Darwin (@darwinspec) juggles many different roles in dance music as well as she juggles her records in the DJ booth. The Canadian-born, Berlin-based artist runs her own REEF parties at Berghain, and has nurtured a wealth of emerging talents on her SPE:C label. She is also the founder of Clean Scene, a climate action collective that wants to explore a more sustainable future for dance music. They recently authored a stark report about the industry's carbon footprint, which you can read through cleanscene.club/report.pdf. 

Darwin's sound is rooted in various UK styles, from bass to dubstep, garage to breakbeat. That is evident in the 100-minute mix she lays down for us this week. It opens with thoughts about environmentalism and some indigenous jungle recordings before grinding through chunky Afro drum patterns and supersized bass. The pressure builds throughout, the cavernous rhythms grow ever more muscular as the urge to snake your body becomes overwhelming. It's a perfectly balanced, well-controlled mix that showcases the irresistible power of heavyweight bass music.

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Dekmantel Podcast 351 - Darwin

Whoever Client_03 is—their official bio says "neither human nor machine"—they certainly love electro. In the interview below, they say making it is "all I do." The stubbornly anonymous project has been making waves across continents and scenes, introducing audiences used to dubstep, drum & bass and trap to the distinctive joys of electro. Through a series of self-releases dating back to 2019, Client_03 has earned a fanbase with simple graphics and wonderfully jargon-y titles—"Prosperity Stream Divider," "Interpersonal Relationship Assessment"—that more than live up to the genre pastiche with genuinely funky electro grooves. Pitched between loose and robotic, their tracks are what we call rollers: stackable, interlockable and reliable.

This RA Podcast was recorded live at last year's Bass Coast Festival, where the masked producer's set was among the most anticipated. They—or it—didn't disappoint, and here we've got 60 minutes-plus of smooth and occasionally raucous electro that eventually mutates into dubstep, jungle and beyond. There are several spinbacks, tons of Client_03 material new and old and a few select tracks from artists like Sam Binga, Nikki Nair and Fixate. It's the sound of a certain kind of future, as refracted through its past.

@Client_03

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/920

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RA.920 Client_03

Further information and tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-281-raji-rags-aphex-twin-mix

"This is a live DJ mix of AFX classics, a few edits, some material of his lesser known aliases and a bunch of unreleased tracks from his Soundcloud dump. Aphex Twin has been a big influence on my whole musical journey and career as a DJ and now a big influence on my journey into my first steps into production and my debut EP - Congratulations. This feels like a full circle moment to have my debut record sold on Bleep considering I used to work there..." - @rajirags

Bleep Mix #281 - Raji Rags - Aphex Twin Mix

Dubstep-tech hybrids from one of 2024's most forward-thinking breakouts.

Born in France to English parents, Beatrice M. is a product of two environments. And like many third culture kids, this lends the Rinse France resident and Bait label head a knack for seeing the realm of possibility beyond arbitrary borders and binaries.

Beatrice M. is a part of a wider cohort of artists spearheading an elastic take on dubstep: take Carré and Introspekt in the US, EMA in Dublin and Mia Koden in London, to name a few. Collectively, they are not only pushing greater representation and diversity, but ensuring a broader palette of sounds find home within the genre's renaissance.

Where dubstep got trapped down a brostep cul-de-sac in the early 2010s, 2020s already seems to be all about a charming phrase Beatrice M. employs: siblingstep. Their RA Podcast, a "full femme, non-binary, trans productions set," is testament to that.

RA.961 finds Beatrice M. embracing the softer, more intimate edges of their sonic world. There's cuts from Grace Jones and rRoxymore, a fresh tech-house venture under the alias B. McQueen and heaps of siblingstep. All in, it's an hour of past reverberations, present rhythms and glimmers of future horizons.

@beatricemasters

Read more at ra.co/podcast/961

RA.961 Beatrice M.

3024 TAPES are back! This time with a live recording of Martyn performing at Germany's best sounding club, Wuppertal's own Open Ground on Nov 16th 2024 - Enjoy.

3024: Please describe the mix in a single sentence ?

Martyn: This was my first gig on Open Ground's system and I loved every second of it. The set kind of meanders to connect between a few tracks I decided I really wanted to hear on that sound, like Archangel, an old Aux88 jam and Hieroglyphic Being's "21 Ways". 


3024: What DJ inspires you at the moment / has inspired you throughout the years and why?

Martyn: This particular night was with two of my fave DJ's, Jossy Mitsu ; who, without a doubt along with Ehua, Mia Koden and Re:ni are in my opinion leading the charge at the moment when it comes to bass music in the UK.  And an old favorite Joker - who I hadn't heard for years but was just incredible, playing a crazy set of grime instrumentals, dubstep classics, oddball electronica and even mixing a Joy Division record into an old DMZ (!!) 


3024: What are you working on / what have you got forthcoming?

Martyn: There's some incredible music coming on 3024 which I am very excited about. Also more 3024 Tapes and a few little jams by myself under my Gabe & Jude alias.


Artwork by Jeroen Erosie
Photo by Sorted / Jason Myers

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3024 TAPES 011 : Martyn (Live at Open Ground)

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Kinetic club energy generated by one of the sharpest talents in drum & bass and beyond.

Much of the best electronic music rests along the axes of versatility and curiosity: being able to a pull a broad array of influences into your orbit and alchemise it into something distinctive and fresh. That's gyrofield to a tee.

Kiana Li began making waves in drum & bass as a teenager, years before setting foot in a club or experiencing the sound on a proper rig. That's a key factor which helps explain how the deeply-considered, Hong Kong-born producer arrived at a style that eludes easy description. Li, one of the foremost trans women working in drum & bass today, marshals complex rhythms like a sluice and has a knack for detailed bass programming that floods the stereo field without ever dominating it.

2024's spellbinding These Heavens was the apotheosis of an already quietly prolific catalogue; we named it the seventh best record of last year, but in truth, it could have actually nudged up a bit higher.

Li's RA Podcast is a blur of rapid motion, featuring stalwarts (Dillinja, Skee Mask, Calibre, upsammy, Marcus Intalex), contemporary limelights (Nestax, Ehua, Aquarian, Maude Vôs), 17 of their own productions and a grip of truly uncommon selections, like Burnt Friedman & João Pais Filipe's "18-140." It's an ambitious mix from one of the most exciting talents at the vanguard of outer-zonal club music right now.

@gyrofieldmusic

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/987

RA.987 gyrofield

Hessle Audio feat. Pearson Sound - 16 June 2025

Introspekt - Recorded live from fabric 02.05.25 

“Very excited to share this recording with the world. When planning this set the idea for me was to focus on archival dubs from the early years of Dubstep/pre-Dubstep (2001-2006) that have yet still to see a release. These are many of the same tunes you could’ve likely heard at a FWD night in these years. In keeping with the progressive spirit of FWD though, I didn’t want it to be solely retrospective — so along with the classic archival tunes I mixed in contemporary productions from myself and a few other newer artists — tracing some of the threads linking past, present, and future. Hope folks enjoy!” - Introspekt

026 - Introspekt - Recorded live from fabric

✨🤲✨ 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]

Buy me - FULL 111 tracks >> https://lnk.to/savefabric

01	µ-Ziq - Bum Shit (Vox)
02	18+ - Holes
03	2020 Soundsystem - No Order (Ralph Lawson & Rui-Z Remix)
04	Abul Mogard - Patterns Of Our Own Times
05	Addison Groove - Equal Lies
06	Agoria - Tribute
07	Akkord - TBC
08	Ali B Feat. Afrika Baby Bam - The Music Saves Me
09	Appleblim - Fabrication
10	Audion - Fun House
11	Broken English Club - The Gentle Art of Murder
12	Bruce - Cables
13	C.A.R. - Voodoo Moon (Thomas Von Party Cover)
14	Calyx & Teebee - Loose Ends
15	Caspa & Rusko - Ravers Tears
16	Clark - Shadow Banger
17	Coldcut Feat. Roses Gabor - Donald's Wig
18	Cosmin TRG - Dens
19	Curses - A Face In Smoke
20	Dasha Rush - Sweet Monster
21	dBridge - Modern Submission
22	DJ Tennis - Magrelian
23	Dominowe (Gqom) - Just Dance
24	Dub Phizix - Beatroot
25	Dusk & Blackdown - 110 not out (2011)
26	Dusky & Todd Edwards - Holiday In Holloway
27	Enei & Kasra - Basic Instinct
28	Exercise One - All These People
29	Fake Blood - Reflections
30	FiS - DMT Usher VIP
31	Future Beat Alliance - Sleaze Bag
32	Guy Andrews - Procession
33	Hamid - Untitled 02
34	Heartthrob - Scott's Teats
35	House of Black Lanterns - Lost
36	Ikonika - Miracle Whip
37	Jesse Rose - Suck It And See
38	John Tejada - Ucbtron
39	Justin Drake, Lil Mark and Matt Tolfrey - Freedom
40	Kangding Ray - Summerend
41	Kate Simko ft. Amunet Shah - All Heart
42	Kirk Degiorgio - Shadow Of A Solitary Being
43	Kiwi – Throw Down (Latin Freestyle radio edit)
44	Kuedo - Untitled
45	Laura Jones & Karousel - Find A Way
46	Letherette - Stabz
47	Lucy - The Juggler
48	M.A.N.D.Y. - Berry And North
49	Machinedrum - Stronga
50	Marc Houle - Broken Wings
51	Marquis Hawkes	 - Redemption
52	Masters of Disasters (aka Deadbeat with T Raumschmiere)	- Fabrik
53	Matthew Styles & s:vt - Machine Life
54	Max Cooper & Satirist - Grit
55	Michael Mayer - Auld Lang Synewave
56	Mike Shannon - Can’t Take My Love Away featuring Dave Aju and the LCC All Stars 
57	Mr C - Stand Up (Club Mix)
58	Mr Jones - Heavy Eyes
59	Mumdance & Logos - Return Of The Room 2 Lazer 
60	Nathan Fake - King Zlin
61	Neville Watson - Fight On
62	Nightwave - Speakeasy
63	October	- Anna's Acid Hour
64	Om Unit	 - Pop Lockin' Hieroglyphs
65	Optical - Shape The Future VIP
66	Overmono - U-Plastics
67	Paleman - Sore
68	Paula Temple - You Cannot Kill A Soul By Killing The Body (Live At Moogfest)
69	Perc - Foto Real
70	Peter Van Hoesen - Into A Fortification
71	Pinch - Skylines
72	Planetary Assault System - Twelve (L.B Dub Corp Meets PAS Rework)
73	Radioactiveman	- Craig's Trousers Flap In The Bass Wind
74	Roger van Lunteren - Hills, I Want You (Gerd Janson Edit)
75	Roman Flügel - Jam The Jam
76	Route 94 - TBA
77	Rrose - Glands
78	Second Storey - The Last Record
79	Shackleton - The Stitch Up
80	Shaun Reeves & Tuccillo - Clouds
81	Sherwood & Pinch - Retribution
82	Shift Work - LA (S.L.O.W.) (Health & Safety Mix)
83	Simian Mobile Disco - Balloon Takes A Holiday
84	Skream - Munk
85	Slam - Government Problem 2
86	Smagghe & Cross - Sam & Jen
87	Soft As Snow - I Adore (Troy Gunner Remix)
88	South London Ordnance - Arc
89	Special Request - Requiem
90	Stanton Warriors & Cause n Affect - Never Let It Go feat. Janai (VIP Mix)
91	Sunset Graves - Dead City Hymn
92	Tasha - Lost and Found
93	t q d - Vibsing Ting
94	Terry Francis - The Answer
95	The Mole - Glide Down
96	Throwing Snow - One For Boothie
97	Tiefschwarz - Wegekuckuck
98	Tom Demac - Unchained
99	Trevino	- Fractured
100	Tuff City Kids - Edlost
101	_Unsubscribe_ - FFS, R (Loop Mix)
102	Untold - This is how I [Dub]
103	Vatican Shadow & Telefon Tel Aviv - Rejoice
104	Vex'd - Untitled 2004

Shackleton - The Stitch Up

UK record label based at fabric, East London. Run in part by Rob Booth (Electronic Explorations)

Shackleton - The Stitch Up

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