Dutch techno representative Steve Rachmad mixed up his 10 favorite Kenny Larkin classics for a special occasion. In 2015 Rush Hour is repressing the label's Kenny Larkin catalogue. 

Rush Hour co-operated with Kenny Larkin/Art Of Dance in '05/'06, and released a collection of highlights from Kenny Larkin's 1991 to 1997 period, including the stand out tracks Azimuth and Metaphor for instance.

These 12's have been out of print for years and will be available again!

Since their start, both artists have had great influence on the techno genre and in their careers their paths crossed several times. It’s not an exaggeration to say that Steve Rachmad has been integral to the development of the scene in his native Netherlands. Detroit's Kenny Larkin began producing in the early nineties, influenced by Juan Atkins and Derrick May, as well as the Chicago house music scene and has produced many techno classics.

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Kenny Larkin's music on Rush Hour is released in a series of 6 separate 12"s; A-F. Purchase via the links below:

A: KENNY LARKIN - PRESENTS: POD - THE VANGUARD EP 
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=33164
B: KENNY LARKIN - PRESENTS: AZIMUTH EP
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=34116
C: KENNY LARKIN - PRESENTS: METAPHOR EP 
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=35391
Re-leased in January 2015

D: KENNY LARKIN - PRESENTS: DARK COMEDY PT1
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=37707
E: KENNY LARKIN - PRESENTS: DARK COMEDY PT 2 
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=37708
F: KENNY LARKIN - PRESENTS: ART OF DANCE SAMPLER EP
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=37673
Will be re-released somewhere in 2015

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Steve Rachmad's 'Kenny Larkin - The Chronicles' mix

DJ Sodeyama’s been around since the 90s, a Tokyo-based whizz and DJ’s DJ, whose career has offered the type of sound many selectors would envy. It’s incredibly sharp, meandering along its intelligent thread in unexpected and high-minded ways. Since the early noughties he could add producer to his soubriquet too, flexing his minimal muscle with early releases, a steady stream of ensuing ventures further cementing his craft via Korean-based deep techno distributor Artscope, Dynamic Reflection, illegal alien, Daybreak and many more. He’s also explored adjacent genres and ventured into the world of house under his parallel alias The People In Fog. Pretty full plate, but the quality of his sound has suffered nothing for it. His techno is an expert tapestry of interlaced details and lingering moods, injected with raw feeling and undeniable skill. It darts from peak to peak, fusing frequencies riddled with forward-pitched elements and vivid effects, and forges a long-range feeling that abuts the realm of both man and machine. Thick and volatile techno that serves as proof that the genre can keep expanding outwards in fresh and surprising ways. Bassiani Podcast 260 moves the needle further, it's quintessential Sodeyama: vivid climbs and steep descents, warped vocal samples, brave and unbending beats for prime-time raving.

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Bassiani invites DJ Sodeyama / Podcast #260

Throughout the years, Detroit-born Berlin-based groove operator and Tresor / Globus resident Eric Cloutier has been honing and refining his palette as both a producer and a DJ. Not one to engage in dogmatic restraint, Cloutier keeps developing his vision through carefully curated selections and an equally impeccable mixing technique. Boasting the variety and precision of his releases for his own imprint Palinoia, the present mix was recorded live at The Chinese Laundry in Sydney last year. Playing the main room open-to-close, Cloutier put together this mix as an evolving story and, much like the crowd of that night which proved highly receptive to the narrative, we hope this one will resonate with you. A most exquisitely complex and deep-diving plunge into Cloutier’s shape-shifting headspace, alternating heavyweight punch and dubbed-out minimalism with swashes of textured membranes and faux-organic, modular-like intricacies, this mix is as elusively impossible to pigeonhole as it proves sophisticated in its design.

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Reclaim Your City 648 | Eric Cloutier

French DJ based in Berlin, co-founder and resident of the Parisian queer collective Spectrum Waves.

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Lea Occhi @ The Lot Radio 07-25-2025

Wrapping up July with a ballistic transmission, Berghain and Khidi resident Hayden Payne aka Phase Fatale punches in with two hours of genre-busting material, ebbing and flowing between surgical rhythmic assault and shape-shifting oneirism. Responsible for a handful of memorable platters on the likes of OSTGUT TON, Jealous God and his own imprint, BITE, Payne delivers a masterclass in laser-like DJing and ambient-scaping, pushing back the limits of techno as a vessel for emotional introspection and wordless communication. Taking us on a captivating ride across slow-evolving, finessed sonic reliefs, mind-expanding grooves and machine-told musings of the soul, Phase Fatale dazzles and subjugates. True to his ever high-flying standards and impeccable touch, a mix that shall leave you gobsmacked. Don’t sleep.

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Reclaim Your City 654 | Phase Fatale

The French techno and IDM producer shares a “fluid, open and evolving” mix 

Dazed Mix: Quelza

Thanks to Erika, BMG and the whole Interdimensional Transmissions crew.
photo by Andrew Charles Edman.

http://interdimensionaltransmissions.com/events/2025-05-24/tresor-313-2025

01 - Surgeon - Granular Intro
02 - Joe McPhee - Party Lights
03 - The Advent - It One Jah (Surgeon Remix)
04 - Nørbak - Sinal
05 - Surgeon - Klonk pt2
06 - The KLF - What Time Is Love (Power Remix)
07 - Scion - Emerge (British Murder Boys Remix remix1)
08 - Surgeon - Soul Fire
09 - Surgeon - Empty Cloud
10 - Peder Mannerfelt - Records & Vibes
11 - Skee Mask - LCC Rotation
12 - Jorge Watts - Up To The Sky (Dc Chi Hi Mix)
13 - Perc - Static feat. Sissel Wincent (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
14 - Surgeon - Fall
15 - Glaskin - Valve
16 - Casper Hastings - Reaper (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
17 - Quelza - Orange Du Ciel
18 - Curve - Falling Free (Aphex Twin remix)
19 - Surgeon - Serpent Void
20 - Surgeon - Forgotten Gods
21 - Nørbak - Grego
22 - Sylvere - Ah Oui Ah Oui
23 - Surgeon - Badger Redux
24 - SNKLS - ESSENCE I
25 - The Exaltics - Corroded (from the future)
26 - Surgeon - Raw Trax 10
27 - Millsart - Step To Enchantment (Stringent)
28 - Dubfire - Dark Matter (L.B. Dub Corp Remix)
29 - Operator - Deliberate
30 - Raoul Delgado - Steelworks B1
31 - Oscar Mulero - 46 (Antaganists Mix by Regis)
32 - Stephen Brown & Fossil Archive - More House
33 - Monomood - Vault (Mike Dehnert remix)
34 - Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space - High Up
35 - Kabay - Lula 22
36 - Temudo - U Were My Second First Choice
37 - Surgeon - Raw Trax 2
38 - Mark Hawkins + D Knox - This Is The Underground (Surgeon remix)
39 - Reeko - Street Tool#4
40 - Robert Hood - Unix
41 - Leod - Untitled 03
42 - Marco Zenker  - 909D
43 - Oneiro - The Warrior (6 B.C. Version)
44 - VIL - Field
45 - Paul Bailey - Saturday Boy (Surgeon remix)
46 - Peder Mannerfelt - Town Crier
47 - Peverelist - Pulse V
48 - Paperclip People - Throw
49 - DJ Bang - Hallelujah (Dc Private Edit)
50 - Stanislav Tolkachev - Very You
51 - Surgeon - Screw The Roses [live]
52 - Finalversion3 - Vulnerables (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
53 - Mike Dehnert - Tagebedarf EP part 4
54 - RSD - Pretty Bright Light

Tresor 313 at Return to the Source, Tangent, Detroit on 24th May 2025

Bassiani Podcast 272 brings together two techno heavy-hitters for a three-hour bout of heady, rolling grooves. In one corner comes Georgian mainstay and grassroots agitator NDRX, a formative member of Tbilisi's techno contingent. His early efforts in expanding the city's nightlife offerings helped drive radical change, and shaped the decades since. His mission further translated into the founding of Stare at DJ (2012), and 11th Floor (2015). Both are vehicles for the gathering and promotion of local talent without which, Georgia today would look much different. In the other corner comes Dustin Zahn, a midwestern champion for tribal rhythms and pulsating hypnotism. Heavily armed with a flurry of references including the brain-melting IDM of the late 90s and iconoclastic beats, Dustin founded Enemy Records in 2004. In recent years, he has made appearances on labels like Blueprint, Token, and Rekids. He also hosts the Trainwrecks Podcast, an outlet for intimate face-to-face chats with industry peers. This storied duo are a menacing match, a b2b pairing that manifests the adrenaline-fueled techno native to both their sounds and whips up a sum greater than both its parts. This latest number is a bout of fevered techno havoc devised by two sonic confrères, an auditory onslaught of hammering loops recorded live at Bassiani's season closing night.

@nod-rex
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Bassiani invites Ndrx b2b Dustin Zahn / Podcast #272

New SPND20 Mixtape in: welcome Function!📼

One of techno’s true underground heroes, Function steps in with a mix that captures the essence of his club sound: deep, dark, hypnotic and intensely layered. Cerebral yet physical, this set distills over 30 years of experience into a rolling trip that’s as uncompromising as it is immersive.

Recorded in Berlin with a Xone 96, with Function’s signature sound design woven throughout, the mix bridges heavyweight classics and future-shaping material. Kicking off with Nastia Reigel’s massive new remix of his own Disaffected, it showcases three tracks from her upcoming debut album Identity (out September 26 on Infrastructure).

The selection runs wide: from Regis, Rødhâd, LSD, Nørbak, Nastia Reigel, Ignez, Rene Wise, Silent Servant, Alarico and UFO95 to unreleased gems by Filippo Scorcucchi - alongside Function’s own productions, edits and textures. The result is a hypnotic, high-pressure session built for the club’s inner core, designed for maximum immersion and intensity.

A rare insight into the craft of one of techno’s most enduring innovators. Expect a journey that tunnels deep, bends time, and refuses to let go. 🖤

SPND20 Mixtape by Function

This mix is a selection of essential Roots Reggae, Lovers Rock, and Dub classics mixed with a relaxed spirit. It’s driven by the powerful basslines, emotional voices, and chords that first connected me to the genre in my youth. Made for those moments when you need to recharge, this is the music that keeps the spirit active, gives energy, and purifies the soul.

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