@akobmusic are Paris & Berlin based DJs, producers & live act with releases on Lowless, The Gods Planet and more. We are very happy to present their special liveset recorded at La Marbrerie, near Paris, at a @lowless-music party alongside Neel, Wata Igarashi & Seb Alcachofa.

The idea behind their live setup is to create the ability to reuse and rearrange elements produced in the studio while leaving enough space for improvisation and tweaking the sound live in the moment.

The laptop-free setup is a combination of analog and digital machines: samplers/sequencers/looper (2x Octatrack), drum machines (Rytm), synthesizer (Syncussion, MB33, 0-Coast), effects (Octatrack, BigSky, T-resonator), midi controller (2x Nanokontrol) as well as mixer (Xone 96).

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MNMT Live : Akob

For our 450th episode milestone we’re thrilled to welcome back Italian maestro Luigi Tozzi to our series.

Here he delivers a trademark atmospheric journey seamlessly blended to close out 2024.

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MNMT 450 : Luigi Tozzi

DJ Sodeyama’s been around since the 90s, a Tokyo-based whizz and DJ’s DJ, whose career has offered the type of sound many selectors would envy. It’s incredibly sharp, meandering along its intelligent thread in unexpected and high-minded ways. Since the early noughties he could add producer to his soubriquet too, flexing his minimal muscle with early releases, a steady stream of ensuing ventures further cementing his craft via Korean-based deep techno distributor Artscope, Dynamic Reflection, illegal alien, Daybreak and many more. He’s also explored adjacent genres and ventured into the world of house under his parallel alias The People In Fog. Pretty full plate, but the quality of his sound has suffered nothing for it. His techno is an expert tapestry of interlaced details and lingering moods, injected with raw feeling and undeniable skill. It darts from peak to peak, fusing frequencies riddled with forward-pitched elements and vivid effects, and forges a long-range feeling that abuts the realm of both man and machine. Thick and volatile techno that serves as proof that the genre can keep expanding outwards in fresh and surprising ways. Bassiani Podcast 260 moves the needle further, it's quintessential Sodeyama: vivid climbs and steep descents, warped vocal samples, brave and unbending beats for prime-time raving.

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Bassiani invites DJ Sodeyama / Podcast #260

Here is a recording set at UNFOLD! Enjoy :)

UNFOLD Opening Set (27.07.25)

Curated by DSH #144: Toxido Mask

1 hour journey into deep rhythms provided by the magnificent Toxido Mask!

More info about Toxido Mask
https://www.instagram.com/toxicmassk/
https://soundcloud.com/toxido-mask
https://www.facebook.com/Toxicmassk/

Playlist for the show:
1. Rrose - Disappeared
2. Plants Army Revolver - Macao
3. Rrose - Open Cell
4. ASC - Permafrost
5. Refracted - Convolution 4
6. Evigt Mörker- Huggormen som vilar
7. Kobe Dupree - Jacurutu
8. Korridor - Array
9. Acronym - Jotunheim
10. Desroi - Pulsed Field
11. Nørbak - Otr 
12. Border One - Segment
13. JXTPS - Insinuator
14. Desroi - Hiccups Will Stop If You Choke Me
15. Reeko - I've Seen A Civilization
16. BNKMN - Tor
17. Pris - Hunger
18. Kr!z - There Is No Sun
19. Müzmin - Tata
20. JUDAΣ - Disgrace IV
21. Marçal - Nothing About the United States
22. ASC - Tenebra
23. Einox - Brute Saw

Curated by DSH #144: Toxido Mask

A sonic explorer connecting the dots between spaced-out abstraction and trippy techno sorties, Shoal has been cruising the scene’s hyperspace for the past ten years with his eyes set on a new horizon of musical possibilities, eager to clear the ground for further audacious expeditions in the uncharted nooks and crannies of atmospheric electronics. Combining spacious and layered envelopes with finely textured, FX-soaked membranes of sound and forward-rushing dynamics, Shoal beckons us on the path of fearless time and space traveling through sound. Immersive and uncompromising, his present mix takes us on a bumpy ride across alien-engineered megastructures and subterranean drifts, in search for the unheard ore concealed at the heart of techno’s paling mainstream veinstone. 

soundcloud.com/shoall


Reclaim Your City 674 | Shoal

Steve Bicknell enters the main room at The Villa, Oslo. With decades of experience, Bicknell plays with patience and intent. He does not rush the room. It takes about 25 minutes before he even remotely steps on gaspedal.

His sound is rooted in deep and stripped back techno. Often influenced by dub, early UK and Detroit traditions. The set starts in the shadows, with sparse rhythms, low pressure. Early on, there is space. Space to arrive. Space to breathe.

As the set continues, he builds through repetition. A new percussion line slips in almost unnoticed. A bassline tightens. The groove becomes firmer without becoming aggressive. Tracks are chosen for their texture and weight, with smooth transitions. The focus is on flow, and the dance floor is slowly pulled together.

Later in the set, the pressure increases and the rhythm becomes more insistent. The bass becomes more physical. By this point, the room is locked into the hypnosis.

Thank you Steve. And thank you to everyone who came to share this night with us

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MNMT Recordings : Steve Bicknell @ Monument at the Villa - Oslo

We are thrilled to share Mary Yuzovskaya's set recorded live from Monument Festival 2025 as part of our MNMT 500 celebrations.

Mary Yuzovskaya runs her set like an old but reliable steam engine locomotive. Except this train is going to Hogwarts. Mary is a responsible conductor, making sure everyone is on board, getting their bodies going at a steady pace, warming up the system for what's to come. Later.

Her sound lives in a hypnotic but assertive space. The hypnotic part comes from steady patterns that loop and settle into the body. Rhythms that repeat long enough to quiet the thinking mind. You are not distracted by constant changes. The groove stays in place and draws you in through consistency.

The whole Monument family is dancing in sync. Looking as good as ever. High in energy and anticipation. And then. The sky opens. But, we have our best lasers ON, saved for this occasion, saturday night, they weren't used on friday at all, and when the pouring rain hits the upgraded lasers, we have a million diamonds falling towards us. The crowd roars. Celebrates what nature throws at us. Surrenders to its will. No one left the dancefloor to seek refuge in their tents. No one. Mary Yuzovskaya responds...

If you were there, you know that this was the start to what can only be described as the Champions League of festival night shifts. With Yuzovskaya, Pacho and Doltz seemingly playing one after another. Mary’s job was to get the crowd going, but at the same time leave room for more. She delivered.

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MNMT 500 : Mary Yuzovskaya @ Monument Festival 2025

Beskar

A controlled environment begins to desynchronize.
Timing shifts are subtle but permanent.
Repetition becomes unstable.
Patterns attempt to realign but never fully resolve.

This is not collapse.
This is persistence under distortion.

All elements are derived from a fixed source palette:
drone, pulse, metallic resonance, voice fragments, and error fields.

No external additions.
Only transformation.

Clock Drift

One last mix to end the year. When Svreca sent me this set, he could not have known what it would mean to me. I have spent so much time looking back lately, reliving old discussions and re-imagining moments passed, often lamenting how much was lost along the way. In just under three hours this mix communicates the flow of years. An archived recording from a special memory, it reminds me that the passage of time is beautiful even in what it fades away. Listening to it, I become lost completely, as though I am everywhere at once.

Thank you to everyone who listened this year, who sent warm messages and left comments, who supported us and kept us feeling connected. Thank you to the artists who continue to give their time and trust to the podcast and label, and keep us moving forward.

Finally, thank you Svreca for this gift and for being an inspiration from the very beginning. We're all here listening. Let's dive in.

@semantica-records

Artwork by Clara Cortes.

Sure Thing Mix 100: Svreca

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MNMT Live : Akob

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