A recent unplanned show in Bejing was a rare chance for me to share what I call my 'love songs' - beautiful, emotive records, most of which have been with me for a long time. I've only DJ'd this way a few times, and this is the first time I've got the recording. While many of the tracks have beats, I tried playing them in an ambient way, gentle and simple. Music from: Function, NWAQ, Larry Heard, Plastikman, old Kompakt and Dial-related, a few recent selections + more. Thanks to Lyu Zhiqiang (@mohemann) for making it happen. I sincerely appreciate the people who follow and listen to my sets, I am happy to share this with you.

Love songs in Beijing

Reposting my mix for SLINK's NTS residency.

100% original productions, all unreleased... a lot of WIPs, things in raw form, jumping from zone to zone :)

SLINK @ NTS - 100% K WATA

"Dive into a two-hour voyage curated by Eric Cloutier, weaving through ambient, downtempo, droney techno, trippy rollers, warm dub - a compilation of rare selections for an unparalleled auditory journey."

Thank you again to @ogazon and @rinsefm for this opportunity to melt your brains.

Rinse FM for Ogazón

.VRIL (DE) @vril_01
MUTEK Montréal | Édition 24
Métropolis 1 on August 25, 2023
Mastered by @pheek (audioservices.studio)
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Known for his ability to craft immersive atmospheres, .VRIL showcased the gamut of his Dub Techno sounds at MUTEK, focusing on tracks from his latest album Animist. The musical performance was enhanced by a stimulating visual environment, thus creating a truly comprehensive experience.

MUTEKLIVE346 - .VRIL

Bastian Benjamin - Elixir

🌴☀️ It's been a while since I dropped a Tropical House remix, but this one was worth the wait! I took Creed's classic "Higher" and gave it a fresh, sun-soaked twist that’s perfect for those chill vibes. The mix brings out all the feels, blending those iconic vocals with the laid-back, breezy sounds of summer. 🌊🎶

Whether you're catching sunsets or hitting the beach, this remix is your new soundtrack. Let’s take it Higher together—press play and ride the wave! 🌅🔥

Creed - Higher (VDJ JD Tropical House Remix)

When I told Roger 23 that I would be writing a piece to accompany his mix, he offered a single rule: “Keep it simple.” Often seen as a mysterious figure, my interactions with him revealed a generous and passionate artist, albeit with a distaste for self-promotion.

Operating from Saarbrücken, just a few kilometers from the French-German border, he has built a compact but impeccable discography over the past 20 years, with releases on Playhouse, Volt Musik (a label run by Swayzak, with whom he was long associated), and more recently Ilian Tape. His diverse sonic explorations as both musician and DJ defy categorization, which may explain why he isn’t as widely appreciated as he deserves.

From our very first conversations, he immediately asked if I had a guiding theme to propose for his mix. Knowing Roger 23’s versatility behind the decks, I saw an opportunity to challenge him by suggesting a slightly dystopian narrative framework, inspired by his strong affection for vinyl.

“In a near-future world ruled by an authoritarian technocracy, a campaign is launched to eradicate all physical music formats, forcing citizens to access only state-approved music through controlled online platforms. When a massive network collapse suddenly disrupts all streaming services, a group of rebellious misfits organizes a secret rave in an abandoned data center, playing records they’ve covertly preserved from their collections. As the warm-up DJ for the night, you decide to record your set, capturing the moment and preserving its memory for future generations.”

From the very first seconds, Roger 23 pulls us into this dark, futuristic world, tracing the evolution of electronic music over the last four decades. The cold concrete walls resonate with 80s German synth-pop, Psychic TV experiments, industrial oddities, and the sharp beats of Dopplereffekt, mesmerizing the sparse crowd of dancing bodies as if it were 2024. Be sure to save this mix on a USB drive and hide it away; you never know what the future may hold…

Read the full story: early-reflections.com/mixes/roger-23/

@roger23

(Er₁₀) Roger 23

Воспоминания о летнем рассвете на Möbius под сет российского-нидерландского дуэта Immediate Proximity.

We’ll both remember this sunrise set at Möbius for a long time! Surrounded by our dear friends from Roots United and all these lovely and beautiful dancers, it made us play a wild mix of our favorite music, from Detroit techno to breakbeat to electro. All with a lot of soul inside. We had a blast, hope you do too! #IMPROX @improx2334

Signal 049: Immediate Proximity

Vinyl only DJ set, recorded llve at Tresor club, Berlin. Klubnacht party on 21.12.2024

Tripmastaz @ Tresor Klubnacht (21-12-2024)

Wake & bake with NWAQ fm(also for evenings) [09.04.25]

IMPROX 4: The Grand Cassette-astrophe

Rewind your expectations and fast-forward your ears, because Immediate Proximity - Niels Luinenburg (Delta Funktionen) and Diana Napirelly - are unleashing their fourth IMPROX release, a gloriously unhinged beast landing on digital platforms and gritty cassette tape. IMPROX 4 isn’t just a release; it’s the full-on DIY culmination of their three prior expeditions into the wildlands of futuristic electronics. Think of it as the trilogy’s epic finale—except, you know, with four parts, because who’s counting?

This time, the duo’s throwing everything into the mix like mad scientists at a cosmic rave. Picture this: the tribalistic hi-tech grooves of IMPROX 1, the unrelenting beat-brawls of IMPROX 2, and the nano-melody mutations of IMPROX 3, everything’s here - resequenced into a quirky, unpredictable flow that’ll keep your brain guessing and your speakers sweating. It’s deep, it's at times intimate, it's emotive, and it’s got the kind of truculence that only comes from two sonic pioneers saying, “Yeah, we built this with our bare hands—and maybe a soldering iron.” Big-stage anthems collide with crystalline soundscapes, breakbeats wrestle with microscopic rhythms, and somewhere in there, a cassette tape rewinds itself in sheer disbelief.

With their self-engineered audio-gen modules cranked to eleven, Immediate Proximity delivers a release that’s as much a victory lap as it is a victory leap - straight into uncharted territory where tempo twists, space expands, and your speakers might just file for overtime. Available digitally for the streaming masses and on cassette for the hipsters who still own a Walkman, IMPROX 4 is the ultimate proof that Luinenburg and Napirelly aren’t just pushing boundaries - they’re breakdancing on them.

So, plug in, press play, and let this honest-to-goodness ear-abductor take you for a ride. Spoiler: it’s a one-way ticket, and the snacks are all-you-can-eat beats. 

releases June 6, 2025

IMPROX 4 - PREVIEW

DELTA FUNKTIONEN / IMPROX / NAPIRELLY

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