Tras veinte años y más de cien trabajos publicados a lo largo de su carrera, Héctor Sandoval (cincuenta por ciento de Exium) crea un nuevo proyecto llamado Tensal.

Tensal es su nombre artístico, además del sello que ha creado para dar cabida a la mayor parte de este nuevo material, orientado a un techno mas cíclico y moderno que se apoya en líneas de sintes clásicos. Dos visiones diferentes del techno underground fusionadas en un solo proyecto que en sus primeros lanzamientos ha contado con el apoyo de algunos de los DJ de techno underground mas reconocidos del planeta.

En sus sesiones como DJ, Tensal explora todas las facetas del techno a base de alternar texturas e intensidades diferentes que se nutren principalmente de su propio material. Un recorrido por la actualidad que no te dejará indiferente.

TENSAL | 08 de 20

Portuguese techno buff Cisco Ferreira got his start way back in the late 80s as Space Opera alongside cult electronic figure C.J. Bolland, The brief collaboration set the stage for his own releases, and later those signed off as The Advent, a name he coined for the work he produced shoulder to shoulder with Colin McBean (aka Mr. G). The alliance ended a few years later, but Cisco forged ahead, developing a tenacious brand of techno that has stood the test of time, with more recent LPs distributed by the likes of Tresor, Mord and Klockworks (and a stream of releases published under self-run imprint Kombination Research). The Detroit-aficionado offers tireless, clobbering compositions, scratchy textures, and punishing mechanical rhythms to which Bassiani Podcast 172 is no stranger. This is a veteran studio mix packed with peak-hour frequencies, driving loops and a whole lot of renegade energy, enough to last for many more decades to come.

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Bassiani invites The Advent / Podcast #172

Function’s tale begins with a gregarious mother who would keep him occupied as rookie selector for neighbourhood gatherings while growing up in Brooklyn and New Jersey. Music was his world, and it wasn’t long before he found himself standing in awe before Jeff Mills in 90s NYC at the infamous nerve centre of Club Kid hedonism Limelight, where he went on to pick up a Thursday-night residency himself. Few DJs can claim to have been around during such a moment in club history, but ten years later came another. His friendships with Regis, Silent Servant and Female turned into the much acclaimed collective Sandwell District, a pivotal sound for an era that forced everyone’s attention towards Berlin. There he became Berghain resident and played a role in shaping the club’s fabled musical opus. In the years since (and following Sandwell’s dissolution) he’s matured in his own right, with a number of mesmeric releases (most recently ‘Green EP’ released on his self-run imprint Infrastructure back in May), collaborations with the likes of Vatican Shadow, Luke Slater and Steve Bicknell, a heavy touring schedule that criss-crosses the world at rapid clip and Bassiani residency to boot. Function’s techno is an ambient fog in which sinister arctic synths and perilous rhythms collide to produce an exquisite fusion that would be hard to mistake for anyone else. Those grainy textures, subterranean ripples and punishing kick drums are a hypnotic rework of his many influences: 90s loops with a more modern and sharper industrial edge. Bassiani Podcast 186 is an impassioned live-recording from the club that weaves through a number of hammering tracks and steadily climbs towards its furious climax. A hair-raising three-hour beast courtesy of this decorated techno behemoth.

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Bassiani invites Function / Podcast #186

BCCO Mix Series 343: Lewis Fautzi

This episode of The Bunker Podcast comes from Brussels’ Fuse resident DJ and label co-curator @altinbas, who has been playing all over Europe lately. Through his excellent Observation Station imprint, and other labels such as Token, Non Series, and of course Fuse, Altinbas has released a ton of great music in a relatively short period of time. Altinbas makes his US debut closing out The Bunker at Good Room this Saturday July 20.

The BUnker Podcast 232

The Bunker Podcast 232: Altinbas

Live recording from Aether Club in Budapest on October 11st, 2024.

Kaiser @ Aether, Budapest - 11.10.2024

The 2h recording of my closing set debuting at the iconic @fusebrussels on February 08, 2025 - invited by @oscarmulero for his residency night.

Isabel Soto @ Fuse Brussels | 08.02.25 (closing set)

UFO Basslines

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Relive

We are thrilled to announce a mixtape by the one and only @ciscoadvent! While shaping the identity of European Techno from the very early days on The Advent continues to inspire us until now. Just tune in and get lost. And yes, it is that time of the year again!

SPND20 Mixtape by The Advent

@FJAAK & @ELLIACULA present SPANDAU20 + CROWD

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Record label, Mixtape series, Events & more from Berlin.

SPND20 Mixtape by The Advent

SPANDAU20 | CROWD