Order on Bandcamp: https://fastcastle.bandcamp.com/album/block-printing

Gent1e $oul keeps evolving his dancefloor meta with "Block Printing '', the latest EP on Fast Castle. This DLC consists of 5 stripped down, effective takes on UK Bass, Dubstep, Grime and Baile - excellent for outright late game domination. The vinyl comes in hand-crafted sleeves produced in an ancient woodblock printing method on a manually operated, pre-industrialisation printing press.

Sonically, Gent1e $oul further distills his style by fusing different sonic spheres and bass music styles across “Block Printing''s chapters: Profoundly effective 4-bar grime meets transparent electro breaks on “Heated Shot”, with it’s hi-tek sounds forcing early reactions from the floor. “Siege Ram” is a techno x steppers crossover that packs the punch to keep your opponents stuck in the dark ages forever. “Untitled” channels baile cues into a rigid, progressive club cut, while the B-Side offers a UK Techno meets dembow deepness with “Fortified Walls”. Rounding off the proceedings, Rolex3k makes here exec. producer debut with a feature on “Turtle Ship”, a deeper-than-deep dub stepper.

"Block Printing"’s cover, conceived by Fast Castle’s visual mastermind Jonas, depicts an emblematic circle monograph hinting to prehistoric scenes and ancient legends. Special care went into the production of the DIY-printed record sleeves: Individually crafted on an ancient 1820s mechanical press and printed in a block printing-like technique from a laser cut wood negative, each of the edition-of-200 vinyl copies is a one-of-a-kind artifact to worship and rinse repeatedly.

Very special shout outs to Jonas from 200 Kilo on this one conceiving and realizing our most ambitious artwork project to date. Also, out to Scape Mastering for the sound optimization and RWDFWD and DnP for international distro services!

FC06 - Gent1e $oul - Block Printing (Snippets)

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O.M.Theorem seeks to explore percussion driven, bass heavy music across a span of tempos, polyrhythms and time signatures.

🌋 Wobbling with @fastcastle crew 🌋
🏎️ Racing with @300-km-h 🏎️


18.08.23 Goethebunker, Essen
26.08.23 Paloma Bar, Berlin
02.09.23 Jolene, Kopenhagen 
27.10.23 Fitzroy, Berlin 
11.11.23 Golden Pudel, Hamburg
25.11.23 Super, Aarhus
18.12.23 Mensch Meier, Berlin
31.12.23 Paloma Bar, Berlin

Fast Castle is a bass music focussed vinyl and tape label based out of a shed-turned-studio in south Berlin.

DJ & Sound Artist // based in Karlsruhe, Germany
°glitching between house genres & sometimes marking the 150bpm° #genrefluid #vinylanddigitalDJ

[dm for booking]

//Gigs
playing each first Friday in 2025 @schickcast (Mainz) with @domwaits & friends!
& hosting ":MP B - beat ma' pigeons [shifting: narratives]" [FLINTA* Karambolage] @schickcast, Mainz

upcoming:
08/08/25 Vinyl-Night @dasZimmer, Mannheim
09/08/25 2-3pm (Berlin time) Radio Release - @thrilled-music On Air @querfunk-karlsruhe , Karlsruhe (UKW 104,8 MHz sowie im digitalen Kabelnetz (DVB-C) und weltweit im Livestream unter querfunk.de)
09/08/25 Privat-Party <3
27/08/25 Taban Schmunkeln, Soundbike w/@Henning, Bonn
30/08/25 MMM (work in progress Showcase) w/ @LenaKunz @Wiesbadentanzt, Wiesbaden

13/09/25 TBA
27/09/25 TBA

02/10/25 TBA
03/10/25 TBA



past:
02/08/25 Tibi & Bina @TropenTango Festival, Lorch w/ b2b @Klabauterfrau
02/08/25 2pm (Berlin time) Youtube Release - @thrilled-music On Air @querfunk-karlsruhe , Karlsruhe
20/07/25 @thrilled-music On Air @querfunk-karlsruhe , Karlsruhe
16/07/25 @ ZKM | Kleider- und Bücherbasar x Mittwochstreff, Karlsruhe
12/07/25 Rundgangsparty @KunsthochschuleMainz
11/07/25 Spectral Spaces @Dorett, Mainz with & b2b @leonegal
27/06/25 @C2 Ost b2b @venusexmachina b2b @______bean, Karlsruhe
23/05/25 Patriachat am Arsch Vol. 2 @Kreativfabrik, Wiesbaden
as Tibi & Bina (b2b Alias from da:sypoda & @Klabauterfrau 
09/05/25 Urlaub auf Balkonien @Fettschmelze, Karlsruhe
03/05/25 Kontraste @C2 Ost, Karlsruhe
23/04/25 Vinyl Wednesday @Intro, Karlsruhe with @Mi0M (Stuttgart)
18/04/25 Drum Damæ[ge] @Dorett, Mainz with & b2b @itsELSA (Karlsruhe)
05/04/25 Tibi & Bina @TanzMainz Festival Abschlussparty b2b @Klabauterfrau (Mainz)
04/04/25 TBD @Schick, Mainz with @DomWaits & @TabanSchmunkeln (Bonn)
08/03/25 di:ta - different taste @Gottesauer Eck, Karlsruhe
07/03/25 TBD @Schick, Mainz with @DomWaits
03/03/25 Electrofassnacht @Schick, Mainz
03/03/25 Nacht der Rosen @Dorett Bar, Mainz
22/02/25 Basementsession @Haus Mainusch, Mainz
07/02/25 TBD @Schick, Mainz with @AnnaWolf & @DomWaits



@da_sypoda (resident @schick_mainz, 1/8 of @Tabanschmunkeln, part of @alforno_mz, soundartist & performer with @idaflux)

da:sypoda is a DJ, soundartist, booker, cultural collaborator, artistic researcher and co-host of the "TBD - To be defined" events at @Schick, Mainz together with @dom.waits. 
She played venues in the Rhein-Main-Region like Schick, Dorett Bar, Haus Mainusch in Mainz or Pracht in Frankfurt and Festivals like the AA near Worms, TropenTango in Hessen or the AWARA Festival in Baden-Wuerttemberg. For more than 3 years she has been playing mixed devices and is also now planing events with the @alforno_mz. Her sound is influenced by a various genre mixing, starting from Deep House, Disco and House to Dub infused Baile Funk, Dembow, Deep Tec, Breakbeat and Experimental. As a genre fluid artist, who also works with @idaflux as sound artist and performer on the balance of bodily involvement and improvisations, her sets are always percussive and with a deep and playful selection of ear opening break outs, as an invitation to step out of comfort zones and move into deep listening.

artist photos by © 2025 | Micha Reinke | Wiesbaden
https://www.michareinke.com
https://www.instagram.com/micha.reink/