks to the crazy set of Pariah (@Pariah_UK) and Tammo Hesselink (@TammoHesselink) filled with highly danceable raw breaks. Listen back to the freaky ending of an already freaky day with crowd surfing people, shirts flying through the air and an excessively shaking stage!

This Is Not Draaimolen Festival: Pariah b2b Tammo Hesselink (17.09.2021)

Skee Mask & Victor - Naughty Ones Vol. 1

Recording of Blawan b2b JASSS at Draaimolen Festival 2022.

TASCAM SD-20M

Blawan b2b JASSS at Draaimolen Festival 2022

Six-time turntablism champ turned sleek tech groove-provider, Japanese DJ and producer DJ HI-C has had many lives before settling as a merchant of stripped-back, zen-like ambiences and mesmeric club rhythms. Elegant and dynamic, his productions sit halfway deeply organic, atmospheric blends and a further steely, hi-velocity strain of techno. Mind-bending by nature, his mixes open a wide window into a pulsating headspace, rife with ebullient bass drive and obsessive loops, constantly pushing the envelope of danceable material as we know it. Tailored to emphasize the impact of a limited number of components rather than drowning his listener under an avalanche of sonic stimuli, HI-C unleashes a storm of painstakingly textured layers and ripping melodic stabs. Bringing together minimalism with soul is an art, and HI-C is an absolute master at that. 

soundcloud.com/djhi-c-kireek


Reclaim Your City 640 | DJ HI-C

Lolsnake @ The Lot Radio 05-07-2025

primal instincts

Me and Ben thought it would be fun to play a long DJ set together at Globus, the upstairs floor at Tresor in Berlin. 
We last played together (as Frequency 7) in May 2013. This time we played a ‘back to back’ DJ set, I’m pretty sure playing 2 tracks each for the whole six and a half hour set. All we had in mind beforehand was to start with some Dub and ‘see where it goes’. 

It was a lot of fun so we wanted to share the recording with you.



Ben Sims b2b Surgeon at Globus, Berlin 10th of May, 2025


“The hardware world is like a sport.” The DJ and producer talks about mastering synthesis and finding community in a male-dominated music ecosystem.

Is talent innate? Today's guest, producer and modular synth extraordinaire Sibel Koçer (AKA JakoJako) doesn't think so. She's seen an extraordinary rise in her career in the last few years, earning a residency at Berghain, releasing on Mute Records, playing live shows at festivals around the world and becoming an in-demand remixer and collaborator for artists from the worlds of classical music, techno and pop. But she doesn't think she got where she is because of some God-given gift; instead, she says, her success is the result of tireless hard work.

Many years ago, when Koçer moved to Berlin to finish nursing school, she spent slow periods in her job poring over modular synth manuals. She eventually abandoned nursing and instead chose to pursue an internship at the popular Berlin synth shop SchneidersLaden, where she started learning the ins and outs of building her own system and making her first connections in the modular synth world. In this Exchange, she talks about the specific dynamics of the producer community that loves and uses hardware—which she describes as competitive and "sports-like"—as well as being a woman in this environment, finding creative inspiration from synth manuals and channeling her energy into mastering synthesis when she felt she had no other choice.

Koçer is curating a compilation called Hardwired for the label Air Texture, which will be out on July 11th. It showcases music from the community of hardware enthusiasts and people who have an appreciation for machine-based music, including Rødhåd, The Field, Acid Pauli and more. Listen to the episode in full.


EX.773 JakoJako

Six years ago, Russian-born Marina Rubinstein was a raver living in Tel Aviv with dreams of becoming a DJ. After saving up enough money, she bought a one-way ticket to Berlin, where she quickly worked her way up from playing small rooms to 20 people to playing the world's biggest techno club, Berghain.

Dr. Rubinstein's story is a familiar one, but her love of '90s acid techno and life-affirming rave tunes helped the fledgling DJ to stand out in a city then dominated by darker, more hypnotic sounds. Today, she's a globally respected selector with a joyous, life-affirming style.

This week's FACT mix is a snapshot of Dr. Rubinstein's dreamier side, packed with hazy breakbeat, electro and acid; it rarely climbs above 115BPM, with tracks from Lake Haze, Holger Flinsch and Legowelt amongst the tracks that will have spotters taking notes. It's one for the 7am crew.

FACT Mixes

FACT mix 669: Dr. Rubinstein (Sep '18)

An album's worth of new music on our 666th mix.

@matrixxman

Read more: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=666

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.666 Matrixxman

Tracklist:

0:00 - Aux88 - Stereolized
5:13 - Rogue Filter - That's Right
9:23 - BFX - Alone (Exzakt's In Deep Bass Mix)
14:30 - Anthony Rother - Stellarator 
19:12 - Aquatronics - Hydrosaurus
23:11 - Clatterbox - Genetic Code
27:01 - DJ Loui - SQ80 System (Carl Finlow Remix)
32:27 - Salamandos - Bunker 3075 - A1
37:42 - Lewski - Artificial Beings
41:40 - Steril - Latex Love 
44:54 - Thomas P. Heckmann - Welt In Scherben II - 1
48:39 - Phase Fatale & Silent Servant - Plastic Motion
53:46 - The Exaltics: The Hunch (The Exaltics' Annihilate The Planet)
57:36 - Electronome - Een Drumcomputer & Een Synthesizer
1:01:35 - Jack Roland - Fantasia 
1:04:36 - Sepehr - Darklord 
1:10:45 - Hydraulix - Sector 7
1:14:45 - Mikron - Dry Sense
1:19:00 - Assembler Code & Jensen Interceptor - Noise Theory 
1:23:47 - Orgue Electronique - Suck Seed
1:28:12 - Kuldaboli - Sálinni blæðir út (feat. Djöfullinn Sjálfur)
1:32:20 - Assembler Code - Monochrome
1:36:45 - Ben Pest -- Mouth Lawson
1:40:10 - Nikki Nair - Slug 
1:44:18 -  Exzakt and BFX - Close 
1:47:42 - Nite Fleit - Can't You See 
1:52:06 - Nite Fleit - Rebel Faction 
1:57:13 Claro Intelecto - Tone

B2B with Helena Hauff at HÖR Radio  (October 6)

Carefully curated. Grown from the forest floor. Rooted in music, art and independence.

DRAAIMOLEN FESTIVAL 2026
September 4 & 5
MOB-Complex, Tilburg