Good friend and KEY bossman Freddy K steps up to the plate with the 454th transmission of our Rinse show. Having debuted in the realm of techno music around the same time we did, Freddy naturally bears a similar genotype to that of RYC’s. Traveling back and forth the many roots and shoots of electronic music, his set is an ode to the reigning diversity that binds us as a scene. From trippy grooves set to beam you up to unknown dimensions to full-fledged hard-hitting tools, via unexpected detours across further atmospheric sonics, Freddy has us hanging to each bar’s end like a crime novel head eagerly anticipating his favourite author’s next plot twist.    

soundcloud.com/freddy_k_berlin

Reclaim Your City  

Reclaim Your City 454 | Freddy K

Recording of my stream at Hör Berlin on July 6, 2022. 
As part of the @positivesource showcase. Thanks Philippa Pacho and Blue Hour for the invite! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qcAgrnwq5E

Tracklist:
01. D.Dan - Nightshade
02. Amotik -Sadsath
03. Jacobworld - Malice
04. Sedvs, Peel - Repression (Daily) 
05. David Mijatovic - Breg
06. D.Dan - Unreleased
07. Toru Ikemoto - %097
08. Franz Jäger - Floating Point feat. Egotot
09. Vice - Noise Reduction
10. Connor Wall - Sentience (Jacobworld Remix)
11. Alexander Johansson - Polymorphism 3
12. Headroom - Ride The Threshold
13. D.Dan - Unreleased
14. TWR72 - Void
15. SHDW & Obscure Shape - Poetic Justice
16. Exium - Nucleoid (Jonas Kopp Remix)
17. SSTROM - Kiln
18. Pariah - Caterpillar

D.Dan at HÖR BERLIN, July 6 2022

REC 017 w/ Philippa Pacho

The REC series compiles outstanding performances recorded in the club throughout the year, highlighting artists representing our love for electronic music.

A look back at Philippa Pacho’s profound performance in our Room 01 at the positivesource showcase, which she co-founded hand in hand with Blue Hour. The Stockholm-born artist delivered a knife-edged vision to techno during a two-hour memorable set at her imprint night in Fuse.
 
Like a gentle hold, Philippa's narration is as tactile as poignant. Dark without being obscure, musing yet energetic, no one can doubt the decade of musicality that has flowed through her veins ever since. Drawn to sharp kicks or a few clipped vocals here and there, Philippa Pacho's mix is an invitation, or even more an exploration, to a complex and appealing inner world. A stand-out. 

▪️ Soundcloud: @philippapacho
▪️ Resident Advisor: ra.co/dj/philippapacho
▪️ Discogs: discogs.com/label/2161087-positivesource
▪️ Bandcamp: positivesource.bandcamp.com
▪️ Instagram: instagram.com/philippapacho
▪️ Facebook: facebook.com/philippapacho

Philippa Pacho — Recorded live at Fuse Brussels (16/09/23)

Function’s tale begins with a gregarious mother who would keep him occupied as rookie selector for neighbourhood gatherings while growing up in Brooklyn and New Jersey. Music was his world, and it wasn’t long before he found himself standing in awe before Jeff Mills in 90s NYC at the infamous nerve centre of Club Kid hedonism Limelight, where he went on to pick up a Thursday-night residency himself. Few DJs can claim to have been around during such a moment in club history, but ten years later came another. His friendships with Regis, Silent Servant and Female turned into the much acclaimed collective Sandwell District, a pivotal sound for an era that forced everyone’s attention towards Berlin. There he became Berghain resident and played a role in shaping the club’s fabled musical opus. In the years since (and following Sandwell’s dissolution) he’s matured in his own right, with a number of mesmeric releases (most recently ‘Green EP’ released on his self-run imprint Infrastructure back in May), collaborations with the likes of Vatican Shadow, Luke Slater and Steve Bicknell, a heavy touring schedule that criss-crosses the world at rapid clip and Bassiani residency to boot. Function’s techno is an ambient fog in which sinister arctic synths and perilous rhythms collide to produce an exquisite fusion that would be hard to mistake for anyone else. Those grainy textures, subterranean ripples and punishing kick drums are a hypnotic rework of his many influences: 90s loops with a more modern and sharper industrial edge. Bassiani Podcast 186 is an impassioned live-recording from the club that weaves through a number of hammering tracks and steadily climbs towards its furious climax. A hair-raising three-hour beast courtesy of this decorated techno behemoth.

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Bassiani invites Function / Podcast #186

REC 27 w/ Arthur Robert

On September 14th, in Summer's last breath, we welcomed Arthur Robert in Room 01. He's grown to be a steady yearly addition to our nights. Leading us on a tension-packed trip with subtle technical mixing, escaping reality for a brief but ecstatic two hours. From spaced-out synth work to deep rolling bass, and storytelling at its finest. Enjoy this 27th iteration of our recorded at Fuse series, now available on SoundCloud.

▪️ Soundcloud: @arthurrobert
▪️ Resident Advisor: ra.co/dj/arthurrobert
▪️ Discogs: discogs.com/artist/6153447-Arthur-Robert
▪️ Instagram: instagram.com/arthurrobertofficial/
▪️ Facebook: facebook.com/arthurroberttechno

Recorded at Fuse

Arthur Robert –– Recorded live at Fuse (14/09/24)

Arthur Robert — Recorded live at Fuse (14/09/24)

BASEMENT introduces BASEMENT Archives, a new podcast series highlighting standout sets recorded live in the club. 

First up is the impromptu b2b2b2b from Fadi Mohem, Kancheli, NDRX and Philippa Pacho that closed out last April’s Bassiani takeover. If you were there, you know how special this night was. Ten minutes before we planned to wrap the night, it was decided that the music simply could not stop. The four artists took over the booth in BASEMENT, and what resulted was 3 hours of euphoric techno that sent everyone out on an incredible high. These are moments that can’t be planned, curated or recreated. When they happen, you pray the recorder is on and running. Thank god it was.

— @fadimohem, @kancheli, @nod-rex, @philippapacho

ARCHIVES 001 - B2B2B2B FADI MOHEM / KANCHELI / NDRX / PHILIPPA PACHO

GiGi FM is the 433rd guest of our original HATE Podcast series.

This mix is a cosmic, spiraling journey ~ a meditation on movement, intensity, and expansion. Opening and closing with the mantra Per aspera, ad astra (“through hardships to the stars”), GiGi FM wanted to invite listeners to surrender, transcend, and travel beyond the visible ~ where words dissolve and sound begins to speak ~ to move us in ways language never could.

Perhaps even reach that liminal space where mind, body, and soul dance in sync.

Download available.

Follow #GiGiFM here:
https://soundcloud.com/gigi-fm
https://www.instagram.com/gigif_m/
https://www.facebook.com/GiGixFM/

Photographer credits: Yumiya Saiki.

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HATE Podcast 433

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Buy Link: https://v-zonerecords.bandcamp.com/track/buchecha-flash-crash

Track Title: Flash Crash 
Artist: Buchecha 
Label: V-Zone Records 
Catalog Number: VZR024
Format: Digital
Mastering: Buchecha 
Artwork: MTG
Ep name: DOMINANCE

Release info/bio: DOMINANCE is a project of the V-Zone Records label where we bring together the best of hardtechno/Schranz.

Blawan at Unpolished 2019

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