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Ricardo Villalobos - Peculiar

Since the launch of their much-loved party brand in 2002, Giles Smith and James Priestley – Secretsundaze’s founders and residents – have dedicated their work and output to ecstatic club experiences. 

A record label followed suit, as did their booking agency, long-running NTS radio show and a stack more DJ and production projects undertaken by the pair. Plus, of course, plenty more parties. 2022 marks 20 years of Secretsundaze, with the duo currently working on some exciting anniversary celebrations – but we’ll leave them to reveal those in due course. 

Here, the pair usher in the new year with their first new mix in 18 months. “The mix is direct and club-focused,” they tell Crack Magazine. “All-vinyl, with our typical Detroit and NYC stylings before moving into some more pushy atmospheric, European bizzness.” 

Check out the tracklist on crackaud.io: crackm.ag/3K7KX2o
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Crack Mix 432: Secretsundaze

Joining me this month for episode 49 is Canadian producer and live performer Mathew Jonson. Initially from the west coast of Canada and now based in Berlin, Mathew’s upbringing in electronic music started in the nineties with the jazz-meets-techno live band Cobblestone Jazz. Collaboration and improvisation continue to play key parts in Mathew’s music career, extending to inform his creative process, his solo work, and his techniques as a live performer.

With this in mind, he created the Freedom Engine Academy, a music school offering intensive courses around electronic music production, music theory, and creativity taught by a roster of talented musicians and Mathew himself. In this episode, we’re discussing collaborative learning, and how the group experience can make music better. 

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Music:
"Magic Through Music" - Mathew Jonson (2020)
"Chance" - Cobblestone Jazz (2010)
"Rays from the Cosmos" - Units & Measurements (2016)
"Lunar Lander" - Cobblestone Jazz (2011)
"Typerope" - Mathew Jonson (2020)

AIR 049 / Mathew Jonson

@bjeor @benkamal @kuba97

Recorded at the 'Moon Ra' stage by Leopold Banchini during the Horst Exhibition Closing 2022 on Saturday 30th July.

Bjeor, Ben Kamal & Kuba'97 At Horst Exhibition Closing 2022

There are a few bands that will always make you remember where you were when you first listened to them. The Peruvian masked duo from Lima named Dengue Dengue Dengue is definitely one of those bands. The year was 2012 and Rafael Pereira and Felipe Salmon had just released their debut album ‘La Alianza Profana’, where their unique take on cumbia with dub and techno elements was presented to the world via stunning tracks like Simiolo, and complemented by a vibrant, colorful and psychedelic aesthetic on their videos and live visuals. We were instantly hooked. 

From then on, we knew we had to have Dengue Dengue Dengue on the Enchufada catalog. Fast-forward to the present and the boys have turned in an incredible six-track EP called ‘Serpiente Dorada’, which sees their unique and unmistakable sound develop and grow even further. While the relentless and hypnotic cumbia is still at the core of their sound – as the title-track Serpiente Dorada proudly displays – one can also hear as zouk bass slowly enters the melting pot of influences on Banana or Bugutu, while still managing to sound like no one else. The Jamaican sounds of dub, reggae and dancehall weigh heavily over the whole EP, but it’s in Booom that they make themselves more noticeable, while Rama sees the Peruvian duo leave their comfort zone and experiment with 120BPM beats. Finally, Senen Pani provides the perfect EP closer in the form of a dreamy, rhythmically-charged psychedelic lullaby. 

Perfectly translating the band’s approach to club music, ‘Serpiente Dorada’ is an infectious and colorful mixture of global sounds, as genres are used as a starting point on their ongoing search for the perfect hybrid beat, where the total is more than the sum of its parts.

www.soundcloud.com/dengue
www.enchufada.com

Serpiente Dorada

Rama

Buy it on Beatport

Dengue Dengue Dengue - Rama

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Zahir  - Sorbonne Moi (Radu Mirica & iPca Remix)

Perhaps This Is All A Dream ( en proceso..)

A cozy night of sweet 'n sour chicken, tofu and tunes at Mike's house. Thanks, it was delicious!
Featuring cast - in order of first appearance - 
Estimulo, Daniel Paul, Mike Trofimov, Maksym Tkach, Roman Khropko, Elnur
@danielpaul
@itsmiketrofimov
@maksymtkach
@romankhropko
@elnur12
Timetable unavailable, you may have a quiz :)

Sweet & Sour w/ Mike Trofimov, Maksym Tkach, Roman Khropko, Elnur, Daniel Paul, Estimulo (08.01.25)

Each track a misty echo, carved in rhythm and space. Octal Industries drifts back to Kontakt with a solo offering - three deep, dub-soaked journeys where texture and tone intertwine in quiet elegance. For those who listen between the lines.
Limited coloured vinyl - fleeting as smoke.


B1__Octal Industries - Locked Down MASTER

Artists: 
@shvedanton_ua - Shved
@systk - SYST

Shved & SYST — Kultura Zvuku #113 [Hardware Live]

@atmos228

VOVA ATMOS tunes in to Radio Zeitneutral from the shadows - genre fluidly digging deep into the raw and the rugged. Hailing from Kyiv and now posted up in Berlin, he's a producer, DJ, stage sorcerer, and light-bending architect with a taste for the low, the slow, and the beautifully unpolished. Think breakbeats wrapped in dust, breakneck electro slowed to a hypnotic crawl, and trip-hop grooves with just the right amount of grit.

Founder of LOWCUT, a fresh-faced crew reclaiming the night for deep frequencies and slow-motion dance floors. Not a party - an uprising in progress.

Also the mind behind ElectroCat, KIT Home Party, and STEPLICA - DIY throwdowns powered by people, not profit. No hype, no gloss - just pure underground spirit.

Radio Zeitneutral #62 - AT.MOS

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BP Digital welcomes Advek, a young and promising producer from Macedonia, with the release that perfectly captures the label’s refined underground spirit.
This EP blends deep techno grooves and a touch of minimal house sensibility. Advek’s sound balances warmth and precision, revealing a natural sense for rhythm and flow that keeps the floor moving while staying introspective and elegant.
Groove experience designed for those who appreciate depth and detail.
Supported by Valeria Croft remix!

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