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GEO is a DJ and Producer from Glasgow, Scotland. Having grown up with a musical background, he has focused on developing his own sound, taking influence from different genres such as; trance, psy-trance, techno and tek. His own productions explore up-tempo, trippy sounds. Alongside personal projects, GEO co-runs Scottish based clubnight/label ‘Elysium’ who aim to explore as many stylistic avenues as possible.

Speedmaster Podcast 030 - GEO

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1. Morphosis - Hunting [Morphine 2005]

2. The D.L.O. - Lufthinsy [Unpolite 2006]

3. DJ Red - Raw Cocoa [Wolfskuil 2016]

4. Trench - Comatose [The Original Slumber) [Subject Detroit 2008]

5. Lucy - Sticks and Stones [Index Marcel Fengler 2018]

6. Tamburi Neri - Medina 84 (Marcel Dettmann Remix) [Danza Tribale 2021]

7. Audio Injection - No Key [Droid 2013]

8. Lucy - Falling Empire [Mote-Evolver 2010]

9. Carl Craig - Angel (Jerome Sydenham's vocal dub) [Planet E 2009]

10. Aphonico - Desde el Espacio [Self Released 2013]

11. Tomas Kunkel - Time Traveler [Blast 2019]

12. Operator - Lionheart [Audio Assault 2013]

13. Florian Meindl - Space Traveler (Lucy Remix) [Flash 2017]

14. Brian Sanhaji - Panic (Anthony Jimenez Remix) [Blank Code 2017]

15. YYYY - Regain (Lucy Remix) [Weekend Circuit 2016]

16. DIN - Akustikkoppler [Index Marcel Fengler 2018]

17. Dåggěr - Discharge [QEONE 2022]

18. Thomas Hessler - Aura [Crossing 2017]

19. DJ Bone - Exorcising Ghosts From The Past [Subject Detroit 2023]

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Music written and produced by K.O.P.32
Mastering by Lorenzo Targhetta.
All artworks by m.i.9.9.i

Strings Of Thanks

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Instar (@camcamilla)

they / them
📍: London / UK

https://www.instagram.com/_cam_cool/

TM8 Q:  What’s the best and worst thing about being a DJ?
A: "As cliché as it sounds, I think the best thing about being a DJ is that you are put into a privileged position to find your community. As a teenager and even into my early adulthood I never went out clubbing, because I wasn’t exposed to the fact that there were many people like me, who would come together and dance to the music that I love. I would just dance in my room. It was only after I started posting mixes and forming bonds through putting myself out there like that, I realised there are so many people passionately entertained by underground music! It felt like coming home to me, I was convinced I was a lonesome hermit (still am in a way), but music has allowed me to express myself more clearly and loudly than I ever had.

The worst thing about being a DJ… am not sure. There are many privileges that I get and don’t want. Or that I feel are unfairly awarded to me and not others. There are also privileges that awarded only in compliance with some unspoken rules. 

I think we are not being mindful enough about the visual sense seeping into every dimension of the musical experience. Music is auditive and fleeting, fluid. Visuality imposes a fixed point of view. It crystallizes an experience which can’t be captured, but only felt communally, into a false image. This is inherently political. It surprises me how little attention is paid to the impact it’s having on our scene and what we could still consider ‘underground’. For me a successful night is one where you can lose yourself into the crowd, the music and the dense atmosphere of the party, all the while feeling safe to do so. I hope that despite the boundaries imposed around me today in nightlife, I can continue working towards that project. "

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Belgian-born, London-based artist Instar shines on their mix for us this week, welding witchy trance and tekno textures, reflecting their fascination with "small vacuums of silence amongst the noise" like the fleeting moment before a wave crashes the shore. "It's there that I feel the most, or maybe there are things that are situated under those feelings and are present before their eruption," they explained. This approach bleeds into their shoegaze band Sunchaser too, where Instar performs and produces dreamy, slow-burning sounds. As a DJ, Instar co-organises the party @burenhinder in Belgium, where they nurture the queer community by booking *FLINTA artists and providing a welfare team to look after the dancefloor, like guardian angels, implementing a camera-free policy, aftercare and harm reduction. The same philosophies extend to Instar's daily work behind the scene(s), whether they are writing, interviewing artists or running club events.

Music by: @vilde-wahl @lioalioa @isaramosx @nkisi @sonjatofik @dogsattack & more

Instar | TM8 #62

Softmatter (@soft-matter)
she / they
📍: Berlin / Germany

https://www.instagram.com/soft.matter/

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Berlin-based artist Softmatter shares a dynamic mix for us this week. Anna Pavlova, aka Softmatter, is a DJ, producer, multidisciplinary artist and vocalist whose output is characterised by twisted and distorted electronics, heavy-hitting drumwork and mutant vocal samples. With a keen interest in post-human theory, neuroscience and quantum physics; her musical practice explores the fluidity and uncertainty of experience and perception. In Anna’s own words, “When I begin the creative process without expectations and embracing uncertainty, I get results that represent me the most.”

Softmatter | TM8 #69

LNR (@lnrdj)
she / her
📍: Amsterdam / Netherlands

https://www.instagram.com/lnr_dj/

TM8 Q: What's your favourite word?
A: "Furby - they are soft, brightly coloured, gender fluid and nostalgic. They also look great with sunglasses and are very stylish. Within each Furby I have, is a little piece of myself."

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UK-born, Amsterdam-based writer and DJ LNR has recorded a FLINTA-focused mix for us. Inspired by the collective dialogue between her journalistic research surrounding dance music history and her obsession with collecting old-school vinyl, the multi-disciplined artist translates pen to wax by creating journeys centred around fluid iterations of sound system culture. Exploring refractions of music in the hardcore and psychedelic spectrums and integrating technological rawness with dissociative coils, LNR has played alongside 90s legends like 69db from Spiral Tribe, Eat Static, Felix K, μ-Ziq, and Scion, and has DJ'd in Amsterdam's Garage 
Noord and for Belgium's free party collective, V23. 

In this mix, however, LNR has ditched her usual vinyl-only format to highlight a talented array of FLINTA artists, including music from the feminist freetekno collective Witchcraft rec, and producers Nkisi, Azu Tiwaline, Saskia, DJ Sofa, c00, gi, Laura STZ, Freeman 713, Kan10, DJ Spice, and Liza N Eliaz. The latter was the earliest trans woman in hardcore, according to LNR's research. "She co-produced the first ever Bonzai record before Jones & Stephenson's 'The First Rebirth' came out and made the label go crazy," LNR told us. "Sadly she died in 2001 but it felt important to me to include her music in this mix. Shout out to other old-school female techno, hardcore, and jungle legends who didn't make the mix this time: Ixindamix, Laura Grabb, Miss Djax, Kemistry & Storm, and DJ Rap."

♬: @nkisi @azu-tiwaline @subb1996 @weirdesthetic @laura-stz @freeman-713 @kejavskan10 @magpie303 & more

LNR | TM8 #70

dragongirl (@dragong1rl)
she / they
📍: Copenhagen / Denmark

https://www.instagram.com/xdragongirl/

TM8 Q: Best music video??
A: "favourites is so hard i think, i can never choose just one hehe. but i think all of FKA Twigs videos are amazing. and Shakira also has some iconic videos, especially She Wolf is great. and ofc Telephone by Lady Gaga and Beyonce!!"

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Composer, producer, and DJ dragongirl has recorded a mix for us featuring some of her own tracks too. Having released her critically acclaimed debut album 'hot blue' on the Norwegian label Sheep Chase Records in 2023, dragongirl has since brought her vibrant sound to some of Northern Europe's most well-known clubs and festivals including Denmark's Den Anden Side, Berlin's OST and OXI, and Kaleido Festival. Her sets blend trance, techno and happy hardcore with influences from Eurodance, gabber and EDM, inviting her audience on a playful and unexpected adventure. And that's exactly what dragongirl mirrors in this week's mix. 

♬: @stinny-stone @zzzorza @promis3 @canelledoublekick @nenetreat & more

dragongirl | TM8 #71

YOZY (@yo_zy)
she / they
📍: Uruguay & Barcelona

https://www.instagram.com/yozy2k/

TM8 Q: Take us on a date. Where would you bring us and why?
A: "To a Lana Del Rey concert for sure, I would defo fall in love if we kiss under her blessing"

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Uruguayan DJ and producer YOZY supplies a shape-shifting mix for us, oscillating between experimental and broken rhythms to 4/4 techno and irresistible trance classics. The Barcelona-based artist also includes tracks from her upcoming album, dropping June 5th. Having released several contributions to VAs on Clan Destine Records, low income $quad, and Last Love Records, they have also delivered music to Human Club; a label based in Barcelona's Razzmatazz, where they are a resident DJ and run their own party CALIENTE. Additionally, YOZY has played for parties and festivals like Boiler Room x Primavera Sound, Raiders, Suicide Club, Voight-Kampff, Latineo, and many more. Plus, their monthly radio show on HKCR called 'Messages from the stars' has recently transformed into an IRL ambient showcase.

♬: @yo_zy @clementaum @rattlesnakke @ki_slash_ki @2gr_ip & more

YOZY | TM8 #72

puxo (@pux0)
they / them
📍: Barcelona / Spain

https://www.instagram.com/puxo.________/

TM8 Q: Track to wake up a tired dancefloor? 
A: "Dual Monitor - Seoul City Drift"

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Chilean DJ and artist puxo shares a mix of deconstructed and club-ready sounds with us this week. The Barcelona-based talent leans into Latin rhythms, choppy percussion, and emotional textures across their sets, creating a mood that blurs the lines between rhythmic intensity and sonic experimentation. Having established their profile within the Barcelona scene by playing parties like Latineo, MUSA, Deprerreo, and No Tags, puxo has since released an ambient EP as a parallel exploration to their artistic output, revealing a more introspective side of their sound.

♬: @amantramutar @anacoooo @lyo-xs @vitaaline & more

puxo | TM8 #73

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Instar | TM8 #62

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