You may be familiar with the work of Reeko, the Pole Group co-founder and Spanish auteur whose furious techno has expanded the definitions of his genre and piqued clubfloors over the last decade; Juan Rico’s alias has galvanised the world of electronic music like few can. Over the course of his active years he’s worked on a parallel body of work under the pseudonym Architectural, at first in the shadows of anonymity, now coming into the light. Through this second epithet he channels a more fluid sound, one that uses much of the same percussive scaffolding but goes deeper. The project began back in 2010 with a string of releases on his self-titled and newly pressed label and the 2012 release of Peacetime on Semantica Records, cementing his rise as a deft and mysterious talent from the Asturian coast. The intrigue continued with a fusing of his two projects in 2013, a Reeko and Architectural release on his native Pole Group entitled The Blue Album, a dialogue between the two visions, harsh kicks of the first fused with the trailing reverb of the latter. The next two years saw a pair of releases develop the sound he’d built via his own label and Dutch imprint Wolfskull. In tandem, his sets at Tresor, Printworks, Robert Johnson, Bassiani, Awakenings and his local festival LEV have brought his heavy atmospherics to a wider audience. His sound is primal, dubby and immersive, the output of many years of sonic research and collaboration, paced-out and rich with intelligent details. Here, for one of the most important mixes in this long running series, comes Bassiani Podcast 252, a truly singular piece recorded back in November from this paragon of experimental techno.

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Bassiani invites Architectural / Podcast #252

Umwelt - Electro Golden Age - Archive Series

There’s beauty in chaos and method to madness, that much is true to the work of this faceless duo from Sweden. SHXCXCHCXSH’s strain of anarchic noise has sparked conversations and head-spinning records ever since the two producers first swapped notes in 2009. For about a decade, Hannes Stenström and Emmanuel Pascal Moreno stayed out of the public eye as a matter of principle, stripping music to its very base, without the weight of prejudice and social context holding it back: ’we prefer to listen to music in the dark, preferably without knowing who made it, when or how’. From the chaos and their loyalty to instinct came the need to find new structures, and so their faceless records united around a theme or musical element. It was a gamble, but their sledgehammer destruction of techno conventions gave some of the most intriguing sounds of the 2010s. Sampling everything from podcasts to YouTube to field recordings, they’re always on the hunt for ‘in-between’, ‘unintentional’ details, a way to composite the strangest and most innovative techno out there. Their staggering releases on Avian pioneered new sounds (and track names), and successfully manufactured the type of music you could hear both at home and in clubs; and 2024 saw them resurrect their Rösten imprint with the release of DO, an infernal four-tracker made for the dancefloor. Bassiani Podcast 257 explores that format further, bringing their stabbing and psychedelic havoc to a crowd facing setting. Immersive and heavy-duty, this one’s an hour-long clip of their snake-pit percussions, mind-bending techno from the enigmatic Norrköping duo.

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Bassiani invites SHXCXCHCXSH [live] / Podcast #257

Viennese DJ/Producer Alpha Tracks is best-known as a fleet-footed champion for contemporary neo-trance. Where others to the north of the genre’s beginnings are breathing new life into the musical style, Felix Benedikt holds down the fort in the east, deriving his intrinsic link to its forms from the early millennium record-digging. With releases on imprints like Blue Hour, Ute.Rec., his very own Morbid and newly pressed <AIR WAYS> bristling with scrappy basslines, the shape of his mission is sharp in focus, a revival and reconfiguration of those 90s sounds into something modern and loaded with relevance. Striking parallels with the speed of data in our modern landscape could be made with trance’s newfound acceptance, but for Felix it’s something inherently felt. Logic demands respite, and his palette has changed to suit an equal need for interiority, a slower pace and the psychic realm. Enter Zenaari Mix 017: this latest episode turns down the tempo and strips away the kick of his bellicose basslines for a pure and surrealist patchwork of prophetic sounds. Rapid eye melodies that conjure up a dark side to Alpha Tracks’ moon. Weird and beautiful frequencies from Vienna’s veteran artist.

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1. The Future Sound of London – Cascade
2. Subdub - Monuments On Earth
3. Donato Dozzy - Personal Rock
4. Robert Rich & B. Lustmord - Delusion Fields
5. Biosphere & Deathprod - Journey To The Centre Of The First, Pt.2 
6. Alpha Tracks - December (Nino Stelzl Remix)
7. Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 96 :12 24:00
8. A Strange Wedding - Wormhole Breaker (Patrick Russell Remix) 
9. David Sylvian – Epiphany
10. Biosphere - Ancient Campfire
11. Terre Thaemlitz - Subjective Loss, Day 83
12. MLO - Birds & Flutes
13. Silence - While Angels Sleep
14. Datacide - Data Haiku
15. Aphex Twin - #20
16. Terre Thaemlitz - 2AM on a Silo
17. Labradford - Air Lubricated Free Axis Trainer
18. Biosphere – Shade
19. Plastikman - Cor Ten
20. Plastikman – Consumed
21. nthng - Monk Teknois
22. Eternal Basement - Switch The Things
23. Om - Human Love
24. Biosphere – Hyperborea
25. Carl Craig – Sandstorms
26. nthng - Two People
27. Tetsu Inoue - Magnetic Field
28. Philipp Pettauer - Coming Full Spiral
29. Europa - V

Zenaari Mix 017 - Alpha Tracks

Post-club journey home mix. Ambient tracks for travelling the empty streets, roaming alone. Murmurs of conversations from the night before. Flickering lights as you fall asleep on the night bus. An emotive mix of essential tracks, combined with unreleased, contemporary productions and added field recordings from my journeys.

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A few months after our successful Saüle debut, here we go again for a second round of genre-busting, boundary-pushing sonic exploration. Embracing the Idea of techno as a means of transcending our condition, both as conscious and subconscious beings, this series offers a platform for artists to express themselves with enhanced scope and purpose. For this second installment which will take place on 5 June, RYC invites a trio of musicians who’ve been pushing the envelope of techno and electronics to a broader extent. A name synonymous with bold dynamics and cutting-edge approach, London-based producer Jin Synth will take us on a mind-bending ride down her intricate rhythmic algebra and layers of hypnotic, otherworldly sonics. A jack-of-all-trades whose hybrid, unhindered vision for music has driven to all ends of the techno spectrum, the one and only DJ Pete will join us for a hectic parade of breaks-laden, bass-heavy weapons and dubbed-out tangents. Chief explorer of lushly textured folds and immersive cinematic arcs, dub techno maestro Magna Pia will take over the decks for one of those moments on the dance floor when functional innovation fuses with multi-sensory exaltation. 

Thursday 05.06.2025 | Start 22:00
Am Wriezener Bahnhof - 10234 Berlin
www.berghain.berlin/en/event/79284/

Tracklist:
01. Leon Switch - Overlook - Chestplate
02. Zygos - Bete Noire - Circle Vision
03. Thelem - Shottaz - Artikal Music
04. Laksa - Wonda - RE:LAX
05. Ipman - Single Motion - Unknown
06. Biome - Cromos - Tempa
07. Manni Dee - Sister Nobody - Osiris Music UK
08. Substance & Vainqueur - Emerge 1 (British Murder Boys Remix) - Scion Versions
09. Female - Back Lash (Female Edit) - RSB
10. Cressida - Cat‘s Claw - Shaw Cuts
11. Sleeper & District - The Risk - Osiris Music UK
12. Jack Sparrow - The Chase - Tectonic
13. Fret - Rhino Patch - L.I.E.S. Records

Reclaim Your City x Säule | DJ Pete

"Navigating between techno, electro & breaks sounds, this mix represents my vision of the dancefloor and captures the raw energy of underground music."

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DUSKCAST 030 : UMWELT

Umwelt Presents Ravoluson |  Episode 30

79번째 벌트 팟캐스트는 앱스트랙 테크노의 경계를 넘어 강한 음향적 색채의 리듬과 텍스처로 댄스 플로어에 활력을 불어넣는 스웨덴 듀오 SHXCXCHCXSH의 80분 세트와 함께 합니다. 

“테크노, 아방가르드 같은 비현실적인 용어의 경계를 넘나드는 SHXCXCHCXSH는 지난 10년간 드라마틱함 보다는 음악적이고 음향적인 기교를 쌓아왔다. 숭배와 도피 모두에서 벗어난 이들의 음악은 살아 있고자 하는 원초적인 충동을 구현하며, 정반대의 매력을 지닌 이들의 공연은 댄스 플로어의 핵심을 해체하여 소비자가 추구하고 즐기는 모든 것을 끊임없이 파괴하고 다시 창조한다.”

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The 79th episode of vurt podcast features an 80-minute set from SHXCXCHCXSH, the Swedish duo who pushes the boundaries of abstract techno, of sonic rhythms and textures and what they can do to a dancefloor.

"While borderlining the loupe of impractical terms, such as techno or avantgarde, the Swedish duo has for the past decade built a reputation for their sonic finess rather than clear dramaturgy.
Away from idolatry and escapism their music embodies a primitive urge to be alive.
Opposites attract and within that framework their performance continues to be a four leafed clover in contemporary club environments worldwide. By deconstructing the core of tomorrows dance floors SHXCXCHCXSH continually manage to create and destroy everything the consumer seek and enjoy. Where context is nothing impression is everything and the beholder remains in center."

vurt podcast 79 - SHXCXCHCXSH

tracklist:

1. Llora feat. SRSQ - International Discotheque
2. Sydney Valette - So Lost
3. Bruch - The Vampire
4. Sir Percy - Kill Me With Your Love
5. Fatal Gift - Bridge Of Sighs
6. DK Postoronnih - Podozhdi
7. Konstantin Unwohl - Sein ist Nein
8. Frederik Schikowski - Rubik’s Cube
9. Dada Pogrom - Walk Away
10. Nublo Roboten - Brisa, La Brisa
11. Transsolar - Reflexion
12. Wermut - Complainte Du Galgo Noir
13. AGE O.P.F - Aufstehen
14. Anti Trust - Neon Menschen
15. Silent Signals - Taste Your Joy
16. Techniques Berlin - Run Away
17. TSTI - Sincerity
18. Guerre Froide - Hellebore
19. Marta Raya - Vicious Circle
20. Suburban Vanguard - Suburban Vanguard
21. guinæpig - Begin With The Skin
22. Dj Salinger - La Belle Vie

Lightvessel Transmissions #24: Pale Ordinance

Zov Zov live set at Kaos London - Death & Leisure Party.

ZOV ZOV - LIVE AT KAOS 2017

OLIVER HO BROKEN ENG.CLUB