Lena Willikens doesn’t play the hits. When she’s behind the decks, even her biggest fans often have no idea exactly what she’s playing, and that’s part of the magic. Like all DJs, Willikens of course has a passion for records, but she’s also after something bigger, something that’s truly transportive for those on the dancefloor.

Born and raised in Germany, Willikens first honed her unique approach during a long residency at Düsseldorf’s beloved Salon des Amateurs. These days, however, she’s based in Amsterdam, where her transportative impulses have been plugged into a variety of outlets with a global reach. On the radio, she pilots the monthly Lightning Conductor program on NTS. On record, she recently curated the fifth installment of Dekmantel’s acclaimed Selectors compilation series, and she’s also been tapped to remix the likes of Lena Platonos, S U R V I V E, rRoxymore, Simian Mobile Disco and Ana Helder, amongst others. On stage, Willikens works with artist Sarah Szczesny on Phantom Kino Ballett, an immersive audio-visual performance art project that defies routine explanation.

Still, it’s in the DJ booth where Willikens continues to make the biggest impact. Whether she’s playing alone or in tandem with fellow sonic explorer and Salon des Amateurs alum Vladimir Ivkovic, Willikens nimbly navigates electronic music’s darkest and most bizarre corners, sampling different temperatures, different moods and a dollop of chaos, just to keep things interesting. And although she herself doesn’t always know the final destination, when Willikens is at the helm, there’s no question that the journey is bound to be thrilling.

Lien SC : https://soundcloud.com/lenawillikens

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Azu Tiwaline invite Lena Willikens - 03 Juillet 2022

@conradpack 

Our next mix is by Conrad Pack. London based, running the label Selchp Recordings together with DJ Gonz. And dropped one of the most exciting releases from last year. This mix is full of forthcoming, unreleased, and music which may never be heard again. All alongside other inspirations. Hi Conrad.

Photo by Constantine Spence 

Tracklist: 
Utterance Robot
Substance - Bird Cave
Stewart Walker - CSF (Female Remix)
Excell - Sandbox
Various Artists - 8 (AE Mix)
Obscurum - Solut
Conrad Pack - Untitled
Conrad Pack - Untitled
Conrad Pack - Untitled
LEAL - Collect All
Pumpgun Pro - Kill Me
DJ Pete - Latifah (Dub Cut)
Conrad Pack - Untitled
Conrad Pack - Untitled
Obscurum - Man Pocket
Regis & Female - Guiltless
Regis - Rites
Clemens Neufeld - Impact (2015 Remaster)
Kovács Ferenc - Violin Solo

Knekelhuis # 92 - Conrad Pack

Aired 20 October 2022, live on FBi Radio 94.5fm, Sydney
https://soundcloud.com/pannotia

tracklist / interview

Pure Space :: Pannotia

Incredible talent coming out of Basel, Switzerland, Kombé ( @kombe ) for number one hundred & fifteen in the Animix series. With a distinctive deep & idiosyncratic style, Kombé's music tends to be driven by a bassy pulse, pinned together by melodic rhythms,

Kombé is. a resident at Elysia club in Basel & part of the @somatic-rituals crew alongside Mafou & Mukuna.  He has continued on the tip of lush, bassy & dynamic, with releases on @awalkingcontradiction and @subject-to-restrictions

Thanks again for the mix Kombé!

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Animix One Hundred & Fifteen: Kombé

shjva is a Ukrainian DJ and producer based in Warsaw, where she is also the creator of the Penumbrum label and party series. She also recently dropped an EP with the beloved Brutaż label.
This podcast is a recording of her set from the sweaty Unsound 2022 opening party in 89, beneath Hotel Forum, with shjva combining trance and house, cosmic psychedelia and dub, ambient and downtempo atmospheres.

Unsound Podcast 86: shjva

@nessimmm

Welcome to our 100th episode in our mix serie! Can you believe this? Thanks for listening and discovering with us. 
This mix is by Nessim, and to say the least, a very impressive one. Through residencies on Bethlehem's Radio Alhara & Amsterdam's Echobox Radio, Nessim has cultivated sounds that lean towards the aqueous, percussive, and expansive sides of experimental electronics, breaks, jazz, and ambient.
This mix for Knekelhuis is an ode to experimental dance/electronic music scenes of the 1990s, from Illbient to IDM & breakbeat techno.

Keep listening. Stay curious.

Knekelhuis # 100 - Nessim

Kicking of May our good buddy Florian Kupfer recorded volume 22 for OKMIX. 1 hour journey of robotic grooves and industrial movements. Expect more from the L.I.E.S. alumni this year


Evil Tempest - Mundo Muzique
Hypertelic - Delivery 
New York(rmx) - Konstriuktivists
Body Double - Silk Entry
Derelict - Broken English Club 
March Cherskogo - buttechno
Supply Demand - O-H
Can't Understand - Monojunk
In The Dark (Dave Clark's 312 Mix) - Aphrohead
Insistent Rhythm - Fade To Black
Dispossession - Orphx
Mars The Red Planet - Cusp
Output 1 - Cari Lekebusch
Bread and Circus - Death Posture
A.S.A. - Tornische

OK MIX Vol. 22 - Florian Kupfer

When we talk about identity and elaborated universes with coherence, two names cames naturally. 
The first one, Dream Software, is a brilliant graphic designer with an over marked identity, and his universe borrows his mixes of a very particular flavor as soon as it is a question of appreciating a work within a coherent whole. sånti co-head of Karagi crew and its mix serie drawings lulled with a delicious drollery. This fits perfectly with its weird leftfield dub & rock experimentations but also with every attempt to explore trancey and mental sonorities. 
For the 30th mixes they meet around a soaring and mindwave music. 

@jesuissanti
Tsutenkaku - Tokyo x Stade Bollaert - Lens

Tdt #30 - sånti

Off The Record this month takes a dive into the mind of Chicago artist and musician Beau Wanzer. 
Wanzer is commonly known for records on Ron Morelli's L.I.E.S. imprint as well as working with labels like Brew, L.A. Club Resource, iDEAL, Natural Sciences, and Nation. His in touch ear with industrial, electro and experimental music has seen him work alongside the likes Traxx and Steve Summers as the excellent Mutant Beat Dance, Dan Jugle as the head banging Juzer and more recently De-Bons-en-Pierre with Maoupa Mazzocchetti. 
For this mix Wanzer goes no holds bared into the world of tape culture with noisey and hissing electro and synth tunes as well as some chuggy industrial moments. We had a quick chat with Beau about the mix and what he has coming up!

Off The Record Mix Series 41: Beau Wanzer

Excelsior Ruth @ forecast, 29.04.23

Mika Oki (@mikaoki1) is an expert in spatial design, whether through the music she makes or the sculpture she creates. The French-Japanese visual artist works with video, sound, and electro-acoustics to create abstract textures and mental imagery that perfectly intersect the worlds of club rhythm and ambient experimentation. In the past she has been behind 24 hour performance pieces involving dancers, performers and poets, has played high concept festivals such as Atonal and Nyege Nyege and recently served up 'As Clean As I Was,' a debut production for a forward looking compilation on Metaphore Industrie.  On top of this, she also opened up the Brussels branch of LYL radio and hosted a fundraiser for the vital community station. 

Her mixes are never less than faultless and this week she crafts one such trip which balances many opposites: heady ambient synth work and rugged drums, busy acid workouts and sparse, bass heavy rhythm tracks, cathartic passages of musical mindfulness with brutal drum assaults. Artists like Pq, Sirio, Low End Activist, Simo Cell, Aphex Twin and Hanz all feature to make for a selection that tugs you in many different directions at once, both physically and emotionally, and for that reason we cannot get enough.

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Dekmantel Podcast 304 - Mika Oki

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