Extract from our opening set at Maximum Joy at @sameheads Berlin
Feb 2023
BANANA MOON aka Luigi Di Venere & @massimilianopagliara

Banana Moon aka Luigi Di Venere & Massimiliano Pagliara live at Maximum Joy @ SAMEHEADS 24.02.23

Red Laser @ TWH MCR 18th Nov 23 Live Recording

Here at AIR, we kicked off festival season in with Sonar Lisboa, the little sister to the famed Barcelona festival, which took place in early April this year and featured acts like Max Cooper, Jennifer Cardini, Juliana Huxtable, and this month’s esteemed guest, @MarcelDettmann.

A techno veteran whose name is synonymous with big room sound, Marcel recently debuted a new live set, his first ever foray into live performance, the result of a pandemic spent toiling away in the studio and crafting his landmark album Fear of Programming, which formed the foundation for his live act. At Sonar Lisboa, he presented a new version of his project, which he calls My Own Shadow, a mix of his own productions, field recordings, vocal elements, and on the fly craftsmanship.

Marcel and I sat down together in Lisbon to discuss his new live set and the creativity behind it, and how his musical and personal life is shifting over years. A big thanks to the team at Sonar Lisboa for the invite to this year’s edition!

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MUSIC:

"Linux" - Marcel Dettmann (2013)
"Water" - Marcel Dettmann ft. Ryan Elliott (2024)
"Fear of Programming" - Marcel Dettmann (2024)

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AIR 074 / Marcel Dettmann

A DJ, vinyl addict, and true connoisseur of electronic music since 1995. Based in Switzerland, she blends emotive deep house and driving techno with passion and versatility.  Her productions have appeared on respected labels such as Smallville, Phonica, and Wolf Music, with remixes from Kerri Chandler, Kuniyuki, and Session Victim among others. 

Her recent compilation Many Shades of House Vol. 1, praised for its impeccable selection, and her latest EP on Smallville both met with great success, cementing her reputation as one of today’s most authentic voices in House music.

Lea Lisa @ Kiosk Radio 17.10.2025

Mixtape Discos Movimiento #32

Some things never really happen —
at least, not in the way we remember them.
They linger in fragments: a voice through static,
a melody you swear you’ve heard before,
a feeling that never quite took place.

In Moments That Never Happened, London-based artist Fraser Henton drifts away from the dancefloor’s pulse to trace these invisible memories —
a delicate weave of ambient tones, trip-hop rhythms, and his own productions hidden between layers of atmosphere and shadow.

It’s a mix that unfolds like reflection itself:
hazy, patient, and quietly emotional —
music for the hours when the world blurs
and the line between what was and what could’ve been disappears.

Not every moment needs to be real to be felt.
Some just need to be heard.

Fraser Henton - Moments That Never Happened / Mixtape Discos Movimiento #32

in a spontenous mood today so i’ve decided to upload a recent special memory -  a snippet of my set on a sunday night in amsterdam at noclubs

noclubs has all the elements of the perfect party… diy, community oriented, incredible sound (addit audio !!), stacked with locals, extended sets, amazing music & a lovely and down to earth community surrounding it.  shoutout to naone who played before me and richard gregory who played after... amazing music nonstop

more of an afterparty vibe for this set  (´• ͜. •̥`)✧  +  a very self indulgent closing song (one of my favourites of all time)  that felt fitting for the infectiously happy & open vibes at this party.. (but who doesn't love this song?)

big love to the whole noclubs crew!!!!

<3

Kia @ noclubs, October 2025

The deep house don from Queens steps up to the plate for this week's RA podcast.

RA.213 Fred P

The veteran Croatian producer gets emotive on this week's podcast.

RA.236 Petar Dundov

The Bristol-based producer blurs the lines between techno and dubstep on his mix for the RA podcast.

RA.226 Kowton

RA.277 Cosmin TRG

If you manage to come up and make a mark on the Detroit scene, you are clearly doing something right. And that’s just how Derek Plaslaiko started: spinning his clinical yet sophisticated sets at various key raves around the Mid West of America before eventually establishing himself on the global underground circuit. Now, although Berlin based, you may caught his name on the flyer for the No Way Back parties (put on by Interdimensional Transmissions - the Detroit imprint that has put out several of Plaslaiko’s rare original releases) and is a resident for Bunker NYC and has been for years. He also releases his stylish brand of techno on the club’s in house label and has close ties with Ghostly International. Add to this the fact he played a sublime closing set at our festival back in August, and Derek is a natural choice to mix it up for our podcast series. 

The resulting two and a half hour selection is an exquisitely programmed ride through many shades of techno, from stripped back and thumping to eerie and heady via raw and nasty. Just when the pressure seems like it might get too much, Plaslaiko masterfully switches up the mood and takes you somewhere else, thus keeping you locked to his grooves. 

He says of the mix, “it was done in one take at the Resident Advisor offices in Berlin. The neighbours complained about the volume near the end of the recording, so I was forced to do the last few mixes headphones only. It's made up of about 60% current favourite tracks, and 40% unreleased material from a handful of friends. Kris Wadsworth, Jared Wilson, Todd Osborn, Dona, DVS1, Mr Statik, Secret Studio and Israel Vines all submitted tracks specifically for this mix. Will Lynch, Jim Beam and a massive amount of Burger King all played a major role in getting it done. I like a good story when hearing a DJ set, so that's what I was going for when programming the mix.

RA.277 Cosmin TRG

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