Name: @ Fusion festival 2021 Turmbuhne by Sama' Abdulhadi in Fave sets
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oh Fusion. what a crowd and what a festival

@ Fusion festival 2021 Turmbuhne

Watch the video of my live performance at Incendia Tulum here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2yyonHGeVg

Giorgia Angiuli live at Incendia Tulum 🇲🇽

Victor Ruiz, a dynamic selector with a deep appreciation for music, crafts compelling sets full of vigour and vibrancy.  A Brazilian now based in Europe, he has been a constant presence on the world stage since 2013, mesmerizing audiences with his DJ performances at influential events. In the studio, he releases top-notch techno productions showcasing his distinct musicality and energy. Victor's upbeat approach is evident in his arsenal of edits, including iconic tracks like 'Breathe' by The Prodigy and 'Everything Counts' by Depeche Mode. With a lifelong dedication to music, Victor Ruiz is hardworking, talented, and driven by passion.

Inspired by his brother's love for heavy metal, Victor learned to play multiple instruments and joined bands during his formative years. He pursued electronic music production in university, drawing influences from Daft Punk, MTV, and Fruity Loops. As a DJ, he refined his skills through challenging experiences, learning in the field without decks at home.

Victor's profile in Brazil skyrocketed with a big hit, leading to performances at major festivals and venues, connecting him with international selectors. In 2013, his first European tour marked a turning point in his career, exposing him to Europe's progressive club culture. His international profile grew rapidly, eventually leading him to relocate to Berlin in 2018.

Currently, Victor Ruiz travels the world with a busy schedule of gigs, delivering powerful performances that entertain and challenge the dance floor. He has gained a massive global following, captivating audiences with his musical odyssey. Victor's studio work on labels like Drumcode, Noir Music, and Suara showcases his playful attitude and unique sound, influenced by various genres. His music reflects his identity and serves as an invitation to get to know him better.

Still playing the bass guitar, Victor remains deeply passionate about music. He appreciates the simple things in life and approaches his craft with humility. His goal is to inject positive energy into the lives of his listeners, providing them with moments of self-expression, escapism, and catharsis. Victor Ruiz continues his lifelong mission with a smile, an open heart, and an open mind.

Victor Ruiz | True Techno Podcast 60

Fusion Festival, my home away from home. So honoured to be part of this festival, it gave me my distant family.
 
This set is dedicated to the Fusion fam and to all of you who attend my shows and are always there for me. None of this would mean anything without you.

I really hope you enjoy this. And we shall reunite at the next Fusion ❤️

Fusion Festival 2023 set recording

Bangers from around the globe. Dar Disku launched with a question: how to channel heritage into dance floor elation? Well, when your name translates to 'home of the disco,' the brief feels pretty self-explanatory.

In the first few years, that meant crafting edits of Khaliji hi-NRG and Bollywood soundtracks to fit contemporary 'crates. They took off as DJs through a run of radio and parties in the UK—where they currently reside—flexing deep finds from across the SWANA region. Their vibrant debut album, out in September on Soundway, furthers the mission.

True to form, their RA Podcast is stuffed with heaters from all over the map: Algeria, India, Chile, Jordan, Australia, Turkey, Libya and Morocco get a look-in, as well as a few staple acts that betray the kind of high-wattage European festivals the duo increasingly frequent. It's not hard to see why—this mix is 90 minutes of sunshine.

@dardisku @soundway-records

Read more at ra.co/podcast/946

RA Podcast

RA.946 Dar Disku

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
@kia-sydney @animalia-label  @cirruslabel

Read more at ra.co/podcast/973

RA.973 Kia

This is the second set we played for the ENTER London parties that took place 11 April 2015. 

Adam Beyer B2B Ida Engberg Warm Up Afterhour Set @ENTER London Studio Spaces 11April15

Modern hypnotics from a new techno star.

It's a tale as old as time: techno DJ moves to Berlin to chase a dream. Philippa Pacho is part of the latest wave of talent to tread that familiar path. But don't let that fool you. She's one of the classiest artists around—no TikTok gimmicks here.

Pacho's formative years were spent in her native Stockholm, navigating a vibrant DIY party scene that included warehouse raves and illegal parties. She eventually took up a long-standing residency at beloved local club Under Bron and the experience, as she details in this week's Q&A, sharpened her technical skills, teaching her to handle every type of set—whether opening with patience, supporting a headliner or closing with finesse. She also played with countless touring DJs, from Answer Code Request to Antony Parasole, which ultimately inspired her move to Berlin.

That relocation has firmly paid off. It's a testament to Pacho's talent that you'll find her playing pretty much every big club and festival across Europe, from Berghain and Dekmantel to FOLD and Monument (we were exhausted just looking at her upcoming listings on RA). Other recent highlights include closing out Bassiani's tenth birthday, and back-to-backs with Fadi Mohem and Sandrien. 

Pacho's RA Podcast showcases her preference for classy, hypnotic techno, striking a balance between muscle and subtle groove. Her aptitude for what makes dance floors tick is also evident on her two labels—Phorum Records and positivesource (co-run with Blue Hour)—both of which mirror her DJ style, blending intensity with delicate textures. positivesource has released several standout records, including this year's "Psycho" by BLANKA and Phil Berg's "Psyckik" (which you'll hear on this mix). 

Spanning 70 minutes, RA.980 is a window into Pacho's thoroughly modern sound (the oldest track is from 2018). And yet it retains a refined, sweeping quality. Give it a spin and you'll soon twig why she's in demand on dance floors worldwide. 

@philippapacho

Read the interview and find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/980

RA.980 Philippa Pacho

🦆Opened Sisyphos legendary Hammahalle after the winter break! Such a special vibe - cannot wait to be back! 

Oliver Huntemann // Sisyphos - Hammahalle Opening / 2025

Three hours of high drama, recorded live at Nowadays in New York.

We know what you're thinking: why did it take so long to get Binh on the RA Podcast? There's no easy answer, especially given that he's been a favourite of ours for over a decade now. So to make up for lost time, the revered digger lands on the series with a tantalising three-hour mix, recorded live at Nowadays in New York earlier this year.

Crammed with rare and unreleased gems spanning house, techno, and electro, RA.989 is heavy on drama, catching the Düsseldorf native in unbridled performance mode.

This is Binh in 2025. But rewind across the past two decades and you'll find a DJ who excels in pretty much any situation, whether warming up for Zip or Margaret Dygas, going back-to-back with masters like Nicolas Lutz or rolling out solo sets that stretch across ten or even 12 hours.

He's acted out all these scenarios most often at Berlin institution Club der Visionaere, the cosy canalside club that became a kind-of spiritual home. (He'd sometimes spend every night of the week there, before parenting duties got the better of him.)

To play for half a day you need a lot of records, and the backbone of Binh's craft has long been a freakish passion for vinyl. Along with Lutz, Vera, and others in CDV's orbit, he approaches the pursuit of wax, new and old, with next-level dedication and a fondness for blind buys. 

That's true of RA.989, although among the un-Shazamables are many tracks that are either out or coming out on Binh's popular Time Passages label. The mix finds him on a house-y tip, luxuriating in roomy basslines, driving 303s and twinkly melodies—with just the right amount of evil. Lock in and savour a one-of-a-kind DJ, completely in the zone.

@binh

Find the interview at ra.co/podcast/989

RA.989 Binh

Bitter Babe takes the second half of RA.997, revelling in the fullness of the Latin electronic continuum. 

As part of our countdown to the 1000th edition of the RA Podcast, a milestone in the 18-year history of Resident Advisor's weekly mix series, we're switching up the usual format.

This week, following heady excursions through Lagos, Kampala, Detroit and Chicago, our focus shifts to Latin America—arguably the story in underground electronic music since the pandemic. 

After years of being all but ignored internationally, the glut of special club sounds coming out of Peru, Brazil, Colombia and beyond have finally received their flowers. 

Among the movement's great success stories are two artists who exemplify its refreshingly undogmatic energy: Verraco and Bitter Babe. 

Bitter Babe, naturally, takes the B. As a DJ, she reflects the fullness of the Latin electronic experience—"diverse, messy, emotional, political and full of contradictions," as she says in her interview. 

Her rollicking rides through guaracha, dembow, cumbia, techno and everything in between are powerful counters to anyone who believes the culture begins and ends with Shakira and Bad Bunny. And, as she'd like to remind everyone, "not every offbeat rhythm with Latin percussion is reggaeton."

Skip through the 60-minute mix and you'll hear wildly different rhythms at every juncture. Surely, you might assume, at the expense of flow? And yet enjoyed (as intended) from start to finish, the tunes gel like milk and honey, each silky transition subtly phasing in fresh tones and percussive flourishes. It's fast, feverish and intensely riveting.

@bitterbabe
Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1001

Correction: the final version of this mix was uploaded on Tuesday, July 15th.

RA.997 Bitter Babe

Here is a take back to the set I played at the Ballroom Blitz in Beirut. One of my favourite gigs in one of my favourite cities. The city that got me into techno, with the most amazing vibe of a crowd

Thank you Beirut,
I will definitely see you soon ;)

SAMA' @ The BallRoom Blitz Beirut 11-1-2019

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Representing the sound of Ballroom and Ballroom Black.
A full three hour set  showscasing the releases and promos of our label Ballroom Rec and Ballroom Black alongside some older goodies and surprises. Finest Techno played out in one of the best venues in our milky way, at Hammahalle Opening.



Artist	Track Title	Remixer  Label
1	Black Machine - Device (Ballroom Recoords)
2	Tomas Otero - Atomic (Original Mix)	1 (Ballroom Records)
3	Pasha Like - My Name is ... (Ballroom Black) 	
4	KRBO The Oracle (Kaiser Souzai Remix) (ICONYC)
5	Fran Lezaun - Creation (Original Mix (Ballroom Black
6	Banazonic	 - S.P.A.M. (Original Mix) (Ballroom Black)
7	Dok & Martin, FRiGiD   - Traffic Jam (Original Mix) (Ballroom Black)
8	MESS_IAH - Tootski (Original Mix) (Ballroom Black)
9	Maharti - Maharti (Ballroom Black)
10	Maharti - Sleeping on Clouds (Ballroom Black)
11	Dok & Martin, FRiGiD (CR) - Ultra City (Ballroom Black)	
12	 Mac Vaughn  - Chasing Rabbits (Kaiser Souzai Remix ) (Fierce Animals)
13	Karim Alkhayat, Danny Wabbit - Retaliate (Ballroom Black)	
14	Zug Der Liebe - Kaiser Souzai  (Neuhain)
15	AlBird - Mauersegler (Kaiser Souzai Remix) (Ballroom)
16	Kaiser Souzai	Plastic Dreams (Kaiser Souzai's 2019 ReHab) (Ballroom Records)
17	Drumtec  (Kaiser Souzai) (WHITE /TBA)
18	Kaiser Souzai - Adella  (WHITE / TBA)
19	Cirez D - Dare U (Original Mix) (Pryda)
20	Rebel X - Pryda	Rebel XX (Pryda)
21	Cirez D - Mokba (Original Mix)
22	INXS VS Kaiser Souzai - Crazy (WHITE/TBA) 
23	Julio Navas - Organic (Alex Stein Remix)	
24	Remix Patrick  ??
25	Hidden Empire	Black Beauty (Drunken Kong Remix)	(Tronic)
26	Black Machine - C.O.D.E.  VS  Schall (Ballroom Records)
27	Nowhere -  Monococ  (Original Mix) (Ballroom Black)
28	Ilona_-_Keeping_Me_Awake_(Original_Mix) (Layer 909)
30	Kaiser Souzai - Bulldozer (Codex)
31	Kaiser Souzai - At Night Master (Unity)
32	Kaiser Souzai - 1996 (WHITE /TBA)	
33	Dimi Mechero - Clapstick (Original Mix) (Ballroom Black)
34	Dok & Martin - Clockwise - (Original Mix) (Ballroom Black)
36	Dimi Mechero - Disorder (Original Mix) (Ballroom Black)
37   Kaiser Souzau - Smack my Kaiser Up (Kaiser Souzai Festival Stomp)
38  Kaiser Souzai Born Yangis KaiserBorn Yangis (Kaiser Souzai Nation Of Gondwana Redux)

Kaiser Souzai Live Recorded Sisyphos Hammahalle. 23.8.19

Sama' Abdulhadi Boiler Room Palestine.mp3

Hey everyone!
Here's a special 3 hours b2b set I've played with my brother Alex Stein at one of my favorite clubs ever: Sisyphos. 
They built a new special open air tunnel floor and we had the honor to play a closing set there.
Come with us and enjoy the ride!

Victor Ruiz B2B Alex Stein @ Sisyphos Tunnel Floor 2020

An emblematic artist of the Palestinian underground scene, SAMA’ is one of the first DJs and electronic music producers to emerge from the region. Her sound, an original punchy kind of techno, is dry and musical all at once and has quickly made its way across Europe and beyond.
 
SAMA, meaning ‘sky’ in Arabic, started mixing in 2006 in parties around Ramallah, Palestine. Several years later she started producing her own music and expanding her interest in synthesis in 2010, with a focus on techno, house, and other deeper sub-genres of electronic music.
 
The artist graduated from the United Kingdom with a BSc in Audio Engineering and Music Production, then moved to Cairo where she worked as a sound designer for film, became a music producer and then instructor. SAMA’ now runs her own Audio Engineering & Sound Design company working across films and documentaries in the Middle East. In 2017, she was selected as a Laureate by the French Institute, and during that time attended a residency at the International City of Arts in Paris. SAMA’ also runs a publishing company called Awyav, representing independent artists from the Arab world.
 
In late 2018, SAMA’s Boiler Room performance and the associated documentary about the scene in Palestine went viral and more and more people are seeing that music has no boundaries. SAMA’ was recently listed in SheSaid.So’s Alternative Power 100 List, and plays a high-profile set at Ibiza’s World Heritage Site of Dalt Vila for the International Music Summit in late May. She is currently working on a studio album.

@ Fusion festival 2021 Turmbuhne

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