Mixes

This month in collaboration with Amsterdam-based label https://soundcloud.com/artificialdance, guided by DJ and producer https://soundcloud.com/interstellarfunk, we bring you a limited edition Tee accompanied by an exclusive mix for The EDWIN music channel, which unites cool-headed contemporary electronics with soft pushing synth waves, bipolar electro and ambient fourth-world atmospheres.

For full tracklisting and interview visit https://edwin-europe.com

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№ 99 - Interstellar Funk

Interstellar Funk [07.05.2022]

HÖR, Berlin (16/04/2022)

Recording of Interstellar Funk's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

Dekmantel Festival 2022

Interstellar Funk at Dekmantel Festival 2022

Cosmo Vitelli & DJ Sundae head up the monthly hour-long slot for No Weapon Is Absolute, direct from Paris...

https://www.nts.live/shows/no-weapon-is-absolute/episodes/no-weapon-is-absolute-5th-april-2023

No Weapon Is Absolute w/ Interstellar Funk 050423

40 mixes in and the Off The Record series has seen a wide spanning in range of artists and styles. Its dug deep into DJ's record bags and has let us hear some of their holiest gems. Our 40th mix comes from one of the most solid selectors Amsterdam has to offer; Olf van Elden aka Interstellar Funk. 
Having started off working at the Dutch institution that is Rush Hour Records as a label manager and playing sets year in and year out at the monumental Dekmantel, Interstellar Funk has taken himself worldwide as well as releasing records on labels like L.I.E.S, Berceuse Heroique, Rush Hour, Dekmantel along with his own Artificial Dance label. A label he has run with a keen ear since 2017 releasing artists like Genetic Factor, June, Black Merlin and more. 
For Off The Record 40 Interstellar Funk takes us in the realms of home and club listening with a well crafted mix that builds and warms us into the floor beautifully. We had a chat with the artist about the mix and about what he has going on:

Off The Record Mix Series 40: Interstellar Funk

June

HÖR, Berlin (9/06/2023)

Recording of Interstellar Funk, Mozghan & Solar's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2023.

TASCAM DR-40

Interstellar Funk, Mozhgan & Solar at Dekmantel Selectors 2023

On DAY 3 of rural 2024, a distorted fusion of strange weather and beautiful music, Interstellar Funk opened the main floor with a set that unfolded from a groovy sounds, which he is best known for. 

The three-hour set, with its minimal yet hypnotic sounds, tribal rhythms and deep dub sounds, and otherworldly electro, will showcase not only his talent as a skilled producer, but also his long career at the prestigious Dutch record store “Rush Hour” and his quest for timeless and essential sounds, You can enjoy his side as an explorer in pursuit of timeless essential sounds.

奇妙な天気と美しい音楽が歪に融合したrural 2024のDAY3で、メインフロアのオープニングを務めたInterstellar Funkのセットは、彼の魅力を堪能できる重心低めのグルーヴィなサウンドから展開された。ミニマルでいてヒプノティックなサウンド、トライバルなリズムと深いダブサウンド、異世界へと誘うエレクトロが織りなす3時間のセットからは、彼の巧みなプロデューサーとしての才能だけでなく、オランダの名門レコードストア《Rush Hour》での長年のキャリアを経て、
時代を超えたエッセンシャルなサウンドを追い求める探求家としての一面を堪能できるだろう。

Interstellar Funk at rural 2024

Recording of Interstellar Funk's set at Dekmantel Ten

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Interstellar Funk at Dekmantel Ten

Interstellar Funk at Polifonic Festival Milano 2023

Interstellar Funk joins us direct from Amsterdam for episode 489 with a meticulously crafted mix that journeys through deep, immersive soundscapes — blending rhythm, texture, and atmosphere into a cohesive sonic story.

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MNMT 489 : Interstellar Funk

Danielle & Interstellar Funk at Selectors 2025

Interstellar Funk @ VENT, Tokyo (14-06-2025)

The first episode of Tightmix series features a Dutch DJ, producer, Artificial Dance label owner Olf van Elden aka @interstellarfunk and his ephemeral, tranquil journey through percussion-heavy soundscapes.

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Tightmix 1 — Interstellar Funk

He bodied our Dekmantel stage in 2014–– & he's back to do it all over again. It's the ever-dependable Interstellar Funk.

Interstellar Funk | Boiler Room x Dekmantel Festival 2019

Here is the recording of my set at Rural Festival in Nagano, Japan. Its a magical festival located on top of a mountain with the most beautiful surrounding. I played an early Sunday afternoon set after a wonderful ambient set by Chris SSG.

Rural Festival, Japan 2019

For full track listing click here: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-113--interstellar-funk

Interstellar Funk’s entry into Bleep’s podcast series steadily gathers pace across an hour-plus run-time. The initial phase of the mix is characterised by edge-of-the-dancefloor rollers - not downtempo exactly, but certainly tracks which prioritise steady pulses over breakneck beat-tracking. Things begin to gather pace with upsammy’s ‘It Drips’, a cut from her upcoming debut LP Zoom, and these unnerving, fidgeting rhythms peel perfectly into 33EMYBW and Li Jianhon’s ‘Arthropods Continent’. From here we find ourselves in a world of atmospheric and low-slung club tunes, the intensity of which increases to a point where @interstellarfunk rounds out the mix with scuzz-techno rollers from Pessimist, Identified Patient and DJ Die Soon & Ecko Bazz.

"I focussed mainly on new and unreleased music that I bought over the last few months. The world is on hold but there is still so much good music coming out. It's hard to record a club mix in this state of mind and without an audience, but I tried to combine slower music that I like to play at the beginning of the night with some more energetic and faster tracks at the end."

Bleep Mix #113 - Interstellar Funk

Gorgeous synthwave music and sci-fi-esque backdrops, layered with hard-hitting drum patterns.

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Crack Mix 376: Interstellar Funk

Recording of Interstellar Funk's set at Dekmantel Connects 2020.