With the worst of the pandemic in the rear-view mirror, Danish virtuoso DJ Tool can finally get back to IRL raves, and championing a signature brand of techno that blurs the gulf between the heady days of 90s trance and present. This is his second round for the Bassiani podcast series, a high voltage return to his Copenhagen roots. They’ve fully grown: quicksilver rhythms that have to be seen (and felt) in the flesh, though this one’s a glimpse of that magic at home. Bassiani Podcast 142 is pure euphoria, a pulsating journey through the world DJ Tool and his Fast Forward crew built.

@dj-tool

Bassiani invites Dj Tool / Podcast #142

Daria Kolosova’s passion for the depths of electronic music have transformed into her striking versatility and proficiency as an artist. Welcome to her world. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/daria-kolosova/episodes/daria-kolosova-24th-july-2024

DARIA KOLOSOVA w/ Etapp Kyle 240724

Giorgi Kancheli is a Georgian producer and resident DJ at Bassiani who has been crucial in shaping the country’s club culture. Growing up in the dark and crumbling Tbilisi, in the 90’s, has greatly influenced his musical identity.
Kancheli’s professional relationship with music began with percussion and at the age of 17 he was already playing at the Tbilisi jazz festival. Soon after that, he got into electronic music and has now been an active DJ for over 15 years. In early 2010, Kancheli and his friends started the project ‘Stare at DJ’, which quickly became the main event of the country’s evolving club scene. Today, Kancheli is one of the most popular DJs in his hometown Tbilisi, headlining many major festivals in Georgia and performing at the industry’s most respected venues such as Berghain, Robert Johnson, Shelter, Dimensions or CTM Festival. Besides spinning the decks, Giorgi also writes and produces his own music. In spring 2020 his debut solo EP “Earthshaketrance” got released on Bassiani Records. Kancheli also co-runs the label Shin Records - a label focused on emerging Georgian producers

follow the artist:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kancheli
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dj_kancheli/

Artwork: www.instagram.com/joshua.wsm/

KANCHELI

Rote Sonne invites Kancheli | Podcast 133

New SPND20 Mixtape just dropped!📼

This time, @newa—Georgian DJ and Bassiani & Basement New York resident—takes you on an immersive journey through sound. Known for her emotive approach to DJing, Newa constructs her sets with precision, balancing the classic elements of techno with the pulse of today’s sound.🔊 Expect deep basslines that resonate in your core, squelchy acid touches, and melodies that elevate the intensity. The mix is direct and powerful but never overwhelming—Newa’s presence is undeniable, yet her sound remains refined and unintrusive.✨

Get ready to dive into a percussive, trippy blend of genres, moods, and personal emotions as Newa crafts an experience that feels both timeless and contemporary. A story of techno’s evolution, in one seamless mix. 🌐🖤

#Spandau20 #Newa #Techno #Acid #Percussions #MelodicTechno #BerlinTechno #Underground #Mixtape #DJ #Bassiani #BasementNewYork

SPND20 Mixtape by Newa

"For our set at the festival this year, we challenged ourselves to play tracks with a Scandinavian connection—whether through the artist, remixer, or label. These tracks also echoed the music that first inspired our love for clubbing and DJ’ing. This recording captures a sunny Saturday afternoon at the Aura stage, where the vibe was truly impeccable.” - Martinou

Mama Snake b2b Martinou at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Rrose | Boiler Room: Mumbai

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.

@arparecords

Bassiani invites DJ Sodeyama / Podcast #260

Tech House – often misunderstood and unfairly written off as commercial – takes centre stage in the upcoming Blitzcast by our good friend Sylwa, who has been influenced by its original, understated sound and approach, and now thrills with a soulful interpretation.

Blitzcast 028 comes courtesy of Sylwa – here’s what he has to share about the mix.

> This mix features tracks released exclusively between 1996 and 2005, with a strong leaning toward the sound pioneered by early UK tech house figures like Terry Francis, Eddie Richards, and the circle surrounding London’s Fabric club and Swag Records.
I aimed to create an obscure, moody atmosphere with long blends, moving through stripped-back, loop-heavy cuts, dubby stabs, and acid lines—gradually brightening into more melody-driven tracks toward the end. You’ll hear some crackles and slight mixing imperfections; I guess it's the unavoidable nature of mixing with vinyl. <

We also had time for a swift conversation with Sylwa about his background and musical approach - find out more in the Blitz Magazine on our homepage:

https://www.blitz.club/2025/05/26/blitzcast-028-sylwa/

Blitzcast 028 : Sylwa

Really showing a lot of Numan influence on this one!  

Today's Interbay track (did you know that there's a never before heard Interbay track dropping every single day?  You really should follow this page.  The rollercoaster is a fun one!) is one of the tracks where I start by looking for fun words that start with unusual letters and see what my brain cooks up as far as some music that I imagine would fit that word as chosen for the title of the song.  

(When you've dropped brand new tracks for 470 consecutive days, sometimes you need to change your process every so often to not just make the same track over and over again.  And, leaving certain decisions to fate--or, in this case, to a dictionary--can push you into creative places you might not have ended up on your own!  I feel like I need to thank Brian Eno here, but I wasn't directly following any of his creative strategies, really.  I just like making tracks with titles that incorporate the whole alphabet, and this is how I figured out how to do that.)  

Sometimes, vast impacts can have origins from what might seem like insignificant changes.  That was what the title of this track inspired me to work towards.  That's not what Xylyl means, but it does talk about the results of what happens to a few specific things when removing a hydrogen atom.  Thus the "remove one atom and the whole world changes" conceit--which is more of an idea connected to "the butterfly effect" than anything to do with isomeric monovalent radicals derived from the three xylenes.  

(The best thing about Interbay for me is that I get to learn about so many random things!)  

I also look for inspirations by trying different plugins--both instruments and effects--to see how using them informs my creative process.  My choices, often quite random and based on the names of plugins I've collected over the past couple of years, can either focus an idea towards a specific sound goal...or it can spread it out and become the sort of mishmash that Interbay, if it is known at all, is known for...  

This time, I got pushed into a late 70s early 90s synth vibe.  One of the sounds I discovered in a plugin I've only used rarely, sounded a lot like Gary Numan...so, I then chose to use the Vox Humana sound that Numan used so effectively from a different plugin...and all that seemed to fit the unusual retro drum machine that I was working with.  Unusual in that the drum sounds it had were somewhat thin and not nearly as punchy/thumpy as modern dance music expects (though, I did beef that sound up with some fx in this end mix.)  

One other touchstone here?  The title track to the "Moonlight and Muzak" album by M--the album that has "Pop Muzik" on it, which could be considered the first new wave/synth pop hit.

I think you're starting to see how this track ended up sounding like it does.  Though, I can't answer the question of why there seems to be a handful of bees that are flying back and forth across the stereo spectrum...or why the occasional brass sounds like it was burned in a tragic fire.  I mean, I made those sounds do those things--but I don't have a thematic reason for having done so.  (Sometimes, I just embrace happy accidents and allow myself to like incongruent things.  Blame neurodivergence if you'd like.)  

Somehow, I ended up with a track that is somehow simultaneous deep but simple, downtempo but at a surprisingly quick tempo, atmospheric but still with forward momentum.  

In other words, I made an Interbay track.  They don't always make sense--but hopefully they're never dull.  

Listen to "Xylyl" and let me know what you think.  I hope you like it (and give it a like if you do.)  You are also encouraged to repost, share, comment, add to a playlist...and, of course, to follow this page for even more Interbay.  (You can also check out the huge back catalog found here, or throw on one of the three all-Interbay playlists available currently.)

"Xylyl" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

recording from mother's finest at griessmuehle on the morning of 24 september 2016

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The First The Last Eternity

My Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 a peek into what I like to hear on the dancefloor with unreleased material from my friends and my label @bbbbbb-records. Enjoy!

1. Leather Forecast - Logitech (Kuldaboli Does your wife even know remix)
2. Mouse On Mars & AtomTM - Key My Brain (Bjarki mix) 
3. Bjarki - Superstitious 8
4. Aphrohead AKA Felix Da Housecat - In The Dark We Live 
5. Visco Space - L'Aubergine (DisX3 Remix)
6. Humate - Sound (Parboiled edit)
7. Visco Space - Throb (Bjarki mix)
8. Amnesia Scanner - AS Too Wrong (Bjarki mix)
9. S.O.L. - Polarlicht (Bjarki mix)
10. Mijk van Dijk & Thomas Schumacher - Ride In You (Bjarki mix) 
11. Wisp - All His Might (Bjarki remix)
12. Green Velvet & Harvard Bass - Lazer Beams (Bjarki remix)
13. Bjarki & Kuldaboli - Ooh Yeh Yeh
14. SCRAAATCH - Don’t Talk To Me (Bjarki edit)
15. Errorsmith - Lightspeed
16. Kuldaboli - Holy Father
17. Bjarki - Toilet Rush2
18. Bjarki - Woo !!
19. Kuldaboli - Milljón Ára
20. ThizOne - Aeronautic Exploration
21. 00Sven - Brazil
22. Slab - Atomsmasher (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
23. ThizOne - Hack Saw
24. Lowdown Operation - Stilektro 30sept
25. Kuldaboli - First dimension
26. ESPLENDOR GEOMÉTRICO - Regeneración
27. Wishmountain - Royal Wedding
28. Volruptus - Arsenal
29. 00Sven - Negla MIX2
30. Bubbleena - Ah ha ha ha haaa (Alright Matey Mix)
31. Winky D - Get Busy
32. The Sabres of Paradise - Jacob Street (7am)
33. Mijk van Dijk - I Think I Know (Bjarki mix)
34. Clark - Branding Problem (Bjarki edit)
35. Contact Noise Crew - Bleeding Combustion
36. Kyoka - HaDue (Bjarki edit)
37. Andrea Parker - The Rocking Chair (Bjarki mix)
38. Volruptus - Juggernaut Cosmonaut (Bjarki mix)
39. Coil - Broken Aura (Bjarki edit)
40. Bjarki - Psyhestur3
41. Bjarki - Safety Savage 2
42. 33EMYBW - Drum3 (Bjarki mix)
43. Wavelan - It Will Stand
44. Scandal Jenner - Mall Goth++
45. Thomas P. Heckmann & Marc Romboy – Ultra Vixens
46. Kuldaboli - Voyager (Bjarki edit)
47. Boards of Canada - XYZ (Bjarki Nachtdigital mix)
48. Chris Liebing - Out Of This World (Bjarki Út í Hött remix)
49. Mouse On Mars - Parliament Of Aliens Part 1
50. Traject - Path
51. Raymond Scott - Limbo- The Organized Mind

The First The Last Eternity

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