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Function lays down the Sandwell District style on this week's RA podcast.

Over the space of the last four years, Sandwell District have managed to carve out a place in the hearts of techno fans worldwide with their austere minimalist sound aesthetic. The label was actually founded by Birmingham-based Peter Sutton (AKA Female) back in 2002, but lay stagnant until it was revitalised with two releases from Sutton three years later. It has since developed into an international effort, with the Sandwell artist roster sharing the label managing responsibilities.

One member of their American wing is David Sumner (AKA Function), who got his first break via a trio of techno twelves for Damon Wild's Synewave imprint. Sumner then went on to launch his own label under the Infrastructure banner, releasing a flurry of his own material before getting in contact with Sutton's Downwards bedfellows Regis and Ian J. Richardson to sign some of their tracks. Their relationship has since grown, with Sumner becoming a fully-fledged member of their techno alliance and using it as a platform for his claustrophobic Sähkö-esque minimalism and bleakly hypnotic warehouse techno. For this RA podcast, Regis and Sumner picked the tracks, while Sumner did the mixing, and, as you might expect, it's a journey deep into the world of techno.

What have you been working on recently?

Finishing up a new Function 12-inch that will form the basis of an album and John's finishing a new Silent Servant 12-inch. Regis has been working with Ancient Methods on a 12-inch for DN.

Where and how was the mix recorded?

It was recorded at our studio in Berlin, Regis and I decided on the records together but it then made more sense to just have me do the physical mix. I had set up a chain that included Ableton, turntables, hardware and effects.

Can you tell us a little about the idea behind the mix?

I think the idea was to somehow represent what we have been doing live/out over the past year (this was a challenge to do in one hour as we play between three and five hours as a rule). From the outset it was about creating tension.

Sandwell District seems to have its basis in a lineage of anonymous techno production. Yet you consent to interviews, do podcasts, etc. How do you walk that tightrope effectively?

I think that's maybe a misconception as artist names do appear on the label. People may come to that conclusion due to operational methods we sometimes employ, as an example, artist names are sometimes added onto a release a few months after it has come out (no doubt due to indecision at the time or some internal squabble). The N/A thing was an experiment in human nature .... probably.

You recently played the Labyrinth Festival for the first time. Can you talk a little bit about the experience?

Macbook Pro, UC-33, Roland TR-808, TR-909, SH-101, Space Echo, Lexicon PCM-80, 24 Channel Mixing Desk, three hour time slot after the legendary DBX in the mountains of Nigori...

Regis and Silent Servant have a reputed love for post-punk. Are you also listening to quite a bit of rock music, or is it all techno?

From Sonic Youth to Rob Hood, Einsturzende Neubauten to U.R and The Jesus and Mary Chain to Mr. Fingers there is a connection that makes perfect sense to everyone involved with this so-called label.

What are you up to next?

A Function longplayer, a Sandwell collective album project, a limited Sandwell Mix CD, a remix package of Function tracks featuring mixes from Ben Klock, Norman Nodge and CH-Signal Laboratories and a collaboration with Jerome Sydenham, among a number of other projects.


HG - 02A - Horizontal Ground
Sweet Exorcist - Testfour - Warp Records
FB - 04A - Frozen Border
Ben Klock - Check For Pulse - Ostgut Ton
Ø - Sähkörausku - Sähkö Recordings
Function - Variance (Marcel Dettmann Edit) - Sandwell District
Silent Servant - Discipline - Sandwell District
Choice - Acid Eiffel - Fragile Recordings
Moritz von Oswald - Watamu Beach Rework - Desolat
Peter Van Hoesen - Face Of Smoke - Komisch
The Vision - A-472.0 - Hardwax
DVS1 - Running - Klockworks
DBX - Losing Control - Accelerate
G-Man - K.6 - G-Man Records
Marcel Fengler - Twisted Bleach - Ostgut Ton
Function - Disaffected (Ben Klock Remix) - Sandwell District
Function - Variance - Sandwell District
Daniel Stefanik - Effervescing Elephant - Freude Am Tanzen
Tadeo - IO (Cassy Movingonmix) - Apnea
Ben Klock - Subzero (Function-Regis Remix) - Ostgut Ton
DJ Slip - Every Time Takes a While - Creation Rebel
Lil' Louis - Frequency - Dance Mania
Ø - Atomit - Sähkö Recordings
T++ - Audio 1995 #8 - Apple Pips
Shed - Estrange - Ostgut Ton
John Carpenter - Police State / Romero And The President - Milan

RA.177-Sandwell District (19.10.2009)

Grabado en vivo, en el festival Freedom 2022 en Plaza Mayor. 
Recorded live at Freedom Festival 2022 in Plaza Mayor. 
Medellín, Colombia. Medellinstyle.

Red Noise at Freedom Festival 2022

Fernie [Space Textures | Glasgow]

Glasgow based Fernie has been immersing himself in the local scene since 2002 taking influences from the city's many techno stalwarts holding residences at a number of the areas key venues allowing him to hone his style over the years.
He provides both deep and driving hypnotic sets full of energy and soaring pads. This same ethos is relayed through his own productions which have seen release across a wide selection of respected labels.
Most recently he continues to develop his own Space Textures imprint facilitating the release of some of the finest atmospheric techno on offer. He also works with the influential Norway based Monument group to deliver podcasts and streams from artists around the globe.

01. Bastian Balders - Time In Progress – Part II
02. Martyn Pasch - Sacred Energy
03. Sam Wilson - CX
04. Vanta - Pareidolia
05. Save Your Atoll - Brace
06. Mod21 - Thaw Me Out
07. Petit Astronaute - Land Of Famished Spirits
08. Joachim Spieth & Caue - Alpha
09. Ness - Nobody Knows The Way
10. Lake J - Void Shells (Smoley Remix)
11. Lucas Silvero - Photosphere
12. Caue - Teegarden C
13. Edit Select - Innervision
14. Yotam Avni - A1231
15. Ness - Foreshadow (Takaaki Itoh Remix)
16. Basis Change - Discontinuity
17. Aocram - Perpetual Movement
18. Mod21 - Complex
19. D.S - Still Hungry
20. Booz - Solido
21. Giuseppe Falivene - Alcantara

Soundcloud: 
https://soundcloud.com/ferniemusic
Instagram: 
https://instagram.com/ferniemusic
Facebook: 
https://facebook.com/ferniemusicuk

Fur:ther Sessions:
https://soundcloud.com/furthersessions 
https://furthersessions.bandcamp.com
https://instagram.com/further_sessions 
https://formaviva.com/furthersessions 
https://facebook.com/furthersessions
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3irNAR4

Fur:ther Sessions | 063 | Fernie

Podcast #161 is coming at you from DJ, producer, and Art Bei Ton resident, Saša Delimar aka Infinity (Lowless, Lett Records, Oslated, KVLTO, NFEREE, Northallsen Records, et al).

The Croatia-born, Berlin-based artist has spent the last 13 years exploring his creative expression within the electronic music world. Producing since 2017, his material has journeyed from the deep techno sphere into, more recently, experimental territory. We especially love the originality within Saša’s most recent ‘Coruscate’ album on Pyramid Blood. Check it out!

Saša’s podcast for On the 5th Day is a 1-hour glimpse into his 3-hour set recorded in ://about blank for Eclectique x Art Bei Ton back in June, and we can imagine the vibes he created. 

Initially dark, emotive, and driving - swelling, dense atmospheres reminding us of storm filled clouds, soon parting to make way for rolling rain drops falling upon dense canopies of rainforest pulsating with life. A hypnotic, potent, and exhilarating segment of his set, where each track is delicately teased into the next, twisting, turning, and winding - casting a spell on the body and the mind.

Enjoy <3

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/inf001
Facebook: https://facebook.com/infinitysasadelimar
Instagram: https://instagram.com/sasa_delimar_infinity
RA: https://ra.co/dj/infinity-hr

On the 5th Day Podcast #161 - Infinity

#112 by https://soundcloud.com/pareka
Podcast series by Club Rote Sonne from Munich, Germany - www.rote-sonne.com

PAREKA

Rote Sonne Podcast 112 | PAREKA

TE097| @red_noisedj

Red Noise is the artistic project of Tomás González, sound engineer and DJ from Medellin, Colombia. His mental and hypnotic sounds go from Techno and Breakbeat, to Ambient. Artistically influenced by nature and sound textures. With a solid career as producer and DJ, that took him to important places such as Freedom Festival, Tunnel, Auditum, Eliptica among others.

TE097| Red Noise

MALöR Podcast 045 - mu''he

MWTG 347 | Ephemeral Distance (@ephemeral_distance)

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Ephemeral Distance was started in 2020 by Yorgos Kourtis as an alternative way of approaching others and understanding himself. For him, techno music is a means of communication, a way to travel into space-time, a starting point for an evolution process. His style is atmospheric, deep and hypnotic techno with powerful dark soundscapes, constant rhythms, and overwhelming dystopic synths – characterized by exquisite musical taste and capable of arousing countless strong emotions.

@ephemeral_distance
www.facebook.com/ephemeral.distance
www.instagram.com/ephemeral.distance

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@mwtg-podcast
www.mwtg.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/MiejscaWTechnoGdzie
www.instagram.com/miejsca_w_techno_gdzie

MWTG 347: Ephemeral Distance

Tribute mix de Soda Stereo, producido por @Ignaciotuzio y @Zahnamusic

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FREE DOWNLOAD: Soda Stereo - Juegos de Seduccion (Ignacio Tuzio & ZAHNA Tribute Mix)

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Thought I’d bring an Amapiano vibe 🎶 

This track is named after one of the sounds that I have used, which is a bird that is native to the Southern African region.

Bokmakierie

Bloom

Bloom (Original Mix)

Menori - Bloom (Original Mix) [Out 9th May 2025]

Medellín, Colombia.
info: rednoisecol@gmail.com

Red Noise at Freedom Festival 2022

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