Back to the magic during the anniversary with @efdemin 's 3hr closing set at 2 YEARS OF PAX-ROMANA. Special thanks to Efdemin for allowing us to share this recording. Enjoy this journey by one of the greats!

Efdemin @PAX-ROMANA | RADION AMSTERDAM 2023.07.01

TECH CLUBBERS PODCAST W/ LUKE HESS

Born in 1980 and raised in the Detroit area, Luke Hess has harnessed a deep appreciation for electronic music and the expression of the underground movement.  His background in mathematics and engineering has given him a scientific approach to the dance floor, using frequencies, tones, and  soundscapes to transform surroundings and mood.  
His faith based music production has landed him numerous vinyl releases ( EP's, LP's, and remixes ) on labels like Planet-e, Rekids, FXHE, Echocord, Kontra Musik, Dolly, Finale Sessions, Ornaments, and Prime Numbers among others.  His debut album was  released in early May 2009 by Denmark based label Echocord.  In 2010 he began his own interpretation of Detroit techno with his new Detroit project and record label - DeepLabs.  
His sophomore album “Keep On” was released on FXHE records in 2012 and received a Recommended 4.5/5 rating on Resident Advisor. With 20 years of DJ experience, he is regarded as a perfectionist behind the decks layering his tracks in a very detailed and hypnotic manner.  
Luke has played at many notable venues and festivals in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America including 10 separate appearances at the illustrious Berghain/Panoramabar in Berlin. Luke’s continued hard work in the studio and as a music collector/curator combined with his unyielding interest in technology and sound will no doubt stimulate the boundaries of electronic music. 

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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/deepisdeep

Luke Hess - Tech Clubbers Podcast #334

This set was recorded at La Nature Festival somewhere in a forest in Belgium. This three hours set took place in the middle of the afternoon on June 22 during the summer solstice week-ender yet on a grey & moody day. Dive in!

Laura BCR at La Nature Festival 2024

A true legend and pioneering figure of techno, US sound architect and Geophone label owner Mike Parker breaks in on the RYC waves with a very special set full with his idiosyncratically dark, obsessive, inch-perfectly chiselled 4x4 wares. Before Boiler Room and co. were even a thing, a pioneering platform going by the name of Studio R° used to broadcast techno sets by prominent artists from a secret location in Berlin. This iconic, vinyl-only mix is Parker’s Studio R° set from 2013, now fully remastered for your listening pleasure. Building atmospheres unlike any other, brooding and transcending in equal measure, Parker has laid the foundation to an exceptionally rich body of work. Master of the industrial vocab, peeping towards Detroit but with his defining spin on the early days genre, Parker entices us down the path of steely monumentality and laser-precise mind control. Just as typically mazy, his present mix conjures up all traits of quality Parker material: 909-powered propulsion, enslaving acid whorls, Escher-like fractals. Wild, wild ride ahead.

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Video by Studio R° @ bit.ly/studior_yt

Reclaim Your City 

Reclaim Your City 618 | Mike Parker

Julie b2b Marie Pravda at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Hard Wax w/ Fadi Mohem: 6th August '25

Alone

Cio Dorbandt is a part of German techno’s furniture. Born in Hannover, she can now be found in Cologne, while over the course of a lengthy career she has stamped her mark on cities across the country, and many other spots further afield. Made a resident at Munich’s infamous Ultraschall in 2001, she had also spent much of her youth pursuing her aspiration to become a dancer in ‘80s Berlin—a place she now frequents for gigs at the likes of Berghain, Tresor, and ://about blank​, following a wave of international recognition in the late ‘00s.

With years of experience behind the decks, studio work came a little later for Dorbandt. Releasing on Prologue, Semantica and more, her sound as Cio D'Or was recognized as central in a wave of minimal, hypnotic techno producers, encompassing characters like Mike Parker, Sleeparchive and Donato Dozzy (with whom she has often worked alongside). More recently, she has turned her attention to a broader spectrum of styles, bouncing between dub and ambient soundscapes, with the focus directed on sound design. Her most recent album, All In All, was some of her most experimental work yet, diving head first into a world of piano composition and cinematic music, as well as the regular dancefloor fodder. Not prepared to confine her talents to record though, she has also orchestrated a choreography project alongside Brigitta Muntendorf entitled PULSA:RE, combining the work of an ensemble with a DJ set—yet another string on her musical bow. D’Or steps up for this week’s podcast, with a dramatic hour long mix of experimental techno sounds that gives a sense of where she is at right now.

Tracklisting:

01. Keadz "Ceremonial Dance of the White Pygmy"  [Lpc]
02. Monolake "Unstable Matter" [Imbalance Computer Music]
03. Mika Vainio "Unien Holvit" [Sähkö]
04. Refracted  "Plateau" [Silent Season]
05. Fldexp "Lagu" [Silent Season]
06. Dino Sabatini "Prophecy" [Prologue]
07. Powerplant "Import/Export" [Suite for Global Junk (Murcof Rmx)] [Nonclassical]
08. Cio D´Or "after and before" [Semantica]
09. Xhin "Link Tool"  [Stroboscopic Artefacts]
10. Antonio Ruscito "Composte (E)" [Kabalion]
11. Cio D´Or "Unreleased" [Unreleased] 
12. DJ Blackstone & Amit Shoham "Disciples of Johnny Mojo" [Tarantic Records (Black Kaspar)]
13. Elle "Haiuri" [Annulled]
14. Mike Parker "Smoke From Burning Fields" [Balans]
15. Milton Bradley "Spiral Of Silence" [Do Not Resist The Beat!]
16. Mike Parker "Lustration One" [Prologue]
17. Various Adepts (Vol III) "Void+Stars" [Hypnus Records]
18. Mike Parker "Ketos Troias" [Repitch]
19. Aleksi Perala "UK74R1408024"[The Colundi Sequence Level 6]
20. Dino Sabatini "Ritual" [Prologue]
21. Tensal "Eco 4" [Tensal]
22. Unknown Location "Relation" [Circular Limited]
23. Dorian Gray "Iceberg" [BSR]
24. I/Y "Objection" (Acronym Rmx) [DREF]
25. Antonio Ruscito "Quarto Segnale" [030]
26. Arnaud Le Texier "Synthese" (Unam Zetineb Rmx) [Affin]
27. Mike Parker "Luminescent Black" [Inkblots]
28. Mike Parker "Moisture (Treatment 3)" [Prologue]
29. Abdulla Rashim "A Shell of Speed" [Northern Electronics]
30. Samuli Kemppi "Power Of Voltages" [M_RecLtd]
31. Unknown "Unknown" [SC002]
32. Pilgrimage "Unknown" [Unknown]
33. Cio D'Or "Tomorrow Was Yesterday" [Semantica]

Cio D'Or - XLR8R 434 Podcast - Tapentum Lucidum

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Smoke Machine Podcast 118 Tobias.

@svrecaofficial does it his own way.

For the next interview in our FOLD INVITES series, Enrique Mena spoke candidly about his label @semantica-records’ 15-year milestone and his thoughts on the direction of the musical landscape. 

For his accompanying mix, he provided us with an exclusive archival set, recorded live at Chiba in Japan in 2014. A fitting way to commemorate 15 years of his label, by looking back with appreciation.

Full interview and recording
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FOLD Invites Svreca

Taipei based record label, podcast and event company.

Smoke Machine Podcast 118 Tobias.

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