Just as we thought we reached the tipping point of the pandemic, things turned around and the city of Berlin closed its clubs or prohibited dancing at the very least. We could put our heads in the sand (or snow) and let negative emotions guide us .. or we can use this time to take another compulsary break and get creative. To help all of you get through December, we invited buddy and creative mind Horkheimer for a hour of deep & atmospheric tunes.

Born in 1988, music in a diverse array of forms was an enduring backdrop for Horkheimer’s youth. It all started by listening to punk rock, while years of riding bmx and continued in the early 2000’s with various rap and hip hop tunes. Horkheimer started to get into the electronic music thing through his former roommate, who introduced him to house and techno music and showed him the way into deejaying.

Horkheimer is spanning a wide-range style of techno in his Dj-sets, from dub and deep to hi-hat-driven grooves or even spaced-out electronica. DJing took him from Frankfurts AMP Bar, Offenbachs Robert Johnson, IFZ, Staub at Berlins ://about blank to New Yorks Bossa Nova Civic Club. Besides DJing Horkheimer is also one part of the duo Форм with Aleksei Maier, whose first release came via 2020 released Lifesaver 4 Compilation on Live at Robert Johnson and a few more to be out in a not so far future.

In 2018 he founded Klinika Musik in cooperation with photographer and graphic designer Florian David and came up with its first release. The label is focused on the darker side of electronic music and open to a variety of different styles.

In January 2020 Horkheimer started working as A/R for Live at Robert Johnson, the in-house label of the well-known Offenbach nightclub in cooperation with Ata.

For Loser Records Horkheimer compressed a full club night into this 1 hour set. Close your eyes, take a deep breath and the dancfloor is all yours.

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Loser Podcast is an ongoing series of Podcasts of family, friends and artists we simply admire.

Loser Podcast 031 - Horkheimer

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Italo Kochando Podcast #2 Gathaspar Sabatini

Tronik Youth needs no introduction. But let’s say a few words about him for the sinners out there who are not that familiar with his career, shall we? First things first: The man is a living legend! If the so-called Indie Dance/Dark Disco scene is in steady growth, it is also because of the reach of NEIN Records, his very own label. A platform whose massive audience has been helping to promote the work of not only acclaimed & rising artists but also skilled wannabes for 10 years. His prolific output keeps flirting with perfection, not for nothing is he so requested for remixes and collaborations.

Be sure to treat yourself with his first EP of the year: “10PM”, a top-notch darkness-infused singles with remixes made with love by Louis De Tomaso and Oltrefuturo, coming soon on NEIN.

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D/RK

TRONIK YOUTH (UK)

D/RK006 // TRONIK YOUTH (UK)

Cosmic Connections Show #1 - May 2023. www.instagram.com/lloydofthelongchamps
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Tracks:
Fenella - The Metallic Index
Eno Moebius Roedelius - Broken Head (Automat Rework)
Pye Corner Audio - Pocket Disco
Pneumatic Tubes - Joyous Lake
Duncan Gray - Nodcast
Acid Klaus - My Hats On Fire (ft Hannah Hu & Richard Hawley)
Pulselovers - Night Drive
YACHT - Downtown Dancing (Selector Dub Narcotic Version)
RuleSix - The Ride (Mr BC Remix)
Medicine B - Love In Knots
Athletes Of God x MSW ft Lady Blackbird - Fontella (Crooked Man Version)
Mother Of Mars ft Jaiko Suzuki - Space Without A Shadow (Mr TC Remix)
Betamax vs Clive Bell - Olimpijczyk (The Orb’s Oak Island Mix)
Belief - Ulu
Eyes Of Others - Big Companies, Large Tentacles
Rubber Band - Caoutchouc
Normal Brain - M.U.S.I.C.
Meditation Tunnel - Glittering Jewel
Mitra Mitra - Whispers
Matthew Shaw - Mary Anne (Spacemen 3)
Girls Chat Room - Metal Chant
Uj Pa Gaz - Fritz
Das Koolies - Best Mindfuck Yet
Decius (ft Lias Saoudi) - Come To Me Villa
Free Love - Le Mirage
Unloved - Why Not (Hardway Bros Dubstramental Remix)
Naum Gabo - Theme For Great Cities
Brain Dancing - Plugged In (Pushed For K)
Fuck Buttons - Mogwai Fear Satan

Cosmic Connections 2023

Cosmic Connections

Fresh mix recorded live on Area 3000 Melbourne the Friday before I had a major operation.  Was meant to upload it before my Hospital visit but had to wait for some promos to clear.

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Stockholm Syndrome Au - Supermercado Live on Area 3000 Melbourne

Amsterdam based dark disco lover, @tank-radio founding member, professional knob twister, today we are welcoming @reyk-nl for this new set of Italo Heat. It’s a pleasure to have a neighbour and a representative of the Netherlands, the country that has been warmly welcoming me for many years now. Active in the scene for more than 10 years, when they started as students in Groningen, Reyk is a passionate DJ and producer tirelessly spreading his enthusiasm for strong basslines through Tank radio, the tank blog or the tank parties. Press play and enter the world of Reyk for an hour, you won’t regret it ! Thanks a lot for fuelling the heat!

#23 - Reyk

In the dim recesses of the electronic underground, MAN2.0 emerges as a figure shrouded in enigma, his melodies weaving through the labyrinth of digital chaos. Mark, known only by his cryptic moniker, delves into the depths of the virtual realm, seeking inspiration amidst the oppressive silence of recent months.

His compositions, released clandestinely on labels such as Evil Plans, whisper of forthcoming projects veiled in secrecy, while his name resonates among electronic luminaries like Rex the Dog and Ivan Smagghe. Yet, despite his whispered acclaim, MAN2.0 remains an elusive specter, drifting between scenes and continents with a devoted few in tow.

From the austere streets of Berlin to the forgotten corners of Madrid, MAN2.0's presence flickers like a distant beacon, rarely lingering in his native London. Yet, in the clandestine gatherings of festivals and underground haunts, his performances offer a fleeting glimpse into a world both haunting and electrifying.

Embrace the uncertainty, for MAN2.0 beckons, ready to guide you through the shadows of his enigmatic sonic landscapes, where truth and illusion blur into one.

Tracklist
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Tony Burrello - There's a New Sound
Negativland - Why is this Commercial?
Jeff Mills - Danger From Abroad
HEALTH - DIE SLOW
Happy 707 - Yeah
Sync Mode - Things You Want
Galaxy Brain - Night Dad
Bleaching Agent - Huck
Crackboy - Freebase (Stallone Mix)
The Shoes - Time to Dance (SebastiAn Remix)
Ilha - Leaving the Dream (Bawrut remix)
Siriusmo - Einmal In Der Woche Schreien
Monitors - Protection
Para One - Dundun - Dun (Album Version)
Daft Punk - Oh Yeah
The Techanarchist - Wonkahontas
Autumns - Face Not Valued (Black Light Smoke Edit)
Born Dirty, JAW & Cassius - High
Proxy - Dance in Dark
Origin8a & Propa - Channels (Warehouse Mix)
The Dare - Bloodwork
Wevie Stonder - Ton Wah (Jerome Hill Remix)
Modeselektor - Untitled (Housemeister Remix)
Fear-E - Bass Harrier
Larionov - Area 51
Carlton Doom- Cesspool
Anz - Clearly Rushing
Joy Orbison - Flight FM
DJ Whatever - Rompe
Posthuman - Mosquito
Bloc Party - Mercury

Follow: @man2point0

Support the artist: @healthnoise @happy707 @sync-mode @galaxybrainmusic @bleaching-agent @crackboyofficial @the-shoes-official @sebastian1-music @bawrut @nndle @african-ghost-valley @siriusmo @para-one @daftpunkofficialmusic @technarchist @autumns @black-light-smoke @borndirtymusic @cassiusofficial @jawsen @useproxy @origin8a @itsthedare @jeromehill @modeselektor @housemeister @fear-e @larionov @carltondoom @yung-anz @joy-orbison @djwhateveer @posthuman @blocparty


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Counterterraism

Counterterraism Guest Mix 321: Man2.0

Timo Maas has more than earned his title as a dance music legend. But he'd rather you forget that and connect with who he is right here, right now. And that's someone who never repeats the same trick, someone never happy to rest on his reputation or copy his early career success. He is really only happy when he's breaking his own rules, subverting expectations and exploring new musical ground. 

And it's the same with his DJing. When the two-time Grammy Award-nominated artist is in the booth, he is a storytelling adventurer. It's never about back-to-back bangers or brainless hits, but about crafting, building, teasing and eventually pleasing. From hefty concrete funk to stripped-back and brain-altering techno via psychedelic synths stronger than any drug, he knows exactly what to play and when. He has done so at every major club and festival on the planet from Tomorrowland to Kazantip, Creamfields to Coachella, while for 17 years during the golden years of Ibiza's Circoloco party at DC10 he was a regular guest, which is a testament to the fact that he has always stayed ahead of the times. 

Timo is a down-to-earth realist. He knows the work he has done before - even if it resulted in two different Grammy Award nominations - doesn't matter, and he enjoys the challenge that comes with staying relevant. So he never wants to copy his own recipes in the studio. He is always looking for new micro-fields within genres so that he can reinterpret things from his own perspective. Although he has made every shade of electronic music, it's a pure love of techno that keeps him coming back to his most famous sound. It's all united by his ability to craft weighty bass and rolling drums that lock you in. To dream up unusual breakdowns, freaky vocal treatments and deftly designed details that sound like nothing else. 

Timo's genuinely eclectic output is matched by the diversity of the labels he releases on. From majors like Warner and Virgin to underground staples like Stripped Down Records, Cocoon, Mobilee, Tenampa and Last Night On Earth. Whatever he does and where, Timo always comes from an artistic rather than business standpoint. 

Right now, the German artist is bringing even more energy and invention than he did 20, 30 or 40 years ago when he very first started mixing records before techno even existed. Sure, he's proud of his iconic remixes of Azzido Da Bass and Depeche Mode, and will never forget being nominated for two Grammy Awards, but he is still striving for new heights. He is a DJ who excites young and fresh-faced ravers at DC10 as much as those who saw him play the Berlin Loveparade in 2001. He is a producer who makes tripped-out contemporary techno but also remixes Afro-Peruvian group Novalima, the all-female heavy metal band Voice of Baceprot from Indonesia, and pop greats like Paul McCartney, Madonna and Placebo amongst many more.

He will continue to stay one step ahead in 2024. After a busy period of his signature remixes, Timo has been locked away working on a wealth of new music. Some of it is designed to rattle the walls of a warehouse, some of it is genre-bending electronic experimentalism and some of it finds him reworking traditional Peruvian music into a dance floor context. After 40 years in the scene, Timo's aim is to make people ask, what the fuck was that record? Who the fuck is this DJ? And with all that experience, he doesn't often struggle.

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* Recorded at @elipamanokeclub (Leipzig) on 09.12.2023

TIMO MAAS

SXDNS403 // TIMO MAAS

2h DJ set at @cannibalradio.
16 Mar 2024
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1tSVFfIRfw&t=5632s

Vercetti Technicolor @Guestzone|CannibalRadio 16 Mar 2024

DJ-Set @ Kater Blau, 01.04.2024 – One World on Eggstasy pt.2

Berlin-based Argentinian Space Commander @skelesys is next on our show!

SKELESYS: SPÆCIAL MIX 152

500+ of the best Indie Dance, Cosmic Disco, Chugging Acid, Italo Body Music & Playa Tech mixes & premieres you can find out there. 

"Ahead of The Wave" since 2013, curated by Markus Schneider of www.soundcloud.com/therobotscientists. 

You are listening to atmospheric mixes and new tracks of some of the most talented DJs and producers and the finest music connoisseurs and record diggers out there. 
Some are rising stars, some are old legends, others are complete newcomers or even shy and deep bedroom DJs. No matter how well known they already are, they all deliver exceptional tracks and sets for you that feature the best these underground and hard to pin down genres have to offer: what you get is a mind-expanding fusion of Italo-, Space-, Magico- & Dark Disco, Trance, Dirty Bouncy Midtempo, EBM, Psychedelic-, Progressive-, Acid-, Organic House & some Melodic Techno.  

The series is featuring mixes by artists like Curses, Shubostar, Cabaret Nocturne, Local Suicide, Hardway Bros and +350 more. 

It is about a hypnotic journey through space, dimensions and time, a uplifting voyage through astral, etheric and magical frequencies - and above all: it is a wild, colorful, energetic, futuristic, artistic ride into human emotions, ranging from fear, sadness & rage to enthusiasm, joy & euphoria. It's all in there, so mix vibes will vary.

The series is inspired by Daniele Baldelli's Cosmic mixes, 1970s Psychedelic-, Prog- & Kraut-Rock, New Wave & Space Disco, 1980s Italo Disco, Synth-Pop, Cold Wave, Minimal Wave, Post-Punk & New Beat, 1990s Balearica, Goa & Psy Trance, Leftfield, Acid & Tribal House and 2000s Electroclash, Funk-Punk & NuDisco. 

So...if you like what you just read, make sure you follow us - and share the series with your friends! 

For premiere & mix requests write to somethingspaecial@gmail.com.

SKELESYS: SPÆCIAL MIX 152

SOMETHING SPÆCIAL