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19 - 24 June 2024

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Dj Red at Floresta - Waking Life '23

Repping an oft overlooked Swiss techno contingent comes the next guest in Bassiani’s podcast series. Basel born and raised Garçon is one of the most promising names to call the bucolic town on the shores of the Rhine his home. He got an early start, mixing from the age of 14 and booked a mere two years later, assiduously cobbling together influences in his early work and soon delivering performances city-wide. First those at Hinterhof (now closed) and then those at local staple Elysia. With musical collaborator Agonis he’s also fired up techno label Amenthia Recordings, an agar dish for like-minded Basel music makers. His own sonic experiments are a purely live affair, and that’s no bad thing. Garçon’s escapades, from Waking Life to Barcelona’s Parallel have honed his voice and made of him an adept hand when faced with the strenuous demands of modulating crowd energy. Nodding to a range of influences across the electronic map he harbours a superlative talent for finding niche sounds at the fringes of common scope. Enter Podcast 208: towering, no-bullshit sounds, an hour of ghostly, mechanical whispers and powerful basslines, earth-shaking and infinitesimally precise techno from this connoisseur selector.

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Bassiani invites Garçon / Podcast #208

Very excited to share this set, recorded live at the Colorfloor of Lofi during Coda on the final day of ADE 2024. The warm and smokey colorfloor set the tone. A mysterious and intimate atmosphere that I wanted to translate into this 3-hour journey.

I began with lighter, fast-paced rhythms, gradually adding layers of darker soundscapes and heavier kicks. As the set progressed, I switched to a more entrancing energy, building up to an atmosphere that felt both groovy and hypnotic. An ideal handover to Kia and Reptant, who followed after me.

Thank you @ratherlost  & @paxromana_xxi for the invite. Really loved playing here.
Special shoutout to the cute and sexy dancers in the front sharing this moment with me! <3

Mastered by Loek Frey
Photo by Aesthetic Lunatic
Full tracklist: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCBiCRPI0V9/?img_index=2

Nelly at Coda |  Ratherlost x Pax Romana ADE 2024

At Varden, the fusion of nature and music becomes reality, and Detroit-based artist Erika made it her playground. The Monument Family moved as one, a sea of smiling faces and dancing bodies flowing in sync, like waves in an ocean. Carried by her deep, hypnotic, and atmospheric sounds.

Dancers look on with childlike awe at the projections on the surrounding trees around Varden, painted by light in all of the colors of the rainbow. Smoke is suddenly coming in from the side, taking the shape of fog you can see over water sometimes. Time moved in slow motion, and all that could penetrate the fog was laser beams. It felt like being inside a lightning storm in a cloud. The ultimate synaesthesia vortex unfolding right before our eyes.  

Erika’s music felt alive, creating moments where the boundaries between nature, technology, and human connection blurred. As if the trees Varden was built with helped her to fine-tune the sound. Those who danced that night weren’t just hearing techno, they became one with it under the stars.

Tune in now for Erika’s set closing the Varden stage on Saturday night of Monument Festival 2024.

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Monument Festival 2024 : Erika

REC 36 w/ Konduku

Let's head back to Fuse on January 4th for two hours of technical, percussive and ambient soul. Intertwining minimalist techno, UK-influenced bass, and polyrhythmic grooves, he kept the listener focused in dreamscapes as he reflected his influences from labels like Nous’klaer, Spazio Disponibile, and his distinct attention to unconventional time signatures or drum work. This said, Konduku at Fuse offers an accurate snapshot of the universe defining him. Have a listen right here. 

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▪️ Resident Advisor: ra.co/dj/konduku
▪️ Instagram: instagram.com/konduku/


Konduku ― Recorded Live at Fuse (04.01.25)

What’s better than a mix from electronic music royalty Cio D’Or? Two mixes. This week we present something very special, a tale told across two chapters. As a mainstay of techno for over two decades, Cio D'Or has consistently pushed boundaries, gracing the decks of revered institutions worldwide and crafting a legendary discography with releases on Prologue, Semantica, Hypnus, Time to Express and more. 

Across both mixes you will hear Cio’s unparalleled ability for sculpting minimalism and sonic architecture, masterfully recontextualizing familiar and obscure tracks alike, breathing new life into them and unveiling hidden dimensions. She dissects, reassembles and creates intricate connections between disparate sounds, all flawlessly executed with an alchemist’s touch.

Prisma 33 starts at a slower tempo, delicately building into an eruption of psychedelic minimalism. Dada grows with kinetic energy, with Cio sculpting sounds and textures into a deep trip where time seems to bend and dissolve, finishing with an unexpected wildcard that only a master selector could make work. 

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MNMT 478 : Cio D’Or (prisma 33)

MNMT 478 : Cio D’Or (dada)

Wave (Short Play)

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Coconoize & Del Piero - Wave (Short Play)

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Rrose [ EAUX / Sandwell District ] USA

1.Giacinto Scelsi - Pfhat 1
2.G.H. - Ground
3.Mem1 + Jen Boyd
4.Tobias - Girts
5.Chicago Skyway - Air (95 version)
6.Factory Floor - 1-02 16-16-9-20-1-14-9-7
7.Africans With Mainframes - Djibouti
8.Shifted - Trouble
9.Mike Parker - GPH17A2
10.Terence Fixmer - Electric City (Speedy J Tool)
11.Bambounou - Chrome
12.Terrence Dixon - Minerals
13.Tr nch + Iori - Barreleye
14.Adam X - Diversion to Bangor
15.Dandy Jack - Hamlet Machine (Deadbeat remix)
16.Dungeon Acid - Damp n Warm
17.Tommy Four Seven - Track 05
18.Silent Servant - The Strange Attractor
19.Reeko - Electrical Phenomena
20.Untold - Stereo Freeze
21.Donato Dozzy + Say DJ - Tutto Negativo
22.Andrew Duke - Geisha (Terrence Dixon remix)
23.Imugem Orihasam - Breakfast At New Meg's
24.Bleaching Agent - 48ml
25.Esplendor Geometrico - Paedofile Information Exchange
26.Traktor - Traktor Artists 
27.Lucy - Superior Orders
28.Eleh - Measuring the Immeasurable
29.Franca Sacchi - Quando Mi Hanno Ucciso, Se Così Posso Dire

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Smoke Machine Podcast 069 Rrose

One last mix to end the year. When Svreca sent me this set, he could not have known what it would mean to me. I have spent so much time looking back lately, reliving old discussions and re-imagining moments passed, often lamenting how much was lost along the way. In just under three hours this mix communicates the flow of years. An archived recording from a special memory, it reminds me that the passage of time is beautiful even in what it fades away. Listening to it, I become lost completely, as though I am everywhere at once.

Thank you to everyone who listened this year, who sent warm messages and left comments, who supported us and kept us feeling connected. Thank you to the artists who continue to give their time and trust to the podcast and label, and keep us moving forward.

Finally, thank you Svreca for this gift and for being an inspiration from the very beginning. We're all here listening. Let's dive in.

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Artwork by Clara Cortes.