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Recording of BSS' set at Dekmantel Selectors 2021.

"I want to thank all the lovers who stayed with me till sunrise for my first solo set after 2 years. Pure love."

BSS at Dekmantel Selectors 2021

Recording of Cinnaman's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2021.

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Cinnaman at Dekmantel Selectors 2021

This Friday, @parris_dj releases his long-awaited debut album, Soaked In Indigo Moonlight, on the can you feel the sun label he co-runs with Call Super. The album is rooted in the pop music he loves but characterised by his own inventive rhythms, joyful vocal features and the many different emotions associated with personal relationships. It comes after years of colourful and psychedelic takes on bass and techno on labels like Idle Hands and Hemlock, and marks a new high watermark in his already assured discography.

On this week’s mix, Parris threads together all aspects of his sound - there’s restrained bass music, lively grime and novel techno. Each one is skewed through his own lens and served up with compelling energy. Despite the physical results, the dynamic grooves retain the sort of depth and detail that keep your head as busy as your heel.

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Dekmantel Podcast 359 - Parris

As an artist, @gigi-fm ’s energy and vision is unmistakeable. Known for truly wide-ranging and eclectic selections, and her electric presence in the booth - her sets feel unpredictable, warm and inviting all at once. Underpinned by psychedelic, transcendent atmospheres and rhythms, her sounds expand organically in all directions, with shades of techno, electro, breaks, house, IDM, ambient and more used in vivid, kaleidoscopic and unexpected combinations.

Recorded live at our party from this past summer, GiGi’s Patterns of Perception 89 perfectly embodies her indelible energy. As a closing set, this was a blistering performance that left the audience totally transfixed over the course of two and half blissful hours. Capturing spontaneity, improvisation, diversity and vibrancy, this set had a profound, lasting impact on all those present, and we’re pleased to be able to share this recording. 

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/gigi-fm
https://www.instagram.com/gigif_m/
https://www.facebook.com/GiGixFM/

Patterns of Perception 89 - GiGi FM

Whilst the party raged on indoors, an ambient session with 12th Isle founder Fergus Clark was exactly what we needed in Nowadays' sun-drenched garden. Here's the first hour of his set.

RA Live - 29.7.2018 - Fergus Clark at twenty four/seven New York

@djsundae

Laurent is one of our favorite DJ’s from the Parisian scene. Known for his delicate tastemaking selections, his mixes are always a pleasure for the ears and the heart. He runs the Idle Press label... do you remember that Pitch re-issue in 2016 with this great Tolouse Low Trax remix. In the bag forever.

IFM # 50 - DJ Sundae - Knekelhuis - Intergalactic FM

Recording of Elena Colombi's set at Dekmantel Festival 2019.

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Elena Colombi at Dekmantel Festival 2019

@markknekelhuis is a world explorer who brings a love of live instrumentation to his dance music. The Knekelhuis label boss is a staunchly DIY operator who is also the voice of Volition Immanent, a live act along side Dekmantel regular Parrish Smith. He makes music that manages to be deeply personal but also immediate and arresting and that same style defines his radio shows on Red Light Radio.

His mix for us is an exploration of deeply hypnotic sounds and dreamy breakbeats to slowly but surely wake you up right at the start of the week. Once you’re in the groove, there is space travelling electro and beautifully delicate melodic techno that continues to sooth your soul as you journey through the cosmos and off to a better place.

Dekmantel Podcast 279 - Mark Knekelhuis

Recording of Caline With C's set at Dekmantel Connects 2020.

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