DVS1 - Live at Foundry

Live recording of my closing at Fold London on the 05 November of 2022 , part of the 47 label night showcase alongside Tommy Four Seven , Flaminia and VSK.

Enjoy the ride as much as I did !

Quelza @ Fold London 05.11.22 I 3 Hours Closing

Techno professional DVS1 drops his set from back in October 2021, where he helmed a stellar session in Room 1 for the 25 Years of Blueprint Records celebrations.

We needn’t say much more; this is a true masterclass in distinct, pin-point and punchy techno goodness from start to finish. 

More of the same soon: DVS1 reunites with RM1 next Friday night (21st July), joining Skee Mask B2B mad miran, Josey Rebelle B2B Tasha, Oblig, Bluetoof B2B TSVI and Effy.

Tickets for 21st July at fabric are on sale now via RA: https://ra.co/events/1719107

011 – DVS1 - Recorded live from fabric

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.

BASSIANI PODCAST SERIES

Bassiani invites Function / Podcast #186

Active for nearly three decades, Japanese DJ and producer Takaaki Itoh has been carving out a niche truly his own in the realm of deep techno. Pumping out multi-sensory DJ tools for breakfast, Itoh champions a sound highly dynamic yet infused with the kind of minute textural work and layers of modular complexity one can not but marvel at. Punching in with a wild two hours of electro-magnetic hardware funk and entrancingly immersive brainwaves, the Sendai-based wizard elevates us to a whole new world where hi-tech submersion and atmospheric club music reign supreme. A work of art. 

soundcloud.com/takaaki_itoh

Reclaim Your City  

Reclaim Your City 581 | Takaaki Itoh

Recording of Sterac's set at Dekmantel Ten

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Sterac at Dekmantel Ten

Kicking off 2025 in the best company as Tokyo-born, Amsterdam-based don Wata Igarashi takes over with a masterclass in pulsating futuristic techno and widescreen sonics. Through a flurry of top-of-the-range releases for the likes of Dekmantel, Kompakt, Figure and his own imprint, WIP, the Japanese producer has been cementing his position as a true innovator of techno music. His unparalleled knack for crafting big-room-ready tunes that engineer a complex cocktail of cutting-edge elegance, modular intuitivity and hi-impact punch has logically made him a much sought-after talent in the scene. Not departing from that polymathic approach, his RYC mix, recorded at the PURE G event at FINAL Taipei on December 7, treats us to a storm of shape-shifting grooves and brutalist fractals of sound. Beware, high voltage.

soundcloud.com/wata

Reclaim Your City

Reclaim Your City 625 | Wata Igarashi

Hailing from Amsterdam, Bastienne has been making waves with her impeccably laid-down mixes and carefully curated selections. Through chiselled, laser-precise sets that showcase the breadth of her scope and minutely woven floor narratives, Bastienne moves the cursor from straight pumping house jack in Detroit fashion to Birmingham-style techno hybrids, via rowdy electronics and forward-pushing dubs. The result is a propulsive journey across techno music in the broadest sense of the term, with all its sister genres, sub-divisions and offshoots taking center stage by turn as Bastienne ensures the cocktail blends in just nicely. No-nonsense, all-out dance floor-destroyer ahead. 

soundcloud.com/bastienne115

Reclaim Your City 639 | Bastienne

A true legend lands on the latest SPND20 Mixtape 📼: @luke-slater joins the fold with a rare live set recording, captured in the thick of touring his ‘Sky Scraping’ album on Token. Recorded live, this set channels the intensity and precision that only decades of experience can deliver. Pure hardware power, relentless tension, and deep, mind-bending grooves. This is techno at its most alive.🔊

Luke Slater’s legacy runs deep. Over the last three decades, the UK-born artist has shaped electronic music under many monikers - while running the influential Mote-Evolver label and constantly pushing the boundaries of sound design, structure, and club impact. From early Warp releases to Berghain classics, he’s never stopped innovating.

The release of Temporary Suspension on Ostgut Ton in 2009 marked the powerful return of Slater as Planetary Assault Systems - reigniting the fire of classic techno and setting the tone for a new era of live performance.
This recording is a snapshot of that exact energy: deep, hypnotic, and unrelenting. Expect pure techno power from one of its most vital architects. 🎛️

We’re honored to have him join the mixtape series. Play it loud. This one’s from the source.🖤

#SPANDAU20 #PlanetaryAssaultSystems #Techno #SPND20Mixtape #LukeSlater #LiveSet

SPND20 Mixtape by Planetary Assault Systems

U can feel it

Tracklist:
[00] Felix De Housecat - Metropolis (Radikal Victory Edit)
[03] Club MCM - Club MCM
[03] Lighter Thief - Zippo King [Ifach - 019]
[06] ?
...
[12] 2000 and One - Funk That [Wasabi - COMP 081]
[15] ?
[17] Surgeon - Atol
[21] DJ Bone - We Control The Beat [Subject Detroit - SUB-030]
[26] DVS1 - Polyphonic Love [Transmat - MS 98]
[32] Untold - Motion The Dance [Hemlock - HEK016i]
[37] ?
[41] Operator - Hermes [Gnosis - 001]
[44] Developer - Formu [Gynoid - 10]
[47] Magnus - Act One [Magnus - 001]
...
[52] Falko Brocksieper - Excellent Upload (Conforce Reconfiguration) [Sub Static - SUS 078]
[55] Architectural - Looking Ahead [Semantica - 40]

"This is a 1 hour clip somewhere in the depths of the last marathon recording in Berghain during the Klockworks vs. Mote-Evolver night. Thanks for listening.."    DVS1

Mix was streamed by Slam Radio.

DVS1 - Klubnacht Berghain

Tacos stole our hearts. Techno stole our souls. We’re here to feed you both. Follow the feeding. ? ? NYC #Tacos #Techno

DVS1 - Live at Foundry

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