what a superb ambient soundtrack, gives a strange sense of being surrounded and immersed yet somehow feeling isolated and alone, but in a euphoric uplifting way. Really wonderful mix

BARKER!! Awesome tune to finish an awesome set

@xdb is Kosta Athanassiadis – German by birth and in residence, with Greek parentage. His roots are in the central German town of Göttingen. It was here that he began DJing in the early nineties; where he worked in a record shop; where he ran a radio show for five years; and the base from which he established the Metrolux record label in 2006.
For many people, it was at this point that XDB appeared on their radar. His debut ‘Jackintosh EP’ and the following ‘Descap EP’ made a splash with heads, but whilst the shimmering dub techno moments were perhaps the most obvious hook, subsequent tracks defied easy categorisation – an early indication that the person behind the music took a broad view of electronic music, caring not for stylistic pigeonholes.
Further releases mapped out more of a defined aesthetic for the label, with XDB’s own work sitting alongside contributions from Atheus and Arne Weinberg. By 2007, Kosta’s music had caught the ear of other outlets; including Francois Kevorkian’s Deep Space Media (a sublabel of Wave Music) licensed ‘Descap’ and ‘Descap live’ for re-release. @brendonmoeller was the A&R at that time and a 4 track EP on Wave Music followed in 2009.
The same year, @p-scott put out the first XDB release on his own @sistrum-recordings, which saw Kosta tailoring his output to a cleaner, more Detroit-inflected sound. In tandem with his production work, XDB the DJ was coming into his own. An avid collector of vinyl since his childhood (Kosta’s collection presently numbers some 10,000 records); he had honed his craft in clubs and on the radio – mixing monthly on his own ‘Case Check’ show. 2008 brought an early highlight – spinning at Japan’s lauded Labyrinth festival alongside the cream of the international deep techno and house scene.
Kosta’s DJ sets draw upon his expansive record collection, playing right across the board of electronic music. He has no shortage of technical skill but it’s his selection that truly shines – putting the music itself at the forefront, letting songs breathe when need be, and delivering plenty of head-scratching ‘what the hell is this track?’ moments.
It’s on this that Kosta has built his reputation. Tastemakers such as the now-defunct mnml ssgs crew were quick to snap him up for a guest mix in 2009, and several of his online recordings have been picked up for @resident-advisor ‘Mix of the Day’ spot. In 2010, XDB played at the UK’s highly-regarded Freerotation festival – starting a love affair with the event that’s seen him come back every year since. The festival secured Kosta’s place within a fraternity of fellow musicians and DJs who also prefer to let their music do the talking – likeminds who recognise the purity in what they do, and are all the more respected because of it.
That same year, he remixed Detroit heroes Norm Talley - @ormalley and Aaron Carl - @aaroncarl and in 2011 produced releases for the Dolly, Harbour City Sorrow and Echocord imprints. 2012’s highlight was a split 12” with Kassem Mosse and in 2013 he was reunited with Sistrum Recordings for the ‘Frocks’ record. 2013 also saw the rebirth of Metrolux after a 3 year hiatus, with ‘Edition 2’, an excellent Various Artists release.
When it comes to producing, Kosta favours a slow and steady work rate, opting to focus on quality control rather than record shop ubiquity. His DJing keeps him in the public eye, but one gets the sense that XDB prefers to operate in the shadows. There’s a refreshing lack of gimmickry to his approach – keeping it low-key allows him to be judged solely on the basis of talent. Arguably, it’s an innate quality – the way he wants to play it; the way that brings him most satisfaction, but it’s helped establish his reputation as an artist of considerable merit, winning the approval his audience and peers, alike.
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Alfonso Pomeda is one of the finest underground artists from Madrid, not only in the Electronic music world, but as a person totally dedicated and involved in different music projects like his now online only record store “…Is The Place” or being the co-director of the spanish events Sonikas and CALMA. He also co-directs the labels Downbeat, Eleve and Memories on Wax and Alpenglühen which takes the ambient path.

As a DJ, he covers a great variety of styles like 4x4 electronics, experimental music, ambient, the more atmospheric horizontal Techno and American House.
Wise music artist with progressive, deep and long mix sessions, pretending to be trips and stories with a beginning and an end, with special attention to speech.

This month, Alfonso’s label Downbeat has a vinyl reléase in coming with music by one of his label parters Jose Rico.

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Short Attention Mix 028 by F-On

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Tune in for this week's episode of Observatory by https://soundcloud.com/sungate-records. This time they are joined by Metrolux Music label founder and avid record collector Kosta Athanassiadis a.k.a XDB (https://soundcloud.com/xdb) 
The mix was done in one take straight away without preselection, picking records out of the shelves. It’s downbeat, slower than his usual mixes and more of a listening than a dancing experience. https://soundcloud.com/hakkmusic continues during the second hour of the show with a mix full of breaks, dreamy pads and hipnotic atmospheres.

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Observatory 014 - Sungate [with XDB & Hakk]

XLV Michal Zietara
Respecting pandemic strictures, Robert Johnson Club hibernates since mid-march. Its iconic view from the balcony can now be seen on the Robert Johnson homepage in real-time, as long as the club remains closed. Each SEE YOU SOON Ambient Mix has been crafted with this feature in mind—the choice of mix, day or night time, is at your discretion.

"See You Soon" - Ambient Mix XLV - Michal Zietara

How Deep Is Grandma's Handbag?

Vinyl mix from a lazy sunday afternoon....

36 /Violet (Past Inside The Present)
Chaotic Reality /Utica Avenue Prerequiem (Chaotic Reality)
Alex Albrecht /Cabin in the Meadow (Mule Musiq)
Prostitune /Honey Nugget (Just Another Beat)
Peak:Shift /South Exit (Nurture)
P. Laoss /A Little Something (Wahlscheibe)
Chaos In the CBD /Mind Massage (In Dust We Trust)
STL /Unlike Dislike (Château Chépère)
Sirko Müller /Inhale (Wandering)
BvDub /Way Back When (Millions of Moments)
Soela /Fledgling (Ohm Series)
Impulse /Revel Dub Slow (Past Inside the Present)
JS Zeiter /Refracted (Lempuyang)
Romar /13.2 (Attica)
Monsoon  /Angel Dust (Driftwood)
Hydergine ft Mikkel Metal /Blue Lotus (Ranges)
Heavenchord & Sibling /MInimal Surface (Cymawax)
Remote /Acid End (Meanwhile)
Stojche /Raison D'Etre [Espace Liminal Edit] (Artless)
Leonid /Mudanza (Sistrum Recordings)

VR July 2022

How Deep Is Grandma's Handbag?

www.openlab.fm | 106.4FM in Ibiza & Formentera
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https://openlab.fm/news/dusk-delay-018-lord-of-the-isles

For the first Dusk Delay episode of 2023, https://soundcloud.com/lordoftheisles takes us on one of his typically magical sound excursions. The show not only features music from favourites, Mu Tate, No Moon, and TREN, it also features some unreleased gems from new unknown Ruben Ferry and LOTI himself. 

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Dusk Delay 018 - Lord Of The Isles

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To celebrate the launch of Inverted Audio Artist Agency, Carsten Jost (@david_lieske) delivers an hour long masterclass in hypnotic deep house and leftfield electronics.

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Agency Mix: Carsten Jost

Under the alias of Carsten Jost hides none other than David Lieske, co-founder of the seminal deep-house bastion that is Dial Records. A native of the red-brick-dressed Hamburg, David couldn’t have wished for a better school than Germany’s best-known disco-chalet, i.e. the mighty Golden Pudel, where he and longtime partner in crime Lawrence would get to decisively forge their unique sensibility whilst learning the ins and outs of DJing.

As a master of the decks, Carsten Jost covers a wide span of hypnotic house music as much as he enjoys traversing more nuanced spectrums of leftfield electronics and further melancholy-drenched ambient. If the majority of his productions were originally issued back in the early two-thousands, 2017 marked an important milestone in David’s own artistic career with the release of his second album, ‘Perishable Tactics‘, featuring material new and old, including some previously released tracks from his ‘Atlantis’ EP as well as his timeless classic, ‘Love’, originally part of a 2007-issued split 12″ alongside Efdemin.

Within two decades of faultless curation and body-and-soul dedication to their craft, it’s safe to say Dial has become one of the most dependable and respected record labels in the world of electronic music, laying the foundations to a sound catalogue unlike anything else, and which very few out there could ever boast bringing to life: Efdemin, John Roberts, Pantha Du Prince, Roman Flügel, Portable, DJ Richard, Christian Naujoks, James K… the list is long.

And so goes the list of key clubs and events David has graced over the years, with past performances at Zur Klappe, Paloma Bar, Griessmuehle, ://about blank, Panorama Bar, Public Records in New York, REX Club in Paris, Golden Pudel and PAL in Hamburg, JAX in Amsterdam, Jaeger in Oslo, Oval Space and Corsica Studios in London.

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https://soundcloud.com/david_lieske
https://carstenjost.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/davidlieske/
https://www.facebook.com/CarstenJostOfficial/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/2102-Carsten-Jost
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/carstenjost

Phonons Podcast 064 Carsten Jost

Berlin-based DJ and producer @soelaela is profiled in the latest issue of 5 Mag. In addition, she provided this vinyl-only set for this week's 5 Mag Mix, featuring tracks from Sonnen Blumen Kerne, Jan Jelinek, Fred P, Oleg Polyakov, Oshanna, Max Telaer, m50 and more. ✌️

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Soela ⭐️ A 5 Mag Mix vol 89

As the name states Live at Robert Johnson is the associated label of the respected venue in Offenbach and incorporates what the club stands for. The imprint has been establishing a solid ground for the new Frankfurt sound since 2009. By featuring internationally acclaimed artists LARJ has been providing DJs and audiences with essential tunes in an extensive range of high-quality house music. Laid-back dance-floor awareness with a sense for particularity in sound is what might describe best most of the releases and artists.

"See You Soon" - Ambient Mix XLV - Michal Zietara

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