2025 TECHNO

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Blue Hour doesn’t need much of an intro, since 2013 the Brightonian DJ, Producer and label head has built a reputation for quick-witted techno and spread his sound at viral pace. The whys are evident, through the years Luke Standing has walked a road from a love of UK dance music genres  (and associated incursions under the monikers Furesshu and Esoteric), to full-bore and masterfully cut techno. When he called the UK home, fate inevitably pulled him into Berlin’s orbit, a place he’d often visit to get his musical fix, and for over a decade it’s been his new nest. He’s come into his own here, working hard (and playing hard) to build a sturdy vision that’s evinced through bookings, releases and close contact with names like Dold, Alpha Tracks, Scandinavian trance collective UTE and Philippa Pacho (with whom he runs forward-thinking  sublabel positivesource). His work, and everything his eponymous label puts out, is stimulating and high order, hedonic techno made for the big room that assuringly cuts all felt spatial and temporal bonds. Smouldering loops that reference his love of 90s rave, and pull equally from IDM, breakbeat, acid, trance and UK bass, furnishing a signature style that’s bullet-fast and unstoppable. Bassiani Podcast 245 is an hour-long studio-recorded spell to the tune of his trademark euphoria. Sweaty beats made for dancing well up to and beyond the blue hour.

@bluehour909

Bassiani invites Blue Hour / Podcast #245

Freddy K, BASEMENT’s latest resident, takes over for BASEMENT 009. The KEY Vinyl label boss has been responsible for more than a few outstanding nights at the club, including our first-ever all-night-long set. If you know his name, you know his reputation: Freddy K is a bonafide underground hero, with a devotion to true-school techno that can legitimately  be called “uncompromising.” In this mix, he opens up a portal into another world, taking us deep into the heart of the spacious, psychedelic sound that is his calling card.  
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BASEMENT 009 - Freddy K

DJ Dextro for Heaven Dancing Club
12/14/2024
Washington, d.c.

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Dextro for HDC (The Last Hour) // 12/14/2024

Guyyyyyys I am so excited to share the first track "One Mind" from my collab EP with Charlotte de Witte with youuu. 🫶🏼


One Mind (Original Mix)

It really means so much for Charlotte and me to finally show you what we have been working on 🥰

Here is "Where Do We go"

Where Do We Go (Original Mix)

Our return to Lisbon last year featured some of techno's most exciting breakthrough acts including Nørbak, Grace Dahl and Rene Wise.

Rene Wise | Boiler Room: Lisbon

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Support the release, with 100% of proceeds donated to LA Fire Relief Funds: https://synthetiksounds.bandcamp.com/album/los-angeles-fire-relief-v-a-compilation

Synthetik Sounds Unveils Star-Studded Compilation to Support LA Fire Relief Efforts

Los Angeles techno label Synthetik Sounds is proud to announce the release of a powerful 39-track Various Artists compilation featuring an extraordinary lineup of global techno talent. In a time of urgent need, 100% of proceeds from the compilation will be donated to LA Fire Relief Funds, supporting communities affected by the devastating wildfires that created havoc in the Los Angeles area in January 2025.

In January 2025, the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles County burned over 37,000 acres, destroyed more than 16,000 structures, caused at least 29 fatalities, and led to the evacuation of over 200,000 residents, affecting many in the underground techno and house community in our city.

When we asked artists to contribute to a V/A release to help our community, we found ourselves overwhelmed by the amount of support we received.

This monumental release unites over 40 cutting-edge artists, all contributing their signature sounds to this meaningful cause. From techno veterans to rising stars, the compilation is a showcase of boundary-pushing artistry and the unity of the electronic music community.

Featured Artists Include:
Drumcell, Dimi Angelis, Pleasures, Barbosa, Insical, Max Gardner, Aztekan, Chris Liebing, Annika Wolfe, Jonny Maven & Kahai Owens, EMILIANA, Trovarsi & ALX-106, Ecilo, Truncate, Oscar Mulero, Selective Response, Adam X, Cleric, Measure Divide, EAS, Anastasia Giovani, Timekube & S:V:S, Realize, Ø [Phase], Pleasurekraft & Atroxx, Materielle, Marie Nyx, Wata Igarashi, David Castellani, Less Distress, Chontane, Stephen Disario, Lego, no.name, Joel Mull, Ray Kajioka, Sterac, and Secus.

By purchasing this compilation, fans will directly contribute to helping rebuild lives and restore hope in wildfire-affected communities. Spread the word, share the music, and stand with us as we make a difference through the unifying force of techno.

Together, We Rebuild. Together, We Rave.

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Premiere: Dimi Angélis "Get Started" - Synthetik Sounds

Next up on the SPND20 Mixtape series: @baugruppe90!📼

The duo, made up of Louis Köhler and Paul Vogler, has been carving out a distinct sonic identity, merging futuristic precision with a raw, old-school edge. Their sound takes cues from mid-90s DNB, House, and early 2000s techno - fusing these influences into a high-impact, groove-driven experience that refuses to be boxed into a single style.🔊

For their SPND20 Mixtape, they deliver an hour of club-fuelled intensity, packed with freshly built BAUGRUPPE90 IDs. This set is a superb class in rhythm and energy, weaving together tribal percussive grooves, rolling baselines, and big-room pressure, all while staying true to their signature old-school touch with a modern twist.🌀

This one’s designed for peak-time moments and relentless movement - turn it up and get lost in the sound.🖤

#SPND20 #Spandau20 #Baugruppe90 #Techno #Groove #Tribal #DJ #mixtape #dnb #House

SPND20 Mixtape by BAUGRUPPE90

This week on Drumcode Live we have a live mix from Adam Beyer & Ilario Alicante recorded at the Ants takeover of Zamna in Tulum, Mexico.

DCR760 - Drumcode Radio Live - Adam Beyer B2B Ilario Alicante live from Ants in Tulum

The long running stirrings of Surgeon (Anthony Child) and Regis (Karl O’Connor) under the conjunct British Murder Boys are not for the faint of heart. Their alleged final act came before a Tokyo crowd in 2012, but the goodbye only lasted three years and with their Amsterdam return, a reformulation of their signature industrial sound. The duo, both at their acme with little signs of descent, have together found a hybrid techno that scales high and large, bringing together thumping bass and hissing feedback for a distinctly belligerent and primal club sound. It’s not all obvious, their 2020 cover of Lou Reed’s Real Good Time Together offered a machine-inflected spin on the original, and opened the door for their debut LP Active Agents And House Boys (2024). At the heart is a provocative, sexually-charged and punkish techno that offloads bristling rhythms and defiant energy, one that’s a little more controlled and mathematical in practice. Following on from their show at Bassiani back in November comes this next mix. Bassiani Podcast 250 is an hour-long and live recorded assault: thrashing beats, crazed and bleepy arps, EBM-style shouts, a decadent and rageful call to arms and one of the most important instalments in this long running series. Back-breaking industrial techno from these two heavyweights and originators of the Birmingham sound.

Bassiani invites British Murder Boys [live] / Podcast #250

Bridging together the future faces of techno with some of the legends in the scene, our big return to Warsaw features Chris Liebing b2b Luke Slater, Sept b2b Umut Sefiloglu, Phase Fatale and ANNĒ.

ANNĒ | Boiler Room: Warsaw

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Exos, one of the frontmen of Iceland's techno scene, has released over thirty vinyl records and four albums, with notable contributions to labels like Tresor, Mutual Rytm, and Figure. His iconic album "My Home is Sonic" was reissued in 2015 and recognized as a modern dub techno classic, cementing his reputation in the global scene. This spring, Exos is launching his long-awaited single "Clean Cut" on his label Planet X, reissuing his classic album Strength, and later this year, he will release his 5th album "Sweet Dreams" on Mutual Rytm.

In this mix, Exos features 100% only his own music—old, new, unreleased, forthcoming, and recently released tracks. Some of these are unmastered and were quickly recorded directly from the project files. This is Exos' first online mix showcasing only his own music, featuring 66 tracks across a 2-hour-long journey, which includes collaborations and remixes with artists like Blawan, Jon Hester, Ruxpin, Electric Rescue, Nikita Zabelin, Gus Gus, Lafontaine,  Lars Huismann, Danny Wabbit, and Gus Gus. The mix starts with deep dubby grooves, transitions into more tribal rhythms, picks up speed, and ends in techno mayhem.

Tracklist 

1.Mocoa vocal
2.Arrive
3.Nikita Zabelin - Brooklyn Train (Exos Remix)
4.Five Star Mix
5.Always & Never
6.Dolf-hins 
7.Brandur
8.Untitled
9.Gus Gus - Rivals (Exos remix)
10.Pulp (Figure)
11.Exos - haus i krukku (laFontaine remix)
12.In all mindset
13.Hnjask (X/OZ Music)
14.D Cult
15.Spliffmatch2 (Mutual Rytm)
16.Sweet Dreams
17.Survivor (Force Inc) 
18.Hamm Kurl
19.Wish of 24 /Sungate)
20.Puzzle 1
21.7th Son
22.Dengsi
23.BrDBeat
24.Never Ending
25.Cano Cano
26.Af Hverju ekki
27.DjingDjon
28.Enter the danger (Mutual Rytm)
29.Walk of jazz
30.Bitte Schön
31.Harmony
32.Ruff Cut (Tresor)
33.Ysa
34.Of my Life
35.Clean Cut (Danny Wabbit remix)
36.Ruff Cut Sunday
37.Ruff Cut Monday
38.Wild Guess
39.30 JA
40.Radar 
41.Walk of the tribes
42.Kaldur Klaki (Mutual Rytm)
43.Exos & Jon hester - Range 
44.In my Dream (Planet X)
45.Wolfs
46.Dark Light (Tresor)
47.Cod
48.Mind of Yours 
49.Megashift
50.Alot
51.Track 9
52.ZycklusX
53.Bingo 2025 
54.Electric Rescue - Aygo - (Exos remix)
55.Time to time (demo mix) (Figure)
56.Open your mind (First render) (Bpitch)
57.The Run  (Evil Nation)
58.Tunis after dark
59.Fran Murder - Warning Acid (Exos remix)
60.Clean Cut - (Lars Huismann remix)
61.Attack (Evil Nation)
62.What kind a world
63.Exos & Blawan - Strobocop 
64.Cybercity (Mama told ya)
65.Survivor (Ruxpin Remix) 
66.Huldulækur (Figure)

Awakenings Podcast S342 - EXOS

Blasting his way into our series this week, Dutch producer Robin Kampschoer revs up the engines and lifts us off to higher spheres of consciousness through two hours of chiselled post-industrial sound engineering. Exploring the confines of techno, somewhere at the junction of proper raw, steely rhythms and further elevated ambience-scaping, the RKM boss and STOOR alum swings the pendulum betwixt full-blown warehouse-ready assault and inward-gazing escapism effortlessly. Elegantly brutalist, his approach is both one of nuance and impact, exalting and pensive in equal measure, never flinching in its quest for the sweet spot between raging horsepower and nostalgia-soaked harmonics.  

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Reclaim Your City 634 | Robin Kampschoer

Next up comes Canadian-born polymath Darwin, who’s been getting Berliners talking ever since she kicked off her event series REEF back at now defunct venue Griessmühle. Tired of providing partygoers with the same formulaic sounds they’d come to expect, she started to play around with others, dubstep and bass among them. It was a fresh approach that through persistence ended up paying off with a form that’s as animate, subaquatic and essential to its surroundings as the ocean reefs that inspired the name. A UK-leaning sound, that pays homage to breaks, drum n bass and garage and fuses it with a techno more indicative of her chosen digs. Nowadays that approach has really gained traction and her parties blossomed into something much larger, encompassing her own selections, whether at UNFOLD or closing Berghain’s Klubnacht, as well as the launch of her SPE:C imprint. Her loose selection and low-end frequencies are a modern take on a long tradition of rumbling bass and out-and-out techno, brought together with a killer instinct for the hourly requirements of a dancefloor with high expectations. Following on from her previous techno stints at Bassiani, Podcast 251 further explores this side and delves back into her roots; a studio mix brought to you from this true pioneer, mastered by bestie Esposito.

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Bassiani invites Darwin / Podcast #251

Lacking no oomph, the mixes of Amsterdam’s one and only Mary Lake tick all the boxes of a quality hi-NRG set. Boasting a definite knack for those volatile hotchpotches of big-room-ready jack and a surgical DJing skillset, Mary treats us to a frantic whirlwind of paced-up machine funk and absolutely imparable industrial-inflected maneuvers. Cranking the heat one notch up with every bar, the Dutch DJ certainly knows how to bring dance floors to a simmer and keep crowds under her spell through wave after wave of an uncompromising floor-destroying exposé. No-surrender, adrenaline-stacked ripper of a mix thru and thru, consider yourselves warned for the tumultuous ride ahead. Hectic.

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Reclaim Your City 636 | Mary Lake

This week on Drumcode Live we have a studio mix from HNTR recorded in Toronto, Canada

Enrico Sangiuliano - Moon Rocks [Drumcode]
ID - ID
HNTR - ID
Danny Avila, Matt Sassari - Diamonds
ID - ID
Adam Beyer, Dense & Pika - Going Down [Drumcode]
ID - ID
Mau P - Beats for the Underground (HNTR Edit)
Alex Stein, Victor Ruiz - New Generation [Volta]
Eli Brown, HNTR feat. Rome Fortune - gimmE gimmE [Arcane]
Layton Giordani - Phantom [Drumcode]
ID - ID
Cloonee, Young MA, Inntraw - Stephanie (HNTR Remix) [Hellbent]
Oscar L, Metodi Hristov - Gravity [Drumcode]
Zhu - Faded (HNTR Edit)
Fred Again.., Baby Keem - Leavemealone (Dave Summer Edit)
Maceo Plex - Conjure Dreams [Drumcode]

DCR764 – Drumcode Radio Live - HNTR studio mix from Toronto

We proudly present you episode 11 of exzess Radio with Patrik Berg. This time with Gennaro Troia to celebrate his "Love Killer" EP including 4 banging techno tracks

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XZSR011 - exzess radio - Gennaro Troia Studio Mix Neuss, Germany

Filip Storsveen returns to the Bassiani Podcast following a first stint as half of Omformer, this time as solo act Oprofessionell. The Oslo-based co-founder of rave entente Uteklubb (and constituent imprint UTE.REC) draws a wealth of inspiration from the aesthetic of 90s trance, a fully packaged set of sounds, images and for many of a generation, memories, that enshrine a moment in electronic music with particular resonance today. Cyclical revivals are just that, but there’s something especially felt in the speed-saturated sound that’s taken over not only his native Norway, but neighbouring nordic lands, an acknowledgement of its homegrown forest-rave culture, something parallel to the speed at which the world seems to be tipping into exponential overdrive. Storsveen and collaborators Mikkel Rev and Alpha Tracks are flying that flag high above the parapet. And as a means of escape, it delivers large on warm and fuzzy nostalgia, a method by which the creative spirits of the past are reborn today just when we need them most. From releases on his co-run label to a string of contagious live sets, Oprofessionell’s ambit is widening and the ethos of nordic rave gains ever more traction. Bassiani Podcast 253 is a wink to the past and a plan for the future, a set recorded live at Bassiani, mercurial rhythms that live and breathe the spirit of Oslo and Storsveen’s neo-trance renaissance.

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Bassiani invites Oprofessionell [live] / Podcast #253

New SPND20 MIXTAPE by @clausschoening incoming! 📼
A core part of the SPANDAU20 family, Claus moves between music, sound art, and fine arts, always pushing the boundaries of sonic experimentation. Rooted in Spandau, shaped by Berlin, and driven by a passion for techno, he’s dedicated to expanding the label’s vision—taking its raw energy from local dancefloors to global stages. His work goes beyond club music, collaborating with universities, research institutes, and political institutions to explore the intersections of art and science. 🌐

His SPND20 Mixtape is a peak-time ride through minimal techno, Detroit influences, and electro—hypnotic, high-energy, and hard-hitting. Expect driving rhythms, sharp synth stabs, and two striking vocal fragments from philosophers Nick Land and Deleuze, all woven together with some of the freshest SPANDAU20 heat and beyond.

This Friday, Claus brings this energy to @FabricLondon for our SPANDAU20 010 record release party. Expect a no-nonsense club night packed with relentless grooves and pure SPND20 spirit. If you're in town, don't miss it!

Either way, press play and dive in. This one’s built for the night.⚡

#SPANDAU20 #Techno #MinimalTechno #DetroitTechno #Electro #BerlinTechno #FabricLondon #Claus

2025 TECHNO

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