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There’s beauty in chaos and method to madness, that much is true to the work of this faceless duo from Sweden. SHXCXCHCXSH’s strain of anarchic noise has sparked conversations and head-spinning records ever since the two producers first swapped notes in 2009. For about a decade, Hannes Stenström and Emmanuel Pascal Moreno stayed out of the public eye as a matter of principle, stripping music to its very base, without the weight of prejudice and social context holding it back: ’we prefer to listen to music in the dark, preferably without knowing who made it, when or how’. From the chaos and their loyalty to instinct came the need to find new structures, and so their faceless records united around a theme or musical element. It was a gamble, but their sledgehammer destruction of techno conventions gave some of the most intriguing sounds of the 2010s. Sampling everything from podcasts to YouTube to field recordings, they’re always on the hunt for ‘in-between’, ‘unintentional’ details, a way to composite the strangest and most innovative techno out there. Their staggering releases on Avian pioneered new sounds (and track names), and successfully manufactured the type of music you could hear both at home and in clubs; and 2024 saw them resurrect their Rösten imprint with the release of DO, an infernal four-tracker made for the dancefloor. Bassiani Podcast 257 explores that format further, bringing their stabbing and psychedelic havoc to a crowd facing setting. Immersive and heavy-duty, this one’s an hour-long clip of their snake-pit percussions, mind-bending techno from the enigmatic Norrköping duo.

@shxcxchcxsh

Bassiani invites SHXCXCHCXSH [live] / Podcast #257

Ambient Trance

Introducing the new Basilar Podcast. 

From time to time, we’ll be inviting some of our previous guests and personal favourites to record a mixtape for our series, asking them to capture their experience at Basilar.

The inaugural session is courtesy of Dutch DJ @aframusic, one of the highlights of the 2024 edition, recorded in quiet tribute to last summer’s forest communion. The set drifts between raw minimal techno and spacey dub cuts, mirroring the cocoon-like vibe of our stage.

Press play and get carried back into the woods. Enjoy!

Basilar Podcast 01 - Afra

Psyk is a key player in Spanish techno, an acclaimed talent with firm emphasis on deep, repetitive loops. He has become synonymous with high-quality, trippy and smart as a tack rhythms. For the last two decades since he started out on Madrid’s clandestine rave beat, he’s developed and advanced a sound to near perfection: raw and technically agile, pelagic echoes from the abyss that have shifted with their changing times. 2011 saw him launch the widely renowned Non Series, a platform releasing the work of similar vein artists like DJ Nobu, Architectural, Neel, Nastia Reigel, Tauceti, Blawan, Luigi Tozzi, Function and Rrose, generating buzz and ardent following. His own releases on labels like Mote Evolver, Semantica and Tresor, intermittent forays on his own label under the alias Maan, as well as his co-project Second Skin (est. 2022) alongside fellow Madrileño Oscar Mulero have been slowly gaining traction in a contemporary music landscape replete with talent. Though the rate of productions is decelerating his touring schedule marches forward at full tilt, adding recent Bassiani dates to those at a list of must-play venues like Fabric, Berghain, Fuse, Tresor and Amsterdam’s shuttered DeSchool. His expert drones and algorithmic beat patterns are in a process of continuing evolution and whatever comes next is sure to be even better than his already outstanding catalogue of work. Bassiani Podcast 258 is an 80-minute expedition into a murky world of Psyk’s design, sweeping and purist techno from this heavyweight selector. 

@psyk

Bassiani invites Psyk / Podcast #258

French-born, Tbilisi-based Ina Kacz is a DJ and producer whose vision far exceeds the limitations of a genre, including one as multi-faceted as techno. Her shape-shifting sets span a wide spectrum of styles and sub-divisions, flourishing somewhere at the junction of acid-drenched cycloramas, chiselled ambient breaks, twilight dubs and chrome-coated industrialism. With her exquisitely fine touch and impeccable understanding of the groove, the French artist pulls out a two-hour jaunt into her pulsating headspace, packed to the rafters with streamlined style collision, inch-perfectly engineered plot twists and hair-raising momentums. 

soundcloud.com/inakacz

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𝙿𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 ¹³⁰: 𝚂𝚟𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚊
(@semantica-records)

For the 130th episode of our podcast series, we have the honor to host a podcast from the amazingSpanish artist and owner of the legendary label SEMANTICA: Svreca!

From Deep and Mental techno to some more hypnotic and trippy textures, Svreca offers us a unique sonic journey, where precision meets emotion, guiding the listener through shadowy beats and abstract sound, designed for a long introspective travel.

More info about Svreca:

Few artists can match the influence that Enrique Mena, AKA Svreca, and his label Semantica have had on contemporary techno. With over 20 years in the DJ booth, 200-plus releases on the label and some acclaimed original productions and remixes, Svreca has spearheaded techno’s second generation, helping maintain Madrid as an international hub for deep and driving sounds. 

As a DJ, Svreca draws from a wide sonic palette that includes noise, dub, avant-garde electronics, electro and, of course, techno. First, it was luminaries like Angel Molina and Oscar Mulero that inspired him; since then he has made it his mission to survey the scene and connect with its most original artists. He funnels these influences into a powerful techno sound for body and mind: immersive, textural and rhythmically complex. Whether in an open-air festival setting or a blistering, pitch-back basement, Svreca’s sets—always delivered with technical precision—are a psychedelic, physical experience. 

His sets are also inextricably linked to Semantica. It’s a two way relationship: the label has become a consistently excellent breeding ground for new talent, as well as home to some of techno’s finest artists. Equally, Svreca draws inspiration from shared moments on a dance floor to fuel the label’s creative direction. From its austere aesthetic (designed by Mena himself) to its boundless exploration of new formats, Semantica encapsulates the heady spirit of experimental techno. 

Across all Svreca's means of expression, one thing is a constant: the music comes first. Less talking, more doing. It’s a formula he has stood by, and delivered the quality of music needed to back it up.

SC: https://soundcloud.com/semantica-records
IG: https://www.instagram.com/svreca/
RA: https://ra.co/dj/svreca
FB: https://www.facebook.com/svreca1999



Art Bei Ton Podcast ¹³⁰: Svreca

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

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. Leon Switch - Overlook - Chestplate
02. Zygos - Bete Noire - Circle Vision
03. Thelem - Shottaz - Artikal Music
04. Laksa - Wonda - RE:LAX
05. Ipman - Single Motion - Unknown
06. Biome - Cromos - Tempa
07. Manni Dee - Sister Nobody - Osiris Music UK
08. Substance & Vainqueur - Emerge 1 (British Murder Boys Remix) - Scion Versions
09. Female - Back Lash (Female Edit) - RSB
10. Cressida - Cat‘s Claw - Shaw Cuts
11. Sleeper & District - The Risk - Osiris Music UK
12. Jack Sparrow - The Chase - Tectonic
13. Fret - Rhino Patch - L.I.E.S. Records

Reclaim Your City x Säule | DJ Pete

Kancheli is a Georgian producer and a resident DJ at Bassiani who has been crucial in shaping the country’s club culture, going on to become one of the most popular DJs in his hometown Tbilisi, headlining many major festivals in Georgia and performing at the industry’s most respected venues such as Berghain, Robert Johnson, Shelter, Dimensions and CTM Festival.

Behind the decks, Kancheli is capable of conjuring up the kind of magic that can only come from a 10+ year residency at one of electronic music’s finest institutions, with this exceptional mix another fine example of his intricate sonic sorcery and mind-controlling incantations. 

Follow:

https://soundcloud.com/kancheli
https://www.instagram.com/dj_kancheli/
https://www.facebook.com/djkancheli

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