Vincent Montoya - Greifswald I GER
Vincent Montoya, an experienced Techno DJ with over 20 years of professional experience, brings the raw and gentle nature of the Baltic Sea to life in his sets.
His track selection and mixing are infused with emotions, opennes and creativity. Whether delivering long, hypnotic sets or short, energetic performances, the sound always takes center stage.
Known for his exceptional music choices and ability to create intimate moments between the audience and the music, he has built an excelent reputation in clubs, bars and festivals.

Rosa Podcast 21.12.2024

La manipulación suele considerarse un arte oscuro.
Hoy sabemos que exponer a seres vivos a sonidos rítmicos, cíclicos, puede influir y modificar las ondas cerebrales. Esto es algo que puede cambiar enormemente los pensamientos y la fisiología de las personas.
¿Y si desde la antigüedad hubiera existido un tipo de maquinaria capaz de generar sonidos (audibles conscientemente o no) para programar y dirigir a la población?
Quizá ficción, quizá no.
Manipulation is often considered a dark art.
Today we know that exposing living beings to rhythmic, cyclical sounds, can influence and modify brain waves. This is something that can greatly change people's thoughts and physiology.
What if, since ancient times, there had existed a type of machinery capable of generating sounds (audible consciously or not) in order to program and direct the population?
Maybe fiction, maybe not.

Cycle Control EP

Cycle Control EP (snippets)

Taken from a late night session at RTRFM, featuring tracks from Fadi Mohem, Alarico, Stef Mendesidis, Regis, Lady Starlight and more. 

Andy K - Birak '25

Regis and Function's first mix in over 10 years is a unique paean to Silent Servant, heavy on unreleased material.

When it came time for RA to compile our Albums of the 2010s, one record with a tauntingly limited availability of 500 copies was never in doubt: Sandwell District's era-defining 'Feed-Forward'. Encompassing Karl O'Connor (Regis), Peter Sutton (Female), David Sumner (Function) and Juan Mendez (Silent Servant), Sandwell District had the underground in a vice grip for over a decade.

The collective imploded in 2013, with Sumner and O'Connor's relationship appearing beyond repair. And yet, an unlikely second phase is here, featuring imminent comeback LP 'End Beginnings' and their return to the RA Podcast after 16 years. In 2023, the trio of Function, Regis and Silent Servant had been performing and laying down new material before the latter's shock death last January. It's in the shadow of loss that this unique mix was forged.

Founded in 2002 as a spiritual sister to seminal Downwards, Sandwell truly began to hit its straps in the late '00s, as shadow-stalking cuts sliced through clubland orthodoxy like a switchblade. In parallel, the label's artwork—a noir recombination of Burroughs cut-ups, DIY zines and arthouse amour that Silent Servant made his own—helped fortify a movement which placed an aesthetic premium on grit, grain and sadism.

By the early 2010s, this fixation on the dark arts had utterly permeated the mood inside techno's masonic temples. Labels like Blackest Ever Black, Stroboscopic Artefacts, Avian and Modern Love were in their pomp, razorwire legends like Severed Heads and Chris & Cosey benefited from second winds, and it was briefly a jailable offence to not have a press photo in black and white. 'Feed-Forward' was the exceptional coronating statement.

RA.978 features a stack of unheard recordings from each of the trio, as well as close allies Stefanie Parnow and Tropic of Cancer, while also gathering many of Silent Servant's all-time favourite songs, including Psychic TV, Grace Jones and Galaxie 500. It's a strikingly vulnerable listen, one without many parallels on the Podcast. We're glad to run it. – Gabriel Szatan

Read more and find the tracklist here: ra.co/podcast/978
Read our new feature with Sandwell District here: https://ra.co/features/4426

RA.978 Sandwell District

Dilemma303

corsaire-on-the-rocks-regis

Mental Notes

The Metal Debate podcast is bring featuring another amazing album review...  Xander reviews the latest from Hate titled “Bellum Regiis” (Metal Blade Records, 2025).

QUOTES
"Even though I enjoy Hate, I gotta say that I have only recently become an even bigger fan... that one new track by Hate destroys everything Behemoth has made in the past five years!"

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Podcast intro music by CONTRA; intro voice by Greg Kyle (RIP).

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Metal Debate Album Review - Bellum Regiis (Hate)

A recording from my set at Teleport Into Space & We Are One's Midsummer Madnezz 2 party in Stockholm, 20th of June 2025. This is not a Hjärngymnastik set as it features a lot of strange and unfamiliar music from the distant future (2001-2025).

Kiskelfacit DJ set from Midsummer Madnezz 2 Stockholm June 20th 2025

north3 (regis tribute)

https://soundcloud.com/tryck-95
FB: www.facebook.com/krankmhausofficial 
TRYCK is a DJ & producer based in Berlin. As a member of Oxytocin Berlin, a collective dedicated to hard techno and trance, he is known for his distinctive focus on groove-driven sounds with a particular passion for hardgroove music. He has played at renowned Berlin venues such as Re:mise, Oxi, and ://about blank. He has also performed at events both within and beyond the city. His main inspiration comes from early 90s and 00s techno, especially from artists like Regis, Surgeon, Luke Slater, Remco Beekwilder, Lars Klein and Robert Natus. In addition to his label work and solo productions, TRYCK is also one half of the duo project ‘Ultraflash’. Above all, he values groovy and hypnotic sounds that create a driving momentum, inviting listeners to lose themselves on the dancefloor.   

You can check his last EP ‘Unmanaged Layers’ on Bandcamp here :  https://tryck.bandcamp.com/album/unmanaged-layers 

Pdcst 井121 - TRYCK

An electronic music entity born in Eupen where its roots were shaped by musical influences from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Initially aiming to provide great quality electronic music to inhabitants of East Belgium, the organisation showcases talented artists from the region and beyond, mainly with techno and then through other genres from the Underground.

Artists involved so far : 

Qaypz (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/qaypz
Schkin (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/schkin
Sara B-Lion (CO)
https://soundcloud.com/sara-blion-152314339
Pheno (US)
https://soundcloud.com/napz
Shørt (IT)
https://soundcloud.com/shortdeejay
Timo Reitzklang (DE)
https://soundcloud.com/timo-reitzklang 
DJ Lirola (ES)
https://soundcloud.com/dj-lirola
Kahai Owens (US)
https://soundcloud.com/kahaiowens
RinTin (SE)
https://soundcloud.com/djrintin
La Amarula (CO)
https://soundcloud.com/la_amarula
AUTISTØNIC (JP)
https://soundcloud.com/autistonic
Lupos (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/luposbelgium
Tygre (US)
https://soundcloud.com/djtygre
Ivan Martinez (ES)
https://soundcloud.com/dj_ivanmartinez
Deficient (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/deficient-music
Kalu (FR)
https://soundcloud.com/kaaluu
Marosh (SK)
https://soundcloud.com/djmarosh
CXMA (ES)
https://soundcloud.com/cxmatechno
Madame Ivonne (PL)
https://soundcloud.com/madame_ivonne
ARIYA (PL)
https://soundcloud.com/ariya_sp
Unknown QTY (SA)
https://soundcloud.com/unqu
Caleena (BR)
https://soundcloud.com/caleena
CIDS (URY)
https://soundcloud.com/cids96
AE.WAI (CZ)
https://soundcloud.com/aewai_techno
James Harbrecht (UK)
https://soundcloud.com/jamesharbrecht
Anton.se (CZ)
https://soundcloud.com/anton-s3
Eva Bohnen (NL)
https://soundcloud.com/eva-bohnen
Robert Ostan (RO)
https://soundcloud.com/ostanmusic
mononom (DE)
https://soundcloud.com/8mononom
Calvin Simms (CA)
https://soundcloud.com/calvinsimms
DJ BONEY S (DE)
https://soundcloud.com/dj_boney_s
KINGA (HU)
https://soundcloud.com/kinga-emese
L'ombre (FR)
https://soundcloud.com/ombre-fr
Lee Cee (UK)
https://soundcloud.com/leecee_leeclark
T.Schaui (DE)
https://soundcloud.com/t_schaui
Luca Notdead (AR)
https://soundcloud.com/lucanotde4d
Allana Letm (BR)
https://soundcloud.com/allanaletm
Innmenal (AR)
https://soundcloud.com/innmenal
Bianca Badita (CA)
https://soundcloud.com/biancabadita 
JU:NO (MT)
https://soundcloud.com/ju_no-mt 
OMVR (TR)
https://soundcloud.com/ahmetomur
William Marqs (BR)
https://soundcloud.com/williammarqs
James Jaymal (UK)
https://soundcloud.com/james-jaymal
Parvatis (MT)
https://soundcloud.com/parvatis-607562324
Ben B (PL)
https://soundcloud.com/benbpoland
Julliana Kiddo (UA)
https://soundcloud.com/julliana_kiddo
3.141 (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/pineirinckx
EBD (NL)
https://soundcloud.com/ebd_music
Fabian Fläche (DE)
https://soundcloud.com/fxbxxnxxbart
Maria Faleborn (SE)
https://soundcloud.com/mfaleborn
Yax (AU)
https://soundcloud.com/yaxofficial
Ophon (DE)
https://soundcloud.com/ophon1
Pascal P (DE)
https://soundcloud.com/pascal-p
Xârte (NL)
https://soundcloud.com/xarte01
Morph19.78 (GR)
https://soundcloud.com/morph1978-eimmot
Unknown Vision (DE)
https://soundcloud.com/visionunknown
Spoon (MT)
https://soundcloud.com/zzopardi17
EVK (FR)
https://soundcloud.com/eleo-vann-k-o
Yazmin (MT)
https://soundcloud.com/yazmin_mt
Maccari (BR)
https://soundcloud.com/maccarimusic
VCR (BR)
https://soundcloud.com/vcr_music
Creznight (NL)
https://soundcloud.com/creznight
Ben Cyan (UK)
https://soundcloud.com/bencyan
Ägain (KOS)
https://soundcloud.com/againtherapy
Lateral Movement (PT)
https://soundcloud.com/lateral_movement
Jiman (FR)
https://soundcloud.com/jiman-wax
David Thornton (UK)
https://soundcloud.com/dave-thornton
Epoché (CZ)
https://soundcloud.com/ondrej-epoche
Lovatron (USA)
https://soundcloud.com/lovatron
DYGA (PL)
https://soundcloud.com/dygamusic
Ovald & Jimo Bastian (SV)
https://soundcloud.com/onakicollective
Shelu (NL)
https://soundcloud.com/shelublou
Straja (RO)
https://soundcloud.com/strajaro1
Guanlong (BG)
https://soundcloud.com/guanlong
Adhémar (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/adhemarmusic
ROY (DE)
https://soundcloud.com/royakajambo
Mrlister (UK)
https://soundcloud.com/mrlister
Less (DE)
https://soundcloud.com/djless
RCHTR (NL)
https://soundcloud.com/rchtr
DJ Aleksi (FI)
https://soundcloud.com/djaleksialeksi
M.E.R.S (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/m-e-r-s
Spork (MT)
https://soundcloud.com/dylan-debono
Hannah Addams (ES)
https://soundcloud.com/hannah_addams
Monica Soldan (BR)
https://soundcloud.com/monica-soldan
Regression aka Belga Disco (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/belga_disco
Karla (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/karla-b-hm  
G-DSTRCTV (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/gregory-v-carlin  
Markus Königs (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/astenet-techno
Wayne EPN (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/wayne-epn
Tig (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/tigism
Bioxyd (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/ack-ioxyd-ulingrec
DJ Nocid (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/djnocid
Vicenzø (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/vinctech
Arn Wald (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/arnwalddj
Sam Hopkins (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/samuel-th-nnes 
Refunked (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/refunked
Julien Roger (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/julienroger   
Mike Hoffmann (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/iron-mike-14
Martial Ozag (BE)
https://soundcloud.com/martial-ozag

About – Vincent Montoya
Vincent Montoya developed a great passion for techno music at a very early age. Growing up by the Baltic Sea, the rough and gentle sides of the sea are reflected in his track selection and mixing. He chooses his tracks carefully. He packs them with emotion, openness, sensitivity and skillful mixing into sets that capture the intimacy of the moment in front of an audience, in a club or at a festival. His mostly very long, rough and raw austerity and at the same time never-ending driving, pulsating, grooving and hypnotic textures reflect his open and creative understanding of techno as a musical style and as a lived culture. With the diversity of his tracks and his boundless understanding of art, he creates a fluid plasticity that diffuses boundaries and creates a new space without merely playing in it. At the same time, his more compressed and shorter sets don’t lack either impulsiveness nor creativity. Nevertheless, he always takes a step back and puts the sound in the foreground, which is gratefully accepted by the audience.
Vincent Montoya has over 20 years of professional DJ and event experience. This know-how is reflected in his excellent reputation and has already been successfully administered at his own events as well as been highly valued at numerous bookings for events, bars, clubs and festivals.

Vincent Montoya entwickelte sehr früh eine große Leidenschaft für Techno. Aufgewachsen an der Ostsee spiegeln sich Rauheit und Sanftmut des Meeres in Trackselection und Mixing wieder. Behutsam wählt er seine Tracks. Verpackt sie mit Emotionen, Offenheit, Sensibilität und einem gekonnten Mixing in Sets, die die Intimität des Moments von Publikum, Club und Festival einfängt. Seine zumeist sehr langen, von rauer wie schroffer Strenge und gleichsam von nie enden wollender treibender, pulsierender, groovender und hypnotischer Textur geprägten Sets spiegeln sein offenes und kreatives Verständnis für Techno als Musikstil sowie als gelebte Kultur wieder. Mit der Mannigfaltigkeit seiner Tracks und dem illimitierten Verständnis von Kunst schafft er eine fluide Plastizität, die Grenzen diffus und einen neuen Raum entstehen lässt, ohne ihn nur zu bespielen. Gleichwohl lassen seine komprimierteren und kurzen Sets nichts an Impulsivität und Kreativität vermissen. Dennoch nimmt er sich stets selbst zurück und stellt einzig den Sound in den Vordergrund, was dankend vom Publikum angenommen wird. Vincent Montoya prägen über 20 Jahre professionelle DJ–Tätigkeit und Eventerfahrung. Jenes Know-how spiegelt sich in seiner sehr guten Reputation wieder und kam bereits erfolgreich bei eigenen Veranstaltungen zum Tragen. Und werden in den zahlreichen Bookings für Events, Bars, Clubs und Festivals sehr geschätzt.

Booking:
vincentmontoya.com

20/6 - Midsummer Open Air
30/5 - groundBreaking w/ Kugg, Bimse Fett
18/4 - Fotografiska Stockholm w/ OB JUAN/SPIRI:TUAL/PENTTI IGOR
11/4 - Fotografiska Stockholm w/ BONDANZA


Taking a small break from recording weekly Hjärngymnastik mixes at the moment. I'll be back shortly.

Gigs? PM.

Hjärngymnastik is my weekly digging project where I search for electronic music released before year 2001, sourced from vinyl, CDs and digital.

Podcast where Gomthog and co-hosts engage in lively debates on heavy metal music as well as interviewing artists and reviewing albums.  Occasional explicit language.

New tracks tagged #REGIS