Back to the magic during the anniversary with @efdemin 's 3hr closing set at 2 YEARS OF PAX-ROMANA. Special thanks to Efdemin for allowing us to share this recording. Enjoy this journey by one of the greats!

Efdemin @PAX-ROMANA | RADION AMSTERDAM 2023.07.01

For BASEMENT 008, we've turned things over to Holden Federico.   A favorite of the NY underground, Federico holds a reputation both for his comprehensive knowledge of techno's most obscure corners and for his capacity to channel his sprawling collection into DJ sets of exceptional poise and vibrancy. Raised in Pennsylvania, an early fascination with software production led him from live music into an obsession with track building and the limitless possibilities of electronic music. In 2020, he launched @90stechno.redux, an online platform that catalogues some of the finest, and often nearly-unheard, examples of the genre's golden age. Drawing heavily on the Detroit-Berlin axis, Federico exemplifies the focus and discernment of a purist, engaging with techno both as a true art form and as a near-spiritual discipline.
— @holden-federico

BASEMENT 008 - Holden Federico

Taking the helm of our next podcast iteration, Madrid-based DJ and producer Psyk jumps in with a beast of a two-hour jaunt into frantic techno hyperspace. Having dished out some highly magnetic floor wares for the likes of Tresor, Mote Evolver or Modularz and his own imprint, Non Series, Psyk sure knows how to steer crowds into some sort of super-conscious euphoria. Expert provider of big-room ready dynamics and paranoid narratives, Psyk flings us into orbit with his impeccably laid-down assembly of industrial-minded rhythms and murky, oomph-loaded grooves hatching out of the dark like alien eggs from a drifting Nostromo.

soundcloud.com/psyk

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Kicking off 2025 in the best company as Tokyo-born, Amsterdam-based don Wata Igarashi takes over with a masterclass in pulsating futuristic techno and widescreen sonics. Through a flurry of top-of-the-range releases for the likes of Dekmantel, Kompakt, Figure and his own imprint, WIP, the Japanese producer has been cementing his position as a true innovator of techno music. His unparalleled knack for crafting big-room-ready tunes that engineer a complex cocktail of cutting-edge elegance, modular intuitivity and hi-impact punch has logically made him a much sought-after talent in the scene. Not departing from that polymathic approach, his RYC mix, recorded at the PURE G event at FINAL Taipei on December 7, treats us to a storm of shape-shifting grooves and brutalist fractals of sound. Beware, high voltage.

soundcloud.com/wata

Reclaim Your City 625 | Wata Igarashi

Next up in our series, we’re excited to welcome Mary Yuzovskaya, a DJ and producer whose surgical sense of the groove and love for minimal sound structures have become trademarks over the years. At the helm of her own record label, Monday Off, Mary puts in the same precision and effort she dishes out through all of her vinyl-only DJ sets. Stripped-back and highly cerebral, her style sits at the junction of heavily dubbed-out psychedelia, liquid abstraction and post-industrialism, and this mix doesn’t differ. Enter Yuzovskaya’s mazy new vinyl exclusive mix with crumbs of bread in your pocket and some red thread, for we’re yet to know where the labyrinth ends. But does it even have an end?

soundcloud.com/bananamilk

Reclaim Your City 626 | Mary Yuzovskaya

D - Dustin
U - uses
S - sinful
T - tasty
I - insane
N - nasty

Z - zooming
A - adorable
H - hairy
N - noise
for our 76th Parabel pod. 
ENJOY!

Track list below:

01 SnPLO
02 Markus Suckut
03 Al Wootton
04 Shoal
05 D-Leria
06 Altinbas
07 Myles Serge / Dustin Zahn
08 Digby & Oliver
09 Kaiser
10 Müzmin
11 Cocoo
12 Lidvall
13 Short Finger
14 Linear Phase
15 Oblivian & Uranya
16 Polar Inertia
17 Talismann
18 P.E.A.R.L.
19 Müzmin
20 Izurzu
21 Truncate & Hyperactive
22 Deluka
23 Marcal
24 Altinbas
25 Pause
26 Blenk
27 Benales
28 Cedric Vermue / Donato Dozzy

Parabel podcast #76 - Dustin Zahn

Final mix of January comes courtesy of Chicago-born, Washington DC-based one and only Juana. Championing a sound both highly energetic and firmly contemporary, the American DJ and producer has us working out with every bar. From strapping 4x4 charges to gut-churning brain intruders, onto experimental-leaning glides and further esoteric drifts, Juana’s dance floor hoodoo is as bewitching as it is deadly. Spanning harsh industrial, rough-hewn proto-techno and lo-slung machine funk, her RYC mix ticks all the boxes of a grade-A puzzler, eyes constantly set on that next killer loop that’ll get the crowd veering off into pure XTC.

soundcloud.com/thatjuana

Reclaim Your City 628 | Juana

✈ To celebrate this new episode, we are proud and delighted to host such an iconic figure from the Dutch Techno scene : SANDRIEN.

Amsterdam’s Sandrien is known for her versatile take on techno. From deep and atmospheric to high-energy breaks and acid; her dynamic track selection has made her a dance floor favourite in her hometown and beyond. With over twenty years in the game, there are hardly any iconic clubs and festivals Sandrien has not played. She has graced the stages of Lowlands Festival, Awakenings, Dekmantel and Draaimolen in The Netherlands, Norway’s Monument, Rainbow Disco Club in Japan and the club booths of Berlin’s Berghain, Bassiani in Tbilisi, Basement NY, Tunnel Pereira and Womb in Tokyo.

In Amsterdam, she used to be a resident of De School and its predecessor Trouw. The latter was home to Sandrien’s own techno club nights ‘Imprint’, through which she hosted a variety of national and international artists including Ben Sims, DVS1, Marcel Dettman, Oscar Mulero, Peter van Hoesen and Rødhåd. In addition, she was one of the founders of the city’s long-running LGBTQIA+ event series IsBurning.

For years, Sandrien spent her weekdays working in Amsterdam’s renowned record stores Rush Hour and Killacutz. This speaks to the imagination of her incredible record collection and musical knowledge. Her extensive library is precisely why she’s a champion of playing longer DJ sets, during which she always manages to build a solid bridge between old-school techno, and adventurous fresh sounds. Sandrien’s experience and ability to adapt to any setting also shows in her love for playing back-to-back with other artists, including DJ Nobu, Ben Sims and Philippa Pacho.

Occasionally, she likes to give the more house-leaning part of her collection a spin; high energy and acidic basslines woven together by the same solid groove her techno sets are known for.

Enjoy and feel free to share! Love & Techno

Tracklist:

1. Casual Treatment - Remember Me (Tar Hallow)
2. Dave Alyan - Guest from the Future (Black Line Recordings)
3. Tiemoko Kone - The Past Is The Past (Drawner Records)
4. Sonic Wave Collective - Arise (Forest on Stasys Remix) (Arketip Discs)
5. Alderaan - Collision (PSYCHOSKUNK Recordings)
6. Freddy Fresh, DJ Slip, Dan Zamani, Tim Taylor - Iceberg (DJ Dextro 2024
Rework) (Missile Records)
7. Translate - Induccion al Sueno (EVOD)
8. Radar - XxxX (Logia Sound Collective)
9. 5O71 - Campfire (MZRRECORDS)
10. Augusto Taito - O1.2 (Tar Hallow)
11. Cassulle - Cuarta (Space Travel Records)
12. Slone - Prisoner (KYSH Records)
13. Pierce - Manticore (Schimmer Records)
14. STIPP - SDG
15. Sciahri x Hertz Collision - Echoes of the Void (Kontain Remix) (Clergy)
16. AgainstMe - My Very Best Regards (Evilgroove Records)
17. Muzmin - Yucca (Fusion of Thought)
18. KIKA (MD) - Lost Words (Evilgroove Records)
19. Feisfois - Intercrus (Timeless O'Clock)
20. Rawdecks - Blindsided (Diffuse Reality Records)
21. Peter Van Hoesen - Variables Edit 1 (Reclaim Your City)
22. Human Space Machine - Zehn (SoHaSo)
23. Priori - Sub Lux (Kalahari Oyster Cult)
24. Gustav Krach - I’ll Only Fly Away (Engörn)

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