2 years after his critically acclaimed “Ultrachroma” album, Kangding Ray returns to ARA with a decisively dance-floor LP named “ZERO”.
As the artwork suggests, his different explorations and influences converge into one point on this record, where sound becomes a raw vibration, precisely engineered to bring bodies into movement.
This record marks both a return to the source of his sound in its purest shape, with hints of his debuts on the experimental label raster-noton, as well as the hypnotic journeys he is now known for with his DJsets.
As an artist who is constantly reshaping his own sound in search of new forms, Kangding Ray offers here a singular take on modern dance music, driven by a visceral and futuristic approach.

“When an audio signal crosses the X-axis, there is an infinitesimal moment of silence. ZERO is inspired by this quiet instant, a point of inversion where vibrations die and are reborn at the same time” . KR

ZERO

03 SOLA

02 IPSO

01 IOTA

05 ETOS

04 TARO

Ciao tutti 🌞
Latest NTS episode is live ~ featuring the iconic Stojche 💿✨

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🥁🎧🪩 Delighted to have Stojche, a cornerstone of underground techno, joining me this month with a stunning mix ~ raw, soulful, and timeless. All vinyl as per 🤌 ~ he always delivers.

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Waves of pulsing, layered techno from the revered Mala Junta resident.

If the electronic music industry is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over what makes for true techno, then D.Dan is one of the underground's great modern emissaries.

A figurehead from the new guard of DJs to arise in the '20s, the Berlin-based artist and Mala Junta resident is an ambassador for a sound that is strongly anchored in the classic roots of techno. His productions, like his mixes, are revved-up takes on the hypnotic wormholes that defined dance floors last decade, but with a fresh (and high BPM) millennial twist. 

Originally from Seattle, D.Dan became enamoured with the spectral stylings of psych rock and shoegaze in adolescence. It's not difficult to see how the cosmic tapestry of bands like Cocteau Twins became a blueprint for the entrancing music he's gone on to make as an adult. His releases on Mutant Future and summerpup are latticeworks of loops and layered percussion, custom-tooled for lost hours on the dance floor and drawn-out mixes behind the decks. 

This approach directly extends into his DJ practice, where he pairs song selections from contemporaries that mirror his own reduced, controlled approach to techno. RA.994 is a Grade A display of contemporary four-to-the-floor from flagbearers like Roll Dann and Marcal.

And like D.Dan's standalone records, his RA Podcast finds room for sweetness—the intermittent peal of an open clap, the steady ripening of a chord—while ultimately emphasising the beauty of function and form over flair.

@ddan-sounds

Find the full interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/994

RA.994 D.Dan

True to their deep, widescreen approach to both production and live-performing, Parisian outfit Atomic Moog clock in with a helluva sleek and lushly relief’d mix, recorded on the occasion of their latest live performance at Outre Bleu on March 29. Through their releases for the likes of Delsin, Appian, Lowless or Monument, the French duo has been carving a niche for itself at the fringes of the dubbed-out techno tradition and abstract-leaning experimentality. This 90 minutes jaunt into their reverb and delay-heavy imaginarium has us moving across narrow corridors and cathedral-large spaces by turn, exploring the concept of spatialization in dance music under a new, boundary-pushing light. Through focal-shifting jumps between acid-drenched beds of rippling analogue sine waves and sizzling machine circuitry, the constant angle shifts from macro to micro tell a tale of vibrant sound research, not quite picking a side between the dance floor’s sense of purpose and genre-unbound, creative unintentionality. 

soundcloud.com/atomic-moog

Reclaim Your City 649 | Atomic moog Live

**TRACKLIST**
Intro
Danny Daze - Anti Gravity Machine (.VRIL Remix) 
.VRIL - In Via (Rene Wise Remix)
.VRIL - Demo1
.VRIL - Headlock 
.VRIL - Miami Shadow Aliens
.VRIL - Moon Tax (Shokh Remix)
KAS:ST - Nepal (.VRIL Remix) - MATERIA
Rødhåd & .VRIL - Target Line (.VRIL Remix) - WSNWG
.VRIL - Polizeigeist - International Day Off
.VRIL - Omniverse (His Master's Voice Remix2)
Mathew Jonson & .VRIL - Live Jam
.VRIL - Pumped Out Kids - WSNWG
Binary Algorithms - Register # 04 (.VRIL Remix) - Furatena
Kmyle - Kinetical (.VRIL Remix) - Kmyle Rec
.VRIL - Torus XXXII (Verraco Remix)
Philipp Stoffel - Akzent (.VRIL Remix) - Akte
Mathame - Never Give Up (.VRIL Remix) - B1 Recordings
.VRIL - Schaltkreis Wassermann
Cecilia Tosh & .VRIL - Fire In The River - Nachtdigital
Wata Igarashi & .VRIL - Track 1
.VRIL - Demo2 
JANEIN - Here & There feat. Olga Phage (.VRIL Remix) - SEELEN
.VRIL - Kintsugi

Label infos attached if released, all other tracks are unreleased.



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#SlamRadio - 651 - .VRIL

With his Malta debut just around the corner, DJ Tool drops into the Glitch podcast with a no-frills, 85-minute session showcasing the sound he's been championing lately. The Mala Junta co-founder brings a heavy dose of raw, modern techno: loop-driven, drum-forward, and laced with hypnotic tension. Rough around the edges in all the right ways.

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In July 2025, our friends, the Avantgarden Crew, invited Lars Hemmerling and Pat Flanders to the Community Gathering in the Monom Bar of the legendary Funkhaus Berlin, where the two of them stood behind the decks together for the first time.
Still, their gathering felt and sounded more like a team that has been working together forever than an improvised set. 

If you were there, you know that. If not, much of their performance was recorded to give you a flavor of this great evening/night of performances and exhibitions, and perhaps a taste of what's to come.

Eventinfo ||
https://ra.co/events/2208496

Lars Hemmerling ||
https://soundcloud.com/user-943357333
https://www.instagram.com/larshems20

Pat Flanders ||
https://soundcloud.com/mindwaves-music
https://www.instagram.com/mindwaves_music

Download link ||
http://chillinberlin.com/download/697/?tmstv=1753579323

Lars Hemmerling & Pat Flanders @ Community Gathering, Funkhaus Berlin 2025

Portal episode 76 is a 1:59:17 long journey recorded on today’s morning. 

Hope you enjoy!

Music is able to lift you into other dimensions, so come with me through this portal and immerse into the depths of my record collection.

www.markussuckut.com

Portal Episode 76 by Markus Suckut

Our #60th episode of the Schimmer podcast series is mixed by Dutch artist Tripeo. 

Over the years, Tripeo has edged out an exceptional corner of the techno spectrum for himself. Brought to life as Darko Esser’s puristic alter ego, he has gradually returned to his namegiver’s eclectic roots, while also delving deeper into his musical metier.

Tracklist:
Monojunk - Tahti
Polygonia - Hidden Blue
Human Space Machine - Perc Tool
Hyperactive - Alteno
Efemär - Dub Till Samtliga 01
GiGi FM - Lucid Dreams
Pugilist - Monument
Ottagone - Ottagone 15
Velvit - Testament
Morgan Wild - Pluck
Chris Doria - Tall Tree
Co-Fusion - Frontier (Atom Mix)
Max Watts - The Percussionist
Landlord - Nymphonation
Identified Patient - The Female Medical College Of Pennsylvania (Marcel Dettmann Pitched High Version)
Shifted Phases - Scattering Pulsars
Ehua - Aria

Schimmer Podcast #060 with Tripeo

Boss of Madrid’s seminal imprint Semantica, Spanish DJ and producer Svreca steps in the series with a monster two-hour jaunt into his multi-faceted techno headspace. As ever busy pushing the club sound’s envelope with great loads of heavyweight kicks and trenchant snares, Svreca has us all kitted out for a breathtaking dive into gravityless territories and cragged moonscapes. Flush with hair-raising momenti, unsuspected plot twists and climactic rollercoasting, his mix shifts the focus constantly betwixt textural magnification and rhythm-enslaved abandon, having you wading into the instant’s XTC to most mesmeric effect. A rough, Indus-minded masterclass from one of the finest to ever do it. Rampage mode on.

soundcloud.com/semantica-records


Reclaim Your City 659 | Svreca

Live recording from my closing set @ Pawnshop, Taipei (July 2025)

Artwork: Event flyer

Blue Hour @ Pawnshop, Taipei (4hr closing set)

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.

04 TARO

Kangding Ray

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