R.i.O. welcomes Brainwave Research Center, a NYC-based duo consisting of house/techno producer Chase Smith and documentary filmmaker Christa Majoras. In early 2023 they freed their debut album “figure 1” via their own label BRC. Two more albums followed. All documenting their love for experimental yet charming music of all kinds.

Their influences span a vast spectrum, from Steve Reich, Laurie Spiegel, and Edgar Froese to Martin Rev, John Carpenter, early Kraftwerk, or the ambient techno of Pete Namlook’s Fax +49-69/45046 label. Yet, Brainwave Research Center forges a sound distinctly their own, seamlessly blending analog synthesis with electro-acoustic experimentation.

On “Psychic Antenna”, the duo takes a gentle rawer approach. The tracks range from the manic verbal Die-Tödliche-Doris-like loops of "I Find Myself" to the meditative cosmic trance of "Open Your Mouth." "Orange Drop" and "Transmitter Park" toy with the dancefloor, channeling slow-motion acid trance and krautrock echoes.

The release is rounded out by three remixes: R.i.O.’s own Benedikt Frey delivers a deep, trippy groover full of inner musicality, while close companion DALO crafts a dark, echo-drenched pop rework, and Berlin’s Nathan Dawidowicz injects psyched nu-disco rhythms, expanding “Psychic Antenna” into seven notions of intense neural oscillations.

ML

Brainwave Research Center - Orange Drop

Mariusso - The Way You Get (Original Mix)

Live from Berlin studio, first up is Jaundice!

Jaundice [14.04.25]

Facets returns to promote an upcoming edits release on Blkmarket's vinyl-only series, dropping very soon! More info: https://on.soundcloud.com/sHCgoBGjMWU4seAF6

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Facets @ The Lot Radio 04-19-2025

L'artiste: Marijana Croon (@marijanaanajiram)
Le mixtape: Stock 077
 L'esthétique: bewitching venture into bewildering sonorities

La sélection:
Ditterich von Euler-Donnersperg - Der Tode von Allen der Welt 
Sunju Hargun - hk 8㍱ 
Reeko - Urmah 1 
Bunzinelli - Atacama
DJ Athome - habibi
Tamburi Neri & Hiroko - Barritono 
Identified Patient - Ver Verwijderd Van Vermoeid  
Drawbridge - Mama, am I Dreaming? (AJO Remix)  
N-Tropic - One Night Stand (Full Circle & Kris Baha Remix) 
Xcor - Beweging (Patient 606 Mix)
Jacques Satre - La Traversée De Taillard
Ziggy - Trance Gigolo 
Jose Manuel - Alchemy
Antoine & A Strange Wedding - Ultra Low Velocity  
JATIBE - Entspannung
RECYCLER - Katapulte
 Iñigo Vontier - Macaco (Tolouse Low Trax Remix) 
Expropriation - Kateva  
Matteo Coffetti feat. A-Tweed - Violet Surface
Bertram - Lights Out 
DjClick & Masha Natanson - Far from my house (Recycler Remix)
Punghi - Black Bones

Recorded in Cologne in early 2025.

Stock 077 par Marijana Croon

A pleasure to warm up for the master of bass himself, Mr Jah Wobble.
Vinyl only...excuse the crackle and the occasional skip.
Hit me up in comments if shazam's not doing the do.

Warm up for Jah Wobble @ St. Luke's, Glasgow 27 Apr 2025

BANDCAMP

A1 Seven Corridors

1.BLOND;ISH - BLOND;ISH COCONUT EDIT.mp3

Wave and Synth bangers by Sharlese.

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Sharlese @ The Lot Radio 05-02-2025


Bisou Sucré - Duo Dj's, Princesse V & Guy Macquart  

Victor Hugo

Time doesn't pass the same when shjva’s behind the decks. It folds in on itself like a bad trip or a perfect sunrise. 

Born in Lutsk, now deeply rooted in Warsaw’s underground, she’s been building her sound through Penumbrum (her label label & party), as co-owner of Qualia Records and through holding a long-standing residency at the city’s beloved Jasna Club.

Across past releases for Viscera Transmissions, Brutaż, Warning, People & Places and Common Ancestors, shjva's sound is always developing and always morphing. Her live sets and collabs with Volodymyr Gnatenko and Stereometrix stretch that sound even further, which sits somewhere between dub techno, dream states, and the kind of melancholic jazz you’d hear drifting out of a broken speaker at the afters. It’s hypnotic and deep.

Today's Wednesday Alternative mix is a love letter to minimalism, recorded using a prototype rotary mixer built by shjva's Polish friend Kamilescu, the mixer is raw, tactile and beautiful, just like this set which contains deep cuts and spaced out percussion. 

This is vinyl only recording that touches the ear on the softest pressure points, all day listening to create a brisk morning atmosphere.

shjva: The Wednesday Alternative Mix

your favourite storyteller

+ @riolabel @initinit

24.5. b2b with NVST, Kauz Zürich
10.05. Humboldthain, Berlin
10.05. Säälchen, Berlin
26.04. Zentralwäscherei, Zürich
25.04. b2b Philipp Otterbach, Arkaoda, Berlin
04.04. Sameheads, Berlin
13.03. Säule, Berlin
22.02. Kegelbahn, Luzern
21.02. Fribourg, CH

---- BYE24

17.12. Kiosk Radio,  Bxl
15.12. Curly Teeth b2b w. NVST, Bxl
30.11. Panorama Bar, Berlin
16.11. La Culottee, Paris
19.10. LAF, Pforzhyme
05.10. Sameheads, Berlin
28.09. Buka, Milan
21.09. Chemiefabrik, Zürich
14.09. Ausland, Berlin
16.08. Salon Des Amateurs, Düsseldorf
21.07. Am Bach Festival, Lucerne
05.07. Kappa Futur Festival, Turin
14.06. Masters, Zagreb
18.05. Outracena, Lisbon
27.04. Arkaoda, Berlin
24.02. Macadam, Nantes
09.02. LAF, Pforzhyme
26.01. Sameheads, Berlin

A1 Seven Corridors

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