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@anethamusic's first decade in dance music has been impressive indeed. Much of it is now on her own terms, too - she runs the Mama Told Ya label and agency where she drops her own glorious mix of techno, EBM and trance as well as platforming emerging artists. She is a resident DJ at Amsterdam's epic Awakenings as well as Le Sucre in her native France and Fuse in Brussels. Her "less is more" but always colourful and emotional take on techno is inspired by the fact she is a qualified architect and it is embodied in the title of her recent "Rules Are Meant to Be Broken EP" in collaboration with Ryan James Ford. 

Anetha's DJ dexterity is on full show in this week's 90-minute mix as she works through many different shades of high-tempo club music. There are passages of youthful and raved-up sounds, stripped-back warehouse rhythms and firing machine music. There are hints of everything from trance to gabber to EBM helping to add character to each track and it's that which makes this such a compelling listen from a new school star.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 410 - Anetha

@french_ii likes it heavy. His breaks, percussion, drums and bass all hit hard and it's always been that way since he debuted this project in 2019. Teenage experiences at hardcore parties initially set this style in motion and the years since have seen him hone in a distinctly UK-leaning sound. As a DJ, member of the former Tilburg collective BANGANAGANGBANGERS and promoter of his own events, he is all about high-impact club sounds. Right now, the Dutchman releases them on the Intercept label and brings everything from UKG to bass, dubstep to electro. 

This week the man born Frank Klick twists and turns through slithering club rhythms that operate above 130 bpm. There is an icy sense of futurism to the atmospheres of tracks by mainstays of this scene like Al Wootoon, Sam Goku, Stenny and Shackleton. A couple of his own collaborations with Ozzy and King of Snake set the early tempo and from there you will have a very tough job of setting still as he works through an array of intriguing face-melters, body poppers and ass-shakers.

Tracklist

Dekmantel Podcast 411 - French II

@maxabysmal moved a long way when he left his Sydney home and settled in Amsterdam, and his music travels just as far. He is as able to lay it down in the Greenhouse as the Selectors stage, but trying to predict what you might hear is useless: he plays across the board from tripped-out percussive sounds to spacey jungle to via a cross-seciton of forward-thinking Latinx electronic sounds. 

The dexterity of his DJing is frankly dizzying and this week's mix proves it. Within just 15 minutes he has maneuvered from a heartbreaking lo-fi soul opener to a strobe-lit gabber banger. After that, he slows it down and speeds it up several times. Irregular club rhythms get smoothed out into Spanish trap and there's still room for jungle, bass and reggaeton. It's a wild and worldly ride.

Dekmantel Podcast 414 - Max Abysmal

@playdbbd

How did you two meet / when did you decide to join forces?

Miss B: We met at a lake one sunny gorgeous Berlin summer 2021… I was hungover so we didn’t talk much, we just said wassup, I thought Ladykub and DBBD were soooo sexy :p I was making music with my ex and we broke up so Ladykub suggested me and DBBD go to the studio and try making music together, then we had a blast and came up with Mini Skirts on Men hehe.


Your music effortlessly combines elements of ghetto house, techno, electro, and hard trance. Was this hybrid sound something you always intended on creating or did it just happen organically when you came together? 

DBBD: It definitely happened organically. When we came together to make music we had been partying together for a while, so it was natural for us to incorporate elements of the type of music that we enjoyed. We send each other songs all the time that include parts we like, but rarely actually use reference tracks while producing. 

“Muschi Muschi” has quickly become a rave classic, did you have any idea it would blow up so fast?

DBBD: No, I had no idea to be honest. The track was actually quite spontaneous in terms of its production but became the favorite amongst our friend group. I made the beat while Miss Bashful was out getting a snack and the lyrics were pulled out from her notebook. In the original recording you can hear Miss B snacking on chips between takes lol.

Miss B: Of course I knew it would blow up... it’s sexy af …haha jk. I mean personally we knew it sounded good but it’s krazy how fast people sent it around and loved it and started playing it… who doesn’t luv stripperz and getting their p*ssy ate and & a sexy beat!?  I remember Laserdong was the first to play the track at Porzellan bar and DBBD sent me a vid but I was in Mexico… I was like omggggg.

What track of yours took the longest to finish? 

DBBD: I think Pornstar with DJ Fuckoff took the longest to finish, only because we were sending versions back and forth often in order to refine the vocal flow and certain elements. The ending I also added later on so it went through a few versions.

How has coming up in the Berlin scene impacted you individually as artists? 

DBBD: We used to go out and party a lot together, so going from music enjoyers to music creators and performers is quite the trip. What we like the most about our development is being behind the scenes, meeting lots of cool people and experiencing the music also from a business sense, although sometimes we do miss the mindless raving…

Miss B: I grew up in Houston and listened to a lot of indie and trap hahah so everything about the techno scene I learned in Berlin the last 6 years… Also doin sex work in Berlin and exploring my freedom and identity and being around sexy ass europeans showing me the way of life out here has been so fun and influential but with my lil Tex-Mex twist :p

Is there anything people tend to assume about you two that just isn’t true?

Miss B: He belongs to me and that’s all I’ll disclose for now...

Favorite memory together? 

DBBD: Before summer we made a song about island hopping to Corfu and then actually ended up going there with our homies, blasting the song on our boat ride. We also filmed a music video there but decided not to release it… maybe one day we will ;)

Miss B: Probably rolling around naked in hot rocks on a private beach in Greece ;)

What’s next for you guys?

DBBD: Lot’s of gigs and traveling as well as working on a full studio album. We will be trying to explore some other genres and really just be as creative as possible. We look forward to this busy yet exciting year.

TUNNEL Mix 005 | DBBD x Miss Bashful

A special guest hour from Detroit's HiTech, followed by another S+S heart mix.

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S+S With Nazuk And HiTech @ The Lot Radio 04-02-2023

Recording of French II's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

Dekmantel Festival 2023

French II at Dekmantel Festival 2023

Loads of new stuff, some older bits, all made by myself as well as the odd colab. 

Enjoy

K-65 100% Production Mix part 2

Live recording @ the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live on Youtube and futureintelradio.com.

King Of Snake & French II ╚═ Future Intel ═╗ 21 03 2024

1	Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Falling
2	Headhunter - Sex At The Prom
3	Kryptic Minds - The Divide
4	Noodles142 - Step in the Mud
5	Stones Taro - Deepest Downtown
6	ID - ID
7	Sully feat. Jamakabi - Bullseye
8	Daniel Avery - Hyper Detail
9	StacEmp - Closer 
10	Werfol - Skunk
11	Dylan Fogarty	Locked - 29
12	French II - ID
13	Bastian Benjamin - ID
14	Bastian Benjamin - Elixir
15	Gum Takes Tooth - Octavian Eclipse (UKAEA Remix)
16	Magnetic Man - The Bug
17	Werfol - De-esser
18	Martyn - Vancouver (Rhyw's SKG mix)
19	Son of Philip - Raleigh Banana
20	Void Complet - Picture This (Kassian Remix)
21	Hooverian Blur - Confusions
22	French II - Frequency 
23	Lewski - Earwigs 
24	French II	- Run it Red feat. Agboba
25	Peder Mannerfelt - Big Ball (No Bounce Mix)
26	RIOT CODE - Awakening
27	Bastian Benjamin, French II - End of Line
28	French II & Bastian Benjamin  - ID
29	MathMan - Full Throttle (Original Mix)

French II - Lowlands festival 2024 (X-Ray)

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French II - 12 March 2025

Live-Set + Short Interview.



00. Intro

01. Boys Noize - XTC

02. Boys Noize - 1010

03. Boys Noize - Ich Jack

04. Boys Noize - Jeffer

05. Felix Cartal & Bart B More - Cascade

06. DJ Pierre - ACiD (Pierre's ACiD FACE Mix) 

07. Mr. Oizo - Beat For The Douches

08. Destructo - Technology

09. Boyz Noise﻿ ft. I-Robots - Frau

10. Gunrose - Tears of Pleasure

11. Jan Driver - Raveyard

12. DJ Deeon - Work This M.F

13. Floorplan - Baby,Baby w/ HiJack - Party People (Acapella)

14. Harvard Bass & Bart B More -﻿ Listen To This

15. Human Resource - Dominator

16. Bart B More - Brap

17. Mr. Blink - Gecko (Burns Start - Stop Remix) w/ Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At (Acapella)

18. Mumbai Science - Ancova

19. Boys Noize & Erol Alkan - Avalanche (Therminal﻿ Velocity)

20. The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

21. Erol Alkan & Boys Noize - Lemonade

22. Boys Noize - Yeah w/ The Chemical Brothers - Swoon (Acapella)

23. Feist - My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)

Boys Noize - Berlin Festival 2011 Live

Christmas is here! We hope you have a lovely one and, to help make it a musically memorable time, we’re playing Santa and will be delivering a couple of extra special mixes today and next week. Ben UFO is someone very close to everything we do here at Dekmantel. His taste is broad and well informed, and his rare skill in the DJ booth is matched only by his endless quest for exciting new sounds to play. In that regard he embodies our outlook perfectly: he is someone who unearths a previously unknown gem as often as he breaks a red hot new record. His sets have been a key feature of Dekmantel parties around the world and, for us, he is one of the very best DJs out there. 

In basic terms, this is a deep mid-tempo house and techno mix. But the reality is that it unfolds with such an intriguing narrative that it feels like so much more. The mixing is so smooth you barely notice where one track ends and another starts. Instead, without realising, you find the atmosphere constantly changes, taking you from sci-fi machine grooves to muggy bumping techno, from celestial and hallucanogenic synth lines to creepy meandering riffs that encourage you to follow them into the unknown. It’s a mix that places you at the heart of a smoky dance floor, but is one that offers as much of a cerebral thrill as a visceral one. What’s more, it somehow feels like only half of the story.

Dekmantel Podcast 154A - Ben UFO

Many people have an NTS show, but few are as closely attached to the London station as much as DEBONAIR. A key part of the team in its initial days, she has not only become a much loved host, but as Programme Director in the station's first year she helped to make the station the vital and vibrant cultural hub that it is. She is an adventurous DJ who rides rough punk basslines, gnarly electro and EBM as well as various party starting house and techno styles. That ability has taken her to headline sets at cult clubs like De School, DC10 and Panorama Bar and now our podcast series.

It's a mix that very much does its own thing and starts off on a high energy tip with plenty of punchy drums and flailing synths making you immediately cut loose. Things only grow more intense from there with as DEBONAIR explores techno and electro from many different angles - angry and coarse, spaced out and deep, thumping and futurist. This is the sound of a DJ in full flow, going with her instincts and very much keeping you on the edge of your seat and guessing at what might come next.

Dekmantel Podcast 257 - DEBONAIR

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