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British-Nigerian-born, Berlin-based Richard Akingbehin (@richard-akingbehin) is behind many crucial projects in electronic music, and most of them revolve around his exploration of deep and dubby sounds. Not only is he a co-founder of the excellent Refuge Worldwide radio station, but he also runs the experimental label Kynant Record and has some key residencies when not headlining other cult clubs around the world. His label recently released the first new album from dub techno don Tikiman in almost 20 years and this summer the pair will be playing together again as part of a mini tour. 

Ahead of joining us at Dekmantel Selectors later this year, Richard recorded this week's mix for us in the Refuge Worldwide studio with the aim of showcasing what he is playing in the clubs at the moment. It takes in his signature blend of dub techno styles with music from the likes of Parallel 9, Tikiman, Dialog and Delano Smith. It's spacious and unhurried but slowly ramps up the pressure to get you on your toes and vibing to his ever-warm, supple and minimal rhythms.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 457 - Richard Akingbehin

Recording of Konduku & Mattikk's set at Dekmantel Ten

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Konduku & Mattikk at Dekmantel Ten

The recording of Shoal's live set from the most recent Rhythm Büro event that took place in Kyiv in September'24. Thanks a lot to Kenny for paying us a visit in current turbulent times, and sharing his music with the Ukrainian crowd.

Shoal (Live) - Rhythm Büro Podcast 021

"Flickers of interference, a signal drifting through the void. Distant hums tremble within the static—a transmission suspended in the vast unknown. Then gravity takes hold, and the path becomes clear: a steady motion, guided by the cold glow of the moon. Shifting shadows, uncertain reflections, a descent into depth without losing direction. Echoes pulse with a deep rhythm, and textures unfold like whispers in the dark. The sound is hypnotic, atmospheric. It leads."

Moon Patrol is the musical project of Irina Kotik (@irina-kotik) and Gilles Wasserman (@gilleswasserman), co-founders of the Brooklyn-based platform Delayed (@itsdelayed). Their work has appeared on labels like Oslated, On Board Music, SoHaSo, Huinali, and others. Moon Patrol drifts between frequencies—half dream, half pulse. Shaped by shifting moods and shared silence, their sound moves from warm electronica and lush ambient to shadowy techno and back again.

HOCast #236 - Moon Patrol

For episode 60 of our FRiends and Family, I'm happy to have a pillar of the US underground @djmitchsmith . Mitch lives in Denver, vis a vis Florida. He's a real Florida dance music enthusiast and has shown me so much of the IDM-miami-bass-techy-housey fusion that the state has gifted to the world of dance music. He djs alongside @wngdu (see FRiends and Family Ep. 21) in Denver as Loudmen. They've brought @billconverse, @jonnyfromspace, DJ Fitness, and others into Denver, and they have huge plans (can't reveal yet) for Denver this summer. So if you're in the area...TIP!

At TGB last year, we had a conversation about the importance of sexy groove. This has it all. Acid, hand drums, psychedelic vocal fuckery, basslines, touch of breaks....come onnnnnnnn, tap in! 

DJ Spun Acid Experience - DJ Spun & Dyhan Moller (@therealdjspun @stillmusic)
Norgan - Hazed
Peyote (Hard Mix) - Anatolian Weapons (@anatolianweapons)
Chasing Away The Night - Gesloten Cirkel (@gesloten-cirkel)
Sub-Urban Pt 2 - Witchman vs Jammin Unit
Intoxication - Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia
Tüdeldub (quadratschultz bleep Remix @quadratschulz) - Jacques Palminger & Viktor Marek (@jacquespalminger-music @viktor-marek) 
It's (Not) Just An 808 (Warehouse Mix) - The Loose Control Band (@therealdjspun @spacetime-continuum )
I Am Sitting In A Version (Re-Edit) - Flexitone
Untitled - Ro 70 Meets Move D (@ro70-music @move-d) 
Here's Your Chance Now Dance (3-D Mix) - DJ Reckless Ron
Loving Your Mind - Mono Junk (@mono-junk)
Mondo Hehe - Lutto Lento (@luttolento)
Cazbot - Alphonse
nubJa - SW. (@sw-sc) 
We Gave You Life - Lab Technicians (@labtechnicians)
Feel The Joy - Lockgroove
Moody - Eddie Richards (@eddie-richards)
Microton - DJ Fitness

Mitch Smith: FRiends and Family Ep. 60

For episode 61, we have OKC close scene co-conspirator @crkdjw. I met Garrett when he came to one of our Critical Mess parties a while back. I didn't know who he was, but I just saw the way he was dancing and really listening to the music that he knew what was up. While trying to not make too eager of moves, I went up and told him we gotta chop it up. 

When I think of the most exciting DJs in OKC right now, Garrett is always there in my mind. He has an appetite for brain-scratchy sounds, drummy techno, with a dose of minimal inflections...and there's always excitement selection-wise given his broad taste in music outside of the dance floor. What we're all about! He's been really exercising some restraint lately, and this mix shows where he's been at in his bag lately. Excellent music, enjoy!

Track List: 
Dew Drop Refraction - Squash and Biscuit
I Killed Picasso - @ike-yard
Test - Baby Ford
Upside Down (Instrumental) - @polygonia
Back To The Start - Herbert
Heal Yourself And Move - @theoparrish
I Am Running All My Drum Machines At Once
And Dancing - @massimilianopagliara
Lies (Watch Your Lift) - @losoul-official
Machinik 28 (Machinik plane) - @studio-of-scott-grooves
Love & Passion - @patrickcowley
Keep Rockin’ (Thumping House Mix) - Love
From San Francisco
Dreamscape 500 - @unitmoebius
Boire Comme Un Trou pt1&2 (Re-edit) -
@cherrystones
Snake Charmer - Ectomorph
Jack it up - @huey-mnemonic
Turner’s House - LB Dub Corp (@luke-slater)
Still Buggin’ - @daniel-bell
Raverd (Dub Version) - Virginia (@ostgutton-official)
Route 505 - C.L.A.W.S. (@dematorikibuhile)
Technic Electric - @anthony-rother

Crooked Jaw: FRiends and Family Ep. 61

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2025/truancy-volume-349-zara

Soundcloud: @zaraolsen

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Truancy Volume 349: Zara

For episode 62, we have @yaxofficial from Adelaide, AU. He has invited many FRiends of ours to take part in his techno mix series Yax Invites...seriously impressive series with #229 just coming out this week! Techno for techno lovers here. Enough said, track list below!

Track List:
1	@cerrot  - Gradual07
2	@mental-availability - Recognition and Recall
3	@ignez_smv - Awakening
4	@ninom4lo - Dffrent
5	@benjamindamage - Hydra
6	@nedbennett - Engineered Movement
7	@mptrn- Strain
8	@technosbnc - Chorofobia
9	@the-miller-1 - Compact (@mamwadi remix)
10	@warnung- you talk
11	@mental-availability - unreleased
12	@carilekebusch - Olydig
13	@technosbnc - Crevicing
14	@mathys_lenne - Blind
15	@dxrvo - Piano Mercy
16	Max Watts (@limitednetwork) - Dixon (@charlie-conway Mix)
17	@aints-music - Wisdom
18	@kussmusic, @sicion-techno- Ego Death
19	@neonaarm - The Present is a Gift
20	@roberthood - Radio Active
21	@@technosbnc - Sorge
22	@mental-availability - unreleased
23	@jonas-kopp, @oliverrosemann - Mindwave Convergence
24	@exos - Everyday
25	@jonas-kopp, @oliverrosemann - Syncing Frequencies
26	@neonaarm - Deleterater
27	Dolph (@kargoelektronik) - Fuji Speedway (Bonus)

Yax: FRiends and Family Ep. 62

"A sonic fabric of light and calm, where each moment echoes like a deep breath, opening invisible spaces for quiet contemplation and gentle healing. Minimalism and precision come together to shape crisp, delicate atmospheres that invite you to linger without hurry."

Jo Johnson is a British musician whose three-decade journey spans punk, techno, and contemplative electronic minimalism. A former guitarist for the influential 90s riot grrrl band Huggy Bear, she later immersed herself in the underground techno scene,  joining the Bleep43 collective in 2001 and founding its label. Jo’s solo work explores immersive and emotive sonic landscapes through synthesizers and effects, influenced by pioneering women in electronic music. Her albums have been released on Further Records, Going In, Mysteries of the Deep, and Castles in Space. She is a regular performer at festivals and venues like Freerotation, The Purcell Room, Cafe Oto, and Parallel.

In 2025, Jo launched Alterations, an evolving album project released track-by-track on Bandcamp, each piece accompanied by exclusive materials for subscribers. She has collaborated with pianist Hilary Robinson, releasing experimental works on 9128.live and performing at events like Daylight Music. As a DJ, Jo has appeared on platforms such as Refuge Worldwide, Monument Waves, and Music for Programming. Beyond music, she has contributed to a Huggy Bear book project compiling the band’s zines and history. Jo also co-curates Bleep43’s deep listening events in unique spaces across London, championing boundary-pushing artists in ambient and experimental sound.

Links:

Bandcamp: https://jojohnson.bandcamp.com
Bleep43: https://bio.site/bleep43
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jojohnson.tinysilences/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jo-johnson.bsky.social


Tracklist:

Patricia Wolf - Woodland Encounter (Balmat)
Jo Johnson - 03 (forthcoming)
Marcus Fischer - Ten (self-released)
Ashley Bellouin & Ben Bracken - Sung Strings (Debacle
Records)
Dan Bean - Face Lix (unrelease)
Bea Brennan - Can You? (Old Technology)
Bana Haffar - m720 (self-released)
Mareena & JakoJako - Phantasma (Muzan Editions)
Avsluta - Blushing Bushes (Accents Records)
Field Lines Cartographer - Transit of Ariel (Castles in Space)
Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti - Melting Clocks
(WRWTFWW)
Manuel Fogliata (FKA Nuel) - metta (self-released)
Hologram - Age of Balance (self-released)
Minced Oath - Smoke and Scissors (Front End Synthetics)
arovane - youd (quiet details)
Bea Brennan - A Fanciful or Impractical Idea or Theory (Old
Technology)
Raica - Song 4 (unreleased)
Cate Francesca Brooks - Swallow Skims the Water

HOCast #243 - Jo Johnson

Focused on dramatic narratives and deep immersions, Sonhan creates
highly psychedelic sound experiences. His attention to emotional detail and
rich textures allows him to shape the atmosphere of any dance floor.

Inspired by a fascination for storytelling through aesthetics and bold
approaches to contemporary dance music, Sonhan carefully curates his
music selection and transitions to deliver dynamic and immersive
experiences. By shifting between dimensions and emotions, he
demonstrates that mind-bending art can be a science in its own right.

This philosophy also drives his work as the co-organizer and curator of
the 'Metropolis' event series in Brussels, where each edition
emphasizes high-quality sound and immersive experiences.

LINKS
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonhan.n/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sonhan
RA: https://ra.co/dj/sonhan

Phonons Podcast 108 Sonhan

For episode 63, I am very excited and honored to have a special mix by Oklahoma City major head Stin from @chatpile . This is just over an hour of a musical history of all shades of underground freak rock/punk/metal from Oklahoma City. Beginning in the 70s and ending with our current moment. As someone who stepped into this chronology as a fan and fellow noise-maker in the late 00s/early 10s, I personally found it invigorating to understand on a deeper sonic level where the sounds were coming from that we were all making. Today you will hear people talk about the loss of regional sound identities, but I’m hoping that the act of drawing from the ghosts of your local alternative spheres has not completely died out. After listening to the mix, it seems like those connections you find with the roots of a scene happen in many different ways and are often unconscious. For example, playing in bands with people slightly older than you, finding the same records at the local shops, attending gigs together and soaking up the same influences. There are bands, people, and labels mentioned in here that make up the core of my music-loving DNA. There were so many older freaks who were taking care of me as a teenager while I was out on a school night at The Conservatory (legendary OKC venue) catching music from around the world at wildly cheap door costs. And then I imagine that happening to those who were older than me when they were kids…a beautiful freaky cycle. 

I can’t mention enough how much Stin is a pillar of our local music scene in OKC. He ran a tape label called Nerd Party, which he mentions. @dusthousestudio is where I and so many people in the City recorded our records (Chat Pile still records there!). I wouldn’t have seen so many awesome bands that came through OKC in the 00s and 10s, if it weren’t for Stin and his friends nudging me to go. The Speed Falkon tape that he put out (he plays a track off of it) is one of my all-time favorite OKC underground installments. I played that tape OUT. And I just checked…it’s not even listed on Discogs. There are some real delights here that you won’t hear outside of Stin’s bedroom. Truly honored to have him open up his media collection to us with this Okie curatorial lens and for the bits and bobs shared in between the music. I hope you enjoy, and since he says he’s down, we will definitely be inviting him for another episode of specialties. But first, sit back and enjoy the sounds of the OKC underground as selected by Stin! 

Tracklist:
Debris - “Witness” - S/T - 1975
Defenestration - “Cars in Trees” - Dali Does Windows - 1987  
@flaminglips- “Right Now” - Telepathic Surgery - 1989
Stin Speaks
Syringe -  “On the Other Side” - S/T Single - 1996
Microlight Sound - “Eyes Bleed Silver” - S/T Single - 1996
Stin Speaks
Subsanity - “Human is Shit” - Human is Shit EP - 1997
Dominant Minority - “Fuel for the Machine” - The Years of Defiance - 1997
@traindodge - “The Buzzard” - About Tomorrow’s Milage - 1999
Stin Speaks
Gravity Propulsion System - “What Can I Say” - Get Destroy - 2005
Speed Falkon - “Fantasy” - No emotion - 2006
No Man’s Slave - “Tooth Decay” - I Resign/No Man’s Slave Split 7” - 2010
I Resign - “No Prospect” - Final Songs 7” -  2010
Stin Speaks
CHUD - “Handsome Vampires Live” - CHUD S/T 7” - 2012
Glow God - “Man Down” - House of Distractions - 2013
Found Footage - “Lovers Down” - As Far As Far -  2014
American Hate - “Pissing” - Our Love is Real - 2017
Stin Speaks
W/OE - “No Cure” - Without Empathy - 2019
The Tooth - “Hatred’s Wings” - Cascade Effect - 2021
Peeling Flesh - “Make A Move” - Slamaholics Vol. 2 - 2023
Free 4 All - “Pain 4 Ever” - Volume 4 - 2025 
Stin Speaks
@chatpile - “Cut” - Brothers in Christ Split EP w/ Nerver - 2023

Stin from Chat Pile: FRiends and Family Ep. 63

For episode 64 of FRiends and Family, we have long-time listener, first time caller Language Models (@t1ck). Language Models is a raver and fan of Fixed Rhythms who lives in Milwaukee, WI doing DJ stuff at Cactus Club and teaching stuff at UWM.

With this vinyl mix, clocking in a little under 2 hours, LM takes it into lots of zones. Twists and turns exploring a surplus of possibilities with touches of honest cynicism and a couple reorienting deconstructions. Lots of questions posed, and lots of hope. 

I love music. You love music. Throw it on....

1. Iori – Vortex
2. MRSK – Twirl
3. Rabit – Hex
4. Color Plus (@colorplus) – Medical MF
5. Shiva – Work It Out (Morales Club Mix)
6. Doc Sleep (@docsleep) – Geospatial
7. Lützenkirchen (@lutzenkirchen) – 3 Tage Wach
8. Obstructor (@obstructor7) – Meursault
9. Henry Chow (@henrychow) – Piece Of Me
10. Blake Baxter (@blakebaxter) – Sexuality
11. Sylvester – Sex (Ian Levine Remix)
12. Steffi & Rosati (@dolly-records) – Minor Slider
13. Technasia (@technasia) – Cyclone (Tempest)
14. Biochip C – Acid Frogs
15. Autokinetic (@autokinetic) – Wakeword
16. Casual Treatment (@casual-treatment) – Living Cells
17. Sd Laika (@sd-laika) – Meshes
18. Phreax – Lindup Skinup
19. Treega – Fire Flare
20. DJ Pirna (@djpirna) – Cosmic G-String
21. Anastasia Kristensen (@anastasiakristensen) – Volshebno (Stretched)
22. Vilamar – Vilamar 04
23. JLIN (@jlinnarlei) – Embryo
24. Maara (@maara) – Scissor Me Timbers
25. Polygonia (@polygonia)– Never Have I Seen
26. Pessimist (@pessimist) – Ridge Racer Revolution
27. Chris Korda (@chris_korda) – Baby Batter Bingo
28. Phoebe – Estou Perdido
29. GiGi FM (@gigi-fm) – Awakening The World’s Heart
30. Ricardo Villalobos (@ricardo-villalobos-28) – 909 Track
31. Lonefront (@lonefront) – 56 (ft. Decoder @iamdecoder)
32. SU01 (@su01unitedsonicplanet) – No Force No Light
33. Surgeon (@dynamic-tension) – BDF-521
34. VTSS (@vtss) – Sensor 150
35. Dig-it & Ricardo Garduno – Get Going
36. Summer Skool – Tribaltone (Smokin Jesus RMX)
37. Salar Ansari (@salaransari) – Cyber Daze
38. GRRL X Made Of Oak (@grrl-music @madeofoak) – Chord Thing
39. Wata Igarashi (@wata) – Interweave
40. X -Altera (@x-altera) – Entry

Language Models: FRiends and Family Ep. 64

Va a Fuma

Next-level eclecticism from Donato Dozzy and Nuel.

RA.465 Aquaplano

Many of you will need no introduction to the music of Primal Code, the Italian duo who have conjured up a storm of stunning releases on labels such as Hypnus, The Gods Planet, and Konstrukt in relatively short order. We first connected over their gorgeous, then-unreleased track "Morgana," and since then it's been a pleasure watching them develop their natural and introspective sound, each release as polished and inspiring as the last. I'm so happy to welcome them to the podcast and what they've sent is pure delight, an emerald  evocation of sun-pierced woods and the clearing of the morning mist. Enjoy!

@primalcodemusic

Photography by Angelina Nikolayeva.

Mitch Smith: FRiends and Family Ep. 60

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