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The B12 story started back in the early nineties when @mikegolding and Steve Rutter helped define the UK's intelligent techno and early electronica scene. Releasing on their own self-titled label as well as Warp, they turned out cult classics like Electro-Soma. From 1996, they took the best part of a decade off before returning in 2008. To this day, the music remains firmly in the future, with sci-fi designs and languid rhythms unfolding in cinematic fashion.

And that plays out in this week's brilliantly atmospheric podcast. It's a sensitive journey through an expansive world of glistening electronics and synth-laden sounds. Rhythms nod to IDM, braindance, techno and bass. As the tempos vary, tender and thoughtful passages sit happily next to more muscular and physical workouts. Few artists get such beauty out of their machines as B12.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 331 - B12

Great Beyond 2024 MN River Valley Sanctuary
Kajunga Stage 11:30pm 6.27.24

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(0:00 - 0:31)

Ice thaws, sun’s warm glow
Creatures stir as water flows
Spring blooms, life feels whole.

(0:32 - 1:04)

Once green, now ablaze
Bugs hum in thick Summer haze
Finally, evening.

(1:05 - 1:36)

Light fades, dark awaits
Fiery hues swirl and sway
Dancing in decay.

(1:37 - 2:06)

Winter’s bitter breath
Arrives later and later
Earth’s rhythm: off beat.

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Tracklist:

La douce du Leirnuksgvur - Catartsis & Ida
Shout Sister (Tosca Mirage Ambient Version) - Tosca
Bioluminescent Field - Wata Igarashi
Crepuscular Ray - agraybé
Dragonfly Fountain - Polygonia
Stranger Than Tomorrow - Unjin
Around the pond (Laima Adelaide Remix) - Adhémar
Pink Slip - Alicia Hush
Inner Pain - Biocym
Where Is Elle - Elle
Jade - Rod Modell
An Ardent Heart - Stefan Goldmann
Centroide I - Formant Value
Equilibrium - Thomas Hayes
Outsider (verbose mix) - ESB
Holidays Everywhere - Leif Müller
D Spirit - Brian Kage & Delano Smith
Block - SIT : Cristi Cons & Vlad Caia
Plumes (Priori Remix) - Keplrr
Gong - Bumho
37 Min To 7 - Margaret Dygas
Silent - Laima Adelaide
Chi-fe - Shoal
The Watcher - Kato De Vidts
Increased Mutualism (Varuna Remix) - Christian Coiffure
QNS#4 - QNS
Round The Bend - Brendon Moeller
Wa'ya - Octo Åeterna
Bad Minds - Vardae
Djúpavog - Catartsis & Ida
Glass Museum - Skee Mask
Reroute - endash

Great Beyond 2024 | agraybé @ Kajunga World

00:00:00  1 Nature Boy - Strugglin' (Demo Mix)
00:05:18  2 Nature Boy - Bassline Jumper
00:10:32  3 Nature Boy - Players (Demo Mix)
00:13:06  4 Nature Boy - On Fire (Piano Version)
00:18:08  5 Nature Boy - I'm Searching
00:23:02  6 Nature Boy - On Your Side
00:26:19  7 Nature Boy - Hey Ho (Demo Mix)
00:31:25  8 Nature Boy - 9 Ether
00:36:00  9 Nature Boy - The Things You Do To Me
00:41:15 10 Nature Boy - Whatchusay (Dubwise)
00:45:16 11 Nature Boy - I'm On Fire
00:49:11 12 Nature Boy - Near You (Unreleased Mix)
00:52:53 13 Nature Boy - Near You
00:56:26 14 Naomi Daniel - Feel The Fire (Nature Boy Dubweizer Dub)
01:00:26 15 Nature Boy - Mud Up
01:04:02 16 Nature Boy - Tobago
01:08:29 17 Nature Boy - Unda Me
01:12:00 18 Nature Boy - Unaffected (Raw Demo)
01:16:35 19 Nature Boy - Watchusay (Unreleased Demo Mix 2)
01:20:38 20 Nature Boy - The Living Groove
01:26:09 21 Nature Boy - Trackin'
01:30:06 22 Nature Boy - Unaffected (Reprise)
01:34:56 23 Nature Boy - You Want
01:39:36 24 Nature Boy - Prayer (Flute Mix)
01:45:36 25 Nature Boy - Prayer
01:52:25 26 Nature Boy - Yeah (Groove Express)
01:57:42 27 Nature Boy - Euro Disney (Unreleased Mix)
02:03:06 28 Nature Boy - The Major Enemy
02:08:27 29 Nature Boy - Tryin' To Find It
02:12:33 30 Nature Boy - Yeah (Mellow Version)
02:16:59 31 Nature Boy - Goin' Thru Changes
02:19:55 32 Nature Boy - Hot (Demo Mix)
02:24:12 33 Nature Boy - Watchusay (Demo Mix)
02:26:37 34 Nature Boy - Round & Round
02:30:25 35 Nature Boy - Prayer (Demo Mix)
02:33:45 36 Nature Boy - Piece Of You (Demo Mix)
02:37:49 37 Nature Boy - Real (Dubwize)
02:41:35 38 Nature Boy - Real
02:45:41 39 Nature Boy - Yeah (Main Version)
02:50:03 40 Nature Boy - Get On Up
02:56:15 41 Nature Boy - Ha Ha
03:03:59 42 Nature Boy - J-Edit
03:06:47 43 Nature Boy - Do The Freak
03:09:35 44 Nature Boy - Dirty Plucker
03:13:36 45 Nature Boy - Dirty Games (Demo Mix)
03:17:24 46 Nature Boy - Philly Bound
03:20:42 47 Nature Boy - Your Body
03:25:40 48 Nature Boy - Better Man
03:29:04 49 Nature Boy - Act Like You Feel
03:35:37 50 Hiroshi Fujiwara - Getting Over You (Mil'o's Natureboy Remix)

Go Check The Survey Vol. 12 (Nature Boy)

Recording of Plaid's live set at the UFO II stage during Dekmantel Festival 2025.

Plaid (live) at UFO II - Dekmantel Festival 2025

Haruka x Craig Gonzalez opened the Dance Room at I.T. presents The Bunker, May 26, 2025, Day 3 of Return to the Source, at Tangent, Detroit.

Craig Gonzalez – @craig-gonzalez:

It's one thing to hop on the decks with someone during peak time at a party in a packed room like the first time Haruka and I played together in NYC but it's another to open a party during the last leg of RTTS weekend. So we started talking about the set a couple of months beforehand, but nothing really prepares you until you're in the middle of RTTS weekend itself. We were texting and chatting about the setup and direction throughout the weekend and eventually landed on keeping things a little funky and fun.  Playing with someone with a similar approach to DJing and also range really made the set feel so effortless for me and I feel that cohesion and the fun we had translated quite well to those that were in attendance.


Haruka – @haruka_ptc:

2023, Good Room (Brooklyn)
We were both booked to play a Bunker party that night and with an hour left before our room was about to shut down, I asked Craig to jump on for an unplanned B2B.  Craig had already set the room up with a deep, super-diverse selection and then vibe in our room was so good, I will never forgot it. So when IT asked us to do it again we got hyped.

RTTS, Detroit
Our slot opened the last day of the three-day marathon, and other parties were running in the daytime too, so it felt like one long 72-hour session. Craig also played Movement. It was my first time in Detroit, so I wandered around, popped into a bunch of events, but spent every night back at Tangent Gallery with Craig—talking, listening to other artists, and getting a real feel for the room. That helped us lock in the vibe and refine the ideas we’d been tossing around for months.

The set
Two words kept coming up: funky and fun (maybe sexy too). I played only a few recent tracks but most were older finds with some electro slipped in naturally. In hindsight the whole thing was a back-and-forth between electro and deep, psychedelic techno, with extra flavours layered on top.




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IT.podcast.s14e06: Haruka x Craig Gonzalez

In this week's RA podcast, Panoramabar resident Cassy mixes up Theo Parrish, Ron Trent and Dimbiman on the decks at Hardwax Records, Berlin.

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