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Kasra V

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Kasra's long-standing residency on NTS Radio is a firm favourite here at HQ. His selections aren't bound by any particular genre, constantly shifting and evolving as the mood strikes - whether catering for mainroom dancefloors or intimate retreats, his signature sound is ever-present as this mix clearly demonstrates. We're humbled to welcome him to our series with mix 259 - we'll the music do the talking from here...

https://soundcloud.com/kasra-v

DIM259 - Kasra V

031 - KASRA V

010 - KASRA V

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2023/truancy-volume-311-kasra-v/ ‎

Soundcloud: @kasra-v

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http://truantsblog.com

Truancy Volume 311: Kasra V

Veteran NTS resident Kasra V channels the sultry magic and sleazy bombast of the legendary Manhattan nightclub, The Sound Factory.

https://www.factmag.com/2023/11/06/fact-mix-kasra-v/

Fact Mixes

Fact Mix 933: Kasra V (Nov '23)

The Iranian born & London based powerhouse Kasra V steps up next for the Phonica mix series.
With a heap of solid releases out in the last while from labels like Byron Yeates' Radiant Love imprint and Sepehr's Shaytoon Records - Kasra V's production styles reaching the realms of breaks and techy club numbers have been forward thinking and truly head turning. As a DJ he has earned the respect of some of the biggest names in the industry, played in some of the biggest clubs in Europe like Panorama Bar and Fabric as well as recently marked his 10 year residency on NTS radio. With a new label "V-SION" and its first release focusing on his tenure at the long running radio institution in London things are only moving further in the upwards trajectory for the artist.

Phonica Mix Series 121: Kasra V

Recording of Job Jobse's set at Dekmantel Festival 2024.

Dekmantel - Job Jobse | 2024

Longtime NTS associate and dance-floor specialist Kasra V serves up a full throttle energising mix that goes beyond speed limits.

With club season in full-effect Kasra knows what we need and treats us with a nearly 80 minute mix, inspired by his recent set at London’s Club Are. Buckle up for a driving, tribal induced journey through the high-energy sounds of the 90s.

Full interview with Kasra V here: https://oddysee.fm/podcasts/kasra-v/

@kasra-v
@v-sionrecs

Oddysee 066 | "On & On" by Kasra V

Kasra Vaseghi homes in on leftfield music on a monthly Friday, playing new beat to trance, ambient to Middle Eastern disco and other oddities. The show regularly features guests who are upcoming DJs, local heroes or avid collectors.

For archive shows: [Paradise Show](https://www.nts.live/shows/paradiseshow) 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/kasra-v/episodes/kasra-v-17th-april-2025

Kasra V 170425

Kasra Vaseghi homes in on leftfield music on a monthly Friday, playing new beat to trance, ambient to Middle Eastern disco and other oddities. The show regularly features guests who are upcoming DJs, local heroes or avid collectors. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/paradiseshow/episodes/kasra-v-cocteau-twins-special-19th-december-2016

Kasra V - Cocteau Twins Special 191216

A queer icon steps up for RA.998's B-side.

The RA Podcast began with RA.001 in 2006. Since then, it's spotlighted the best and brightest in dance music every week, without fail. As we approach our 1,000th episode next month, we're switching things up, pairing artists whose sounds complement one another and, in doing so, zeroing in on the forces shaping the past, present and future of electronic culture.

This week, we shift lanes to Roza Terenzi and Kim Ann Foxman, two artists who strike a rare balance between reverence and reinvention. Both are key figures in queer clubbing circles, deeply informed by the halcyon days of '90s and early '00s club music yet fully committed to pushing it forward.

Each artist has carved out a distinct path. Roza Terenzi started out in Perth, Australia, before making a home in Berlin in 2020, while the Hawaii-born Foxman made her name in New York by way of San Francisco in the early '00s. For RA.998, they've contributed separate mixes, to be enjoyed together as two parts of the same whole.

Foxman takes the B-side and makes her RA Podcast debut. As a vocalist for Hercules & Love Affair and a sought-after producer in her own right, the New York-based artist blends club heft and melodic flourish with a distinct pop sensibility shaped by '90s dance music. (She got her first job making smoothies at an all-ages club in Hawaii while Deee-Lite performed live behind her.)

Like Roza Terenzi, Foxman draws from across eras. Her contribution to RA.998 is warm, expressive and emotionally tuned, unfurling a palette of house, breaks and trance laden with bright pads, bold hooks and an ear for atmosphere. Listen out for the Whitney Houston sample and you'll know what we mean. 

While Foxman and Roza Terenzi embrace a fun, vibrant musical style, their work is grounded in intentionality. They're invested in honouring the cultural and political roots of dance music: Foxman has long advocated for a more inclusive, community-driven club scene, while Roza Terenzi was among the first artists to begin pulling shows this summer as a matter of political principle.

Both sides of RA.998 show how the sounds of past eras can be reimagined to move seamlessly with the present. Hopefully you'll even feel a jolt of inspiration to get yourself to the nearest dance floor, ASAP.

@kimannfoxman
Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1003

RA.998 Kim Ann Foxman

The trance queen opens RA.998 with her cheeky, break-heavy vision.

The RA Podcast began with RA.001 in 2006. Since then, it's spotlighted the best and brightest in dance music every week, without fail. As we approach our 1,000th episode next month, we're switching things up, pairing artists whose sounds complement one another and, in doing so, zeroing in on the forces shaping the past, present and future of electronic culture.

This week, we shift lanes to Roza Terenzi and Kim Ann Foxman, two artists who strike a rare balance between reverence and reinvention. Both are key figures in queer clubbing circles, deeply informed by the halcyon days of '90s and early '00s club music yet fully committed to pushing it forward.

Each artist has carved out a distinct path. Roza Terenzi started out in Perth, Australia, before making a home in Berlin in 2020, while the Hawaii-born Foxman made her name in New York by way of San Francisco in the early '00s. For RA.998, they've contributed separate mixes, to be enjoyed together as two parts of the same whole.

Roza Terenzi opens with a high-impact A-side. Clocking in at just over an hour, her second mix for us picks up where the first left off, connecting breakbeat, acid, UK garage and trance with an ear for tension and a sense of play. Peppered among the skippy percussion and earworm vocals are moments of proper heft that build and release with purpose. It's cheeky, confident and tailor-made to get any dance floor moving.

While Foxman and Roza Terenzi embrace a fun, vibrant musical style, their work is grounded in intentionality. They're invested in honouring the cultural and political roots of dance music: Foxman has long advocated for a more inclusive, community-driven club scene, while Roza Terenzi was among the first artists to begin pulling shows this summer as a matter of political principle.

Both sides of RA.998 show how the sounds of past eras can be reimagined to move seamlessly with the present. Hopefully you'll even feel a jolt of inspiration to get yourself to the nearest dance floor, ASAP.

@rozaterenzi

Find the tracklist and read the full interview at ra.co/podcast/1002

RA.998 Roza Terenzi

Angel D'lite invites Lucky Lube - 26 July 2025

buy here: whoispaula.bandcamp.com/album/shapeshifter

@featherstone_adl - Shapeshifter

12" Vinyl

A Side (45 RPM)
A1 - Underpass
A2 - Shapeshifter

B Side (33 RPM)
B1 - The Ascent
B2 - Departure
B3 - Morning Star


Who Is Paula WIP008

Format 12” (incl. Free DL Code)
Digital Formats (Bandcamp only)

Written & Produced: Ben Featherstone
Mastering: Dubplates & Mastering
Pressing: OBJECTS Manufacturing

Paula looked at her arms to see skin start to shimmer,
limbs stretching, shapes shifting as the weight of her old self passed like a wave.
She soared through the open window,
metamorphed, shapeless, but a sonic whole.

WIP008 - Featherstone - Shapeshifter - Snippets

@entasiaaa & @kyle_starkey43
Wildeburg Festival
July 12, 2025 - Helling
Kraggenburg, Netherlands
www.wildeburg.nl

Entasia & Kyle Starkey - Wildeburg 2025

Kasra Vaseghi homes in on leftfield music on a monthly Friday, playing new beat to trance, ambient to Middle Eastern disco and other oddities. The show regularly features guests who are upcoming DJs, local heroes or avid collectors.

For archive shows: [Paradise Show](https://www.nts.live/shows/paradiseshow) 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/kasra-v/episodes/kasra-v-7th-august-2025

Kasra V 070825

Kasra Vaseghi homes in on leftfield music on a monthly Friday, playing new beat to trance, ambient to Middle Eastern disco and other oddities. The show regularly features guests who are upcoming DJs, local heroes or avid collectors.

For archive shows: [Paradise Show](https://www.nts.live/shows/paradiseshow) 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/kasra-v/episodes/kasra-v-4th-september-2025

Kasra V 040925

You hear a pulsating rhythm. What does it mean when the intensity rises? Is it the blood rushing from the sound of the drum that brings meaning or is it the anticipation of what’s next?

Kasra V’s returns to his budding V-sion imprint with its third installation. This latest offering brings us to the totality of physicality, where grooves and melodies do not require a resolution. The tracks bring to mind the unbridled maverick spirit of early Techno and Tribal House where the rulebook was tossed into flames and only the unfettered psyche remained.

Keeping the spirit of experimentation alive, Kasra’s affinity for manipulating samples and sounds in obscure ways shines through with playful nods to both industrial and early Midwest dance music alike.

Unchaining the shackles of where dance music has gone wrong, Kasra is trying to maintain the connection to a time when bodies moved to the beat religiously and held reverence only for the speaker stack.

Drum hypnosis is beginning now. Please enter the room and have a seat.

written and produced by Kasra V
Front cover by Taro Ray
Design by Morteza Vaseghi
Mixed by Tiarnan Mcmorrow
Mastering by Marco Pellegrino
Text by Sepehr Alimagham
Distribution by clone

Bandcamp

VSION03 - Kasra V

Usually known for his wild and eclectic house selections, Kasra V switches gears for us with a rare techno set. Clocking in at 59 minutes this mix is driven by rolling drums and tribal rhythms: it’s fast, playful and irresistibly sexy – still groovy at the core but with a rawer edge built for the floor. Turn it up!

@kasra-v 

Harmony Rec. podcast | Kasra V

“Wide mode on, master tempo off. Let’s ride.” - Razrbark 

it always feels like a special day when there’s a new razrbark mix hitting the web, like a rare delicious sweet treat being gifted to us all. i’m not sure when i first discovered razrbark, perhaps a few years ago as it feels like we’ve been connected online forever (but who can keep track of time these days?), however, the day that i did was like unearthing a hidden gem. based in new york, razrbark has an approach to djing that comes from years of dedication to the dancefloor & being raver first and foremost. there’s a heat to her mixes that come from the warm glow of the tracks that she selects, the sludgy pace that allows you to practice patience and savour every bite, absorbing the mystical kinetic energy that is channeled through every record. from her contributions to ccl’s subglow, down2earth and distant signals mix series, the esoteric the lot radio sessions to the live recordings from iconic gigs such as the much-loved honcho campout and sorry records at bossa nova civic club, there’s a lot to sink your teeth into. 

another contribution to the world of razrbark, her 909 mix starts of humid with a chugging energy that comes with tracks slowed all the way down before flowing into an otherworldly selection of dreamy, acidic techno, creating a light respite from the steamy intro before ending on a grungy note. you can hear the references from one of razrbark’s key influences, buffy the vampire slayer. if the bronze booked djs, this is what they would play. 

interview: https://untitled909.substack.com/p/untitled-909-podcast-240-razrbark

@razrbark

⋆˚࿔ untitled 909 podcast 240: razrbark ⋆˚࿔

✨🤲✨ Here’s a set recording at one of the last of a festival-filled summer: @sustain-release-nyc

No set theme/mood, just a journey thru a bunch of tunes I really do love and hoped people would enjoy; but to quote my girl @livwutang, it was rooted in a love for Black music (this mix cover was taken by her during the set <3). Stitching together threads of dubstep, jazz, house, breaks, garage, hip hop, dub, etc.

At some points this kinda feels more like a beat tape with selector style mixing + no long blends. A lil fusion of tired/nervous/letting the tunes shine

Thank you @itsallhalal + the rest of the team for the opportunity to close The Gym on Fri night and for looking after me. And ofc out to the amazingly welcoming dancers inside ❤️

MK closing set @ Sustain-Release Festival [NY, Sept '25]

Patiently moving through two hours of spacey bass excursions, Dub Athlete provides us with the next Modern Hypnosis Podcast.

@dub_athlete

The expertly crafted mix glides gracefully through meditative broken beats, dub techno, and dubstep styles, paying homage to the deeper sounds of sound system and dance music cultures.

Hailing from Brighton, UK, Dub Athlete is a DJ deeply dedicated to her craft, motivated by her love for sound system culture, her belief in the unifying power of music, and her commitment to providing a soundtrack that inspires movement, self-expression, and presence.

Keep up to date with Dub Athlete: https://www.instagram.com/dub_athlete/

Since 2019 Dub Athlete has organised and curated the Fortune Sessions, a community night platforming local underground djs in Brighton. In 2025 she has also collaborated on a new project, Rhythms of Resistance, organising not-for-profit events in London that raise awareness and funds for charity projects providing aid to people in Palestine, The Congo and Sudan.

Mod Hyp Podcast 031. Dub Athlete

Gene On Earth - Live From Dimensions '25

Kasra V’s unique fusion of eastern and western sounds has made him one of the most intriguing artists of the day. The Iranian has established himself with an NTS show (that is more than 100 episodes deep) and DJ sound that mixes old school UK rave with Belgian techno, acid house, trance and eastern grooves that make for spellbinding experiences. In 2018 he collaborated with Dopplerekkekt and is working on a reissue compilation series that focuses on Iranian sounds as well as original dance material.

Later this year he will play for us at Dekmantel Selectors so you can get an insight into what to expect on this week’s podcast: It’s a whirlwind hour of trance-inducing electronics. Zoned out synths are layered up over smooth rolling drums, with sci-fi references and progressive grooves lifting you ever higher. Acid flashes, retro motifs and slick mixing all make it a perfectly absorbing trip.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 216 - Kasra V

Recording of Kasra V's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2019.

Dekmantel Selectors 2019 

Kasra V at Dekmantel Selectors 2019

Record label + event series 

Since 2014, we organise site-specific, audiovisual events that are morphed by our hand into zones of sparkling joy and sonic enchantment.

We are passionately distributing vibration both on the dance floor and while pressing music on records, however, what we appreciate the most is the community that gathered around us over time. Without our friends and cooperating artists, it would be rather difficult to identify any spirit of the organisation.

Distributed by @oneyewitness

For collabs and showcases: tomas@harmonyrec.com