A lesson in rhythm from a former De School resident.

When it comes to minimalist dance music, Ruben Üvez, AKA Konduku, is one of the best in the game right now. With a masterful and ever-shapeshifting understanding of rhythm, the Berlin-based artist crafts sublime dance music with a staunchly leftfield bent. Don't just take our word for it: how many DJs, after all, can claim to have moved De School to a puddle of tears?

Musically, Üvez is hard to pin down. He's often billed as a techno artist, but actually you'll find his sound sits outside of the genre's many conventions. With an outsider's curiosity, he leans into diverse moods, tempos and genres, though one throughline is always how he arranges his drums. Whether it be deep, Nobu-core techno such as 2023's Hayal EP or UK beat science á la Peverelist on 2019's  Gegek, he leads with rhythm across his DJing and production. The end product is a hypnotic, one-of-a-kind sound that hits the body before the brain has time to catch up. In short, it slaps.

As Üvez's RA Podcast demonstrates, he's got a serious knack for crafting and selecting tunes that can  deeply captivate a dance floor. Clocking in at just over 90 minutes, RA.967 is an excursion through a timeless sound, packed with long, layered blends, flick-of-the-wrist transitions, locked grooves and spine-tingling atmospherics. In 2020, we called Ruben Üvez one of techno's brightest new talents. This mix sees him ascending to a seat at the top table.

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RA.967 Konduku

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13.06.2025: w Dr. Babin @ LKS - Lisboa
24.05.2025: Sonic @ Berlin
31.01.2025: Juna @ Goa, India
31.10.2024: Buena Onda Social Club @ Barcelona
26.10.2024: Rosetti & Friends @ Marmor Bar - Berlin
17.08.2024: Rave for Good e.V. @ Rave the Planet - Berlin
08.08.2024: La Tartine @ repeat - Berlin
05.04.2024: club friday @ makerspace club - Tbilissi, Georgia
21.03.2024: B2B confidentially blonde all night @ crack bellmer - Berlin
17.02.2024: SOUP x RNDM @ Zur Klappe - Berlin
20.12.2023: @ Blivande - Stockholm 
09.12.2023: Soup of the Night @ Lark - Berlin
27.08.2023: after @ Vortex - Tisno, Croatia
16.07.2023: Soup after party @ Repeat - Berlin
16.07.2023: Soup Boat Party - Berlin
01.05.2023: TOYS Berlin May Day Pop-up Open Air - Berlin
07.10.2022: Some Lush Frequencies @ Repeat - Berlin

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