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What is techno? Scientists and philosophers have long since pondered the concept of its musical definition since it burst out of Detroit in the mid-‘80s. Is it that notion of the “ghost in the machine”, of soul from electronics that its inventors elicited? Or is it more the repetitive throb and thump of 4/4 beats and slow-burning momentum that the Berghain generation are proponents of? Croatian producer Petar Dundov’s stunning music manages to marry both ideals in the most explosive of fashions.

To Dundov, “techno is music that precedes movement. It is dance music, solid enough to carry emotions through the dance floor and abstract enough to be a template for ever”. And indeed his breathtaking productions embody this ethos, serving the inherent function of making your body pulse spontaneously while also challenging your brain with its complex melodies and slow-burning, hypnotic progressions. It’s the antidote for anyone who thinks that techno is about senseless, dull looping.

Although maybe the word “techno” doesn’t give enough detail about his style, it’s probably the nearest ballpark to whose principles his music adheres – and he is keen to expand the horizons of what people know and expect of the genre. But it’s that sense of his tracks being alive, forever evolving and expanding and increasing in intensity, which gives his music its unique sound and has seen his work crossover into a myriad of different areas of the global electronic music scene. The last two years have seen his mind-bending single Oasis (played by everyone from Dubfire to Sasha to Ben Klock to Prins Thomas to Timo Maas) take the scene by storm with its intricate, ever-changing melodies, John Digweed snap him up for an epic rework of Alan Fitzpatrick’s Reflections, and Gregor Tresher squeeze a deep, mesmerising remix of his track The Life Wire out of him.

His music shows you that he’s a producer with more than churning out mindless, functional and dispensable drivel on his mind. There’s a philosophy entrenched in his productions that breathes the very spirit of life and dynamism into them: “My ultimate goal as a producer and musician is to bridge the world of inspiration and physical world to the extent where the listener wouldn't be able to distinguish between the two. Music has this unique property to communicate deep emotions that are inherently in all of us. We just forgot how to use them, and my search is an attempt to revive those emotions where we all resonate as one.”

Born in Zagreb in the early ‘70s, his career in dance music stretches back the best part of 20 years, but it’s only in the new millennium that he’s been using his own name for his productions. Over the years he’s graced many of the world’s most prestigious and best-loved techno institutions – including mega-festivals I Love Techno, EXIT, Awakenings and Wire, and cutting-edge clubs like Berghain, Matter (RIP), Womb, Air, Fuse and Space. He counts a longstanding relationship with Belgium’s legendary Music Man label amongst his achievements, an imprint that has also played host to releases by everyone from Jeff Mills (for whose label Tomorrow he created the Sculptures mini-LP) to Green Velvet to Robert Hood, and after completing his acclaimed debut album Escapements in 2008, he’s got the follow-up in the works (for completion by the end 2010).

Petar Dundov makes intelligent electronic music that breaks boundaries, moves feet and twists minds. He is without a doubt one of the most inspiring, original and daring producers in electronica, and with the likes of Sven Väth, Francois K, Laurent Garnier, Adam Beyer, Josh Wink, Guy J, Glimpse, Hernan Cattaneo, Brendan Moeller, and Danny Tenaglia amongst his fans, it would be hard to disagree.

Music Treasures Series 021 - Petar Dundov

We continue our series of Dub Techno podcasts🎄🎄🎄
Our 260th fresh episode is out today, 5 January 2025.

Welcome to our weekly music show, dear listeners, this time the guest mix for our DUBBISM podcast was recorded by a dub techno DJ and producer from Littlehampton, England. Mike Bentley

Cover photo provided by the author of the mix.

#DUBBISM 260

Selected and mixed by Mike Bentley


Tracklist:
1. 💢00:00💢Sebby Kowal - Flowers [Drift Deeper Recordings] @sebbykowalmusic, @nitenichiryu
2. 💢05:02💢Dubdeliquent - The Three-Body Problem [Seta Label] @jozef-nem-ek, @setalabel
3. 💢09:45💢Franky Carbon-e - Psychotronic [Superordinate Dub Waves] @frankycarbone, @naetek
4. 💢16:18💢Dive Craft - Nale Ba [Ubertrend Records] @dennykay
5. 💢23:11💢Anchoret - Rebirth (Nicolas Barnes Remix) [MixCult Digital] @anchoret, @nicolas_barnes, @mixcult
6. 💢28:44💢Mike Bentley - Mariana Trench [Ubertrend Records] @mikebentleyprog, @dennykay
7. 💢34:33💢Mike Bentley - Ghosts [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB] @mikebentleyprog
8. 💢40:13💢Seabra Monkey - Today Will Be Tomorrows Yesterday [Crossfade Sounds] @seabra_monkey, @crossfadesoundslabel
9. 💢45:53💢Emmasoul & Seabra Monkey - Dub Slatch (BLOMAQ Remix) [Techenie] @sphelele-emmasoul, @seabra_monkey, @blomaq, @techenierec
10. 💢51:34💢bdtom & Nae:Tek - Noumena [Superordinate Dub Waves] @bdtom, @naetek
11. 💢55:52💢Mike Bentley - Maelstrom [Ubertrend Records] @mikebentleyprog, @dennykay
12. 💢1:02:10💢BLOMAQ - Penguin Song (Eraser Remix) [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB] @blomaq, @erasersounds


PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB:
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/piranha-siberia
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@piranhasiberiadub
MixCloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/PIRANHASIBERIA
VK: https://vk.com/piranha_siberia
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3h6EbjL

Biography: 
Mike Bentley is a DJ and producer from the UK. He has a background in the progressive house scene however in the last 18 months has developed a passion for deep and dub techno. He has already had tracks released on Ubertrend Records and his track ‘Ghosts’ featured on Supernova VA: Dub Techno Star Collection, Vol. 6 by [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB]. His sound focuses on dub techno with warm melodic elements and deep grooves.


Links:
https://soundcloud.com/mikebentleyprog
https://www.beatport.com/artist/mike-bentley/1009652

DUBBISM #260 - Mike Bentley

Mike Bentley

We’re ringing in the New Year 2025 with an electrifying 2-hour set by KLARTRAUM https://flow.page/klartraummusic 🥳, packed with a seamless fusion of fresh, unreleased gems and timeless classics from the Lucidflow vault. Here’s to new beginnings, deep grooves, and a year filled with the magic of music.💞 Happy New Year!
also on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/lucidflow-records-com-lucidflow-radio/id910653283 - 2h track list: 
1 - Klartraum - Farland - Lucidflow
2 - Klartraum - Silky Anteater - Lucidflow
3 - Klartraum - World Sync - Lucidflow
4 - Klartraum - Grinsekatze (Patrick Chardronnet Remix) - Lucidflow
5 - Klartraum - Clarity - Lucidflow
6 - Klartraum - Living Joy - Lucidflow
7 - Hernan Bass - Buscona (Klartraum Moog Remix) - Lucidflow
8 - Klartraum - What I Am - Lucidflow
9 – Klartraum - Kazandub (Paul Loraine Remix) - Lucidflow
10 - Klartraum - Sell Your Soul - Lucidflow
11 - Riccicomoto - Those Who Be Happy (Klartraum Remix) - Lucidflow
12 - Klartraum, Rishi K. - Sky Fall (Rishi K. Remix) - 
13 - Brickman - Vague (Klartraum Remix) - Lucidflow
14 - Klartraum - Sell Your Soul (Big Al Remix) - Lucidflow
15 - Klartraum - Map Of Truth (UGLH & Lucio Spain Tech Mix) - Lucidflow
16 - Klartraum - Glassbambus - Lucidflow
17 - Klartraum - Black Orchid - Lucidflow
18 - Robert Babicz - Duba (Klartraum Rmx) - Lucidflow
19 - Nadja Lind - Golden Teacher (Helmut Ebritsch Remix) - Lucidflow
20 - Klartraum - Passion (Marek Hemmann Remix) -Lucidflow
21 - Klartraum - Beyond Illusion - Lucidflow
22 - Klartraum - Realization - Lucidflow
23 - Anchoret - Reign (Klartraum Remix) - 
24 - Riccicomoto - White Almonds (Klartraum Remix) - Ready Mix Rec.

LUCIDFLOW RADIO 215: KLARTRAUM (2 hours)

LEGEND ALERT: “Silicone Soul’s techno-tinged house productions have captivated the world’s dancefloors for 25 years. From heroic releases on Soma, including the crossover hit ‘Right On, Right On’, to deep excursions on their own Darkroom Dubs imprint, they have always remained a benchmark of quality. Enrapturing you with blues one moment, damaging you with disco the next, then blindsiding you with a deep tech tease - these dynamics have defined their style. Respected studio artists who’ve honed the dark art of hypnosis and immersion, in-demand DJs who can spellbind ears in all capacities from Panorama Bar to the Boiler Room via two Radio 1 Essential Mixes, and influential independent label Darkroom Dubs: However, wherever you encounter Silicone Soul’s operations, their kaleidoscopic, electronic ethos is unfailing.

Entrenched in Soma schooling, Darkroom Dubs maintains Glasgow’s record label tradition of never compromising and encouraging the most honest records from all artists who work with them, from supporting early and breakthrough cuts to working with innovators of all generations. Over 20 years, Darkroom Dubs has amassed a rich catalogue of unique and inspiring electronic music with breadth, soul and a subtle sense of cosmic consistency, just like Silicone Soul’s productions. The fact that they only ever sign tracks they genuinely believe in means every Darkroom Dubs release is worth checking, with their sporadic-but-always-on-point Darkroom Dubs compilations vital for any card-carrying house lover.”

https://soundcloud.com/siliconesoul
https://soundcloud.com/darkroomdubs
https://darkroomdubs.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/siliconesoul

On Youtube

SILICONE SOUL: SPÆCIAL MIX 406

#3615 CAPTAIN MUSTACHE

Captain Mustache is a French music producer and DJ from Paris.

Since 2020, he has released music on some of the most respected labels in the electronic scene: Kompakt, Mobilee, Exploited, Permanent Vacation, Helena Hauff's Return To Disorder, and an album on John Digweed's Bedrock Records, with consistent support from top DJ's around the world.

As a true electronic music lover, he has collaborated with some electro icons (Dave Clarke, Arnaud Rebotini, Chicks on Speed, The Advent, Keith Tucker from AUX88...), adding an extra vocal dimension to his music.

In 2023 he reached a career milestone with a full album called "The Super Album" on the legendary label KOMPAKT Records, with the privilege to join the short list of artists having signed an LP on this label, such as Kölsch, Agents Of Time or WhoMadeWho.

In 2025 he's coming with a new album called "LUZ" on beloved Berlin's label MOBILEE, a new achievement for him as an artist and a special step in his career.

He is now widely recognized for several standout tracks:
► "Everything" on Kompakt (300K plays on Spotify), supported by Pete Tong, Adriatique, Âme, Mano Le Tough, Jimi Jules...
► "La Nuit" featuring POPOF on Mobilee, played by David Guetta, Paul Van Dyk, Claptone, Deadmau5...
► "Bleu Cobalt" featuring JOHN DIGWEED & Nick Muir on Bedrock
► "Mentally Naked" (200K plays on Spotify), played by the late Andrew Weatherall on his last radio show

Having dreamed of becoming a DJ since childhood, he is now living his dream, recently touring around the world, USA, Mexico, Bahrain, and across Europe (Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Bulgaria, Andorra...).

Inspired by space disco pioneers, Detroit techno and electroclash, his sound can be defined as romantic & burlesque.
Be sure, Mustache is the future.

☎ Connect ☎
https://soundcloud.com/captainmustache

#3615 CAPTAIN MUSTACHE

Damn, Sisyphos………
It was so great to be back at this amazing club. And you know what? I played a dj set without any crowd pleasers.  Man, I was excited as hell, my hands were shaking. I hadn’t felt that in a long time. But wow, what a vibe. I love playing those afterhour sets.
Thank you all for dancing and sharing this memory with me. ❤️

(the picture was not taken at sisyphos)

video

Milio at Sisyphos Beach - 03.08.25

For more info visit: https://bit.ly/4p39wCd

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Mix info

EG.1040 Acid Pauli

Melancholy Protocol

Echo Chamber Heart

State of Mind DJ Andy De Gage' Festival

Nuno and I covered a lot of ground in those unforgettable morning hours, playing for about 2,5 hours to the most amazing crowd. A lot of love, happiness and hedonistic behaviour going on and as the hours progressed it just got better and better. Sleeping before going out at around 9 in the morning is definitely the way forward. Daytime parties agree with my biological clock...no hangover whatsoever :-)


360 DJ set @ Panoramabar Berlin, Sunday noon, January 16th.

Lucidflow: http://Lucidflow.Bandcamp.com
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Artists: Klartraum, Nadja Lind, Helmut Ebritsch, Dapayk Solo, Terry Lee Brown Jr., Ian Pooley, Robert Babicz, Silicone Soul, G-Man, UGLH, Slam, Steve Rachmad, Mirzah-Zadeh, Patrick Lindsey, D. Diggler, Hernan Cattaneo, Soundexile, Yapacc, Hatikvah, Helly Larson, Tigerskin, Dub Taylor, Bredon Moeller, Terry Lee brown Junior and many more
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