Long ago, on a freezing December morning, we were taking a walk under the blazing Kyiv sun. We stopped to take a picture of an ugly but in a way curious building only to find that we were not alone in enjoying that bizarre beauty. 
- Stunner, isn’t it? 
- Yes, indeed.
Our partner’s in crime name was @dimasokolovskyi. Coupled with his profound gaze, Dima’s placid and unembarrassed silences were so magnetic that we couldn’t extinguish the fire of interest towards him. So we started talking, just like we know. Apparently, he had a lot to say, and we continued our walk together.
Behind his gentle and humble look was just as gentle and humble soul with a deep love for melancholic darkness, dense matters, unpolished forms, and warped voices of the past. Bizarre, indeed..

PM 04 Dima Sokolovsky

At 5 am, the smoke was beginning to lift and a tender May sun was climbing up the horizon thrusting its rays into the dark corridor of a warehouse. Leaned against the resonating wall, a woman was taking a slow drag on her cigarette. 
- Hey, sorry, got a light?  
- Sure.
A soft warm smile lit her face that seemed so familiar. Turned out it was she who had been playing a few hours before making all present drip with sweet sweat. The character of her music was nothing like anyone else's but like a morning sun ray or a strobing in the darkness light, like an enveloping fog or an impenetrable wall of cigarette smoke, like fragility or power, like Karine..

@karine_closer

PM 05 Karine

Following gigs at Hoppetosse and an impressive podcast for Item, the French-German, Super Venus, caught our ear with her patient approach and under-the-radar selections.

Gaining a reputation for being able to play any time of night, there's a distinct personality to her records; a fusion of downtempo, breaks and techno rooted deeply in the raw sounds of the 90s.

https://soundcloud.com/super_venus

Super Venus

PM 11 Shakolin

Trippy techno and house

https://www.instagram.com/vaahzer

Vaahzer (Spell) @ The Lot Radio 01-20-2025

@noizar's sound goes far beyond conventional house or techno. The Ukrainian DJ, who is now based in Amsterdam, has long since proven this with countless closing sets as resident at Kyiv’s legendary Closer club. It was there where he stood out for unearthing minimal techno treasures in places no one else looks. As such, you can always be sure that wherever Noizar mixes crop up online, they will be flooded with cheeky "ID?" requests, and quite often you will find they come on his vinyl-only Wicked Bass label.

For his Dekmantel Mix he offers a perfect snapshot of what he does in the booth: carefully dug out delights that don't really fit in usual categories. But they do tap into a specific deepness and groove that is rooted in Kyiv's minimal scene and the dance floor of Closer club. It results in a tight, taught hour of body music that perfectly balances function and form.

Dekmantel Mix 485 - Noizar

They called it a ‘colorful techno daydream’ and I wouldn’t say better — I was trying to stay away from black this time and make a soft-gliding atlas of muted tones and shifting light. Thank you, EOS radio, for the invitation!

Timur Basha @ EOS Radio | 17.04.2025

Buy on bandcamp

Hurukan - One Life

Domtare - Brainstorm (Original Mix)

FTRSYSTM - NSWR

A new podcast from @Noizar! This one has been anticipated for more than a year :)

item.cast 020: Noizar

Audio practices. Based in Kyiv 

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PM 04 Dima Sokolovsky

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