@serennee

Want to warm up for our giegling …IsBurning ADE Weekender? This week’s mix by Serenne will get you in the mood! The giegling affiliate from Switzerland, Serenne, is providing us with a journey through beautiful, captivating melodies that glide into the deep while still maintaining a floating atmosphere. As her last track says, ‘We are the dancers, we create the dreams.’ It’s a beautiful ode to the dance floor where all emotions can have space to float away or glide in. 

We hope you are as exciting for this collaboration with giegling as we are! 

Serenne...IsBurning #176

Slow Life Podcast Series - 5.2 - Laurine

Just before dusk, on the Sunday evening of Bonanza 2025, S.O.N.S took to the decks. What followed was a mind-bending, 3 turntable adventure down the proggy wormhole. 

Ethereal, driving, elastic and full of trancey goo, it was everything we needed on that silky Sunday evening. 

Check out Rio 021 now xx 

Rio 021 - S.O.N.S (recorded live at Bonanza 2025)

Originally from the Midlands and now London based, Dean Watton is a relentless selector and party-starter whose sets fuse raw club energy with underground sound. Championing a grittier, more live-sounding and punk-spirited take on tech house, Dean is also the driving force behind Shady Sisters, a party and label that channels the same rebellious energy as his sound.

Podcast 006 - Dean Watton

In the realm of club culture activism, ttyfal is a versatile force—journalist, promoter, producer—but her true passion shines in the DJ booth. With a deep love for drums and basslines, ttyfal specializes in blending sultry progressive and trance-infused house from the 2000s, quickly establishing her as one of the most sought-after rising talents in both Germany and now Belgium.

soundcloud : @ttyfal
instagram : www.instagram.com/ttyfal.wav/

ttyfal @ GIMIC - 13 November 2025

Ouissam told me that I would be closing the garden, Saturday night at Equation back in December. It’s a slot I’m very familiar with because I’ve been fortunate enough to attend every previous edition of both Equation and (Re)Treat, and it is normally the emotional peak of my weekend, and I believe it’s the same for many others too. So, obviously I was very excited about the opportunity but also felt a big sense of responsibility to deliver that experience for those people at such an important part of the festival.
 For the past couple years I’ve been focusing on performing live, but as this was to be a DJ set I made a decision that I was going to try to produce as many tracks as I could during the lead up to the festival. I felt this would be the best thing I could do for myself and the crowd. I often get caught up with ‘imposter syndrome’ thoughts when being featured alongside such high level artists, so I wanted to make sure I justified my place in the lineup. My idea was that by playing as much new & original material as I could, I would be providing a fresh and unique experience for the audience that couldn’t be replicated.

As for myself, playing my own music always feels like a more authentic expression as an artist, and I knew that putting this extra pressure on myself would force me to grow. I was already so grateful for the opportunity, that I didn’t want to have any regrets looking back feeling like I could have done more with it. So since December, I effectively became a hermit. Spending all my spare time locked away in my studio, either expanding sections from my live shows or building new tracks from scratch. I wanted to make a broad spectrum of sounds and energy levels so that whatever the situation I would hopefully have something to play.   So after months of prolonged dedication, I had built up a huge amount of pressure, putting all that work into just this one night. Luckily Sisi & Malika who played before me did an amazing job of building such a good atmosphere that by the time it was my turn to play I was just enjoying the music and excited to start.

At the beginning I was definitely nervous, I’m really not used to playing on a larger stage like that, so it took some time to settle in, but from the start I could see that people were already starting to connect to what I was doing. It’s always a bit scary to play something new out for the first time, because it’s easy to convince yourself at home that something is good but it's a different story to play it for other people. So for most of the set, I was in an emotional ping-pong match between the fear & anxiety of loading up a new track and immense joy & relief once I could feel a positive response from everyone. I remember a specific moment at almost the halfway point, when I realised that everyone I could see was fully locked-in and onboard with me, so after that I dropped the weight off myself and began to really enjoy everything. From that point on, it’s cheesy to say but, it was really like a ‘dream come true’.

Once I saw that everyone was into it I felt more confident to keep playing more of my own tracks, I had a goal to play around 50% original stuff, but by then it was 85% my music. The response was really crazy and more than I could have hoped for. There were certain tracks that I was more anxious to play because I thought they might be too ‘different’ than what I normally hear, but those were actually the moments that consistently got the best reaction for everyone, which was such an affirming experience for me. I think after that, going forward I feel much more confident to lean into those ‘different’ ideas.  The final 15-20 minutes was a bit of a blur for me because I started to get a bit emotionally overwhelmed by everyone. I had tears in my eyes and my face was hurting from smiling too much. I've never been on the receiving end of such a big outpouring of love. 

MIX092 – Tobes (河內) [Live for Equation 2025]

LowMoneyMusicMix 49 comes from Mihak, a DJ who began his career in 2009 and has been steadily performing house and techno in Seoul’s local scene ever since.

He curates fascinating records that move effortlessly between old-school vibes and futuristic sounds. Over the years, he has held multiple residencies across the city. He was a resident DJ at LIVIN' from 2018 to 2022 and directed the music program at Odd, a club for dedicated vinyl diggers, in 2022.

Since 2023, he has been a resident DJ at Teller Seoul, and this mix is taken from a live recording at the club on October 10th. The set showcases his timeless vinyl selections and captures the full journey, from warm-up to peak dance-floor moments.

@mihakmusic

LOWMONEYMUSICMIX - 49 - MIHAK

Katia Curie takes over for the next Off-Kilter submission. This one very in line with all things Off-Kilter - rolling grooves, tough kicks and warpy electronics weaved together with pin point precision. HOT TIP!

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Originally from Kyiv and now based in Vienna, Katia is one of the most exciting up-and-coming DJs and producers of the moment, with a rich musical background rooted in classical training and shaped by years in Ukraine’s underground scene.

Her sets are a journey through deep, rolling rhythms, mysterious textures, and
occasional breaks, blending the raw energy of the ’90s and early 2000s with
a contemporary edge. Moving seamlessly between vinyl and digital, Katia
crafts immersive experiences that reflect her wide-ranging influences and
instinctive connection with the dancefloor.

She is regular at the iconic K41 in Kyiv and part of the Vienna’s Hyperreality
Festival.

OK043 - Katia Curie

Now in the archive: Cheap Fast Worldwide Radio w/ Dea & Discount DJs 

In this episode of @cheapfastworldwide Radio, Dea (@dekitron) was behind the decks for a special 2-hour set. She is a Yugoslavenian born (today's Croatia) Berlin based DJ & producer, known as half of ERIS duo, her charismatic presence & energy she brings to function. 
With taste refined by lifetime on the dancefloor her record collection covers nearly all genre of electronic music,  but what makes her stand out is the way she waves them together into a unbroken storyline with fluidity that feels both unexpected and perfectly natural.
The last hour was pay-up time, brought to you by the one and only Discount DJs

THF Radio is a community radio broadcasting from the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin. Follow us: @thfradio.

Cheap Fast Worldwide Radio w/ Dea & Discount DJs // 29.11.25

Kino @ Closer || Masnytsia, day 1 || 04.03.2023

The Leisure System co-founder talks psychology, behavioral science and his standout album of the year, Stochastic Drift.

Sam Barker's influence on contemporary electronic music culture spans many levels—not only as a producer and DJ pushing against traditional genre boundaries, but also as key figure behind the scenes as head of the label Leisure System. He came into RA HQ to talk about the central thesis in his current work: exploring organic, human timing in a genre that has become increasingly obsessed with mechanized grids. 

The Berlin-based artist tells us about how he puts this theory into practice in his standout album of the year, Stochastic Drift, and his recent collaborative project with saxophonist Bendik Giske. Beyond the technical, he also reflects on the evolution of the Berlin scene, the surprising arguments for liberation in the streaming economy and the role of art in imagining a utopian future. Listen to the episode in full.

EX.786 Barker

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