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Pfirter - Wow! Signal (Monoloc remix)

Speedy J @ Torax Barcelona 11-05-2025

Dubwise atmospherics flood Guy Brewer's third RA Mix.

Hear the word "Dionysus" and you picture the Greek god of ecstasy: overflowing tables, delirious revelry, chaos. Not the austere soundworld of Guy Brewer, AKA Carrier. On the surface, the UK artist's latest alias feels almost Spartan. But look closer and the Dionysian link starts to show:  it's about shedding fixed forms and identities, to allow something more true, more alive, to form. 

RA.1011 marks Brewer's third entry in the RA Mix series, following editions as drum & bass outfit Commix (RA.269) and, later, the techno alias Shifted (RA.310). "I guess it's an effort to step away from purism," Brewer told <i>Resident Advisor</i> back in 2023. "Right now the thresholds between genres are where you find the most exciting music." 

Carrier's phenomenal debut album, <i>Rhythm Immortal</i>, delivers on that promise. Low-end pressure cloaks like foreboding shadows, punctured only by eerie, otherworldly percussion comparable only to Photek or T++. Listen to the LP in full and it feels like walking through a scene in a true-crime drama: a fog-drenched city street in the deep of night, ambushed by gusts of wind, whispers and strange noises—and it sounds totally, utterly original.

Tracing a line through dub pressure, fractured percussion and narcotic ambience, Brewer explores that same world on RA.1011. As with the album, there's a primal pulse that threads through the recording. Walls of negative space seem to hover before dissolving inexplicably, their tension intact; drums move more like the weather than rhythm. - Bella Aquilina

RA.1011 Carrier

This time around we’re more than pleased to welcome the Ukrainian artist to the series. 

With releases on BITE, Flash, Standard Deviation and performances across Berghain, Tresor, RSO and Nuits Sonores, GAEL continues to work within the scene with a style of Techno that is deeply expressive, electric and alive.

For this one, I’m bringing in GAEL, an artist whose sound fits the Renegade Sessions spirit perfectly. Raw, tense and straight to the point. No gloss, no compromise. There’s a certain weight and tension in GAEL’s music that I connect with naturally. It’s dark, it’s physical and stripped of anything unnecessary.
I first came across GAEL through the ‘Frozen White Horse’  release on BITE, which left a strong impression on me. So I was curious to hear what kind of mix would come out of this session.
What you get here is exactly what I hoped for. Driven selections that hit hard but still hold focus towards a deeper path.
This is proper Renegade Sessions material through and through."
-Endlec ▪︎

Follow GAEL & find more in the following links.
SC: soundcloud.com/gaelabakarova
IG: instagram.com/gael_shemovesshe
FB: facebook.com/gael.abakarova
RA: ra.co/dj/gael

TRACKLIST _
GAEL - She Said Yes - upcoming on FLASH Recordings
crp - tr543xV the dolphin - upcoming on Optic Portal
Confusion - Bleep Blues - upcoming on Vakuum
ANDROM - MASN - upcoming on Das Werk
Tensal - Mandrax - Concrete Records
Mutecell - Alnilam - Darknet
Izan Cramer - Subversión del Sueño (self release)
Confusion - Adrenaline - RAUM Records
Unhuman - Emulator - BITE Records
Eluna Vex - Inside War - Renegade Methodz
Yunhee - What you have from me - upcoming on Noise Daughters
Chaz Moloney - Making Contact - FLASH Recordings
turan. - Echoed Realms - Trau-ma
Mython - System - upcoming on Oura Records
Morgenstern - Abyss Ascension (Nihil Remix)- upcoming on Grab The Groove
Phase Fatale & P.E.A.R.L. - Broken Nail - BITE Records
Skungal & GAEL - Did You Try Turning it Off and On - upcoming on FLASH Recordings
Skungal & GAEL - Gnaar - Carara rework - unreleased
Orion - Crackle - TZUNAMI Records
Florian Meindl - Classic Lesson - unreleased
Marc Faenger - Orbita - upcoming KR Records

GAEL | THE RENEGADE SESSIONS 048

Hope you enjoy!

Music is able to lift you into other dimensions, so come with me through this portal and immerse into the depths of my record collection.

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Portal Episode 79 by Markus Suckut and Kaiser

In this episode, we discuss the powerful, magisterial closing pages of Annie Ernaux’s The Years (pp.182-225) alongside philosophical work in progress by Alice Harberd, one of our hosts. In this paper, Alice considers various ‘narrative’ theories of the self, and argues that, when it comes to the articulation of a sense of self, ‘narrativity is a choice’. We examine Ernaux’s intertwining of personal and sociological selves and ponder to what extent it embraces, or resists, narrative form. We are joined in the UCL Studio by Emmanuel Campion-Dye, a Philosophy PhD student and an ever spirited and probing member of our Philosophy and Literature Reading Group.
 
Hosts: 
Scarlett Baron, Associate Professor of English at University College London.
Alice Harberd, PhD student in the Philosophy Department at University College London.
 
Guest:
Emmanuel Campion-Dye, PhD student in the Philosophy Department at University College London.

Transcript Link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/e82414f3/transcript.txt

S2, Ep 5 The Narrative Self: Alice Harberd, with special guest Emmanuel Campion-Dye

@Gina-Demarchi / @FLASH-Recordings

Bandcamp - https://flashrec.bandcamp.com/album/veil-ep
YouTube - https://youtu.be/9NFtwO9Cknw

FLASH Recordings is the Berlin-based techno stable created by Florian Meindl that has featured artists like TWR72, Under Black Helmet, Jeroen Search, Stigmata, Flug, Lucy, and many more.

Hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina and living in Germany, Gina Demarchi has over five years of productions refining her much loved sound that's been released on Lady Tazz's Mind Medizin, Ricardo Garrduno's Illegal Alien, OBSCUUR, Diffuse Reality, and Orbital Oscillation, amongst others. As a regular DJ also lists appearances at institutions such as Berghain, she has also shared line-ups with Mark Broom, Tensal, and SPFDJ.

For this DT:Premiere we selected "Doomsday" that uses a looping detuned hook, rolling and morphing to constantly propel forward. The rubbery bassline adds more drive, while crisp percussion analogue atmospherics finish the groove in style.

LABEL: FLASH

CAT#: FLASH391
ARTIST: Gina Demarchi
TITLE: Veil

FORMAT: Digital

RELEASED: 14 November 2025

01. Veil
02. Doomsday
03. Alone
04. Outer Shell

Buy @ Bandcamp

DT:Premiere | Gina Demarchi - Doomsday [FLASH]

BETWEEN LINES & NOTES (drawing music performance) 
Ambient Live! Recorded at Ínsua Clube - Moledo, Pt [13.09.25]   
w/ Nettie Burnett (drawings): https://www.nettieburnett.com/

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