Ray Kajioka is a Berlin-based DJ and producer who has been shaping the techno scene since the mid-'90s. With releases on legendary labels like Kanzleramt and Cocoon, he's crafted a distinctive sound—driving, clean, and always cutting-edge. His DJ sets are in demand worldwide, celebrated for their energy and precision. Kajioka embodies techno that fuses tradition with innovation, remaining an essential force on dance floors across the globe.

Gear:
2x Technics SL-1200MK7
1x Technics SL-1200MK5
3x Ortofon Concorde MKII Scratch
Mixer: Allen&Heath Xone:96

Video:
Interview https://youtu.be/z5eymc3NB2I?si=5-G6OKTzi3LgzdmN
DJ Mix https://youtu.be/I7hPdF7gs64?si=OQsAwq5UnVDebXtJ

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Ray Kajioka - Detroit Techno Vinyl Only Mix - VINYL MATTERS 003

Michelle Sparks - Live from Circuit - Bar Smith Phoenix- for minimal detroit

[Recorded live at ://about blank 15th anniversary at the secret floor Saturday night]

my dear soulmate modschi + me had the honor to play a b2b for the about blank birthday party at the secret floor. 
last saturday we enjoyed our dj journey + everything went smoothly - if guided by some help from heaven above. we hope you enjoy this set as much as we do. 
we love you + we love music! 

modschi b2b i.nez @ secret floor I  blank birthday

𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙹𝙴𝙺𝚃 𝚄𝙵𝙾 🛸𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜  ••𝙱𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙰̃••

Blană is a Danish born DJ and producer with an affinity for experimental, dark and dynamic grooves, that oscillate between IDM, deep minimal, eerie dub, and psychedelic breakbeat. Her unique sound creates an introspective, dream-like adventure, that captures the moment, and parachutes into transcendence•


••𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙹𝙴𝙺𝚃 𝚄𝙵𝙾 𝙸𝚂 𝙰 𝙽𝙰𝙰𝚁𝙼 𝙱𝙰𝚂𝙴𝙳 𝙿𝙾𝙳𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚃 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂/𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝙲𝚄𝚂𝙴𝙳 𝙾𝙽 𝚄𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁𝙶𝚁𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳 𝙼𝚄𝚂𝙸𝙲 & 𝙻𝙾𝙲𝙰𝙻 𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙸𝚂𝚃𝚂. 
𝙹𝙾𝙸𝙽 𝚄𝚂 𝚃𝙾 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙳𝙴𝙿𝚃𝙷𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝚂𝙼𝙾𝚂🪐••

📡𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 #𝟶𝟷𝟶_𝙱𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙰̃

It's always a pleasure for me to play at Sisyphos. Especially inside Hammerhalle, which has that warehouse vibe I remember from parties back in the 90s and early 2000.  Here's the recording of my opening set at Hammerhalle from August 23rd, 2025 . 
Thanks to all the duckies who were dancing along those 3 hours! <3

Tracklist:

01 Deepchord - Immersion I 	
02 Decka & Roseen - Framework pt1 	
03 Surgeon - Remnants Of What Once Was 	
04 Altinbas - Unit 2 	
05 Surgeon - Box 	
06 Spectral Type - Sequential Explorer 5 	
07 Konrad Wehrmeister - TR10 	
08 OOO - Hydrated 	
09 Ray Kajioka - The Dream 	
10 Jeff Mills - Fly Guy 	
11 Erik Jabari - EJR002 	
12 LKY - Brawler (JakoJako Remix)  	
13 Adlas - Deadstock 	
14 Richard Bartz - M70 	
15 Drexciya - Black Sea 	
16 Ottagone - Ottagone 012 	
17 Ohm & El Choop - Stolen Time 	
18 Shlomi Aber - New York Dreamer 	
19 Ray Kajioka & Heiko Laux - Run 	
20 Josh Wink - Are You There (ROD Remix) 	
21 Volpe - Impermanence 	
22 Ray Kajioka - Lite One 	
23 Parallel 9 - Technic 	
24 Subversive - Midnight Run  	
25 Oscar Mulero - Zw Systems
26 Alexander Kowalski - Echoes 	
27 Speedy & Steve - Dabler Nine 	
28 Karl O’Conner & Peter Sutton - Guiltless 	
29 Diego Hostettler - Innerfunk 	
30 Operator - Motion
31 The Lady Machine - Abracadabra 	
32 Fadi Mohem - Redox 	
33 Storm On Earth - Signal 	
34 Ray Kajioka & Heiko Laux - Wrecking 	
35 Truncate - Hardware Jam 4 	
36 DJ Slip - Track 2 	
37 DJ Rush - Save My Day 	
38 Sterac - Coin Flippers 	
39 Ben Sims Theoretical 	
40 Ausgang - Dust 	
41 Ray Kajioka - Nord Hammer 	
42 The Advent - Sketcherzmain 	
43 Temudo - U Were My Second First Choice  	
44 Choice - Acid Eiffel 	
45 Planetary Assault System - Temporary Suspension  	
46 Temudo - Affection  	
47 Obstructor - Letting Loose 	
48 Goldie - Timeless 	
49 Wigbert - Aurora 	
50 Surgeon - Black Jackal Throwbacks 	
51 Joey Beltran - Ten Four

Ray Kajioka - Opening Set Hammerhalle Sisyphos 23.08.2025

OTHER SIDE PODCAST W/ LUZIE

Luzie, born in 1995 in Frankfurt, fell in love with Offenbach in 2017 and established herself as a DJ in the club scene in 2020. She mainly plays Deep House and House, with Electro, Acid, and Minimal elements. Through her residencies with Mitte der Gesellschaft and clubcherry, she advocates for the LGBTQIA+ community. 
In 2023, she debuted at Panorama Bar in Berlin and hosts a monthly show on Callshop Radio.

TRACKLIST:
Tiga - Fever ( Tom Trago Remix )
Sasse - 808 King Burger 
Dan Beaumont - Trippy Pumper
Miss Kittin, Nicolas Masseyef - Cut The Crap
DECIUS - Arctic Spring ( Medicine 8 Dub Mix ) ( feat Lias Saoudi )
Thomas  Bulwer x Anna Wall - Peace Of Mind 
Madonna - Up Down Suite
Sound Snap - Mary Life Goes On ( Iron Curtis & Leaves Edit )
Silicone Soul - Right On 4 The Darkness
Francois K., Danny Tenaglia - Mindspeak ( Danny T.’s Hard & Soul Mix )
Uruli - Train To Nagoya 

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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kimluzieflorsch-tz

Luzie - Other Side Podcast #13



Episode 142 is similar to a session that i recorded nearly 20 years ago and got lost. Music inside from Vapourspace, Alexander Kowalski, Dave Clarke and more.

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Drift Deeper Live Show 294 - 02.11.25

After weeks away, our man John Crosby returns with goodies from Brussels, Munich, Prague, Copenhagen, and the States. This edition brings special focus on the labels Nous'klaer Audio from the Netherlands and Fuse Imprint from Belgium. Recommended if you like your house and techno dark + deep, and with a touch of colour.

Catch Mr. Crosby behind the decks at Renate in Berlin as part of the THF Takeover/Last Round clubnight on December 4th.

THF Radio is a community radio broadcasting live from the Tempelhof Airport in Berlin.

Honest Work with John Crosby // 04.11.2025.

Sector 4

Happy Trip

Many times, biographies of techno acts start by singing their praise of an extremely early,
extraordinary talent on synthesizers and other electronic devices.

In Heron’s case, things are different. Because Martin Spittel has been shaped musically since his childhood, the influences were as diverse as music can be.

On one side, there was his grandfather, who played various instruments, and to whom young Martin related closest to and whose influence still lasts until today. On the other side there were his cousins who were not much older than himself, enthusiastic about AC/DC, and band members themselves. Over the course of the following years, he explored the diversity of Black, Death and Trash Metal, EBM and Industrial, right up to Detroit Techno.

Ever since then, Heron's environment served as compensation to ferce parties and expanding his musical horizon. This symbiosis from the love of nature and the musical influences from his early childhood are a direct reflection of Heron’s entire life.

Following the scream of the waders (limicoline birds), he moved to picturesque island Norderney in 2003. There, exploring the island’s national park, he decided to live up to his enthusiasm about nature by going to study landscape ecology at the University of Münster. It turned out: The relocation to Münster was the initial spark for his career; the months in Norderney were inspiration for the name of his label “Limikola” which was founded in late 2008 and enjoyed enormous support by both DJs and fans.

After launching his now very successful °Schaltkreis-parties with four friends in mid-2007, everything went quickly: His first own radio show “The Grasshopper Warbler”, contacts to prominent players like Someone Else and Heartthrob, and finally the moment in early 2008 during the season’s opening at Time Warp, when Richie Hawtin played all three tracks from Heron’s Retro EP. It was merely his second EP, released on a netlabel (Minisome), and it became immediately successful. A knightly accolade.

The journey that Heron started lead to his bombshell track “Welcome to the Adventure Club” that charted in the Beatport charts in 2008, and continued with remixes and releases for Synewave, Supdub, Swap, micro.fon, Prosthetic Pressings and Sleaze Records. In 2010, it culminated with a tour across North America during the summer.

Two years later he released his very first EP on the legendary Detroit label KMS Records, owned by Kevin Saunderson, followed by remixes for Drumcomplex, P-Ben and Chris Gekä, one collaboration project with Inner City's Ann Saunderson and his second solo release „Ride The Pride“. Furthermore he made the step into the Soma family by publishing three solo EPs and an EP with Kevin's son Dantiez Saunderson, as well as he started to release on Florian Meindl's FLASH Recordings.

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