too much excellent techno contained in this damn mix.....

It started with an urge to play with sound, a DIY synth, and a desire to know more. After several years buried in books, manuals and patch cables, JakoJako was performing her first live sets around Berlin, and spending every spare penny on Eurorack modules. The passion became all consuming, and in 2017, she left her nursing career to work at the legendary Berlin synth shop Schneidersladen, where’s she’s been sharing her knowledge of tools and techniques with the city’s music makers ever since. 

Technique is no use without ideas to apply it to, and fortunately JakoJako has a natural supply. “When you hear a sound in the environment, say a car passing by, you don’t appreciate the complexity until you think how you might synthesise it.” She explains. “Then it becomes something abstract; a collection of modulated pitches and timbres. I love to listen to the world like this..”

Her approach may seem studious, but JakoJako uses this fluency in the language of sound to convey emotion, and each track is an experiment, with success based on the intensity of feeling it creates. Her debut EP “Aequilibration”, released in 2019 on Leisure System Records, showcased this explorative mindset, with four very different stylistic ideas tied together through emotive sound design, sharp production, and a strong sense of melody. 

The release was followed by a string of live gigs, performed with her modular system and Elektron boxes, including a release party at Berghain, playing a standout set alongside Ben UFO and Marie Davidson. 

With regular events disappearing in 2020, live music migrated online, finding a global audience in shared experience of isolation. After streaming a live set for HÖR Radio, she was invited to take part in an online event for Arté, hosted by Innervisions and United We Stream, alongside Amé and Frank Wiedermann. This led to a filmed live performance in her studio for Fact Magazine’s Patch Notes series, and an in-depth video feature for Electronic Beats, which together have over half a million views (and counting).

Offline, JakoJako has made good use of the time in her studio, producing tracks on compilations for B-Pitch Control and Figure Records, remixes for Crouds on Intumi, and most recently, for New Order on Mute Records. More solo work is in the pipeline too, including a new EP for Leisure System Records, due in mid  2021.

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Any Mello joins for DifferentSound Podcast #248.

The Berlin-Based Brazilian artist inhales and exhales music.
Seduced by electronic sounds since her early years, Any decided to take a step forward in her career, moving from VJ to DJ and Music Producer. Drawing on her wide experience as a visual artist, creativity and originality have become Any’s core traits in her guise. Any embeds her true essence and personality into her music — As a unique mixed method artist, she is known for manipulating her own vocals within her productions. Her focus is on the minute details, the colours, the patterns and textures contained within the music, distinctive traits of an accomplished visual artist in the cosmos of sound.

SC:@anymello/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/anymello/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/anymellodj/
RA: https://ra.co/dj/anymello/

DifferentSound invites Any Mello / Podcast #248

We are super excited to bring you Podcast 355 with the boundary-defying British DJ and producer Tommy Four Seven. Tommy has been a respected visionary in the international techno scene for almost two decades.

As accomplished in the studio as he is behind the decks, Tommy has built an extensive discography that's grown in parallel with his touring career. His critically acclaimed debut LP, Primate, imaginatively fused off-kilter rhythms with four-to-the-floor minimalism, while his follow-up album, Veer, excavated even more daring and driving techno-adjacent territory. 

47, Tommy’s own imprint, is responsible for some of the most innovative techno in the scene today. Its recent 2.0 relaunch has cemented his singular stylistic approach; in the last two years, it has showcased up-and-coming artists like Quelza, Tauceti and VSK, who stand for the sleek and sophisticated aesthetic that Tommy threads through his own mixes and productions. 

An authentic and ever-evolving tastemaker, Tommy’s keen curation remains as sharp as ever. 

@tommyfourseven

BCCO Mix Series 355: Tommy Four Seven

Regularly rocking the house at seminal German nights including ://aboutblank, the late Griessmuehle, Paloma and many more, Berlin-based DJ and BINÄR label owner PAREKA drops by our virtual office to serve up a frankly pumping two-hour sample of his own techno multiverse. All in on the chiselled breaks, haunting ostinatos and clinical warehouse destroyers, PAREKA has us walking the tightrope betwixt pure no-prisoner ruggedness, straight brutalist sound architecture and a further experimental spin stretching from dub techno to Birmingham-esque detours. Hold your breath and shut your eyes wide, for the ride promises to drill a serious hole in your head and rewire your brain circuits upside-down.

soundcloud.com/pareka

Reclaim Your City 

Reclaim Your City 611 | PAREKA

The latest PoleGroup Radio episode is now available, featuring a masterful session by David Reina.

With roots in Córdoba, Spain, David’s career spans decades of exploring Techno’s deeper, futuristic side. From releasing conceptual works on labels like Axis and Warm Up to running his own imprint, Legend 1997 Records, he has crafted a distinct sound that blends cinematic soundscapes with driving rhythms.

Immerse yourself in his Sci-fi-inspired vision of Techno with this exclusive mix.

PoleGroup Radio - David Reina 22.01.2025

T3R Hyperspace 59 - Paula Koski

It moves with the rhythm of longing, pulsing through fingertips, sculpting invisible forms into being. A dance of ink and motion, of melody and void, it bends the weight of reality into something fluid. Each stroke, each chord, each step unravels the boundaries that tether the soul to the ordinary. 

Mutlu Karaköse - Cosmic Pulse (RKT005)

FOX WITH STOCKS, Patrick Müller - DELICATESSEN (Original Mix)[SAM-Master]

LE CHANT DU LOUP

Developer at the End of 5 Hour set @ Berghain March 2012
Along w/ Truncate, Surgeon, Marcel Dettmann & Norman Nodge.
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Please forgive the sound quality!! ..

this was recorded inside the club with a stereo mic recorder. The recording is at times a bit distorted and at times decent enough... but does capture the momentum of the mix and the atmosphere of the room especially the thunderous Berghain sound system

 ((( Boom )))

DEVELOPER @ BERGHAIN - BERLIN GERMANY

Being active for over a decade, AADJA is a DJ, vocalist & producer well versed in curating her vast palette of old school and new age soundscapes into unpredictable and high energy sets. This is exactly how she keeps swarms of people at the raves betrothed until the early hours of the morning.

Born in Newfoundland and currently based out of Toronto where she was exposed to the beloved warehouse culture that helped shape her as an artist and also led to her eponymous residency at Format. 

AADJA is now one of the most highly sought after DJs in Toronto and has been booked to play alongside some of the most celebrated names in techno including Marcel Dettmann, Amelie Lens, Oscar Mulero, Derrick May, Ancient Methods, Function, Headless Horseman, Mike Parker, Perc, Sterac, Courtesy, Scuba, Henning Baer, Anetha, Hector Oaks, Reeko and Volvox.

Besides being an active member of the Toronto circuit, AADJA has also performed at the iconic Synoid party at Griessmuehle in Berlin. 

On the production front 2018 also saw her debut release on the esteemed Belgian imprint, Coincidence Records. In 2019, AADJA is set to release more original music on both vinyl & digital and is ramping up for one of her busiest years to date.

TechnoFist Podcast 097: AADJA

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