Recording of Paquita Gordon's set at Dekmantel Festival 2023.

Paquita Gordon at Dekmantel Festival 2023

Berlin-based DJ Yamour is an artist on the rise, with a trail of successful gigs at Blitz, numerous Giegling parties, and more and more appearances at Europe’s most discerning clubs and festivals. It's the perfect time to get to know this exciting selector, who will be gracing the decks at Blitz even more frequently in the future!

We recently sat down with Yamour, who spent years refining her musical knowledge at the iconic Hard Wax store in Berlin. Rooted in American House & Techno, Yamour’s sets are all about the groove. In our Blitzcast 022 and the accompanying interview, she shares insights into her stunning selection and what’s currently on her mind. Blitzcast 022 is a beautifully lush and dubby, yet decidedly funky and grooving affair, inspired by our BLITZ Floor: a great start to dive into the weekend!

Find out more at Blitz Magazine:
https://www.blitz.club/2024/09/12/blitzcast-022-yamour/



Catch her in action this weekend at Cruise and our Sunday daytime party, > Who Let Them Cook? <! Don't miss out.

Find out more about Cruise and Who Let Them Cook here:
CRUISE 14/09: https://www.blitz.club/program/cruise-49/
Who Let Them Cook? 15/09: https://www.blitz.club/program/who-let-them-cook-3/

And make sure to keep up to date with all of Yamour's future plans:
https://www.instagram.com/yamour_/

Blitzcast 022 : Yamour

For the June 2025 episode, Relictronica welcomes Mike Starr, a British-born, Berlin-based artist whose career spans more than two decades of precision, soul, and deep-rooted sonic storytelling.

A regular presence at Berghain / Panorama Bar, Tresor, RSO, and Heideglühen, Mike is a key figure in Berlin’s nightlife and far beyond — with sets that have moved dance floors from Bassiani, The Cause, and De School, to Funk Club Mexico City, Signal NYC, and Hi Ibiza.

His sound is a living dialogue between 808 electro, NY disco, Detroit techno, and UK tech house — always personal, always in motion. With a distinctive sense of rhythm and space, Mike’s sets carry weight, warmth, and a quiet authority that refuses excess while inviting full immersion.

We’re proud to host a mix that connects eras, continents, and communities — all through groove.

Mike Starr for Relictronica.
Now streaming on SoundCloud.
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Mike Starr | Mix June 2025

Live recording from Fandango at the Lighthouse
Plötzensee, March 9th 2025.

March in the Lighthouse never felt so hot under the infectious groove of @handmadeberlin. Nostalgic house-bounce beats dripping with driving space energy set the scene for a non stop afternoon to night roll

LIVE AT FANDANGO - Handmade

With great joy, we present the live recording of @massimilianopagliara, captured during 4 YEARS of PAX-ROMANA.

A true craftsman of sound and emotion, Massimiliano’s performance was the perfect soundtrack for sweaty upstairs vibes! We welcomed 'techno massi' already twice at PAX-ROMANA, however this time he showed also being a true master of blending house. A radiant journey through dance music at its finest.

Set time: 02:00 – 05:00

Enjoy listening! <3

Massimiliano Pagliara @PAX-ROMANA | RADION AMSTERDAM 2025.07.05

The German minimal DJ returns to the spotlight with two hours of artfully subtle house and techno.

There's an old German proverb that goes "Der stete Tropfen höhlt den Stein." Literally, it means a constant dripping wears away the stone, but the point isn't about force but patience: slow, steady repetition can leave the deepest mark. It's an apt metaphor for the career of Kosta Athanassiadis, better known as XDB.

Active since the early '90s, first as a DJ and then producer by the decade's end, Athanassiadis has built a career less on hype than persistence. His catalogue spans labels like Dial, Metrolux and Echocord, alongside a steady trickle of EPs and remixes that have quietly cemented his reputation as one of minimal house and techno's undersung heroes.

That patience carries into his sound and production ethos. Where many of his peers embraced software upgrades and new workflows, Athanassiadis has long stuck to Cubase, a handful of trusty instruments and 30-year-old speakers he claims to have run "hundreds of thousands of tunes" through. He also still prefers to use inexpensive, straightforward gear—what matters, he insists, is not the tools but the feel. The result is a sound that’s stripped back, direct and enduring.

Lately, Athanassiadis has found himself back in focus. With minimal enjoying fresh attention, his calendar has filled, and with it a run of back-to-back sets—most often alongside PLO Man, a regular sparring partner this year. True to form, though, you won't find that his style has changed much. Over 30 years after his first gig, you can rest assured you'll still find him playing with patience, carving out long arcs rather than sharp peaks.

His RA Mix captures him in a reflective mood. Running just over two hours, RA.1003 is a hushed yet absorbing affair, moving seamlessly from the delicate atmospherics of Valentino Mora and Caldera to the machine funk of Robert Hood, Solid Gold Playaz and Marcellus Pittman. There are left turns folded into XDB's patient narrative arc, too: John Carpenter's brooding scores here, DJ Sprinkles' melancholic work with Will Long on "Acid Trax N (Acid Dog)" there.

It's the sound of a DJ who has been quietly chiseling away for three decades, and who understands the value of persistence as much as restraint.

@xdb

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1021

RA.1003 XDB

The Sizeable Mix Vol. 49: Carly Zeng

Hope hope

HTPREMIERE: Felipe Cortés - Crazy B (Ureguay Records)

Bassline Hits

The Italian DJ shows the depth of her tastes.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=639

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.639 Paquita Gordon

Relictronica is a space devoted to the purest forms of techno and house, a project born to experience underground music as culture, connection, and freedom.

From Berlin’s beating heart to clubs across the globe, Relictronica showcases artists with a radical and honest approach: respect for the dancefloor, depth of sound, and a forward-thinking vision.

Relictronica is podcast, clubbing, community.
A shared language, a collective act.

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