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Neptunian Influence, Sixty-Seven | Featuring @jsalvarez

JS Alvarez is a shape shifting lizard that succumbs to no one genre and can be found exploring the depths of mutant techno and unruly bass music alike. He is the founding member of Research & Development. ﻿What started as a monthly event series at Smartbar took on a new path with a biweekly mix series focused on nurturing new sounds, experiences and atmospheres while exploring the music and culture it was born or mutated from. Find him at Podlasie Club or sweaty basements and warehouses in Chicago and beyond.

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| Tracklist | 
Phoenicia - Diagnosa
Forest Drive West - Time
214 - Body Control
Annika Wolfe - The Art of Abduction Dark
Atrice - Multiplex
Del Hale, R. Mohr - Gambit
Keith & Kevin - No Hot Water at St Regis
Future DZ - Sawed Off
Gesloten Cirkel - Everything For The Dev
Only Now, Flore - Cut & Run (Only Now Version)
Pedrolino - I Don’t Believe You (Filmmaker remix)
Marcela Dias Sindaco - Rio Ofegante
Privacy - Sword, NYC
KEEFE - Bad Boi
Identified Patient - Digital Drain
Deandrah - Red Grey
MANASyt - No 13th Floor
Data Assault - Pesadelo Absoluto
Rescript - Regurge
Shcuro - Unbearable Heaviness
Cressida - Al Gore Riddim
Machino - Pusher
Jensen Interceptor - The Fountainebleau
Raavel - Insect Repellent
Nite Fleit & False Persona - Parallax
Cyan 85 - 4 ma C-Borgs
TANS - The Priest’s Morsel (DJ Nephil RMX)
Vorp - I Plead the Filth

Meet you in the Great Dark Spot

NI67 | JS Alvarez

first show of the year coming to you live and direct from n10.as studio in montreal ~ my first live broadcast of the show!! prepared an hour of ambience focusing on select artists and labels ~ aired on @n10-as 23.01.2025

Boarding Gate 080

Electricity snakes and crackles through the transformers, conduits, stepdowns, and laid lines of modern civilization. Channelled into the walls and drawn out through the outlet, its essential power arrives in a labyrinth of transistors, resistors, and soldered pathways, a nest of interlocked components. And through the subtle tweaking of potentiometers among finely tuned electronics this current is harnessed, leashed, convinced, cajoled into undeniably kinetic techno.

The latest EP of tracks from Berlin’s Torvvo feels like sticking your tongue in the wall socket. Sizzling with all the lethal, awesome power of an elemental force, these five tracks capture the elusive, unrepeatable magic of program synthesis. The subtle dialing in of knobs and the serpentine patching of controlled voltage give the heady synth lines and brain-tickling noise sweeps a once-in-a-lifetime quality - they cannot be recalled, so thank goodness these sounds were being recorded.

From the moment one of “Latch” - the EP’s opener and one of two tracks named for synthesizer functions - we ride a wave of voltage. It kicks off with a buzz that ricochets between the speakers before locking into a deep, undulating hi-hat groove, exactly the type of track that ASMR tingles you into your second wind of dancing. “Relay” follows” with an ever-morphing, insistent 16-beat bassline that calls to mind techno’s Italo ancestors. On the third track, Torvvo pulls the rug just a bit with a sultrier BPM and a stuttering kick-snare pattern that never quite repeats in a predictable pattern as the upper freqs of the hi-hats dissipate into steam, mushroom music. EP highlight “Shuddering on the Substrate” displays some true mastery of primetime-ready techno with a swift, driving drum pattern sprinting under a triplet synth pattern that filters deliciously in and out of the ether. By the time the closing track comes along it feels like something of a victory lap, another unrelenting modular tour de force - crispy, corporeal, & chugging.

Torvvo (also known as Tom Holroyd, originally of Pittsburgh) is intimately familiar with electromancy, having served for some time now as one of the folks behind beautiful synth module makers Verbos Electronics (Mark Verbos, founder of the company, is also a Bunker artist). Holroyd’s work in demonstrating, repairing, and understanding the flow of voltage through electronic components rewards him a deep, intuitive knowledge - he works beyond manuals, patching by vibe, letting the beautiful serendipities bubble up between his computer running CV-optimized DAW Bitwig and the warmed-up modules cooing in his studio.

Both god and ghosts run free in the machines - the tiniest adjustment of a parameter, a shift in the local weather, whether or not the operator is wearing any jewelry, the most minute factor can profoundly alter the lassoed voltage running through the precision synthesizer modules of a eurorack system. With “Substratum” Tom Holroyd proves undeniably that he is one of our finest ghost hunters, communing with the alternating current, cracking open the dance floor.

Mastered by Tim Xavier at Manmade Mastering 
Artwork by Andrew Charles Edman
Liner Notes by Ben Seretan


Torvvo - Substratum

Get in the zone with TILT.cast 25 by our guest and french sound-connaisseur Sied, exploring rhythmic realms out of the techno bubble:

"As is usual, I did a mix that progressively builds in energy and tempo. Groove and rhythm serve as the common thread, with tracks spanning various genres. I enjoy eclectic selections featuring complex rhythmic sections, drawing from dub, bass, and Latin influences. The percussive cuts often carry a distinct UK flavor, tailored for energetic dancing and powerful sound systems. Towards the end, the mix becomes more trippy, adopting a minimalist tech vibe."

TILT.cast 25 Sied

Pai-lin returns to Litmus for the penultimate set of the night. Going full-steeze-ahead on an hour of early prog and tech-trance in effortless style. She keeps it subdued, deep and heads-down, maintaining an almost haunted atmospheric quality driven by way of tunes from Echotek, Phony Orphants, and Vibrasphere. It's the classics, done with absolute grace. Smoke out the room. Tip. 


litmus w/ pai-lin @ Radio Panini (15.03.2025)

In this episode of Oneiroi, @bbecks welcomes Desiree’, an Italian artist based in London whose sound drifts between eerie & hypnotizing alien tones, deep atmospheric textures blended with ambient, mesmerizing vocals and sci-fi surroundings. 
Influenced by old-school hip-hop, jazz, and electronic music, her journey through the underground scene shaped her unique approach to DJing.
Together, they will be travelling through immersive soundscapes, layered drones, and organic textures, experimenting with sound and form in an open-ended exploration.


Oneiroi w/ bbecks & Desireè - 2nd April 2025

Garage , Tech house , House
Available as a Free Download

Cliff(UK) - Get To The Point

EVIL TYPE SHIT

Latest R-Imprint Podcast comes from Nuel who recently had some amazing releases on Northern Electronics, Midgar and Sublunar Records. This recording is part of his  DJ-Set from the Patterns of Perception night at Ohm in Berlin.

Also don't forget to show Nuel some love on his recently relaunched soundcloud channel, to make sure you don't miss any of his new EP's or Podcasts: https://soundcloud.com/nuel_official

Show April Sets

R-Imprint Podcast 060 | Nuel

Electronic Beats x MINUSPLUS PLUGGED — Voiski LIVE [30.05.20]

bright companion clouds and dark vortices | curated by https://soundcloud.com/whipnotiq

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Is it reality or is it an illusion? With Neptune, it is hard to tell. Neptune's influence reaches further than the ordinary senses, so there may be aspects of extrasensory perception at work. Illusion, fantasy and dreams are the playing field here, and the spirit is the primary force. Leading to all things mysterious, Neptune's watery depths are associated with dreams, visions, and the imagination.