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Sugar Mountain, we’re back! We’re back to one of our most iconic stages, nestled within the industrial, waterside surrounds of Williamstown on Yalukit-willam land in Naarm. Joined by: Folamour, RONA., Logic 1000 b2b DJ Plead b2b Big Ever, Sleep D, Tarzsa and Adriana.

Sleep D | Boiler Room x Sugar Mountain 2024

A 3,5 hour ode to the perfect summer day. Those diamond days spent with friends, lounging in the sun, jumping in and out of the water and watching the sunset together. Best enjoyed during a heatwave, beach day, boat trip, pool party or balcony holiday. 

Heavily influenced by never taken Eivissa clubbing trips around the turn of the century, expect strong 00’s Ibiza nostalgia, balearic bliss, piano euphoria and sunrise trance. 

Featuring tracks by The Trip, Spray, Shanti Celeste, Clint, Way Out West, Opus III, Orbital, Alex Kassian, Running Hot, Aldonna, Peggy Gou, Sam Alfred, Laroze, B From E, Tre Turner, Courtesy feat. Klō, LUXE, Vitess, E.T.H & Palmiz, Solar Plexus, Man/Ipulate, Earth Trax, SY, Olsvangèr, Hybrid, CC Disco, Match Box, CRW, Alena, Fragma, Cache and many more.

Dagen Van Diamant Vol. 2 (Summer Mix '24)

The rubber hits the road for a studio mix like no other and British selector IMOGEN’s in the driving seat. Her roots in Southampton and later London are the funnel through which her urban-inflected frequencies travel, an articulation of years spent listening to The Prodigy, Ellen Allien and Umwelt, dark-electro with allusions to UK bass. At a mere 16 years old, she moved to the Big Smoke to study Music Tech, became a regular on Radar Radio and was playing in the booth at Berghain a short two years later, with a Fabric residency quickly in tow. 2022 saw her debut EP out on Voitax, an enthusiastically received five track gem that wore her love of breaks and monolith techno confidently. She’s now both Tresor and NTS Radio resident and founder of Wigs, an online hub through which she helps peers connect turned event series and music label. There’s too much to cover before catching your breath really, but it’s openness to experience and energy, not age, that pay the highest dividends. Thoroughly steeped in these internet times, IMOGEN has found a voice that breaks through the wall of endless and indistinguishable sounds and delivers on a pledge to get crowds moving. Bassiani Podcast does that, rattling beats that shapeshift to the breaks weighted sounds synonymous with a UK upbringing, this is a call back to corporeal experience. A 90-minute direct line to the essence of techno from one of the UK’s most promising names.

@imogensmusic

Bassiani invites IMOGEN / Podcast #244

Recorded live as part of Bassiani’s New Year celebrations comes a very special four-hour bout from DJ talent 98dots. From Tbilisi to his chosen home of Brooklyn, Nikoloz Gedevanishvili’s sets are deeply enmeshed with his Georgian roots, slick selections that sprint across emotions and genres. He’s been on this mission since his teenage years, and played at the likes of Bassiani, Basement, The Lot and Mutant Radio (he has a show here), pushing a sound that’s highly charged with political energy and community tailored. These dog whistle rhythms are versatile and packed with layers of sound and percussion that snake along their cosmic route, spanning textbook techno, ambient and more experimental fare. Becoming a keystone in both his local Tbilisi and New York scenes, he’s kept sight of the grassroots magic while playing alongside global names like DJ Nobu, Jane Fitz, Wata Igarashi, DMX Krew and Roman Flügel. This latest instalment is an acid-tinged endurance race, four hours of rampaging techno of a distinctly 98dots stripe, rollercoaster beats of the type Nikoloz does best, marching frequencies to usher in the next half decade.

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Bassiani invites 98dots / Podcast #246

Filip Storsveen returns to the Bassiani Podcast following a first stint as half of Omformer, this time as solo act Oprofessionell. The Oslo-based co-founder of rave entente Uteklubb (and constituent imprint UTE.REC) draws a wealth of inspiration from the aesthetic of 90s trance, a fully packaged set of sounds, images and for many of a generation, memories, that enshrine a moment in electronic music with particular resonance today. Cyclical revivals are just that, but there’s something especially felt in the speed-saturated sound that’s taken over not only his native Norway, but neighbouring nordic lands, an acknowledgement of its homegrown forest-rave culture, something parallel to the speed at which the world seems to be tipping into exponential overdrive. Storsveen and collaborators Mikkel Rev and Alpha Tracks are flying that flag high above the parapet. And as a means of escape, it delivers large on warm and fuzzy nostalgia, a method by which the creative spirits of the past are reborn today just when we need them most. From releases on his co-run label to a string of contagious live sets, Oprofessionell’s ambit is widening and the ethos of nordic rave gains ever more traction. Bassiani Podcast 253 is a wink to the past and a plan for the future, a set recorded live at Bassiani, mercurial rhythms that live and breathe the spirit of Oslo and Storsveen’s neo-trance renaissance.

@oprofessionell

Bassiani invites Oprofessionell [live] / Podcast #253

For the past fifteen years, Rotterdam-based DJ and producer Benny Rodrigues alias ROD has been carving out a lane of his own in the realm of contemporary techno. Piling up one massive release after the other for the likes of Axis, Figure, Soma, Klockworks or his own record label, Rod20, the Dutch artist has been laying the foundation to a catalogue driven by thrill-seeking curiosity and a vibrant desire to bring techno into a whole new dimension, just as the pioneers did. That epic-sized vision and deeply innovative breath infuse both ROD’s studio productions and sets, and his RYC podcast vouches for that very ground-breaking, limit-busting take on the medium. Flush with galloping grooves, mind-altering distortions and heavy-duty analogue funk, the present mix is as much an ode to the early scene’s unfading visionary impulse as it is a future-ready manifesto for our age.

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Reclaim Your City 638 | ROD

From Europe’s southern tip in the Gibraltar-facing port city of Algeciras comes ORBE, the Spanish techno enthusiast whose potent beats have hammered out a pedigree path both as DJ and producer. Prevailing winds carried Fernando Sanz first to Seville to study sound engineering, later to Madrid where the fertile scene allowed him to build a community of music-minded friends that have put that city squarely on the map. Under these conditions, his work (what he terms a means of ‘contacting the future, the avant-garde’) has developed into something much deeper and more sophisticated. His love of artists like Brian Eno and Boards of Canada, and roots in breakbeat and drum and bass have informed a style that’s allowed him to take up the mantle as one of Spain’s most interesting talents. Under his self-titled record label (est. 2014) come his signature killer tunes, and in his work with names like Eduardo de la Calle and labels like Token, Hivern Discs, Axis and Mote Evolver a pole position at the forefront of modern techno. Fresh off his set on the Bassiani floor (14th March) comes this next Bassiani mix. Tensile rhythms that lurch ahead with supernatural power, an involute web of intelligent sounds that attest to his skill as selector. Bassiani Podcast 254 is an hour-long mash up of elfin beats, a vibrating hymn to the sounds of tomorrow, Orbe at the top of his game.

@orbeartist

Bassiani invites ORBE / Podcast #254

To mark the upcoming release "Several Streams of Thought" - Steve Bicknell's new album, due out on May 9th on double vinyl, with a limited edition including a 7-inch, KR3 joins forces with the British producer to deliver a mix that shares the album's title, capturing its spirit and essence.

This journey chronicles Bicknell's decades-long exploration of electronic music, reflecting his deep roots as a collector, DJ, and producer. Drawing from a wide palette of tones and inspirations, it offers a raw and honest snapshot of his constantly evolving sonic identity.

Over the course of 75 minutes, the mix shifts from bright atmospheres to textures of pure power, ultimately entering a dark, low-ceilinged tunnel before reappearing in blinding white, taking a deep breath, and continuing. 

It’s an intricate processing of various dimensions, featuring exclusive unreleased tracks from the 2x12" and 7" editions of the album.

Album Pre-Order via KR3 Bandcamp Account: 
https://kr3stevebicknell.bandcamp.com/album/several-streams-of-thought

Resident Advisor feature on S. Bicknell's new album here: https://it.ra.co/news/82511


MIX TRACKLIST:
1. Steve Bicknell - The Eye of The Invisible World.1 [Extract]
2. Jam Breaks - Funky Funky Time [Steve Bicknell • backtotheparty edit]
3. Liquid Liquid - Lock Groove In & Out
4. Strafe - Set It Off
5. Boogie Down - Haven't Been Funked Enough [Steve Bicknell • backtotheparty edit]
6. Kevin Starke - Jaws
7. K Alexi - Relax With Chicago PT.2
8. Lil Louis - Club Lonely [Steve Bicknell • backtotheparty edit]
9. Pitched Black - When Stars Collide
10. Steve Bicknell - The Eye of The Invisible World.1 [Extract]
11. Steve Bicknell - The Concept of Practopia
12. Steve Bicknell - The Reassurance Ritual
14. Steve Bicknell -  Scene Two [Extract]

Several Streams of Thought

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Several Streams of Thought Mix by Steve Bicknell

The full 4-hour recorded set from @tresorberlin on March 1st, 2025 (Klubnacht opening).

Isabel Soto @ Tresor Berlin | 01.03.25 (Klubnacht opening)

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Rinse FM Podcast - De School Takeover - Aurora Halal -7th January 2017

Two hardware masters head on an experimental and totally improvised session live from Paris' now-defunct Concrete. 

@mathew-jonson & @sebastianmullaert embark on an extended live session in RM1 on 08/02: fabricldn.co/sk24ms

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Mathew Jonson & Sebastian Mullaert Recorded Live at Concrete 02/11/2018

from many strange places by many strange roads Brain Scratching - Sound of Vortex

Several Streams of Thought Mix by Steve Bicknell

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