Next up on the mix series is a friend of the house, Liquid Earth. Recorded early on during our November party, Taylor opted to explore some slower tempos to kick off the party. 

Trippy, twinkly and dreamy, this is Liquid Earth doing downtempo and ambient, and it's every bit as good as you'd imagine it to be.

@liquidearthmusic

Rio 002 - Liquid Earth

Lucas - Edam (Preview)

Termoelectrica can be listened to live friday nights after midnight on Intuit.fm. Every week we'll broadcast a live dj set from a Sunrise party. Tune in and enjoy!

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Termoelectrica presents Suciu @ EC 2023

Antwerp based Oridoo celebrates their one year anniversary with London based DJ’s, Kyle Toole & Kian OK.

Oridoo w/ Kyle Toole & Kian OK @ Kiosk Radio 06.02.2025

CC Radio Episode 36 - Lucas

This week, we welcome Manchester bred, London based DJ & producer Lucas to the podcast for our 36th episode. Having taken inspiration from the dancefloors of legendary Northern clubs such as Sankeys & MiNT, Lucas now resides in London where he continues to refine his style of UK House & Tech House, recently playing at venues such as Starlane & The Goose and releasing on labels such as Shibui. Lucas has supported the likes of Praslea, Archie Hamilton & Mihai Pol and had his music supported by heavyweights such as Raresh. As a good friend of the label, we're super excited to welcome him to the podcast this week, enjoy!

Support the artist: https://soundcloud.com/lucas_djj

CC Radio Episode 36 - Lucas

I had a niice buzz recently to record a mix! Here it is… I hope you enjoy the tripp ❣️ + ☮️

Spring Forward  🌱

UK outfit SHIBUI continue their digital imprint with a heavyweight four tracker from Lucas. Headsy, dance floor action from a label and artist on the rise. Dumitrescu also supplying a masterclass remix, available via the label's Bandcamp. 

PREMIERE: Lucas - Check, Mate [SHIBUI]

From Nail’s gritty groove to Grant & Finnoh’s deep bounce, Varhat’s hypnotic swing and Funksonik’s spaced-out funk — this VA delivers timeless club pressure. Remixes by Brawther and Daniel Paul round things off with pure class. Raw, driving, and soaked in soul — house music at its finest.

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The German minimal DJ returns to the spotlight with two hours of artfully subtle house and techno.

There's an old German proverb that goes "Der stete Tropfen höhlt den Stein." Literally, it means a constant dripping wears away the stone, but the point isn't about force but patience: slow, steady repetition can leave the deepest mark. It's an apt metaphor for the career of Kosta Athanassiadis, better known as XDB.

Active since the early '90s, first as a DJ and then producer by the decade's end, Athanassiadis has built a career less on hype than persistence. His catalogue spans labels like Dial, Metrolux and Echocord, alongside a steady trickle of EPs and remixes that have quietly cemented his reputation as one of minimal house and techno's undersung heroes.

That patience carries into his sound and production ethos. Where many of his peers embraced software upgrades and new workflows, Athanassiadis has long stuck to Cubase, a handful of trusty instruments and 30-year-old speakers he claims to have run "hundreds of thousands of tunes" through. He also still prefers to use inexpensive, straightforward gear—what matters, he insists, is not the tools but the feel. The result is a sound that’s stripped back, direct and enduring.

Lately, Athanassiadis has found himself back in focus. With minimal enjoying fresh attention, his calendar has filled, and with it a run of back-to-back sets—most often alongside PLO Man, a regular sparring partner this year. True to form, though, you won't find that his style has changed much. Over 30 years after his first gig, you can rest assured you'll still find him playing with patience, carving out long arcs rather than sharp peaks.

His RA Mix captures him in a reflective mood. Running just over two hours, RA.1003 is a hushed yet absorbing affair, moving seamlessly from the delicate atmospherics of Valentino Mora and Caldera to the machine funk of Robert Hood, Solid Gold Playaz and Marcellus Pittman. There are left turns folded into XDB's patient narrative arc, too: John Carpenter's brooding scores here, DJ Sprinkles' melancholic work with Will Long on "Acid Trax N (Acid Dog)" there.

It's the sound of a DJ who has been quietly chiseling away for three decades, and who understands the value of persistence as much as restraint.

@xdb

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1021

RA.1003 XDB

The Romanian producer steps out of the shadows for a mix of otherworldly house and techno on this week's RA podcast.

Lucas - Edam (Preview)

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