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Bubble World - Ambien Baby - 28 Nov 2024

The producer best known as Huerco S. accompanies One Day, our record of the year, with two hours of minimal and dub introspections.

This summer, Kansas-raised DJ and producer Brian Leeds released One Day under his revived Loidis alias. Enamoured with the restrained, loopy sounds of early '00s dance music, the album’s eight tracks linger in the air, luxuriating in dubbed-out chords, swung beats and sub vibrations. It's our favourite record of 2024 for a reason. 

It's a sound he's coined, in his typically teasing fashion, "dub mnml emo tech." All winks aside, it’s no wonder One Day became the soothing balm we all needed. In a scene overwhelmed by hard and fast trends, the softer—and Leeds might argue, more sincere—stylings of minimal and dub techno enjoyed a welcome second wind. 

Not only was One Day one of our favourites of the year (more on that this week), but it also inspired us to break our usual no-repeats rule, inviting Leeds back to the RA Podcast under a different alias after his 2019 turn as Huerco S. 

"The prevailing trends in dance music are more and more maximalist," Leeds noted. "I missed restraint, subtlety, and sensuality." Clocking in at just under two hours, RA.965 embodies that ethos in spades.

@huerco_s

Read more at ra.co/podcast/965

RA.965 Loidis

Australian producer Cousin warms up for his performance at Horst Festival's Moon Ra stage.

Cousin @ Kiosk Radio 29.04.2025

New recording session from the Meyzieu Studio. An improvised mix/selecta, progressing from downtempo-ambient to techno, fast house, with everything in between. Enjoy the listenning ;)

New unrealeased Mix series #7 : Summer 2025

We're none too fond of terms like 'selector' here at the figurative 12th Isle HQ. We think it was a shrewd marketing ploy concocted by natural wine bar owners - and possibly the freemasons - who repackaged the spergy single-mindedness of record nerds into something that sounded much more socially agile and cool in order to distract punters from the exorbitant price of nibbles. Thankfully, the time of white label soundtracked £40 sashimi seems to be behind us, and DJing can go back to being obsessives playing odd music made by even odder folk without much in the way of pretence. Someone who encapsulates that kind of energy has very kindly put together a nearly 4 hour long sprawl and has stated that under no circumstances should this mix be enjoyed alongside thinly sliced bits of raw beef and wine with bits in it or there will be hell to pay. Floor Length Skirts for Forecast 79, it's good gear like.

Forecast 079: Floor Length Skirts

Another snapshot from our night with @escalator-to-nowhere in May 2025. Half-human, half-AI hallucination, @dreamsoftwarecorp floats in like a digital cloud formation. The first half rains down pixelated cascades of ambient techno, while the second introduces heavier textures with wriggling 303s pulling you through like cilia to the other side.

wh002: Dream Software

Sahara Transport Services (@saharatransportservices),  an incredible DJ based in Ljubljana, at the Forest Stage of one of my favourite festivals in the world, Butik Festival in the Soča valley, Slovenia. 

July 12th 2025, 6-8 PM before Verraco b2b Pariah.

Thank you Ružiiii! <3 

ani/live Seventy Four: Sahara Transport Services @ Butik Festival, Slovenia

An hour of deep cuts by Kia ahead of her set at Abrupt Festival.

Abrupt Festival w/ Kia @ Kiosk Radio 10.10.2025

Live recording of Javi Lier - somewhere in Avila, Spain - summer 2025

Javi Lier at JR25 - pblive 00

The 17th Virtual Utopia update has been created by Mexico-based sonic scientist Gerhard (@esenciamx) - A DJ  who’s sound has been immersed in a positive floating ambience that has always been a great inspiration to us here at the Dream Software corporation. Also known for being the head engineer of the Escensia blog and mix series- a constant emission of quality sine-wave based content with a trademark euphoric infusion.

A two-hour audible offering illustrating scenes of a utopian future. An existence imbued with hope and optimism where cooling airs and a warming sun remind us of the balance needed to exist in harmony here. Comforting pads and ethereal softness drift amongst the various genres and tempos that really make this mix a beautiful sonic landscape. We hope you enjoy it.

Many thanks Gerhard for contributing to the mix series <3

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© Dream Software, Corp. (2025)

Virtual Utopia 17: Gerhard

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B(if)tek Bandcamp: https://biftek.bandcamp.com
Artificial Bandcamp: https://artificialtrax.bandcamp.com

The turn of the millennium sparked fears globally of a technological fallout: computers would crash at the changing of a ’99 to a ’00, security systems would fail, the world’s nuclear stockpile would be triggered. The impending panic of inaccurate ordering of automated dating in digital systems spread its fear far and wide and came to be known as the Y2K bug.
On the underside of the world, in Australia, where most things arrive late, distorted or totally different to their original form, there were two women embracing analog and digital technologies in all their glory. Nicole Skeltys and Kate Crawford were better known as B(if)tek, a pioneering electro-femme outfit. Feminism with a wink and a bleep. Ladytron before Ladytron. Nicole’s eccentric solo project was Artificial – Hillbilly House – as she likes to call it.

Interview with Nicole Skeltys from B(if)tek & Artificial over at LYL radio: https://lyl.live/episode/raudie/

Tracklist:

B(IF)TEK – Into The Clouds – Frequencies Will Move Together – 2003
B(IF)TEK – Unisex – Frequencies Will Move Together – 2003
ARTIFICIAL – No Taste In Music – Electro-Lollipop-Explosion – 1999
B(IF)TEK – Machines Work – 2020 – 2000
B(IF)TEK – Bedrock – B(if)tek – 2020 – 2000
B(IF)TEK – Nylon Gods – Sub-vocal Theme Park (Acid Unravelled) – 1996
ARTIFICIAL – Sentiment – Libraries Are Fun – 2002
B(IF)TEK – Hi Fi – Frequencies Will Move Together – 2003
B(IF)TEK – Modern Woman – 2020 – 2000
B(IF)TEK – Ultimate – 2020 – 2000
ARTIFICIAL – Over The Fence – Stoner Classix Vol 3 ‘Carry On Electronica’ – 2003
ARTIFICIAL – An Englishman in Ibiza – Stoner Classix Vol 3 ‘Carry On Electronica’ – 2003
B(IF)TEK – Luxury – 2020 – 2000
B(IF)TEK – The Climb – Sub-vocal Theme Park (Acid Unravelled) – 1996
B(IF)TEK – Wired For Sound – 2020 – 2000

B(if)tek & Artificial: 1996–2003 for LYL Radio

Raudie McLeod

AU/NZ: hello@superutu.club
EU/UK: juliette@blbcagency.com

B(if)tek & Artificial: 1996–2003 for LYL Radio

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