Steve Rachmad’s techno project STERAC has for many years been a seminal force in his native Netherlands and beyond. Releasing over 100 releases across the much feted Delsin, Klockworks, Mote-Evolver, Tresor and others, he’s become something of a cult figure, and dubbed a father of Detroit in The Netherlands for added points. It’s hard to imagine a more venerated artist and there’s good reason why, Rachmad’s fearless approach to production puts him a cut above many of his peers, often taking pure feeling and a collection of well worn machines as a starting point and trusting his gut along the path to finished product. For Bassiani Podcast 190, the Dutch master of techno delivers a thorough lesson in expert mixing. From orchestral strings to utilitarian bleeps, Rachmad’s sound bridges a gap no one else can. An ode to the motor city with a healthy measure of string composition thrown in, recorded live at the club during the Token X Reclaim Your City night on November 3rd.

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Bassiani invites Sterac / Podcast #190

Returning to the Monument helm for another new years eve energy dose Developer brings his powerful beats in the form of a live recording of his set from Tresor this year.

Expect 72 minutes of raw techno power winding things up for the last hours of the year.

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Müzmin (Counterchange, Planet Rhythm) Oakland, California 
Müzmin started releasing in 2016, deriving inspiration from classic Techno and Experimental electronic music variations with a forward-thinking edge. Inspiration and knowledge come from years of performing and composing in different platforms and mediums; experimental electronics, film music, ethnic electronic music blends to name a few. His tracks are made to keep people in the present moment and moving. 

In the last couple of years project has sped up, releasing on monumental labels such as Planet Rhythm and MORD with multiple vinyl releases scheduled for the upcoming months. 

Expect some raw rhythms, flashy hi-hats, deep atmospheres, and experimental soundscapes.

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Oscar Mulero brings back his alias Trolley Route to take us on a long sonic journey filled with Dub Techno and luminous sounds. This set was recorded at Basilar Festival in September 2023.

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Trolley Route DJ Set @ Basilar Festival 2023

We have a lengthy back catalogue of mixes recorded on our events through the years, and decided to share them with you all via Soundcloud.

Pär Grindvik has been a central figure in the Swedish electronic scene since the '90s, and shows his passion for Techno in this mix spanning almost 3 hours, recorded in 2013.

Pär Grindvik @ Technokunst | A38 | 2013.04.13

It's been a super weird weekend, could not put you out of my mind, so back home from my live related duties I just searched in my record collection from some of your obscure gems, some of the remixes you did for good friends of us both. Some tunes I've played regularly over the years. You'll be truly missed Juan, your legacy will stand up forever, this is just the tip of your tremendous artistic output. Now you are safe somewhere else, see you there.

TRACKLIST:

Silent Servant: End / Optimism
Silent Servant & Luis Farfán: No te debía amar
Svreca: Obscur (Silent Servant Remix)
Raiz: Cored (Silent Servant Remix)
JUDAΣ: Anathema II (Silent Servant Remix)
Oscar Mulero: Color (SIlent Servant Remix)
Silent Servant: Damage
Exium: The 12th Planet (Silent Servant Remix)
False Witness: Third Space (Silent Servant Remix)
Phase Fatale & Silent Servant: Crashed Communion
Years of Denial: Human You Scare Me (Silent Servant Remix)
Silent Servant: Mad Youth
Mark Ash: Take your Judgements (Silent Servant Remix)
Tadeo: The Need of Development (Silent Servant Remix)
Israel Vines: WWKD (SIlent Servant Remix)
Death in Vegas: You Disco I Freak (Silent Servant Version)
Tommy Four Seven: Aphelion (Silent Servant Remix)

A Tribute To Juan Mendez Aka Silent Servant

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MODULAR EXPANSION PODCAST 151

DJ BRUCE LEE
End of Dayz - Rhythm Control Barcelona records / Barcelona


Set Recorded live at Sala Lolita_Human Razzmatazz  30 December 2023

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Modular Expansion Podcast hosted by George Apergis and presents the sound of Modular Expansion records, including exclusive sets from artists like Alberto Pascual, Alex Bau, Alexander Kowalski, Arnaud Le Texier, Bas Mooy, Cari Lekebusch, Damon Wild, Denise Rabe, DJ Hyperactive, Drumcell, Eduardo De La Calle, Emex, Endlec, George Apergis, G-Man, Heiko Laux, Jeroen Search, Johannes Volk, Insolate, Invite, Luca Agnelli, Luigi Tozzi, Luke Hess, Mikael Jonasson, Neil Landstrumm, Ness, Patrik Skoog, Roman Lindau, The Advent, Truncate, Xarah Dion, Zadig and many more.  
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MODULAR EXPANSION PODCAST #151 | DJ BRUCE LEE

El sexto RCB Mixes es de uno de los tótems del techno en España. Angel Molina, en activo desde 1991, es en mi imaginario uno de los primeros djs de la ciudad que yo conocí (a nivel clubber) que alcanzaron una relevancia destacada.

Es un extracto de una hora de su set de Octubre'23 en el Laut. "Techno oscuro, sintético y retorcido, variado y un poco salvaje (el final de la noche)".

-Recuerdo ver flyers donde aparecías como DJ Angel. 
Creo que hasta 1997 no usé el apellido. Fue idea de Ricard Robles (co-director de Sónar y manager mío por entonces). Coincidió con el año en que comencé a trabajar en exclusiva con Advanced Music (agencia gestionada por Sónar). Se hizo con la intención de ofrecer una imagen seria y profesional.

- Recuerdo comprarte discos en La Casa y en Sci-fi. ¿Cuánto tiempo trabajaste allí? 
Aproximadamente 15 años entre las dos, aunque también formé parte de la distribuidora So Dens (posteriormente Red Musical) una temporada.
En Sci-fi, los últimos 5 años Paco Osuna y yo fuimos co-propietarios.

- Hace poco me comentaron que fuiste programador en la sombra de Moog durante años...
Sí, en Moog era el responsable de la programación de las noches 'Wax Sessions', durante aprox. 8 años, pero también asesoraba para otras fechas. Esto lo he hecho de manera regular en los clubs donde he tenido una residencia larga, como The Loft (Razz) o Spunny Bar (sala PIU, Sabadell). El caso de Spunny Bar fui 100% responsable de la programación Techno de los viernes, pero con la ayuda de Miki y Jaume (gracias!) conseguimos que no fuera de dominio público.
También, sin llegar a ser programador, he ejercido de asesor musical (Sónar sería el mejor ejemplo, en bastantes ediciones) y responsable de la contratación de Dj's residentes (Zero en Syndicate, MouseUp aka Absis e Iván Murias en Spunny o Juan B en Moog).
Aunque no me lo preguntas, el motivo por el cual he decidido trabajar en la sombra repetidas veces en mi vida es para evitar posibles conflictos y/o justificar el por qué (o por qué no) de ciertas decisiones. En la actualidad sigo haciéndolo, se trabaja con muchísima más libertad.

- ¿Tres clubes y festivales "importantes" donde hayas actuado? ¿favoritos? ¿Países donde has actuado?
Aunque prácticamente no se sepa, he actuado en todos los continentes excepto en Australia, y la experiencia me ha demostrado que una buena noche se puede dar en cualquier ciudad, club o festival, he aprendido a no mitificar ni generalizar. Como Dj de Techno, obviamente Berlín es LA ciudad, y mis visitas frecuentes a Tresor en el pasado o a Berghain más recientemente serían highlights en mi carrera. Gare de Porto, Laut, Moog y La Industrial Copera también las considero salas imprescindibles. Recientemente he quedado muy satisfecho con mi visita al club Infra (Boston).
Está claro que Sónar encabeza el ranking de festivales, por la confianza depositada y las numerosas ediciones en las que he participado, tanto en Bcn como São Paulo, Tokyo, Seúl, Frankfurt.., aunque como buen amante del Detroit Techno, mi participación en el DEMF (Movement Festival) ocupa un lugar privilegiado. También recuerdo con cariño Le Fest de Túnez, no todos los días se pincha en una antigua mezquita.
Aunque no me guste mirar hacia atrás, no puedo olvidar el trabajo realizado conjuntamente con Diana Ruibal en Argentina durante cerca de una década (especialmente en Buenos Aires), con Sergio Ricciardone (director del festival Club To Club) en Italia, mi paso por clubs emblemáticos como Rex (Paris), Loft (Lausanne), The End (Londres) o Fuse (Bruselas), mis largas residencias en salas como Nitsa o Loft (Barcelona) y Deep (Madrid), o haber formado parte de la rica escena gironina de los 90's /00's.

- Actualmente eres parte de 30D. ¿Cuál es tu cargo?
Por abreviar, A&R. Básicamente me encargo de escuchar y filtrar las demos recibidas, y decidir (siempre junto a Sergio / 30drop) las referencias a editar.

RHYTHM CONTROL BARCELONA MIXES 006: ANGEL MOLINA

Reclaim Your City 577 | Zadig (Paris)

Continually pushing the boundaries between plain DJ-friendly functionality and abstract-leaning tendencies, Parisian producer Zadig has carved a niche for himself at the forefront of the European techno scene thanks to his quality-driven approach and keenness to explore the uncharted. Boss of the ever future-facing record label Construct Re-Form, whose name says it all about his take on the genre, Zadig keeps on dishing out challenging opuses in sound, naturally inclined to break down and reinvent old mechanisms rather than phrase it like everyone else. His blends, extrapolating relatively classic 4x4 rhythms to seemingly incompatible territories, are both bold statements and question marks altogether. Brace yourself for a two-hour field trip across jagged industrial reliefs and more laid-back, thought-provoking environments. 

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Reclaim Your City  

Reclaim Your City 577 | Zadig

Adam X's illustrious music career began in 1990 in Brooklyn, NYC, where he was born and raised. His earliest productions were released during this period, and he quickly gained momentum as one of the most adept DJs on the global underground techno scene.

Alongside pioneer and brother Frankie Bones, he opened the doors of Groove Records in Brooklyn as America's first true outlet for underground electronic music with a direct focus on the techno genre. The Groove Records team also took part in organizing the first techno events ever to take place in NYC, including the legendary Storm Rave that started in 1991. Storm Rave was the first all-techno warehouse party organized on the East Coast of America, featuring line-ups with many up-and-coming artists who would later become global techno cult figures.

The Sonic Groove label was born in 1995 at the upgraded Manhattan location of the shop (which also changed its name from Groove Records to Sonic Groove during the transition). Adam continues to operate the label in an exemplary and innovative way, with over one hundred releases to date, focusing on an assortment of techno music styles from many well established artists across the electronic music spectrum.

A unique perspective and acute knowledge of music can be recognized in his DJ and live sets, which have always retained a unique sense of an uncompromised approach to the dance floor. Adam's approach facilitated acid techno's dominance in the early to mid-nineties, and he nearly single-handedly put the Industrial and EBM Techno cross-over genres on the map for the first two decades of the millennium. Now, Adam returns to his purist techno roots with a hard but deep thought-provoking sound, one combines the past, present and future of this timeless music.

His Traversable Wormhole, ADMX-71, The Secret Initiative, Mass-X-Odus, and X-Crashed side-projects, along with his collaboration with co-conspirator U.K.-based artist Perc in their project AX&P, and with his techno life partner Maedon as Maedon-X on Tresor Records, have all strongly impacted the most discerning audiences.

Adam X has also released his own work on his seminal imprint, as well as releases on some of the most essential labels to exist, both past and present, such as Wax Trax!, Direct Drive, Magnetic North, Peacefrog, Drop Bass Network, CLR, Hands Productions, as well as preeminent contemporary labels like Aufnahme + Wiedergabe, L.I.E.S, Hospital Production, and Pinkman.

Adam currently resides in the electronic music capital of the world, Berlin, Germany. With unparalleled dedication, his activities never cease as he continues his individual tradition of operating on every vital level, from label activity to organizing events in the legendary Tresor club and performing in some of the world's most credible venues—a practice he has maintained since the early '90s. Adam X is a true force whose contribution has reached far into bringing the future forward for electronic music.

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Modular Expansion was founded by George Apergis and has run successfully, since 1998. The name “Modular Expansion” is inspired from the first analog modular synthesizers of which different parts were connected between each-other, forming an expansion.Modular Expansion is a cultural body of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and has to its credit actions with the auspices and financial support of the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Athens. Actions such as vinyl releases, art videos and publishing events. He is also a European Design Award holder, Silver Award in 2016 in the category Music & Films Covers. Modular Expansion have events in a lot of European cities and famous places like Berghain, Tresor, Suicide, Sisyphos, Renate, Birgit in Berlin, also in cities like London, Rome, Barcelona, Sofia, Warsaw, Moscow, Tel Aviv and at the most prestigious places in Athens.

Modular Expansion is one of the first teams which started organizing Techno events in Athens in 1998. In the end of the 90s began to host artists from the labels such as Tresor, Basic Channel and Chain Reaction, presenting the Berlin underground music vibe and making techno popular in the Greek capital. Founder of Modular Expansion known as George Apergis performs already in 2002 at the legendary Tresor in Berlin. Counting in his history more than 1000 events and hundreds of guest artists like Adam Beyer, The Advent, Alexander Kowalski, Truncate, Ø [Phase], Schwefelgelb, Yanamaste, Parallx, Philipp Strobel, Psyk, dj Rolando, Monoloc, Drumcell, Brian Sanhaji, Radial, Substance, Vainqueur, Johannes Volk, Funk D Void, Dave Tarrida, Sender Berlin, Kevin De Vries, Subjected and many more belongs in one of the oldest teams in the city of Athens

In 2012 come the label of Modular Expansion Records, with releases and the support of global fame artists which has been the baseline to follow up events abroad and especially in Berlin, with gigs in clubs like Suicide, Berghain, Tresor, Sisyphos and many more. Label roster of Modular Expansion Records includes artists like EMEX, George Apergis, Brian Sanhaji, Alexander Kowalski, Subjected, Insolate, Developer, Truncate, Zadig, studio416, NX1, Johannes Volk, Radial, SLV, Dave Trarrida, Lee Holman, Ray Kajioka, Hommé, Module One, Mikael Delta, Lunatik, Unam Zetineb, Birth of Frequency, Absent, Nadjia Lind, Invite, Moving Thoughts, Alex Retsis, Axel Karakasis, Yotam Avni, Stardice, Scan Mode, Sender Berlin and many more.

Modular Expansion Podcast series were founded in 2013. They have featured a premier list of international artists and have already received widespread recognition, including exclusive sets from artists like Alberto Pascual, Alex Bau, Alexander Kowalski, Alexander Lukat, Arnaud Le Texier, Arweenn, Axel Karakasis, Bas Mooy, Beroshima, Cari Lekebusch, Charlton, Cyrk, Damon Wild, Dave Ellesmere, Dave Tarrida, David Meiser, Denise Rabe, Diego Hostettler, Dimi Angelis, DJ 3000, DJ Hyperactive, Drumcell, Echoplex, Eduardo De La Calle, Electric Indigo, Emex, Emmanuel, Endlec, Funk D' Void, George Apergis, Gez Varley, Hans Bouffmyhre, Heiko Laux, Jeroen Search, Jerome, Joachim Spieth, Johannes Volk, Insolate, Lee Holman, Lego, Luca Agnelli, Luigi Tozzi, Luke Hess, Mikael Jonasson, Moddullar, Neil Landstrumm, Ness, Non Reversible, NX1, Patrik Skoog, Pfirter, Radial, Ray Kajioka, Roberto, Roberto Clementi, Roman Lindau, Sawlin, Sebastian Bayne, Sender Berlin, SLV, Synthek, The Advent, Time Traveler, Truncate, Xarah Dion, Zadig and many more.

MODULAR EXPANSION PODCAST #151 | DJ BRUCE LEE

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