NIKITA VOGUEL
ALESSANDRO ADRIANI 
COSIMO DAMIANO
live @EROTICA11 - 22/09/23 
Silicone club - Milan, Italy

MANNEQUIN RECORDS X IN**AN______LIVE @EROTICA11

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Tasha Safari was born in Ganja, Azerbaijan and is now based in Berlin. Her sound fuses the drive of 90s-inspired techno with hypnotic and dark modern textures, always carrying a subtle feminine touch. She has performed at clubs such as Tresor, RSO, ÆDEN and Renate, with appearances across Europe, Asia and the CIS. Her productions have landed on labels including R3volution Uncoded and Diffuse Reality, as well as compilations for Mutant Radio, Reverse Records and PRTL WRX. Alongside her releases and club sets, she has delivered mixes for platforms like Hör Berlin, PoleGroup Radio, Slam Radio, Noods Radio, Raheem Radio and Different Sound Podcasts—showing the same versatility that defines her work as a DJ and producer.

This mix was recorded at home on a mixer and two CDJs. It features plenty of unreleased tracks from some of her favourite artists, with her own voice woven into the journey.

@tashasafari

Track List
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ØLMØ - Planets
SCHRZØ - Diminuendo 
Oscar Mulero - Untold
Esilum -Maintain Stability
Axel Karakasis - Stumble (Original Mix)
Mattias Fridell, Alexander Johansson - Surpuppa (Original Mix)
Linear Phase - Eroding Vortex (Original Mix)
HUJUS - Whatever 
Jon10 - Loop HYX5 (Original Mix)
Aiken - Endless Battle 
Franco Rossi - Saiga Tatarica (Original Mix)
Matthieu P - Dark Times Ahead
Murahni - Chewed Up (Original Mix)
ØLMØ - Oxygen (Tasha Safari Remix)
P.E.A.R.L. - On Balance (Original Mix)
Oliver Rosemann - Pleiades
KØLPØS - Angels Around (Original Mix) 
Mangles - Trascendance Code
Tasha Safari - The Sixth Floor

BCCO Mix Series 674: Tasha Safari

A section from my set at Magic Waves Summer Festival, Berlin, July 2015,  featuring the more accessible synth end of the kind of stuff I play at my occasional So Low night in Glasgow. So Low 2 x LP compilation in hand screen printed sleeve coming February 2016 via Vinyl Factory.

JD Twitch Live at Magic Waves Summer Festival, Berlin 2015 (Part 1 - So Low Synth NRG set)

Available on Bandcamp:
https://jeanroupech.bandcamp.com/album/20-mars

20 (Mars)

"Sélénité"

BUY VINYL: evelynemasao.bandcamp.com

Evelyne/Masao bring Testpattern to Dark Entries for the label’s first foray into vintage Japanese electronics. Masao Hiruma and Fumio Ichimura’s project Testpattern is known for their release Apres-Midi, a cult slab of synthpop perfection released by Yukihiro Takahashi and Haruomi Hosono’s legendary Yen Records in 1982. While Hiruma and Ichimura parted ways following Apres-Midi, Hiruma’s musical endeavors would continue after meeting French/American model and vocalist Evelyne Bennu in 1984 at a café bar where she would sit and write poetry. Their collaborative efforts as Evelyne/Masao were fruitful, and the duo first performed together in June 1984 on a television program called TOKYO ROCK TV. The album Testpattern comprises seventeen songs recorded in Hiruma’s home studio, which have never been released previously. The Evelyne/Masao duo continues building on the soundworld of Apres-Midi: lush, sophisticated electronics with intricate yet minimalist production. Tracks like “Sakuramochi” and “Bird Island” bear influence from Hosono most clearly, their soaring melodies revealing a subtly ironic redeployment of East Asian musical tropes. But Testpattern is more than homage to Yellow Magic Orchestra. “Tabac” and “Le Soleil Se Leve” display oddball sensibilities closer to Sky Records icons Asmus Tietchens or Cluster. Elsewhere, the project shows affinity for the punkier ethos of continental DIY electronics, like on the quirky “Alien Go Home” and a positively skewed cover of “Singin’ in the Rain.” Bennu’s vocals provide a common thread through these explorations, as she alternates deftly between New Wave deadpan and unhinged chanson singer—check her waxing maximally Francophone on “Au Clair de Lune,” based on an 18th century French song. Testpattern will be available on both double LP as well as CD, and includes a fold-out poster with liner notes with lyrics. This album is dedicated to Masao Hiruma, who passed away in 2011. 

Evelyne / Masao - Testpattern SOUNDCLIPS

BUY VINYL: brown-angel.bandcamp.com

Brown Angel descends upon Dark Entries with Pure Brown Energy, an EP featuring 6 tracks of gloom-laced electro-funk and retro house. Pure Brown Energy was born when San Francisco-based producer and Hard French collective member Brown Angel was faced with a gift and a loss: an original Roland TR-808 was given to them around the same time that their father passed away. To process their grief, they set about making an album that showcased the many facets of their being, in their words:  “my gay tío side, my Latin goth side, my cruising down the boulevard side, and most of all my soft vulnerable side.” From slamming vogue/ballroom house to cumbia-inflected freestyle, Pure Brown Energy channels club sounds both contemporary and timeless, while centering the most eternal electronic instrument of all: the TR-808. Opener “Miel” grooves with the effortlessness of peak-era Masters at Work or vintage Kevin Saunderson, while “Dame Más” dials up the energy even further. The influences of Miami bass and West Coast electro shine through on “Maya” and “Love Me Right,” which pair razor-sharp beats with a flurry of samples culled from Brown Angel’s record collection. “PBE” and “En Movimiento” take the Planet Rock vibes to another level, combining influences from contemporary cumbia and reggaeton sounds with Brown Angel’s Latin goth flair. Each copy comes in a sleeve designed by Ricardo Diseño featuring illustrations inspired by Teen Angels, a popular 1980’s Chicano magazine. Pure Brown Energy brings a sense of urgency to the dancefloor, unreluctantly examining the crossover between creation and loss, between celebration and sorrow. But don’t forget: these cuts also slap.

Brown Angel - Pure Brown Energy SNIPS

Nagamatzu - Lift Off
Tom Carruthers - Cold World
Art Academy - Energie
Anne Clark - Sleeper in Metropolis
Visage - Pleasure Boys (Razormaid Remix)
Mark Grusane - Klub Nacht
Marcel Dettmann - DMT
Tobias Bernstrup - Hitman
Innershades - Tactics
Boytronic - Tonight (Alternate Mix)
Juan Ramos - Hard Bois ft. Kris Baha
Soft Cell - Martin (The Hacker Remix)

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BIO

Josh Cheon grew up in northern New Jersey, just outside New York City where he spent his weekends dancing at goth clubs and digging for records. He moved to San Francisco in 2006 and joined gay DJ collective Honey Soundsystem from 2007 to 2017. His love of underground ‘80s music pushed him to start Dark Entries in 2009, a record label specializing in reissuing lost music from that era as well as contemporary bands referencing those analog sounds. 

Website: http://www.darkentriesrecords.com/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/darkentriesrecords/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarkEntriesRecords/
RA: https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/joshcheon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkentriesrecords/

@darkentriesrecords
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Listen to Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP, hosted by Sharlese, every Saturday AM (Friday night) from 1-3 AM PST // 10 AM - 12 PM CET || www.kexp.org/shows/mechanical-breakdown/

Josh Cheon of Dark Entries Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

VūMantra Records presents:
ALESSANDRO ADRIANI -  "World of Darkness" 
Live @ Kantine am Berghain 3rd Sept 2025
[ Vūdcast_067 ]

A live recording of the stunning performance by Adriani during the VūMantra Records night at Kantine am Berghain on the last 3rd September 2025. 

Alessandro Adriani channels decades of sonic research into a raw, immersive power electronics live set that pushes the limits of noise and industrial sound. Known for his dark, hardware-driven aesthetic, the Berlin-based Italian draws from deep archives of cold wave, EBM, and obscure electronics to sculpt brutal, high-intensity performances. His live sets are confrontational and physical—distorted frequencies, punishing rhythms, and waves of analog chaos collide in real time. Best known as the founder of Mannequin Records and for releases on L.I.E.S., Jealous God, and Stroboscopic Artefacts, Adriani uses his encyclopedic knowledge of underground electronics to evoke an atmosphere both ritualistic and extreme. This is not dance music—it’s sonic warfare for those drawn to the edge.

Mastered by TORN 
Adriani´s Pic by Ilaria Minor
Cover design by The Nent

ALESSANDRO ADRIANI : World of Darkness [Live - Vūdcast_067]

I'm going to upload a series of 'mixes' over the coming weeks of music that I find particularly calming. I will try to make these one hour sessions filled with beautiful music that is helpful and calming to listen to while we get through this extraordinarily hard time. The music here definitely helps me feel less anxious. I have just segued it together so the credit is really all due to the wonderful souls who made the tracks I used. It is also available as a 320 download. Tracklisting -

Takashi Kokubo - A Dream Sails Out To Sea part 1
Mkwaju Ensemble - Lemore
Hiroshi Yoshimura - 小川にそって
Yumiko Morioko - Rainbow Gate 
Haruomi Hosono - Fujitsubo
Inoyoama Land - Glass Chaim
Inoyama Land - Pokala (remix)
Popol Vuh - Ah!
Justus Köhncke and Fred Heimermann - Albatros
Nuno Canavarro - Blu Terra
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No. 1
World Standard - Rozo, Du Pecoj
Testpattern - Souvenir Glacé

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