Domenico Ventura, aka @dayventurasaffairs, is virtuously making his debut on the Italian electronic music scene from a meticulous study of all that has gone before. Originally from the seaside town of Trani, Italy, his musical journey began with the influence of his father's 80s electronic music.
 This early exposure laid the foundation for his intricate exploration of various genres, including Funk, Hip Hop, Metal, Punk, Chicago House, New Wave and Techno.
This eclectic mix of influences defines the distinctive sound of DayVentura, which has already reached several dancefloors in Italy, such as in Milan (BASE, Apollo Club, Superlove, Super Club) already being hosted twice by Le Cannibale, Turin (Bunker), in Veneto (Vinile Club, Loco Club) and others among Marche and Puglia, up to the european decks of Arkaoda in Berlin with Slow Motion Records in the format Memory Dance. On some of these dates he had the opportunity to share the decks with Franz Scala, Gabriele Casiraghi, Hercules & Love Affair, Sick Seek, Italo Brutalo, Modular Project, Bottin, Dov'E' Liana  and many others.
Over the years, with the participation of other members, he built Insert Coin: an event reality that brings not only music, but also all the Italian and North-European imagery 80s translated visually and sensorially into an 8-bit video game to clubs.
In 2023, he was hosted by Boudoir Moderne and Low Profile Radio (respectively French and Argentinian radios) for a guest mix. On Low Profile Radio the invitation came from the underground community Fusion Dance, based in Buenos Aires.
In september of the same year he also began his journey into music production with the project in collaboration with the Argentinian dj Mystery Friend: "The Meld Network" aims to give a more modern and techno-inspired sound to Italo Disco productions and related musical influences from the 80s-early 90s period.
 The first release was 'Protocol Modern Surgery Edits I', a 14-track album (12 edits of dated tracks and 2 own productions). 
Since November 2023 he has been engaged in the production of a new album with Marta Paradise the Apulian duo that already boasts a release on Maledetta Discoteca.
His music blends elements of Italo Disco, Synthpop, Electro, EBM, New Beat, and Techno, resulting in a hypnotic journey through the realms of synthesized elegance and the raw power of retro drum machines, displaying a deep appreciation for sonic diversity and a commitment to creating immersive experiences.
His DJ sets are characterized by a sensual yet powerful sound that creates a captivating and electrifying atmosphere.

https://soundcloud.com/dayventurasaffairs
https://www.instagram.com/venturasaffairs/

> > DARK DISCO #165 podcast by DAYVENTURA <<

Eyes Dice is a DJ, photographer, music journalist, co-founder of the KEYI Magazine platform which connects fashion-music and art in one place, and co-founder of Dark Disco.org label. Head of creative agency www.keyi.eu. Based in Berlin. Playing fast-forward techno and electro trip with the pinch of ebm energy, originally from Poland but spent 5 years in Asia playing in clubs like Dada Beijing, Oil Shenzhen and Saferoom Bangkok or Vinylhouse Shenzhen. Recently played a variety of gigs across South America in Chile, Peru, Costa Rica or Columbia. He also played in legendary Berlin locations like Sameheads, Dream Baby Dream where he hosts events from time to time. Recently played in Urban Spree, Kitkat and had his debut in Kantine am Berghain.

Disco Suicide Mix Series 103 - Eyes Dice

We already had the pleasure of meeting our next guest at this year's Grauzone Festival and dancing to his seductive dark tunes. Graftak is best known as a resident DJ of the infamous Antwerp Drag Me to Hell parties. He has been luring audiences throughout Europe into a carnal vortex of Dark Wave & Electro, EBM & Hard Techno. As one of the founders of Club Solitaire he thought it was time to take matters into his own hands to bring some gloominess back to the Belgian nightlife. It’s time to get out your dancing shoes & mourning veil with mix no 51!

Follow: @djgraftak

Artwork: @silent-shouts

You can find the tracklist on our Instagram page: blankwave.wav

Blank Wave Guest Mix 051: Graftak

Next up on Crave Cast is the Frankfurt based DJ, producer, curator and event manager Shia LaBiff.
The Frankfurter jung’ has a huge repertoire of music and influences which he’s constantly sharing for the last 20 years. Starting in early age with Indie, Post Punk and New Wave he soon discovered the joy of electronic club music and started following the path of New Order, Primal Scream and Andrew Weatherall into a new beat driven world. His event and guest mix series Blank Wave is providing international artists like Skelesys, Sharlese, Andi (Synthicide), Moderna, Rotciv and Sugar Rody – just to name a few. Also check out his Discocaine series if you’re more into Italo Disco, undiscovered 80s gems and Proto House.
Enjoy the ride!

@shialabiff
www.instagram.com/shialabiff
www.instagram.com/blankwave.wav
www.instagram.com/discocaine1000
www.blankwave.de

CRAVE CAST 031 - SHIA LABIFF

Happy to share my recorded set from Blank Wave x @Crave-Tapes at Silbergold Club, Frankfurt with you today! Had a lot of fun playing that night <3

Enjoy 1,5h of synth driven EBM, acid, house, new beat and electro with some italo sprinkled in... but strap in for a surprise ending that went a little off the rails.

Big hug to @ShiaLaBiff - thanks for the invite!

Silbergold

Blank Wave x Crave Tapes @ Silbergold, Frankfurt (23.03.24)

We're back once again with a souvenir from France! Petrvs is a DJ and hardware live performer/producer based in Paris. As a DJ, he proposes dark intensifying journeys ranging from downtempo and dark disco to heavy EBM. As a live performer, he offers loops and tracks driven by powerful acid basslines with a setup of vintage synthesizers.

Petrvs is part of the duo Supertubos, a full hardware live project since 2017 and founder of the label Kasa Obake Records, which is focused mainly on hardware productions. Enjoy our mix no. 54 and keep the machines running!

Follow: @pedro-aka-petrus

Artwork: @silent-shouts

You can find the tracklist on our Instagram page: blankwave.wav

Blank Wave Guest Mix 054: Petrvs

Simone Besana aka O.P.S. is an Italian DJ and producer with an unbridled passion for Italo and House. His trademark is a soft spot for cosmic and (proto-)futuristic sounds and he is often referred to as a compulsive researcher of rare sounds and records.

Guest mix no. 56 is covering a wide range of synth loaded gems from our classic heroes Depeche Mode, Bronski Beat and Marc Almond to some hot off the press artists like Kimshies, DayVentura and Kurt Kjergaard!

Follow: @simone-franky-besana

Artwork: @silent-shouts

You can find the tracklist on our Instagram page: blankwave.wav

Blank Wave Guest Mix 056: O.P.S.

@Ratner is a DJ and an aspiring music producer and promoter of various formats of parties. Her creative method is a smart eclecticism of different types of disco, 80s Belgian sound and modern Indie dance. Since 2020, Katerina has been consistently performing at famous metropolitan venues and festivals. Her mixes have been heard on ChillOutPlanet, BK and Signal.

Special mix for @oberwave — label, parties and mixes about music with dark and erotic vibes: darkwave, coldwave, dark disco, body music, new beat and electro.

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Ratner - Oberwave Mix 181

https://soundcloud.com/zaatar_music: I recorded this set by going through the steps I usually play in a DJ set. Starting with laid-back groovy rhythms at 120 BPM that allow for easing into a set early in the evening. This first part is heavily influenced by South American artists and labels, such as Ademarr, Theus Mago, and Tierra de Ovnis. The set evolves in the final part towards more club-oriented tracks, evoking late-night vibes and higher BPMs.

https://soundcloud.com/zaatar_music
Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/oniss
🔊 https://youtu.be/MEoZGXrryhQ

Zaatar is an artist originally from Morocco, based in France, who has stood out since the beginning of her career for her unique sound signature. She carves her own path by delicately blending her Moroccan heritage with influences from EBM, New Beat, and Trance. Quickly becoming a force in the Body Music scene, Zaatar has built a reputation both as a prolific producer and a captivating DJ. Discovered on Ritmo Fatale with her powerful track "Abiad Al Layali," she released her first EP on the highly respected label Dischi Autunno.

Alongside recognized artists in the scene, she has already performed at the legendary Fuse club in Brussels, Gaïté Lyrique in Paris, Macadam in Nantes, Le Sucre in Lyon, Else and Renate in Berlin, as well as for Astropolis, Positive Education, and the Montreux Jazz Festival.

With her authentic and unconventional approach, Zaatar skillfully
multiplies her influences, breaking free from any stylistic or genre
barriers. She thus creates her own sonic landscape, characterized by captivating rhythms often accompanied by melancholic melodies.

Play on YouTube

LAYER #379 | Zaatar

Pour ce numéro 142, on reçoit l'incontournable @karassimeon, Mickaël de son vrai prénom ou Kara pour les intîmes, c'est la botte secrète du label @ritmofatale ou le successeur de Harsen Banger (pour ceux qui ont la réf). Pour Kara le disco et l'EBM sont ses obsessions contradictoires : sa devise est "Glitter & Leather" où ses principales inspirations sont cinématographiques et dystopiques, incarnées par des artistes tels que Goblin, John Carpenter et Giorgi Moroder. La rencontre avec le label toulousain Ritmo Fatale était inévitable et s'est traduite par la sortie de "Nightmare Disco" : un titre mêlant french touch et dark disco beats saignants. Leur passion commune pour l'héritage italo-disco et le son français incarné par Zone, Ed Banger ou Institube les amènera à sortir un EP complet qui a fait coulé le sang sur le dancefloor !

Tangerine Dream - Cinnamon Road
Alphaville - The Nelson Highrise
Linea Aspera - Redshift
Karassimeon - STSFXN
Qual - Take Me Higher (Kris Baha Remix)
Ghost Cop - You Can Never Go Home
Vogue.Noire feat. DRIFT - Segments
ULTRA SUNN - Some Ghosts Could Follow
Dina Summer - All Or Nothing
Belaria - Parasite 
Neu-Romancer - Burning Eyes
Karassimeon - Analog Anxiety
Madben - Moogy Shit

Plus de Karassimeon :
linktr.ee/karassimeon

Karassimeon | Foutoir Moderne #142

Roberta Deflorio is an emerging Italian, Berlin-based, DJ. From electrifying debuts in Tbilisi to rocking sets across London, Milan, Barcelona, Athens, Antwerp, Berlin and Rome - her iconic Hör appearance and on May 25 at the Nightmarket in Berlin after the live show of Skelesys!

Her sonic palette is a fusion of New Wave, Synthpop, Italo Disco, Nu Disco, 80's Electro and 90's Trance. Tune in and dive deep into Roberta's world with guest mix No. 60!

Follow: @roberta-deflorio-733952746

Artwork: @silent-shouts

You can find the tracklist on our Instagram page: /blankwave.wav

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Blank Wave Guest Mix 060: Roberta Deflorio

Home of BLANK WAVE and DISCOCAINE series.

by Shia LaBiff: DJ, producer, event manager, curator based in Frankfurt, Germany.

coming up:
09.05. Sunset Sessions x Blank Wave at 25h Hotel Rooftop
25.05. Blank Wave w/ @sharlese + Shia LaBiff birthday celebration at 25h Hotel
01.06. Blank Wave w/ Aural Trace at Dream Baby Dream, Berlin
24.08. Apéro Nuttorno w/ @zaratustra_music at Jardin21, Paris

past:
20.04. Orgasmoplasma w/ @psycho-jones at Sisyfass, Berlin
11.04. Blank Wave Takeover at Freitag Store w/ Cosima + Nephilim Dream
22.03. all night long @ Prunk Opening (Day 1)
23.03. Blank Wave x Crave Tapes w/ @xpressomartina + @desolatediscotheque + @unhealed-vx at Silbergold
15.03. Orgasmoplasma w/ @psycho-jones at Shuka Bar
01.03. Discocaine @ Shuka Bar
27.01.24 Blank Wave - 1 Year Anniversary w/ @skelesys & Cosima at Silbergold
15.12.23 Orgasmoplasma w/ @psycho-jones at Geisha Room
25.11.23 Blank Wave w/ @andi80s at Silbergold
28.10.23 The Nightmarket w/ @dinasummer + @beartrax-1 + @auraltrace + @xpressomartina + @sklibra at 25h Hotel The Trip
17.10.23 ZEITmagazin Party
30.09.23 25h Hotel Rooftop Closing (all night long)
23.09.23 Blank Wave w/ @rotciv at Silbergold
09.09.23 w/ @zaatar_music at 1001
31.08.23 Sunset Sessions w/ @auraltrace at 25h Hotel The Trip 
24.08.23 Sunset Sessions w/ @xpressomartina at 25h Hotel The Trip 
22.07.23 Blank Wave w/ @karlalynch at Silbergold
30.06.23 Distraction w/ @palmstrax, @radioslave, @annahjalmarsson, @sedactivesedaction, @inkasso & more @ Parkside Studios, Offenbach
16.06.23 Blank Wave x @synthicidenyc w/ @andi80s at ono2
03.06.23 Blank Wave w/ @perel-music & @shubostar at 25h Hotel The Trip
27.05.23 Blank Wave w/ @lauerofficial at Silbergold
01.04.23 b2b w/ @joelewandowski + @denaftb & @lauerofficial at 25h
31.03.23 w/ @alyssa_gia_music + @dawitcieo
25.03.23 Blank Wave w/ @gunceaci
25.02.23 Discocaine at Pizza Rimini
14.01.23 Blank Wave w/ @auraltrace
18.11.22 w/ @skelesys at Silbergold
30.09.22 w/ @rexthedog1980 at Sala Upload, Barcelona
29.09.22 Switch Pocket Club, Barcelona
20.08.22 all night long at Amp
12.08.22 w/ @moderna at Silbergold
25.06.22 w/ Thomas Hammann at IMA Rooftop
28.05.22 w/ @martin-noise at IMA Rooftop
14.05.22 w/ Chinaski at Silbergold
20.11.21 w/ @ndbaumecker at The Bell
07.03.20 w/ @ludwig-roehrscheid + @michael_satter + @lezards at Tokonoma

Blank Wave Guest Mix 054: Petrvs

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