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The Dekmantel favourite kicks off 2025 in an exploratory mood.

Since her breakout in 2017, Thessa Thorsing has built an enviable CV: a debut release on Nous'klaer Audio, an album on Dekmantel and a residency at former Amsterdam clubbing institution De School. Over these years, she's honed a singular sound, navigating wild variations in tempo and mood that dance along the edges of techno, IDM and drum & bass (we could list many more, but you know the drill).

Her creative arc has seen her delve into ever more abstract concepts, such as 2024's ambient-leaning album, Strange Meridians, exploring the interplay between synthetic and natural textures through drumless experimentations. As she explained in her 2018 RA Breaking Through profile, "I just want to hear the weirdness in the music."

Thorsing's RA Podcast showcases exactly why she's one of the most  consistently adventurous names in dance music. Describing it as "a mix with a narrative," the former landscape architecture student flexes her ability to build sonic environments, beginning in a landscape more akin to a swamp than a club.

Across 90 minutes, she moves through numerous layered terrains, exploring everything from Skee Mask's lucid, beatless techno to the piercing acid of Mike Parker. Unfolding with a restless sense of curiosity, RA.970 captures an artist challenging the boundaries of electronic music, ever upward.

@upsammy

Read more at ra.co/podcast/970

RA.970 upsammy

Lefto Early Bird and Marco Weibel go back to back at Chicago's Podlasie club playing all over the place with bass music to house and techno then taking you to different continents with african and indian disco right into jazz and more...

Lefto Early Bird & Marco Weibel B2B - Live At Podlasie, Chicago 08022025

Frisyro Bolani is back in the groove on Trushmix edition number 236! 
Not a stranger to this platform, Moss/Oslo DJ, producer, painter and party promoter is
in full effect, delivering a one hour mix of party infused music. Italo, breakbeat house and more. Spring is coming, sun is shining and we are ready for some good parties. Here a perfect mix for the vibe!

Enjoy music from the top!

Trushmix 236 - Frisyro Bolani

Another Barker masterclass.

Sam Barker asks more from techno. The artist known simply as Barker is one of electronic music's most consistently conscientious and curious producers, challenging listeners to question the norms we accept about our shared culture—whether it's the music that fills the room, the process behind it, or the purpose of the space itself.

British-born yet based in Berlin since 2007, Barker forged a connection to many of the city's leading institutions, including Ostgut Ton, and over the course of a long and fruitful relationship, he carved out one of the more singular paths on the club and label's roster.

Not one for orthodoxy, Barker challenged four-to-the-floor techno framework in favor of melodic experimentation. By decentering or completely stripping away the typical trappings of kick drums and claps, his productions are both light and immersive, buoyant in low-end presence and shimmering in weightless space.

Six years after Utility, his sophomore album Stochastic Drift arrives this month. Shaped by pandemic-driven reinvention, it burrows deeper into harmonic twists and freeform drift. "At some point I became conscious of the process," he wrote of his latest album. "The only thing you can do is embrace the uncertainty and see every change as a potential positive.”

Consider his RA Podcast another sequel. Like his much-beloved 2019 mix for FACT, it's a collage of live recordings and a fitting expression of the artist's own internal spring. RA.982 radiates wide-eyed optimism: percussion cloaked in foggy, swirling pads and trance-like chords, neatly synched in synthetic glimmers. 

All in all, it's an hour of music crafted for contemplation, collective euphoria, or heads-down epiphany—or for that matter, any moment, really, its emotive depth seemingly endless.

@voltek

Find the tracklist and Q&A at ra.co/podcast/982

RA.982 Barker

Clone West Coast Series just released the album "DJ Sotofett & The Colours Of Computer Generated Instruments" - 15 cuts widening the spectrum of electro, with 80's Nintendo console vibes and holy grail analog vs digital synthesis. The album is filled with surprises, seamlessly transitioning from acid infected vibes and catchy electronic pop to avant-garde electro cuts. But this is "The Mixtape", a 45 min energetic and deep dive into essential Electro and Detroit Techno. Mixed by DJ Sotofett, with 2 x Technics 1210mk2 in the tradition of old school Hip-Hop mixtapes, it holds several cuts from the album (even an unreleased version), as well as excellent tracks by Aux 88, Skatebård, Carl Craig, Cosmic Baby, Westbam & Nena, Kraftwerk, DMX Krew, DJ Hell, Pom Pom, The Advent, Victor Duplaix, Dopplereffekt, Gus Gus, Reese Project, Daft Punk and The Jonzun Crew.

Album @ bandcamp
https://djsotofett.bandcamp.com/album/dj-sotofett-the-colours-of-computer-generated-instruments

Album @ Hard Wax (EU)
https://hardwax.com/84864/dj-sotofett/dj-sotofett-and-the-colours-of-computer-generated-instruments/

Album @ Juno (UK)
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/dj-sotofett-the-colours-of-computer-generated-instruments-vinyl/1056299-01/

Album @ Naminohana Records (Japan)
https://naminohana-records.com/?pid=185460268

Get Album here!

DJ Sotofett & The Colours Of Computer Generated Instruments - The Mixtape

Welcoming the lovely Refuge Worldwide co-founder and dub-master @richard-akingbehin to the Animix series this week, with a beautiful journey of minimal house infused with his signature dub styles.

Clear in his DJ'ing, but also his work with @refugeworldwide, and his immaculately curated label, @kynant-records, Richard is an all-round classy selector, and a champion of community. Through his various outputs, his deep & considered knowledge and taste shines. 

Richard always impresses me with the diversity of moods he presents via his DJ'ing, hybrid collaborations with legend Tikiman, b2bs with other legends like livwutang, and his label - a diversity that's always strung together with his incredibly distinctive psychedelic, soothing dub formula. 

Thanks for the mix Richard <3

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Animix One Hundred & Seventy Three: Richard Akingbehin

Tresor Resident LNS started out organizing warehouse parties in Vancouver, Canada. Since residing in Berlin her style of classic techno, house, electro and braindance can easily be identified in her studio productions and DJ sets. Her collaborations with DJ Sotofett are regularly released on Tresor Records and WANIA, while her solo productions and remixes have been released by Counter 99, Emotional Response, Freakout Cult, Sex Tags Ufo and DFA. Enjoy!

ITPS115 LNS

Following his Violence of Positivity release on our label, @exitrecords head honcho @dbridge_exitrecords mixes our next CM podcast! 

Listen to Violence of Positivity here: https://orcd.co/camo005

Tracklist
1	Panoram - Brutal Meditation 
2	dBridge - Choose an Inspiration
3    Steve Spacek - HURLUSION
4	The Fear Ratio	- ONEFIVEOOOH
5	Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Syzygy
6	Dj Fulltono - BC9FW
7	SNKLS -_ESSENCE I
8	dBridge - Enjoyable Delusion
9	Philipp Gorbachev - V KLUBE feat. BESPALEVO
10	dBridge - Uploaded Intelligence
11	Groves x Malfnktion - Drmstemm
12	Poison Arrow - Casa Show (Heart Drive's Slow Bleed Mix)
13	Commix - Laura
14	Tammo Hesselink - Beam
15	Plastikman - Hypokondriak (Sun People Edit)
16	dBridge - Modernistic
17	dBridge - Synthesis of Incompatibilities
18	dBridge - it takes time
19	dBridge - Battle Of The Locust


Candy Mountain Podcast #007: dBridge

"Recording this mix for fabric meant a lot to me! a moment to pause and reflect on where I come from and where I’m going musically <3 Catch me this Saturday, May 3, b2b with Roi Perez! Lets go <3" - ISAbella

063 - ISAbella - fabric podcast

This month’s show features DJ and producer @juan-atkins, also known as Model 500 or Infiniti, and the music of his fabled label Metroplex. 

Launched in 1985, Metroplex opened with the Model 500 EP "No UFOs." The global demand for his new sound provided Atkins with an outlet for a string of iconic releases. 40 years on, he remains deeply committed to pushing the boundaries of sonic exploration.

For Carhartt WIP Radio, Juan Atkins has created a Metroplex anniversary mix that underlines the label’s innovative style, with tracks by himself, as well as his daughter Milan Ariel, and producers like Robert Hood. 

As ever, we also sat down with this month’s host, as he reflected on 40 years of Metroplex and how one marks such an occasion - before turning our attention to the future, naturally. Listen to the mix and read the interview at www.carhartt-wip.com/journal/music.

tracklist:

1. Bas Grossfeldt - Lost in Translation
2. 3MB - Jazz is the Teacher
3. The Vision - Spectral Nomad
4. Model 500 - Interference
5. Model 500 - No UFO's
6. Model 500 - The Chase
7. Model 500 - Pick up the flow
8. Model 500 - Nightdrive (Thru Babylon)
9. Model 500 - Future
10. Milan Ariel - The future is here
11. The Vision - Detroit: One Circle
12. Model 500 - Starlight
13. Infiniti - Game One

Carhartt WIP Radio May 2025: Juan Atkins - Metroplex

Week's end with pi pi pi curator and The Lot resident deep creep.

deep creep @ Kiosk Radio 04.05.2025

A clinic in minimal from the elusive Acting Press boss. 

Why do certain sounds cultivate a cult following? Simply put, it's often because they resist easy consumption. PLO Man and his imprint Acting Press lean into this. 

Searching for the Berlin-based DJ and producer, you won’t find much online presence, interviews or conventional PR. What you will find, if you look hard enough, is a catalogue of records and mixes with a kind of tape hiss charm (a spiritual successor to Basic Channel and Chain Reaction, but scuzzier and lighter on its feet).

Founded in 2015, Acting Press once seemed to belong to the short-lived "outsider house" trend, but is now synonymous with a certain strain of modern minimal, one that is analogue, spacious and pointedly opaque. PLO Man's output is equally sparse by design: this week, he joins the RA Podcast with a characteristically elusive style, accompanying the near two-hour mix is a one-answer Q&A that gives almost nothing away.

Stripped-back, ever-so-slightly sleazy and coated in dust, PLO Man's RA Podcast continues that lineage in style. Opening with the featherlight microhouse of Margaret Dygas, RA.988 unfolds into a carefully curated spectrum of minimal, dub and deep techno. Among familiar names—look out for the blinding Rhythm & Sound and Moodymann blend—are deep cuts and left turns alongside the odd outlier, like lovers' rock pioneer Gregory Isaacs.

Like the best of his forebears, PLO Man wants RA.988 to take time for you to settle in. But once you do, you won’t want to leave. 

@p_el_oh

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/988

RA.988 PLO Man

Blitz Live : Richard Akingbehin : 22/03/2025

Richard Akingbehin – the tasteful selector known for his engrossing, soothing soundscapes and the driving force behind Berlin’s Refuge Worldwide and Kynant Records – made his Blitz debut in late March 2025, playing alongside DVS1 and Ogazón. A night shaped by deep cuts, subtle shifts and tactile Techno!

We’re pleased to share a recording of the first half of his opening set – and took the chance to ask Richard a few questions about the night, too: find them in our Blitz Magazine:

https://www.blitz.club/2025/06/11/blitz-live-richard-akingbehin/

Listen to the recording here – and don’t forget to follow Richard to stay updated on his upcoming sets and projects.

https://www.instagram.com/richardakingbehin/
https://soundcloud.com/richard-akingbehin

https://kynantrecords.bandcamp.com/music
https://linktr.ee/refugeworldwide

Blitz Live : Richard Akingbehin : 22/03/2025

DUB HOUSE X PHILOSOPHY OF DANCE

Rugged & Tough Productions ‎– Got To Get To Our Love ( Mix 1, 1997)

Mr D - Why Always Me

Munich based record label founded in 2007 and run by the Zenker Brothers. 
Artists: Andrea, Andrés Zacco, Atrice, Dario Zenker, Deetron presents Soulmate, Djrum, Dj Plant Texture, Etch, Fireground, Full Bloom, Jake Muir, Jichael Mackson, Kas / Galaxian, Katatonic Silentio, Kid Sundance, Konrad Wehrmeister, Laksa, Mia Koden, Marco Zenker, MPU101, Packed Rich, Pessimist, Prime Vertical, re:ni, Roger 23, ROLROLROL, Sciahri, Seba & Paradox, Simple, Skee Mask, Stenny, Surgeon, Sustrapperazzi, Thigpen, Walton, Zeki 808, Zenker Brothers

ITPS115 LNS

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