2024 mix series mixes p1

extasis ⟡ PSY HIGH mix series

Active for nearly three decades, Japanese DJ and producer Takaaki Itoh has been carving out a niche truly his own in the realm of deep techno. Pumping out multi-sensory DJ tools for breakfast, Itoh champions a sound highly dynamic yet infused with the kind of minute textural work and layers of modular complexity one can not but marvel at. Punching in with a wild two hours of electro-magnetic hardware funk and entrancingly immersive brainwaves, the Sendai-based wizard elevates us to a whole new world where hi-tech submersion and atmospheric club music reign supreme. A work of art. 

soundcloud.com/takaaki_itoh

Reclaim Your City  

Reclaim Your City 581 | Takaaki Itoh

Swedish producer Seba Ahrenberg has established a reputation as one of the finest purveyors of quality Drum & Bass over a distinguished career that has stretched back over 25 years. With releases on Good Looking Records, Metalheadz, Soul:r, Hospital, Ilian Tape & his own label Secret Operations Seba’s music has retained a timeless appeal. Enjoy!

ITPS104 SEBA

From London’s inner suburbs comes this next guest, a through and through veteran of UK techno whose touch has left a lasting mark on the world around him. Steve Bicknell’s early days were spent in the intoxicating worlds of dub, reggae, acid, DIY warehouse parties and pirate radio, an auspicious mix of references that would inspire him to make music of his own. After a string of residencies at the UK’s then most influential parties, he launched his own series with creative collaborator Sheree Rashit: LOST. These legendary gatherings brought together names like Plaid, Jeff Mills, Juan Atkins, Robert Leiner, Basic Channel, and a wider array of future techno hegemons. This was swiftly succeeded with the duo’s launch of imprint Cosmic Records, whose triumph went on to spawn another three successors: LOST (early provider of Bicknell’s dancefloor sounds), Clubtracks (for Chicago-leaning fare) and ID(entity) (a channel for the work of well established music-makers who wanted to release under a secret alias). A nine-year pause in productions came to a halt in the mid 2010s with Steve’s most recent label, 6dimensions, an exploration in sound and the whole spectrum of human emotion. Finally, 2017 saw Steve team up with Luke Slater and David Sumner under the LSD sobriquet, a force for the creation of ‘lysergic machine music’, heavily danceable stuff (just ask ADE, Dekmantel, Awakenings). With a story as full and enduring as Steve’s there’s much to pull from, and only experience in the flesh could attest to the depth and scope of his musical evolution, but it’s clear that the voice he has honed has only become louder and more refined. It’s a techno that’s fully embodied, a blistering percussive barrage that invokes something profoundly human and fundamental. Bassiani Podcast 217 is just a taste of what Steve has to offer, a window onto a world of sound he’s meticulously crafted for over three decades: masterfully layered and piercing sounds that shimmer and relentlessly rise in lockstep with a formidable 4/4 beat.

@steve-bicknell

Bassiani invites Steve Bicknell / Podcast #217

Next up on the Groove Podcast is @amotik. For interview and track listing, check bit.ly/AmoPod

GROOVE Podcast 425 – Amotik

berotrsh curates intricate textures shaping a sonic journey that navigates the visceral and ethereal. he delves into a fusion of mechanical precision and primal intensity, capturing contrasts between order and chaos, light and shadow, clarity and abstraction in a relentless exploration of hypnotic sound

@berotrsh
https://www.instagram.com/berotrsh.wav

tracklist:
way(V.2) - @wei-xzy
Ark W - @skodde_mp3
Order And Chaos - @skodde_mp3
Legend Of The Phoenix - @theunbornchild
Tiger - @dj-bjerregaard
Blockade Runner - @dj-bjerregaard
Hunter of Avalar (Skodde Remix) - @brix-623562910
Mischievous Elves - @naboklage
Elektrik - @szoliver
Blood Moon - @awhm_music
Machines Of The Loose - @aurigasound
Machine Gun Beat - @vizionn_fr
IO - @spiderwrap
Always Forever - @stinafrancina
Crisis Inverted - @awhm_music
Take It - @bostjandj
Magma - @omformer

PSY HIGH 02 ⟡ berotrsh

MILANA layers organic and industrial textures to weave her own authentic sound. her sets evoke the seemingly contradictory facets of the human experience, deeply exploring the splintered edge between light and dark

@milsonline
https://www.instagram.com/mils.online/

tracklist:
shambar - @tomo_sound
occ - @reinhaudt
creeper - @tracingxircles
trekker - @tomo_sound
discontent - @agata_k
subterranean - @cosmiccaz x @astralbandit
magnoliopsida - @solatzz
striking - @pyramidofknowledge
minimal interaction - @11pmraar
bby [your eyes met mine] - @stinafrancina
imprint - @freeman-713
[ID] - @proathletedj
don't look back just breathe [homelander remix] - @rxexx
golly - @matriarkcph
wetlands - @e-y-e-r-a-t-e
deaf ears are sleeping [onohno remix] - @marmo-927292184
long - @med1ock x @philip-kylberg
acrondrite-ung - @tomo_sound
uventet - @faster_horses
blossom fusion - @sirenik
sinking feeling - @midnight-climax
scamgurl - @hyperlili
tracking dog - @same_o

PSY HIGH 01 ⟡ MILANA

Next up on the GROOVE Podcast is @ken-ishii-70drums. For interview and track listing, check bit.ly/IshPod

GROOVE Podcast 430 – Ken Ishii

M66 (aka wyatt) is a Bay Area DJ and @sutrofm resident. They host the show
Nascent Attraction every first Saturday of the month from 6-8pm PST

@wyatt-m66
https://www.instagram.com/wyatt.m66/

PSY HIGH 03 ⟡ M66

contemporary & naturey

2024
12.06 @alpha-tracks-official https://ra.co/events/2000950

2023
12.16 @proathletedj @spiderwrap https://ra.co/events/1803757
11.25 @truthspeaker1 @djvalentimes @spiderwrap @nebuchadnezzariii https://ra.co/events/1780632
10.21 @vcrheadcleaner @alexcompton
09.16 @spiderwrap
09.07 @nebuchadnezzariii

PSY HIGH 02 ⟡ berotrsh

𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚜