@bjarki is relentless. The Icelandic artist has admitted in the past he is obsessed with making music. And since his debut in 2015 there has been a lot of it - six albums and plenty of EPs, mostly on Nina Kraviz's трип, !K7 and his own bbbbbb label. It is always bold and innovative whether taking the form of a straight up club banger or abstract IDM composition. He has released it under more than 10 different names, and what unifies it all is its experimental spirit. 

You could say the same about this week's podcast, which begins with kiddie favourite 'The Birdie Song' before slipping into spoken word monologues, ice cold broken beats and twisted rhythms. They unfold at a relentless pace, with quick and seamless transitions from electro to techno to club music immersing you deep in Bjarki's unique sonic psyche. The cumulative effect is like a busy collage; an outpouring of captivating music from an overactive mind.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 371 - Bjarki

Hailing from the other side of the pond, Lydo is best known for tearing up semi-licensed New York venues with their X-TRA.Services party series: think hazy basements, hard and fast rhythms, underground feeling. This staple of Big Apple nightlife has even spilled into a requisite line of rave equipment (X-TRA.Gear) made for those in attendance. With a sound self reported as ‘sweet to moody, but always sexy’ Lydo fuses blistering techno-trance with traces of their love for R’n’B as well as anything they might pick up through intimate ties to the Fast Forward crew on the way. For this instalment, Lydo expertly packs together tracks that morph from delicate ambient pads to flirtatious beats, fleshy and slick techno sounds that march defiantly into the small hours.

@lydole

Bassiani invites Lydo / Podcast #121

MARICAS - Rachel Noon 043

Volvox and Juana went b2b for the first time at July's summer Balance and the results were fantastically fierce. The meeting of two of Unter's most beloved DJs was a first and one we hope is not the last. This recording drops you 15 mins into their 2 hour b2b set from an all around unforgettable night at BASEMENT. Balance will return Nov 11 ... @volvox @thatjuana

Volvox b2b Juana - Recorded at BASEMENT July 2, 2022

Recorded live @hoerberlin for @kontinuum_productions showcase, April 30 2022

video:
youtu.be/rISDshvK1WM

HÖR RADIO — Kontinuum — LYDO 4.30.22

Locked Groove Transmission #04: LYDO

Locked Groove Transmission #05: Clarisa Kimskii

BASEMENT is proud to announce Lydo as one of our first residents. They are one of the club's most regular bookings, and with good reason. Lydo's poise, focus and versatility have cemented their position as one of the most exciting talents in NY today. They evocatively describe their sound as “a minimal trip through an underwater forest. It can be sharp and it can be soft.” They're kicking off the residency with a mix of driving, determined techno.

— @lydole

BASEMENT 001 - Lydo

"I am going to take you on a ride where I will challenge you to back down or go with me," Parrish Smith says in the interview below. "If you don't like to do this, and you see a glimpse of me, you will dislike me. But the second time it happens again, I will be there to change your mind again, just to be challenged."

It's a confident, confrontational idea that goes with an unusually confrontational RA Podcast, a mix that represents a truly free spirit in the European dance scene. Smith, who also moonlights in the band Volition Immanent with fellow Dutch trailblazer Mark Knekelhuis, makes and plays hard, aggressive techno. But instead of gabber BPMs and overdriven kick drums, he directly incorporates ideas, sounds and influences from rock, punk and metal, a tricky combination that he nails like few others have been able to. (Just check his album Light, Cruel & Vain.)

Case in point: this mix blends Regis, Tzusing and Playboi Carti with Sepultura, Juno Reactor and Celldweller. It's a journey to the end of aesthetics, where opposites don't attract so much as crash and melt into each other. It's a fierce hour-and-a-half but never quite overbearing or overwhelming, gracefully weaving in and out of chaos like the work of someone who knows the real impact and art of heavy music.

@parrishsmith

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/874

RA podcast

RA.874 Parrish Smith

Juana B2B Ne/re/a - Merge 02.24.23

Interview + Download + Tracklist: http://truantsblog.com/2020/truancy-volume-256-akua/

Soundcloud:@akua_b

Raised in Los Angeles but based in Brooklyn since 2015, Akua has spent the past five years redefining and cultivating a sound within techno that has assuredly become her own. As one of the many talented DJs that makes up the Discwoman roster, her passion for research and recontextualization in the realm of techno, has been a driving force in packing out dancefloors over 2019 - a year which took her across the globe more than ever. We caught with Akua to discuss the whirlwind and transformative year that was her 2019, being captivated by the wild energy of New York during her first summer in the city, playing mainstage at this year's Sustain-Release, and how she first fondly connected with the fast-paced, adventurous mixing style of early Jeff Mills, Colin Dale and Dave Angel. As our first mix of 2020, Truancy Volume 256 is Akua flowing at her most natural, contorting through a range of influences as she picks out cuts from Chicago and Detroit visionaries. Scan 7, Blake Blaxter, Mike Dearborn, Robert Armani, DJ Rush and Paul Johnson are all well represented here, and her recognised approach of pairing timeless classics with today's most contemporary techno producers is packaged up with her distinct toughness and trademark energy.

Locked Groove Transmission #04: LYDO

Locked Groove

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