Awakenings Podcast #112 - MCMLXXXV x CEM

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CEM’s unique brand of emotive hysteria was forged in Herrensauna’s hedonistic Berlin furnace in the last few years, and as one of the party’s two core members, he has been at the heart of the operations since its inception. With the party attracting more and more attention for its critical contribution to Berlin’s queer community, as well as their raw italo-metal aesthetic, the opportunity came to move into Tresor, where it has cemented its place as a unique addition to Berlin’s nocturnal topography. CEM’s role in all this is twofold—firstly, as curator of the party’s unique mix of frenetic DJs and industrial-edged live performances; and secondly, as one of the resident DJs. The sheer pace of Herrensauna’s preferred grade of techno is offset by his enigmatic presence and selection. It’s a crucial edge of the party, and it’s rightfully brought CEM to the world’s attention.

MCMLXXXV is perhaps best known as a founding member of Herrensauna - the beloved queer party originating in Berlin - but the influence of his curational work resonates much further afield, encompassing the spheres of music, art and fashion with a sincere appreciation of subcultural movements and their associated aesthetics.
His DJ sets celebrate a countercultural approach to electronic music, drawing upon an intense, seductive fusion of charged rhythmic tension and obscure sonic imagery. With a comprehensive knowledge of genres ranging from EBM and electro to hard trance and industrial, his ability to weave seemingly disparate references together is the result of years spent dedicated to the underground, in all its grit and glamour.

Herrensauna reflects the need for a queer-led techno event in a city where underground and mainstream sit tensely alongside each other, and gentrification threatens the vast network of cultural spaces the city calls its own. Despite its name - a tongue-in-cheek reference to the clandestine culture of gay men’s saunas - it is the sense of community at the parties, which have now travelled the globe, that lend to their ever growing influence across the queer diaspora.

Upcoming highlights include showcases at Dekmantel Festival, Sonar 2022, as well as the release of the second V/A EP on Herrensaunas own Label featuring Slikback, Isabella, Crystallmess and more.


https://www.facebook.com/herrensauna
https://www.instagram.com/herrensauna.official/
https://soundcloud.com/herrensauna

CEM
https://soundcloud.com/cemdukkha
https://www.instagram.com/cemdukkha/
https://ra.co/dj/cem

MCMLXXXV
https://soundcloud.com/thetruemcmlxxxv
https://www.instagram.com/herrenscheide/
https://ra.co/dj/mcmlxxxv

Awakenings Podcast #112 - MCMLXXXV x CEM

To keep on going with our podcast series, Twice Infinity's label boss Specific Objects is back on our page for a one hour very energetic mix.

Marked by his unique style, Specific Objects delivers a hypnotic yet very groovy mix, making sure you'll bump your head throughout the whole set.

Thank you for trusting us. <3
@specific-objects

SPECIFIC OBJECTS [INSVPDCST009]

Based in Berlin and with Russian roots, @kalteliebe keep drawing their inspiration from Post-Punk, Grunge, Dark Wave, EBM, and Techno. Coming with years-long experiences in different musical projects ranging from beat-making over metal bands, Hip Hop ensembles, and more the project started back in 2019 using a drum machine, a bass synth, and a wasted microphone, only.
Authentically recorded in a 12 square meter room in Berlin Kalte Liebe started out as an experiment combining diverse influences by the likes of Sydney Vallette, Thomas P. Heckmann @troperecordings, @dieselektion, DAF, Falco, and more into their distinctively analog, raw, and bassline-driven style.
While their productions are mostly consisting of an elaborated mixture of EBM and old-school Dark Wave paired with technoid characteristics and captivating, roughly distorted vocals in German and Englisch the duo equally stands for tool-ish and highly energetic Techno – modern, pounding, and dirty.
With recent releases on labels like @01010100records , @vituscurse & BFT, even more strongly performing self-releases like „Ego EP“and their recently launched label „Sys.Ex“ they are slowly establishing their name in the scene and quickly growing their audience. With a live performance in the making and packed with loads of unreleased work Kalte Liebe is soon to be heard all over.

Artwork: @calvinkudufia.eu [IG]

re:flect invites 06: Kalte Liebe

Our 31th guest on board is Faster Horses
Support the artist: @faster_horses

NO BORDERS PODCAST 31 - FASTER HORSES

hra presents: whitley

after a delicate opening, a veritable firework display follows. only a short time after the opening of the set, whitley demonstrates with his incomparable sound what it means to create a swinging, cheerful, exciting and at the same time melodic set. extremely fast-paced techno mixed with trance and countless sounds and psy elements: an ever-increasing tension curve finally leads to an overwhelming closing.

@whi7ley

HRA PODCAST 074 // WHITLEY

[STAUB]

DJ REIZ - fresh and hot, coming from the Paris underground scene, he has been spoiling our ears and hearts with beautiful Techno Trance bangers, reinventing old school 90s sounds and combining them with new groovy and thundering elements. 

Owner of the new collective Union Trance Mission that has just come out with a blasting 6 track VA, he has continuously been impressing wit his vision and creativity - having created a very unique label focusing  purely on our beloved sub-genre: Techno Trance.
His sets are full of emotions and melancholy with this sexy groove and drive that will glue you to the dance floor;)

CRUDE MIX 02 will take you on an electrifying journey back to 90s magic where everything began. Diving in...

Catch him at the launch of CRUDE next Friday 31st May @ Diskothek Melancholie II in Berlin:

www.facebook.com/events/2290515957830507/

www.residentadvisor.net/events/1261851

Further info:
@djreiz01
www.facebook.com/DJ-REIZ
www.instagram.com/dj_reiz/

CRUDE MIX I 02 - DJ Reiz

we are more than happy to welcome @ida-engelhardt from @fastforwardproductions to our podcast DJ series – delivering a truly hard and fast forward mix in your face. dont miss her 3 hour set at our next party at Säule (Berghain) on the 12th of december.

LFE–KLUB mix w/ Ida Engelhardt (14)

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TF #203: @alpha-tracks-official [@bluehour909] - Vienna

Felix Benedikt, alias Alpha Tracks, is a Techno producer and DJ based in Vienna, Austria. His mature sound has often had him mistaken as a veteran producer. In fact, Benedikt is actually a talented young artist with a wealth of music already under his belt. The first release on the reactivated label Morbid had strong international resonance and Alpha Tracks has continued with highly acclaimed records like Blue Hour since.

The music of Alpha Tracks is mainly produced live on analogue machines with different guest musicians, focussing less on technical fetishism than on the live dynamics of studio collaborations. The result is a sound that refers to the Rave era of the early nineties. Alpha Tracks blithely ignores tempo limits or taste doctrines. Aesthetic taboos or even fragments of often maligned genres, are not treated as a retro fetish, but are folded into the contemporary oevre with playful Viennese charm.

Artist links:

Bandcamp: bit.ly/2JI7AwI
Facebook: bit.ly/34hEqxF
Instagram: bit.ly/2JKLNEg
Bookings: booking@gentleriot.net

Tracklist: 

1) Aural Traxx – Brainworm
2) Mr. Free – Morph
3) Sedvs / Peel - Raid On Napoli
4) Thomas P. Heckmann - Himmel & Hölle
5) Regal – Stimulus
6) Los 3 Brasileros - Vivo (Eric Sneo Mix)
7) Subtractive Synthesis – Trilo
8) Oprofessionell – Psst
9) Model 500 - The Flow (Underworld MK. 2 Mix)
10) Atheris - Once in a while
11) DJ IBON – Generator
12) Repulsor - Double Action
13) Control D.C. - La mafia (T. Vee's Mix)
14) Omformer – Rotation
15) Alpha Tracks - The Flying Dutchman
16) Microwave Prince - Golden Times
17) Push - Blue Midnight (Original Mix)

More information and promos: info@tforgotten.org
PayPal Donations here: bit.ly/TFDonative

Support the artist

The Forgotten CCIII: Alpha Tracks

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FrenzyPodcast.067 Vixen

For our 67th podcast we’ve invited the Copenhagen-based DJ & producer, Vixen. As a member of the infamous Fast Forward Productions, Vixen already made quite a name for herself in the recent years. Straightforward techno, combined with some trance and acid here and there, categorizes her sound. 

For Frenzy she created a one-hour journey starting off mysterious and ending with her recognizable driving sound, enjoy!

Artwork: Studio Être Noir

FrenzyPodcast #067 - Vixen

✧ Bottom Topixxx resident (@bottomtopixxx)

fast  forward  psy influenced  techno  that  keeps  you  going.  clean  intensity  ✧  no  schranz

✧ bookings: bookings.sanguinica@gmail.com

✧ upcoming:
290624 silikon. Humboldthain, Berlin
070724 SYNOID. RSO, Berlin
240724 New Faces. Tresor, Berlin

✧ past:
140624 BLADE Festival, Colditz
230324 Verdorben. Geheimclub, Magdeburg
110224 SYNOID 8 Years Weekender. RSO, Berlin
140124 RFLXN x Bottom Topixxx. RSO, Berlin

311223 HEISSS x ANIMA. MUENZE, Berlin
251223 XMESS. RSO, Berlin
041123 NEVER STOP. Geheimclub, Magdeburg
290923 Ace Of Space. Kapitel Bollwerk, Bern [CH]
230923 HRA: Nachtflug 08. ://about blank, Berlin
170923 RFLXN x Gravity Network. RSO, Berlin
290723 00ENDISKO x HOTSHOT. Mensch Meier, Berlin
260723 Techno Mittwoch. Ava Club, Berlin
020723 RFLXN x Bottom Topixxx. RSO, Berlin
240623 Metaverse. Dachstock, Bern [CH]
260523 Bottom Topixxx. Oxi, Berlin
210423 EXIL. elipamanoke, Leipzig
190423 New Faces. Tresor, Berlin
310323 XEПOS. Re:mise, Berlin
240323 [il]legal. M-Bia, Berlin
030323 [CHTSCH]. Distillery, Leipzig
150123 XFORM x Bottom Topixxx. RSO, Berlin

291222 INAVISION. Re:mise, Berlin
151222 INPUT. Institut für Zukunft, Leipzig
021222 Nebula. Kapitel Bollwerk, Bern [CH]
071022 Bottom Topixxx. Æden, Berlin
280822 Bottom Topixxx. Æden, Berlin
190822 resurrection. Kulturhaus Kili, Berlin
070822 XFORM. RSO, Berlin
270722 Techno Mittwoch. Ava Club, Berlin
220722 3 YRS EXIL Kollektiv. elipamanoke, Leipzig
240622 Legion. Zur Klappe, Berlin
170622 Upstairs Basement. Atelier, Berlin
210522 Laut pres. only Friends. Berlin
150522 Bottom Topixxx. Æden, Berlin
220422 Terror. Muffatwerk, Munich

171221 Upstairs Basement. Atelier, Berlin
061121 SEIN. Musikbrauerei, Berlin
301021 NACHT. Atelier, Berlin
071021 resurrection. Bulbul, Berlin
020721 Tripity, Bern [CH]

270719 CSD parade, Berlin

techno has been and always will be political. so let's not only celebrate hedonistic lifestyle, but constantly educate ourselves and take a stand. i won't tolerate any racist, sexist or other discriminating behavior.

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