The Sustain-Release co-founder steps up to the Phonica mix just ahead of the acclaimed festival’s 11th year. 
New York has an iconic history when it comes to club music, and over the years has seen many great names emerge from its underground scene. In modern times, Aurora Halal is undoubtedly one of those names. 
Aurora has become a staple at forward-thinking institutions like Berghain, De School, and her home base, Nowadays, where she holds a residency. Alongside her international touring, she’s carved out her own vital space through the long-running Mutual Dreaming parties and Sustain-Release, the DIY-rooted festival she co-founded, which continues to push boundaries as it enters its second decade.
Her Phonica mix offers a vivid snapshot of her deep, intuitive approach to DJing—captured live at Mansions, a cozy NYC wine bar turned house party haven. Known for her genre-fluid sets that blend hypnotic techno, house, acid and experimental textures this is the perfect calling card to showcase why she can hold it down with a range of greats like DJ Nobu, Vladimir Ivkovic and more.
We had a chat about the mix with Aurora as well as touching off Sustain and some of her favorite moments at the festival.

Phonica Mix Series 134: Aurora Halal

Recorded at BOOGIE, Kitasenju Output on 10.August.2025.

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01. Hugg & Pepp / Linda / Dahlbäck Records
 02. Paranoid London / Talk Dirty with Josh Caffe / Nu Groove Records
 03. Red Axes / Casi O / Shall Not Fade
 04. Acidulant / Jack Into House / Jack Trax 
05. Pain Struck Stanley Dumb / Breakfast At Brian's / Asking For Trouble
 06. Alex Tsiridis / Rubber Suit / Trapez 
07. Green Velvet / I Want To Leave My Body / Relief Records
 08. COVER UP
 09. Egoexpress / Everybody (Jackmate Remix) / Ladomat 2000 
10. Len Faki / My Black Sheep (Radio Slave Remix) / Figure
 11. COVER UP 
12. DJ Dozia / Pop Culture / Ovum Recordings 
13. Green Velvet / Technology's Out Of Control / Music Man Records 
14. Paranoid London / From The Back / Paranoid London Records
 15. Cajmere / House-Werk / Relief Records

DJ Set at Output Tokyo 16.Aug.2025

Roman Flügel - 16 August 2025

Thumbs up (Original Mix) | Eqnation Records

MENACE (Extended Version)

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Mike Daze - Law & Order (Original Mix)

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Tracklist:

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't - Scaring Mormons with Nature [Social Media Rip]
IDBH - Halving the While (Original Mix) [TRNM]
Bailey Ibbs - Rylynn [Mammboh]
Marina George - Perverts (Original Mix) [IMPULSE CØNTROL]
Maōh - Exorcismo [Primal Instinct]
Jack Fresiea - Three-Brained Beings [Modular Side Music]
Lucas Sosa (AR) - Angel [CUMULONIMBUS]
Dit Zy - Quezzi [Ri7mo]
Lindsey Herbert & Ketch - Transmission [SYXT]
Groef - The Flatser [Transition]
Takt - Imbalance [PRTL WRX]
Mikrotakt - Is Everything Ready [MIKRO WRX]
Ketch - Prison Tats [Self Release]
Atonism - Virtual Reality [Vault Records]
Veiga - Decathexis (Original Mix) [trau-ma]
Jack Fresia - La Matinée [PRTL WRX]
Maōh - Caiman Ritual [Primal Instinct]
Kamen - Iron Side [PRTL WRX]
Deranged - Impulses [MIKRO WRX]
Toobris - Sunflower Field [KYSH]
Noah Tauber - Go Weak [Ear To Ground]
Bondarük - Ojos bien cerrados [TNR Media]
LUAR - Come and Watch [Synergie]
Denø - Body Language [PRTL WRX]
Nørbak - Grego [HAYES]
Toru Ikemoto - Don’t Plan 181 [Chimera]
Quelza - Kraken Maldive [Vault Records]
Gustavo Bassani - Kambô [Anima Records]
Yeiks - Whispers [PRTL WRX]
Mikrotakt - Crunch Time [MIKRO WRX]
Josh Reeves - Rhuthmos [PRTL WRX]
Ruman - Stone Towers [Sungate]
JSPRV35 - Dune Drive (Original Mix) [ONI]
MODE_1 - Reactor [Knotweed Records]
Lenny San - Otolith [Planet Rhythm]
Raytek - Thing (Joaskt Remix) [Sungate]
Akmuo - Begalybeje [Lempuyang]

Robonix at Freq the Peaks 2025

Womb 1F 12.09.2025

RA.241 Maya Jane Coles

In the mix with one third of Hessle Audio.

RA.333 Pangaea

Each of Steffi’s three studio albums on Ostgut Ton have brought with them new musical explorations. The Dutch born Panoramabar Bar resident’s debut was a warm and classic house affair with steamy vocals. Her second in 2014 was a more techno and electro styled work that took cues from the sleek futurism of Underground Resistance. But her latest, World of The Waking State from late last year, was her most fully realised and individual yet. A deep affair with flourishes of IDM, it’s utterly emotional and intricate, with pulsing drums coloured by deft synths that flash about with a life of their own. It was a perfect continuation of the mix she served up for fabric, but this new one for us follows a different path. 

Slowly awakening from spaced out ambient, it explores kinked electro, more rugged EBM style grooves and tough, drum lead tracks that are all tied together by a sci-fi sense of atmosphere. Like everything Steffi does, it manages to pack a real punch at the same time as touching on a range of moods from melancholic to optimistic. Now over two decades into her career, Steffi remains as unpredictable and compelling as ever.

DJ Set at Output Tokyo 16.Aug.2025

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