Live recording of my first all night long at Open Ground , located in Wuppertal , Germany.

One of the most memorable night I had in recent years , in a club that have making me feel at home right from the first time I performed there.

Hope you enjoy the 8 hours ride.

Open Ground

Quelza @ Open Ground I All Night Long l 19.05.2024

Live DJ set @Coda by Pax - Romana / Ratherlost @ Lofi Amstrdam ADE

Clarisa Kimskii @ Coda October 2024

Voices from The Lake hybrid live at Draaimolen Festival 2024

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.

Next up comes Canadian-born polymath Darwin, who’s been getting Berliners talking ever since she kicked off her event series REEF back at now defunct venue Griessmühle. Tired of providing partygoers with the same formulaic sounds they’d come to expect, she started to play around with others, dubstep and bass among them. It was a fresh approach that through persistence ended up paying off with a form that’s as animate, subaquatic and essential to its surroundings as the ocean reefs that inspired the name. A UK-leaning sound, that pays homage to breaks, drum n bass and garage and fuses it with a techno more indicative of her chosen digs. Nowadays that approach has really gained traction and her parties blossomed into something much larger, encompassing her own selections, whether at UNFOLD or closing Berghain’s Klubnacht, as well as the launch of her SPE:C imprint. Her loose selection and low-end frequencies are a modern take on a long tradition of rumbling bass and out-and-out techno, brought together with a killer instinct for the hourly requirements of a dancefloor with high expectations. Following on from her previous techno stints at Bassiani, Podcast 251 further explores this side and delves back into her roots; a studio mix brought to you from this true pioneer, mastered by bestie Esposito.

@darwinspec

Bassiani invites Darwin / Podcast #251

Full Tracklist: https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-297--sandwell-district

For our latest Bleep Mix instalment, Sandwell District come through with a hefty programming of dark rollers fulfilling that promise of reinvigorated purpose they mentioned before: “Having a good time”. And with a wealth of exclusive unheard material it’s hard to refute the mission statement. Dropping straight into the cavernous environs of an unreleased Regis side Frosty Jack’s, the selection rides a restrained line building tension through a number of Nastia Reigel tracks deployed with utmost precision before upping its stride with Luke Slater’s Planetary Assault Systems and quickly landing first peak from The Wizard himself, with Jeff Mills' slamming ‘93 cut Step to Enchantment (Stringent). Taking in a track from their comrade Surgeon’s forthcoming album, as well as the simmering acid of their own tune Hidden, Sandwell District bring it back round full circle via two further unreleased reworks of heroes Meat Beat Manifesto providing a breakbeat singed rupture to close out the proceedings with the vocal snatches of MBM’s Helter Skelter summing it all up really: “It's in my brain now. This is it!”

Bleep Mix #297 - Sandwell District

Andreas Baumecker launched his DJ career in the early 90s, a Frankfurt native coming of age in the halcyon days of his country’s reunification. His first stop was the city’s storied and centrally located Romantica, then its affiliate Intimbar where reps from house label Playhouse picked him up for buying duties at record store Delirium. After an uptick in local bookings, he made a brief stop in Mannheim for more of the same before moving to Berlin in 2004, where a recently opened Panorama Bar scouted him as resident and offered him the role of in-house booker for its Berghain operations. As word got out and the city started to draw larger crowds he became a fundamental force in crafting the club’s story. Hesitant to define the upstairs-downstairs split as house and techno, he practices his preachings through an approach that embraces a range of different sounds. ‘Surprise is important’ and his 25,000 strong vinyl collection lends a hand in the process, an assemblage that oscillates between disco, house, electro, techno, breakbeat and pop; the key is to capture the spirit of a crowd. This strategy has borne not only his label Freundinnen (put on hiatus in 2007, relaunched in 2023), but a lasting collaboration with sparring partner Sam Barker as half or Barker and Baumecker (four 12” records and two albums on his alma mater’s imprint Ostgut Ton to prove it). nd_baumecker deals in all things funky and uplifting, a thread of life-affirming melodies and historically literate beats that drive seamlessly forward. Bassiani Podcast 255 alludes to his well stocked portfolio of references, with hints of disco and balearic house, it's more of what his fans know and love to usher in the warmer months; this latest episode is full of spacey tenor, refreshing and gently rolling, breezy chill-out expertly compiled by this fabled German veteran.

@ndbaumecker

Bassiani invites nd_baumecker / Podcast #255

Kerrie, who made a strong impression last year when she took the stage for a live set on the third night of the festival, has delivered a mix inspired by the experience at rural. Starting with the field recording sounds she collected it in Japan, you enjoy the Kerrie's iconic clear sonic sounds and intricate repetitive sounds.

去年３日目のナイトタイムにLiveセットで登壇し、強烈な印象を残したKerrieから、ruralでの音楽体験にインスパイアされたミックス作品が届きました。その際に録音したという日本でのフィールドレコーディングから始まるこの作品では、彼女の代名詞とも言えるクリアなソニックサウンドと複雑な反復サウンドを堪能することができるでしょう。

rural Podcast 017 Kerrie

Ciao tutti 🌸 My latest NTS episode is up ~ a special full production mix & cosmic reading from yours truly ✨

This mix is a journal ~ mostly unreleased material woven through dub, jungle, techno, poetry, and field recordings. Moments I’ve carried across borders and seasons. Meant to be felt whole 🌀

🎨 Art by MeteFYI 

~ with love & gratitude ~ 
GiGi 🧿🧜‍♀️💖

NTS Radio ~ GiGi FM ~ Production Mix 21.05.2025

REC 36 w/ Konduku

Let's head back to Fuse on January 4th for two hours of technical, percussive and ambient soul. Intertwining minimalist techno, UK-influenced bass, and polyrhythmic grooves, he kept the listener focused in dreamscapes as he reflected his influences from labels like Nous’klaer, Spazio Disponibile, and his distinct attention to unconventional time signatures or drum work. This said, Konduku at Fuse offers an accurate snapshot of the universe defining him. Have a listen right here. 

▪️ Soundcloud: @kondukukonduku
▪️ Resident Advisor: ra.co/dj/konduku
▪️ Instagram: instagram.com/konduku/


Konduku ― Recorded Live at Fuse (04.01.25)

Throughout the years, Detroit-born Berlin-based groove operator and Tresor / Globus resident Eric Cloutier has been honing and refining his palette as both a producer and a DJ. Not one to engage in dogmatic restraint, Cloutier keeps developing his vision through carefully curated selections and an equally impeccable mixing technique. Boasting the variety and precision of his releases for his own imprint Palinoia, the present mix was recorded live at The Chinese Laundry in Sydney last year. Playing the main room open-to-close, Cloutier put together this mix as an evolving story and, much like the crowd of that night which proved highly receptive to the narrative, we hope this one will resonate with you. A most exquisitely complex and deep-diving plunge into Cloutier’s shape-shifting headspace, alternating heavyweight punch and dubbed-out minimalism with swashes of textured membranes and faux-organic, modular-like intricacies, this mix is as elusively impossible to pigeonhole as it proves sophisticated in its design.

https://soundcloud.com/cloutier


Reclaim Your City 648 | Eric Cloutier

Queens NY
VOLNOST Resident 
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Bookings Europe:  laura@onboardmusic.net
Bookings N America: nicole@muisca.la
Next Gigs:
Flash (DC) 3/1 w Hiroko Yamamura 
BASEMENT Feb 16 w Haruka (Future Terror) 
Nowadays Feb 8th B2B w Aka-Sol
Brutal MX Feb 1st w Ne/Re/A , Basho 

Merge 12/31 Brooklyn 
Nowadays 1/14 with Ryan Elliott 
Merge 1/27 with Amotik
Mizz Softee 2/3
Buddy Buddy Buffalo TBA 2/4
Paragon on Broadway w ACR 2/18
Merge Afters B2B set with Kiernan Leveaux 2/19
TBA Brooklyn with Levon Vincent 2/24
SecondNature Seattle 3/24
SF Ever Afters Campout 3/25
Merge 3/31
Balance at Basement 4/7 
Organik Festival Taiwan  April 21st
Dance Planet @ Paragon On broadway 5/20