Dilo - Live Sets, Mixes & Interviews

Quest is one of those new school selectors who have taken the art of crate digging to an all-new level. Italian-born, Berlin-based but having spent time in London working at the legendary Vinyl Pimp, he has long been mining the depths of everything from UKG to outré techno, Italian hip hop to long-lost house. Importantly, he uses those sounds to tell his own stories, often with an air of mystery and intrigue that plays out like an adventure into the unknown. 

Many mixes follow a traditional arc of increasing energy levels but in this week's podcast, Quest plays with those expectations to build up and then pull back, threading together minimal rhythms then raw and crunchy wave sounds. Twisted electronics lead into celestial acid and the smooth and seductive sits next to the dark and edgy. It's a low-key, low-lit selection that draws from mutant strains of house, techno and electro that are both futurist and dystopian. Quest might be his moniker, but it is also a perfect description of his mission.

Dekmantel Podcast 436 - Quest

a morning warm up in a sea of mud overlooking Mt Fuji. This was my first set of the day, to be followed a few hours later with a b2b, at the very first edition of Transcendence, a cute and cosy festival in Japan. Big thank you to Takumi Inamoto and DJ Maria for everything.

Jane Fitz live at Transcendence April 2023

Moopie b2b Kia extended set.

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Animalia: Kia and Moopie @ The Lot Radio 05-31-2024

Alessandro Crimi - Mix 07/2010 (Dub Techno, Dub House, Deep House) (RE-UPLOAD)

The Sustain-Release co-founder steps up to the Phonica mix just ahead of the acclaimed festival’s 11th year. 
New York has an iconic history when it comes to club music, and over the years has seen many great names emerge from its underground scene. In modern times, Aurora Halal is undoubtedly one of those names. 
Aurora has become a staple at forward-thinking institutions like Berghain, De School, and her home base, Nowadays, where she holds a residency. Alongside her international touring, she’s carved out her own vital space through the long-running Mutual Dreaming parties and Sustain-Release, the DIY-rooted festival she co-founded, which continues to push boundaries as it enters its second decade.
Her Phonica mix offers a vivid snapshot of her deep, intuitive approach to DJing—captured live at Mansions, a cozy NYC wine bar turned house party haven. Known for her genre-fluid sets that blend hypnotic techno, house, acid and experimental textures this is the perfect calling card to showcase why she can hold it down with a range of greats like DJ Nobu, Vladimir Ivkovic and more.
We had a chat about the mix with Aurora as well as touching off Sustain and some of her favorite moments at the festival.

Phonica Mix Series 134: Aurora Halal

We’re thrilled to share the next Planet Paradigm Podcast, delivered by Dresden. Recorded live at Planet Paradigm 2025, where they played the Forest Stage. The duo, consisting of Manfredas & Ivan Smagghe, treated us to their signature sound: a mix of new tracks, nostalgic minimal grooves, and psychedelic layers that pulled us all into another dimension. Now it’s time to dive back in. Enjoy the ride!

Dresden live at Planet Paradigm 2025

Roman Flügel - 16 August 2025

3h dj set recorded on sunday august 17th (11:00 - 14:00)
at ratherlost, lofi amsterdam

photo by martijn kuyvenhoven

nthng (3h dj set) at Ratherlost 2025

Next one in our OYE Podcast series is our regular customer Katharina aka Kat Davids. Her beautiful mix moves between deep and dub house. It has a dreamy and light structure, it flows… Including some all-time classics this is a must listen piece of music.

Berlin based DJ & Producer Kat Davids' selections are inspired by the depth of Detroit, Body-High Dub house, Deep house and Dub techno. Whether holding a tight atmosphere at a club or letting loose at festivals - always striving to allow people to lose oneself in a musical journey for a night.

With an intimate space that feels raw and honest, Kats’ music is characterized by her own vocals, field recordings, playful percussions and driving bass lines. Her releases “dust” on Intercept Records, the single “Haunted” on Tresor Records, and a collaboration track with Cecilia Tosh on the Nachtdigital Vinyl LP, will be followed by her debut Vinyl EP in 2025.

She has played at some well-known institutions such as Tresor, Watergate, Revier Südost, ELSE Club, Weltspiele Hannover and toured in Latin America and South Africa with diverse DJ gigs and DJ Workshops. Since her LIVE Set debut at Berghain / Säule 2024, she had LIVE appearances at festivals like Nachtdigital.

Since November 2022, she has hosted her own regular show on the well-established THF Radio Berlin, featuring over 50 guests ranging from newcomers to legends. In the summer of 2022, she also founded the FLINTA* collective V.A. Femme* with the aim of fostering mutual support and providing a space to learn and exchange musically.

Tracklist:
Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - Invention of Radio No. 1 The Dreams 
Unknown Artist - B1 (Illegal Series 05)
Constant Back - Goldfinger
Kosta Athanassiadis - Apari (Apari Sven’s Systolic Mix)
Conforce - Stable Velocity 
Luke Hess, Harrison - Benthos
Max Watts - Shortlivedfeeling
Ohm & Kvadrant - Knippelsbro
Ben Kaczor - This Blue Light (unreleased)
LB Honne - Untitled Wechsel (unreleased)
Philipp Priebe - Need & Desire (unreleased)
Will you - Is it 2 Late (Lb Honne Remix)
Makam - Girls Night (Original Mix)
Efdemin - The Meadow

Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/katharina-davids
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kat_davids/
RA: https://de.ra.co/dj/katdavids

OYE Podcast #19 Kat Davids

Hamburg's king of vinyl houses it up in a deliciously deep style on this week's RA podcast.

RA.161 Lawrence

Dilo | Tundra Mix | Igloo Podcast 10

Recorded on a sweaty, jungle like weather night with a bleeding moon in the sky.

Dilo | Blood Moon Podcast | Igloo Podcast011

MUTEKRADIO 028 - MUTEK.AR Presents The PoLee Show 009
Feat. Dilo (AR) and Lechuga Zafiro (UY)

PART 1 > Dilo dj set (AR)

Elephant Pixel - Desert (feat. Minirocke)
Egon Orange - Calendula (Dilo "pillowcase" remix)
Elephant Pixel - Radian
Dilo - Walking on thin ice
Elephant Pixel - Isolation
Elephant Pixel - Applesaft
Elephant Pixel - Ragazzo sfortunato (Lackluster Remix)
Elephant Pixel - Ragazzo sfortunato (Doubtingthomas Remix)
Elephant Pixel - Run wild
Elephant Pixel - Little
Lega - Once upon (feat. Elephant Pixel & Julie Amadeo)
Lega - Picked from the chaos (Elephant Pixel remix)
Dilo - Landlocked
Dilo & Seph - bleach
Dilo - A momentary collapse

* all artists from Argentina

PART 2 > Lechuga Zafiro dj set (UY)

Lechuga Zafiro (UY) – “Elegua quiere tambor”
Caetano Veloso (BR) – “Tropicalia” (A Tribe Called Red remix)
Frank Lucano (CO) – “Mi Sombrero” (Milangeles remix)
Maga Bo (BR) – “É da Nossa Cor feat. Mestre Camaleão” (Sabo Remix)
Gregor Salto and KiT (CW) – “Otro Día” (Original Mix)
Rita Indiana (DO) – “Los Poderes” (Kingdom remix)
A Tribe Called Red (MX) – “Native Puppy Love” (DJ Javier Estrada remix)
Lechuga Zafiro (UY) – “Isla de Flores” (Bauuer’s Yaow atrapamboril mix)
Sheeqo Beat (UY) – “El Barrio Loco”
Matanza (CL) – “Puya” (Shclachtofbronx edit)
Etelvina Maldonado (CO) – “Manuelita” (Uproot Andy & Gecko Jones remix)
Grupo la Droga (PE) – “El Ventarrón” (Bigote remix)
Dengue Dengue Dengue (PE) – “Simiolo” (Lechuga Zafiro remix)

PART 3 > Au Revoir Track

Isaac Maya (MX) – “Ethiopian Kings”


MUTEKRADIO028 - Mutek[AR] Presents The PoLee Show 009 Feat. Dilo (AR) and Lechuga Zafiro (UY)

Next Edition: 19_24.08.25 | International Festival of Digital Creativity & Electronic Music

Hailing from Buenos Aires, Dilo is known for his eclectic and exquisite taste in audio. His productions that sound like crystalline experimental techno & house are, quite simply put, some of the most marvelous releases around, and as part of the smooth sounding ice cream pop band Elephant Pixel he's done an incredible job to get electronic music lovers into live band formats again. 

Regularly surfacing on various labels -- may it be on his own imprint, Igloo Records, on which Dilo manifests himself with his more special productions, he's also published music on labels as varied as Telegraph, Einmaleins, Trapez, LessIzMore, Esperanza, Adjunct, Minus, We Are, Dumb Unit, Clink, Unfoundsound, Soma, Leftroom, Romanphoto, amongst others. And it does not stop there: now joining up with Los Angeles's oddball [a]pendics.shuffle, he creates yet another goofy identity for his output: Cascabel Gentz. 

Dilo was remixed by artists such as Dandy Jack, (a)pendics.shuffle, Dapayk, Jay Haze, Ernesto Ferreyra, Bruno Pronsato, Franco Cinelli, From Karaoke to Stardom, Seuil, Barem, Ryan Crosson, Seph, Shadi Megallaa, Gurtz, Funzion, Tolga Fidan, Jorge Savoretti, Marco Resman, Ed Davenport and more. He remixed artists like Sutekh, Camea, (a)pendics.shuffle, Mark Henning, Gurtz, Funzion, etc.  Additionally he did vocal collaborations for Seth Troxler, Kate Simko, Santos Resiak and others.

In 2009 releases his debut album "Waheira" (on his own label Igloo-Rec), including the beatport top 10 song "Waheira" and hitting the De-Bug Magazine chart at number 2. At the end of 2010 is out a massive double release with remixes of his album featuring Mark Henning, Agaric, Kate Simko, Someone Else, From Karaoke To Stardom, Elon and many more. 

In 2013 he releases a double album: Ethereal.
Dj Residencies @ Cococliche (Buenos Aires) and Chalet Club and KaterBlau, Katerholzig, Bar25. (Berlin) 

His live and dj sets have been heard in USA, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Germany, England, Romania, Belorusia, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Georgia, Columbia, Mexico, Costa Rica. Canary Islands & Uruguay.

MUTEKRADIO028 - Mutek[AR] Presents The PoLee Show 009 Feat. Dilo (AR) and Lechuga Zafiro (UY)

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