Recording of 69db's set at Dekmantel Ten

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69db (live) at Dekmantel Ten

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"We lost Curley way too early and at a point where he was about to become very well known. He had a unique talent but the thing that got me the most was that we were walking the same musical path. We had arranged to work together in the new year but we sadly lost him on new years eve. I was very lucky to have worked with him on the Sahara technique ep and several times in the Spiral Tribe Studio 23 when we were parked up in Den Haag 1993-94. I was most influenced by a record he did with Yan from Unit Moebius on a small label called Oxalis from near Paris. The record featured a flange/chorus being fed back on itself. I was blown away and have developed this sound ever since. You will hear it on this mix. I dedicate this mix to my fallen brother who i will carry in my heart forever and who I always think of before I start an improvisation !!!

Anyone who hears his music and and mine will understand why we are musical brothers."

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 32 : 69db (Hommage to Curley)

Recording of a live set by DMT members Donia (exit23) & Marcel (ZMK), performed during one of the try-out nights of V23 at the, back then, yet-to-be-named Club Systeem. 

Line up:
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Donia & Marcel (live)
Korus & Dantel (live)
KN1PS 
Matter (live)
Csd28

V23 LYL W/Donia & Marcel (live)

Next up in our mix series is Wave Arising aka 69db aka Sebastian Vaughan, a pioneering live electronic artist and longtime member of legendary collectives spanning all the way back to the 90s, such as Spiral Tribe, SP23, R-Zac, Stormcore and Network 23 Recordings. Alongside dancer Kynsie, he fuses weightless techno with spiritual and ritualistic elements for the Wave Arising project, creating a new frequency of rave culture through sound and movement. With roots in dub, hip house, acid house, and Detroit techno - and as a co-creator of the hard-Tek/tribe genre—his drummer's foundation keeps his music deeply rhythm-driven, as heard in last year’s release ‘The Rooted Sky’.

In this mix, Sebastian delivers a 90-minute live set that showcases his signature improvisational approach. He experiments with shifting rhythms and layered textures, steadily evolving the energy with a sense of patience and intent. It is as hypnotic as it is groovy - shifting from minimal, polyrhythmic pulses to fuller, weightless grooves.

@wavearising
@69db

Artwork by Kynsie.

Ute Mix Series #103 | Wave Arising by 69db (live)

Auditory memories from the 23rd provided by @69db



~ Photo taken by Vittoria

69db Live ~ HYPERWAVES 23.05.2025 [live recording]

La serie 50th Edition si conclude con un estratto del set di W3IRD, registrato il 30 agosto al Worm di Vieste, durante l'ultimo Showcase AreaAudio dell'estate 2025. 
Anita Santoro aka W3IRD fin dai suoi inizi  esplora con attenzione e curiosità tutte le sfaccettature della techno, variando nei generi e nello stile. Il suo è un approccio puro, senza filtri e barriere ed il risultato è un mixato dove il groove domina il dancefloor.

W3IRD - AreaAudio 50th edition

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𖥗 Wave Arising Retreat # 1 (France, 9–13 oct. 2025) 𖤼 Live recording of the last night by 69db 𖥗 
 
This session emerged as a closing ceremony , a spontaneous jam between participants and a live set where everyone’s movement intertwined freely with the sound . Much like the spirit of the retreat itself, this mix breaks boundaries , blending genres, energies, and improvisation into one evolving flow.

Wave Arising is a multidisciplinary project , a new frequency within rave culture, where body and sound merge as one language. It invites a reconnection with the ritual dimension of dance, unfolding through an experimental and ever-evolving dance floor.
Rooted in Qi Gong, deep listening, and somatic approches , our work expands through workshops, retreats, and live improvisations , exploring energy, rhythm, and collective presence.

See you at the next retreat ! 

⫸ Infos : hello@wavearising.com 

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「FR」
𖥗 Wave Arising Retreat # 1 (9–13 oct. 2025 - Vercors ) 𖤼 live de la dernière nuit par 69db 𖥗

Cérémonie de clôture de la retraite , une jam spontanée entre les participant.e.s et le live set, où le mouvement s’est librement entremêlé au son.  À l’image de la retraite, ce mix traverse les frontières, mêlant styles, énergies et improvisation dans un flow en constante métamorphose.

Wave Arising est un projet pluridisciplinaire , une nouvelle fréquence de la culture rave, où le corps et le son s’unissent en un seul langage. Il invite à retrouver la dimension rituelle de la danse, sur un dance floor expérimental, vivant et en perpétuelle évolution.
Porté par le Qi Gong, la qualité d’écoute et approches somatiques , notre travail s’articule autour d’ateliers, de retraites et d’improvisations live . Une recherche continue autour de l’énergie, du rythme et de la présence collective .

À bientôt pour une prochaine retraite !

⫸ Infos : hello@wavearising.com

Wave Arising Retreat # 1 - Closing Ceremony Liveset by 69db

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Vegim returns to TMM Records with an album, not just as a producer, but as a cartographer of the unknown, mapping the thin magnetic boundary where human perception meets extraterrestrial intuition. This is Vegim at his most conceptual, yet also his most direct: a sonic hypothesis about first contact, delivered through tightly‑wound techno designed for both the club floor and the cosmic void.

Across the album, Vegim imagines the moment when humans and alien life finally face each other, not with fear, but with resonance. The tracks feel like coded messages, pulses of information transmitted across space, each one suggesting that rhythm is the universal language. Instead of dramatizing the encounter, he frames it as something natural, inevitable, almost peaceful. The music becomes the mediator, the translator, the bridge, while Magnetopause is essential for this meeting because it forms the natural threshold where two worlds finally align, allowing the signals to resonate on the same frequency.

The production is unmistakably his: sharp-edged percussion, gravitational low-end, and a sense of propulsion that feels like machinery waking up after centuries of silence. But there's also a new dimension here, a subtle melodic tension, a widening of space, a sense of awe. It's as if the EP is constantly scanning the horizon for signals, waiting for the reply.
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Vegim - Magnetopause EP [LTD075]

Avorra - Countdown (Extended)

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