Swiss underground electronic music heavyweight Alessandro Crimi celebrates the release of his latest album, Sirius, by making his 10th contribution for Avenue Red. The album was released last month on London label Natural Expressions, both digitally and on a limited edition cassette tape in a beautiful silk screen printed package. It is a deep techno/electro masterpiece loaded with futuristic machine soul, uniquely crafted sound designs with pulsating, intense rhythmic energy and shimmering, haunting, ethereal melodies.

It is themed on a journey though our galaxy, as most tracks are aptly titled after a named star or constellation. Here Alessandro has taken us out even deeper into the cosmos with a 90-minute mix of dreamy electro magic created exclusively for Avenue Red. Get lost in your own space to this! As always with this guy... it's something special.

>> Alessandro Crimi - Sirius // Natural Expressions (2021)
https://naturalexpressions.bandcamp.com/album/sirius-nex006

https://soundcloud.com/alessandro_crimi
https://soundcloud.com/waehlscheibe

See also:
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-153-alessandro-crimi
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-125-alessandro-crimi
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/avenue-red-is-5-alessandro-crimi
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-083-alessandro-crimi
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-069-alessandro-crimi
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-032-alessandro-crimi
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-027-alessandro-crimi
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/podcast-006-alessandro-crimi
https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red/radio-show-007

Avenue Red Podcast #185 - Alessandro Crimi

Hello and welcome to our WARPED podcast series. The March edition comes all the way from Mexico, please welcome Martyn Päsch with episode 149, enjoy this sublime and beautifully haunting mix specially for us. 

More about the artist :
https://linktr.ee/martynpasch

Socials :
@martynpaschmusic
Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/martynpaschmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martyn_pasch

#itsallwarped with Martyn Päsch - mix149

Not many know I have some parallel projects to Opuswerk, So I thought it'd make sense to upload the snippets of the latest EP we did with @francoisx as Hiss:1292.

Here's what the press releases says:

There is definitely something mysterious about Hiss:1292, and unlike a number of other techno projects, it is not the identity of the two producers at stake here.
It has never been concealed : the guys behind the curtains are Opuswerk and Francois X. The latter is found at postal codes between 1200 and 1209 in Switzerland, the second in 92… right near Paris. Hence 1292.
Nobody’s hiding here…

Nobody ? Well, not quite. For this new project at least hides something, or some mysterious spirits that may have chosen to haunt these vinyl grooves. Four of them to be correct ; namely Augun, Damballah, Eshu and Simbi ; four Veves of the Dahomey and Yoruba Vodoo traditions, four complex and intense spirits that have seized Hiss:1292′s music to make it their own.

It is often the intuition of similarities between voodoo and techno that pushes some producers to chose their tracks names with Vodun keywords. Indeed, intense experiences one can endure in some effective techno installment can sometimes approach the mental images we have of Voodoo trance and seizures.
Here, the process has been different. The voodoo theme was unintended at first, but it seemed like a spell had been cast on the record, and the artists were bound to name their music after the spirits that dwell within.If you are curious enough to read a little about Augun, Damballah, Eshu, and Simbi while you listen to the EP, you’ll probably get an eerie feeling, the machine feel of techno will start to peel off, and you’ll get the strange impression you’re listening to something else.
And don’t you worry. The way it has been arranged, those spells should all be very benign…

The vinyl comes with an inner sleeve, where the sequel of the Hiss:1292 conceptual comic strip by Matthieu Cannavo has been printed.
The vévés’ glyphs have also been represented by the creation of typographic characters, and the skull-makeup-suggestive artwork is accidental wall paint from the future DEMENT3D studios…

We hope you’ll get enthralled as much as we did in this one !

BUY RELEASE

[DM3D010] Hiss:1292 (with Francois X) - VEVE EP

Frequencies and Rhythms for Explorers

Recorded live at the iconic @tresorberlin for their New Faces event, hosted by @octoptic. I opened the night with a 2.5-hour set (mostly digital + some records), covering different shades of atmospheric and uplifting techno — with an emphasis on UK techno grooves — built up from 125 to 150 bpm. Featuring some classics by Vangelis (opening track), Dave Angel, Sterac, Bliss, and more recent releases I've been rinsing. I wanted to keep the mood energetic but build up the intensity and groove slowly since it was the beginning of the night.

Grateful for this special and unforgettable experience - and for the opportunity to showcase a more techno side of my collection :)

Live at Tresor | New Faces (11.09.24)

It's Christmas Eve and we couldn't ask for a better soundtrack - @tsun_iman is proud to present an exclusive recording of @dj__wiggles's set for Pauze live at De Doelen Rotterdam, last November. It's a beautiful 2-hr mix and we can't wait for you to hear it for the first time.

In Jasmine's words: "This is a live recording from a set I did in Rotterdam for Pauze. I was warming up for Bastian Benjamin’s live set at the beautiful De Doelen building. It was an early evening event and I wanted to create a mostly ambient set which focussed on layering textures. From field recordings & ambient voices to spacious dub, eventually leading into some sleazy house. I love sets like this which really tell a story, it was a joy putting it together."

Founder & curator of event and mix series kinetic, UK-based Dj wiggles has a penchant for all things deep, dark & mystical, often leaning into the more trippy soundscapes of techno and bass-heavy sounds. Incredibly influenced by artists from her formative years, Dj wiggles places huge emphasis on emotionally connecting with a dance floor & UK sounds from the past. More focussed on constructing a set with an energy in mind than genre, her sets and track choices are always interesting and unexpected, paying attention to how a moment makes you feel. Just as likely to be found in a deep & dark basement playing bass-heavy sounds or deep techno, as on a festival stage playing footwork or house - expect the unexpected.

With a year of big UK club debuts such as FOLD & Corsica under her belt, Dj wiggles has also been exploring the European club scene with shows at Wuppertal’s Open Ground, Berlin’s Zur Klappe & PIP Den Haag. With a return to Above Below festival, last summer also saw her debut at UK festivals Field Maneuvres, We Out Here, Twisted, Shambala & Get On, plus Poland’s experimental festival, Gnojki Samba.

Catch ‘PLASMA’ every 4th Tuesday of the month, 9pm-11pm.

PLASMA w/ Dj wiggles live at De Doelen - 24th December 2024

PAUZE takes you on a journey through a broad variety of electronic music, focused mainly on bass, breakbeat, jungle, and related subgenres.

Boots b2b jacquestrax will deliver two hours of heads down, fast paced bass-oriented remedies.

www.operator-radio.com

PAUZE w/ Boots b2b jacquestrax - 16th January 2025

TL
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GSSG - Epilog
Martin Nonstatic - To The Skin
Bluetrain - Cherry Dub
Anton Lanski - L.u.v (scholee's no love edit)
Pig & Dan - Magic Wake up Call
Simon Baker - L Train
NTFO - Overdose
Wyro & 13Fute - Dim Out
Between Sleeps - Fantasia
Christopher Ledger - Afterglow
Stefan Baghiu - America
Keplrr - Plumes (Meditation Mix)
Sublee - Adastra
Be-Vardo - My Thinking
Plastikman - Ping Pong
Gradient - Protocol 6
Leafar Legov - Untitled
Fluxion - Orgin
Luke Hess - Son Beams
Nathan Paul - Stellular
Aioros - Dorado
Cosmjn - Nightingale
Jacques Bon & Drux - Distant Voices
Hame - Inner Rumours
Stefan Baghiu - Cerulean (Cu Alex Vasies)
Pattrn - Lagoon
Boaksi - A New Direction/Dovetail (Soela Remix)

fields of sardinia

Sub Semantics teams up with ANDERE and invites some of their favorite producers for a remix. The result is a versatile recording that points the way for the musical spectrum of the label. 

A1 | Eternal Loop State (Original Mix)
A2 | Eternal Loop State (Map.ache Remix)
B1 | Eternal Loop State (Volpe Remix)
B2 | Eternal Loop State (MELATRONIX Remix)

Releases January 10 2025 on 12“ vinyl + streaming platforms.

Eternal Loop State (Map.ache Remix)

Live

Side B (Live)

░W░A░T░T░ ░14░06░25░ closing season 4 by @ALIENNA
incl. @voltaire0music @cod3qr, @ultimae rec., @gigi-masin and more

🛸www.wearetimetravelers.com
🛸www.instagram.com/_a_kowalski/
𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏:
https://wearetimetravelers.com/we-are-time-travelers-by-alienna-watt-14062025-playlist/

We Are Time Travelers by ALIENNA - meditation (closing season 4) @ radio GRK 107.4 fm

Formerly known as Opuswerk.
High-quality electronic dance music from the Swiss lakeside, 

Affiliated to labels like @dement3d, @artsltd, @semantica-records,, @krillmusic and @knotweed-records

1/2 of HISS:1292 with @francoisx

Curator of the #OPUS parties with guests such as:
Iori, Agonis, Cosmin TRG, Henning Baer, Sandrien, JP Enfant, Yotam Avni, Blawan, Svreca, Ulf Erikson, Nikita Zabelin, Barker
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Half Dutch, Half Egyptian, and based in Geneva, Hendrik van Boetzelaer has established himself as a key player of the Swiss scene. He is known for his passion for warm and forward thinking music for the body regardless of the genre. Following years of activism as Opuswerk, his first work under his real name, the “Mémoire Du Présent EP”, on François X’s Dement3dXXX, reveals an artist’s coming of age in continuity of his past work.
Trained as an architect, and passionate by the concept of “the club”, he thrives for what triggers raw emotions. Maturing from years of self-education, spawned with dub and drum and bass sound systems, he plays and makes music that is both adventurous and inventive with a defined futuristic aesthetic and firmly grounded in the experience of one’s body on the dancefloor. It’s as if he found his sound as much as it found him, delving inspirations from the wide spectrum of what dance music has to offer: House, Techno, EBM, Electro, IDM, Balearics, old and new.
His approach to producing, both visceral and highly technical have gotten him to team with artists like François X for the HISS:1292 project or Ripperton for the Aelectricitae Live project. As Hendrik van Boetzelear his work has reached a new plateau of explorations where he channels his many cultural origins into freeform experimentations. As a testimony to his never ending hunger for knowledge, and representative of his research process, his previous work using the Opuswerk pseudonym, came out on labels such as Bleed Music, Semantica, ARTS or Dement3d. As Hendrik van Boetzelaer, he has shed his skin and dropped the moniker.
His style is always forward thinking and finds adventurous ways of transporting the dancers beyond the boundaries of the club all the while challenging them. His musical consistency, brings him to play, in the best clubs and festivals from Concrete to Tresor or Mute, CTM Festival and Montreux Jazz or Paleo.
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[DM3D010] Hiss:1292 (with Francois X) - VEVE EP

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