We are blessed to welcome our first artist to our new Podcast series. We say welcome dear XDB and thanks for contributing this beautiful vinyl only mix!

XDB is Kosta Athanassiadis – German by birth and in residence, with Greek parentage. His roots are in the central German town of Göttingen. It was here that he began DJing in the early nineties; where he worked in a record shop; where he ran a radio show for five years; and the base from which he established the Metrolux record label in 2006. 

For many people, it was at this point that XDB appeared on their radar.  He has no shortage of technical skill but it’s his selection that truly shines – putting the music itself at the forefront, letting songs breathe when need be, and delivering plenty of head-scratching ‘what the hell is this track?’ moments. It’s on this that Kosta has built his reputation. 

When it comes to producing, Kosta favours a slow and steady work rate, opting to focus on quality control rather than record shop ubiquity. His DJing keeps him in the public eye, but one gets the sense that XDB prefers to operate in the shadows. There’s a refreshing lack of gimmickry to his approach – keeping it low-key allows him to be judged solely on the basis of talent. Arguably, it’s an innate quality – the way he wants to play it; the way that brings him most satisfaction, but it’s helped establish his reputation as an artist of considerable merit, winning the approval his audience and peers, alike.

Tracklist:

1. Aki Latvamäki  'Baumwolle' Goldmin Music - Gmnv011
2. Scott Grooves 'Always 001' Natural Midi NM1-45
3. SnP 500 '44' Doo DOOH20
4. Jamal Moss 'Akashic Energies' RHD-030JAMAL
5. Arbilla 'Virtual Reality' (Scan 7 rmx) Existance XIST001
6. Hector Ram 'midnight sounds' Short Attention Records SA002
7. OZY 'Sequential Dub' 66 Degrees Recordings 66D-13 
8. Ron Trent 'Love DuB' Future Vision Records FV003
9. Floppy Life 'Bassline Waves' NDATL LFLP 1/2
10. Ghoulfive 'XXX' Dolfin Records DR002
11. John Heckle 'Life On Titan' Mathematics 043
12. Paul Bennett 'One' Modernista 001
13. D-Man / Move D 'Doomscrolling' Smallville 
14. Waage & Quantal 'WQ2' Thule 028
15. Lawrence 'The Dream' Giegling LP 12
16. Random Factor 'When Daylight Fades' 2020 Vision VISLP001
17. DREESVN '1' SUED 027

Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/U66Y5
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/663311-XDB
RA: https://ra.co/dj/xdb

Bookings: Uzurirecordings.com

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Also on video: https://youtu.be/w9VX6m1EWUU

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Vladimir Ivkovic (Offen Music) @ The Lot Radio 04 - 29 - 2024

@gizemoz live at outro lado

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Gizem Öz live at Outro Lado - Waking Life '24

Its a warm Sunday evening in Wales and XDB is doing his thing on the stage outside which as per usual is inspiring. As 20:30 appraoches I make my way into room 3 where I'll be making my 3rd Freero appearance as a DJ and the nerves kick in a little. I greet the staff on production, set myself up and do a soundcheck. 

All is well but also all the feelings of an imminent pre-gig mindset of a DJ start to surface which is to be expected as this is one of the best festivals in the UK, and not to mention the last time I played in this room I closed up shop after Jennifer Mayanja which was challenging due to the heatwave we had that weekend which caused the equipment to overheat. 

In any case this is a fresh slate and I am ready to go. I am opening up proceedings before Leah Floyeurs & Alex Downey whom are both great DJs... so again no pressure right? 

The brief from Steevio was pretty simple... keep it Deep/Soulful and Jazzy so I did my best to stay within those parameters over the 1 hour and 45 min I had been given. 

The time whizzed by and I thoroughly enjoyed every min of playing in that room building it up & seeing the people getting lost in the music. 

I hope you enjoy xc

Live @ Freerotation Festival Room 3 2024

Hôtel des Monnaies is your monthly ticket to a musical journey, hosted by Brussels-based DJ and music connoisseur Francis99. Expect a treasure trove of electronic oddities — from House to Techno, Ambient to IDM — with the occasional curveball to keep you on your toes. Check in every third Wednesday of the month from 6pm (CET) for an hour of carefully selected hidden gems, fresh releases, and appearances by special guests.



Hôtel des Monnaies w/ Francis99 @ Kiosk Radio 18.06.2025

Our tenth installment of the podcast was an unforeseen and unplanned one. Often, the unforeseen, unexpected, and unplanned are unsettling, but in this case, they brought an unbelievable musical journey. We want to welcome Manfredas from our 10th installment. A bespoke selector with a musical knowledge that would fill several musical libraries, he kindly extended his Saigonese soiree and filled our Sunday session with great joy. Expect a mix that meanders, accelerates, and wanes, all over the course of 90 minutes. An unimaginable journey between genres, tempos, musical styles, and directions, showcasing the versatility of Manfredas.

Manfredas - NLDMIX 010

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

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