House & techno mix

As part of RA2122, our ongoing celebration of 21 years of club culture, we'll be featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties or clubs most important to their lives in dance music. 

The first time we featured DJ Nobu on the RA Podcast, over ten years ago, we called him "one of Japan's best DJs." In hindsight, i think we can all agree that the country qualifier is no longer necessary: he's one of the world's best DJs, bar none. An absolute master at curating and mixing techno, Nobu has helped to inspire a Japanese school of techno that is psychedelic, hypnotic and often very pretty, without losing the genre's oomph or edge. And he's more popular than ever around the world, playing some of the best parties and clubs in pretty much any country or city you could name.

But DJ Nobu's roots and heart are close to home. Frustrated with techno in the Japanese capitol, he created his own party in his neighbouring hometown, Chiba, where nightlife was less pretentious and the vibe was a little looser. Future Terror quickly became known as one of Japan's premiere techno parties, and paved the way not only for Nobu himself, but many other Japanese DJs who Nobu and his later partner Haruka gave the chance to shine. The party also recently celebrated its landmark 20th anniversary with its first-ever party in London.

This mix is a direct tribute and encapsulation of Future Terror, what Nobu calls a "condensed story" of the series focusing on the more outré elements at the fore—an "awareness of techno" with plenty of more leftfield tracks thrown in. What follows might be a little gentler than you'd expect from Nobu, but it's all top-tier techno mixed with an expert hand.

@djnobu_bitta

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RA.855 DJ Nobu

RSO.LIVECAST [006—230325] is a live recording of Skee Mask’s set on the ROBUS floor during the final night of XFORM and an Ilian Tape label showcase on March 26th, 2023.

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Skee Mask @ XFORM x Ilian Tape — RSO.LIVECAST 006—230325

For Patterns of Perception 112, we're very excited to welcome back @kondukukonduku - a truly stellar all-round talent and dear friend of our collective. 

Four whole years have passed since we last featured Konduku in our mix series. In this time, he has reached new creative heights, adding textures, shades and vibrancy to his distinctive sound - in the process finding homes for highly touted releases on the likes of @spaziodisponibile, Mantis (via @delsinrecords), @nousklaeraudio, @amenthia-recordings (with @aasudd) and most recently @djnobu_bitta's Bitta.

As a DJ, his creativity and skills are similarly vaunted, and see him regularly take the stage at key festivals, venues and events across Europe and Asia. 

Recorded live at Patterns of Perception @ OHM Berlin on Apr 21, 2023, Konduku's Patterns of Perception 112 is a showcase of his thrilling abilities behind the decks. Unpredictable yet totally engrossing, this set is a profound tale of tension and release. Tightly wound grooves and eerie psychedelia leading us unerringly to ecstasy. A fine balance of intuition, control and spirit from a visionary artist in full-flight. 

Links:
@kondukukonduku
https://www.instagram.com/konduku/
https://ra.co/dj/konduku

Patterns of Perception 112 - Konduku

The next Dekmantel mix is a wild melting pot of dark, murky techno grooves by @mattikk. A pillar of the Amsterdam underground, the Garage Noord resident has a long history of DJing in the city and is closely connected to your favorite techno labels. He’s the mind behind Delsin Records' Mantis series, collaborating with artists like Forest Drive West, Konduku, Lemna, and Dino Sabatini.

Drawing on UK sound system culture, his selections always carry an experimental edge, whether diving into deep Italian techno or ambient. Usually, he crafts mixes for immersive listening pleasure, but here he makes a rare turn to the dance floor, inspired by his closing set on the UFO2 stage at last year's Dekmantel Festival. Over an hour of powerful, driving grooves and subtle details, sprinkled with new tunes and some personal favorites that span low-end-heavy electro and broken beats.

Tracklist/
Dasha Rush - 100 Hearts
O.utlier - Evoparation 
Tammo Hesselink - Harbour Launch
R-010 - Exhaust Pipes (Absis Remix)
Amotik - Iktalis
Kon Janson - Unbound Perspective 
Saku Niamh - Unreleased 
Roseen - Separation
Stenny - Hazy Grove
CAIV - Shimmer 
Broken English Club - Ghost
Konduku - Unreleased Remix
Agonis - Unreleased
James Ruskin - Lahaine (O/V/R Remix)  
Konduku - Unreleased
Firn - Rakaposhi
Vand - Futureshock
Gez Varley - Purgę
DJ Slip - Spice
VC-118A -  Unreleased
Carrier - 2 Slow
Kellen303 - Pinehearse
Fret - Stuck

Dekmantel Mix 486 - Mattikk

A rare club mix from the ever-evolving artist, with 90 minutes of shadowy, atmospheric pressure.

Music's therapeutic value is often linked to relaxation—gongs, singing bowls and the like. Dense passages of foggy droning and eerie static aren't traditionally considered restorative, but Laurel Halo makes a pretty good case for it.

The Detroit-born, Los Angeles-based musician's abstract, often improvised productions are heavy on sound design and emotional climax. Driven by atmosphere rather than rhythm, they push listeners to grapple with their innermost insecurities, fears and dreams. "I'm lucky my music has helped people through crises," Halo once told Discwoman. It's easy to see why.

Since her 2010 debut King Felix, Halo has built a stunningly diverse catalogue of classically-informed records. A multi-instrumentalist—piano, violin, guitar, keys—her sharpest instrument is arrangement. Inspired by the surrealism of Italo Calvino and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, her releases, from Atlas to Behind The Green Door, unfold with slow-burning narrative and dense emotional weight. Her soundworlds are layered and labyrinthine—an architectonic space where self-reflection happens almost by force.

Even in the club, the sought-after composer excels in immersion. Her sets extend the expressionist palette of her records, trading traditional rhythm for tension, space and surprise. It’s no wonder she takes a genre-agnostic approach to the dance floor—her deep roots in freeform radio began at WCBN-FM in Michigan, followed by Berlin Community Radio, Rinse FM, and now a regular show on NTS.

RA.992 stitches foggy ambient loops, propulsive techno, mutant percussion and heady left turns with care. Tracks from DJ Rush, Octave One and Eddie Fowlkes nod to her Midwestern heritage, balanced out by deeper, psychedelic fare from the likes of Polygonia and Cousin. It's the mark of an artist revealing both deep curiosity and a precise hand as a selector. Rare, indeed.

@laurelhalo

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RA.992 Laurel Halo

This is a live recording from Seth Troxler b2b Michael Mayer at The Peacock Society, Paris.  Find out more at www.residentadvisor.net

RA Live - 2015.07.10 - Seth Troxler b2b Michael Mayer, The Peacock Society, Paris

Absrismusic - Antika [AMPBEP01]

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Live recording set of Michael Mayer at DGTL presents Kompakt during ADE. 

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Michael Mayer @ DGTL ADE presents Kompakt - Amsterdam - 17.10.2015

A selection for the Feel My Bicep boys. Some words about the mix here: http://www.feelmybicep.com/fmb-podcast-55-andy-hart/

Tracklist:

Tornado Wallace - Kakadu // Second Circle
Kepler Sound District - Petrol // Kepler Sound
Chaos In the CDB - Significant Others // Rhythm Section International
Sven Weisemann - Motion capture // Mojuba
Valentino Mora - Body Nostalgia (Erogenous Extended Dub) // IDO
Fit Siegel - Carmine // Fit Sound
Orbe - Kepler 438, Where Everyone Is Equal // Be As One
Tom Trago - Avenido (Young Marco Remix) // Rush Hour
Model 500 - Starlight (Soultek’s Falling Stars Mix) // Echospace [Detroit]
Lord Of The Isles - Sunrise 89 // Firecracker
Marcus Mixx - Without Makeup (Ron Hardy Mix) Edit // Let’s Pet Puppies
???
Paradise’s Deep Groove - I Love // E Legal
Planet Detroit - Day Break (Flute Version) // Zest 4 Life
Tim Harper - Lake Shore Drive // Peacefrog Records
Bluemoon Productions - E // Code Blue Records
Lapien - Searching // Mistress Recordings
Trackman - Two // Ideal Trax
Pilot Wings - Congo Libre // BFDM
The Persuader - What Is The Time, Mr. Templar? // Svek
Joel Mull - Close 2 You // Svek
CiM - Shift // Delsin

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In Dust We Trust with Chaos In The CBD & Jon Sable - Jan 2017

Here at Dekmantel we are a big fan of Berlin based Brit Objekt. Evidence: you will see him play our festival in Amsterdam as well as Lente Kabinet, and then Dekmantel Selectors in Croatia. And right now, the man known for his unrivalled technical nous is in a fine run of form. His recent, self-released EP is another testament to his ability to skew house, techno and breaks into his own imaginative forms. Following on from releases on Hessle Audio, Bleep and an album on PAN, it is another boon in his fine discography. 

And he is just as impressive across a 90 plus minute selection for us: it finds him serving up a cavernous world of intricate and hi fidelity sounds that are abstract and unusual. Moving through sparse minimal soundscapes into pummelling but atmospheric drum tracks and on to jungle, dub and experimental worldly rhythms, it is a wildly compelling and singular selection filled with unusual sounds that often leaving you wondering WTF?!

Dekmantel Podcast 116 - Objekt

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Ostgut Ton Takeover: Shed - 03 August 2019

For The Last Dance at Fort Punta Christo we welcomed the return of one of Detroit's musical Titans; DJ Stingray. Part of Dimensions' history at the fort, it was only right we asked the fierce selector to host a very special 'Stingray Presents' at the Void - seeing out the final night at the fort in unforgettable style.

Joined by Silvia Kastel, Solid Blake, Paula Temple and SPFDJ - the final showdown in the Void was one that shook the very foundations of the fort! 

We're delighted to present a number of live recordings from the night including this heavyweight session from the electro master himself. Enjoy.

DJ Stingray of Drexciya - Live@Sonic Boom 11-11-2006

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