Purelink have been described more than once as an "ambient boy band." (They themselves say "jam band.") It's not meant dismissively—the American trio purposefully mean to function as a band, even if their main instruments are laptops. Ambient might not quite cut it as a descriptor, though. The group's music crosses eras and scenes, touching on the late '90s clicks & cuts boom as well as the billowy ambient techno put out by labels like 3XL, West Mineral Ltd. and NAFF. 

Their most recent LP, Signs, released on enigmatic imprint Peak Oil (and one of our favourite albums of 2023), is especially impressive, made of stuttering rhythms and glassy textures. In other words, it's ambient-not-ambient. While members Concave Reflection, kindtree and Millia have all made excellent music on their own, something special happens when they come together.

Purelink's RA Podcast is another stellar contribution to our post-New Year's tradition, where we highlight a more laid-back sound to soothe weary minds and frazzled brain cells after the heavy holiday celebrations. This is 90-plus minutes of intricately textured downtempo, dub techno and even UK garage, all cut through with a floaty, almost drowsy quality, with plenty of exclusives and unreleased cuts from the likes of Nick León, James K, Downstairs J and more. It highlights Purelink's position as a bridger of worlds, sounds and tempos.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/917

RA podcast

RA.917 Purelink

Some water-influenced electro, this time based on an 808 foundation.
Made in Bahia (🇧🇷) in 2023, finished in Ceará (🇧🇷) in 2024.

Free DL via Bandcamp 🐠

https://logidy.bandcamp.com/album/hydrogen-oxygen

Oxygen

Planetary Transmissions 012 📡 with PAUL KINE 

This time around we’re pleased to share an hour of finely selected trip hop, breaks and downtempo from a close member of the planetary family. If you’ve had the pleasure to hear Paul play, you know the energy he brings to the system. Positive sounds to brighten up your week. Sit back, relax and enjoy.

Planetary Transmissions 012 PAUL KINE

The symbol on side A is a more than 3000y old Chinese letter signifying "dance", probably a shamanic dance for the gods or a rain dance.
The illustrations on side B are both from France, the menhir is the "Dame de Saint Sernin" and the bison "de la Madeleine".
Picture in the background was taken in Yakushima, a southern island in Japan that is the model for Gibli's Princess Mononoke
Concerning the music, take a break and relax 

A1. Ciao Ciao - Carpet Swing (Intro)
A2. Ciao Ciao - Carpet Swing
A3. Lodigy - The Trip
A4. Fruit Distro Collective - Inward Light
B1. Lodigy - I Like (That)
B2. Toby Tune - Soft Hips
B3. Pu Poo Platter - Choir Bounce
B4. Dami - Koutoubia Gardens

Presales: https://www.deejay.de/Various_Choir_Bounce_VLS12_Vinyl__1055968

[VLS12] VA - Choir Bounce

We are pleased to have Just1 with us for Lobbymix 51. Originally from France and now currently based in Berlin, Just1 put together a one hour mix, switching between Dubby downtempo beats and some trip-Hop. As a  Visual artist, she is involved with Banana Box TV & 192 GmbH. Catch her playing alongside her collective "Alter le Future" with Micha and Tau Car. 

Keep an eye on her! We hope to see Just1 playing in Hamburg again soon.
@just1lpt

LOBBYMIX 51 : Just1

VNN "新しい賢明な世界" 
CHILDHOOD MIXTAPE VOL. 33 

Artwork & Sound by 
@venusnewsnetwork 



VNN "新しい賢明な世界"

RADIO.D59B / GUEST MIX w/ Paulo Pino & Logidy

@its-baby-g live and direct from Skylab's stage takeover at Pitch Music & Arts 2025

Baby G Live from Pitch Music & Arts: Club Serra 2025

Another Barker masterclass.

Sam Barker asks more from techno. The artist known simply as Barker is one of electronic music's most consistently conscientious and curious producers, challenging listeners to question the norms we accept about our shared culture—whether it's the music that fills the room, the process behind it, or the purpose of the space itself.

British-born yet based in Berlin since 2007, Barker forged a connection to many of the city's leading institutions, including Ostgut Ton, and over the course of a long and fruitful relationship, he carved out one of the more singular paths on the club and label's roster.

Not one for orthodoxy, Barker challenged four-to-the-floor techno framework in favor of melodic experimentation. By decentering or completely stripping away the typical trappings of kick drums and claps, his productions are both light and immersive, buoyant in low-end presence and shimmering in weightless space.

Six years after Utility, his sophomore album Stochastic Drift arrives this month. Shaped by pandemic-driven reinvention, it burrows deeper into harmonic twists and freeform drift. "At some point I became conscious of the process," he wrote of his latest album. "The only thing you can do is embrace the uncertainty and see every change as a potential positive.”

Consider his RA Podcast another sequel. Like his much-beloved 2019 mix for FACT, it's a collage of live recordings and a fitting expression of the artist's own internal spring. RA.982 radiates wide-eyed optimism: percussion cloaked in foggy, swirling pads and trance-like chords, neatly synched in synthetic glimmers. 

All in all, it's an hour of music crafted for contemplation, collective euphoria, or heads-down epiphany—or for that matter, any moment, really, its emotive depth seemingly endless.

@voltek

Find the tracklist and Q&A at ra.co/podcast/982

RA.982 Barker

(lip) service edt. 2 THC b2b DJ AYA

Music in praise of the Moon
Mix series curated by Stathis and Luigi Di Venere
Episode No40 by Luigi Di Venere
Artwork by Thodoris Dimitropoulos