"I wanted this mix to be equally suitable for raving and for a deep-listening session. It represents how i like to play for the dance-floor : angular, twisted, 3-dimensional and sexy. I included a couple of tracks of mine, a few of them are unreleased yet.
Some others by undeniable legends, some by emerging talented producers.
There’s also a track by Gigi FM, with whom I’ll play B2B at Awakenings... Very much looking forward to that weekend.
I want to send my gratitude to the creators of the tracks i used to build this musical journey. You’ll find their names in the track-list below and if you like this mix, I encourage you to dig further and check out the rest of their discographies. Hope you’ll enjoy the ride!"

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TRACKLIST:
Lanark Artefax - Metallur
Kangding Ray - ? ( Unreleased )
GiGi FM - Amadamushies
Priori - Hazard
Sorcery - Vacuum Euphoria ( Unreleased )
Kangding Ray - Helios Rave Draft
E File - Run
Kangding Ray - Ypox ( Upcoming on 47 )
Astral Bandit x Tadan - The Visitors
Brälle - Snitch (BØHM Remix)
Asec - Snake Eater 
Kangding Ray - ? ( Unreleased )
Planetary Assault Systems - Desert Races
Feisfois - Turbulent
Robert Hood - Nothing Stops Detroit
Kangding Ray - Polar ( Upcoming on Spazio Disponibile )
OFF / Grid - Strobe Light Memories
Kamen - Le Renouveau
Isabel Soto - Daleth
Cantil - Aquarius (For K)
Quinnbond - Der Eisendrache
Kangding Ray - Q

From his early releases on the legendary german imprint raster-noton, to his more recent output aimed at the club, Kangding Ray managed to trace a singular trajectory, navigating the unexplored territories between experimental and dance music.
Through his consistency as live performer and DJ, and with a number of critically acclaimed releases under his belt, Kangding Ray showed his ability to keep a genuine artistic approach, while slowly crafting an unique universe, equally focused on emotional response and visceral impact. 
Kangding Ray’s music tests boundaries, evolving constantly in its exploration of texture and rhythms, while talking equally to the body and the mind. From his past as architect, Kangding Ray kept a multidisciplinary approach to art, applying his craft in diverse artistic fields  such as visual arts, film scores, audiovisual installations and dance performances.

Recent production highlights :
Last Album : ULTRACHROMA on my own label, ARA
https://kangdingray.bandcamp.com/album/ultrachroma

Last release : Helios Rave Draft on ARA
https://kangdingray.bandcamp.com/album/helios-rave-draft

Upcoming release :
“POLAR” (EP) on Spazio Disponibile on the 6th May
https://kangdingray.bandcamp.com/album/polar-ep

Towards the end of the year :
After a couple of EPs on Len Faki’s Label FIGURE, i am preparing a full length album of avant-garde techno for them.

Last EP, Branches
https://kangdingray.bandcamp.com/album/branches

Recent  DJ Highlights :
Closing set at Berghain in Berlin, DJ sets at Basement and Merge in New York, Fold in London, LIVE set Labyrinth Festival in Japan.

Upcoming shows :
Embarking next week for a short Asia tour : Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo

Social links: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kangding_ray

Awakenings Podcast S301 - Kangding Ray

Performed at the Communion Stage

Equipment used:
6U Modular system
Elektron Digitakt II
Elektron Octatrack MKII
Elektron Analog Heat +FX
Intech Grid MIDI Controller

Lonefront – Live @ The Great Beyond '24 [07-26-2024]

Introducing the new Basilar Podcast. 

From time to time, we’ll be inviting some of our previous guests and personal favourites to record a mixtape for our series, asking them to capture their experience at Basilar.

The inaugural session is courtesy of Dutch DJ @aframusic, one of the highlights of the 2024 edition, recorded in quiet tribute to last summer’s forest communion. The set drifts between raw minimal techno and spacey dub cuts, mirroring the cocoon-like vibe of our stage.

Press play and get carried back into the woods. Enjoy!

Basilar Podcast 01 - Afra

Project 313 live at SPKRBOX Blank Code Showcase May 3rd 2025

Project 313 SpkrBox 5-3-25

A few months after our successful Saüle debut, here we go again for a second round of genre-busting, boundary-pushing sonic exploration. Embracing the Idea of techno as a means of transcending our condition, both as conscious and subconscious beings, this series offers a platform for artists to express themselves with enhanced scope and purpose. For this second installment which will take place on 5 June, RYC invites a trio of musicians who’ve been pushing the envelope of techno and electronics to a broader extent. A name synonymous with bold dynamics and cutting-edge approach, London-based producer Jin Synth will take us on a mind-bending ride down her intricate rhythmic algebra and layers of hypnotic, otherworldly sonics. A jack-of-all-trades whose hybrid, unhindered vision for music has driven to all ends of the techno spectrum, the one and only DJ Pete will join us for a hectic parade of breaks-laden, bass-heavy weapons and dubbed-out tangents. Chief explorer of lushly textured folds and immersive cinematic arcs, dub techno maestro Magna Pia will take over the decks for one of those moments on the dance floor when functional innovation fuses with multi-sensory exaltation. 

Thursday 05.06.2025 | Start 22:00
Am Wriezener Bahnhof - 10234 Berlin
www.berghain.berlin/en/event/79284/

Tracklist:
01. Cio d´Or - Magnetfluss - Prologue Music
02. Milton Bradley - Uncontrollable Desire - Do Not Resist The Beat!
03. Mike Parker - FWD (Donato Dozzy Remix) - Prologue Music
04. Luigi Tozzi - Uterus - Hypnus Records
05. Shifted - Cold Light (Sektor B) - Avian
06. Dino Sabatini - Dryalus - Outis Music
07. Cassegrain - Shahmaran - Arcing Seas
08. Rrose - 23 Lashes - Eaux
09. Donato Dozzy & Mike Parker - Stegosauria - Spazio Disponibile
10. Polar Inertia - Vertical Ice - DEMENT3D
11. Abdulla Rashim - Ador Tracers - Northern Electronics
12. Claudio PRC - Manifestazione - Delsin Records
13. Silent Servant - Untitled (Regis Edit) - Sandwell District

Reclaim Your City x Säule | Magna Pia

Rising Spanish producer, JUDY, performs a live hardware set recorded on March 5 at Tresor New Faces hosted by Beatrice.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judyisangry
Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/dj/judy-es
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/judyisangry

Photo credit: Marie Staggat: https://www.marie-staggat.com/
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About Tresor Berlin
At midnight, on March 13th 1991, a basement door opened at Leipziger Strasse 126, Berlin. Through this door, many passed, on their way to defining new terrains in electronic music. There they found a dance floor in the vaults of a closed-down department store, with a unique sound bound to dense fog, building night after night a history that was also a vision of the future.

This history has seen in Jeff Mills’ first sets on three turntables, Underground Resistance's first live appearances in Europe, grandiose Tresor Park parties, to various chapters of the Loveparade with Sven Väth in the 90s and since then countless generation-spanning parties. These moments represent the highlights of infinite personal clubbing experiences. It is the manifestation of the Berlin spirit, emerging from its considerable strife. This history is not without its complications - from temporary closure by the authorities and several raids in the early years to closure and demolition of the old location in 2005. What followed was years of wandering in exile and, finally, resurrection in the new home in Kraftwerk Berlin.

These stories, conversations and shared experiences within our walls forge a resilience that drives towards a shared ideal, the Tresor sound: community, resistance, and the world to come. This was observed in the newly re-unified German youth, who danced and celebrated together from the club’s inception, and into the present day through ongoing community work in Detroit.

To those that have danced before, and to those that will dance in the future: the light at the end of the long Tresor tunnel is a signal. A flicker amidst the fog. This is our future. This is our place.

Judy (Live Hardware Set) | Live at Tresor - 05.03.25

Sandrien @ CS Radio - 07/04/2025

Gothenburg-born DJ and producer Mohajer brings her galvanizing spirit and sophisticated cuts to the series with a 73-minute release. The Swedish veteran and key member of Fast Forward Productions has cultivated over a decade’s worth of sounds from her Berlin base and provided the soundtrack for her mp3 parties as co-founder and long-running resident, as well as for gatherings across a spate of clubs like RSO, Tresor, Berghain, Fold and Basement. Her productions play with her Persian heritage and a blend of electronic music genres to bring a fresh and uplifting take to market: a sensual and bustling mix of driving techno with a heavy focus on community building and human connection. Her dynamo beats emerge from her deep understanding of a dancefloor’s energy, and render obvious her quick-witted feel for music and people. Her forthcoming EP on Spray’s Punctuality Records twists that palette into something bold and elastic: a confident cascade of mystique, mayhem and sensuality. Bassiani Podcast 271 is charged to the brim with her infectious late-night sounds: trippy techno that loops, shifts and builds in intensity, seductive grooves and immersive frequencies from a well-versed Wahlberliner. Trance leaning rhythms courtesy of this prodigious selector.

@djmohajer

Bassiani invites Mohajer / Podcast #271

Thanks to Erika, BMG and the whole Interdimensional Transmissions crew.
photo by Andrew Charles Edman.

http://interdimensionaltransmissions.com/events/2025-05-24/tresor-313-2025

01 - Surgeon - Granular Intro
02 - Joe McPhee - Party Lights
03 - The Advent - It One Jah (Surgeon Remix)
04 - Nørbak - Sinal
05 - Surgeon - Klonk pt2
06 - The KLF - What Time Is Love (Power Remix)
07 - Scion - Emerge (British Murder Boys Remix remix1)
08 - Surgeon - Soul Fire
09 - Surgeon - Empty Cloud
10 - Peder Mannerfelt - Records & Vibes
11 - Skee Mask - LCC Rotation
12 - Jorge Watts - Up To The Sky (Dc Chi Hi Mix)
13 - Perc - Static feat. Sissel Wincent (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
14 - Surgeon - Fall
15 - Glaskin - Valve
16 - Casper Hastings - Reaper (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
17 - Quelza - Orange Du Ciel
18 - Curve - Falling Free (Aphex Twin remix)
19 - Surgeon - Serpent Void
20 - Surgeon - Forgotten Gods
21 - Nørbak - Grego
22 - Sylvere - Ah Oui Ah Oui
23 - Surgeon - Badger Redux
24 - SNKLS - ESSENCE I
25 - The Exaltics - Corroded (from the future)
26 - Surgeon - Raw Trax 10
27 - Millsart - Step To Enchantment (Stringent)
28 - Dubfire - Dark Matter (L.B. Dub Corp Remix)
29 - Operator - Deliberate
30 - Raoul Delgado - Steelworks B1
31 - Oscar Mulero - 46 (Antaganists Mix by Regis)
32 - Stephen Brown & Fossil Archive - More House
33 - Monomood - Vault (Mike Dehnert remix)
34 - Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space - High Up
35 - Kabay - Lula 22
36 - Temudo - U Were My Second First Choice
37 - Surgeon - Raw Trax 2
38 - Mark Hawkins + D Knox - This Is The Underground (Surgeon remix)
39 - Reeko - Street Tool#4
40 - Robert Hood - Unix
41 - Leod - Untitled 03
42 - Marco Zenker  - 909D
43 - Oneiro - The Warrior (6 B.C. Version)
44 - VIL - Field
45 - Paul Bailey - Saturday Boy (Surgeon remix)
46 - Peder Mannerfelt - Town Crier
47 - Peverelist - Pulse V
48 - Paperclip People - Throw
49 - DJ Bang - Hallelujah (Dc Private Edit)
50 - Stanislav Tolkachev - Very You
51 - Surgeon - Screw The Roses [live]
52 - Finalversion3 - Vulnerables (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
53 - Mike Dehnert - Tagebedarf EP part 4
54 - RSD - Pretty Bright Light

Tresor 313 at Return to the Source, Tangent, Detroit on 24th May 2025

RA.302 Developer

R-N 123 . TRACK LIST :

1 . Athem
2 . Mojave
3 . Odd Sympathy
4 . Pruitt Igoe . ( or version )
5 . Or
6 . Mirrors
7 . Coracoid Process
8 . En Amaryllis Jour
9 . Lea vaila Scheme
10 . Monsters
11 . La Belle

CREDITS	

All tracks written and produced by Kangding Ray
Voices and lyrics on Pruitt Igoe, Coracoid Process and Odd Sympathy by Magne Mostue.
Voices on Athem and Monsters by Rose Tizane Merrill.
Words on Monsters freely pirated from « T.A.Z, the temporay autonomous zone, ontological anarchy, poetic terrorism » by Hakim Bey . ( anti-copyright, 1985, 1991 ) Available at www.autonomedia.org
Progressive keys on Or by Ben Frost
Drums on Coracoid Process and Or performed by Yacine Djeradi
Percussions on Odd Sympathy performed by Achille Farese
Salamander Modular synth for Monsters wired by Matia Simovich
Mastered by Andreas « Lupo » Lubich at Dubplates & Mastering Berlin
©2010 . raster-noton . r-n 123

Press text :	

After the Pruitt Igoe E.P, Kangding Ray returns with his third album for raster-noton, pushing further his explorations on the edge of digital and analog sounds. With OR, Kangding Ray continues to blur the borders between experimental and bass music, and brings his signature sound to another level, somewhere at the darkest fringe of club culture.
With the massive metallic beats of « athem », the frightening distorded waves of « Mojave », the elevated groove of « Odd Sympathy », the modulated guitar walls of « Leavaila Scheme », or the low-bitrate Everest of « La Belle », KR creates deep atmospheres, loaded with echoes of collapsing economies, dysfunctional political systems, and corporate alienation.In an abstract manner, OR depicts the desillusions of modern civilizations, while initiating a positive reflection on crisis as a creative state.
OR (« gold » in french), as the only chemical element that seems to keep its value for eternity, refers to the cult of endless consumption and the absurdity of fluctuating currency valuations, while in english, as a logical operator or grammatical conjunction, OR represents the possibility of another choice, an « inclusive disjunction » which suggests that there might be another answer, a different path to follow.
Noticeable inputs have been provided by Ben Frost, who composed a keyboard line for « Or », Rose Tizane Merrill who lend her voice to the anarchist poem « Monsters », and Magne Mostue who wrote the words and sang on « Coracoid Process » as well as the vocal version of the prophetic electronic mantra « Pruitt Igoe ».

04 Pruitt Igoe (or version)

From his early releases on the legendary german imprint raster-noton, to his more recent output aimed at the club, Kangding Ray managed to trace a singular trajectory, navigating the unexplored territories between experimental music and dance music.

Through his consistency as both Live performer and DJ, and a number of critically acclaimed releases, Kangding Ray showed his ability to keep a genuine artistic approach, while slowly crafting a unique universe, equally focused on emotional response and visceral impact.

Kangding Ray’s music tests boundaries, evolving constantly in its exploration of texture and rhythms, while talking equally to the body and the mind.
From his past as architect, Kangding Ray kept a multidisciplinary approach to art, applying his craft in diverse artistic fields such as visual arts, film scores, audiovisual installations and dance performances.