"All I want to do is express what I love." The beloved Berghain resident talks about learning from failure, putting in the time and how good sound systems have changed his life.

Born and bred in Minneapolis, Zak Khutoretsky, AKA DVS1, has been throwing and playing raves for decades. Now 47, he's at the top of his game. As one of Berghain's most popular residents and a producer known for his deep and versatile sound, he's amassed thousands of followers around the world, releasing on Klockworks, Transmat and Ostgut Ton, in addition to his own label, HUSH.

Not just an artist, Khutoretsky has garnered a reputation for speaking critically about the challenges facing the electronic music community, notably through his essay about the battle between art and entertainment, and more recently through the inauguration of his revenue sharing platform ASlice. The organisation was designed in 2020 as an antidote to the pay disparity between DJ earnings and producer earnings, and its basic conceit is that DJs submit playlists of their tracks and share small percentages of their gig fees to be redistributed among the artists whose tracks they've played.

In this RA Exchange live from ADE, Khutoretsky talks with journalist Christine Kakaire about the platform and the impetus behind it, as well as his underlying tendency to be a "fixer,"  from the problems in his house to the issues he sees plaguing his community. Listen to the episode in full.

EX.689 DVS1

The V0 series on p-tön continues with volume 20 mixed and compiled by @answercoderequest. Download the free .WAV file (1.21GB) by clicking 'more'.

p-tön V20 w/ Answer Code Request

Ciao tutti,
For this month’s episode on NTS radio : 
🌕🌟 Virgo Season + new eclipse chapter 
🎧🔥 not 1 but 3 hours of a special recording from @altinbas b2b myself, that took place this summer at Stone Techno festival (@thethirdroom_t3r) at the @fusebrussels stage take over. 
This set was such a special one to us both, Stone Techno took place near Essen in Germany in a beautiful Unesco site. 
On top of the decors being so breathtaking the energy of the crowd was totally unmatched! 
We hope you enjoy our journey 🌀 
See you next month !
❤
~ with love & gratitude ~
GiGi 🧜‍♀

NTS ~ GiGi FM B2B Altinbas At Stone Techno Festival 2024

Recording of Cari Lekebusch's set at Dekmantel Ten

Pre-register for Dekmantel Festival 2025 here: bit.ly/4fyWKXc

Cari Lekebusch at Dekmantel Ten

Steve Roach - Gestation
p1nkf1re - Glue127
Verso - Warehouse At River Front
Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango
DJ Hell - My House (Tal Fussman Remix)
Avalon Emerson - A Dam Will Always Divide (Lew E Asks The Dust Remix)
Ams - Dream Escape
Peryl - Horizontal Rending
Think Tank 	Sunset
RAC - Root
Omformer - Transmedium Travel
Alexander Kowalski - The Tunnel
Ackermann - No Vacancy (Skudge Remix)
Pech+Schwefel - Mod_01 (Decoder Remix)
Klex - Frogtech
Byron Yeates - Liquid Sky
Mark Broom - Ditch (Mark Williams Remix)
Pulso - Aleana
Hardfloor - Into The Nature ('Plastik Man' Mix)
Oma Totem - The Trick
Shai FM - Trip
Chlär - Exoskeleton
Isaiah Firebrace - The Blue
Jay York - Kord
Sol Ortega - Soul Of The Dancefloor
Beau Didier - Downtown
S-File - Rejuiced
Christian AB - Bluescreen
Klint - Kaos Temple
Shlomi Aber, Kashpitzky - Rhythm Parade
Ket Robinson - Siren Call (JakoJako Remix)
Yoikol - Euphoric Circuitry
Truncate - Savage
JakoJako - Modus
Maccari - No Turning Back (Invexis Remix)
Uncertain - Blackout
TRIPOLIS - HATE YOURSELF
Introversion - RCT3
Farceb - Dxrko
Regent - Interpolation
Highlimiter - Legacy Systems
Regent - Presence
Obscure Shape - Misaki
The Advent & Jon Hester - Push
Pergo - LA SIRENA
Mikkel Rev - Zygo
FRAZI.ER - The Beatbox
Mental Duality - Balanced Shifter
Stef Mendesidis - Aquaton
Disguised - Myths
D. Tiffany - Bass But Cute
Benton - T's Offerings
Tigerhead - I Know I'm Not A Stranger
Struction - Givven
Mod21 - Constellation Of Contrasts

Smoking on that desperation pack

IN GROOVE w/ QUELZA b2b MARIE MONTEXIER

Hiss of Sound Va1

Bassface

On Thursday the 21st of November 2024, come celebrate the pulsating heritage of Rotterdam’s Reclaim Your City at Saüle. Part of a new event series focussed on styles skirting what is widely embraced as ’techno music’, this first airdrop of the RYC squad promises to be a satisfying moment for all lovers of bold, boundary-pushing electronics. Clad in the austere industrial atmosphere of Berghain’s experimental-oriented subdivision, Saüle, the event gathers voices from distinct geographies and segments of the electronic music scene. From British master and seminal ‘Lost’ nights founder Steve Bicknell, who will blow the winds of dubstep across Saüle’s monster sound system, to Detroit-based deck whiz Erika who will get the heart of the Motown throbbing at the pace of its legendary electro scene, to London jockey and producer Cressida, representing the more alternative confines of the techno-adjacent sonics, from proper UK sound - understand jungle and grime, to techno itself, beware the torrential cascade of roaring machines and sine waves-spoken thunder firing on all cylinders.

Thursday 21.11.2024 | Start 22:00
Am Wriezener Bahnhof - 10234 Berlin
www.berghain.berlin/en/events/78258/

Reclaim Your City x Säule | Steve Bicknell

Helmut Geier’s career in music is just about as long as they come, starting out a DJ freshman back in 1978 and witnessing numerous of the most notable revolutions in sound and politics to have changed the world since. So many of electronic’s foremost names, like cult Berlin record dispensary Hard Wax, or Tresor and E-Werk where he held residencies, or even Limelight in New York, all bear his mark to some degree or other. Then there’s his releases, collaborations and remixes, and forays into the world of fashion, numerous enough they’d take a while to tally. His formula for longevity has been a chameleon-like ability to stay tapped into the zeitgeist and guide its course, International Deejay Gigolo Records has been a permanent conduit for the mission, his early championing of the electroclash genre and work with talents like Ms. Kittin, Laurent Garnier and Vitalic another notable moment in the last half century. One thing’s for certain: DJ Hell’s not planning on going anywhere; his work’s at times anthemic, at times high camp, but constantly pulling from a lifetime of references both past and new and creating something new from the embers. Bassiani Podcast 240 is a very special live recording from Hell’s set at Bassiani’s Time Passages night back on September 27th, a three hour instalment heavy with 80s synthwork, vocoder frequencies and pounding bass. Yet another watermark from a cultural legend.

@djhellofficial

BASSIANI PODCAST SERIES

Bassiani invites Dj Hell / Podcast #240

Artist: Eluna Vex
Title: 'Shine'
Label: Renegade Methodz
Cat. #: RM16
Format: Vinyl& Digital
Release: 20th December, 2024
Pre order: https://renegademethodz.bandcamp.com/album/adventus

Sounds From NoWhere is pleased to premiere a new Eluna Vex' gem on 'Renegade Methodz'.

Adventus is the Latin word for “Coming,” which is a translation of the Greek word “Parousia”.
A symbolic title for the introduction of two new artists to the Techno scene. 
Eluna Vex & Olympios.

Both hailing from Greece, they are debuting with a high quality record that is proper, raw and very underground. 
It defines exactly what Renegade Methodz stands for. Music with the force of future! 

Across the A side, Eluna Vex is demonstrating a sonic identity that is direct and super energetic with strong percussive elements and a taste for aggressive synth design.

Shine is following up and it places emphasis on expressive percussions, frantic drum rhythms and a stripped back hypnotic groove that rides below an eerie, nostalgic almost synth pad. 
The time has finally come for this two very talented Greek producers to shine and it only leaves us wanting more.

A1, A2, A3 written and produced by Nikolaos Siavaklis. 
 
B1, B2, B3 written and produced by Efstathios Olympios Tsiflidis. 
 
Recorded and mixed in Thessaloniki, Greece. 
 
October - June 2024. 
 
Mastered at Tema Mastering, PT. 
 
Cut at the Record Industry, Netherlands. 
 
Artwork & Design by George Kalofolias. 
 
Distributed By Triple Vision. 
 
Cat. No. RM16 – All rights reserved 
 
℗ & © RENEGADE METHODZ 2024

@elunavexmusic
@endlec

Premiere: Eluna Vex - Shine [Renegade Methodz]

Here is a set recording from one of my most valuable events, CODA by Ratherlost x Pax-Roama at Lofi. I put a massive effort into that night, thinking about the past and future of my DJ career. I communicated best with the dancers and could express myself in a way that only I could. Sometimes I feel insecure about my life as a DJ. CODA gave me all the answers.
Thank you, and I want to show love to all the dancers and friends who were there that night.

https://www.instagram.com/ratherlost_/
https://www.instagram.com/paxromana.xxi/

Mastered by Erik Luebs
Photo by Martijn Kuyvenhoven

IN GROOVE w/ QUELZA b2b MARIE MONTEXIER

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