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Excited to be presenting a mix from one of the scenes top players @kondukukonduku so many of his productions and DJ sets chime perfectly with the series and couldn't be happier with this one!

Club Rooted #3 / Konduku

Ciao ~ 
Here we are, right on time for the full moon and this month in the sign of Capricorn bringing waves of energy that are mixed in feeling and in frequency. 
This Full Moon is stirring things until we are unable to see clearly ahead ~ inviting us to see things from a different vantage point.

While all Full Moons represent a point of completion and endings, this Full Moon brings some wildcard energy that may scatter us or create a feeling of unrest or unease. We may feel ourselves being guided to let go and surrender control, but this work may challenge us.

It is key to keep your heart and mind open to forgiveness and, welcome the grounding, earthy, and supportive qualities that the Capricorn frequencies can bring. Focus on things that build a sense of security and stability, and know like all things, this too shall pass.

For this month edition I have a special guest taking over with a one of a kind journey, soundtracking the feels of this Full Moon with an hour of his own productions, @kondukukonduku ~ 

@kondukukonduku is a intuitive and brilliant producer with a love for Turkish percussions and polyrhythms ~ which he inherited from his Ankara-born musician father and his Balkan folklore dancer mamma. 
Ruben aka Konduku has released on lush labels like @nousklaeraudio @delsinrecords and more which I invite you to check out :) 

Kondi creates beautiful realms and for this one he makes us dive into a trippy wormhole of unreleased newer bits from himself with forthcoming tracks soon coming out on @spaziodisponibile and forthcoming music in collab with Aa Sudd as Konsudd on @amenthia-recordings
 
Enjoy the dive & thanks for listening ~ see you next month with an other special guest ~ 

Beautiful art by Giacomo Marinsalta 

Full Moon ritual with guided meditation link below
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kLnEtYzeS-wFZKTxMfEoWRuK28QpGl3XP01aBT0Klh0/edit?usp=sharing

~ with gratitude ~ 

GiGi

GiGi FM Presents Konduku ~ NTS 23d June 2021

Recording of Konduku's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2021.

Konduku at Dekmantel Selectors 2021

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GiGi FM - Planet Kikuta
Kane Ikin - Grid
Konduku - Helles
klaus - Qua
SnP500 - Eart
JEMAPUR - Inf-Gravity
Deadbeat & Sa Pa - Untitled
natural/electronic.system. - Noctiflora
Cedar - VLF
Stenny - Sum
Tammo - untitled
Felix K - Flower of Destruction #2
Aa Sudd - untitled
KYLN  - Noise Engineering Basimilus Iterates Alter
Marco Shuttle - Tombak Healer
Konsudd - Heilen
Last Life - Genesis
Vardae - Acanthe
Space Drum Meditation - Reign (Konduku Remix)
HOAVI - Sava
Konduku - Özlem

Konduku on Refuge Worldwide Radio - 19.11.21

Konduku @ DOGMA x Nous'klaer ADE 2021

Undeniably one of my biggest inspirations, the ever-talented @kondukukonduku presents a mix in his signature style, a unique soundscape of charming rhythms and melodies.

I've been a big fan of the Konduku ever since his debut album, Kiran, on @nousklaeraudio in 2018. Since then, Ruben has released an impressive and diverse catalogue on labels such as Spazio Disposable, Delsin & Idle Hands, often drawing on his Turkish heritage.

Beyond his incredible productions, Konduku is known for long, mind melting and crafty DJ sets & mixes. His closing set at De School for ADE in 2019 was one of my favourite DJ sets to date!

Thank you so much for putting this one together Ruben!

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Animix Sixty Six: Konduku

As we edge nearer to our 100th mix, we seek to Berlin for textural techno melodies from dutch producer and DJ Konduku aka Ruben Üvez. Having graced some of our favorite labels like Donato Dozzy's Spazio Disponibile, Nous'Klaer, Delsin, Midgar and more, Üvez has become a maestro in layering UK techno stylings with a European flavour, finding that perfect balance between space and drums. 
His wisdom in also finding tracks of this style have become an integral part of his DJ sets being incorporated beautifully to the point of losing yourself even in the more relentless parts. A journey to say the least that very few can put you on, displaying Üvez's approach that could be comparable to that of modern greats like Batu and Donato Dozzy. And that is what Konduku has done here on Phonica 99. Recorded live from a Midgar party in Berlin recently that transports you to that time and moment so alluringly, we have a chat to Üvez more about the concept and where his head was at during this set.

Phonica Mix Series 99: Konduku

Live recording of my set on the sunday afternoon of @parallelfestival 2022

Konduku at Paral·lel Festival 2022

For Patterns of Perception 112, we're very excited to welcome back @kondukukonduku - a truly stellar all-round talent and dear friend of our collective. 

Four whole years have passed since we last featured Konduku in our mix series. In this time, he has reached new creative heights, adding textures, shades and vibrancy to his distinctive sound - in the process finding homes for highly touted releases on the likes of @spaziodisponibile, Mantis (via @delsinrecords), @nousklaeraudio, @amenthia-recordings (with @aasudd) and most recently @djnobu_bitta's Bitta.

As a DJ, his creativity and skills are similarly vaunted, and see him regularly take the stage at key festivals, venues and events across Europe and Asia. 

Recorded live at Patterns of Perception @ OHM Berlin on Apr 21, 2023, Konduku's Patterns of Perception 112 is a showcase of his thrilling abilities behind the decks. Unpredictable yet totally engrossing, this set is a profound tale of tension and release. Tightly wound grooves and eerie psychedelia leading us unerringly to ecstasy. A fine balance of intuition, control and spirit from a visionary artist in full-flight. 

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https://www.instagram.com/konduku/
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Patterns of Perception 112 - Konduku

@kondukukonduku @ ratherlost, lofi in amsterdam
15 april 00-02

thank you ruben <3333

ani/live Twenty Two: Konduku @ Ratherlost

Tripped out techno

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Konduku @ The Lot Radio 09-01-2023

For MNMT 396 Konduku presents a mix of lucid techno experiments, full of new and unreleased heat delivered in curious time signatures, with a deep rhythmic pulse.

His releases have seen him majoring for the likes of Nous’klaer - a label he’s most commonly associated with - to releases with Delsin’s Mantis Series, DJ Nobu’s Bitta label, and his celebrated Parlama EP for Spazio Disponibile - Konduku delivers an undeniable sonic pattern of uptempo, liquid and polyrhythmic groove. 

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https://konduku.bandcamp.com/

MNMT 396 : Konduku

Recording of one of my favourite parties of last year, Metropolis in Brussels.

Photo: Nine Louvel

Konduku at Metropolis 29.10.23

In just three editions, Mostra Festival has achieved what many events aspire to but rarely reach – consistently bringing out the best in the artists who perform. Part of this success is due to perfectly matching the music to the specific time slots and settings. Following Sybil's meticulously timed and skillfully executed mix, the responsibility of closing the "day portion" at the Foso stage was assigned to one of Amsterdam's finest exports, Konduku. 

While many anticipated his signature polyrhythmic brain dance style, a great DJ knows how to read the moment and adapt accordingly. Konduku delivered a quirky, minimal techno set that had us bopping against Castell's walls the entire time. The set never lost its momentum, with unexpected synth stabs and a flurry of mid-high percussion adding a delightfully offbeat twist to the steady four-on-the-floor rhythm. 
It was a gloriously weird sunset, and that's a good thing.

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Delayed x Mostra: Konduku

Konduku (@kondukukonduku) is Dutch-born but with a proud Turkish heritage that colours the music he makes. It's impactful techno but with curious time signatures and minimalist percussive that draws on the rhythms of his ancestral homeland. As the son of a musician and Balkan folklore dancer, he was always set to spend his life in music and so far it's been a rich one that has included a standout debut album on Nous’klaer in 2018 and fresh EPs on the cult likes of Delsin, Bitta and Spazio Disponibile.

This week's mix showcases exactly what he is all about with 80 minutes of supple and subversive techno. Liquid tracks from Jeff Mills, Donato Dozzy, Shackleton and plenty of his own all feature in this timeless trip where slick transitions and carefully threaded grooves constantly build mood and atmosphere. From deep and cosmic to dark and dystopian, there is an always underlying tension that keeps both mind and body utterly locked in.

Dekmantel Podcast 472 - Konduku

2018’s chilled-out Kiran LP was a first step towards Konduku’s inevitable fate as electronic music producer par excellence. The Dutch performer’s right brain rhythms were perhaps aptly timed, touching a spot made tender by the period of introspection forced upon us by an unprecedented global pandemic. These were spartan experiments in sound that reverberated within the cavernous space isolation prised open but didn’t stay that way for long. With the return to normality came another side to Konduku’s work, productions and real-time sets that focused on a heavier, more techno-leaning sound; though they still took inspiration from bass, sometimes house, and the plangent loops of mid-2000s Italian hypnotica. These beats found a perfect home on Spazio Disponibile, Delsin’s Mantis as well as DJ Nobu’s Bitta label, and even claimed a sublabel all his own on Rotterdam’s Nous'klaer Audio, the music and photography outlet K Series. A highly satisfying alliance of liquid basslines and layered echoes put his name on the rise, and today his relentlessly chugging and nimble beats are very much a known quantity, a unique and welcome proponent for cerebral, subaqueous loops. Bassiani Podcast 223 is top-form Konduku recorded live at the club back in May, three hours of forward-thinking techno that’s thick with ideas and rattling rhythms, far-out frequencies for the temporal lobe that surprise at every turn.

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BASSIANI PODCAST SERIES

Bassiani invites Konduku / Podcast #223

Recording of Konduku & Mattikk's set at Dekmantel Ten

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Konduku & Mattikk at Dekmantel Ten

A lesson in rhythm from a former De School resident.

When it comes to minimalist dance music, Ruben Üvez, AKA Konduku, is one of the best in the game right now. With a masterful and ever-shapeshifting understanding of rhythm, the Berlin-based artist crafts sublime dance music with a staunchly leftfield bent. Don't just take our word for it: how many DJs, after all, can claim to have moved De School to a puddle of tears?

Musically, Üvez is hard to pin down. He's often billed as a techno artist, but actually you'll find his sound sits outside of the genre's many conventions. With an outsider's curiosity, he leans into diverse moods, tempos and genres, though one throughline is always how he arranges his drums. Whether it be deep, Nobu-core techno such as 2023's Hayal EP or UK beat science á la Peverelist on 2019's  Gegek, he leads with rhythm across his DJing and production. The end product is a hypnotic, one-of-a-kind sound that hits the body before the brain has time to catch up. In short, it slaps.

As Üvez's RA Podcast demonstrates, he's got a serious knack for crafting and selecting tunes that can  deeply captivate a dance floor. Clocking in at just over 90 minutes, RA.967 is an excursion through a timeless sound, packed with long, layered blends, flick-of-the-wrist transitions, locked grooves and spine-tingling atmospherics. In 2020, we called Ruben Üvez one of techno's brightest new talents. This mix sees him ascending to a seat at the top table.

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RA.967 Konduku

Having made a name for himself through a string of choice releases for the likes of Nous’klaer and Delsin, Dutch producer Konduku has been turning heads with his ever innovative take on the techno medium. Pushing for new directions, Konduku’s been laying down intriguing blends of dubbed-out, Afro-infused grooves and plural strains of abstract-leaning, breaks-friendly hybrids. The present mix showcases the breadth of his influences and essential components, extrapolating techno’s genre-transcending nature through a fine mix of heavily verbed-out electronics and shape-shifting buildup, never quite going where you’d expect it, rather seeking the excitement of suspenseful arcs and unsuspected developments. Bold as it should.

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Reclaim Your City 635 | Konduku

For MNMT Podcast 253 Rotterdams own Ruben Üvez Aka Konduku takes us on a spellbinding rhythmical journey made perfect for the dance-floor.
Read more: https://mnmt.no/?p=11968

MNMT 253: Konduku

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