The Berlin-based DJ, producer and Panorama Bar resident turns in an emotional and era-spanning set saturated in psychedelic hues.

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Crack Mix 474: Paramida

Alex Kassian welcomed the first sunrise at Solar Village in 2023, and we can now listen back to his performance. He took Wonderers on a journey that started downtempo and slowly built his set out, marking a new direction for sunrise performances at our beloved venue.

Alex Kassian – Solar Village – Wonderfruit 2023

Always ahead of the curve, @paramida's @loveontherocks has been injecting prog, trance, Italo and more back into the underground for the past decade, building a loyal following of record buyers and partygoers along the way. Alongside a mix from its catalogue, Henry Ivry learns more.

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/sound-love-rocks-paramida

The Sound Of: Love On The Rocks, mixed by Paramida

A Love From Outer Space

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SmileyGaz has been immersed in the dance music scene since the 1980s, witnessing and contributing to its ever-evolving soundscape. From the raw energy of Chicago House and Detroit Techno to the euphoric pulse of Acid House, it’s the latter that continues to inspire his creative drive and infectious energy behind the decks.
With decades of music appreciation and storytelling under his belt, he crafts intuitive, mood-driven sets that reflect his eclectic taste and deep-rooted music passion. Whether it’s nostalgic classics or exploring fresh sonic textures, he keeps the spirit of the dancefloor alive and thriving.
For him, music is more than just sound—it's emotion, connection, and release. It's that electric moment before the drop, the shared ecstasy when the beat hits, and the unspoken bond among dancers moving as one. His sets capture this kaleidoscope of feeling—moments of joy, reflection, longing, and unity.
SmileyGaz doesn't just play music; he curates journeys—woven with energy, nostalgia, and soul—that speak to the heart of the scene and everyone in it.
This mix is no different……
Peace, love and acid house x

Tracklist:
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Dark Utopia – Brain Fuel
Captain Mustache, Third Culture - Vertigo
Viper Patrol – Stickem
Ulises Arrieta - Dimension (Velax Remix)
DJ Hell – Guede (ARTBAT Rave Mix)
Funboys - Waiting For Countdown (Stockholm Youth Remix)
Field Of Dreams – Pourquoi? (Pete Herbert Remix)
Rimbaud & Globemaster – Pasión (Original Mix)
JAY-SON – Tales of Freedom
Disfreq - Psychedelic Girls (Extended Mix)
Yomi One – Static Drift (Original Mix) 
Roswell Brothers & Sabina Odone - Noche Mexican (Pumuki Remix)
Pan-Pot - Confronted (Adam Beyer & Jesper Dahlbäck Remix)
Feed Me Groove – Let’s Smoke Inside
L.S.G. – Netherworld (Oliver Prime Remix)
Garsi - LDN (Marc DePulse Remix)
Did Virgo – Red Lights (Motel77 Remix)

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Counterterraism Guest Mix 371: SmileyGaz

Holden Sinclair, originally from San Francisco and based in Berlin since 2001, has been part of the international club circuit for over a decade. His sets move fluidly through hip hop, jazz, slow disco, Italo, indie dance, house, tech house, UK garage, and drum & bass. He has played at Berlin institutions like Sisyphos, Kater Blau, and Wilde Renate, appeared at Garbicz Festival, and regularly curates nights at Der Kegel and Boulderklub Kreuzberg.

FEINCAST XLVI: Holden Sinclair

Mexican label Duro Label is preparing for a new sonic journey with the return of one of its most cherished figures, Madrid's Álvaro Cabana. His new EP, "Indian Prototype", is an exploration of rhythms rooted in the wisdom of groove and the most influential sounds of the nineties and two thousands, without yielding an ounce to nostalgia.

Álvaro Cabana, an active figure in the Madrid electronic scene since the late '90s and owner of the Rotten City label (home to artists like Red Axes, Curses, Eden Burns, and DC Salas), delivers an EP that stands as a testament to his fidelity to his roots and his constant evolution.

The journey kicks off with "Proto", a track imbued with an early progressive essence. Deep basslines intertwine with expansive melodies and solid rhythms, creating psychedelic atmospheres that invite you into an introspective, mysterious, and energetic dance.

Following this is "Tipo", a subtle nod to Underworld. Here, acidic and resonant synthesizers take over the dancefloor, propelled by drums and rhythms designed to unleash euphoria. Lysergic vocals add a hypnotic layer, further immersing you in its danceable energy.

Finally, the EP culminates with "India In Us (UK Mix)", a powerful collaboration with his Argentine compadre residing in Bogotá, Julian Sanza (half of legendary projects like Silver City and 2020 Vision Soundsystem). This track is an ode to more "UK" and "two-thousands" sonorities, featuring booming basslines and frenetic melodies that invite total surrender on the dancefloor.

"Indian Prototype" is a statement of intent from Álvaro Cabana, a release crafted for DJs, diggers, and lovers of the rave sound.

Indian Prototype

Tipo

Proto

Vertigini: a shadowy pulse from Kazan’s depths. A sound alchemist conjuring dark disco, haunted house, and fractured breaks. His hypnotic grooves forge atmospheres – sweat-drenched floors or solitary listener rituals.

Echoes resonate from revered chambers: Toolroom, Nervous, Bordello A Parigi (debut vinyl, 2024). His spectral tracks are whispered by icons: Cox, Chandler, Jones, and the night’s elect.

Architect of Soul Beach Records, he channels global phantoms through the imprint. As a DJ, he weaves spectral edits with vintage house energy, Balearic whispers, and breakbeat fractures – crafting forbidden sonic journeys.

Track list:
Jordan Nocturne - C'mon
Josh Ludlow - Ouija Dub
Mytron, Ofofo - Miteinander
Evolution (L&L) - Radio (Armonics Remix) [Vertigini
Re-Cut]
Luca dell'Orso - Propaganda
Romain FX, Michael Cignarale - Cum Together
Jupiter Black - We Like Moroder
Vertigini - Thunder
Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite
Shakedown - At Night (Shakedown's Galactic
Boogie)
Confidence Man - Does It Make You Feel Good
(Mind Enterprises Remix)
Vertigini - ID
Panthera - Lucifera
Storken - ADHD x Daft Punk - HBFS (Vertigini Edit)
Khubos, Chanknous - Disco (Vertigini 'Poolside' Mix)

Mix №: 054 – Vertigini

My first show back on Ireland's finest radio station Phever, under a new show Back2Groove. Back2Groove is based on going back to my roots of House Music. I have curated a special selection of Deep House tracks for the first show. Hope you enjoy this 2 hour journey through House Music.

Back2Groove is live on Phever the 4th Friday of the month.


Tracklist:
Norm Talley - Change (Mike Huckaby Remix) - Third Ear Recordings
Outboxx - Planet Love - Local Talk
Mara Lakour - Blue Mood - Rutilance Recordings
Sai - Blue Linigerie - Ornate Music
Dave Nash - What You Do To Me - Love Not Money Records
Baka - Don't you stop
Ethyl, Huxley - Three Feet High (Roman Fluegel Mix 1) - Saints & Sonnets
Sound Waves - I Wanna Feel The Music - Strictly Rhythm
Terrence Parker - Love's Get Me High (Marc Romboy's Systematic Soul Mix) - Systematic Recordings
Canyons - See Blind Through (Mic Newman Remix) - Modular Records
Blaze - Lovelee Dae (Frank Roger Extended Remix) - Defected Records
Henrik Villard, Loverground - Out In The Park (Henrik Villard Remix) - Loversounds
Mark Lakour - Solar - Normandy Records
Sweely - Stronger Than Me - Lobster Theremin
Funkdamentalist - Morning Dew
Deetron - Photon - Character
Dam Swindle - The Break Up - Heist Recordings
Sebb Aston - A Brand New Life - Salted Music
Princeton Rejects - Love Games - Liberated
Reblok - Ja Kidam a Ti - BEEF Records
Shur-I-Kan - Won't Love Can't Love - Lazy Days Music
Mission Control - Outta Limits - Atlantic
Never Dull - What Is Jazz? - Zone Focus
E.B.E. - Yesterday - Plastic City History

Back2Groove with Simon Foran on Phever.ie - 22.08.25

As we have always said at Sprechen, one of the best things about running a label is being able to work with people that have played a significant role in soundtracking your journey through music. It’s with this latest release that we can tick that box again and welcome Jon Pleased Wimmin to the label for a stomping collaboration with Bristol based self-confessed ‘House Music Fanatic’, Dave K.

Higher is the result of these 2 musical minds getting together in the studio and is a no holds barred, peak time pumper that thunders out of the traps and cranks the endorphin machine up to 11. With nods to Fantazia rave tapes of your youth and dashes of secret hidden parties in Ibiza, this has all that and more.

Both chaps deliver their own remixes with Dave K dropping a darker Italo take that is full of ample pumping elements with a suitable roof raising piano breakdown, a biggie!
Jon Pleased Wimmin takes things more subterranean and cranks the tempo to full force tops off territory on his ‘Poppers’ mix which does indeed hit you like a blast of amyl nitrate!

A hefty package for hefty dance floors & late night shenanigans…hold tight!

@sprechenmusic

Dave K & Jon Pleased Wimmin - Higher (JPW Poppers Mix) [Sprechen]

Co founder/ owner of Distrackt Records

Music Producer : Dream Mode, Dewing Records, Toxic Recordings, Sub Woofer Records, Distrackt Records. 

Former Assistant Producer : Ceoltronic Radio RTE Pulse.

Bio : Irish techno producer Simon Foran has put a lot of hard work into learning the art and science of sound and music technology; his studies have included spending two years honing his craft under the mentorship of Will Kinsella (Hybrasil) (Kombination Research, Loose Records, Bush Records).  
 
Since dropping his debut EP: “Nexus” on Dream Mode in November 2014, Simon has followed up with 2015’s “Daumenatron”, and 2016’s "Etymology" both on Dewing Records. Simon rounded off 2016 with his acclaimed "Cybersex" EP on Portugal’s Toxic Recordings, charting at number 6 in the Beatport top 100 releases. 

Not one to rest on his laurels, Foran is constantly in the studio pushing his boundaries with a distinct ear for detail. He has been moulding his dark melodic sound, a sound he showcases on his latest two track EP: Nihilus.

Influences : Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, The Cure, The Stranglers, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Visage, The Specials, New Order, Tangerine Dream, LFO< The Orb, Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Robert Hood, Jeff Mills, Dave Clake, Luke Slater, DJ Rush, Sasha, John Digweed, Larry Levan, Underworld, Leftfield, Richie Hawtin, Alan Fitzpatrick, Adam Beyer, Cari Lekebusch, DJ Bone, Carl Craig, Slam, Cisco Ferreira, 808 State, Joel Mull, Billy Nasty, Maetrik/Maceo Plex & loads loads more....

Contact details: simonforanproductions@gmail.com