Departing from her usual techno blueprint, STEYA guides us through an hour exploring warmer, groove-led fringes of the house music spectrum for episode eight. Built around tightly-programmed drums, chord-driven movement and classic vocal engineering, the mix highlights a side of her taste rooted in a more gentle type of bounce, syncopation and levity rather than the known intensity of her sets in the club.

From the analog glow of Omar-S and Basic Channel’s dubby Round Two alias to Deetron’s high-definition synth work and Adryiano’s jackin’ structures, the Berlin-based artist takes an uplifting detour from her accustomed sound, and prompts a joyful look at another part of her extended home catalogue.

Across sixty minutes of functional and floor-tested selections, STEYA leans into rhythmic clarity, low-end discipline and the kind of melodic detailing that defines house in its most enduring form. Tuck in.

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Tracklist:

01. Omar S feat John FM - Second Life
02. Round Two feat. Andy Caine - New Day
03. Aquarius Heaven + Cali Lanauze - Just Like Magic
04. Tal Fussman - Release (Deetron Remix)
05. Filip Grönlund - In Full Colour
06. Timmy P - Zonked
07. Josh Butler + Manoova - Disco Daze
08. Adryiano - The Sturdy Track
09. Deetron - Dr. Melonball
10. James Alexandr feat. Penelope - Playing With Knives
11. CASSIMM - I’ll Take You There
12. DJ Minx + Hilit Kolet - Spin, Sin, Slay
13. Matt Tolfrey + Frank Storm - What To Say (DJ Deeon Remix)
14. Dusky - Careless

STEYA (Deep House, Progressive House, Chicago House) | OUTOFCHARACTER #008

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Everyone's fate is made of many tales. Although our own destiny might be dwelling in our breast, it also takes strong convictions and the courage to challenge yourself. DJ, producer and label manager Marcel Fengler is the best example that talent isn’t just a matter of luck, but the will to believe in your own passions while constantly developing them. Today, Fengler has not only been quoted as „one of the finest techno DJs“ (Resident Advisor), he has earned international respect for his „well-crafted body of production work“ (FACT) introducing his unique and „multi-faceted personality“ (Electronic Beats). 

While growing up, he was first fascinated by the hip-hop culture, breakdance, and graffiti art, Fengler’s interest shifted towards techno music and the art of DJing after the Berlin wall came down. As a vinyl nerd he began playing records during the early nineties. By witnessing Claude Young mixing with three record players, Fengler followed his path merging both hearts in his chest: turntablism and techno. Carried away by the magic and the togetherness of the first hardcore and trance raves in such clubs like E-Werk or Tresor, he organized his own parties in his hometown Fürstenwalde.

Over the last two decades, Fengler developed a versatile and dynamic style of DJing that made him one of the first resident DJs of Berlin’s infamous Berghain / Panorama Bar in 2005. With his impressive intuition for the very moment, Fengler is capable of changing pace, atmosphere, and energy reacting to the mood on the dance floor: whether industrial-drenched hardness, broken beats, gloomy dubs or melodic and funky grooves – next to his inimitable instinct, Fengler draws from a varied repertoire. The approach of allowing to drift away within the momentum also applies to his first singles as a producer on such labels like Ostgut Ton and Mote Evolver. His debut album „Fokus“ (2013), in particular, was a statement of his ambitious claim, awarding his own tracks with emotional densities as well as unexpected contrasts. 

Bringing together both his melodic groove and beat tracks and his straighter cuts, he founded his own imprint Marcel Fengler Index (IMF) in 2011 – a platform that not only continues evolving his timeless techno approach but represents a creative center introducing new and young talents. A logical step for an artist who’s always interested in looking beyond his own nose represented by his project DIN, the mutual collaboration with Philipp Sollmann (Efdemin), for the contemporary dance project „Masse“ of the Staatsballett Berlin. 

As a DJ and producer, Marcel Fengler stands for imposing surprises and the appeal of variety. For him, techno is both unconditional passion as well as an essential part of his identity. He’s not bound to a linear or one-dimensional sound, instead, he’s constantly seeking for new ways to express his emotional storytelling skills. His willingness to challenge himself and to stay curious, while establishing changes as his secret persistence, is showing his true vision of techno which makes Marcel Fengler to one of the today’s most exciting electronic artists in these days.

Myself: CRIES

My event & mix series: The Sound Of Cries

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