No Way Back, let me set the scene. It’s 6AM and 66 degrees. The dance floor is packed, it's sweaty inside, and it’s about to storm outside again. Derek Plaslaiko is taking over the decks from BMG, getting ready to take the crowd on a journey through his mind — the mind of a rock & roller that’s itching to take the party to the next level. It’s No Way Back on May 26, 2024, Day 2 of Return to the Source at Tangent, in Detroit. Witness the pure insanity as Derek indulges the crowd with a no holds barred onslaught of pure party jams. This is what we experienced. 

Tracklist:
Twin Hype – Do It to the Crowd	
Mellow Man Ace – Rhyme Fighter	
Dino Lenny – Did This	
Hezziane – Acid Fux	
Paranoid London – PL Off The Groove	
Company B – Fascinated (12'' Version)	
Torrfisk – Daft Acid	
Adryiano – PL303 STYLE	
Hezziane – Vrr-T-Go	
Evil Acid Baron – Neverending Acid	
Steve Poindexter – Born to Freak	
Jerome Hill – Transmissions	
Mike Dunn – Snare Your Ass Off (PEPER IN JE REET edit)	
Paranoid London – Fuse	
Свит Бои – Fu	
Pervocet – Phazy Susan	
Dwarf – Percussion Electrique	
SEDVS – Nightporter	
Remote Intelligence – Data Thief (The Mission)	
Doctor Jeep – Cyber Funk	
Olin, Bowlcut, Alex – Just Visiting (Super Rough Master)	
DJ Dotcom – Donkey Punch	
Jacob Korn & Sneaker – Heteronomous
Lemon 8 – Model 8 (Remix)

IT Podcast

IT.podcast.s13e03: Derek Plaslaiko at No Way Back 2024

All my love to the OG and Schleuse Eins-Crew <3

Lara Fein für Schleuse Eins at ANNEX @Openground 29.03.2025

Andreas Baumecker launched his DJ career in the early 90s, a Frankfurt native coming of age in the halcyon days of his country’s reunification. His first stop was the city’s storied and centrally located Romantica, then its affiliate Intimbar where reps from house label Playhouse picked him up for buying duties at record store Delirium. After an uptick in local bookings, he made a brief stop in Mannheim for more of the same before moving to Berlin in 2004, where a recently opened Panorama Bar scouted him as resident and offered him the role of in-house booker for its Berghain operations. As word got out and the city started to draw larger crowds he became a fundamental force in crafting the club’s story. Hesitant to define the upstairs-downstairs split as house and techno, he practices his preachings through an approach that embraces a range of different sounds. ‘Surprise is important’ and his 25,000 strong vinyl collection lends a hand in the process, an assemblage that oscillates between disco, house, electro, techno, breakbeat and pop; the key is to capture the spirit of a crowd. This strategy has borne not only his label Freundinnen (put on hiatus in 2007, relaunched in 2023), but a lasting collaboration with sparring partner Sam Barker as half or Barker and Baumecker (four 12” records and two albums on his alma mater’s imprint Ostgut Ton to prove it). nd_baumecker deals in all things funky and uplifting, a thread of life-affirming melodies and historically literate beats that drive seamlessly forward. Bassiani Podcast 255 alludes to his well stocked portfolio of references, with hints of disco and balearic house, it's more of what his fans know and love to usher in the warmer months; this latest episode is full of spacey tenor, refreshing and gently rolling, breezy chill-out expertly compiled by this fabled German veteran.

@ndbaumecker

Bassiani invites nd_baumecker / Podcast #255

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Live recording from Fandango at the Lighthouse
Plötzensee, March 9th 2025.

March in the Lighthouse never felt so hot under the infectious groove of @handmadeberlin. Nostalgic house-bounce beats dripping with driving space energy set the scene for a non stop afternoon to night roll

LIVE AT FANDANGO - Handmade

In-store session recording from May featuring nd_baumecker

Tracklist: 
1.	Hamatsuki - Sulitkveteba - Apnea
2.	The Robinson - Running Algorithm - Upstairs Asylum Recordings
3.	Al Wootton - Swing - Trule 
4.	Isolée - Love Algorithm (3rd Places Dub) - Resort Island
5.	Abacus - Spaceflight - Re/Think
6.	Kastil - Red Clown (Raw Mix) - Soul Notes
7.	Brian Kage - This Saturday Night - Upstairs Asylum Recordings
8.	Darren Roach - Dreswki Balooskiii - Bass Culture Records
9.	Peverelist - XVIII - Livity Sound
10.	Wallace - Cravings - Phantasy Sound
11.	Anthony Naples - Scanners - ANS Recordings
12.	The Robinson - Inconscious Habit - Upstairs Asylum Recordings
13.	Bonus : The Art Of Noise - Love Beat - ZTT

In-Store Session - nd_baumecker

Next up in the Bassiani series comes British talent Andy Luff. With London’s growing commercialisation and NIMBY-style aversion to creative pursuits, it’s a mark of great mettle to have carved out a flourishing space on its turf, but Andy and his crew has exactly succeeded in doing this. Their bootleg and off-the-cuff raves began as a guestlist only set up, bringing together friends and their friends for events where the DJs and quality soundsystems took centre stage. And it all seems to have struck the right chord: growing slowly but steadily, with Andy now living in Amsterdam, he has taken picnics signature sound to the Dutch capital where the events are flourishing, now in its second decade and with a long-standing collaboration with London superclub Fabric and Amsterdams uniquely intimate Bret, their format is something much needed in keeping the European hotspots raving into the coming years. Picnic is still much focused on throwing some of the best parties in town, and now putting out records under their homonymous label. The imprint and Andy’s benchmark, an ice-cool mix of progressive house, electro and trance, perky beats with a confident bent, unpretentious sounds for a fun night’s dancing. Sometimes it’s really that simple. On the 7th of March, Andy brought a taste of his sound to Tbilisi with a banger set at Horoom and this one’s a live recording from the night. Andy fuses retro synthwork and wobbly percussions to fun effect. Misty-eyed melodies and infectious bass lines from this eclectic supplier of good times out are ever present in this recording. A scintillating first appearance and hopefully the first of many.

@andyluff212

Bassiani invites Andy Luff / Podcast #263

Hex Code #4E3A69 by Aza

@qnete

Track ID's:

Lump – Infume
Unknown Artist – Native Response 999
Francesco del Garda & Seuil – Bubble
Anton Zap – Captain Storm
Lawrence – Gravity Hill
Ostrich – Broken Science
Mark Thibideau – Overcome Gravity
Souldoubt – Haunted House
DJ Deep – Happy People
rEagenz – 460 Melrose Ave
Marcelus – Another Way
Life Line – 2 Luvs (Instrulove Mix)
DJ Wey – Song for Masahiro

https://callshopradio.com/shows/mount-joy

Mount Joy w/ Qnete 03.07.25

Get ready for some serious business provided here by Berlin-based Vanaenae! As a longstanding employee at Leipzig's Vary record store as well as recent crew member of the Good2U team (great festival btw!), she proves her exquisite taste for deep bangers once more, so brace yourself for a beautiful selection!

https://soundcloud.com/vanaenae_r

Selectors Club Mix 96 - Vanaenae

This mix is made in the aftermath of WHOLE festival and on the eave of CSD weekend. It's kinda got a marching vibe to it, but mostly it's just hard and fast music cos I'm still on a high (apologies for any slip ups hehe). Listen to it before or after going on the streets. Dedicated to all my friends. 

@bentdj is a vinyl DJ and selector blending UK rave nostalgia, queer euphoria, and big feels behind the decks. Current resident @salon_velour.

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