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AlpaKa MuziK is proud to present our 12th edition of AlpaKast, a regular series of mixes and sets from talented producers/Djs from all around the world.

This edition features talented German artist Freddy Hetzinger. She has been a integral part of the dark minimal & psytech scene for quite a long time. Freddy's releases can be heard on labels like Occultech Recordings, Soupherb Records, Zenon Records, Music4Aliens, miniMahlzeit and Mischkonsum Records.
Freddy is always known for her dark, dirty and driving sets.

We're absolutely honored to have this Queen of Darkness on our AlpaKast series with this incredible one hour mix consisting of some of the darkest and grooviest minimal/psychedelic techno <3

FOLLOW THE ARTIST
https://soundcloud.com/freddyhetzinger
https://www.facebook.com/freddyhetzingertechno/
https://www.instagram.com/freddy_hetzinger/

AlpaKast 012 --> Freddy Hetzinger [Germany]

Living Room n°47 ~ @kingsofty

q. is there a story behind the mix? how did it come together?

This mix is a collage of music from my community. It's quite a reflective mix for me, and I chose tracks that I felt held me in a suspended state of thought or existentialism. I think this is a consequence of my difficulties in dealing with changes in my life that I felt not quite ready for. The mix is a way for me to stay a little longer in the place was before.


q. in your opinion, what would be the ideal circumstances to enjoy your mix?

It's good to listen to it alone in headphones, maybe while you walk around your neighbourhood. I would say it will be a bit annoying as background music, and it suits more deep listening. It would be cool to listen to loud in your living room with a couple of close friends too, but it should be people you don’t mind a limited amount of conversation with as there are parts I hope you would zone out together in your thoughts.


q. describe a favourite object in your living room...

I would say my bedroom is more my living room these days as it's the brightest room in my house and it has all my favourite objects in it. It's really hard to say a favourite as my room is made up of little shrine-like clusters of art objects, all of which I love.

Just because it's right here on my desk next to me: This roughly A5-sized wooden board with Green, Orange, Brown, Blue, Black, and Yellow play-dough pressed onto it in a kind of abstract landscape painting by Isaac Rayneau. I really love how you can still see the fingerprints of the artist in the play-dough if you look closely. Over time the play-dough has started to dry out and crack so you can see through to the board behind. The ridges made from the pressing of the fingertips have gathered dust which is impossible to get rid of completely, because of the subtle details like the fingernail crescents and other tiny details that I have become obsessed with preserving, precisely as it was given to me. The artwork has been travelling with me for about 8 years


q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)?

I am working on some more visual art currently. I was going through pictures from my phone camera taken this year and began turning them into large poster formats. I'm quite a sentimental person as the above might have indicated already so I often do this as a kind of time stamping for myself. It ends up being quite cathartic to produce artwork like this and helps me feel okay to move on in the same way this mix has done for me.

Living Room n°47 ~ King Softy

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MEZZANINE : III 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘺

Electroménager avec Xivro & King Softy - 26 Octobre 2024

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Recording of Omar S's set at Dekmantel Festival 2017.

Dekmantel Festival 2017

Omar S at Dekmantel Festival 2017

"It's a techno mix, the type of stuff we've been dancing to at underground parties in Chicago. There's a few tracks from my friends in it, alongside some classics like Chris and Cosey and Unit Moebius." - @thoo-m

DISCWOMAN 59 x Thoom

PAG @ Alphabet _ 17/5/19 _ 3AM
@naor-dayan

ALPHABET

CLUBMIX004 // E-bony

GG Mothra is an Auckland born electronic musician, currently based in Western Canada. Taking influence from the energetic rhythms of Chicago footwork, jungle and the 160 tag on soundcloud, GG Mothra creates hectic dance music for babies.

RA MIX 001 - GG Mothra - MOTHBABY mini mix

mix by @sequentia666
illustration by sophia laurie { @ sophileheh }
design by G V

RA MIX 002 - Sequentia - LOCU$ OF CONTROL mix

Current Bias (https://soundcloud.com/currentbia5) is a Perth born Wellington based Sound Designer/Producer/DJ who creates and performs with emphasis for diversity and inclusivity in styles, tempo, and timbre within the world of electronic music.

RA MIX 003 - Current Bias - Readers Digest mix

DJ Gutta (@leo-casey-waby) is a young kiwi DJ and music fanatic, he was born in Wellington and is now based in central Auckland.

Through internet trawling, record store excavation, endless listening and mind altered clubbing escapades, DJ Gutta finds himself magnetised to heavy dance music styles, he likes to play them loud and sometimes craft his own. He is part of the force behind AKL club nights Hard ‘n’ Fast Joints, Ultra Sound and States of Mind, and shares records on his weekly radio show; or wherever weird, funky sounds are welcomed.

RA MIX 004 - DJ Gutta - Arthur's Secret mix

@zozo_no_doz is a wellington-based DJ/musician/event promoter. They’ve played club nights such as MESH, Ultrasound, Racquet Club and Vertigo, and hosted shows on Salient FM and RadioActive. Originally organising their own club nights under the CLUBHAUS name, they aim to create safer, more inclusive spaces for playful + hectic dance music. They’ve also produced a new track titled ‘girlboss speedrun’ as part of the first acoldplace label compilation, which was released on Friday.

RA MIX 005 - Zozo - Eco Club mix

Leezwa b2b Produsserka dj set recorded on Weird Nights 5/11/20 at Flacon

Leezwa b2b Produsserka Weird Nights 5.11.20

🔥 ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ: ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛꜱ ʜɪɢʜʟʏ ꜰʟᴀᴍᴍᴀʙʟᴇ 🔥

For our sixth installment of Circlecast, Berlin-based @isolatedmaterial hits us with this absolute slammer of a mix. Overflowing with phat breaks and heavy electro artillery, it's a fast-paced rocket-fueled journey from start to finish. 

Peep some wise words from the man in our mini-interview below!

[This mix falls under 𝕽𝖎𝖋𝖙, our sub-series focused on the heavier/darker tones of electronic music]

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦(𝐬) 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜?

Besides music I'm mostly into visual arts like photography, collages or generative art.

One artist that I really like is the experimental filmmaker Pedro Maia, who really pushes the boundaries of medium, particularly in his use of analog film.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜?

Lately I've been really enjoying Sway EP by YSI.  It's a 4 tracker that spans across multiple moods and genres (ambient, indie rock, EBM...) but still feels very coherent as a whole. The production work on it is amazing, I especially love the processing on the different guitar parts in the title track. 

𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝/𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬?

Generally when it comes to production, I try to make a point of not overthinking every step I take in order to avoid over-producing something, although this is something I still struggle with a bit.

I take a slighly different approach when it comes to DJing however, where I really try to "narrate a story" for the listener. When building a tracklist, I try to make sure the set has various sections with different moods, genres or BPMs which I then assemble together in a way that hopefully doesn't feel too contrived.

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐉 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 (𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩), 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

I like to be able to play both digital and vinyl in a set, so I guess having 2 CDJs as well as 2 turntables would be ideal (or just 2 turntables with time-coded vinyls, which is what I have at home). Mixer wise, I prefer to keep it fairly straight forward - a 2-channel mixer with EQ and filter is definitely enough for me.

I think it's important to be able to make the most of what I have available, and I find that a simple setup like this really forces me to get creative. That being said, I'd love to experiment in the future with more with effects and maybe 3 deck mixing.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐠?

Hard to say given all the amazing stuff I discovered during the lockdown, but I would have to go with Never Crash by Maelstrom.

CIRCLECAST 006 ≁ Isolated Material

@kingsofty is the alias of Amos Turner a New Zealand born, Berlin-based artist and graphic designer. A passion for music formed the backbone of many of Amos’ creative projects which culminate as INDEX:Records, a record label Amos co-founded in 2017. As King Softy, Amos creates diverse sounds in the sphere of contemporary electronic music, moving swiftly between genres usually designed for larger sound systems, and supporting their emerging music community.

Tracks:

1. Downstairs People - Bonus Track (Downstairs Party People Say Yo Yo)
2. Kaap & queniv — Sunflowers
3. Notte Infinita — I Lost All My Data
4. Client_03 — User Viewport
5. Aloka — XTX3
6. Dez Williams — Walking Through
7. Rian Treanor — Obstacle 1
8. WhyLie — JGL24-04
9. King Softy — Believe
10. MU TATE — Jun
11. Paramore — Decode (Naemi cover)
12. Notte Infinita — Oxygen
13. Watching Airplanes — Fuckdapolice
14. Amamelia — LUV
15. DJ Frankie — Thats not my name
16. Ike — Seven & Seventeen (GOD69 Remix)
17. dgoHn — Lost and Found

RA MIX 012 - King Softy - Clumps

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[RA001:] 'SALT LICK' - GG Mothra
[RA002:] 'Plushie' - NO-CLIP 
[RA003:] 'Coming Around' - Current Bias 
[RA004:] 'Hardcore' - VSB 
[RA005:] VA001
[RA006:] 'Hell Na / MOOM' - GG Mothra
[RA007:] 'Frontal' - Current Bias
[RA008:] 'Mutuals' - BJ Leo
[RA009:] 'tilo' - cusoon dj
[RA010:] 'PESO NETO' - EYRA

RA MIX 012 - King Softy - Clumps

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