Track made only with sounds sampled from the building of the legendary club Berghain.

Berghain (Made Only With Sounds of...)

Berghain (Made Only With Sounds From...)

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/sound_of_mind_2xlp_dl

Over the past decade, Egyptian-born, Barcelona-based DJ and techno producer Raxon, known to friends and family as Ahmed Raxon, has popped out a steady stream of twelve-inch singles, precision-tooled, for labels like Cocoon, Drumcode, Diynamic, Truesoul, and Ellum Audio. An alumni of Kompakt’s Speicher series – check the insistent, vibrating pulses of “The Ancient” and “Dark Light” on 2019’s Speicher 107 – with Sound Of Mind, Raxon has produced a long-awaited debut album that’s ready and aching both for the dancefloor and the boudoir, traversing the heat of the club and the warmth of the home.

“The idea of an album has always floated around in my head for the past few years,” Raxon confirms, “but it was never the right moment in my mind.” Instead, he’s been insistently pursuing his vision of deep, elegant techno, taking him from early DJ gigs in Dubai, including the legendary audio tonic night, then relocating to Europe on the recommendation of Herman Cattaneo, all the while allowing his experiences to inform and transmute his producer’s thumbprint. He’s an architect by training (though he gave architecture up for electronic music), which might explain why Raxon productions are so sturdy and well-designed; but remember also that architecture is a field filled with brave experimentation, something Raxon definitely draws on throughout Sound Of Mind.

Like many albums from the past twelve months, Raxon’s debut developed partly thanks to the unique social situation the planet has found itself caught within. “In the beginning of 2020 I started working on a few tracks with the album in mind,” he recalls, “with no idea of what’s to come in the next few months. As catastrophic as the situation was/is, I found myself in the studio; in a way the lockdown gave me that creative freedom in the studio, [to] try to tell my story through sound.” And indeed, there is something in the way of ‘life writing’ about Sound Of Mind, particularly in the way Raxon’s productions pay subtle homage, perhaps, to his formative listening experiences in the late nineties.

It’s no retro trip, but there’s plenty of variety here, and a few moments that’ll tickle the collective memory – see the prowling pulsations of the opening “Majestic”, the alien breakbeat action of “Vice” and “Journey Mode”, where the interstellar tones feel like Foul Play or Steve Gurley, the leaking gas and woozy keys that make “Droid Solo” so subtly destabilising, or the strobelight drones that sputter and flare throughout “El Multiverse”, where dappled organ tones fight it out with interdimensional transmissions, all sucked into the vortex of a late-night techno mantra. Beautifully sculpted, Sound Of Mind feels consummate, an elegant set that pulls Raxon’s vision into its sharpest focus. Alive with possibilities, it’s a fever dream of creativity.

Raxon - Majestic

Valencian producer Mundo D adds a mix to Life Can Dance’s Not So Obvious series. 
Sit back and enjoy this mysterious musical journey across dark streets, flooded of robotic voices, post punk beats and acid modulations.

Not So Obvious

Not So Obvious #010: Mundo D

INTERVIEW

Not So Obvious #010 - Mundo D

Born and raised in Guadeloupe, now living in Paris, Mala Ika is a French DJ and producer. Her passion for digging electronic music led her become one of the founders of Beweird and Weirdos Records. We are extremely happy to introduce you to Mala Ika's take on cutting-edge electronic music via our TAU Cast series. Enjoy! :)
@malaikamalaika

TAU Cast 033 - Mala Ika

- HÖR BERLIN / October 20 / 6pm-7pm /
https://youtu.be/xCIJIfuRWa0

HOR Radio Mix

FTV032 / SIMON GARCIA

Kosma
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Afternoon to seria podcastów publikowanych na moim kanale SoundCloud do których zapraszam zaprzyjaźnionych artystów. Znajdziesz tam zarówno nagrania z wydarzeń, które organizuję jak i te stworzone specjalnie na tę okazję.
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Afternoon is a series of podcasts published on my SoundCloud channel to where I invite my artist friends. You will find there to record of the events I organize as well as those services on that role.

AFTERNOON Radio Show by Nowosad
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015 - KOSMA - AFTERNOON Radio Show - 18.03.2022 - PIEKŁO NAD NIEBEM

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/speicher_120_12

The kick drums of tomorrow once again begin to rumble in the smog infested, strobe stricken clubs of today. Kompakt’s Speicher series always strives to provide the dance floors with a soundtrack to grant our mind and body temporary refuge and escape. We feel it is more than ever needed considering the darkness that surrounds us all in these times.

We welcome back Marc Romboy. A gifted producer, DJ and friend that has been behind the decks as a key supporter of Kompakt’s music since the beginning. Beyond that, Marc is an astute musician, with releases on many of the esteemed; from Ovum to Innervisions and of course his own Systematic Recordings his music is incredibly varied.

They say that the third time is a charm but in this case he returns to our Speicher series again with a two track EP that feels more like a sequel that is true to the excellent consistency of his previous output. Armed only with a Buchla Music Easel, the Roland TR-909 and an Arp 2600, “Randomized” is pure techno as it tweaks and twists into a complete frenzy. Marc pays homage to the legendary Californian synthesizer inventor Don Buchla with the very trippy churner, “Monsieur Buchla”.

Marc Romboy - Monsieur Buchla

Tracklist: http://hyponik.com/mixes/hyp-264-terr/

https://soundcloud.com/terr_music
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Although better known for her contributions as one half of Digitaria, Brazilian producer Daniela Caldellas is now stepping out on her own as Terr. A return to the electro and techno of her early days, Caldellas is making her debut on Hotflush Recordings – and under her Terr alias – with the blazing three track EP, Burn The Past, which is out now.

Caldellas played in punk bands in her teen years, before unearthing electronic music via the likes of Kraftwerk, Atom TM, Depeche Mode and Juan Atkins. It was then she truly found the outlet for her artistic expression. This unhampered desire to create, and the riotous manner of punk, is all over her recent EP – where tough EBM incursions nudge up alongside sleek tech-house and more uplifting cuts.

Now Caldellas takes to the Hyp mix series with an hour’s worth of electrifying prime time numbers. In it you’ll find tracks from Hotflush boss Scuba, Atom TM and some of Terr’s own scorching constructions. Play this one loud.

Hyp 264: Terr

Lockdown set May 2020

Endless

In Search of Light

Darkdisco // Indie dance // Techno // Acid
Mitsuko – French Dj Lille/ Paris
Rosa Bonheur Paris

Mitsuko (connue sous son premier nom Mlle Blondie) se décide de passer derrière les platines en 2014. 
Elle crée en 2015 le collectif lillois Der Klang avec Gloria Nada et Octave Parango.  S’en suivent alors une série de soirées sur Lille, Bruxelles et Paris. Son style évolue au fil des années mais combine des influences acid, nu-disco, dark-wave, dark disco.
Elle collabore également avec la célèbre boutique le Printemps de Lille pour y jouer lors de différents évènements.
C’est également la fondatrice du collectif  féminin "Voulez vous danser?" crée en 2016.
Depuis 2019, elle mixe également parfois aux célèbres soirées queer lilloises : les soirées "Choupichatte" et résidente au Rosa Bonheur de Paris.
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