Full length.
From album "Core" (Torque / TRQ-A135)

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The German legend talks about the state of modern trance, what it takes to create a legacy and writing his most recent album.

Poll the average dance music fan and they'll have almost certainly heard of Paul van Dyk. The German DJ and producer is so synonymous with trance that it's impossible to talk about the genre's history without mentioning his name. He's also been one of the most successful electronic artists full-stop since the '90s, when he first started touring around Berlin. His 1994 hit "For an Angel" launched him into the limelight, and he's been selling out clubs and arenas ever since.

In this RA Exchange recorded at the Berlin Synth Museum, he reflected on the current state of trance and how its modern DJs are missing the mark; his lifelong engagement with politics and his efforts to enlist Americans to vote alongside Bono; his experience growing up in East Berlin; and a life-threatening accident he suffered at a festival in Utrecht, which left him with multiple spine and brain injuries. He said the experience taught him to cherish every part of life, and that love is the greatest and most healing power that exists.

Van Dyk's most recent album is called This World is Ours, and in this conversation he unpacks the accompanying tour and some of the key themes that run through the tracks—namely, the rise of AI and our need to unite in the face of a non-human ruling elite. You can watch it on our YouTube channel, or listen to the episode in full. -Chloe Lula

EX.781 Paul van Dyk

ADIEL - 15 November 2025

The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 - 2:00 AM UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music. The show has been presented since its inception by Pete Tong and features an uninterrupted two-hour mix from a different artist each week, overlaid with occasional continuity announcements delivered by Tong. With a broadcast run in excess of 25 years, the Essential Mix is one of the longest-running programmes in the current BBC Radio 1 schedule, and is one of very few Radio 1 shows which is not broadcast live.

Essential Mix 2024-12-21 - Helena Hauff

Recorded in Tokyo at Dommune Club / Radio .  Frank Muller presents future classics. A mix of old and new.  

Frank Muller aka. Beroshima / Radio Set recorded in Mai 2025 in Shibuya , Tokyo

Q'hey Live Mix at REBOOT 27th ANNIVERSARY, June 07 2025

01. Solresol / Oliver Ho
02. Tribalized / Jon Rundell
03. Bless you / Max Walder, Nicolas Clays
04. Lucky 13 (2025 Remix) / Hertz
05. Lemon / Deas
06. Wraith / Marco Bailey
07. Float / JØL
08. Strangers To Ourselves / JØL
09. Maniac / Deas
10. Beat On The Drum / Slam
11. I Got This / Kashpitzky
12. Wasp / Mark Broom
13. I Wanna Go Back / Uto Karem
14. Fade Out / Gary Beck
15. Rave Harder Techno Bass / Mark Dekoda
16. Binary Fate / Bjoern Torwellen
17. Total Absence / Lewis Fautzi
18. Kaizen / Chris Liebing
19. Itania (Cristian Varela Remix) / Joanna Dark, Oscar Escapa
20. Psicostasia Acid / Cristian Varela
21. Hyperlucid / Cristian Varela
22. Avalanche / Regal
23. In From The Night (PAS Edit) / Planetary Assault Systems
24. Undisputed Life (Technasia Remix 2) / John Thomas
25. Cascade (Long Version) / Nine Wall Five
26. Lush 3.1 / Orbital
27. Melissa ver.2 / Q'hey + Shin
28. Incident / Joris Voorn

Q'hey Live Mix at REBOOT 27th ANNIVERSARY, June 2025

2025-11-14 @IYASAKA FESTIVAL, OKINAWA 2025

Spirit Taker Mix

New SPND20 Mixtape loading: @red-eye-dallas takes the booth 📼

Hailing from Dallas and shaped by decades of underground evolution, Red Eye brings a sound forged in EBM, industrial dance, new beat, early acid house and Detroit techno. Known for his unmistakable vocal work with KiNK, FJAAK, Stefan Braatz and more, plus releases and remixes across labels like Dirtybird, Yoshitoshi, Music For Freaks and Defected, he’s been carving his own lane long before nostalgia became a trend. With his 2024 imprint CRASH PLANET, he continues to blur lines between electro, breaks, acid, EBM, techno and house - always raw, always future-minded.

For his SPANDAU20 Mixtape, Red Eye delivers the world he knows best: a moody one and a half hour sideroom trip, built on shadows, silhouettes, fog, and the occasional strobe flash. A place where EBM meets Chicago acid, industrial tension slides into punk-edged electro, and cold synthwave melts into hypnotic techno. Expect modernized-retro pressure, silky blends, dub echoes, genre left-turns, haunting atmospheres and slithery, hypnotic grooves with a few well-placed bangers.

Dark, seductive, timeless - a mix for dancers who like the corners of the club as much as the center.
Step inside Red Eye’s sideroom 🖤

This is where the future...lies. 
(RIP Douglas McCarthy)

SPND20 Mixtape by Red Eye

Ellen Allien Live Stream from Radio Rudina Vienna

Ellen Allien - Radio Rudina

Melkweg, Amsterdam NL 25 October 2025

USAW - Disposition (Arts - ARTSX039)
Callum Plant - Dragons Maw (Robert Johnstone Remix) (Resilient Recordings - RES107)
Patrick DSP - Peak Mills (FGA - FGA087)
Deadwalkman - Cardio Workout (GND Records - GN180)
Kristian Heikkila & CDTRAX - Work (Sway - SWAY79)
Angel Alanis - Squeaky Clean (Gettoblaster Remix) (Chicago Jaxxx - CJAXXX08)
Dj Grant - Going Madd (Urban Kickz Recordings - UKR416)
Dj Urban - You Work It (Joey Beltram Remix) (Flux Recordings - FLUX 007)
Ritzi Lee - Transit (Symbolism - SYMDIGI046)
Damon Wilde - Rotary (Slam Archive Edit) (Soma Quality Recordings - SOMA525D)
Ken Ishii - Disturbance (Sway - SWAY73)
Dave Clarke - Is Vic There? (The RRKS Rework) (CDr)
Risa Taniguchi - Hypes Come Hypes Go (Mind Medizin Records - MDZN032)
The Southern - Particle (CLR - CLR115)
The Miller - Brontes (H-Productions - HPX153)
Shaney & Zadig - Downwards (Mord - MORDH012)
Andrei Morant - Union (CDr)
Surgeon - Soul Fire (Tresor - TRESOR373)
Dave Clarke - The Wolf (The RRKS 2053 Remix) (CDr)
Collabs 3000 - Zwart (Novamute - 12NOMU200)
Arnaud Le Texier - Plaza (Materia - MATERIA092)
Robert Hood - Art Form (M-Plant - MPMD2502)
Millhouse - Filthy Groover (Mechanic Slave Remix) (Red Section - RED123)
Dj Dextro - Vacuum Decay (CLR - CLR129)
Dj Grant - Bitch Track (Urban Kickz Recordings - UKR416)
Bjarki - I Wanna Go Bang (Sceptical C Remix) (CDr)
Ken Ishii - Supergravity (Iturnem Music - IT39)
Kevin Saunderson - Bassline (Joris Voorn Mix 07) (Planet E - PE65295-1)
The Deviantt - Holding (Soma Quality Recordings - SOMA690D)
Tim Wolff - Brocco Lee (CDr)
Björn Torwellen - Binary Fate (CLR - CLR124)
Artefact - Are You Jackin' ? (Artefact - ART-X-01)
Florian Meindl - Assembly Line (Umwelt Remix) (Flash Recordings - FLASH358)
Public Energy - Three O Three (Probe Records - PRO 5)
Klint - Nebula of Orion (Chris Liebing Remix) (CLR - CLR130)
Jeroen Search - Delta 404 (Repetitive Rhythm Research - RRR015)
Risa Taniguchi - Break It (CLR - CLR134)

ADE 2025 (Exclusive)

Q'HEY's Upcoming Gigs
Wed 01 Jan, 20 
Tokyo After Hours 2020 -New Year's Day-, R-LOUNGE, Tokyo, Japan

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Q'hey (Masaya Kyuhei) started DJing in 1989 and ever since has been one of the few key individuals of Japan’s club scene (alongside mainstays Takkyu Ishino, Ken Ishii and Fumiya Tanaka). With a lot of determination, focus, hard work and with the support of loyal fans he has been one of Tokyo’s Techno milestones for many years. From club events to massive outdoor music festivals, Q'hey is the artist who always delivers.

In 1995, Q'hey's time was spent producing tracks and introducing his music to the Asian and European clubbers. Around the same time his Tokyo underground techno party was created, REBOOT at Maniac Love. With a solid line-up of DJs and with Q'hey as the main organizer of the monthly party it has been going strong for more than 14 years. Needless to say, the remarkable music quality plus the powerful fan base, is the fuel for this great everlasting party.

In 1998, after a few releases from several prominent labels he started his own label "Moon Age Recordings". This was a time for more hard work and international exposure. In a matter of months his releases were charted on the play lists of big DJs such as Sven Vath and Marco Bailey.

Until now, he released 3 mix CDs "Sound Republic" (KSR) "Reboot #001" (KSR) and "NYSO Vol.1 DJ Q'hey" (Yenzo Music). In 2006 he released the first album from Moon Age Recordings - Q'hey + Reboot "Electric Eye On Me".

His works have been some very unique projects and again delivering many superb re-mixes and productions. These were released by MB Elektronics, Pornographic Recordings, Rhythm Convert, Omega Audio among others. Also some releases from BluFin as Q-Ram in collaboration with Ramon Zenker from Hardfloor.

On a more technical side, he reviews DJ equipment for music magazines such as "Sound & Recordings" and "Sound Designer". With his extensive knowledge of DJ/production equipment, he also got involved in the development of MC-505 and MC-909 for Roland, providing advice and support for Yamaha and Vestax.

Q'hey has been lucky enough to DJ in countries such as Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Holland and Poland. In between long hours in the studio and DJing domestically he is continuing to add some more international gigs to his list.

After the earthquake disaster in Japan, Q'hey established charity project "BPM Japan - Be Positive by Music Japan" and continues working to make donations for the victims by making compilation albums, releases and events.

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