Tokyo's @sapphire-slows has her own distinctive aesthetic. The music she makes is ghostly and delicate, eerie yet beautiful. The multi-talented artist plays her own synths and keys and layers her own beautiful vocal drones into her tracks to lend them extra intimacy. This of course means she has toured extensively and released on labels such as Japan's Big Love, Greece's Nous and LA's Not Not Fun/100% Silk. Despite often making and playing music with the brain cleansing purity demonstrated on 2017 album Time, Sapphire Slows can also do more caustic and mechanical sounds, as on 2014's Allegoria LP.

This week's mix explores a melancholic and introspective mood, but it is never dark. A range of mid-tempo rhythms set the tempo. Sometimes they're dubby and linear, at others more bubbling and off-grid, while the synths above glow like fireflies or glisten like knives in the sun. Organic bird calls float above hyper-real synthetic textures and the overall effect is to cocoon you in suspensory and meditative sound that feels out of this world.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 330 - Sapphire Slows

John Howes interviews dub techno legend Rod Modell a.k.a Deepchord. They chat about his 40 year career, the history of the Hare Krishna temple in Detroit, his collection of rare/vintage tobacco pipes, his thoughts on vibrational healing and more...
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Cong Burn w/ Deepchord 221022

TASCAM DR-05

OFF-WORLD

Season 8 Episode 8 - 04.01.24

Effortlessly vibing on all planes physical and esoteric, Midwest and West-Coast, soulful and hypnotic, Portland-based DIS/CO boss, DJ Screendoor, will take you on a ride inward and beyond. Get your Spring sprung.

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Kajunga Program SE.8 EP.8 - DJ Screendoor

Tom Dicicco is a renowned electronic music producer and DJ, known for his deep and atmospheric techno sound. He has made significant contributions to the techno scene with releases on respected labels such as Delsin, M>O>S Recordings, Jordan GCZ's Off Minor, and Anthony Parasole’s The Corner.

Throughout his career, Dicicco has collaborated with notable artists like Fred P, Luke Hess, Dario Zenker and Skudge, and has appeared alongside them on VA releases.

More recently, Tom has been working on a new collaboration with long time friend and artist Roger 23. Recording between the UK and Germany, Tom and Roger have been amassing a collection of tracks ready for release very soon.

For Short Attention Mix 047, Tom Dicicco provides a 60-minute music selection that reflects his diverse musical taste and eclectic influences, offering a rich blend of genres beyond his usual techno sound.

Short Attention Mix 046 By Tom Dicicco

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CTCE w/ Sarkawt Hamad & Nèna - 10th October 2024

D.Marco, Seed Selector - Disque Disque (Original Mix)

Gokhan Gokkaya - Your Head

Marzano - For Me (Original Mix)

@dj_tasha b2b @forest-drive-west, what a combo!! They take you on a beautiful, deep and twisted 3 hour journey!! Recorded live at Neighbourhood at The Pickle Factory on 17th November 2018, they set it up just right for Sunil Sharpe!!

Tasha b2b Forest Drive West at Neighbourhood (17th Nov 2018)

OKO DJ is a core member of a few key collectives: the first is the Brothers From Different Mothers label she has been signed to, and the second is LYL Radio, where she heads up the Paris department and hosts the monthly Synchronisme ou Barberie with the Bruits de la Passion crew, as well as her own women-only show Pu$$y Nightmare. She is utterly diverse in the music she plays, which ranges from doom laden psych to 80s synth to cold body music via futuristic soundscapes. Mixing with a focus on vibe and feeling rather than scene or style, she is freed up to go wherever the music takes her. 

And so it is that her mix starts with an energised spoken word monologue then transitions to experimental beats, spooky synth tracks and jungle all within the first fifteen minutes. Dark and foreboding passages are often offset by more exotic moments of calming ambiance and for every frazzled synth and blizzard of drums there is a restorative dub moment to reset the mood. Such a series of highs and lows, darks and lights is not often found in the same set, and what’s what sets OKO DJ apart.

Dekmantel Podcast 226 - OKO DJ

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We broadcast a variety of live shows, from music to science and sports, featuring international DJ's, artists and guest speakers weekly since 2017. We are committed to support emerging talents and to engage the local community and beyond. Our main goal is the overall cultural development through diverse initiatives.

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