What a refined, diverse and refreshing mix! Bosh

deffo one of our top 3 mixes to this day ✨

this mix is sooo good and sexy, does anyone knows the track ID on this one?

Quest is one of those new school selectors who have taken the art of crate digging to an all-new level. Italian-born, Berlin-based but having spent time in London working at the legendary Vinyl Pimp, he has long been mining the depths of everything from UKG to outré techno, Italian hip hop to long-lost house. Importantly, he uses those sounds to tell his own stories, often with an air of mystery and intrigue that plays out like an adventure into the unknown. 

Many mixes follow a traditional arc of increasing energy levels but in this week's podcast, Quest plays with those expectations to build up and then pull back, threading together minimal rhythms then raw and crunchy wave sounds. Twisted electronics lead into celestial acid and the smooth and seductive sits next to the dark and edgy. It's a low-key, low-lit selection that draws from mutant strains of house, techno and electro that are both futurist and dystopian. Quest might be his moniker, but it is also a perfect description of his mission.

Dekmantel Podcast 436 - Quest

a morning warm up in a sea of mud overlooking Mt Fuji. This was my first set of the day, to be followed a few hours later with a b2b, at the very first edition of Transcendence, a cute and cosy festival in Japan. Big thank you to Takumi Inamoto and DJ Maria for everything.

Jane Fitz live at Transcendence April 2023

Of all the Berlin DJs who make a living spinning strange, I'm-not-sharing-the-tracklist kind of records, Sugar Free, originally hailing from Madrid, might be the most fun. She plays bold, colourful tracks with an air of sci-fi and sleaze, somewhere between Italo, hi-NRG, electro and house. (Her Dimensions Mix last year was one of our favourites of 2023.) She's the kind of DJ who messes with your perception of genres and tempos by how she blends tracks together, and also a DJ with a rare grasp of mixing melodies and moods—just check out the first transition of this RA Podcast for a spine-tingling example.

Sugar Free doesn't speak much publicly, and you won't find a lot about her on the internet. She prefers to let her DJing speak for itself. And her RA Podcast says a lot: proggy basslines, heart-in-mouth descents into reverb-heavy breakdowns, eerie vocals and a general feel of psychedelia and '80s decadence. It's difficult to tell what era these records are from, which is part of the charm. For a bonus point, try and pick out two just-completed Sugar Free originals, some of her first productions ever after her debut track came out on Limousine Dream in 2022.

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At peak time during Summer in the City, Ciel & Priori snapped the mainstage in half with an energetic open-air masterclass. Now we get to enjoy that moment again!

Ciel b2b Priori - BFC Summer in the City 2024 @ Der Hintergarten

spiral grooves from @inner_lakes evoking both euphoria and introspection 
*live recording

SpeLL: INNER LAKES

recorded at More Dresden 21/09/24 - Opium, Vilnius . A beautiful Saturday (and Sunday Morning). huge thanks to Enrica. <3

More Dresden 24 - Enrica Falqui

Willow live from Dimensions 2024.

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Willow - Live From Dimensions 24'

Recording of Victor's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Victor at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Move your ass! Back to the glory days of Belgian New Beat with Jane Fitz at Mirano Brussels ☻

Special thanks to director Joachim Michaux & film crew for setting up this magnificent New Beat night for the filming of his movie ‘Un Ciel Si Bas’.

Move your ass! Back to the glory days of Belgian New Beat with Jane Fitz at Mirano Brussels ☻

Special thanks to director Joachim Michaux & film crew for setting up this magnificent New Beat night for the filming of his movie ‘Un Ciel Si Bas’.
Full video at https://youtu.be/RKOSxp_4U6g


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