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Night Service x Tech Couture with Bailey Ibbs b2b Paige & Bessie-Mae b2b DJ OT - 24 July 2023

Iraqi by blood/Oaklander by upbringing, Lolsnake is a Berlin-based visual artist and DJ whose fulminating sets have taken centre-stage at some of the city’s most vaunted hangouts. It was studying neuroscience that took them from California to the UK, and there that they first discovered a taste of the creative freedom that club culture could offer. In 2014 they made the switch to the German capital, where a chance opportunity to throw a party at makeshift Neukölln locale Internet Explorer kickstarted a spate of FLINTA-focused parties that eventually landed them regular gigs at Tresor’s proxy venue OHM. From there the scope grew and both spoken word/performance art series queeeirdos and the later iterations of dance-geared and Säule-based party programme Weeeirdos took flight. An assemblage of creative disciplines and artists from visual art to comedy to VTSS to Ellen Allien, Parrish Smith and Schacke, the format has been a breeding ground for ideas and sounds, first in Berlin and now farther afield in cities like Prague and Copenhagen. As for their own output as in-demand selector, it’s fiery, arrow quick techno, a coup de foudre from the heart that takes no prisoners, be that at De School, Blitz or Transcendence Seoul. Unsurprisingly there’s a music label in the works, and this next instalment to whet your appetite while you wait. Bassiani Podcast 223 is a heady three-hour mix recorded live at the club back in June. Galloping beats bent on worldwide acclaim, tenacious and razor-sharp techno from a singular and fast-rising musical talent.

@lolsnake

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Bassiani invites Lolsnake / Podcast #233

LDS (an acronym for Luca Daniel Schwarz) is based out of Stuttgart, and fast blazing a trail beyond his native Germany. 2018 saw his Dub Tapes From Outer Space EP out on Transatlantic Records, dubby techno stirrings crossbred with a hint of the psychedelic, dub both reduxed and reinterpreted, and people started to pay attention. From his studio, he pushed this work in all directions, a process of investigation, critical thinking, creation of sounds and modulation, a spark plug method of getting his software instruments into the kind of feedback loop he needs to produce the best results. Conceptually, though there’s a mirroring of past influence, it’s music for a newer and thoroughly networked era: the ‘educational internet' is, he says, the place he spends a lot of time both learning and developing his music. That signature sound has dovetailed with the work of labels like Monnom Black, Blue Hour and Planet X, where his productions have also taken on genres like trance and IDM. The benchmark for all his releases, sets, and (starting in 2023) live performances is a high-speed fluttering salvo of rhythms that penetrate and resist any type of conceptual reverse manufacture, but to Luca it matters little: ‘the impression and thoughts of the listener are the only concepts that are true’. It’s what people feel then, that puts him on the map. It’s dub techno but not as you know it, atmospheric pads deputise their role to hardheaded beats and the end product is no less hypnotic. For Bassiani Podcast 234 LDS riffs on relatively simple construction, daisy-chaining tracks faster than you can identify what trace of emotion they’ve left behind, and building a mood that’s rife with ideas and ready to dance. This is switched on techno for the internet generation, immersive beats in conversation with their author, a reworking of the old and the birth of something entirely new.

@ldstechno

Bassiani invites LDS [live] / Podcast #234

ey.rah | Tresor, Berlin | Enigma New Faces 13.11.24

Gloria Rose opening an exceptional RADION Weekender, curated by the RIOT collective and Isabelle.

RADION Recordings #002: Gloria Rose - RADION International Women's Day Weekender 2025

Opening set at Tresor Berlin (09/04/2025). Thanks to @marsch_music for the invitation!

Paul Hauck @ Tresor Berlin, 09/04/2025 (LiveCut002)

Saroor - Live at UNFOLD C - 25.5.25

At The Edge (Elata 21.6.25)

ey.rah - 14 Juillet 2025

FLOAT RECORDS PODCAST 040 | https://soundcloud.com/pierce_e

Pierce: "With this podcast, my aim was to capture the vibe and energy that first hooked me on techno during my early clubbing days, its driving rhythm, the interplay of tension and release, and the warmth of low-end frequencies. Coming from the dancefloor myself, I believe it's the recipe to keep hips moving steadily throughout the night."

At The Edge (Elata 21.6.25)

Jeneva