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Recording of Job Jobse's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

Job Jobse at Dekmantel Festival 2022

Rinse Radio Podcast

Private Persons with Hespermen & Locked Club - 19 Juin 2023

TENSAL- TRESOR- ENIGMA 5 YEARS - SEP 23

Recorded live at Observe Los Angeles, November 25, 2023

Live @ Observe: Los Angeles

Dustin Zahn x Truncate Live @ Observe Los Angeles (11/25/23)

Ahead of his Glitch Festival debut, we invite @Altinbas for this week's Glitch podcast. Renowned for his craftsmanship both as a DJ and a producer, his releases on renowned labels like Token Records, SK11 and Non Series is proof of his high quality musical output. For the next 73 minutes, Altinbas crafts a distinctive and enduring composition of dynamic hypnotic soundscapes featuring varying phases of tension, moods and emotions that transcend time.

Glitch Podcast 065 / Altinbas

Somov Records head Ignez is up next with an unmissable techno number that’ll make you sweat. A younger self dropped the stuffy confines of his childhood on the Dutch coast and fled to Berlin as so many do, and there began to cultivate a sound that has placed him firmly among some of his talented and much talked about peers. The DJ/producer credits the seaside upbringing with instilling a deep respect for the rolling tides and endless sands, natural references that are deeply embodied in his hypnotising and immersive rhythms. His occasional return to home turf as resident of Amsterdam-based party series Eerste Communie has also played a significant role in his musical development and found him willing publishers in the likes of Token and SK_eleven, as well as a sparring partner in Berlin heavyweight Rødhåd (with whom he shares two EPs). It’s techno in purest form, bewitching loops that pulsate like those long ago shores. In that sound his ascetic beats are flanked by the most minimal detail and rely on raw percussive might to mesmerise his listener. A dancefloor portal to another world; transcendent stuff for sure. From small club settings to festivals on a larger scale Ignez brings a kind of magic that’s hard to turn a deaf ear to, Bassiani Podcast 220’s proof that he’ll pull those tricks at home too. A hour of virgin, mechanical beats that daze and enthral, a staunch reminder of techno’s visceral power and of why, for so many, it’s such a ruling passion.

@ignez_smv

BASSIANI PODCAST SERIES

Bassiani invites Ignez / Podcast #220

Kr!z has been at the forefront of techno for more than a decade. After making a name for himself as a skilled DJ with sharp focus and a quick mixing style Kr!z launched Token Records in 2007. It has since been a leading outlet for heady, purist sounds: always straightforward, sometimes weird, often catchy. 

Kr!z takes listeners on journeys surpassing space and time. Led by deeply hypnotic grooves,  syncopated rhythms and widely reverberating atmospheres, his desire to guide the dancefloor into unknown depths can be felt with every note. Intensities build up and collapse under his skillful hands, knowing what each knob twist will result in. Each set feels almost like a mathematical calculation, deciphering the code of collective ecstasy.

https://www.soundcloud.com/tokenrecords
https://ra.co/dj/kr-z
https://www.instagram.com/kriztoken
https://www.facebook.com/Krztoken

CLOSERcast #082 - KR!Z

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Recording of Sybil's set at Dekmantel Ten

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Sybil at Dekmantel Ten

Stone Techno 2024 - Initial Code b2b Downside

EERSTE COMMUNIE #046 RENE WISE

In late 2023 I was chatting with a musician friend about labels, and whether they're really all that necessary these days. As someone mainly focused on self-releasing my music through Bandcamp, I think for the most part the answer is no. One should focus on passionately creating things and being involved in their local music community. Over time, label or not, things will hopefully start to take care of themselves on their own. I did however mention that there was one label I thought was really cool, and would definitely be interested in working with: it was Nous'klaer Audio. Incredibly, the next day I received an email from Sjoerd Oberman, who runs Nous'klaer, inviting me to join for a release and performance at Draaimolen. Of course, I was delighted to be involved. This would be my first show in the EU. I spent about 3 months preparing a new set. Having grown rather bored of CDJs and DJ mixers, I opted to prepare a live set, in which I control 8 channels of audio tracks along with drum machines and FX. This setup gives me a lot of freedom to explore new arrangements of my catalog, and better command the dynamic energy on the dance floor, pushing and pulling things forwards to capture the mood of the crowd. To prepare for Draaimolen, I organized several shows across Japan (where I live), further refining the setup after each performance, and deciding what tracks would be the best fit for the 60 minute peak time set I was scheduled to perform. I was very nervous about how my set would be received, but it ended up working very well, and was the highlight of my year. From the very start, the positive reaction from the crowd put me at ease, and Draaimolen's focus on sound and stage design gave me peace of mind, knowing that every frequency was being perfectly reproduced on the floor. I'm so grateful for the opportunity Nous'klaer and Draaimolen provided me. Long live Nous'klaer and long live Draaimolen. Thank you Sjoerd and Milo and Kani and Hannah! 
- Erik Luebs

Erik Luebs live at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Went more on the experimental/hypnotic side of techno with this mix

JUGGSTER - 8 mins of yap and I lost my coordinates -13

REC 29 w/ Phara b2b Setaoc Mass

Back In August, Phara and Setaoc Mass took full control of Room 01, guiding an all-nighter journey through their extensive collections. 

Today, we present a 2-hour snapshot of that night where every moment was crafted with precision, building a soundscape both raw and refined. A visceral reminder of techno’s power to captivate and transport.

▪️ Soundcloud: @phara-6 & @setaoc_mass
▪️ Resident Advisor: ra.co/dj/phara & ra.co/dj/setaocmass
▪️ Discogs: discogs.com/artist/4871359-Phara & discogs.com/artist/2339321-Setaoc-Mass
▪️ Instagram: instagram.com/phara___ & instagram.com/setaoc_mass
▪️ Facebook: facebook.com/setaocmass

Fuse-On

Phara b2b Setaoc Mass (all night long) –– Recorded Live at Fuse (24/08/24)

Phara b2b Setaoc Mass — Recorded Live at Fuse (24/08/24)

For entry 31 in our PPRZ Podcast series we have a DJ we deeply admire both artistically and personally - Sassmouth! 

Sassmouth is a DJ based in her longtime adopted home, Chicago. She playfully mixes all kinds of records with a focus on techno, house, acid and electro sounds. She created her label god particle as a homage to this style of DJing- a place for friends to showcase music that connects the dots between all these styles of dance music. She is a rave mom and real mom and co-runs Walking and Falling- a mentor program for woman and non-binary music enthusiasts that want to learn to DJ. If you don’t see her in the booth she is very likely dancing her ass off by the front left speaker.

Enjoy the mix <3

PPRZ Podcast 31 - Sassmouth

A lesson in rhythm from a former De School resident.

When it comes to minimalist dance music, Ruben Üvez, AKA Konduku, is one of the best in the game right now. With a masterful and ever-shapeshifting understanding of rhythm, the Berlin-based artist crafts sublime dance music with a staunchly leftfield bent. Don't just take our word for it: how many DJs, after all, can claim to have moved De School to a puddle of tears?

Musically, Üvez is hard to pin down. He's often billed as a techno artist, but actually you'll find his sound sits outside of the genre's many conventions. With an outsider's curiosity, he leans into diverse moods, tempos and genres, though one throughline is always how he arranges his drums. Whether it be deep, Nobu-core techno such as 2023's Hayal EP or UK beat science á la Peverelist on 2019's  Gegek, he leads with rhythm across his DJing and production. The end product is a hypnotic, one-of-a-kind sound that hits the body before the brain has time to catch up. In short, it slaps.

As Üvez's RA Podcast demonstrates, he's got a serious knack for crafting and selecting tunes that can  deeply captivate a dance floor. Clocking in at just over 90 minutes, RA.967 is an excursion through a timeless sound, packed with long, layered blends, flick-of-the-wrist transitions, locked grooves and spine-tingling atmospherics. In 2020, we called Ruben Üvez one of techno's brightest new talents. This mix sees him ascending to a seat at the top table.

@kondukukonduku

Read more at ra.co/podcast/967

RA.967 Konduku

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2025/truancy-volume-348-reni/ 

Soundcloud: @renildn

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Truancy Volume 348: re:ni

"Summer of Solstice 3055: 

I’d just returned from a long stint working the orbital docks, preparing to settle back into the life cycle routine that was Valkor Zenith. The last thing I expected was to reconnect with three old friends from my days at the Echo House orphanage. Sora had slipped back from exile on Neoterra Prime. Rion had fled the undercity of Crysalis after a grav-bike race gone bad. And Omrin, who I hadn’t seen or heard of in more than a decade, had shown up out of nowhere as if no time had passed with a stolen data map and a proposition: we’d go find the Dream Beacon.

We’d grown up with the story. A myth, really. Some ancient alien relic buried deep in the sand sea, spoken of in hushed tones in level D bars and back-alley data centres. The promise was simple, if you could reactivate its signal with your own transmission, you’d be granted your most longed-for dreams and unimaginable wealth. No one had ever found it.

I’m still not entirely sure what made us set off and follow Omrin so blindly that summer. Maybe it was grief, maybe hope. Or just that need to move, to do anything but sit still. Each of us were adrift in our own orbit of longing and loss, and somehow, we collided again, drawn together like shards of a broken constellation.

We had left the neon haze of Valkor Zenith behind at sunset, riding the wide stretches of plasma rail to the outer edges as the city lights faded behind us. Nights were lit by twin moons and we passed the time listening to old mixes we’d recorded in our youth, our playlists humming through our comms as we hurtled across other-worldly landscapes at 200mph. In the two months that followed, we would laugh in the ruins of the Oblivion Cradle, party with rogue miners in bioluminescent fungi caverns, feel the cold rush of air as our bikes skimmed the ridges of the Halcyon Scar, be chased by Karn bike gangs through synth-storms, and save a lone settler named Joyce trapped in a dust pocket whilst traversing the Ash Spires. 

As we hurtled towards the promise of the Dream Beacon, I often wondered, was the beacon even real? And if it was, what would I even upload as my transmission? Maybe one of those old mixes we used to make. I’m sure all these questions flickered across all our minds, unspoken. But that summer, deep down, none of it really mattered. I would’ve followed those three anywhere..."

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@truants
IG: @villella303
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Distant Signals 077: Villella

virtue_signal set from the inaugural TWEAKFEST.

Thank you to everyone who was there. FTR forever.

TWEAKFEST 2021 - virtue_signal

Berlin based Amotik released his debut EP in the summer of 2015, and since then, the producer’s had a remarkable run. His style is best described as hypnotic, raw, and uncompromisingly heavy techno. Aside from releasing on his own self-titled label, he has also released on Tommy Four Seven’s imprint ’47’, and Figure’s new sub label ‘Figure Jams’. Groove Magazine has named him as one of their Hoffnungsträger (hopefuls) for 2017 in a recent feature, and have heavily supported him in their charts.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amotikmusic/
Souncloud: https://soundcloud.com/amotikmusic

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