One of my favorites. Happy to see it surface again. Cheers.

This track takes me on a hypnotic journey through the depths of techno. Love the dark and pulsating energy!

Here is BMG at 9AM at No Way Back 2022, bridging the sounds after Erika and directly before Mike Servito, who was closing the party afterwards. In his own words: “It’s a very special time of the party, the sun has come up and there is total mental and physical freedom. Performing in this in-between time with 4 CDJs and a Model 1 with a Moog Delay pedal for effects is an amazing dream context, the first No Way Back after the lockdown. This time of night allowed me to explore all the sides of the power of being spaced out and feeling the thunder of the music, bouncing between genres and melding a new sound system music that references sonic hypnosis and liberation in its so many forms, something that could only happen at No Way Back. To be in this space together and sharing this new era together just felt totally magical, I felt cleansed afterwards, the set really reflects these feelings in the moment. Highlights include the world debut of Neel’s “Disco Quarantine”, Gay Marvine’s edit of “On the Run” by Pink Floyd, Ron Hardy’s edit of the Trammps “Soul Searchin' Time (Check Out Your Mind)”, new and upcoming music for IT.” Mastered by Jim Gibbons of AVS.

Interdimensional Transmissions Podcast

IT Podcast

IT.podcast.s12e06: BMG at No Way Back 2022

Read our interview with @ithqdetroit member Erika and check out this mix's track list here: bit.ly/EriPod

Groove Podcast 381

Tracklist

Groove Podcast 381 - Erika

Based in NYC, and with a background as a DJ, writer, and event organizer, Lychee's (@lycheefrut) underground energy is evident in every set they craft. With regular appearances at Basement, Nowadays, and Bossa Nova Civic Club, Lychee also runs Spontaneous Affinity, a monthly mix and interview series and occasional event platform, and the label Unimatrix Zero, as well as serving on the board for the Aslice Foundation.

Drawing inspiration from recent musical explorations at Nowadays in NYC in particular, Lychee's Patterns of Perception 116 showcases a return to their musical foundations in hypnotic, dubby, wormholey techno. Embracing a more focused, classic feel than many of their recent dancefloor explorations, this mix infuses a sense of narrative and evolution, effortlessly blending darkness and light, corporeality and sentimentality.

Links:
@lycheefrut
instagram.com/lycheefrut
www.lychee.club

Patterns of Perception 116 - Lychee

Monthly inter-dimensional techno and rhythm transmissions from South London's GiGi FM.

https://www.nts.live/shows/gigi-fm/episodes/gigi-fm-25th-july-2023

GIGI FM w/ Atsushi Maeda 250723

SARD performing on the Detroit Stage presented by JARS on Saturday, May 28, 2022.

SARD (Live) - Movement Detroit 2022

From Karl @karlpmeier: This is the complete version of the mix that I did for the Hugo Ball @hugoball312 event/mix series back in 2015. (It returns Kraftwerk to the beginning of the set, as initially it had to be edited out for copyright reasons.) The intention was to create something that traversed all kinds of genres and styles — much in the same way the residents did so expertly at Hugo Ball. You’ll find everything in here from Wire to Big Audio Dynamite to the Pet Shop Boys, and so on. It maybe suffers from being slightly over-ambitious but I had a lot of fun making it, and I think it holds up. Hope you enjoy. xx

0. KRAFTWERK "Musique Non Stop" (Kling Klang, 1986)
1. 808 STATE “Ancodia” (ZTT, 1989) 
2. MOVE D “Nimm 2″ (Source Records, 1995) 
3. SIRO “Memory Project” (Out To Lunch, 1999) 
4. CABARET VOLTAIRE “Thank You America – Francois Kevorkian Bonus 
Beats” (Parlophone/Virgin, 1987/2001) 
5. TOBIAS. “Free No. 1″ (Ostgut Ton, 2011) 
6. CABARET VOLTAIRE “24 – 24 – Remix” (Virgin, 1992) 
7. SZARE “Indo-Greek” (Other Heights, 2011) 
8. MIDNIGHT STAR “Midas Touch – Hell Interface Remix” (Not On Label, 2007) 
9. LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS “Re-Cloned #7 (1) – Pink Elln Remix” (KK, 1994) 
10. HARD CORPS “Dirty” (Survival, 1984) 
11. DIAMOND VERSION “The Future Of Memory” (Mute, 2013) 
12. BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB “Plastic Bag” (Jealous God, 2014) 
13. ANTONYM “Return To Normal” (D/N, 2012) 
14. SHRIEKBACK “Mistah Linn He Dead” (Arista, 1984) 
15. FLORIAN KUPFER “Discotag” (W.T, 2015) 
16. MAUS + STOLLE “Itch & Scratch” (Klang Elektronik, 1998) 
17. SOULPHICTION “Reclap” (Sonar Kollektiv, 2008) 
18. 69 “Sub Seducer – Unreleased Mix” (Planet E, 1993/2006) 
19. THROBBING GRISTLE “Debris Of A Murder” (Paragoric, 1982/1995) 
20. NENEH CHERRY “Everything – Vilod Low Blood Pressure Remix” 
(Smalltown Supersound, 2014) 
21. SPEED JACK “Fading” (R&S, 1996) 
22. PET SHOP BOYS “I Want A Dog” (Parlophone, 1988) 
23. SOUND PATROL “Rising + Falling” (Organico, 1994) 
24. FURTHER REDUCTIONS “High End Basics” (Cititrax, 2014) 
25. VOICES FROM THE LAKE “In Giova” (Prologue, 2012) 
26. MOODYMANN “Meanwhile Back At Home” (Peacefrog, 2000) 
27. SEVERED HEADS “Big Car” (Nettwerk, 1990) 
28. TOM TOM CLUB “Suboceana – Magic Juan Remix” (Sire, 1989) 
29. CABARET VOLTAIRE “Keep On – Derrick May Sleazy Dog Mix” (Parlophone, 1990) 
30. RA.H + DYNAMO DREESEN “Spacepops – Donato Dozzy Remix” (Redose, 2012) 
31. SANDOZ “Straight Forward Rasta” (Touch, 1998) 
32. CESARIA EVORA “Angola – Pepe Bradock Remix” (Lusafrica, 2003) 
33. IKE “The Mojo” (Philpot, 2011) 
34. HELENA HAUFF “Actio Reactio” (Werk Discs/Ninja Tune, 2013) 
35. SOLVENT “Quantimations – Bronze Teeth Remix” (Suction, 2014) 
36. DJ HELL “Allerseelen” (Disko B, 1994) 
37. SUN ELECTRIC “O’locco – Australiana” (R&S/Apollo, 1993) 
38. PIERROT 1ER “Continental Traffic Jam” (Eat Raw, 1994) 
39. UPSETTING KEYS “Electro World” (Path, 2015) 
40. TB ARTHUR “A1″ (TB Arthur, 2014) 
41. BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE “In Full Effect” (CBS, 1989) 
42. WIRE “Drill – In Every City?” (Mute, 1991) 
43. A GUY CALLED GERALD “FX – Elevation Mix” (Subscape/CBS, 1989) 
44. SERIAL ERROR “Drum Abuse” (We Play House, 2013) 
45. ISOLEE “Demon” (Playhouse, 2000) 
46. I:CUBE “118” (Versatile, 2014) 
47. MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO “Psyche Out – Version 1″ (Play It Again Sam, 1990) 
48. SILENT SERVANT “Invocation Of Lust” (Hospital, 2012) 
49. PROPAGANDA “(Echo Of) Frozen Faces” (ZTT, 1985) 
50. A GUY CALLED GERALD “Trip City” (Avernus, 1989)

Hugo Ball Mix 2015

Karl Meier — Hugo Ball Mix 7/2015

Rinse FM Podcast

C to the Power of X with Sam Purcell & Mattikk  - 28 August 2023

For episode 47 of the podcast series, we have @sassmouth in for a stellar mix of predominantly electro with some acid, breakbeat, and a touch of UKG. Sassmouth is a DJ based in her longtime adopted home, Chicago. She playfully mixes all kinds of records with a focus on techno, house, acid and electro sounds. She created her label @god-particle-vinyl as a homage to this style of DJing- a place for friends to showcase music that connects the dots between all these styles of dance music. She is a rave mom and real mom and co-runs Walking and Falling- a mentor program for woman and non-binary music enthusiasts that want to learn to DJ. If you don’t see her in the booth she is very likely dancing her ass off by the front left speaker.

Track list:

Datahata- The Maze

Japanese Telecom- Character Maps (Perspects remix)

The Maghreban (@maghreban) feat. Nah Eeto (@naheeto)- Got Your Number (Boss Mix)

Si Begg (@sibegg) - Energy

Transparent Sound (@transparent-sound)- Haircut Fantasy

Mr Velcro Fastener (@mrvelcrofastener)- Phlegmatic

Solar X - Dominatrix

Decal (decal-artifacts) - T*Shock

xamiux- Radiotherapy

BufoBufo (@bufobufo-1)- Luminous

Linkwood (@linkwood)- Fresh Gildans

Morphology (@morphology-electronics)- Shadows from the Past

Alien FM (@keith-tucker-k-1)- Nightmare (Dub)

Transparent Sound (@transparent-sound)- No Call from New York (Acid Mix)

Silicon Scally (@siliconscally)- Revelations (Fleck E.S.C remix)

Marcela Dias Sindaco (@marceladiassindaco) - A Flor da Pele

Sassmouth: FRiends and Family Ep. 47

New York party Merge is often described as a queer techno extravaganza. Over the past two years, it's built a loyal community from the ground up while integrating everything from high-energy trance to disorienting acid into its rave repertoire. Resident Clarisa Kimskii has played a defining role in the collective's growth, largely thanks to the ultra-kinetic and rhythmic pace of her DJ sets.

Time and time again, the Washington DC native has demonstrated her ability to lock in dancers through captivating and hypnotic selections across various sub-styles of techno. There are tribal, witchy cuts. Jacking, Detroit-style funk. Psychedelic, DJ Nobu-style grooves and austere sounds that nod to Sandwell District. It's the kind of range that explains why Kimskii has been booked worldwide many years over, and more and more as of late. Her deep understanding of techno's myriad flavours come from two decades of industry experience as well as esoteric productions on labels like Mysteries Of The Deep and L.A.G. (her own short-lived, underrated, essential techno platform).

Kimskii's long time in the techno scene, her experience and her expertise is expressed in full form on her RA Podcast Moving from industrial grit to gentle transcendence to heady acid, the mix feels free, fluid but also remarkably precise, just like Kimskii herself.

@kimskii

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/901

RA podcast

RA.901 Clarisa Kimskii

For this edition of The Bunker Podcast we're releasing @otodojo's live set from their album release party at The Bunker in April.

artist video explanation accompaniment:
https://youtu.be/h-xMUetPiTg?si=9qj-4DNHj2dHUBtT

artist statement:

In February 2023 I focused on developing a new live set for my debut with @thebunkerny for an album release, named one of the best releases of 2023 by @mixmag-1. I trained the set with performances at Bossa Nova Civic Club with Perfect Party Look Book and at Forest City Lodge with Microtones in Ithaca.

Maybe describing this can help you process some live set ideas.

My previous approach to delivering this material live (originally at The Long Count Cycle, then at Technically Yeah) was using stems as a bedrock and improvisation on top. Even though this worked fine, it got a bit stale for me and I wanted to be as satisfied as a listener when a groove sets in. So I decided to go fully based on MIDI information and instruments, with an added challenge that my CPU can’t take too much of a load, so I needed to make sure I disabled certain instruments before bringing others in. A disclaimer is that I am not fully endorsing all of the equipment in this list, there are some caveats that I’m happy to discuss.

In Ableton I created custom instruments through stock plugins like operator, collision, wavetable - these instruments are divided into ones I cycle through and ones that are constant throughout the set.

The constant ones exist in instrument racks and are freely interchangeable through chains - all of the parameters are mapped to the same knobs on my Novation Launch Control XL enabling me to wash through several instruments running varying sounds. I also have stored macro variations for those instruments in case I need some sound immediately without menu diving (like 1/16 note hi hats).

The cycled instruments instruments are mostly from my tracks in Amphibious / Aural Spirits that are all controlled by four channels on my Xone K1. Initially I tried using Tip by K-Devices and Map-8 to disable a swath of devices (thanks One Child Policy for the tip!). Yet I found that the CPU load was comparable with just leaving the devices on and simply stopping clips. This made for a much better workflow.

I slowly progress through the cycled instruments while improvising with the constant instruments and the main drums / accenting discussed below.

My iPad is running Werkbench by Karl Scholz @karlalamusic, a sequencer sampler app that can easily form interesting polyrhythms and is great for anything sample-related, like live accenting, bass lines, drums, etc.

For the main drums I didn’t want to be too focused on sequencing as it takes up a lot of time, so I just wanted to scroll through patterns that I generate beforehand. I opted to use a modified version of Instant Haus by @alexkid which stores drum patterns for four-five instruments. Modifying this was a bit challenging as it is difficult to determine what kind of patterns I think can stay interesting over an hour time period. This is playing Smackos 808 Simulator by @legowelt-official as well as other custom drum instruments.

For acid lines I am using a Roland TB03 on lend from Indy Nyles and sequencing the 303 with Sting by Iftah Gabbai  as well as his Microtuner device coupled with note echos (I believe this is the most CPU intensive part of the set).I am using Ableton Push as a means to do miscellaneous control and Jaw Harp / Mic for some added organic-ness.

I am running all of this through an Apollo Twin Duo and Allen & Heath Xone 96 at the club.

The Bunker Podcast 227

The Bunker Podcast 227: Otodojo

almost 2 hours of off the cuff music. made up on the spot. acid, techno, house and even electro occasionally. jacking, thumping, deep and funky.  
its impromptu and live...sometimes you gamble and lose...sometimes you win big. 

that how the game works.

recorded live at GREEN MACHINE in Chicago, Illinois USA on September 17th 2023 from 19:00 - 21:00 (7-9 pm)

theres no trackless because I made these "songs" up right there on the spot. thats how live music works.
thanks to the green machine crew for a great event! and to clay at braid records, sam sassmouth and Patrick who all also played superb sets. 

big thanks to sassmouth for the live jam between our sets! that isn't included here, since I didn't want to infringe on her zone. but maybe well post that up as well!

Karl Meier — Hugo Ball Mix 7/2015

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