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RA.786 MARRØN

You can try, but there's barely time to catch your breath during this two-hour recording from X CLUB. on RA's stage at Pitch Music & Arts 2022.

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RA Live - 12.03.22 - X CLUB., Pitch Music & Arts, Australia

@dj-red

www.wakinglife.pt
19 - 24 June 2024

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Dj Red at Floresta - Waking Life '23

Nathalie aka Ogazón is a Berlin-based DJ who captivates audiences with her charismatic, purist approach to House and Techno, harking back to the roots of the genres. Armed with an impressive vinyl collection and a passion for creating immersive musical experiences, Ogazón has quietly gained respect in the electronic music scene. Enjoy!

ITPS107 OGAZÓN

Zenaari's Podcast is back with a very special number, and this one’s from German juggernaut Efdemin. Phillip Sollmann’s nefarious allonym claims a well-deserved space on many a record cover and many a flyer. So large is his footprint that now, years since he first picked up a piece of hardware, or even started building his own, he’s largely liberated from the real world constraints many younger artists face. With nothing left to prove, and all this newfound freedom comes the space to truly probe the possibilities of sound in all its dimensions. This method is tried and tested (think 2019’s New Atlantis), but with each passing year the road travelled gets longer and no less full of surprises. It’s all down to his highly personal and off-centre approach - to be sure, he’s just as comfortable with feel-good techno (and his unconventional treatments make an appearance there too), but the real magic happens without preconceived ideas about genre or format, and the result is both organic and capable of opening doors no-one ever knew existed. Zenaari Mix 013 is a mind-maze in sound, from gentle piano and theremin allusions, to spoken narratives and dialogues that anticipate the world to come, and of course, there are Sollmann’s beloved bells. This is fresh ground trodden, Efdemin bravely charging into the unknown, a strange and spiritual palette of sounds from one of electronic music’s most iconoclastic figures.

@efdemin

Rain tree crow - I drink to forget
Nuno Canavarro - Bruma
Hiver - 83-84
Luigi Nono - Das atmende Klarsein
Luigi Ceccarelli - Birds
Jonty Harrison - Klang
Brunhild Ferrari & Jim O'Rourke - Tranquilles Impatiences
Nika Son - Drift
Cergio Prudencio - Otra Ciudad II
Ash Ra Tempel -Le Sourire Volé
Blue Gene Tyranny - Remembering, from Mary Ashley's "My Song"
Dolde - Hitokoi
Reckno - Fallacy
Will Guthrie - Catlike
Jeff Mills - future speech
Holzt - Mimei
Monolake - Cyan
Efdemin - Oh, lovely appearance of death
François Bayle - Grande Polyphonie
David Behrman - Leapday night
Endurance - Crest
Anna Caragnano & Donato Dozzy - Love without sound
Mike Parker - Voiceprint
Men with secrets - 4th Dimension Signal
Batu - Don´t
Konrad Sprenger - Unreleased
Cleric and Setaoc Mass featuring John C. Lilly - Altered States
Evan Parker - Pulse and circulation of blood
Jeroen Search - Unstruck Sound
Popol Buh - Im Reich der Schatten
Bobby Brown - My Hawaiian Home
Modular Organ System (live in Nürnberg - unreleased)
Terre Theamlitz - Liberation model
Gregg Kowalsky - Pulse Wave and Mouth Harp for Anton Bruhin
Michel Redolfi - Deep Blue Silence
Nuno Canavarro - Untitled
Michel Redolfi - Blue Horizon
Joe Jones - Fluxus Meditation
El Mal - Path
Maryanne Amacher - Synaptic Island
Terre Thaemlitz - chng yourlove
Sensorama - Aspirin

Zenaari Mix 013 - Efdemin

Aaron J B2B Oberman at Draaimolen Festival 2024

"For our set at the festival this year, we challenged ourselves to play tracks with a Scandinavian connection—whether through the artist, remixer, or label. These tracks also echoed the music that first inspired our love for clubbing and DJ’ing. This recording captures a sunny Saturday afternoon at the Aura stage, where the vibe was truly impeccable.” - Martinou

Mama Snake b2b Martinou at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Enter the wormhole with one of the techno artists we're most excited about in 2025.

Born in Osaka and now based in Tokyo, DJ MARIA. joins a decorated lineage of Japan's psychedelic elite, cut from a similarly explorative cloth as Wata Igarashi, Haruka and esoteric icons ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U and DJ Nobu. This nerdy sanctum of deep techno is a notoriously hard world to break into: only the very best make the grade. DJ MARIA.'s head-spinning sets emphasise why she's already part of the club firmament at home, and is now in the midst of a global breakthrough.

Her trademark is tapestries of acid, trance and techno that strike a perfect balance between vibrancy, impact and restraint. She bit the bug through a teenage discovery of DVDs showing legendary psytrance raves like Solstice and Vision Quest, yet it wasn't until 2014 that she started DJing, balancing gigs with shifts at Tokyo's Face Records and, as of late, motherhood.

Today, as well as producing and touring venues such as FOLD and Bassiani, she helps run two boutique forest festivals—Moment and Transcendence—both of which play a big part in upholding Japan's storied techno tradition. DJ MARIA. has reached these heights principally because of her exceptional talent as a DJ, which is on full display on this week's RA Podcast.

The two-hour mix is pure manna for psychedelic techno heads, though we're confident the depth of feeling, subtle pacing and seamless stitching will lure in fans from across the electronic spectrum. RA.971 is a total treasure—the latest wow moment from an artist destined to have a career littered with them.

@djmaria-jp

Read more at ra.co/podcast/971

RA.971 DJ MARIA.

Regis and Function's first mix in over 10 years is a unique paean to Silent Servant, heavy on unreleased material.

When it came time for RA to compile our Albums of the 2010s, one record with a tauntingly limited availability of 500 copies was never in doubt: Sandwell District's era-defining 'Feed-Forward'. Encompassing Karl O'Connor (Regis), Peter Sutton (Female), David Sumner (Function) and Juan Mendez (Silent Servant), Sandwell District had the underground in a vice grip for over a decade.

The collective imploded in 2013, with Sumner and O'Connor's relationship appearing beyond repair. And yet, an unlikely second phase is here, featuring imminent comeback LP 'End Beginnings' and their return to the RA Podcast after 16 years. In 2023, the trio of Function, Regis and Silent Servant had been performing and laying down new material before the latter's shock death last January. It's in the shadow of loss that this unique mix was forged.

Founded in 2002 as a spiritual sister to seminal Downwards, Sandwell truly began to hit its straps in the late '00s, as shadow-stalking cuts sliced through clubland orthodoxy like a switchblade. In parallel, the label's artwork—a noir recombination of Burroughs cut-ups, DIY zines and arthouse amour that Silent Servant made his own—helped fortify a movement which placed an aesthetic premium on grit, grain and sadism.

By the early 2010s, this fixation on the dark arts had utterly permeated the mood inside techno's masonic temples. Labels like Blackest Ever Black, Stroboscopic Artefacts, Avian and Modern Love were in their pomp, razorwire legends like Severed Heads and Chris & Cosey benefited from second winds, and it was briefly a jailable offence to not have a press photo in black and white. 'Feed-Forward' was the exceptional coronating statement.

RA.978 features a stack of unheard recordings from each of the trio, as well as close allies Stefanie Parnow and Tropic of Cancer, while also gathering many of Silent Servant's all-time favourite songs, including Psychic TV, Grace Jones and Galaxie 500. It's a strikingly vulnerable listen, one without many parallels on the Podcast. We're glad to run it. – Gabriel Szatan

Read more and find the tracklist here: ra.co/podcast/978
Read our new feature with Sandwell District here: https://ra.co/features/4426

RA.978 Sandwell District

For her april show, @bambi-dj invites Tokyo based, key figure in the psychedelic techno and trance landscape : @djmaria-jp 
Known for her deep, hypnotic sound, she moves seamlessly between intimate forest raves in Japan and iconic clubs like Berghain and Bassiani. A committed force in her local scene, she also co-organizes two standout outdoor festivals: Moment and Transcendance, both essential gatherings for fans of immersive, mind-expanding music.

Bambi invite DJ MARIA. - 24 Avril 2025

After visiting the lakeside dreamland last year I couldn't help myself but imagine on the moment what I would play if I had the opportunity to perform there myself (as any DJ would, I guess). I had different archetypes of sets forming in the back of my mind for different times of the day possible, if the opportunity ever came one day. 
So when I got invited to play the opening of Floresta on Sunday, it first came as a bit of a surprise, but the surprise turned into excitement and it was time to prepare a special set where I could dig into my dub techno collection. 
So, I am very happy to share with you the recording of my set, where I finally had the chance to play slow, deep, dubby and sunny techno in such a setting. 
Thank you @wakinglifeportugal for the opportunity. 
I hope you enjoy !

Altinbas at Waking Life 2025, Sunday Floresta Opening

Over all

## An Anthem for the Dance Floor
This track is a relentless and meticulously crafted sonic journey. From the very first beat, the kick drum lays down a firm, hard-hitting rhythm, a pulse that you feel in your chest and that acts as the heartbeat of the festival. Slowly, raw and enveloping synthesizer lines intertwine with crisp hi-hats and expanding percussions, creating a dense, electrifying atmosphere.

As it progresses, the energy builds gradually, almost hypnotically, with the addition of subtle elements: a **synth riff** that appears and disappears, or echo effects that dissolve into space. The track is built with a clear goal: to bring the crowd to a state of collective ecstasy.

The climax arrives with a massive **drop**, where all the layers come together in an explosion of sound. It is at this moment that the main melody, a **hypnotic and dark progression**, is fully unleashed, generating a sense of pure euphoria. The crowd, completely surrendered, becomes a single entity, jumping in unison.

This track is not just music; it is a tool for the DJ to connect viscerally with the crowd. It's the kind of track that gets etched into memory, a **techno anthem** that guarantees the dance floor stays on fire until dawn.

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