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a kaleidoscopic session from one of the uk’s best gems, wordcolour. an artist who excels in storytelling through their productions, this approach to his craft is translated in podcast 215 as the mix gently starts with stunning ambient moments before building into a masterclass of drum programming. pacing through halftime, techno and IDM, it’s an unpredictable 72 minutes with wordcolour showing us his cards — a hand dealt with authenticity as a marker of where he’s at right now as a dj and producer. 

wordcolour made his production debut on lapsus records in 2020 before heading over to fabric’s esteemed imprint houndstooth where he released ‘juno way’ - a breakthrough record as such for wordcolour. this was the beginning of a long-standing relationship with houndstooth where he also went on to release ‘bluster’ ep featuring remixes from djrum, dj python and the soft pink truth, his debut album ‘the trees were buzzing, and the grass.’ and the ratios series. on all of these records, wordcolour’s ability to create detailed, immersive soundscapes which emotionally resonated with both home listening and dancefloor moments, has shined through. continuing on this path of world building, earlier this month wordcolour released the first ep on his new label, TiHKAL, from london-based artist st. amp. a label dedicated to exploring psychedelic soundscapes which is a direction that wordcolour has been producing in recently as well as ties in with the parties he now likes to attend, TiHKAL will be a new home for tracks that land within the 150-200 / 75-100 bpm zone.

to celebrate the release, wordcolour has pulled together a mix that delves into the influences behind this new direction and we chat more about the concept of TiHKAL, approach to curation, early influences and more. 

Interview: https://untitled909.substack.com/p/untitled-909-podcast-215-wordcolour
Buy: https://tihkallabel.bandcamp.com/album/tihkal001-st-amp

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Untitled 909 Podcast 215: Wordcolour

Riigs - Healing [TAIPAN TRAX]

Another Barker masterclass.

Sam Barker asks more from techno. The artist known simply as Barker is one of electronic music's most consistently conscientious and curious producers, challenging listeners to question the norms we accept about our shared culture—whether it's the music that fills the room, the process behind it, or the purpose of the space itself.

British-born yet based in Berlin since 2007, Barker forged a connection to many of the city's leading institutions, including Ostgut Ton, and over the course of a long and fruitful relationship, he carved out one of the more singular paths on the club and label's roster.

Not one for orthodoxy, Barker challenged four-to-the-floor techno framework in favor of melodic experimentation. By decentering or completely stripping away the typical trappings of kick drums and claps, his productions are both light and immersive, buoyant in low-end presence and shimmering in weightless space.

Six years after Utility, his sophomore album Stochastic Drift arrives this month. Shaped by pandemic-driven reinvention, it burrows deeper into harmonic twists and freeform drift. "At some point I became conscious of the process," he wrote of his latest album. "The only thing you can do is embrace the uncertainty and see every change as a potential positive.”

Consider his RA Podcast another sequel. Like his much-beloved 2019 mix for FACT, it's a collage of live recordings and a fitting expression of the artist's own internal spring. RA.982 radiates wide-eyed optimism: percussion cloaked in foggy, swirling pads and trance-like chords, neatly synched in synthetic glimmers. 

All in all, it's an hour of music crafted for contemplation, collective euphoria, or heads-down epiphany—or for that matter, any moment, really, its emotive depth seemingly endless.

@voltek

Find the tracklist and Q&A at ra.co/podcast/982

RA.982 Barker

BOOTLEG THURSDAYS!

For the past three months Daverage J Normal and Riigs have been collaborating on a whole heap of music.  The music has unfurled in a myriad of different ways and directions with the focus being the joy of collaborating, creating and now performing these tunes.  We can’t just sit on them though and have decided to release one a week for as long as we want to.  Listen, hopefully dance a bit and even repost if you feel like it.

The first track Cherry on Top was one of the first and sums up the energy we tried to bring.  It also showcases Daverage’s amazing bass playing which has become such a feature of our music.

Enjoy!


CHERRY ON TOP

Amsterdam's forward-thinking DJ extraordinaire, Kray Atief, crafts unique sonic narratives, each show a journey blending creative mixing and eclectic selections. In this guestmix, he showcases futuristic dub music and its related genre's.

www.operator-radio.com 

Kray Atief - 22nd April 2025

You know life is good when one of your favorite producers agrees to do a mix for your radio show. K-65 is the mind behind "Thinking", one of my most played tracks ever, and also the host of my most-listened-to show on SWU. I can’t even begin to describe how much I admire his music, his selections, and how consistently fresh everything he touches sounds.

For the first 30 minutes, I did my best to live up to that incredibly high bar. One day, I woke up completely drained, without the slightest will to live and somehow ended up recording this mix. Honestly, it turned out surprisingly well. As we say in Portuguese, it was recorded na força do ódio but it ended up being one of my favourite selections yet.

Find tracks from @mani_festo @dr-rubinstein @iamsherelle @drumskull_music and many more!

Tracklist: www.instagram.com/this.is.noia/

CLUB NOIA #28 w/ K-65 @Radio Raheem Milano

@k-65uk's brand new label, @terbiumrrecords, launches with its first release featuring two Electro, Breaks and Bass fused floor killers from the founder himself. ‘BMF’ and ‘Read My Mind’ explore the harsher side of dance music, incorporating the usual driving energy of K-65’s signature style.

[PREMIERE] K-65 - Read My Mind [Terbium]

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Something to get lost in, to reminisce and ruminate, or just to be present with.  Something for the end of the night, to soothe us to slumber.

Time for Sleep

@Casper-Hastings

Artist - http://deathtechno.com/artists/casper-hastings
More Info - http://deathtechno.com/2025/06/17/dtmix257-casper-hastings
YouTube - https://youtu.be/82FQ6ibSQgY

Casper Hastings is a dedicated DJ and producer with near 20 years of experience, crafting his early skills at secret parties and illegal raves in Ireland. Through a growing reputation, he also has ventured out to other UK and European hotbeds such as Glasgow, Berlin, Paris, London, and Munich, playing on club and festival line-ups alongside artists such as Sunil Sharpe, Ben Sims, Truss, Phil Kieran, and Sleeparchive, to name only a few. He also has a background in studying sound engineering, which has helped define his style that taps into gritty techno and electro rhythms that have been released on Sticky Ground, Obscuur, Concepto Hipnotico, RLSD, B55, and RAW. This exclusive mix is dark, heady, twisted, jackin’, pounding and full of mechanical, purist goodness. Raw grooves with gritty and growling textures ride the waves amongst distorted kicks and soothing synth tones for a masterclass of power and delicate depth. Tracks featured by Blawan, Viels, Uväll, Lobster, A.Morgan, Planetary Assault Systems, SLV, Endlec, and many more…

Tracklist…

01. Blawan - Vented [Ternesc]
02. Viels - Destino [End of Perception]
03. Uväll - Havoc [?]
04. Stone - From Above [?]
05. Lobster - Azure Wings [Dusk]
06. Secus - Negative Form [Peer]
07. Bendiak - Automata 30 [Radial]
08. Thimo Konings - Crawlspace [BLUR XP]
09. Tim Taylor - Pleasure Unit (Jerome Hill Remix) [Dame-Music]
10. A.Morgan - Night Crawlers [?]
11. Giri - Il Primo Fantasma (Nathan Solo Remix) [?]
12. Murahni - Chewed Up [Loose]
13. Blawan - My Guide to Dancing on Carpet [Ternesc]
14. Boner M - Tsiu [ARTS]
15. Truncate - First Phase (Planetary Assault Systems Remix) [Truncate]
16. Dez (Random/Noize) - Viaggio Della Speranza [Depuratio]
17. Truxx - Redshift [Kluster]
18. SLV - Signature [Mitsubasa]
19. Endlec - Consistency & Patience [Mord]
20. Sunden - To Live Forever in a Sky Lit Room [Sunden]

CHERRY ON TOP

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