3,2,1.. lift off! Mukuna's tornado is heading your way and the only possible thing to do is to surrender to the tension. Industrial percussion, broken beat and glacial synthesisers are soaking you right into the eye of the storm. A variety of drums combined with African chants are another introduction of a new whirly roundabout. Fast and furious melodies are evolving into a mind-bending techno track, ready to hypnotise and sweep you of your feet in Mukuna’s twister. A refreshing blend of dancehall influenced tracks with jacking house and rhythmic noice keeps the mix interesting till the very last second until the storm settles. Enjoy flying!

@mirco-mukuna

Festimi Podcast 49 - Mukuna

Recording of Festimi Soundsystem's set at Festimi | Woodstock

TASCAM DR-680

Festimi Soundsystem - 14.08.21

Recording of Vuur's set at Festimi op zondag | ADE

TASCAM SD-20M

Vuur - 17.10.21

House with capital H! Nedda Sou delivers soul-infused, jazz-taught house grooves. Her way of mixing is breathing sensuality and the mix feels like a medicine for the soul to smooth the cracks in your life. Tracks that feel like they have been ageing for years, as if there is a layer of dust on the thick groaning basslines, organ vamps and warm vocals. It’s hits the exact spot to feel the blissful vibrations of what house can reach within. Back-beat drums and jackin’ house patterns, Roland 808 rhythms, wobbly mystic synths and the deep vocals in DJ Qu his track “Step Back Up”, makes you want to dive into a journey of the spirit. 

@neddasou

Festimi Podcast 53 - Nedda Sou

Podcast 59 - Tsepo

The set Tsepo played during our last In Light & Night event is still fresh in our mind and this mix takes us right back to it. The driving dancefloor energy he can create is the common thread of this mix, too. Fleet-flooted rhythms with Dancehall and Amapiano influences are the beginning of an hour long body and brain massage. He smartly switches in energies by playing floating melodies, light vocals and longer streched synths that gently increase the intensity. With adventurous mixing and playful genre hopping between Bass, UKG Breaks, Chicago House and Electro, he causes you to surrender to the locked groove he creates. It triggers a constant curiosity to what will follow, while an underlying pulsating force soaks you right into a tunnel of untamed dancing.

Festimi Podcast 59 - Tsepo

The Berlin based artist Zips gets us stoked for the club season.  
His contribution to our mix series contains an hour filled with progressive cuts, bumpy and rolling basslines, entrancing harmonies and above all a very, very pleasant forward pushing drive. From start to end you’ll be taken into a locked groove that brings you right into rapture. It lets your mind taste from the intangible energy that vibrant club nights can have. The spiraling psychedelic sounds and acid rhythms in the background of the thrusting tracks create a feeling of dancing in the dark while a searchlight of a lighthouse is trying to catch a glimpse of dancers. There’s no escaping from moving and experiencing the joyful feelings a vibrating night can bring.

@zipszips

Festimi Podcast 60 - Zips

Podcast 61 - Angel D'lite

No compromises! From the first moment the needle hits the record, she puts your body into work and your mind into party mode. With uplifting 90’s rave and hip-house vocals, playful and smart mixing, this mix feels like a dream you don’t want to wake up from. She creates rainbow euphoria by sliding on the colours of 90’s breaks, acid power house, high-energy synths and exciting energy changes. Welcome to the portal of a bright shining reality that goes by the name of Angel D’lite.

Festimi Podcast 61 - Angel D'lite

Podcast 62 - @twiena  

The talented Amsterdam based dj/producer Twiena takes us on an hour long sonic expedition. By starting off with her unreleased track “Heritage”, she shows us a piece of her Vietnamese roots and musical upbringing. It creates a beautiful synaesthetic ambience that flows into light and harmonious rhythms. By shaping a dream-state like atmosphere with high tones, uk-spirited bass and percussion, she’s delicately preparing your brain to get ready to dive deeper into wobbly electro. Her groove patiently evolves with fast paced breaks, jungle inspired vocals and uplifting melodies. Detroit inspired techno with short acid pulses let you spiral into your inner zone. In that exact spot you’ll find the perfect balance between a wide range of drums, her love for rave and techno, 90s emotional aesthetics and power house. Welcome to the world of Twiena.

Festimi Podcast 62 - Twiena

Podcast 63 - Bennet  

Hannover rooted and Mexico based @bennet_bb let us meet with his signature sound of house and provides a cheeky and fierce contribution to our podcast-series. He's part of DJ-collective Soft Spot. A group founded in 2019 by queers and FLINTA*s that seeks for queer- feminist politics on and off the dance floor.   

His mix contains an hour of delicate and seamless vinyl-only mixing in which he plays oldskool house and progressive rollers. Engulfing basslines, loopy drums and oscillator riffs are the main drive of the mix. As soon as the needle hits the record the pre-orgasmic intensity of his groove is already tangible and unconsciously soaks you into an uplifting energy. Combine that with goose-pimpled classic house vocals and before you know it you’re imagining being on a dance floor getting a glimpse of the meaning of togetherness. This mix breathes pleasure and triggers feelings of freedom. Enjoy a full circle moment.

Festimi Podcast 63 - Bennet

Podcast 64 - Marie Montexier  

Cologne/Leipzig based dj and Paryìa label owner @mariemontexier treats us with a powerful prime time mix. This hour was recorded and played in the middle of the night at @pitchmusicandarts last March. It's a strongly percussive driven hour in which you’ll discover lots of different drum dynamics. Snares, breaks and toms keep on changing its pace, rhythms and tones while she’s maintaining a propelling, uplifting and energetic flow. Her love for late 90’s and early 00’s house cuts shines through in this mix. This combination results in a timeless dance tunnel with an unstoppable bounce that get’s you right into the pleasure zone!

Festimi Podcast 64 - Marie Montexier

Amersfoort-based Dj Bastienne is renowned for playing dynamic and energetic techno and house. However, in this special house mix, she dives into a more laid-back yet hard-grooving side of her musical repertoire and takes us on a hour-long trip through the realms of New York- and Chicago House. 

She kicks off the mix with warm and bouncing house grooves fused with soulful, deep, and seductive vocals. It sets the stage for a smooth, sexy and dreamy atmosphere, where she skillfully touches upon elements of hip-house, acid house and deeper emotional house.   

She effortlessly sustains this captivating groove throughout the mix, subtly guiding it towards a blissful and pulsating finale. It feels as the perfect mix to unwind and dance to, leaving you in a tranquilizing dream-state afterglow while yearning for the dancefloor. Enjoy!

Festimi Podcast 66 - Bastienne

Podcast 67 - Tai Lokun  

London-based DJ Tai Lokun is one of UK’s newest rising DJs and fresh faces on Rinse-FM. Her aim for this mix was to keep it fun and display the broad, yet connected genres she loves to play.   

She starts off the mix with uplifting classic-inspired house tracks, setting a positive and energetic tone. While floating subtly on these harmonics she twinkles the mind by blending it into deeper layers with dreamy breaks and Gqom inspired rhythms. It’s the starting point of an increased dose of energy as she injects hallucinative house while flirting with bouncing techno. She playfully twist styles, while maintaining a steady flow. Percussion, deep wobbly basslines and 90’s UK & Detroit inspired synths are the engine of her groove. But, don’t be fooled, in the final moments of the mix Tai Lokun has some gifts for you. These are for you to unwrap!

Festimi Podcast 67 - Tai Lokun

Festimi Podcast 68 - Marie Malarie 

Marie Malarie delivers a forward pushing and driving mix. It includes a high dose of fun, feels playful, and they are not afraid to delve into darker and deeper territories. It features tracks with a 90's origin, creating a sense of pure joy, has an irresistible force to loose control and breathes pumping dance-floor euphoria. The blend of proggy iterations of house, new beat, techno and nostalgia-tinged vocals & breaks beautifully touches the boundless energy of a front row dance frenzy. It’s a mix you don’t want to skip and feels as the perfect prelude to their slot at The Warehouse on July 22.

Festimi Podcast 68 - Marie Malarie

Festimi Podcast 69 - Asphalt DJ

There's a significant chance you've come across the name Asphalt DJ, also known as Doron Retig, recently. The Berlin-based DJ and producer has been riding an unstoppable wave since the release of his first EP 'Now & Zen' in 2022, in collaboration with his close friend Gzardin. In less than a year, he has released music on Oddysee, Gestalt, Tofistock, One Eye Witness, and has upcoming releases scheduled on Glow Mid and Haŵs. 

He grew up being surrounded by psychedelic music stemming from the late 80’s and 90’s. Whether he found himself listening to rock, pop, experimental music, house, techno or 90's trance; the use of psychedelic sounds is prevelant in his musical journey, and its influence on Doron is evident in his productions and sets.

The mix is a one-hour-long locked groove, consisting of thumping and hypnotising bass lines, combined with uplifting melodies and deep strings that reach to your core. It allows you to soothe out while simultaneously keeping you in an unpropelled dance zone. It's a high-energy house train that smoothly rides through UK and US house, 90s Detroit influences, and some of his unreleased tracks that showcase his signature house sound, shaped by his roots. Hand in your ticket and hold tight!

Festimi Podcast 69 - Asphalt DJ

Podcast 70 - Kyra Khaldi 

During our In Light & Night edition last July, DJ and producer Kyra Khaldi made her debut at Festimi, playing during the early hours at The Courtyard and setting the tone perfectly for the day. 

Her contribution to our podcast series is a more peak-time and club-ready set. She delivers a cocktail of tripped-out energetic rhythms, combined with joyful 90s UK-inspired jams - the kind of jams infused with vocals that leave a rush of euphoria. The mix kicks off in an entrancing and rhythmical atmosphere. Proggy basslines and hallucinative quirky acid drive the 1.5-hour groove, soaking you into a deeper hypnotic territory. The flow she creates is organically growing, while constantly maintaining a pushing and adventurous intensity. It’s a sonic tapestry through house that bangs, spirals, and slaps, geared up with an old-school dose of fun. This one takes your spirit higher!

Festimi Podcast 70 - Kyra Khaldi

Podcast 71 - Naone

Amsterdam-based and Seoul-rooted DJ and producer Naone delivers us a liquid, lush and expansive groove full of trippy textures from the 90s, brimming with sparks of imagination. It's a mix that bewilders the mind as much as it moves the body. She blends cosmic, kaleidoscopic house and techno that take their time to melt into your consciousness. Combining this with fluttering percussion, punching acid, and wandering basslines, you find yourself in a perfectly orchestrated state of psychedelia. Her flow is deep yet rapturous, haunting yet sexy, euphoric yet introspective—a blend of energy that will leave you dancing somewhere lost between space and time. But fear not, Naone will guide you to your center self with this one!

Festimi Podcast 71 - Naone

We’ve mentioned it before, Jenst is somewhat akin to a professor when he’s behind the decks, pushing a unique sound and mixing skills that are exciting, fun and thrilling to experience. We asked him to play an extended set during our In Light & Night last September, and we loved how that turned out.   

We’ve decided to upload the recording of his 5-hour-long set at The Colorfloor, one of the longest sets played at Festimi till date. Whether you're reliving the moment or stepping in to his musical realms for the first time: enjoy!

Jenst | live @ Festimi In Light & Night | September '23

Bennet | live @ Festimi In Light & Night | July '23

NIKS | live @ Festimi In Light & Night | December '23

Andy | live @ Festimi In Light & Night | December '23

Podcast 72 - Carlos Valdes  

Over the past few years, mixes from IsBurning head honcho and label boss, Carlos Valdes, have been a rare treat. Discovered amidst the vaults of his home recordings made during the lockdown, he felt it’s time to unveil this 180 minute hidden gem to the world.   

Somewhere within the first half-hour, a sonorous voice echoes the following message: 
“It’s not uncommon to idolise and idealise people whose work we admire. 
If I read a fantastic book, 
if I see a sculpture of delicate beauty, 
if I watch an actor or actress of amazing talent, 
if I read a scientific paper of extraordinary perception of originality,
it’s easy to admire the work and to imagine the person who could create such beauty. 
Who could act or write with such an extraordinary insight and sensitivity; 
that must be a good person.”    

Throughout the mix, Carlos leaves you pondering about many things, perhaps including the above. Who made this track? What is this sound? What is this feeling it evokes in me? Who is Carlos? How has his style evolved into its present form? Since 1999, Carlos has been showcasing his craft, and the seamless unfolding of this mix serves as a testament to his boundless taste and collection of music. "Wait, is that the voice of Lauryn Hill?" — only one way to find out.

@carlosvaldesmuzik
@isburning
Artwork by: Colorblind
Photo by: Diederick Bulstra Photography 
Mastered by: AudioVille

Festimi Podcast 72 - Carlos Valdes

Kyra Khaldi | live @ Festimi In Light & Night | July '23

Podcast 73 - Tosh

The up-and-coming house-head Tosh enters our mix series with a lush delve into the deep, emotive and uplifting. It's a beautiful 120+ minutes selection in which he let us meet with grooves he loves most. A tasteful balance between dreamy and deep club productions, soulful loopy house (the kind that gives him goosebumps), fun twists into the breaky side of UK-funk, while gently stirring up the pressure with rhythmic-driven 90’s prog. ACE!  

Tosh: “For this one I went left, right and centre through house records that mean a lot to me, just as Festimi does. It includes the first electronic 12-inch I bought, David Alvarado’s signature loops, The “Groove On” label that has been following me around, Angel’s Dubs, my first Gerd record and “Whurl Wind” — which finally found it’s place. This over-two-hour expression of dance is nothing more than that, no concepts, no name, no form. What’s left?”

@tosh_tosh

Festimi Podcast 73 - Tosh

When in need of a thumping house-driven set, @lola-edobor has got you covered. In our new Festimi podcast, she delivers a hour-long spell through bouncy and wobbling acid, full and warm bass-layered tracks, and lets her love for drums shine through. As said in her @3voor12 interview last February, she mostly likes to play lighter grooves, but loves to dip her toes into the dark as well. This hour is a good reflection of that, light-footed rhythms rotate with  deep and more obscure ones, while keeping hold of an accelerating and catching flow. A fun hour with the right amount of punch!

Lola: "Here is my set for Festimi, which I hold a lot of love for and has been supporting me since '23. I've put together a more housey set with the memories of playing their events in mind and combined it with tracks played during my opening set at Tilla Tec last week— moments very dear to me."

Festimi Podcast 74 - Lola Edo

Festimi Podcast 75 - Teqmun 
 
We're happy to share our new podcast made by the artist who'll join us at Lofi's Colorfloor on May 11: Tijmen Blokzijl aka Teqmun. The promising DJ and producer once said about Upsammy’s music: 'It evokes the sensation of crawling through a landscape like an ant.' He curated a mix that feels to call upon this visualization. In this hour filled with half-time breaks and prickly rhythms you get a good idea of what he's all about. It's adventurous, unpredictable and driving; gritty, raw textures intertwine with bright glowing melodies and synths, creating a sense of ease and softness you want to drown in, while haunting elements and energetic percussion keep it lively and much bouncing. A beautiful mix!

@teqmun-tijmen-b

Festimi Podcast 75 - Teqmun

Balearic waves throughout the first hour of our own soundsystem during the ADE Closing night at Shelter. A night that will definitely cross our minds for at least a dozen times. 

Tracklist:
Ben Penn - Nix
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Kaotic Harmony (Relic Of Relics)
Gallo - Faron (Fabrizio Mammarella Ambient Remix)
Artis - Cetacea 
The Pilotwings - DFC Du Pauvre
Tornado Wallace - Trance Encounters (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
Skatebård - The Bells Of Mist
Francis Inferno Orchestra - Hygiene
Family of Few - Sunrise
Carrot Green & Selvage - Bronski In Rio
Timothy J - Night Ferry (Antenna Remix)
Perdu - Phasing In
LT - Gale Force

Festimi Soundsystem - ADE Closing Night at Shelter

Live Recording by @commonedit on 09.06.2019

Dane - 09.06.19

Enjoy our @redlightradio show. 

Soundbwoy Killah - Pang 
Stratton - Ascend 
B2 - Dat 3 (Chrissy Remix)
O.H.M. - Oceanic 
Blondes - KDM (Barker & Baumecker Remix)
Gene On Earth - Now 2045 
Qnete - Sand progression 
Dextre - 128 organs
The Melody - Tonight Is Fine 
Placid One - Azure 
Soundbwoy Killah - Wanna Hold U 
Instinct - Pistolwhip 
The Return - New Day	
Jam & Spoon - Odyssey to Anyoona

Festimi Soundsystem - Red Light Radio 26-11-19

Does it get any better than this? 85 minutes of pure joy. San Soda’s disco dimension is a worldly voyage that’s undoubtedly worth the trip. This makes us remember our early days when we started Festimi with the most innocent intentions to just make people feel good on a Sunday. Did that change? Not when San Soda visits us, that’s for sure.

@san-soda

Festimi Podcast 20 - San Soda

Summer is almost over. The weirdest summer we’ve ever experienced. Dane puts it all together in this compelling, deep and emotional mix. Brighter days will come<3

@commonedit

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