Here is the ninth chapter of our podcast series, a new story told by @dj-heartbreak-berlin, committed record digger and music journalist based in Berlin.

For this episode, he wanted to refer to the classic tape format, therefore he imagined a two-sided mix. This meticulous blend of selected findings and oddities, features both the gloomy vibes and the hypnotic grooves that define Futurepast for him.

The first part takes you from the chilly shores of white noise and dramatic strings to the more electric and rhythmic lands of IDM and electronica. The second part is a progressive buildup of dub atmospheres and experimental beats, all finely sewed together to transport you in an alternative time.


Tracklist:
----SIDE A----
Varg - Ursviken (Northern Electronics)
Echium - Yellow Flowered (Sferic)
Echium - Collapsed Senses (Sferic)
Dozzy & Mike Parker - Meltemi (Spazio Disponibile)
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Red Ants Mics Mix Edit two (Hospital Productions)
Forest Management - V (?)
Dettinger - Intershop (Ulf Lohmann Remix) (Kompakt)
Varuna - Current (IDO)
Valentino Mora - membrane (Spazio Disponibile)
Abul Mogard - On a Shattered Shell Beach (Ecstatic)
Perila - Blanket (Smalltown Supersound)
Marco Shuttle - Winds of Cydonia (incienso)
Donato Dozzy & Nuel - Aqua 8 (Spectrum Spools)
HSXCHCXCXHS - AAA (Rösten)
James Ruskin - Kn AM3 (Tresor)
Mike Parker - GPH14B2 (Geophone)
Shifted - Leave Me Cold (World Wide Window - Enisslab)

----SIDE B----
Panasonic - Muslimgauze Remix 1
Forest Drive West - Ricochet (Felix K remix) (Midgar)
As Longitude w/ Donato Dozzy - Secret Dust (?)
Second Woman - I E/P (Spectrum Spools)
Lack - inside (livity Sound)
Lemma - Marine Snow Nocturne (Delsin Mantis Series)
Zenker Brothers - When Nothing is Safe (Ilian Tape)
Andy Stott - Passed me By (modern love)
HSXCHCXCXHS - AOE (Rösten)
Shifted - Form a Circle (Avian)
Mønic - Hollow Victory (Tresor)
Nthng - With You (Lobster Theremin)
Folder - micro directory (Experiences Ltd)
Boreal Massif - Somewhere in Galicia (Pessimist Productions)
Marco Shuttle - Instantan (Spazio Disponibile)
Voices From the lake - Prima Luna (World Wide Window - Enisslab)
Waon-P - give thanks (trilogy tapes)
Autechre - Bronchusevenmix (Warp)
Marco Shuttle - Flauto Synthetico (Spazio Disponibile)


- words by Florent Couloir

Futurepast Mix 09 - DJ Heartbreak

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Futurepast @ Kiosk Radio 15.12.2023

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Flashback to 1999 and a small, east-Belgian city called Tienen where a teenager named Davy Vandegaer is cruising on his skate ramp in the back of his garden. He’s getting some energy out before heading to “The Sphere” later that night, a bar where he can listen to a new, otherworldly music called ‘progressive’ which was his first initiation to techno music.


Hooked on techno, Davy became a regular (after)clubber at Factory, The Groove, Cherry Moon, Extreme and a few years later started his own party concept with his brother Ken and 2 friends Down Under, holding residencies at Club Silo in Leuven from 2008 to 2011 and Fuse, Brussels from 2011 to 2015. 

The sound of Down Under was an eye-opener for me as a young clubber. It was the first time I heard sophisticated, deep, stretched-out minimal house and techno. Davy was the person who invited Nicolas Lutz to Belgium for the first time, and that set changed mine and many others’ musical lives forever. Another WOW moment in little Walrus’ club-life-history related to Davy: I remember going up to the tiny dj booth of Fuse’s motion room, during the early morning hours, while everyone was flying, and asking one of the brothers playing (Ken & Davy) “what’s that spaced out minimal techno tune?” They replied: “Oh it’s a Terrence Dixon release!”

Davy and Ken moved to London and started several warehouse parties, and Davy soon became the resident of the infamous Cartulis parties. He then settled down in Berlin to start his very own deep dedicated techno project called Futurepast. 

Davy proposed a great idea to me a couple of months back to record a mix dedicated to his early clubbing days and inspired by that “dance-café” The Sphere. 

Davy is a great example of an artist who is developing his own path by slowly transforming himself but staying true to his techno roots, and I’m very grateful we all can have a listen to what these roots are. 

ravy davy …

https://soundcloud.com/davyvandegaer
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The Basic Moves Of ... DAVY

Adam X's illustrious music career began in 1990 in Brooklyn, NYC, where he was born and raised. His earliest productions were released during this period, and he quickly gained momentum as one of the most adept DJs on the global underground techno scene.

Alongside pioneer and brother Frankie Bones, he opened the doors of Groove Records in Brooklyn as America's first true outlet for underground electronic music with a direct focus on the techno genre. The Groove Records team also took part in organizing the first techno events ever to take place in NYC, including the legendary Storm Rave that started in 1991. Storm Rave was the first all-techno warehouse party organized on the East Coast of America, featuring line-ups with many up-and-coming artists who would later become global techno cult figures.

The Sonic Groove label was born in 1995 at the upgraded Manhattan location of the shop (which also changed its name from Groove Records to Sonic Groove during the transition). Adam continues to operate the label in an exemplary and innovative way, with over one hundred releases to date, focusing on an assortment of techno music styles from many well established artists across the electronic music spectrum.

A unique perspective and acute knowledge of music can be recognized in his DJ and live sets, which have always retained a unique sense of an uncompromised approach to the dance floor. Adam's approach facilitated acid techno's dominance in the early to mid-nineties, and he nearly single-handedly put the Industrial and EBM Techno cross-over genres on the map for the first two decades of the millennium. Now, Adam returns to his purist techno roots with a hard but deep thought-provoking sound, one combines the past, present and future of this timeless music.

His Traversable Wormhole, ADMX-71, The Secret Initiative, Mass-X-Odus, and X-Crashed side-projects, along with his collaboration with co-conspirator U.K.-based artist Perc in their project AX&P, and with his techno life partner Maedon as Maedon-X on Tresor Records, have all strongly impacted the most discerning audiences.

Adam X has also released his own work on his seminal imprint, as well as releases on some of the most essential labels to exist, both past and present, such as Wax Trax!, Direct Drive, Magnetic North, Peacefrog, Drop Bass Network, CLR, Hands Productions, as well as preeminent contemporary labels like Aufnahme + Wiedergabe, L.I.E.S, Hospital Production, and Pinkman.

Adam currently resides in the electronic music capital of the world, Berlin, Germany. With unparalleled dedication, his activities never cease as he continues his individual tradition of operating on every vital level, from label activity to organizing events in the legendary Tresor club and performing in some of the world's most credible venues—a practice he has maintained since the early '90s. Adam X is a true force whose contribution has reached far into bringing the future forward for electronic music.

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#SlamRadio - 583 - Adam X

Inspire inspiration.
Stimulate the time.
Cause, the cause.
Motivate the motive.
Persuade with suave.
Wave! 

Incline the line.
Encourage courage.
Influence the fluent.
Rouse the ours.
Carry the airy.
Exhilarate the rate,
and Inflame the flame.

See the fact of the sea effect.
Affect Effect.
and ask: HOW? 

How high is high? - and - How do you reach the sky? 
How far is far? - and - What's the limit to where you can fly? 
How low is low? - and - What's your role? 
How deep is deep? - and - What if you never take the leap? 
How sick is sick? - and - What if you weep? 

Embrace the race.
Ride the current.
Become the world, 
and Word!

Music arranged and produced by @opalomusic

https://opalo.bandcamp.com/album/experimental-049-palo

Experimental Story 049: Ópalo

“Let's embark on a journey - deep, trippy, and filled with brain melting moments. Davy Vandegaer is not only a DJ and producer but also the founder and curator of the Futurepast label, through which he continues to unlock the mysteries of the unknown. 

With his edgy hard beats and an open heart, he emerged from Belgium, delving into the secrets of London before finding himself awakened in an analog sleep in Berlin. Embracing all his identities, he is also recognized as T.A.M.22, focusing primarily on techno as well as other futuristic electronic music.”

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Outsiders: Futurepast w/ T.A.M.22 @ Kiosk Radio 09.02.2024

For this month's Outsiders episode, Futurepast invites Annechoic, half of the extinct cult label Audiofugitives. Her music ranges from soft ambient themes all the way through to darker synthetic sounds primarily within electro but not confined to it.

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Outsiders: Futurepast w/ Annechoic @ Kiosk Radio 08.03.2024

A timeless music connoisseur, Kenya Bahana Sastropawiro, affectionately known as Kenya. Immersed in rhythmic instruments from an early age, she comes from a musically inclined family with roots in the grassroots. The exploration of different dance floors since her childhood has honed her intuition and allowed her to create a diverse palette of personal grooves.

From powerful rhythmic beats and pulsating bass lines to delicate melodic tones, the Yogyakarta-born Kenya's musical selections range from a wide variety of styles. Her choice of music is a description of her world of transitory music.

"The universe sings a deep eternal song, it is the base of the smallest form of life. Weaving in the pattern that is both beauty and chaos. A combination of painful electric shock and magnificent swirling chords.

Through this brief emptiness, in fear and darkness, that merged into one, one bond. Through this weaving mixtape, trying to feel, trying not to be distorted into the void. The weaving of sounds lead you down a route to new places and gives you some different ideas, beautiful and chaotic."
(from text by Else Lasker-Schüler)

Mix by @kenya-bahana
Artwork by Miks Kristian
Words by Ludovich

Futurepast Mix 20 - Kenya

Dive into Thomas Hayes' mesmerising warm-up set, recorded live at Futurepast's Berlin label night. A truly unique blend of records, setting the stage for an unforgettable night. The memory floods back, with every act from 2001 Space Oddysey to T.A.M.22 delivering outstanding performances that echoed through the horn speakers of the subessence sound system, the heart of our Favourite Berlin venue.

DJ set by @dylan-thomas-hayes
Artwork by Miks Kristian
Words by Ludovich

Thomas Hayes at Futurepast Berlin - 13.01.24

Mariachiara Troianiello, the Milan-based sound artist behind the moniker Katatonic Silentio, works at the intersection of electronic music, performing arts and sound studies. Both as a live performer and an independent researcher, she strives to connect different spheres and approaches to sound production.

Her sets oscillate between the nostalgia of an analogue past and a fast-paced technological future. From abstract soundscapes to pulsating club beats, she delves into the acoustic realm from both an artistic and sociological perspective. Join us as the mix gradually unfolds, taking you through the twists and turns of house and techno - the very genres that fuelled her creativity.

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Outsiders: Futurepast w/ Katatonic Silentio @ Kiosk Radio 12.04.2024

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