Mathew Jonson live at The Labyrinth 2010.

Venue: Naeba Greenland, Niigata, Japan.

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To celebrate 20 years of building Labyrinths, we have decided to release one set from each of the last ten years. I've chosen ten timeless moments that both document the history of the event and provide a historical snapshot of underground electronic music over the past ten years.

We have chosen a broad range--from closing techno sets, to morning ambient sets, to experimental sets to close the night. Each set represents a different side of the event. Taken together, they present a portrait of a decade of music.

The Labyrinthの20周年を記念して、過去10年間を振り返り、それぞれの年からひとつのミックスをピックアップすることにしました。イベントの歴史を記録すると同時に、過去10年間のアンダーグラウンドエレクトロニックミュージックの歴史的なスナップショットを提供します。今聞いても色褪せない、タイムレスな極上のミックスをお楽しみください。

テクノのクロージングセットから、朝のアンビエントセット、そして夜を締めくくるエクスペリメンタルセットまで幅広いセレクトですが、どのセットもThe Labyrinthの欠かせない側面を表しており、ここ10年におけるエレクトロニック ミュージックの全容とも言えるでしょう。

The Labyrinth 2010 - Mathew Jonson (live)

21st podcast is a mix by @kezym in 2013 @garitocafe. Firsts 36min warm up by Satore.


Kazuki Yamaguchi a.k.a. Kez YM is a a Berlin DJ and producer originally hailing from Japan, he brings true school funk, soul, disco and Detroit beatdown inspirations to his productions. Building an impeccable discography since his debut EP, he has put out original work and remixes on respected labels like Yore, Deep Explorer, Faces, and City Fly. His debut LP 'Cross Section', released on Faces Records in February 2019, shows that he can push his signature sound to uncharted territory.

Hizou Deep Rooted Music Podcast

Hizou Podcast 21 # Kez Ym

90mins of records, a journey from ambient thru deep dub and detroit techno, all-time classics and fresh bangers
gear: 2x Technics 1210 mk2 + E&S DJR400
enjoy.
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tracklist:
1. Cyclic/Random - 29 [NOTTA003]
2. Unknown - B2 [PRIM03]
3. Parallel 9 - Helix [DSR/STC2]
4. Allesandro Crimi - Wandering (Federsen Remix) [ETUI LTD 017]
5. Skudge - 97 [SKUDGE014]
6. TM Shuffle & Monoder - Storm [VUO008]
7. David - Dub01 [DODDUB2]
8. Conforce - Scintillate [BSRX015]
9. Surrogate - Moderno [TRAPID#03]
10. Autokinetic - Dark Dialogue [HU-MR16-SH]
11. Modernism - Consortium 0.4 [MODE05]
12. Duplex - Fictional Frequency [DPXRE1]
13. Utroit & K.O.S - Mofo [MTB003]
14. Deniro - Malamute [AEX014]
15. G-Man - Quo Vadis (D.Diggler Remix) [BTL002]
16. STL - From A Distance [SMALLVILLE12]
17. Thor - Aliens Dont Boogie (Andrey Pushkarev Remix) [THL027]
18. Makam - Clearings [PRTR11]
19. Metric System - Studio 440-3 [KNT-8]
20. Merv - Remain [KNT-14]
21. Fugue - Contrapoint [LM06]

3D Techno (Deep / Dub / Detroit) vol.1

Here's almost 5 hours of me and DJ Pete having a load of fun playing whatever we want at the Globus floor of Tresor in Berlin on 15th October 2022 as part of the '30 Years of Surgeon' night. Enjoy!

Surgeon b2b DJ Pete at Globus, Berlin October 2022

THE WARMEST PLACE ON EARTH.   24/11/2024

Mixed by Estimulo. From 1:15.00 b2b with Dan Piu
24.11.2024 

THE WARMEST PLACE ON EARTH - Estimulo & and Dan Piu (24/11/2024)

Cottam-The Space Inbetween

DJ 3000 Tec-Troit Music Festival 2024

The German minimal DJ returns to the spotlight with two hours of artfully subtle house and techno.

There's an old German proverb that goes "Der stete Tropfen höhlt den Stein." Literally, it means a constant dripping wears away the stone, but the point isn't about force but patience: slow, steady repetition can leave the deepest mark. It's an apt metaphor for the career of Kosta Athanassiadis, better known as XDB.

Active since the early '90s, first as a DJ and then producer by the decade's end, Athanassiadis has built a career less on hype than persistence. His catalogue spans labels like Dial, Metrolux and Echocord, alongside a steady trickle of EPs and remixes that have quietly cemented his reputation as one of minimal house and techno's undersung heroes.

That patience carries into his sound and production ethos. Where many of his peers embraced software upgrades and new workflows, Athanassiadis has long stuck to Cubase, a handful of trusty instruments and 30-year-old speakers he claims to have run "hundreds of thousands of tunes" through. He also still prefers to use inexpensive, straightforward gear—what matters, he insists, is not the tools but the feel. The result is a sound that’s stripped back, direct and enduring.

Lately, Athanassiadis has found himself back in focus. With minimal enjoying fresh attention, his calendar has filled, and with it a run of back-to-back sets—most often alongside PLO Man, a regular sparring partner this year. True to form, though, you won't find that his style has changed much. Over 30 years after his first gig, you can rest assured you'll still find him playing with patience, carving out long arcs rather than sharp peaks.

His RA Mix captures him in a reflective mood. Running just over two hours, RA.1003 is a hushed yet absorbing affair, moving seamlessly from the delicate atmospherics of Valentino Mora and Caldera to the machine funk of Robert Hood, Solid Gold Playaz and Marcellus Pittman. There are left turns folded into XDB's patient narrative arc, too: John Carpenter's brooding scores here, DJ Sprinkles' melancholic work with Will Long on "Acid Trax N (Acid Dog)" there.

It's the sound of a DJ who has been quietly chiseling away for three decades, and who understands the value of persistence as much as restraint.

@xdb

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1021

RA.1003 XDB

With the summer festival season drifting into memory, it feels like the right moment to linger on one of the most thoughtfully shaped events in recent years. The Mostra Festival unfolded over the Easter weekend across two Barcelona locations, and what set it apart wasn’t just the programming, but the curation - a balance of trust, patience, and precision. The first two days leaned toward the ambient and the experimental, tipping into rhythm as the nights wore on. Yet the real magic of that opening stretch lay in the beatless hours. Friday in particular offered a moment that still reverberates among Mostra regulars and beyond: Robert Henke’s performance of Dust. If there is any place in the world designed for such a work, Mostra provided the perfect frame. For one afternoon, Henke held the crowd in complete attention and reverence, something essential for any artist, but especially for one whose work is as delicate, shifting, and expansive as Dust.

For many of us, Robert Henke, Monolake to longtime listeners, has been a constant presence in the background of our musical lives. His records shaped taste, his performances redefined how electronic music could be experienced live, and his role as co-creator of Ableton changed the very tools we use to make and share sound. Few artists can claim such a dual legacy: architect of both the music and the machinery. Whether in moments of joy or frustration, whether in the studio or on the dancefloor, it’s impossible to imagine modern electronic music without his fingerprints on it. Henke embodies the link between technological innovation and artistic expression, and his influence runs deeper than most of us can trace.

Dust is perhaps the clearest expression of that link. Powered by a custom granular synthesis engine, it reduces sound to particles, field recordings, analog tones, machine hiss, bells, and waves, then disperses them into clouds that evolve in real time. The result is less like a composition and more like a living organism: fragile, unpredictable, always becoming something new. At Mostra, this unfolding took shape in late afternoon, after Patrick Russell’s set had sharpened the air with its own restraint. Henke stepped in with a 360-degree surround system that transformed the floor of Fabra i Coats into a resonant body. The sound was cosmic and liquid, grainy and immense, stretching outward until it seemed to erase the horizon. Every surface in the space shimmered with detail, as if the air itself had been tuned. What made it remarkable was how fragile it all felt. Nothing was forced; every movement seemed to arise on its own, like dust caught in late-afternoon sunlight. Yet the immersion was total. People surrendered, leaning into the space as if trying to hold onto something that could never be held. For that hour, Mostra wasn’t a festival anymore. It was a room of people floating together in a world made entirely of sound, knowing it would never happen in quite the same way again.

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Regeneration - Vanco [Sounds Different Entertainment]
Rancido - Thief [Atjazz Record Company]
Rocco, Peacey - P3 Jazz (Peaceys Down Town Dub) [Atjazz Record Company]
Jonathan Kaspar - Avoid (Bas Amro Remix) [Be An Ape]
Jouem - Tale Of Victory [Mojuba]
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