Beginning sometime after midnight and finishing up after sunrise, Jane Fitz and Carl H b2b for the second time closing down Brave! Factory festival, Kiev, August 2019.

Jane Fitz & Carl H b2b at Brave Factory, Kiev, 2019

The fifty-second guest of KHIDI’s Podcast series is British producer and DJ, Black Merlin- the solo project of George Thompson. His other aliases and collaborations being Spectral Empire, Kommune, and Karamika. Thompson’s diverse releases are featured across labels such as Pinkman, Boysnoize Records, Omnidisc, and Jealous God - just to name a few. With more than a decade under his belt, Thompson has experimented between multiple electronic genres - jungle, drone minimal wave, retrogressive EBM, and hypnotic dark techno as of recent years.

@black-merlin

KHIDI Podcast NR.52: Black Merlin

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Enter the wormhole with one of the techno artists we're most excited about in 2025.

Born in Osaka and now based in Tokyo, DJ MARIA. joins a decorated lineage of Japan's psychedelic elite, cut from a similarly explorative cloth as Wata Igarashi, Haruka and esoteric icons ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U and DJ Nobu. This nerdy sanctum of deep techno is a notoriously hard world to break into: only the very best make the grade. DJ MARIA.'s head-spinning sets emphasise why she's already part of the club firmament at home, and is now in the midst of a global breakthrough.

Her trademark is tapestries of acid, trance and techno that strike a perfect balance between vibrancy, impact and restraint. She bit the bug through a teenage discovery of DVDs showing legendary psytrance raves like Solstice and Vision Quest, yet it wasn't until 2014 that she started DJing, balancing gigs with shifts at Tokyo's Face Records and, as of late, motherhood.

Today, as well as producing and touring venues such as FOLD and Bassiani, she helps run two boutique forest festivals—Moment and Transcendence—both of which play a big part in upholding Japan's storied techno tradition. DJ MARIA. has reached these heights principally because of her exceptional talent as a DJ, which is on full display on this week's RA Podcast.

The two-hour mix is pure manna for psychedelic techno heads, though we're confident the depth of feeling, subtle pacing and seamless stitching will lure in fans from across the electronic spectrum. RA.971 is a total treasure—the latest wow moment from an artist destined to have a career littered with them.

@djmaria-jp

Read more at ra.co/podcast/971

RA.971 DJ MARIA.

This is an hour live mix for dj nobu’s party named reprise, happening on 1.Feb at WOMB in Tokyo. 

Instead of focusing on new experiments, I put together some of my favorite tracks and ones I’ve been into recently. 

Hope you enjoy :)

Kugel - Live mix for Reprise [Jan.2025]

Diving into the darkness of a hypnotic opening, So-Fi weaves a subtle and graceful sonic narrative for episode 006 of our mix series. Through this mix, the French Berlin-based artist sketches a journey to the outer edges of a vaporous and magnetic techno — a slow-burning ascent that draws us in, over time, into a psychedelic vortex of sinuous and harmonious curves. A journey where every nuance reveals the contours of her artistic and emotional sensitivity.

Read the interview at : https://www.horssol.net/mixseries/hors-sol-mix-series-006-so-fi

@so-fi-sound

HORS-SOL.006 — So-Fi

We are pleased to release a DJ Mix by Innerworld, a DJ and producer from Goa, India, who will also be performing at rural this year. Influenced by the rave culture cultivated in Goa, his meditative yet hypnotic works that move both the body and the mind are resonating with scenes around the world. Enjoy this left-field work by a notable artist who push the boundaries between deep techno, halftime, and ambient.

今年ruralへの出演も控える、インド・ゴア出身のDJ兼プロデューサーInnerworldのDJ Mixを公開します。ゴアの地で培われてきたレイヴカルチャーからの影響を経て、瞑想的でありながら身体と精神の両方を動かすような催眠的な作品が世界各国のシーンとの共鳴を巻き起こしている注目のアーティストによるディープ・テクノからハーフタイム、アンビエントの境界を曖昧にするレフトフィールド作品をお楽しみください。

rural Podcast 018 Innerworld

Tras 10 años de carrera en el trance y numerosos logros, YUTA pasó al techno en 2015, lanzó Liquid Drop Groove en 2016 y comenzó a publicar música en formato digital y vinilo, podcasts y streaming de vídeo. Además, ha adoptado una amplia gama de enfoques para maximizar el potencial del sello, incluyendo memorables fiestas al aire libre como Agaitida (Okinawa) y EDEN, el festival indoor SPECTACLE y la serie de colaboraciones Bassiani Tokyo con sellos discográficos extranjeros.

La actividad principal de YUTA es la de DJ, residente en el conocido club VENT de Tokio. Su estilo musical se basa en el techno con deep/trancy e hipnótico/dubby, a veces con breaks y bajo, a veces tribal/acid en house, y se caracteriza por un groove psicodélico y un flujo cinematográfico que crea libremente. En los últimos años, YUTA ha realizado numerosas giras por Asia y ha actuado en el Quarry Stage de Wonderfruit en Tailandia, en los festivales Equation y Retreat en Vietnam, en los clubes SAVAGE y The Observatory en Vietnam, en Zhaodai y WIGWAM en China, en Acadana en Hong Kong, en Vurt en Corea, entre otros. En Europa, en Gare en Oporto, en aboutblank en Berlín, en KHIDI en Tiflis, etc., en festivales como Modem en Croacia y OZORA en Hungría. En Japón, en Rural y Moment, y en el legendario Future Terror de DJ Nobu. Y la nueva aventura continúa en Colombia, Sudamérica.

YUTA también ha proporcionado mezclas de DJ para NTS Radio en el Reino Unido, Monument en Noruega, Illegal Alien en México y más. Además, solo produce unas pocas pistas al año con el maestro modular O-MA.

ARTISTS Links:

YUTA:
SC: @liquiddropgroove
IG: https://www.instagram.com/yuta_ldg

LIQUID DROP GROOVE:
SC: @liquiddropgroove
IG: https://www.instagram.com/liquiddropgroove.new/
BC: https://liquiddropgroove.bandcamp.com


MEDELLINSTYLE:
SC: @medellinstyledj
FB: www.facebook.com/culturaelectronica
IG: www.instagram.com/medellinstyle/?hl=es-la

YUTA - Special Mix x Superdommune

The People In The Fog is a moniker of DJ Sodeyama. He has been a stalwart of the Tokyo underground for nearly three decades, cutting his teeth in the 90's and retaining a key presence at the forefront of Japan's house music scene.

Over the years he has released a sprawling array of music under a few monikers on the likes of Zenit, Rekids, Quartz and трип. However most recently he has been operating under the guise of The People In The Fog which has afforded him the chance to dig deeper into his sound channeling elements of funk, downtempo and the dubbier undertones of house.

He has released this material on Japanese record label Sound Of Vast and for dj's in the know those records have become a 'buy on sight' scenario.

This mix showcases versatility and class. Tight blends, excellent, deep thoughtful selections.

The People In The Fog: The Altered Currents Ransom Note Mix

Opening set at Salix @vurt. [2025/06/21]

The Swedish superduo Einar Christoffersson and Marco Gegenheimer broke through in 2016 via their EP "Swedish Lo-Life," released on the eclectic Studio Barnhus label. Born from a love of heavily dug DJ sets, late-night studio sessions, and live organic elements; they channel a whole universe of stories.
MLiR always has something to say through their sounds, constantly expanding their musical journey. They’ve had varied support during the years from DJ Harvey, Hunee, Antal, Kamma & Masalo, Laurent Garnier, Axel Boman, Lipelis, Jonny Rock, Danilo Plessow, Gilles Peterson, DJ Koze, Roman Flügel, Move D, Nicola Cruz, Haai, and Prins Thomas, to name a few.
The MLiR SoundCloud page is filled with mixes for NTS, DHA, Dekmantel, Dekmantel Selectors, Planet Trip, Kiosk Radio, Worldwide FM, Krossfingers, and others. With releases on Marco and Arnau Obiols’ own Taf Kif Records, Ibadan, and Shall Not Fade, 2024 brought to light their debut album, a 16-track double LP, once again, on home base Studio Barnhus.
Marco (the DJ of MLiR), who was behind the online record store Magic Teapot Records, runs the party ”Calamari Rolls Royce” at the hyped Club Malasaña in Madrid on a regular basis. More to come is another album for Maher Daniel, Bill Patrick, and Jesse Roig's newly started Stratasonic Records; more edits on Smutty Edits; plus one more album for Music From Memory in 2026. MLiR are not tucking themselves under any sombreros!"

Opening set at Salix @vurt. [2025/06/21]

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