CESAR35 _ side B

CESAR35  _ side A

There’s an infinite number of different ways to approach playing techno, depending on the energy you’re seeking to transmit. As Gerald Brunson demonstrates on his mix for IO, one such way is the blistering high-tempo quick mix assault – something synonymous with the fabled Midwest rave scene in the US and parties like Drop Bass Network’s Furthur (where Brunson is a regular feature).

Immersed in the culture since the mid 90s, Brunson is perhaps best known these days as The Acid Jakal (@user-329641482), running the Dance Sacred label and agency (which also looks after Aux 88’s Keith Tucker, Suburban Knight and other such legends). As he prepares to release the Hug Your Friends EP on @tresorberlin, we hit him up for a mix and he shelled down this absolute monster workout. A mix of two halves, it gives you a serious shot in the arm of hi-octane techno with oodles of classics slammed in with true underground oddities. In the art of the rapid blend, nothing sounds like you’ve ever heard it before. Head to the link below for some insight into the world(s) Brunson comes from, and fire up a heavy dose of rave-ready firepower from a DJ that can absolutely be called the real deal.

https://internationalorange.io/iomix006-brunson/

IOMix

IOMix006 // Brunson

Abject Mix

A clinic in minimal from the elusive Acting Press boss. 

Why do certain sounds cultivate a cult following? Simply put, it's often because they resist easy consumption. PLO Man and his imprint Acting Press lean into this. 

Searching for the Berlin-based DJ and producer, you won’t find much online presence, interviews or conventional PR. What you will find, if you look hard enough, is a catalogue of records and mixes with a kind of tape hiss charm (a spiritual successor to Basic Channel and Chain Reaction, but scuzzier and lighter on its feet).

Founded in 2015, Acting Press once seemed to belong to the short-lived "outsider house" trend, but is now synonymous with a certain strain of modern minimal, one that is analogue, spacious and pointedly opaque. PLO Man's output is equally sparse by design: this week, he joins the RA Podcast with a characteristically elusive style, accompanying the near two-hour mix is a one-answer Q&A that gives almost nothing away.

Stripped-back, ever-so-slightly sleazy and coated in dust, PLO Man's RA Podcast continues that lineage in style. Opening with the featherlight microhouse of Margaret Dygas, RA.988 unfolds into a carefully curated spectrum of minimal, dub and deep techno. Among familiar names—look out for the blinding Rhythm & Sound and Moodymann blend—are deep cuts and left turns alongside the odd outlier, like lovers' rock pioneer Gregory Isaacs.

Like the best of his forebears, PLO Man wants RA.988 to take time for you to settle in. But once you do, you won’t want to leave. 

@p_el_oh

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/988

RA.988 PLO Man

https://www.instagram.com/fysicaltherapy


PLO Man and Physical Therapy @ The Lot Radio 07-16-2025

Mix recorded in my studio 7/20/25 to promote new ep "DJ John Brooklyn - The Summer Tapes"  out now on bandcamp.  Played some current favorite records from my collection. https://1kanyon.bandcamp.com/album/the-summer-tapes

Buy The Summer Tapes

DJ John Brooklyn - The Summer Mix

Fireground Live at TresorBerlin 15/08/2025 (recorded with stereo microphone)

Fireground (live) @ Tresor 15/08/2025

Frits Wentink B2B Malin Genie
Shelter Amsterdam
6 September 2025

Tracks:
01 Frits Wentink - BODOX003 B2 (S.A.D. Mix)
02 Frits Wentink & Malin Genie - Tongue Kiss
03 Frits Wentink & Malin Genie - Atricot
04 Frits Wentink & Malin Genie - Demiurge
05 Boy Berger - Nexus Fusion
06 ?? - ??
07 Frits Wentink & Malin Genie - Exopaq
08 Frits Wentink & Malin Genie - Cataflex
09 Boy Berger - Data Flex
10 Malin Genie - Life Without Parole
11 Leod - Untitled 08
12 ?? - ??
13 DJ SKELET - Demons Taking Over
14 Grim Phunk - Money Dont Sleep
15 Gerry Read - Pockets Ain’t Snuff
16 DJ SKELET - Raise Hell
17 Phil Weeks - We The Brand
18 Frits Wentink - Discosizer
19 Malin Genie - Club Death Spiral
20 Frits Wentink & Malin Genie - Infinite Recoil
21 Yaleesa Hall - C3 0600 
22 Flow - Breedon Explore
23 Yaleesa Hall x Malin - First Carol (YHxM Stripped Mix)
24 G-Flame - Stringer
25 Malin Genie - Veinzend

https://malingenie.bandcamp.com/
https://swap-shop.bandcamp.com/

Frits Wentink B2B Malin Genie @ Shelter, Amsterdam, Saturday 06/09/25

http://malingenie.bandcamp.com

Malin Genie B2B Yaleesa Hall.
Recorded @ Globus; Tresor, Berlin. 
February 2019.

Malin Genie B2B Yaleesa Hall (Live At Tresor, Berlin)

Baby Ford - All That Nothing

https://www.instagram.com/__doublelife__/

Abject Mix

Double Life