Waiting for next Fukstep in Berlin, we have prepared a playlist with the artists in the line up :) Listen sick tunes and dj set from Monstera Black & alys(alys)alys, Jaf Ge Nos, Hans Arsen, Ben Sleia and Fukinsei.

20 MAR Fukstep in Panke, Berlin 


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I kill the time #2

Can't Ignore

Ben Sleia doesn't joke around on the latest BODY MIX. Combining breakneck rhythms, grimey bass and transcendental melodies. 

Raise your gun fingers as this French-born, Berlin based DJ deftly blends footwork, rave, speed garage & more. With regular radio show BRUITS on community conscious station Refuge Worldwide, Hör and appearances with the most heartwarming Berlin crew Awkwardly Social, this talented and fearless DJ delivers the freshest cuts in the most heart-starting packages. 

Perfect for the gym or the dancefloor, enjoy this powerful hour and a half of dope craziness by @bensleia

BODY MIX 016 | Ben Sleia

ex HÖR Berlin set, this video has been removed.

Free Palestine!

ex HÖR Berlin set 19 OCT 2023

VOI 034 B2 Monstera Black | All These Thoughts

VOI 034 A3 Monstera Black | Eat Your Soul

VOI 034 A1 Monstera Black | System

Reyetto Tapes w/ Fukinsei 18-03-2024

Diario Sogno is the first LP from Francesco Giovanetti, aka Jaf Ge Nos.
The album has been written between Seoul and Berlin, during and after pandemic time.
Like the name suggests, "Diario Sogno" (dream diary), dreams started to write a diary by themselves in these contrasting cities.
Like a translator, I translated it into music.
The artwork is from the artist Bettina Hajanti: she represented a memory of the dream diary.


Composed and Recorded by Francesco Giovanetti
Mixed by Francesco Giovanetti and Raffaele Marchetti
Mastered by Raffaele Marchetti
Artwork by Bettina Hajanti
Photos by GIanluca Quaranta
Layout by Donato Debellis

Il Diario

Rinse FM Podcast

ClubGlow with Ben Sleia - 26 April 2024

Hold U

visuals | Rafael Costa Messias
https://rafaelcostamessias.com/

0800

triple helix [TBFW (s)mashup]

let go of scabz [TBFW (s)MASHUP]

L.Letter

where everything's so slow (mit Hans Arsen)

@jafgenos

We introduce to you Italian born, Berlin based artist Jaf Ge Nos, a fresh new name to join the ever-expanding NHS roster. Having originated musically as a member of his band Valerian Swing, Francesco takes a daring step into the electronic music community with ‘Pianta Tenera’. Jaf Ge Nos comments on his own release:

‘I wrote these tracks as a complete foreigner to the electronic music world. DAW's, VST's, drum programming: I was completely new to all of this, but I wanted for so long to explore this field after many years having played in bands. So, after 2 years of attempts made between Correggio (Italy) and Berlin, here's my first EP of multi coloured, no-genre, electronic music.

I think it sounds simply like everything I loved in these years: soundtrack-ish old school synthesizer riffs, ready-to-perreo riddims, angelic choirs, jazz drums fills and apocalyptic drones.

‘Pianta Tenera’ is about losing people, closing projects, closing relationships, mourning after all of this and then being born again, more conscious and strong than ever.

The pic was taken in Umegaoka district in Tokyo during a tour with one of my bands. This little plant needed a lot of strength to grow up inside of a wall: this reminded me of the struggles I faced while writing the EP and reinventing myself in the field of electronic music after being a live musician for 10 years. I saw this delicate and humble plant also as a tombstone for both a dear friend of mine, and a family member, both who are not here anymore: Filippo and Genosse. Being Tokyo, Berlin, Italy or the furthest place from home: it doesn't matter in which part of the world we are now, we all still can feel the love you gave us.’

Mastering by Cyrcular Mastering
Photo by Jaf Ge Nos
Artwork by Morgan Hislop

Pianta Tenera - EP

Jaf Ge Nos - Akiralpaca

https://soundcloud.com/jafgenos

Smackdown x Paprika - https://youtu.be/MxIY-yM9ISU

‘I just wanted to make good UK Bass music' is what Francesco said to me as we spoke about his remarkably unique approach to electronic music. Considering the three-track sophomore EP, It is evident immediately that this initial incentive was one that he was quick to let go of. We started to notice this in a big way when his first EP 'Pianta Tenera' was sent to us. Our ears pricked up as we listened to this standalone producer amongst a sea of talent. It can be hard to distinguish between unique styles as easily these days; but there was no issue here.

Jaf Ge Nos makes his second appearance on NHS with a release that takes an even greater leap out into theatrical, psychedelic progressive territories that span across 3 starkly different pieces. Often jazzy, frequently emotively eclectic, moving and undeniably rhythmic, Jaf Ge Nos has dialed up the originality tenfold on ‘Un Discorsetto’ and broken through the chains of restriction (Not that he really had any before anyway, but you get the idea). Branching out of the digital realm and skittering into instrumentation to add a whole level of depth and individuality to already obscure sound. We have decided to dub him the 'Nektar of Bass Music'. It's as if Southern American rhythm entered into a deep loving relationship with Prog Rock and they conceived this litter of love children. It's like watching a film that is comprised of every genre in one sitting.

Jaf Ge Nos set out to assimilate into the UK Bass music scene and ended up further away than he ever intended; and we love him for it. Let him whisk you away on an adventure across the three epic stories that make up the ‘Un Discorsetto’ EP.

Artwork by Myles Cody
Mastering by Raffaele Marchetti
Vocal samples in Smackdown by Sophie Vitelli
Additional mixing by Francesco Luigi Lenci

Un Discorsetto - EP

Jaf Ge Nos - Smackdown

Mutoid sounds for bad spouts.

Fukstep is a movement linked to the sound system culture crossovers and all the hybridizations that new school has created. With an irreverent and inclusive approach to music and parties, it proposes projects that explore crossover and generative underground. 
Fukstep is a community, a label, a party, a curatorship and a message. It is the desire to create a new ecosystem within itinerant parties, proposing a model of a safer, more inclusive and accessible environment for everyone, which sees the sound mainly curated by queer artists and engineers, to convey a real model of participation.