Active for nearly three decades, Japanese DJ and producer Takaaki Itoh has been carving out a niche truly his own in the realm of deep techno. Pumping out multi-sensory DJ tools for breakfast, Itoh champions a sound highly dynamic yet infused with the kind of minute textural work and layers of modular complexity one can not but marvel at. Punching in with a wild two hours of electro-magnetic hardware funk and entrancingly immersive brainwaves, the Sendai-based wizard elevates us to a whole new world where hi-tech submersion and atmospheric club music reign supreme. A work of art. 

soundcloud.com/takaaki_itoh

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Reclaim Your City 581 | Takaaki Itoh

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.

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Bassiani invites Ignez / Podcast #220

D - Dustin
U - uses
S - sinful
T - tasty
I - insane
N - nasty

Z - zooming
A - adorable
H - hairy
N - noise
for our 76th Parabel pod. 
ENJOY!

Track list below:

01 SnPLO
02 Markus Suckut
03 Al Wootton
04 Shoal
05 D-Leria
06 Altinbas
07 Myles Serge / Dustin Zahn
08 Digby & Oliver
09 Kaiser
10 Müzmin
11 Cocoo
12 Lidvall
13 Short Finger
14 Linear Phase
15 Oblivian & Uranya
16 Polar Inertia
17 Talismann
18 P.E.A.R.L.
19 Müzmin
20 Izurzu
21 Truncate & Hyperactive
22 Deluka
23 Marcal
24 Altinbas
25 Pause
26 Blenk
27 Benales
28 Cedric Vermue / Donato Dozzy

Parabel podcast #76 - Dustin Zahn

Stockholm-born DJ, producer and label member Joel Mull has spent over three decades shaping the global techno landscape, being recognised as a key figure in the pioneering wave of Swedish techno artists. Joel is renowned for his versatility, working under multiple aliases: Icarus, Gotzkowsky and most recently, Damm, where he channels his passion for ambient and electronica. As a member and contributor of the Swedish label Parabel, Joel continues to innovate the scene with his emotive and melodic productions. 

Joel’s productions evoke a sense of nostalgia, blending deep, downtempo rolling basslines with ethereal ambient textures and harmonic synths. This mix is driving, uptempo and seamlessly fuses rhythms with intricate synth melodies. 

Gear up for an otherworldly hour of Joel Mull. 

Tune in to #232

Artwork by instagram.com/ankhsious/

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Vault Sessions #232 - Joel Mull

Léa Occhi is the 422nd guest of our original Hate Podcast series.

An evolving set that reflects all the richness and complexity of a self-quest, with an approach rich in textures, organic elements, nuances and intensity. Welcome to the unconscious, where the heaviest, buried emotions and thoughts are explored. Like an inner struggle, a deep connection to oneself: a transformation.

Download available.

Tracklist:
1. Khas - Crush Depth  
2. Sonic Wave Collective - Arise (Forest on Stasys Remix)  
3. Vanoni - Oshin  
4. Chaz Moloney - Carpet Burn  
5. Tièmoko Koné - Master Of Path  
6. 2bit2bi - Insomnia (Argie Remix)  
7. Subsequence & Eramo - Rapid Flow  
8. MAGPOST - Losing  
9. Tièmoko Koné - Unknown Reasons  
10. Franz Jäger - Harmors  
11. Paul Fitzgibbon - What Are You Running From? (Tsukuyomi Remix)
12. Pres - Mutual Ideas (Kr!z Remix)  
13. Yuki Seki - Silence of the Soul (Yuki Seki Remix)  
14. Dxrvo - Drone Clock  
15. Flits - Intimidate  
16. Cari Lekebusch - Whack A Mole  
17. Confusion - Eleven  
18. Pierce - Gallus (Blenk Remix)  
19. Blenk - Outline  
20. Bob Semp - Dilemma  
21. Border One - Echoes From The Abyss  
22. Human Safari - FWD  
23. Alessandro (COL) - Shytake  
24. Paul Fitzgibbon - Timewarp [Bob Semp Remix]  
25. Colomboi - Satisfago (William Arist Remix)  
26. JSPR - Catnip  
27. Vkn.modular - First One  
28. Altinbas - Venus Ballroom  
29. Juan Sanchez - First Draft  
30. Contakt - Atabaque  
31. Oruam Zior - Torrente  
32. Gaspare Crapanzano - Draak  
33. Sonic Wave Collective - Arise (Forest on Stasys Tribal Mix)  
34. Vardae - Lost In Alhambra

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HATE Podcast 422

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Back in the series with a special hour-and-a-half-long live set, fellow RYC alum Arthur Robert graces us with a mix that best exemplifies his cosmonautical approach to production, flush with alien-engineered sounds and sci-fi-indebted atmospheres. Like traversing a dynamic hall of mirrors and prisms, distorting our cognitive scope to hypnotic effect, Robert’s mix is a maze of fast swiveling grooves and bubbling, modular-like reflections. If you like your techno both hi-velocity and uncompromisingly trippy, Robert’s blends extrapolate the finest of galloping techno and outer-spacey poetics, birthing the kind of transporting narrative that’ll sooth your nerves from the daily heartbreak we’ve come to process as an integral part of our lives.

soundcloud.com/arthurrobert

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Reclaim Your City 631 | Arthur Robert Live

Border One [2hr Live mix] at The White Hotel // 01.02.25

Paris-via-Berlin based DJ and producer Arkan onboards the series this week with two hours fully embracing his deep, hypnosis-inducing mindset and definite knack for shaping streamlined floor narratives. Responsible for a handful surgical transmissions on the likes of Figure and SK_Eleven, in addition to running his own imprints Autonome and Drawner, the French artist keeps carving out a niche for himself at the junction of purely pragmatic, gravity-defying grooves and a certain orientation for experimental-leaning submersion, tailored to maintain techno's intrinsic relevancy and boundary-pushing character when so much material feels stuck in the emulative loop and not caring one bit to opt out the lame-ass continuum. One to keep the adrenaline rushing badman-style, and all brains in the room just as duly, unflinchingly stimulated. 

soundcloud.com/arkantechno

Reclaim Your City 656 | Arkan

Maxi Villalba - Be Yourself (Original Mix)

Echoes

The RA Underground Stage in pictures and mixes: https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2996

Before he took to the stage, Function joked that he needed to crank up the tempo of his set higher than he'd initially planned. It was easy to understand why: he was following AX&P (Adam X and Perc), who'd just battered the crowd with two hours of industrial techno. Armed with, among other things, a TR-909, a laptop, a couple of controllers and a Rane mixer, Function wasn't about to be outdone. He stepped up and delivered a 135 BPM masterclass.

RA Live: 27.05.17 - Function, The RA Underground Stage, Movement Detroit

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