Jagged edges of electronic body music meet fractured breakbeats and off-kilter rhythms, with subtle cinematic color and a propulsive energy that nods to the bold new wave sounds of the ’80s and the adventurous electronic explorations of the ’90s. The set moves between meditative-driving grooves and shifting tones, evoking a mood of hypnotic tension that oscillates between cheerful euphoria, ecstatic transcendence, and a sense of alienation and dislocation.

www.operator-radio.com

Velvet May - 18th October 2025

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard @shantievanti for the 127th installment of Amplify Series.

Shanti has made textured waves in Chicago’s techno scene with her curation of dark, sinister, and ethereal soundscapes. Music has always been a means of coping with the otherness and hybridity Shanti experienced throughout her life. She has been deeply moved by the transcendent ability of music to express concepts, states of consciousness, and conflicting emotions. Shanti’s sets weave a story of the simultaneous despair and yearning that are intertwined with the human condition and illustrate an intentional trajectory through combining and cultivating surreal, atmospheric, and haunting sounds.
 
Enamored by the liminal dynamics of sound, she cohosts Otherworldly Ambiguity with Scum.ee –an experience that is centered around the phenomenon of existing in between and outside of pre-existing concepts and rigid categories. She is also a member of techno collective Research & Development and hosts a monthly radio show, “Liminal Radio” on WIIT 88.9 FM featuring thoughtful artists at the core of Chicago’s underground music scene.
 
Experiencing music outside of the confines of a club or the underground is extremely important to Shanti as she had initially discovered her favorite artists through online podcasts and radio. The universalizability of podcasts and radio enable music to be experienced by more humans situated in different contexts. This is why she has contributed to many notable online mix series and radio channels. Her mixes have been featured on The Black Lodge Radio, SutroFM, Mutant Radio, PPRZ, Distant Signals, Death Decay & Magic, Braid Records, Low Visibility, Dance All Day, and m50’s etc radio among other podcasts and shows.

"For this closing set, I wanted to cultivate an atmosphere of releasing the turbulent emotions we have been experiencing in Chicago as a community. I anticipated the desire for this release but experiencing it in the subterranean context of Smartbar - in the darkness - in real time- felt so powerful and transcendent. This experience was not merely an escape, but a channeling of the heaviness within us - how do the mind and body cope and grasp what is happening? I was fueled by the defiantly heavy energy from the dancers and it was such a testament to the healing power of music during these dark times."

LINKS:

SHANTI:
Soundcloud: @shantievanti
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shantiism/
RA: https://ra.co/dj/shanti

DIRTY EPIC:
Website: www.dirty-epic.com
Merch: shopby6am.com/collections/dirty-epic-collection
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DirtyepicLA
Twitter: twitter.com/dirtyepicla
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dirtyepicla/

Amplify Series 127 - Shanti (live Smartbar, Chicago 10/25)

The third guest of Darkness Calls Podcast Series is Vittorio Di Mango 

Bio:

Vittorio Di Mango is an Italian DJ and producer born in 1997 in Trani, a small city in southern Italy. His first encounter with electronic music came in 2012, when he began playing in small local clubs and venues in nearby cities. By 2014, he had become a resident DJ for the local collective "White XXX", where he shared the stage with artists such as Dax J, Phase Fatale, and Samuel Kerridge. From 2017 to 2021, he was a member of the "Ways Collective", a renowned Apulian crew that has hosted some of the most influential international artists for over a decade. Vittorio first released the cassette EP “Wrong Definition” in 2016 on AMOK Tapes, followed by “Epilessia” , featured on a split vinyl with "I Hate Models" for Khemia Records 007, and has since published music on labels such as Khoinix, WarinD Records, Kindcrime Records, X-IMG, Diffuse Reality and more. In 2017, Vittorio’s career took an international turn, performing first in Paris with the "Champ Libre" Collective, and later in London at infamous Electrowerkz for "KAOS London". The following year, in 2018, he made his Berlin debut at the legendary "Tresor". In 2021, he relocated to Milan, where he began collaborating with various local collectives, further expanding his artistic reach. His DJ sets are defined by an intricate blend of Techno infused with elements of Electro and EBM, while his broad musical vision transcends genres , weaving in influences from New Wave, Italo Disco, House, and Post-Punk.

https://www.instagram.com/vittorio.dim/

Track List: 
1. Forces - Idolize 
2. Vittorio di Mango - Holle (AMOK Tapes 2016)
3. Vittorio di Mango - Warzone (X-IMG 2021)
4. Front 242 - Work 01
5. The Horrorist - Programmed (Thomas P. Heckmann Remix)
6. Kirlian Camera - Erinnerung (Alternative Mix)
7. VCO - Frequency + Client feat McCarthy -  Suicide sister
8. Empirion - Ph1
9. Vittorio di Mango  X SFRMHL - To The Moon (Mosaique Records 2022)
10. Die Selektion - Der Augenblick (Konstantin Sibold Remix)
11. Nitzer Ebb-Promises 
12. Ancient Methods - Untitled (AM04B1)
13. Vittorio di Mango - Tony (Diffuse Reality 2025)
14. Kill Memory Crash - Ever Experienced
15. Age - Isolation 
16. Vittorio di Mango X SFRMHL -  Drowning Peace (X-IMG 2024)
17. Ortrotasce - Rare Words

Darkness Calls Podcast 03 | Vittorio Di Mango

ARCHIVOS ALEATORIOS: PROGRAMA 75

01_Qwezall-What_the_Moment_Holds_intro
https://audiomagnitude.bandcamp.com/

02_Dopplereffekt_olbers_paradox_tresor_records
https://dopplereffekt.bandcamp.com/album/metasymmetry

03_Drexciya_Andreaen Sand Dunes 1
https://tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/album/neptunes-lair

04_Luke Hess - Perissos (Luigi Tozzi Special Dreams Remix)
https://deeplabs.bandcamp.com/album/arkeo-selected-remixes
 
05_FR005_M.philips_-_Size_of_the_Moon__Original_Mix
https://fenomenosrecords.bandcamp.com/album/m-philips-irregular-ep

06_Ritope & Karme_Until_It_Opens
https://snglrt.bandcamp.com/

07_UMA_Soundsystem_-Constante_Continuo
https://keyholerecords.bandcamp.com/music

08_Giomini - Time And Space Do Not Exist - NEOLIFE001
https://backtoliferecords.bandcamp.com/

09_DBFB-Perishability_Original_Mix
https://afterusofficial.bandcamp.com/

10_Nama Dama-Aperantos_Main_Reverse_Mix
https://capparisspinosa.bandcamp.com/album/aperantos-reimagined-by-alex-tomb

11_Benedikt_Frey-Aid_Kit_Carl_Finlow_Remix
https://clubblanco1.bandcamp.com/album/benedikt-frey-aid-kit




ARCHIVOS ALEATORIOS: PROGRAMA 75

Unforgettable moments together with Esse during the daylight time in Masada.
The genuine technique of him brought his deeper soul in a sophisticated mixture of house, minimal and techno sounds.
Enjoy the ride.

Essē @ Acquario 08/02/25

Pi Electronics feat. Nikitas GRS w/ Alex π (20.11.2025)

✦ Buy Link: 

⪧ Artist: Annina Frey
⪧ Track: Closer
⪧ Album: Closer
⪧ Label: ASCENDING
⪧ Genre: Electronic
⪧ Catalog: ASC015
⪧ Release Date: 10th December 25
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✦ Artist's Links:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/anninafrey
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anninafrey

✦ Label:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ascendingwithyou
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascending.ofc
_________________________________

✦ Tracklist:
01. Closer

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Merciless is to support labels, upcoming/emerging artists from the techno scene. Please, don't rip the tunes, with respect to the artists and labels.

Follow on Soundcloud: @merciless_techno
Follow on Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCdgIA24igyFgQ0c6y_rb4WA

Contact email for premieres: mercilesstechnopromotion@gmail.com

Closer

Premiere: Annina Frey - Closer [ASCENDING]

Amotik - Raat EP - Delsin Records - 163dsr

buy vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/9470/amotik/raat-ep
buy digital: https://amotik.bandcamp.com/album/raat-ep

a1. Subah
a2. Din
b1. Shaam
b2. Raat

After collaborating with Answer Code Request on Delsin early 2024, Amotik now strengthens the relationship with a first solo EP for the Amsterdam based label. Delsin is known for working the sweet spot in between emotive electronica and dancefloor functionality, and it feels like the perfect place for Amotik’s new EP ‘Raat’. The Berlin based producer has been pushing his highly effective techno tools via his own imprints for over a decade and doesn't make an appearance on external labels often. So for this special occasion he adds new layers of deepness and emotion to his palette. An effortless combo of punchy techno grooves and soothing pads together form a well rounded pack of dancefloor euphoria. The remarkable bleeps and playful rhythms of Amotik's highly effective techno are deftly transformed into four pieces of excellent eyes-closed techno felicity.

Buy @ Delsin Shop

Amotik - Raat EP (163DSR)

LANNA FESTIVAL 2025 / 27 SEPT 2025
Electro Stage with CEM3340, DR SMOKE, DMX KREW AND MELL G

Lanna  Festival 2025 // Manglés

Progress Island

Buy on bandcamp

Simon Sim's - Progress Island

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George Stoker is the Tbilisi-based EBM/Techno project of Giorgi Modzmanishvili. The Georgian artist seamlessly blends different electronic genres to create something uniquely fascinating, mixing up coldwave sonics with EBM and techno. Known for his sharp ear and unwavering sense of rhythm, his selections are rooted in raw energy and immersive atmosphere, drawing from a deep and eclectic palette that keeps dance floors suspensefully engaged.

Darkness Calls Podcast Series 
booking: as@hp-booking.com

Darkness Calls Podcast 03 | Vittorio Di Mango

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