In the deserts of Jordan, a city lies hidden for centuries in a valley of rose-red stone...

In this episode, we look at one of the most peculiar stories of civilizational survival to come down to us from the ancient world, the story of the Nabataeans. Find out how these once humble traders rose to become masters of the desert sands, and to defy empires. And discover what happened to finally bring down the empire of Nabataea.

15. The Nabataeans - The Final Days Of Petra

... summer breaking, soul skating with

Daryl Hall & John Oates
Sam Evian
El Paso
Mos Def Amerigo Gazaway
Rare Earth
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Fat Freddy's Drop
Sam Cooke
Night Owls,  Miles Tackett
Jamiroquai
The Brothers Johnson
Jonathan Jeremiah
Uraz Kurt
Eric Boss
Khruangbin x Bun B
Durand Jones & The Indications
America
Cookin Soul & Isaac Hayes
Kraak & Smaak
Vanessa Carlton
Lord Sko
Hall & Oates
Bakermat & Nic Hanson
Steve Miller Band
Zion I
Otis Redding
Rodriguez
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bombay Bicycle Club
Yussef Dayes & Chronixx
Winston Surfshirt
Winston Surfshirt
Brenton Wood & Nick Bike
Say She She & Piya Malik
Maeta, Kaytranada
Minnie Ripperton & Suckaside
Jalen Ngonda
Khruangbin
Mark Ronson feat. Kevin Parker
Ron Burgundy, Suckaside feat Captain Flatcap
The Mamas & The Papas

Mango Slow Skate Tape

In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing...

In this episode we travel along the vast grassland corridor of the steppe, to hear one of the most remarkable and unlikely stories from medieval history – the story of the Mongol Empire. Find out how this group of nomadic horse riders united the peoples of the Mongolian steppe, and forged them into a truly unique kind of state. Discover how they conquered much of the lands of Eurasia, and brought the distant cultures of China, Persia, the Middle East and Europe into contact. And hear the story of how the world’s largest land empire finally came apart, and left the world as we know it in its wake.

Voice Actors:

Michael Hajiantonis
Henry Stenhouse
Lachlan Lucas
Alexandra Boulton
Simon Jackson
Tom Marshall-Lee
Chris Harvey,
Nick Denton
Amrit Sandhu
Matt Bidulph
Paul Casselle

Readings in Arabic were performed by Oussama Taher.
Readings in Chinese were by Richard Teng.
Readings from the secret history of the Mongols in Mongolian were performed by Uiles

19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe (Part 1)

In the far east of the Eurasian steppe, the sound of hoofbeats is growing...

In this episode we travel along the vast grassland corridor of the steppe, to hear one of the most remarkable and unlikely stories from medieval history – the story of the Mongol Empire. Find out how this group of nomadic horse riders united the peoples of the Mongolian steppe, and forged them into a truly unique kind of state. Discover how they conquered much of the lands of Eurasia, and brought the distant cultures of China, Persia, the Middle East and Europe into contact. And hear the story of how the world’s largest land empire finally came apart, and left the world as we know it in its wake.

Voice Actors:

Michael Hajiantonis
Henry Stenhouse
Lachlan Lucas
Alexandra Boulton
Simon Jackson
Tom Marshall-Lee
Chris Harvey,
Nick Denton
Amrit Sandhu
Sebastian Balzarolo
Matt Bidulph
Paul Casselle

Readings in Arabic were performed by Oussama Taher.
Readings in Chinese were by Richard Teng.
Readings from the secret history of the Mongols in Mongolian were performed by Uiles

19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe (Part 2)

Recording of my set on sunday morning at our small Katzno6 festival. 

Driven by very rainy weather the sounds became a little darker than usual, 

so could perfectly fit the weather right now :)

Badanka @katzno6, don't let the rain stop us

@bizarrebilly used to hang out with goths back in the days, admiring their style and dedication in their clear cultural focus, but also intimidated to feel guilty for also liking the things that gothic culture was originally opposed against: '80s pop and especially '70s disco. Nowadays these styles have so much more in common than they were ever in opposition for. So here's Billy's debut as a goth DJ, focusing mostly on the genre classics in their most bizarre remixes, but also adding related music that the goth scene may have missed hearing and serving it all up according to the extremily high standards of modern djing techniques, with harmonic transitions designed to sound like song structures themselves. So maybe it's just the kind of new fresh look that this music was waiting for, and it sure is a good way to introduce new generations to goth culture — just now in these days when NO FUTURE has a whole new meaning.

Recorded live at @kitkatclub.official last Saturday, this mixtape contains, in order of appearance, tunes by Duran Duran, Trappists, @gazeboofficial, Japan, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Odd Year, Jona Lewie, Mysterious Art, MGMT, Front 242, @krisbaha, Depeche Mode, @danielknutz, Propaganda, @noiarecords, @jollyjamsdjkaos, Nitzer Ebb, Molchat Doma, Anne Clark, Yazoo, the Creatures, Experimental Products, David Bowie, @andre_pahl, @rottencityrecords, @myboyroy_, @devisionmusic, @dinasummermusic , Techno Bert, Nina Hagen, @nitzerebb, Mikrowafle, the Clan of Xymox, Det Gylne Triangel, Fad Gadget, Julia & @nielsdocter, Falco, @tronthedj, @shubostar, @k.not.k, the Cure, Grauzone, Industry, @carolainluf, Nine Inch Nails, Plus Instruments, Avida, @alexander_robotnick, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Blancmange, @aroppenheimer, Visage, Joachim Witt, Mystery Plane, Nik Kershaw, International Music System, Distain!, the Post Punks feat. @flaintown, Mike Batt, BIS, Actor's Studio, Berlin, Joy Division, Pylon, @alka.lino, Virgin Prunes, @funksinatra, Lulu Rouge, @john_punx feat. Steve Strange, @fischerspooner, Men Without Hats, Boytronic, @lebanonhanover, Soft Cell, Gary Numan, Angela, Off, Matia Bazar, @johnson_righeira, Thorn.

Approx half an hour is missing due to issues with the recording cable.

Groofty! Almost 5h of Goth/Wave/Postpunk w/ BizarreBilly live at KitKatClub, 20250726

First 50 Min Warmup and then 80 Min Rambazamba!  
DJ-Set, recorded live at 528 Ibiza on 9. September 2025

Photo: Hattie

http://defex.de

Defex at Pikes Presents, 528 Ibiza

the recording of my set at the k-container (sunday 6:15am -> close) for the zurich decompression 2025.

it was great experiencing all your squirmy energy in the room, glad i could help land the plane for everyone that stuck around that late.

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1. Postcard (Original Mix) - Møme
2. Tape - Jasper Tygner
3. Lens (O'Flynn Remix) - Tor
4. Blush (Extended Mix) - Jasper Tygner
5. Lantern (Hyperlight Remix) - Skysia
6. Move For Me Flip - VCTRE
7. Lume - Saturna
8. Celestial Mire - Mfinity & Swomp
9. Purpose - Lowcation
10. Interstellar - Xenotype
11. Symbols - Swomp
12. If I Was a Raven (Original Mix) - Mersiv
13. Beautiful & Filthy Feat. Chill Bobby - Mersiv
14. Get To You (Mersiv Remix) - Supertask
15. Honeydust ft Kala - Of The Trees
16. Emerald Bay - Skysia
17. Time (DeemZoo Remix) - Pink Floyd, DeemZoo
18. Dragon Bridge - JakoJako
19. Dance - Phurn x Coffey
20. Looking for What's Already Here - Slowform
21. Kirra - CharlestheFirst
22. Tipping or Turning - Slowform
23. Strangeness - G-Space
24. Kumquat - JakoJako
25. Peaks and Pitfalls - Slowform
26. Memory - Skysia
27. Moonflower (feat. Kumali) - Skysia
28. Fragments - Skysia x illoh
29. Phurn - Miles Apart - Phurn
30. A Message to the Past - Slowform
31. Journey - Zar & aya dia
32. Epilogue (Original Mix) - Mystic State
33. Waiting In The Sky - Skysia
34. Gió - JakoJako
35. Time (Intro) - Skysia
36. My Existence - ozi
37. Healing (VIP) - Supertask
38. Punish - Ethel Cain
39. Know - Supertask
40. Reverie - Skysia
41. Preparing The Path (Skysia Remix) - Skysia, Porangui, Liquid Bloom
42. Sit Around The Fire (Original Mix) - Jon Hopkins

in a daze | k-container @ zurich decompression 2025

One of the most unlikely tales of a society’s fall in is the incredible saga of the Vikings of Greenland. 

Find out the history of how these European settlers built a society on the farthest edge of their world, and survived for centuries among some of the harshest conditions ever faced by man. Discover how this civilization was able to overcome the odds for so long, and examine the evidence about what happened to cause its final and mysterious collapse. Including Viking poetry, Inuit folktales and thousands upon thousands of walrus.

Credits:

Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas

Voice Actors:

Jacob Rollinson
Jake Barrett-Mills
Sebastian Garbacz
Special thanks to Jordan Ashley Moore (Ancient Literature Dude) for his readings of Old Norse poetry.

Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100209
Artist: incompetech.com/

Fall of Civilizations

4. The Greenland Vikings - Land of the Midnight Sun

SanFanDisko - Fusion Festival 2019 [This Ain‘t Bristol Takeover @ Querfeld Stage]

SANFANDISKO - Fusion Festival 2019 [This Ain‘t Bristol Takeover @ Querfeld Stage]

Beneath the busy streets of Mexico City, a buried god lies waiting to be discovered...

This episode, we look back at the age of the Aztecs. Learn how this society grew from nothing to create one of the world's largest cities in the middle of a lake. Discover Aztec riddles, poetry and songs, as well as the bloody ritual of the flower wars. And hear the remarkable story of how this thriving empire collapsed all at once, in a matter of days.

Credits:

Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas

Voice Actors:

Jake Barrett-Mills
Rhy Brignell
Shem Jacobs
Annie Kelly
Lou Millington

Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1100209
Artist: incompetech.com/

9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds

A history podcast looking at the collapse of a different civilization each episode. What did they have in common? Why did they fall? And what did it feel like to watch it happen?

19. The Mongols - Terror of the Steppe (Part 2)

Fall of Civilizations Podcast