You may be familiar with the work of Reeko, the Pole Group co-founder and Spanish auteur whose furious techno has expanded the definitions of his genre and piqued clubfloors over the last decade; Juan Rico’s alias has galvanised the world of electronic music like few can. Over the course of his active years he’s worked on a parallel body of work under the pseudonym Architectural, at first in the shadows of anonymity, now coming into the light. Through this second epithet he channels a more fluid sound, one that uses much of the same percussive scaffolding but goes deeper. The project began back in 2010 with a string of releases on his self-titled and newly pressed label and the 2012 release of Peacetime on Semantica Records, cementing his rise as a deft and mysterious talent from the Asturian coast. The intrigue continued with a fusing of his two projects in 2013, a Reeko and Architectural release on his native Pole Group entitled The Blue Album, a dialogue between the two visions, harsh kicks of the first fused with the trailing reverb of the latter. The next two years saw a pair of releases develop the sound he’d built via his own label and Dutch imprint Wolfskull. In tandem, his sets at Tresor, Printworks, Robert Johnson, Bassiani, Awakenings and his local festival LEV have brought his heavy atmospherics to a wider audience. His sound is primal, dubby and immersive, the output of many years of sonic research and collaboration, paced-out and rich with intelligent details. Here, for one of the most important mixes in this long running series, comes Bassiani Podcast 252, a truly singular piece recorded back in November from this paragon of experimental techno.

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Bassiani invites Architectural / Podcast #252

𝙿𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 ¹²⁸: 𝚅𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚊
(@veigamusic)

The 128th episode of our podcast series is featuring one of our favorite Portuguese producer, DJ and sound engineer: Veiga!

Recently releasing 'Nasty Things' on [ABT-VA004] and the collab track 'Dark Circle Club' with Hypnotic Black Magic on [𝙰𝙱𝚃-𝙴𝙿⁰⁰³] - we'll have the pleasure to have him on our Art Bei Ton night at Ministerium on April 18th.

More info about Veiga:

Veiga is a Portuguese techno artist, whose approach is focused on experimental sounds and techno music.

Over the years, Veiga has soloed his project ZZY, known for its glitch aesthetic and exploratory music. He is also part of the duo ERR0, with Rafael Duarte, where they explore the groovy techno aspect with a hypnotic essence.

SC: @veigamusic
IG: https://www.instagram.com/veiga______/


Art Bei Ton Podcast ¹²⁸: Veiga

PAX-COLLECTIVE: Julie

Everything vibrates 
Bees detect nectar from flowers by floral sonication
Elephants detect seismic waves with the skin of their feet and trunk
Our conscious awareness of these vibrations is generally more limited than those of animals.
Humans may be more likely to be sensitive to vibrations if one of their senses fails.
And so - deep, dark, yet rounded bass vibrations glue us together 
Forcing us to form shapes and swim along with the current.
This may leave behind some restlessness or feelings of misunderstanding 
Each in their own way finds a way to embrace discovery
Guiding into being every possible form
Inharmonious vibrations - yet in its own form  
Adding itself to the constant and stable lowliness of the kick 
That’s where the beauty forms itself 

The lotus - symbolic for happiness - is born in muddy water 
The muddy water - symbolic for state of suffering - functions as the skin of the Lotus 
Harmoniousness is created by the skin of duality 
Sequences with opposite extremes - which we depend on
The skin of darkness enables us to experience brightness 
To dwell in sorrow for a long time - where everything seems aimless 
Starting the process of discovery teaches us translating hidden pathways
Which will never be unlocked unless the synergy between the two sides is understood
Too much light can burn our sight,  
Too much heat can turn us to ash,  
Too much love can suffocate us through its grip.  
We need the darkness to dream,  
the cold to keep us whole,  
and the quiet to let us breathe.

Written by: Arjun Samadhan
Voice recording: Harry
Project recording & direction: Anna Randt

PAX-COLLECTIVE: Anna Randt

Menal Batti is a DJ and resident at the infamous filtr parties in Brno. With a profound passion for 90s techno, Menal Batti seamlessly blends forgotten deep cuts with the freshest contemporary sounds, all while intertwining her Kurdish heritage into her musical narrative, drawing inspiration from her father's saz—a traditional instrument symbolizing her cultural roots.

“The intent behind this mix was to create something close to the chest that unfolds quietly. It moves with weight and tenderness, guided by feelings of tension, spaciousness and I would say even a trace of mysticism. 

I’m personally drawn to opposites and like to juxtapose softness and pressure, clarity and haze, ultimately enabling for my music to inhabit those in-betweens. 

For me, it's not about reaching a peak, but about shaping a space or perhaps even a void you can disappear into.”

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MNMT 466 : Menal Batti

77번째 벌트 팟케스트는 부에노스 아이레스의 딥테크노 아티스트 Pulso의 1시간 디제이 세트와 함께 합니다. 최면적인 아날로그 사운드, 도전적이고 새로운 테크노를 선보이는 Pulso는 최근 Semantica, Subsist, Evod Music, Mindtrip 등과 같은 세계적인 테크노 레이블에서 릴리즈하며 주목받고 있습니다. 2025년 유럽-아시아 투어의 일환으로 오는 5월 3일 벌트에서 첫 번째 내한 공연을 펼칠 Pulso의 세트와 함께 2025년 5월을 시작합니다.  

아르헨티나의 수도 부에노스 아이레스 지역에서 활동하고 있는 딥테크노 아티스트 Pulso는 기존의 음악적 구조에 도전하는 실험적인 여정을 수행하고 있다. 최면적인 아날로그 사운드 구조로 만들어지는 Pulso의 음악은 몸과 마음을 동시에 충족시키는 환상적인 여행을 선사한다. 
2013년에 Translate와 함께 SRIE 레이블을 설립하고 다수의 EP 앨범을 발표해온 Pulso는, 현대 딥테크노 씬에서 세계적으로 잘 알려진 KEY vinyl, Mindtrip, Evod Music, Semantica와 같은 레이블에서 잇달아 앨범을 발표하며 세계적으로 주목받기 시작했다. 2018년 첫번째 풀-랭스 앨범 ‘Los Mismos Dolores’ (SRIE/2018)를 발표한 이후, ‘Diving The Recovery Tales’ (Dystant Recordings/2020), 더블 CD앨범 ‘Pun-to De Quiebre’ (Subsist/2020), ‘Don’t be Ready’(Semantica/2022), Translate와 공동작업한 앨범 ‘Relative Scope’ (Evod Music/2022), 그리고 Jonas Kopp과 공동 작업한 앨범 ‘Equivalencias De Campo’(Semantica/2024) 까지, Pulso는 자신만의 깊고 방대한 음악세계를 선보이며 힘차게 날아오르고 있다. 
최근에는 아날로그 방식의 음악을 제작하는 Speculations LTD를 시작하며 확고한 자신만의 예술적 가치관을 선보이고 있으며, 레이블의 최신 발매작이자 자신의 다섯번째 풀-랭스 앨범인 ‘The Becoming Of Revelation' (Speculations LTD/2024)를 발매하고 유럽과 아시아 투어에 나섰다. 

https://soundcloud.com/pul_so
https://www.instagram.com/pulsojoel
https://pulsojoel.bandcamp.com/

The 77th vurt podcast features a one-hour DJ set from Buenos Aires-based deep techno artist Pulso. With his hypnotic analog sounds and challenging new techno, Pulso has been making deep waves in recent years with releases on world-reknown techno labels like Semantica, Subsist, Evod Music, Mindtrip, and more. We're starting May 2025 with the set from Pulso. And keep your ears on his first Korean show at vurt on May 3 as part of 2025 Europe-Asia tour.

Hailing from Argentina's capital city of Buenos Aires, deep techno artist Pulso is on an experimental journey that challenges conventional musical structures. With hypnotic analog sound structures, Pulso's music takes us on a fantastic journey that engages the mind and body at the same time. 
Since founding the SRIE label with Translate in 2013 and releasing numerous EP albums, Pulso has become a named producer in the deep techno scene, with releases on world-renowned labels such as KEY vinyl, Evod Music, Mindtrip, and Semantica. In 2018, he released his first full-length album 'Los Mismos Dolores' (SRIE/2018), followed by 'Diving The Recovery Tales' (Dystant Recordings/2020), the double CD album 'Pun-to De Quiebre' (Subsist/2020) and 'Don't be Ready' (Semantica/2022), Relative Scope (Evod Music/2022) - a collaboration with Translate, and Equivalencias De Campo (Semantica/2024) - a collaboration with Jonas Kopp, Pulso has been flying high with his own deep and vast musical universe. 
Recently, he launched his own analog music label, Speculations LTD, with his unwavering artistic values, released the label's latest release and his fifth full-length album, 'The Becoming Of Revelation' (Speculations LTD/2024).

vurt podcast 77 - Pulso

Taking over the RYC waves this week, Tokyo’s finest Mari Sakurai punches in with a helluva 2-hour treat by way of introduction. Working her way in the gap betwixt post-industrial opacity and heavy-duty brutalism, Mari has been slowly but surely making a name for herself with uncompromising sets spanning everything from cool-handed big room pound to mazy abstraction and other bursts of mind-altering sonics from way deep. Known for cutting a path of destruction with every of her mixes, her RYC offering doesn’t depart from such intentions, and we’re invited to a smorgasbord of claustrophobic hi-tech onslaughts and a string of purely exhilarating, apex-seeking momentums. Hi-voltage shockwave due for impact imminently. 

soundcloud.com/marisakurai


Reclaim Your City 641 | Mari Sakurai

A few months after our successful Saüle debut, here we go again for a second round of genre-busting, boundary-pushing sonic exploration. Embracing the Idea of techno as a means of transcending our condition, both as conscious and subconscious beings, this series offers a platform for artists to express themselves with enhanced scope and purpose. For this second installment which will take place on 5 June, RYC invites a trio of musicians who’ve been pushing the envelope of techno and electronics to a broader extent. A name synonymous with bold dynamics and cutting-edge approach, London-based producer Jin Synth will take us on a mind-bending ride down her intricate rhythmic algebra and layers of hypnotic, otherworldly sonics. A jack-of-all-trades whose hybrid, unhindered vision for music has driven to all ends of the techno spectrum, the one and only DJ Pete will join us for a hectic parade of breaks-laden, bass-heavy weapons and dubbed-out tangents. Chief explorer of lushly textured folds and immersive cinematic arcs, dub techno maestro Magna Pia will take over the decks for one of those moments on the dance floor when functional innovation fuses with multi-sensory exaltation. 

Thursday 05.06.2025 | Start 22:00
Am Wriezener Bahnhof - 10234 Berlin
www.berghain.berlin/en/event/79284/

Tracklist:
01. Cio d´Or - Magnetfluss - Prologue Music
02. Milton Bradley - Uncontrollable Desire - Do Not Resist The Beat!
03. Mike Parker - FWD (Donato Dozzy Remix) - Prologue Music
04. Luigi Tozzi - Uterus - Hypnus Records
05. Shifted - Cold Light (Sektor B) - Avian
06. Dino Sabatini - Dryalus - Outis Music
07. Cassegrain - Shahmaran - Arcing Seas
08. Rrose - 23 Lashes - Eaux
09. Donato Dozzy & Mike Parker - Stegosauria - Spazio Disponibile
10. Polar Inertia - Vertical Ice - DEMENT3D
11. Abdulla Rashim - Ador Tracers - Northern Electronics
12. Claudio PRC - Manifestazione - Delsin Records
13. Silent Servant - Untitled (Regis Edit) - Sandwell District

Reclaim Your City x Säule | Magna Pia

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