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DJ SWISHA - 19 June 2025

Waves of pulsing, layered techno from the revered Mala Junta resident.

If the electronic music industry is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over what makes for true techno, then D.Dan is one of the underground's great modern emissaries.

A figurehead from the new guard of DJs to arise in the '20s, the Berlin-based artist and Mala Junta resident is an ambassador for a sound that is strongly anchored in the classic roots of techno. His productions, like his mixes, are revved-up takes on the hypnotic wormholes that defined dance floors last decade, but with a fresh (and high BPM) millennial twist. 

Originally from Seattle, D.Dan became enamoured with the spectral stylings of psych rock and shoegaze in adolescence. It's not difficult to see how the cosmic tapestry of bands like Cocteau Twins became a blueprint for the entrancing music he's gone on to make as an adult. His releases on Mutant Future and summerpup are latticeworks of loops and layered percussion, custom-tooled for lost hours on the dance floor and drawn-out mixes behind the decks. 

This approach directly extends into his DJ practice, where he pairs song selections from contemporaries that mirror his own reduced, controlled approach to techno. RA.994 is a Grade A display of contemporary four-to-the-floor from flagbearers like Roll Dann and Marcal.

And like D.Dan's standalone records, his RA Podcast finds room for sweetness—the intermittent peal of an open clap, the steady ripening of a chord—while ultimately emphasising the beauty of function and form over flair.

@ddan-sounds

Find the full interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/994

RA.994 D.Dan

At the Equation 2025 afterparty, Lydo delivered a mind-bending, unforgettable set that left the crowd reeling—in the best way possible. 

A Filipino-born Vietnamese-American sound artist and resident DJ of BASEMENT NY, Lydo is renowned for dismantling the boundaries of techno and reshaping them into something deeply personal and genre-defying. Whenever they take the decks, expectations dissolve, making room for a thrilling sonic experience that’s as visceral as it is emotionally charged.

Follow Lydo @lydole

Lydo, The Cave [Equation 2025]

Søma at Outra Cena, That Side 20/07/24

Run it Red episode 123 is here. As always, it’s a big show this month with new music from Santos, Tiger Stripes, ANNĒ, DJ Bone, Harvey McKay, Ken Ishi, Oscar Mulero and loads more. Tracklist below... 
Hit the charity links if you can, too...

Charity Link: fanlink.tv/Charities
Spotify Playlist: bit.ly/RUNITREDSPOTIFY
Upcoming tour dates: bit.ly/BenSimsBIT

BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 123. JUNE 2025 (SC)

1. Jan Kincl - Sygar Beats 1. Cycle
2. Jan Kincl - Love's So Far Away Beats 2. Cycle
3. Nature Boy - Unaffected (Raw Demo). Nature Boy
4. Distant Lover - Green Eyes. Soiree
5. D’Julz - Nu Bass (DJ Deep Remix. Bass Culture
6. Nature Boy - Your Body. Nature Boy
7. DMND Soundsystem - Bad Rouge. Skylax
8. Lomax - Dance To The House (Rokuhara Mix). West Harlem Kyoto
9. Tiger Stripes - Rockin’. Rekids
10. The Echols Brothers - Detroit is Techno
11. Drivetrain - Persuasion. Soiree
12. Tiger Stripes - The Street. Rekids
13. Santos - Fragment 8 Endorphins. Let Me Understand
14. Jeff Rushin - Analysis. ON
15. Mathias Kaden - No Looking Back. Uncage
16. Russ Denman - Untitled 5. Calder City Development Corp.
17. Rene Wise - Sakar. Enemy
18. R.M.K - Personal Waveforms (Burden Remix). Fossil Archive
19. Knay - Deceptions. NODE
20. Obscur - Diamond City. Moving Pressure
21. Sarf - Elemental Particle. Dynamic Reflection
22. NWHR - Falla Gravitacional. Warm Up
23. FGarciolo - Memory Is Unreliable. FGarciolo Recordings
24. Svreca - AW08 (Stanislav Tolkachev Remix). Semantica
25. NWHR - Encarnacion Interna. Warm Up
26. Operator - Rain Slick Streets. Gnosis
27. Jerical - Fast Lane. TH Tar Hallow
28. NWHR - El Titere. Warm Up
29. DJ Bone - Wardance (MB Remixto). Further
30. Ignez - Satindancer. Somov
31. Madben - Dat Groovy Chord. Core
32. Stephen Disario - Out Of Tune. Token
33. Yazmin - Enough. Unreleased
34. NWHR - El Ojo De La Tormenta. Semantica
35. ANNĒ - Urban. Sotor
36. Exit to Tomorrow - Open. TH Tar Hallow
37. Exos - Of My Life. Unreleased *Sims JFF Edit
38. Rene Wise - Cutting Thick. Enemy 
39. Huebl, Albin Brezlan - Ipanema Boy. NINE O NINE *Sims JFF Edit
40. FGarciolo - Mouth Full Of Wires. FGarciolo Recordings
41. Fukumachi - Scandal. Tzunami
42. Luigi Madonna - Borderline. Planet Rhythm
43. Fhase 87 - Sun In The UK. Unreleased *Sims Edit
44. Introversion - Covington (Disguised Remix). Makatao
45. Harvey Mckay - Only 909. Hardgroove (Forthcoming)
46. Oxygeno - Dirty Mind. Soma
47. Theia Daja - Deep Inside Me. U-Traxx
48. JC Laurent - Rekt (Casual Treatment Remix). Cielo
49. Relic Radiation - Limited Range (Mal Hombre Remix). Edit Select
50. NWHR - Voces. Semantica
51. Glaskin - Blended. Yael Trip
52. Ken Ishii - Scapegoat. Sway
53. Jen Cruz - Untitled. Unreleased
54. Obscure Shape - Elemental (Cleric Remix). Clergy
55. Oscar Mulero - Invisible Star. Semantica
56. Ruman - While Force. Evil Groove
57. Ketzaal - Cellular Chain (Raw Mix). Edit Select
58. Introversion - Get Out. Makatao
59. Adoption - Expander. Merien
60. Peverelist - Pulse XIX. Livity
61. A Thousand Details - Cabrita Times (Cave Dweller Version). ATD
62. BLZS - Repont. PTRL WRX
63. Oscar Mulero - Shiny Gold And Green Spots. Failing Ethics
64. Hemka - Eternity. Mutual Rytm
65. Morning - War Road. circuit|breaker
66. Earwax - The Extraordinary. Mord
67. Bidoben - Torment. Sublunar
68. Mike Larry - Mire. Mia Mao
69. DJ Bone - D. D. 	COD3 QR
70. Format - The Session Continues. OV Bandcamp
71. Lake Haze - Particles Collision. clone West Coast
72. Chino - Wschód. Recognition 
73. DJ 3000 - Waiting in the Dark (Aux 88 Remix). Motech
74. Junior Loves - Piper. 5 Gate Temple
75. Forest Drive West - Ruins. Ilian Tape
76. Element - Warrior No Tarry Yah (Remix). Unknown
77. Nicolini - Sharp Shin (Inst). South of North
78. NPLGNN - Sirens Steppa. Dubplate
79. Eusebeia - Root Out. Samurai Music
80. Francis Bebey - Forest Nativity (Red Axes Edit). Africa Seven
81. Alex Dolby - EV06. EVOD

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BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 123. JUNE 2025

This episode dives into the wonky world of Lee Norris a.k.a. Metamatics/Norken, picking out my highlights from his sprawling, genre-busting discography.

Tracklist:
1. Metamatics - Vanishing Point
2. Metamatics - Beautiful Mutations
3. Metamatics - Escher Escalator
4. A1 People - Do It (Metamatics Remix)
5. Metamatics - Midnight Sun Pig
6. Metamatics - Liquid Gel
7. Metamatics - Mops
8. Metamatics - Somekind
9. Norken - Static
10. Norken - Motor Breeze
11. Norken - More Frequencies
12. Norken - Southern Soul

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