Future Frequencies 001

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2016 / 04 / 01

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Intense - Dark Skies
Artemis - Sun Stars
Seba - Planetary Funk Alert
Blu Mar Ten - Futureproof
Pariah - Skyline
Voyager - Beatnik
Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag

Future Frequencies Radio Show

Future Frequencies 001

I find it very interesting to observe the range of different productions that fly under the banner of Dubtechno these days...
(Read more of our thoughts about this 7 track selection on 
https://www.sai-mld-music.com/guests-on-mld/
You also find the tracklist there.)

And although I like many of these variations, from the more ambient and chord-focused interpretations to the dry, atonal and polyrhythmic percussively  focused productions, I've been getting a sense lately that something is a little wrong. By this I mean since a certain point there has been a development towards a generic sound and format that somehow seems very superficial bringing the same flat and trivial sounds thrown together and promoted as  "Dubtechno"  and to me, often it seems like fast food compared to the original models. There is even  talk of a new wave. Both the production and the way it is presented seem somehow cheap, random and arbitrary to me. Often it is difficult if not impossible to avoid being interwined with these developments if you are enthusiastic about the often amorphous genre that is now labeled Dubtechno. 

Don't get me wrong I am not saying that there is no place for this "new sound" but the more I reflect on my enthusiasm - from my first exposure to dub and its techno hybrids, through rhythm & sound and through sound system culture in the late 90s to my renewed immersion in recent years, I realize that I should use the terms Dub and Dubtechno more and more carefully - coming from a place of a certain respect and appreciation. Because often these genres, carry a lot of cultural heritage, standing for a level of quality in delivery that in reality is hard to develop, and often lost to the disposable imitation economy we are beginning to see more and more of, which only serves to dilute things to an accepted average.

To me a big slice of what is promoted as Dub or Dubtechno these days falls well short of these original benchmarks that were set a long time ago. 

Through many conversations about these topics, reflecting on different perspectives, a mix was created recently where two fellows, I can call my friends, and I combined 3 sequential sets of 7 tracks each, to rest with and pay a little respect to some of the more remote but still relatable facets of dub in different ways. It's completely natural for styles to evolve and mix. It's great  to see with how much creativity and depth some artists do this.  And that's what this mix should stand for. 
You can listen now to this wonderfull journey through these divergent realms..this is Sai - MLD in Session with DJ Sideways & Noosa Sound System.

Read more of our thoughts about this 7 track selection on 
https://www.sai-mld-music.com/guests-on-mld/
you also find the tracklist there.

Sai-MLD in Session with DJ Sideways & Noosa Sound System

Techenie presents the latest episode of the Reka podcast, featuring a mix recorded by the talented DJ from Skipton - DJ Sideways @sideways2k

1 Samuel Wallner - Last But Not Least [Greyscale] @liquidbass-2 @greyscale-music-lt
2 ADILR - Echelon [Greyscale] @adilrpn @greyscale-music-lt
3 Hopler Route - Signal 03 [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB] @hopler-route-audio @piranha-siberia
4 Deemkeyne - Back [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB] @ueberlingen-deemkeyne @piranha-siberia
5 G-Day - Wet Asphalt [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB] @g-day @piranha-siberia
6 Giacomo Pellegrino - Mont Blanc [Greyscale] @giacomopellegrino @greyscale-music-lt
7 Deemkeyne - Wucht [Greyscale] @ueberlingen-deemkeyne @greyscale-music-lt
8 Liuos - At Usual Pace [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB] @liuos @piranha-siberia
9 Ekstendia - How Do You Feel [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB] @ekstendia @piranha-siberia
10 Mjulev - Gravity Waves [Greyscale] @mjulev @greyscale-music-lt
11 Substak — The Background [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB] @substak 
@piranha-siberia
https://www.youtube.com/@DjSideways

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DJ Sideways - Reka #13 [Techenie]

Thanks Dan for this amazing mix, what I am proud of, can't say how much, for some reasons... so glad about this strong connection..💕👑
On the power of music and art! @sideways2k

Follow him on Soundcloud and on his amazing Youtube Channel, where you find loads of dub and techno driven stuff...also ambient and much more..
https://on.soundcloud.com/1teLhNz3MaWiv3fq8
@sideways2k
https://www.youtube.com/@DjSideways

TRACKLIST

1 CHANNEL - ALPHAXONE

2 CLOUDS - MITRY

3 PAUSE - TWIN PEETZ

4 EVENT HORIZON - SUBSET

5 UNKNOWN - SLOWNOISE

6 WORMHOLD HITCHHIKER - HELIOSPERE

7 CIRCLES - QUANTEC

8 FLUENT ETHER - SAI - MLD

9 CLOUDUB - SHEBUZZZ, HEAVENCHORD

10 ALAS - MAREK BARTUNEK

11 PERMAFROST SECRETS - MAREK BARTUNEK

12 OUTPOST ECHO - MAREK BARTUNEK

13 HOME DIMENSION - MVAR

14 INTO LIQUID YOU GO - SPLIT SILO

Sideways for MLD guest mix II

Overconfident Slope

MLD Compilation 2025 "Moments Of Light 'n Darkness"

This set brings together about three quarters of the tracks from the wonderful MLD compilation.  Given time contraints I couldnt include all, but i feel this highlights a diversity of sounds and styles of music within the dub techno space that the compilation showcases.    Without the artists names associated (and there are many of the genre's well know producers) the focus shifts to the music alone.

also AV version here: https://youtu.be/GkOYP__EPs8?si=Us6SUm5a0wsBV9aM

The compilation previews  a live event in form of an intimate open air festival called "MLD goes live" to take place  in August 2025 near Berlin.  Many of the artists in that two part compilation will perform at this event – so I hope to see you all there!

https://sai-mld.bandcamp.com/album/
https://www.sai-mld-music.com

VR Feb 2025

MLD Verdant [M i X]

Bruno Bleckmann – born and raised in the Rhinish brown coal district and now based
in Düsseldorf after studying German language and literature – is an up-coming
artist from a city that has already produced many electronic legends. After his first
technoid awakening experiences in the old Tresor in Berlin at Chris Liebing's
shamanistic Easter Sunday gigs, inhaling the razor-sharp rhythms of The Advent and
devoting himself to the harmonies of the epochal The Aztec Mystic project, Bruno
Bleckmann began to create his own sound art. This was followed by international
releases on Ohm Series, Vuo Records and Ausblick. As a connoisseur of literature,
Bruno Bleckmann knows how to develop a long-lasting narrative quality not only in
his own tracks, but also in his DJ sets. Go there - or go home!

Tracklist:
1)   Round Five Feat. Tikiman – Na Fe Throw It (Main Steet 10)
2)  Stefan Laubner - Silent State (Smallville 12)
3)  Octave One - Fifteenthirteen (430 West 245)
4)  Bruno Bleckmann - Unreleased
5)  Alenia - Kotboyan (Audio 18)
6)  Thor - Aliens Don't Boogie (Octal Industries Goes Deep Remix, Thule 027)
7)  Bruno Bleckmann - World (Ausblick Digital 26) 
8)  Shatrax - Mists (Fear Of FLying LTD10)
10) Bruno Bleckmann - Unreleased (forthcoming OHM Series 2026)
11) Eric Louis - Rolling Hills (OHM Remix, Devilish Affair 003)
12  Arkajo - Sagan (Aniara 29)
13) Infinite Loops - Persiflage (Nightimedrama 003)
14) Sounders Department - In Aspic (Sounders Dept. 001)
15) Ripperton - At Peace (I:Cube Tape Mix, Green 9.2) 
16) Bruno Bleckmann - The Bleck Heart (OHM Series Digital 16)
17) Ben Klock - Subzero (Ostgutton 19)
18) Bruno Bleckmann - The Bleck Dawn (Vuo Digital 004)
19) Telepath - 光る目

Guest Mix Bruno Bleckmann for MLD

Tracklist:

@coppice-halifax - Phase
@araceae - The Great Mystery
@nirgoona - Distance
@r-hz- Free Fall
Alexander Kulikov - Soil and Wind
@ancientfuture_music - Hubstract 003B
Operandum - Hubstract 004B
@randomwalkers - Red Planet
@schulz_audio - A Silent Tear
N/A - Dub Nation 2
Alex Under - Ambar
Heavenchord - On the Edge of Silence
Schulz Audio - Eff Yeah Brutalism
@moksamusik - Polar Dreams
@deeperwalk - Stre

Session 42: DJ Sideways

This is a remix of a track from an EP released by dub techno creator Tsubasa Arakawa.

Areworker

Dub Explorations 129

Broadcast 2025 / 04 / 23

Tracklist -

Eletun Selona - Sayaan (Sewer Sender)
Cousin Silas - Memories of a Northern Childhood
Fluxion - Open Moves (Vibrant Music)
Substak - Silent Observers (Bandcamp)
Joachim Spieth & Warmth - Exosphere (Affin)
Ghost Dubs - Thin Dub (Bandcamp)
Pablo Bolivar - Same Shore (Ambient Version) (Seven Villas)
Thabang Baloyi - CSS (Just Move Records)
Aura Minimum - Slow Emotions (Greyscale)
DJ Lincs - Cloudy Day (Dub) (Promo)
Kir Reel - Echo of thoughts (Ubertrend)
Lil Soul - Voices of the Crowd (Forthcoming Pocket Food Audio)
Fluxion - Magenta (Vibrant Music)
DJ Lincs - Here 2 Move (Dub) (Promo)
Adria Duch - A place I can Remember (Greyscale)
Radic The Myth - Phone calls (Bandcamp)
Margin Wheel - Submergence (Ubertrend)
Oldschool Dubtechno Producer - Дахиб (Piranha Siberia Dub)
Addex - Proxima (spclnch)
Vewie - Its turning now (Melotonin)
Taction - By and By (Greyscale)
Sebra Monkey - 155 King’s (Melotonin)
Fluxion, Arovane, Mike Lazarev - Footsteps (Fluxion Rework) (Vibrant Music)
Angel Lebailly - Moonset (Crossfade Sounds)
Anton Kubikov - Metal Cut (spclnch)
DIB - Landing page 002.2 (Insectorama)
Javier Ho - Dub thoughts (Greyscale)
Massimo Music - Full Speed Ahead (Insectorama)
Eletun Selona - Samlad (Sewer Sender)
DP-6 - Martian Sands (spclnch)
Fluxion - Berlin (Vibrant Music)
Floor Fan - Jam 3
Giacomo Pellegrino - Return 001 (Greyscale)
Markus Mashur - Golden Station (Melotonin)
Frenk Dublin - Chord Dancer (Arts)
Upwellings - Steam Trail - (spclnch)
Frenk Dublin - The Last Realm (Arts)
Metzler - The Oracle (Bandcamp)
Fluxion - Reflections (Vibrant Music)
Eric Louis - Attenuate (spclnch)
Eletun Selona - Sans (Sewer Sender)
Chiari - Plans & Plants (Retza's Maybe I Should Mix) (Refraction Records)
Pedro Capelossi - Unintended Similarities (Fletcher Remix) (Refraction Records)
Genning - Room 3 (Alexander Bogdanov Remix) (Refraction Records)
Luke Hess - Perissos (Deeplabs)
Baigø - 4th Type Contact (Mixcult)
Infinitedub - Echols (Unreleased)
Rick Fox - Dark Street (Melotonin)
Luke Hess - Skopos (Deeplabs)
Rustal - UKIYO (Blackcat Records)
Luke Hess - Ephraim (Deeplabs)

Dub Explorations 129

for full tracklist please visit my youtube channel.

www.youtube.com/@DjSideways

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get in touch.


DJ SIDEWAYS - DUB TECHNO SESSION - 218

just your average old skool raver guy having fun on the turntables.. if you like my soundcloud, please go check out my tube channel, for more mixes and guest sessions..

www.youtube.com/@DjSideways


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DJ SIDEWAYS - DUB TECHNO SESSION - 218

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