Nasty Tales Vol.3 [NE010]

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switch gears [Nasty Enterprises]

Based out of Lisbon, Vil & Cravo are the ice-cool duo making waves in the city of seven hills and beyond. They’re the force behind local collective Hayes, whose foot-soldiers include names like fellow Lusitanian Nørbak and Raär among them. The duo have a string of releases on other labels too, Klockworks and Dax J’s Monnom Black no less. Despite this, they keep a relatively low profile, which lends their sound an underground patina reflected in their ability to find and broadcast the rarest electronic gems. These beats and ability to instinctively read a crowd are lightning fast, and so are those raving in front of them. This infectious dancefloor energy comes in a brisk three hour package for Bassiani Podcast 194. Live recorded at NDRX’s Invited by Resident night at the club back on November 17th, this one’s brimming with groovy and fulgurant bangers: breakneck and unremitting techno from start to finish.

@vilmusic
@cravomusic

BASSIANI PODCAST SERIES

Bassiani invites Vil & Cravo / Podcast #194

@djjsaliva

Kicking off a stacked CENTER BOOTH Season 2 is the Porto-raised, Berlin-based Mauro Ventura, better known to techno fans as DJ Saliva. Founder of the long-running Porto queer-centered party series Arena Spa Superiora, Ventura is also a resident DJ and label manager at Herrensauna and an accomplished visual artist whose work spans painting, sculpture, installation and performance. He has played at world-leading venues and festivals including BASEMENT, Tresor, Nuits Sonores, Body Movements, Bassiani and RSO Berlin, sometimes B2Bing with crew mates such as CEM and Salome with electrifying results. We’re thrilled to have him grace CENTER BOOTH with this enigmatic, eclectic set brimming with energy and texture. 

Across 65 compelling minutes, DJ Saliva dips in and out of genres and styles including gothy, plangent techno, subterranean acid, wiggly tech-house, psychedelic IDM, and Carribean rhythms. The mixing is mostly fast, loose, and unsuspecting, whether he’s dropping dancehall into springy, electrifying techno, chasing Karenn’s gnarly “Crush The Mushrooms” with glowy braindance, or breaking up Latin percussion with ravey psytrance. There are moments of tension throughout, an admirable amount of risk-taking, and an experimental quality to the set that makes it feel as though DJ Saliva is taking the trip alongside you, guided by his fervent curiousity, and always landing somewhere slick (the electro-grunge Garbage closer is chef’s kiss). 

Lock in for a lively, daring journey from an artist unafraid to paint outside the lines.

https://youtu.be/iQqpiBy1Wjk?si=cmONTOu-R0D35mWH
https://www.lettonne.dance/

LETTONNE

DJ Saliva – Center Booth ◎ S2E01

With a mix of warehouse-ready techno and warped percussive curveballs, @valesuchi lights up the Recognise series. 

In conversation with April Clare Welsh, the Rio De Janeiro-based Chilean DJ, producer and live artist explains how grief, and a symbiotic bond with her hardware set-up, informed the creation of her new album ‘Futuro Cercano’, and how putting on a good party is a craft based on trust, connection and skill 

Interview:  https://djmag.com/features/recognise-90-valesuchi

Interview

Recognise 90: Valesuchi

New Dawn (Kolombo Remix – [mandsDROPS] Rework)

REC-2025-09-10

YousSet. Mands DROPS e Dj Kêjoo

Proud champions of community and inclusivity, Lakuti and Tama Sumo are long-time Dekmantel favourites and true underground bastions. Deep diggers and lifelong collectors, the iconic Panorama Bar dup built a reputation for sets where pretty much anything goes, as long as it has soul. And the way they mix it, with a rare instinct that pull their crowds in deep is what makes them one of the most revered back-to-back duos in the scene.
This week’s mix is yet more evidence of that: over 80 minutes, they blend old and new. Rooted in house but shaped by global travels, it moves through soul-soaked broken beat, classic US depths and Afro rhythms – always carried by an emotional rawness that resonates. A masterclass in both selection and flow from two of the best.

Dekmantel Mix 497 - Lakuti & Tama Sumo

Listen on YT - https://youtu.be/0VWQ-nKPi8s

First V.A. released by ZONAexp full of electro and ghettotek bangers made with a brazilian flow. This tracks were collected from 2017 to 2020 and helped giving a face to our mess.

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Follow Label @zonaexp

REC-2025-09-10

Enzo Abdalla