2025 mix series mixes, live dj sets, mixes, mixtapes

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After an inspiring festival season debuting our Truffle101 showcases around Europe we would like to share a 3 hour cut from our 6 hour b2b2b journey in the Sicilian forest at the foothills of Mt. Etna back in August. The first of many explorations as Lazy Susan (2StepBec, Oliver.r, Zeus) 🌋 

Lots of love to our Opera Festival family for inviting and taking care of us on that special weekend ❤️

Milo, Sicily 
23.08.24

Lazy Susan (2StepBec, Oliver.r, Zeus) - Opera Festival 2024 🌋

Another b2b on the series by Anaïs and Oscar - the talented couple and duo who own one of Europe's finest record shops, soundcloud.com/legramvg

They claim to have listened to MMSU (whilst working in the store) more than anyone else. Maybe they are right, cos they nailed it.

MMSU 32 - LEGRAM VG (Oscar VG & Anaïs Liro)

An hour of laidback selections from Rustam.  While he is often heard in Kyiv's Closer, we heard him play at the unforgettable Zorepad Festival near Lviv in August and instantly asked him for a contribution to the Drum Syrup series.

@rustam

DRUM SYRUP PODCAST 20 - RUSTAM

a collection of gems from the mind of Eletun Selona

Eletun Selona - before we reach the end (Mix)

The Dekmantel favourite kicks off 2025 in an exploratory mood.

Since her breakout in 2017, Thessa Thorsing has built an enviable CV: a debut release on Nous'klaer Audio, an album on Dekmantel and a residency at former Amsterdam clubbing institution De School. Over these years, she's honed a singular sound, navigating wild variations in tempo and mood that dance along the edges of techno, IDM and drum & bass (we could list many more, but you know the drill).

Her creative arc has seen her delve into ever more abstract concepts, such as 2024's ambient-leaning album, Strange Meridians, exploring the interplay between synthetic and natural textures through drumless experimentations. As she explained in her 2018 RA Breaking Through profile, "I just want to hear the weirdness in the music."

Thorsing's RA Podcast showcases exactly why she's one of the most  consistently adventurous names in dance music. Describing it as "a mix with a narrative," the former landscape architecture student flexes her ability to build sonic environments, beginning in a landscape more akin to a swamp than a club.

Across 90 minutes, she moves through numerous layered terrains, exploring everything from Skee Mask's lucid, beatless techno to the piercing acid of Mike Parker. Unfolding with a restless sense of curiosity, RA.970 captures an artist challenging the boundaries of electronic music, ever upward.

@upsammy

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RA.970 upsammy

Kicking off 2025 in the best company as Tokyo-born, Amsterdam-based don Wata Igarashi takes over with a masterclass in pulsating futuristic techno and widescreen sonics. Through a flurry of top-of-the-range releases for the likes of Dekmantel, Kompakt, Figure and his own imprint, WIP, the Japanese producer has been cementing his position as a true innovator of techno music. His unparalleled knack for crafting big-room-ready tunes that engineer a complex cocktail of cutting-edge elegance, modular intuitivity and hi-impact punch has logically made him a much sought-after talent in the scene. Not departing from that polymathic approach, his RYC mix, recorded at the PURE G event at FINAL Taipei on December 7, treats us to a storm of shape-shifting grooves and brutalist fractals of sound. Beware, high voltage.

soundcloud.com/wata

Reclaim Your City

Reclaim Your City 625 | Wata Igarashi

Jan Swam's artistry is an ever-evolving journey through the boundless realms of sound. With deep roots in diverse musical traditions, his performances traverse tribal polyrhythms, psychedelic soundscapes, and intricate structures, blending vintage tones with cutting-edge innovation. A regular presence at renowned clubs and festivals like Mo:Dem, Garage Noord, and Paraiso, Jan’s sonic explorations captivate audiences across Europe. As one-half of Convoluted Mental Mirror, he delves into immersive, percussive narratives and innovative A/V projects like Mycelium, reflecting nature's interconnected rhythms. Co-founder of Refractor Festival, Jan curates transformative musical experiences, uniting global artists in harmony with the natural world.

@janswam

RADIANCE PODCAST 007 - JAN SWAM

@bipooolar presents the fourth chapter of Tribal Wanderings, a fluid journey through ambient textures, hypnotic tribal  and eerie free-tekno.

Chapter IV ✧ Bipolar

Magic Pass 005 w/ rub db

Running Hot is producer and DJ Mark Newman. He discovered rave when he was 13 via a tape from his mate at school which has led to a lifelong love affair. He is is orignally from South Wales and now resides in Berlin running with the Love On The Rocks crew... This mix is based on his love of Italo-house. It's a nice one... Enjoy.

"I recorded this one in the middle of another frosty and grey morning in Berlin so I wanted to try and conjure up some of the spirit of summer. I’d had the idea for a while to try and do a mix with a lot of very pitched down Italo-house stuff so that it almost starts to sound a bit like kwaito and has a nice laid back feel… So here it is! Hope you enjoy!"

TP537 Running Hot

SWAYMIX 012 - Tako Reyenga

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