☉ Palpebræ Mix 15: DJ SHUFFLEMASTER

Check out the full interview: palpebrae.com/in-conversation-with-dj-shufflemaster

DJ SHUFFLEMASTER, alias of Tokyo-based producer Tatsuya Kanamori, is one of the most influential figures to emerge from the Japanese techno scene in the late 1990s. Closely associated with the seminal Subvoice label, he developed a groove-driven and functional sound that quickly attracted the attention of European techno institutions.

His international breakthrough came with the release of his debut album EXP on Tresor Records in 2001 (reissued in 2023), positioning him among the first Japanese techno artists to gain worldwide recognition. 

In 2014, DJ SHUFFLEMASTER founded his own label Shiki Kyokai, continuing to explore a stripped-back, physical form of techno rooted in rhythm, shuffle, and long-form club dynamics. Through his label and ongoing collaborations, Tatsuya Kanamori has remained committed to a form of techno that resists excess and spectacle, favouring longevity, precision, and emotional restraint.

In this conversation, we look back at the formative influences that shaped his path—from early encounters with hip hop, punk, and new wave to the emergence of Tokyo’s underground techno scene — while also exploring his creative process, his view on today’s electronic landscape, and the balance between club functionality and emotional intent. The interview also touches on upcoming releases and the mindset behind the mix recorded for Palpebræ.

☉ About DJ SHUFFLEMASTER:
DJ Shufflemaster, alias of Tatsuya Kanamori, stands as a key figure in Japanese techno and one of the first artists from the country to gain international recognition in the late 1990s. Active for over three decades, his trajectory developed alongside the growth of Tokyo’s underground scene. His early work as a producer is closely connected to Subvoice, a seminal label for Japanese techno, where Kanamori refined a direct and physical language built on tight grooves, pronounced shuffle, and sustained rhythmic tension.  In 2014, DJ Shufflemaster founded his own imprint, Shiki Kyokai, a platform through which he continues to pursue a personal and disciplined vision of techno: functional, nocturnal, and reduced to its essential elements.  Between studio work and clubs, DJ Shufflemaster remains a quiet but constant reference point—an artist who has moved through shifting eras and trends while maintaining a coherent vision, guided by rhythm, movement, and a form of techno that continues to evolve without losing contact with its origins.

☉ About the mix:
"While updating my Rekordbox, I rediscovered several tracks I’d never played before, so I added them to the playlist. I also included a few of my own tracks that I hadn’t played out yet.  These are records I expect to be playing in clubs for a while, so this mix works almost like a preview of what I’ll be playing at upcoming gigs."

☉ Tracklist:
Bandulu - Shutdown
Basic Channel - Enforcement [Jeff Mills Mix]
Tunnel - Through The Noise Field [Steve Stoll Proper NYC Mix]
Paperclip People - Paperclip Man 
A Number Of Names - Shari Vari [Optic Nerve Detroit  Mix]
Oliver Ho - Listening To The Voice Inside
HIROSHI WATANABE - Live the Life [DJ SHUFFLEMASTER Remix]
DJ SHUFFLEMASTER - Reverberant Dub
John Thomas	 - Working Night (DJ Rolando Remix)
Random Noise Generation - Instrument Of Change
DJ SHUFFLEMASTER & Chester Beatty feat DJ FUNK - Our House Music [DJ SHUFFLEMASTER Remix]
KAGAMI - Pati (Piano Piano Mix) [DJ Shufflemaster Remix]
Chris & Cosey - Gardens of the Pure
Schizo Phrenia - Schizophrenia

☉ Follow DJ SHUFFLEMASTER here:
@shiki-kyokai / https://www.instagram.com/djshufflemaster / https://shikikyokai.bandcamp.com/

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Palpebræ Mix 15: DJ SHUFFLEMASTER

2025 came with its challenges.
Lessons were learned. Some people lost, others became more important.

Musically, it marked a shift — moving from techno into drum & bass, and finding clarity in that change.

This mix reflects that transition.
Emotional, forward-looking, and built with intention rather than habit.

2026 is a new beginning — musically and personally.
A return of inspiration, and a sharper focus on the people, places and sounds that truly matter and resonate with me.

A New Beginning

01 Offish - Ormus  - Offish Productions
02 Evasion, Conman & Mod:Co - Convulsion - Offish Productions
03 Quartz - Do NXT - Metalheadz
04 Technical Itch - RN7 - Tech Itch
05 Ex.Hale - Yellow Stripes - Soft Chroma
06 Offish & 88 Katanas - Downpour - Offish Productions
07 Brakken | Technical Itch - First - Tech Itch
08 Forgiven Soul - Pressin' - Offish Productions
09 Aspect - Untitled - Droogs
10 Serpnt & Minor Forms - Reinforce It - CIA Records
11 Acid Purrr - Whispers Of Devil - Flexout Audio
12 Evasion & Conman - Realise - Offish Productions
13 Offish & Attempt - White Beast - Offish Productions
14 Monrroe - Echo Habit - Must Make Music
15 Break - Overstayed - Symmetry Recordings
16 Offish & Forgiven Soul - Sharpened Senses - Offish Productions
17 DJ Crystl - Dark Crystl (Dom & Roland Remix) - Individual Recordings
18 Primal Tribes - Kanashibari - Onset Audio
19 KRÆK & NickBee - Higher Places (Ft. PHAE) - Flexout Audio
20 Mark System - Started At The End - SUNANDBASS Recordings
21 Rockwell - Recognise - Obsolete Medium

A New Beginning

DJ Kitchen - Play With Your Mind (Bushby's AG Systems Mix) [Kitchen Spasm]
Luke Sanger - Crunchy Bits [No Static / Automatic]
Interdimensional Warlock - Chemtrail Sunset [Midi Mode]
Client_03 - You Are A Machine [Client_03]
Mumdance x Digital - World Wide Web [MD Dubs]
Naco - Inu [Fever AM]
The Loopy Tiger - High Rises [Bass Agenda]
Breakdata - Bass City Roller [Digital Distortions]
Electro Nation - Leader Of The Beat [AFU Limited]
Manao ft. Elektor - Maximize [Burial Soil]
Twilight 22 - Siberian Nights [Vanguard]
Steve Allman - This Is Not a Dream [Co-Accused Records]
Greta Levska - Seven Digits [Dance Trax]
thatboytim - Creepers [Takeover Recordings]
Josh Caffé - Peak (Jerome Hill "Nightmare" Mix) [Heras Records]
Matias Aguayo - The Turbo Track [Turbo]
The Hacker - Me and My Sequencer, Pt. 2 [Italo Moderni]
CEM3340 ft. 2030 - I Don't Know [Curtis Electronix]
Rosati & Steffi - Memory Zero [Dolly]
Antic Soul - Mandalore [Planet Rhythm]
Ploy - Monsters [Dekmantel]
Inland - Chromofon [Counterchange Recordings]

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Belgium's Lefty rings in the new year with the 14 Lives EP, an exercise in atmosphere through detailed and varied broken rhythms. Introspective and textured dark autonomic is delivered through brooding pads, distant melodies and surgically placed percussion. Out Jan 9th. 

1. Phase One
2. PM
3. 14 Lives
4. Trouble
5. Everytime

Lefty - Trouble

release due 14-01-2026

Tomohiko Sagae - Birdcalls [faktoria]

01 Blue and white ﬂycatcher
02 Daurian redstar
03 Asian brown ﬂycatcher
04 Blue rock thrush
05 Japanese robin
06 Japanese bush warbler
07 Narcissus ﬂycatcher
08 Red ﬂanked bluetail
09 Pale thrush
10 Long tailed tit
11 Brambling

#industrial #postindustrial #industrialmusic #electronic #noise

'Preview' Tomohiko Sagae - Birdcalls [faktoria]

Toobris' Pleasure Void is the last single before release date. You can now grab via our Bandcamp store. Full release out this Friday.

Written, mixed and produced by Lennard Miessner
Mastered by João Rodrigues at Tema Mastering
Artwork by João Frederico
Released by Hayes Collective, Portugal
Release Date Digital: January 9, 2025
Catalog Reference: HYSEP64
Format: Vinyl and Digital

Premiere: Toobris - Pleasure Void | HYSEP64

Jason J Snell (@jasonjsnell) returns to Mantis Radio presenting a live session of his long running industrial project Bombardier.

Plus, new B12, Skee Mask, Ruskin & Broom, Voidloss, + Blanck Mass.

tracklist → darkfloor.co.uk/mantisradio181
support the show → patreon.com/mantisradio

Apple Podcasts → tinyurl.com/MantisRadioiTunes
podcast RSS → feeds.feedburner.com/MANTIS

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Mantis Radio 181 – Bombardier

NYH398X 01 Drvg Cvltvre - Warmongers (Nachtwald's Night Sirens Remix)

My set from Soundscapism 48 in Banshee Labyrinth on the 23rd of November 2025

Savier - Soundscapism - vol 48

* RADIO RIP *

As played on Stalker 19.02.2016 / https://www.mixcloud.com/futuremusicfm/stalker-19022016-andreas-hz
'PROPHECY', taken from forthcoming Darkfloor Sound release 'ANTENNAE' by A Vengeance.
Available to buy on cassette/digital 26.02.2016 / https://darkfloor.bandcamp.com/album/antennae

BUY CASSETTE | DIGITAL

A Vengenance - PROPHECY | futuremusic FM rip

Daniel Carroll at Bradford's BCB Radio 106.6FM radio reached out to DVNT yesterday to talk about fabric's closing and the wider impact and implications surrounding that. fabric's closing affects not just those who go to the club, but the nightlife of London and UK too.

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Was this the real reason Fabric was shut down? 'Operation Lenor' and a cash-strapped council and police
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/fabric-closed-shut-down-appeal-reopen-campaign-operation-lenor-and-the-real-reason-fabric-was-shut-a7229541.html

Fabric's Closure & The Rise Of A New British Puritanism 
http://thequietus.com/articles/20883-fabric-clubbing-brexit-conservative

Fabric: Seven things you can do today to protest the club’s closure 
http://www.factmag.com/2016/09/07/fabric-closure-7-ways-to-protest

Re: The Outcome Of Our Licence Review Hearing
https://www.facebook.com/notes/fabriclondon/re-the-outcome-of-our-licence-review-hearing/10154424844053150




DVNT speaking to BCB Radio 106.6FM #savefabric

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