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Aythekos Podcast

Spazio Magnetico Podcast

Electronica downtempo set flying at an average speed of 95 BPM
📍 Studio 11.12 // Abu Dhabi // Aug 2019

Track list // Artists
@riyoon
@dizharmoniaofficial
@okuma-sounds
@amselcom
@karhua
@metatext
@robytek
@n-u
@israelvichr
@geplantesnichtstun
@alachokri5
@katabtu
@dreksler_haerle

Yellow

Yellow.01 | Departure

Electronica downtempo set flying at an average speed of 115 bpm.
📍 Studio 11.12 // Abu Dhabi // Aug 2019

Track list // Artists

Centaurus (Lars Neubert Remix) // Ioanis, Don Son, Torsten Walker @ioanis @donniemusic @lars_neubert
Casuar (Original Mix) // Blancah @blancah
Sin Palabras (Original Mix) // Raw Main @rawmain
Bluebird (Original Mix) // Lane 8, Anderholm @lane8music
Rigel (Original Mix) // Nhar @nhar
Himalayas (Original Mix) // HAFT @haftmusik
Goldene Melange (Original Mix) // Amount @amounttechno
Wildflower (Original Mix) // Sarkis Mikael @sarkis_mikael
Sonus (Lusine Remix) // Karol XVII & MB Valence, Karol XVII, MB Valence @karolxviimbvalence @lusine-official
Seva (Original Mix) // Aryon

Yellow.02 | Languages

Electronica downtempo set flying at an exact speed of 108 BPM for a very specific reason.
📍 Studio 11.12 // Abu Dhabi // Aug 2019 

Why a sharp 108 BPM?

108 represents the ultimate reality of the universe as being simultaneously one, emptiness, and infinite. 108 has long been considered a sacred number in Hinduism and yoga. Buddhist mālās, or prayer beads, come as a string of 108 beads. A mala is used for counting as you repeat a mantra.

If you listen carefully, at 02:04 in this set, the chants of Buddhist Monks from the "Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha Bekanze Radza Samudgate Soha" - by Deva Premal & The Gyuto Monks of Tibet; are overlaid on the first song of the set. 

This mantra is the mantra of healing. Our world needs more of that. So I offer it in a non-traditional form. 

Sending you all nothing but Pure Love and Good Music (and Healing energies)
🖤➕🎧

Track list // Artists
@lukasendhardt
@deva-premal
@akizzbeatzz
@okuma-sounds
@rampue
@synapson
@matijaweiss
@richardelcoxakamjwells
@dizharmonia
@alunaritualmusic

Yellow.03 | The Healing Mantra

Electronica downtempo set flying at a constant speed of 99.0 bpm.
📍 Studio 11.12 // Abu Dhabi // Dec 2019
@studio1112

Track list // Artists
Factor 30 (Original Mix)// Bjarno @music-for-dreams
Mugelhimio (Original Mix)// Our Why @monada-project
Calypso (Original Mix)// Sangeet @monada-project
Cala Gonone Waves (Original Mix)// Giovanni Lucchetti, Mirko Monni 
Der Traum (Yolanda Frei Remix)// Feinheitsbrei @feinheitsbrei
Time (Nathan Hall Remix)// David Rausch @davidrausch
Whistling Clouds (Original Mix)// Nhii @lokdbasel
Asemissen (Original Mix)// Nutia @nutia

Yellow.04 | The Calm Before The Storm

Titled Earth; for what we have done to it.

The journey goes from a hint of downtempo to deep hypnotic techno. The sounds and the mixing act as a re-interpretation of what humanity has done to Earth. It observes the exponential sudden shifts we have done to this planet through sound. 

This set was recorded during a live streaming through @Studio1112's Facebook page on 27 March 2020 during the official lockdown hours of Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. due to covid-19 pandemic.

Artwork // Acrylic on canvas, by Farah Al Khatib. Digitally edited and discolored by Herr Banna.

Many thanks to the amazing artists below for their incredible music that made this work possible:

1. Lion (Jamie Xx Remix) (Original Mix) // Four Tet @four-tet
2. Cyclical Nature (Original Mix) // Uun @uun
3. Parallel Space (Conforce Remix) // Forest Drive West @forest-drive-west
4. Found a Way (Original Mix) // Round Four
5. Crystalline (Original Mix) // Laura Jones @laurajones
6. Foggy Destiny (Ness Vision) // Mari Mattham
7. Binocular Disparity (Blazej Malinowski Remix) // Massa (7)
8. Never Allow Anybody to Rule Your Life (Original Mix) // Ness @ness92878
9. An Encounter with Myself (Original Mix) // Ness @ness92878
10. Black Sun (Abdulla Rashim Remix) // Polar Inertia @polarinertia 
11. Black Sun (Original Mix) // Polar Inertia @polarinertia
12. Belief System (Oscar Mulero Remix) // Asymptote @asymptote21
13. Phylyps Trak II/II (Original Mix) // Basic Channel @basicchannelofficial

Earth | Studio 11.12 04.2020 (Recorded Live)

During the lockdown times due to the COVID19 pandemic Desert Dream @desert-dream, a festival platform based in Dubai, U.A.E. hosted a series of live streaming sets. This was Herr Banna's debut set with Desert Dream. 

The set takes the listener on a journey through a rather arbitrary collection of contrasting yet complimentary and most importantly harmonic sounds, with the purpose of expanding the listener's mind to the infinite possibilities of life. Titled Magic; with the hope that it gives the listener some, Magic.

Artwork // Digitally edited photo of the desert dunes on the road to Ras Al Khaima, U.A.E.

Many thanks to the amazing artists and labels below for their incredible music that made this work possible:

1. Entheogen (Ambient Version) // NuKreative @nukreative - Balance Music
2. Natural Glow (The Element MT @theelementmt Remix) // Hugo Ibarra @hugoibarramusic, Antu Coimbra @antucoimbra - Plattenbank @plattenbank
3. Flight (Original Mix) // A.M.R @amrhmusic - Silk Music @silkmusic
4. Terra (Original Mix) // Massa (7) @massa - Hidden Traffic
5. Oath feat. Edit Select (Edit Select Remix) // Edit Select @edit-select, Apothicaire @apothicairemusic - Bipolar Disorder Records @bipolardisorder01
6. Shadow Pitch (Original Mix) // Arnaud Le Texier @arnaudletexier - Affin @affin
7. Cyclical Nature (Original Mix) // Uun @uun - Dynamic Reflection @dynamic-reflection
8. Gravitational Anomalies (Original Mix) // Ness @ness - Monocline Records @monocline-records
9. Hidden Populations (Flug Remix) // Florian Meindl @florian-meindl - FLASH Recordings @flash-recordings
10. Belief System (Oscar Mulero Remix) // Asymptote @asymptote21 - Suburban Avenue @suburban-avenue
11. Radiance (Unreleased 1996 Drone Sector Track) (Original Mix) // Planetary Assault Systems @luke-slater - BPM JAPAN @bpm-japan
12. Never Allow Anybody to Rule Your Life (Original Mix) // Ness @ness - Liquid Drop Groove @liquiddropgroove
13. Galactic Logos (Original Mix) // Ness @ness - On The 5th Day @onthe5thday
14. Found a Way (Original Mix) // Round Four @roundfour - Main Street
15. No One Around (Original Mix) // Ben Klock @ben-klock, Marcel Dettmann @marceldettmann - Ostgut Ton @ostgutton-official
16. Phylyps Trak II/II (Original Mix) // Basic Channel @basicchannelofficial - Basic Channel
17. Foggy Destiny (Ness Vision) // Mari Mattham @dj-m23 - Illegal Alien LTD @illegal-alien-records
18. Black Sun (Original Mix) // Polar Inertia @polarinertia - Dement3d @dement3d
19. Noctilucent (Original Mix) // Joachim Spieth @joachim-spieth, Reggy Van Oers @reggy-van-oers - Affin @affin
20. Voyager (Original Mix) // Inigo Kennedy @inigokennedy - Token @tokenrecords
21. Trabp (Original Mix) // Yan Cook @yan_cook - Arts @artsltd
22. Sidereal Cycle (A Sacred Geometry Remix) // Ness @ness - The Gods Planet @thegodsplanet

Magic | Desert Dream 03.2020 (Recorded Live)

A journey of sounds treading the dreamy, the mysterious, the curious, the dark, the fearful, and perhaps even the sad at some point; in an attempt to explore the various aspects of empathy.

Titled Emptía; Spanish for empathy. 

Artwork // Digitally edited photo of the Western Mangroves of Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Taken and edited by the artist himself.

Many thanks to the amazing artists and labels below for their incredible music that made this work possible:

1. Inception (Original Mix) // Noir @noir
2. Phantom Studies (Original Mix) // Ben Klock @ben-klock, Marcel Dettmann @marceldettmann - Ostgut Ton @ostgutton-official
3. Chalcedony (Original Mix) // Joachim Spieth @joachim-spieth - Affin @affin
4. In The Meanderings Of Shibuya (Original Mix) // Ness @ness - The Gods Planet @thegodsplanet
5. Hectic (Original Mix) // A Sacred Geometry @asacredgeometry - Affin @affin
6. Gravitational Anomalies (Original Mix) // Ness @ness - Monocline @monocline-records
7. Under the City (Reggy Van Oers Remix) // Joachim Spieth @joachim-spieth - Affin @affin
8. Exploration (Original Mix) // Massa (7) @massa - Affin @affin
9. Eclipse (Edit Select Remix) // KONTAL - Revolt @revolt-official
10. Sacri Misteri (Ness Version) // OutpostLive @outpostlive-music - Lykos Records @lykosrecords
11. Mammatus (Original Mix) // Joachim Spieth, Reggy Van Oers @reggy-van-oers - Affin @affin
12. Limnic (Original Mix) // Claudio PRC @claudioprc - Affin @affin

Empatía

This set was recorded at Studio 11.12 in Abu Dhabi on the night of 420 420. That is April 20th, 2020. 
Titled Oxygen; lest we forget to breathe.

"There are a few unintentional clips in this recording which I discovered were due to a loose cable in my studio. But the emotional journey was irreparable, so excuse me".

Artwork // Digitally edited photo of a Thyme leaf. Taken and edited by the artist himself.

Many thanks to the amazing artists and labels below for their incredible music that made this work possible:

1. Post Cognition (Original Mix) // Leiras - Ownlife @theownlife
2. Prologue (Original Mix) // Toki Fuko @tokifuko - Rosedale Records @rosedale-records
3. Hectic (Original Mix) // A Sacred Geometry @asacredgeometry - Affin @affin
4. Oblation (Original Mix) // Toki Fuko @tokifuko - Affin @affin
5. Bell You (Original Mix) // Gardens Of God @gardensofgod - Ellum Black @ellumblack
6. Doppler Shift (Original Mix) // Hoedus @hoedus - Affin @affin
7. Deep Linking (Ness @ness Nightvision Mix) // Mario Massaro @mariomassaro - High Pro-File Recordings
8. Shadows (Original Mix) // Joachim Spieth @joachim-spieth - Affin @affin
9. 00 (Original Mix) // Dycide @dycide - Solid Shape Records @solid-shape-records

Oxygen

Recorded around noon on Saturday April 25th, in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. This set is a journey across the realms of deep peak/driving techno. The artist has been hunting for this particular sound that combines the beauty and subtleness of Deep Techno, yet under the Peak-Time Driving Hard sound of techno.

Titled Deceptive; as the journey kicks off from a dub/spacey feel, and gradually builds up all the way to high-energy Deep Peak/Driving techno sounds.

Artwork // Digitally edited photo taken by the artist at Crack Bellmer Bar, Berlin, 14th Nov 2019. This was the artist's last visit to Berlin before the COVID-19 pandemic. It stands as a salutation to Berlin's techno scene, with the hopes of going back to visit sometime soon!

Many thanks to the amazing artists and labels below for their incredible music that made this work possible:

1. Dub Tales  // Toki Fuko @tokifuko - Siena Label
2. Settling // Svarog @svarogtechnomusic - Affin @affin
3. YYYYYY // Kangding Ray @kangding-ray - Atmophile Electronics @atmophileelectronics
4. Razor Sharp (Original Mix) // Yan Cook @yan_cook - Cooked
5. Zin (C - System @c-system Remix) // Arweenn @andrea-arween2 - Parabola @parabola-music
6. Takes A Pad (Setaoc Mass @setaoc_mass Remix) // Qindek @qindek - Form and Function @formandfunctionrecords
7. Interpolate // Unam Zetineb @unamzetineb - More Than Less @soolee
8. Eostre // Magna Pia @binary-cells - Soma Records @soma
9. Give Them Rope // Uun @uun - Soma Records @soma
10. Rack (Original Mix) // Mary Velo @maryvelo - Shelter Ireland
11. Excess Of Reduction (Michal Jablonski @michaljablonski Remix)  // Shekon @shekon-dj - Skryptom Records @skryptom-records
12. Ansible (Original Mix) // Möd3rn - Mod3rn @m-d3rn

Deceptive

Titled Naked; perhaps it may spark some imagination.

There's always good to be found when one alters perception; this work would not have been possible if it weren't for COVID-19 as the artist would have had to be at work during these hours. 

This is the last set to be recorded at the original apartment where Studio 11.12 @studio1112 was born; recorded on the morning of May 6, 2020. 

Artwork // by visual artist and creator, Hussein Jabi. 
instagram.com/that_guy_hussain/

Many thanks to the amazing artists and labels below for their incredible music that made this work possible:

1. Astral Plane (Original Mix) // Joachim Spieth @joachim-spieth - Affin @affin
2. Unexpected Theory (Original Mix) // Viels @viels - End of Perception @endofperception
3. Trash Polka (Jonas Kopp @jonas-kopp Mix 2) // Kevin Arnemann @kevin-arnemann - Taped Artifact @tapedartifact
4. Synthese (Unam Zetineb Remix) // Arnaud Le Texier @arnaudletexier - Affin @affin
5. Rain of Fire (Original Mix) // The Alchemical Theory @thealchemicaltheory - Norite Records
6. Prophet Man (Original Mix) // Ben Klock @ben-klock, Marcel Dettmann @marceldettmann - Ostgut Ton @ostgutton-official
7. Cadmium (Original Mix) // Toki Fuko @tokifuko - DP-6 Records @dp-6
8. Place of Connect (Original Mix) // Reggy Van Oers @reggy-van-oers - Affin @affin
9. Octans (Original Mix) // Aleja Sanchez @djalejasanchez - Northallsen Records @northallsenrecords
10. Eternal Return (Original Mix) // The Alchemical Theory - Northallsen Records @northallsenrecords

Naked

Titled Polaridades; Spanish for Polarities.

Artwork // Ink in water, from the “Shape of Grief series” by Sylva Karakit @dodge-challenger. 

Many thanks to the amazing artists and labels below for their incredible music that made this work possible:

1. Fernweh (Marcel Dettmann @marceldettmann Remix)// Heiko Laux @heikolaux-music - Kanzleramt @kanzleramt
2. Center for Cyborg Data and Control 80 (Original Mix) // Conrad Van Orton @conrad-van-orton - Modularz @modularz
3. Spasm (Dr Cyanide Remix) // Jorg Rodriguez @jorgrodriguez - Hardtools Records @drcyanidehardtools
4. Exceeding Brightness (Original mix) // Max_M @max_m - M_REC Ltd. @m_rec-ltd
5. Trial Of The Black Witch Part 2 (Kwartz @kwartz Remix) // d_func. - Nachtstrom Schallplatten @nachtstrom-schallplatten
6. Remote Vision (Original Mix) // Leiras @theownlife - Ownlife
7. Valley of Machines (Original Mix) // Stef Mendesidis @stefmendesidis - Klockworks @klockworksofficial
8. Scythe and Sickle (Original Mix) // Uun @uun - Dynamic Reflection @dynamic-reflection
9. Hatred (Original Mix) // Yanamaste @yanamaste14 - INNSIGNN @innsignn
10. Peru Drift (Original Mix) // Planetary Assault Systems @luke-slater - Ostgut Ton @ostgutton-official
11. Swarm (Original Mix) // Abstract Man @abstract_man - On The 5th Day @Onthe5thDay

Polaridades

Wutparade. Wut is German for Anger; and Parade, well you know!

Artwork | Photo of street art, taken by the artist himself in Berlin, Germany - 13 Nov 2019.

Many thanks to the amazing artists and labels below for their incredible music that made this work possible:

1. Acquario (Original Mix) | Viels @viels - Edit Select @edit-select
2. Polar (Original Mix) | Antonio De Angelis @antoniodeangelis - Weekend Circuit @weekend_circuit
3. Tungsten (Deepbass @deepbass Remix) | Bohdan @bohdan - Informa Records
4. Wet Ground (Original Mix) | The Alchemical Theory @thealchemicaltheory - Affin @affin
5. Flare (Original Mix) | Sigha @sigha - Token @tokenrecords
6. Drastik (Planetary Assault Systems Remix) | Terence Fixmer @terence-fixmer - Electric Deluxe @electric-deluxe
7. Analysis (Antonio De Angelis Remix) | Keith Carnal - Affin
8. Escape From Nibiru (Arnaud Le Texier @antoniodeangelis Remixer) | Remco Beekwilder @remco-beekwilder - Triple Vision Music Group
9. Additive (Original Mix) | Augusto Taito @augusto-taito - K S R
10. Light Esperiment (d_func. Remix) | Mari Mattham @dj-m23 - Illegal Alien Records @illegal-alien-records
11. Ricordo (Antonio De Angelis @antoniodeangelis Remix) | Loris Grimaldi @lorisgrimaldi - Children Of Tomorrow @childrenoftomorrow
12. Margin (Edit Select @edit-select Remix) | Klaudia Gawlas @klaudiagawlas - Blackrod @blackrodmusic

Wutparade

Herr Banna is the founder of @Studio1112; his musical journey is rather short but eventful. He is a very recent discoverer of techno, a self-taught DJ who set off to Dj-ing in April 2019. And by August that same year he started Studio 11.12 as a non-profit platform hosting 'Listening Parties,' now a series of curated underground raves. His techno sound is rather eclectic, treading both realms of raw and driving techno, and is almost always deep and hypnotic. In his sets, he tends to explore the polarities of emotions such as light and darkness, mystery and joy; all in an attempt to take the listener through an emotional journey. His work is in ceaseless evolution as he continues to explore the wide range of techno sounds that appeal to his ear.
- "There's always a story" .

Herr Banna has proved himself through his mixing skills and selective approach to sounds; he has also built himself a strong portfolio of recorded sets, and played at the Hatch club in Dubai, and Dawaran Music Festival in RAK, in U.A.E. all within his first year of DJ-ing.

Looking back, growing up to the musical notes of his dad playing Oud - the traditional Arabic stringed musical instrument - with single songs stretching to extents of one hour at times; Herr Banna always thought he had a good ear for music but only at this age did it all materialize into a true musical passion.

OFF Global Group Podcast 021 - Herr Banna (ABU DHABI)

Herr Banna - Celestial Zephyr

Herr Banna, whose first name is Michael; is a DJ from Jordan currently based in Abu Dhabi - UAE, where he co-runs ‘Studio 11.12’ and works as an Urban Designer/Planner.
His knowledge of techno began in 2018 after being to one of Europe’s largest music festivals and visiting Berlin’s finest techno clubs in the summer of that year. Immediately, he found himself very passionate about techno, first as a listener, and soon after as a DJ - who remains self-taught. 
Shortly after he started DJ-ing, in the summer of 2019 he founded 'Studio 11.12' as a non-profit electronic music platform hosting 'Listening Parties' - a series of curated underground raves. He also curates a weekly podcast series labeled ‘Studio 11.12 Flights’ which is released on the platform’s Soundcloud page.

Track ID:
1. Serena Butler - If Nature Is Unjust, Change Nature (Original Mix) - Stroboscopic Artefacts
2. PØLI, Lorenzo Raganzini - El Trapezista (Original Mix) - HEX Recordings
3. Akob - Alcyone - TGP
4. Unclear - Mind (Original Mix) - Circular Limited
5. Blazej Malinowski - III - TGP
6. Reggy Van Oers - Reciprocity (Original Mix) - Affin
7. Unsung I - Cloud 9.1 - TGP
8. Patrik Skoog - Pelican (Original Mix) - Parabel
9. Dorian Gray - Red Dwarf’s Lights - TGP
10. Deepbass & Ness - Last Journey To Catalunya - TGP
11. Dorian Gray - Nova Solaris I (Original Mix) - Postdynamic
12. Dycide - Fluctuation (Claudio PRC Remix) - Lowless
13. OPL - A never ending story (Original Mix) - Circular Limited
14. Blazej Malinowski - Drifting (Original Mix) - Affin
15. Akob - Celeno (Original Mix) - Planet Rhythm
16. Ness - A Darkly Sunset In Barcelona (Original Mix) - TGP
17. Edit Select - Thread (Original Mix) - Edit Select
18. NØRBAK - OTR (Desroi Remix) - Edit Select
19. Michal Wolski - Osmosis (Original Mix) - End of Perception
20. Vicky Zissou - Nar (Original Mix) - Circular Limited
21. Surt - Permutation (Original Mix) - Informa Records

Support Herr Banna:
https://soundcloud.com/mbanna
https://www.facebook.com/herr.banna
https://www.instagram.com/herr.banna/
https://ra.co/dj/herrbanna
https://soundcloud.com/studio1112

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Herr Banna - Spazio Magnetico Podcast [036]

Titled Claridad; Spanish for clarity.

Artwork | 
Photo of the concrete wall structure of the Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE - Dec 2020. 

Tracklist |
Many thanks to the amazing artists and labels below for their incredible music that made this work possible:

1. Motionen - Ion (Original Mix) | End of Perception
2. Akob - Taygete (Original Mix) | Planet Rhythm
3. Sinfol - Unstable (Francois X Remix) | Anagram Label
4. Einox - Cathexis (Original Mix) | Circular Limited
5. The Alchemical Theory - Blood River (Original Mix) | Norite Records
6. OPL - Simbiotico (Original Mix) | Circular Limited
7. Toki Fuko - The Signal (Original Mix) | Affin
8. Ness - Never Allow Anybody to Rule Your Life (Original Mix) | Liquid Drop Groove
9. Viels - Unnamed Feeling (Original Mix) | Northallsen Records
10. Akob - Celeno (Original Mix) | Planet Rhythm
11. Surt - White Tiger (Original Mix) | Planet Rhythm
12. Bevel - Low Motion (BLNDR remix) | Submersive Records
13. Patrik Skoog - Ganglia (Original Mix) | Parabel
14. Pris - Submit (Hoedus Remix) | Non Series
15. Acronym - What Could Have Been (Original Mix) | Field Records

Claridad

Techno Curator & DJ • Founder of @Studio1112 

Architect • Urban Designer • Photographer

Self-taught DJ, discovered techno in 2018 in Berlin, started DJ-ing and became the proud daddy of @Studio1112 in 2019. Captured by the pulsating rhythm of techno and the extremely non-judgmental, widely inclusive, and very self-expressive culture incubating it.

Palestinian blood, Jordanian bred, Abu Dhabi based, Berlin-bound.

Founded Studio 11.12 as a platform that curates a series of raves labeled 'Listening Parties', and he currently curates the mix series ‘Studio 11.12 Flights’ hosting a selected array of artists from around the world.

His journey with sound is yet another story; still hunting for the haunting one. Along the lines of deep and hypnotic, and yet to find the right groove!

Herr Banna

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