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Mix 004 

Doug Aitken - Electric Earth (Excerpts) 
Ignez - Spirit (forthcoming Somov Records)
Sterac - TR-15
Jeff Mills - Fly Guy
Arkan - Kotorium 
no.name - Theia 
Holden Federico - Unreleased 
Uväll - Unreleased 
Space DJz - AK-47 (Gaetano Remix)
Volster - Without a Fight I Am Nothing (Setaoc Mass Remix)
Holden Federico - Unreleased 
Ellen Allien - I Can't See You (Matrixxman Remix)
Volster - The Reason I Tell You The Truth is Because I Love You
Jay York - Hissing (forthcoming Codec Recordings) 
Joton - Body Sensations (Radial Remix)
Planetary Assault Systems - Raww 
Nørbak - Reverse Engineering (forthcoming Axis Records) 
Alarico - Unreleased 
Kameliia - Pulsar
Ø [Phase] - The Dialogue
Cratan - 72.462
G-Man - K3
Holden Federico - Unreleased

90s Techno Redux - Mix 004

Live set from Superbooth 21 @tresorberlin Stage

Fireground Live @ Tresor x  Superbooth 21

Reclaim Your City 469 | Rove Ranger (Stuttgart)

Guesting in this week is Stuttgart’s Rove Ranger, who you may’ve heard on the likes of Lobster Theremin, 1Ø Pills Mate, Knotweed et al. At the heart of his 2-hour contribution, RR reels out the intimate rave narrative that’s been his ever since he first stepped into the game, from formative years' influences to today’s most scorching belters, via a minutely curated array of bespoke weapons that have regularly found their way into his sets over the years. Let the bloodthirsty hounds of rave loose and feel the burn. 

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Reclaim Your City  

Reclaim Your City 469 | Rove Ranger

Next up for the Spandau20 mixtape series is NYC based @holden-federico💥
Although he is mostly known as a crate digger, he started his way to establish himself as an artist aswell and just released his first solo-EP in winter 2021 🎛️🤝
This mix is a representation of his vision for the dancefloor - a build up, dreamily riding up into peak time techno that blends melody, texture, soul, funk, and emotion. It's a blend of his favorite modern tracks, 90s cuts, some of his own own productions + unreleased tracks by artists he deeply respects. 🖤 

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SPND20 Mixtape by Holden Federico

Next up in our Mix Series is Sweden-born, and Berlin-based DJ Philippa Pacho. Pacho is the co-founder of Positive Source, a label started with Blue Hour, focusing on progressive artists while paying homage to our roots in early club culture.

The mix for is a live recording from Vault Sessions, BRET Amsterdam from February 26th, featuring energetic and groovy techno mixed in mixed super seamlessy and skillfully. 

@philippapacho
@positivesource

Ute Mix Series #56 | Philippa Pacho

Welcoming NYC based @holden-federico to our 19th edition of Alphabet podcast. continuing with the raw, up-tempo rolling techno drill we all love! 

"With this mix, I aimed to make the techno mix I want to hear—both as someone on the floor and as someone listening in headphones. This collection of songs is focused primarily on theme and narrative. My primary goal was using layering and track selection to bring story and pacing to the forefront. There are lots of different textures, styles, and eras within this mix, but cumulatively it represents my definition of a modern approach to classic techno: raw, soulful, rhythmic, stripped-back, and futuristic."

Alphabet Podcast 019 - Holden Federico

@madalba was born in July 1985 in Bari, south of Italy. From a very young age, her musical interests moved across a broad spectrum, going from house and dance music to rock and punk leading her lastly to techno and club-culture.

At age 22 she approached the local scene as Djane with numerous performances in the club circuit of Bari. Through the years she has developed a continued and careful respect of the musical experience. She moved to Berlin in 2011 started djing with only vinyl records.

This helped her to build a strong reputation as an underground techno DJ, providing opportunity for her to play in clubs such as Tresor, About Blank, SchwuZ, SO36 and Mikz in Berlin where she lives today.

In September 2011, she spent one month in Detroit where she started the collaboration with DJ Seoul, Tom and Angie Linder of Detroit Techno Militia. This travel has definitely and radically changed her approach to the techno concept, which she considers more a political and social phenomenon and a lifestyle than just a musical genre.

Back to Berlin she immediately came into contact with the queer scene, then in full bloom, building a network primarily of interpersonal relationships based on mutual support and collaboration, a network that naturally strengthens over the years, leading her to basically all queer realities of the city and beyond. At the same time she cultivated her main profession as a trauma surgeon in a historically male-dominated environment which strengthens her awareness of her role as a woman in a still strongly male-dominated society.

Thanks to these solid experiences she became resident of the party Homopatik, at the time the flagship of the Berlin queer reality.

Her first releases on vinyl came out in 2014 on DTM-Label (Detroit) and Arkita Records (Berlin), the label that she spawned together with Synkopheit till 2016.

In 2017 she launched her own record label Future D\'e9j\'e0 Vu releasing 5 EP respectively by Transient X4, Ken Karter, Mannella a.k.a. DHARAXT, Phontonz & Shcuro, Rage Therapy.

In September 2017 she played her first house set for the summer closing of the Berlin party Buttons.

In Summer 2018 Madalba became resident dj at the historical club Tresor in Berlin. The same year she collaborated with the London based crew Aria with a party series in the UK capital.

Currently she is techno resident dj and co-organizer of the party Buttons in About teaming with Danilo Rosato, Anna Bolena, Jabob Meehan, Shingo Suwa, Akirahawks and Paolo Di Nola.

Over the years, his awareness of the communicative power of his role as a DJ not an end in itself but always aimed at creating a network based on the basic values of absolute respect for all forms of diversity, has been strengthened to the point carrier of all her artistic and interpersonal expressions.

Here, @madalba delivers a 5h hours stunning set recorded straight from the @tresorberlin booth.
Many thanks to the artist and the mythic club.

GUEST SERIES : Madalba (Tresor Extended Set)

Next up is a very special mix from Guy Blanken’s darker techno alias, Talismann. As the son of clubber parents, he’s been working hard to honour his creative legacy under a triad of disparate pseudonyms. Makam, Slagmann, Talismann: the latter manifestation a ferocious take on his house-centred persona, under the cover of which he calls De School and Dekmantel home and explores the more uncompromising side of his nature. For anyone curious, the 29th July sees his latest work (Percussion Part 3) immortalised in wax and released via his self-titled imprint. In the meantime though, this Podcast instalment should sate that curiosity with a preview of some of his latest tracks. Bassiani Podcast 132 is packed with menacing sounds and hyperactive drum arrangements; thunderous, intensifying, peak-time beats for the most vehement techno heads.

@talismannrecords

BASSIANI PODCAST SERIES

Bassiani invites Talismann / Podcast #133

VOLTAGE Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast series, broadcasting both upcoming and well-established artists within the techno scene. Every episode features a lengthy set surrounded by a spoken in- & outro. The full story, including an in-depth interview and handwritten tracklist by each artist, can be found on our website: voltageimprint.com/en/podcast

Joining us for podcast 39 straight from New York is Holden Federico. Involving himself in music in various ways from a young age, the Philadelphia-native’s interest in production has led him to a single release on Setaoc Mass’s SK_Eleven that has made quite the impression. 

With a sharp, distinctive style, Federico glues timeless 90s techno influences with effective sound design to make club music that’s often melodically guided.

With his debut record out on SK and another one coming up very soon on the same imprint, Federico wasted no time with DJ gigs, throwing himself in the international scene alongside top-tier artists for a career that’s only getting started.

Join our 'Voltage Community' on Facebook or follow our Instagram account (voltage.festival) for all the latest updates.

Next up: Identified Patient 

Editorial team: Noah Hocker & Michiel Demeulemeester
Artwork by Phaze Øne
Mastering by Altinbas

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For all news and updates: www.voltageimprint.com

Interview & Tracklist

VOLTAGE Podcast 39 - Holden Federico

Recording of Talismann's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

Talismann at Dekmantel Festival 2022

Meat Free, Vault Sessions & Frixxxion Residents.
@blasha-allatt
Blasha & Allatt are honorary Mancunian natives and co-founders and residents of the infamous Meat Free parties, of which are hailed as one of the wildest techno raves in the UK. The duo are revered in their local scene as much as they are championed by many of the artists and peers they have played alongside. With a symbiotic energy behind the decks whether at the helm at Manchester’s White Hotel, holding it down in Fabric or cruising into the early hours at Bret, Blasha and Allatt bring it every time.

Focusing on a hard-groove sound their sets are a relentless force that have blessed dancefloors at clubs such as FOLD, Berghain, Radion and festivals such as Freerotation, WHOLE and Dimensions to name a few. 

Never content to not push the boundaries of their music and of the scene, 2022  saw the launch of  Frixxxion - a new inclusive space for queer techno raving in the heart of Manchester’s underground that has been welcomed by locals and out-of-towners.

Alphabet Podcast 026 - Blasha & Allatt

@boris is kind of a charismatic, multifunctional weapon in the Berlin club life. His musical roots reach back to the mid 80s, when he lived in New York for four years where he absorbed the unique spirit of the seminal club Paradise Garage weekend after weekend. From the Club’s mentor Larry Levan Boris learned to believe in his musical intuition as well as a broad musical spectrum, which nowadays ranges from Disco, Hi-NRG, Post-Punk and (Kraut-) Rock to House and Techno, all of which Boris loves to throw into one set. “Music was most important for Levan. He was uncompromising and he knew how to convey it. That’s what I’m trying to achieve, too, when I’m djing.”

Many years later, Boris became a resident at Panorama Bar’s first incarnation in Berlin, where he was able to build a loyal following by playing long sets lasting until noon. “The crowd is always a lot more receptive for music at the end than at the beginning. That’s when I rather have the opportunity to present unusual stuff and that’s when I’m able to let my feelings run freely.”

After the old OstGut/Panorama Bar closed in 2003, Boris played in almost every club in Berlin, but when the follow up club Berghain opened its doors in 2004, he quickly focused on playing out here again. From 2005 till 2010 he had another musical platform, as he was taking care of the label Careless Records as an A&R. As a DJ, he is not exactly keen on refining a certain genre, but rather to push music with a certain twist.

GENAU #090 - BORIS (Ostgut Ton - Berghain / DE) || 18.01.23

Mix 005

KUSS - Dark Circles (Justine Perry Remix)
Atonism - Vanished
Juri Heidemann - Kleser
Regent - Unreleased
Sev Dah - Audio Grape
Alarico - Unreleased
Holden Federico - Unreleased
Rkay - Unreleased
Setaoc Mass - Unreleased
Repeat Myself -Rødhåd Remix
Ricardo Garduno - Devil's Tail
Augusto Taito - Puma
Sterac - Take One
Clotur - Unreleased
Holden Federico - Unreleased
Heiko Laux, Diego Hostettler - Chicken, Understood (Truncate Remix)
Gaetano Parisio & Danilo Vigorito - Untitled
Mesh Convergence - Unreleased 
Eman - Unreleased
Cirkle - Unreleased

90s Techno Redux - Mix 005

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1. Aubrey - Journey Time (1994)
2. Planetary Assault Systems - Funkelectric (1996)
3. Acid Junkies - Zurig (Thomas Heckmann Remix) (1997)
4. Holden Federico - Eight Full Seconds (unreleased 2020)
5. SW37 - Untitled B1 (1998)
6. Vincent de Wit & Bas Mooey - Supplies (2006)
7. Empirion - Narcotic Influence (1993)
8. Evolo - Have You Been Contacted (unreleased 2020)
9. DJ Ogi - Daj-Mi-Daj (2009)
10. Stef Mendesidis - Pain Killer (2019)
11. DJ Rush - Djax Up Beat (2000)
12. Vril - Manium (2018)
13. Vil - The Search (2020)
14. Beroshima - Gathering Dust (2004)
15. DJ Savage - Pre-Post (2020)
16. Phara - Road to Manilla (2020)
17. Lewis Fautzi - Default (Oscar Mulero Remix) (2016)
18. Sedvs - Anticipation (Regis Mix) (2019)
19. Naemi - Sugar Hiccup (2020)

90s Techno Redux - Mix 001

Made this mix towards the end of last year to test out a few unreleased tracks I was working on—it’s been a while since I’ve posted a mix so just wanted to share here. A bit of heads-down, peak time techno, some old school tracks I’ve been feeling, and a few things I’ve been working on.

1. Strobe - Strike a Balance 
2. Steve Stoll - She Rises Up
3. Setaoc Mass - Technique
4. Temudo & Nørbak - Carry Her Flaws
5. Umek - Cavist
6. Vil - Lift
7. Holden Federico - Unreleased
8. Inga Mauer - Basement Rome
9. Steve Bicknell - Deeper Shades of Grey 
10. Holden Federico - Unreleased
11. Hertz - Flipping of Bits
12. Troy - Y.B. 
13. DJ Savage - Excuses
14. Ritzi Lee - S.O.S.
15. Holden Federico - Unreleased 
16. Spank Spank - Da Phormula 
17. Reeko - El Lobo Estepario
18. Ignez - Anomaly 
19. Harold Budd - Jane 8

90s Techno Redux - Mix 001

Holden Federico

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