Mixes

DJ BIG GUNS  (@djbigguns)
they / them
📍: Eora (Sydney) / Australia

IG: https://www.instagram.com/goanoa7/

TM8 Q: Dream venue you’d like to play?
A: ".. The Silo in now gone (rip) Griessmuehle😭"

Eora's DJ BIG GUNS shares a bouncy mix of techno for us this week, leaning into frenetic rhythms, groovy melodies, hefty basslines and the more classic sounds from the genre — all the good stuff. A digger at heart, DJ BIG GUNS' record collection encompasses techno from the late 90s and early 2000s, plenty of which crop up in their TM8 podcast and compliment the newer sounds inside. Alongside DJing, the Australian artist has produced hypnotic tunes with tek and hardcore flavours on labels like @puppytapes, @3cb_23 and @regrets_regrets. One to watch from down under.

DJ BIG GUNS | TM8 #52

Technokool (@technokoolmusic)
she / her
📍: Budapest / Hungary

IG: https://www.instagram.com/technokool/

TM8 Q: Track to wake up a tired dancefloor?
A: "Anything from @agustingmuzak"

Hungarian DJ and producer Technokool shares a twinkling blend of mental tek-trance, spiralling into smokey atmospheres, ripply basslines, celestial vocals and otherworldly melodies with a hard dance twist. Like her previous mixes for @crudeberlin, @nobordersmusic, @hraberlin and many more, she has no one style of mixing or sound, keeping her approach fresh and unique, always surprising her audience. As a producer, Technokool has released on labels like @berlin-oxytocin, @parallelhh, and @maisoncloserecords, showcasing her psy-heavy aesthetics. When she's not producing or playing in SAÜLE, Fuchs2, Fuse, OXI and clubs across Europe, Technokool can be found in Budapest's LGBTQIA+ @kinkbudapest, where she's a resident DJ, and alongside the Budapest-based "high speed dj collective", @nofear_unity, which she runs with DJs @aakac and @kamafaka.

Technokool | TM8 #53

Disgrays (@disgrays)
she / her
📍: Naarm / Australia

IG: https://www.instagram.com/disgrays_on/

TM8 Q: The most iconic mix of all time is:
A: "For me the most iconic mix ever has got to be Accelerationism’s (@ekkeltype & @mariusbo) @crudeberlin mix. I randomly chose it from the crude page when my bestie and I went back to my house after a party a few years ago. Sounds silly but it just sent us to another realm. its just such an emotional, gripping journey and I don’t think I’ve experienced something like it since. I often forget about it for months and then when I put it on it takes me right back to this beautiful moment with my one of my longest and most precious friends. I think anyone that’s seen those two play in a club or at a rave could agree with how special the atmosphere they create is."

​​Naarm-based disgrays is our guest on the podcast this week. Known for her sleek blends in techno, trance and psy, she neatly balances the soft and spiky elements of these genres and melds them together to form an intense, spine-tingling trip. disgrays makes music too, and she's released her frenetic psy-flecked sounds on labels like @irid1um, @nobordersmusic and @sunthoid, to name a few. On her TM8 mix, she builds a misty mood with hypnotic techno flavours before going full force into harsher textures — a possible hint of what's to come on disgrays' next project with us…coming soon.

Disgrays | TM8 #54

Josephine Voigt (@josephine-voigt)
she / her
📍: Berlin / Germany

IG: https://www.instagram.com/josi_voigt97/

TM8 Q: The genre you’d like to erase forever?
A: "If I could erase a genre, it would either be techno-trance pop-edits or neo-rave. I really don't like both of them and generally I'm not a big fan of that tiktok-techno stuff that got so big over the recent years."

Berlin-based, German-born artist Josephine Voigt delivers our first podcast of 2024. As a resident DJ for local collectives @hraberlin, @cumulonimbus-berlin and the Leipzig-based @exilkollektiv, Josephine has emerged as a DJ to watch in recent years. She never lingers long on any one sound and fuses several sub-genres into her sets, evoking visceral feels in clubs like OXI, Suicide Club, ://about blank and beyond. Right now, Josephine is into minimalistic, hypnotic soundscapes punctuated by percussive-organic rhythms and psy textures, as displayed in her TM8 mix. Expect a tense and moody journey into the murkier ends of electronic music.

♫: @vel_musique @gneske @naboklage @nigm-lau @hkkptr @fonzo-5 @e-file & more

Josephine Voigt | TM8 #55

ASIANGIRLSONLY  (@asiangirlsonly)
Thea (she / her) x Miriam (she / her) 
📍: Oslo / Norway

https://www.instagram.com/asiangirlsonly.mp3/

TM8 Q: Best thing about being a DJ duo? 
A: "The best thing about being a DJ duo, is always having double the trouble and double the fun.  Sharing the decks means doubling up on all of the hot stuff and experiences as DJs.  Plus, bonus perk: never having to worry about who's gonna hold the fort when nature calls during sets hehe."

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Step into the enchanted forests of Norway and find a few fairies lurking in the trees via our podcast from Oslo-based sister duo, asiangirlsonly. It’s an enticing mix of wavey trance, spirally motifs, swirling FX and potent drums, striking an otherworldly atmosphere. Coping with the ruthless northern winter, the pair find solace in fun and bouncy beats, warming the bones of themselves and Oslo’s underground scene. Having recently played with @crudeberlin in OHM, Berlin, expect to see and hear more from asiangirlsonly this year.

asiangirlsonly | TM8 #58

cunt remember (@cuntremember)
she / they / him
📍: Berlin / Germany

https://www.instagram.com/cxntremember.it/

TM8 Q: Biggest tip for an aspiring dj / producer is:
A: "you don’t need to follow every rule 
some are there to guide you 
some are there to be changed"

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Berlin-based artist cunt remember shares a psy-tinted blend of techno, trance, and experimental flavours on this week's podcast. Following a first-time set at Säule last year, the rising producer and DJ has had a busy start to 2024, playing in Den Ander Side, Fitzroy, OHM and next up, OXI. Releasing on our own imprint, tm8.club, and soon to release on @splinter-cell-unit, cunt remember's debut album 'Forest Schranz' on Magdalena's Apathy (@regrets_regrets) marks another pivotal point in the Argentinian artist's story. With a background in contemporary art, cunt remember is detail-focused and merges many disciplines, from art to music to fashion, and also curates the event series "Forever Unlimited".

cunt remember | TM8 #59

IRA (@ira444)
she / her
📍: Oslo / Norway

https://www.instagram.com/klubbsirena/

TM8 Q: How do you go about putting a mix together?
A: "I start creating my sets with an attitude, often visualised in similar colors and translated to feelings, that I want to explore based on the music Ive recently found. This attitude can be found in tracks that differ in their genre, but share similarities in texture and design.  A lot of tracks have elements from multiple genres, where the track can seem like minimal techno because of its arrangement, but the kick is mixed in a way that resembles tribe or gabber. I always struggle with choosing a genre for a set, but I find that I can still create a continuous story by taking an element from the current track and gluing it together with the next song through a similar element in the upcoming song. But in the end the most important way for me to work is intuitively, always being emotionally present and aware if the upcoming track is leading away or towards the core attitude of the set."

Oslo-based DJ and producer IRA delivers a psychedelic, warped-out mix brimming with other-worldly melodies, minimalistic harmonics and industrial soundscapes. Having started out a few years ago in the Oslo rave scene via Enter Tribe, she has since co-founded the club concept Sirena alongside artists Vilde Wahl and Samuel Feste. As a talented producer, IRA has released her dark and dreamy productions on labels like MUSA, Global Pace and In Orbit. We're so excited to add her to our own label later this year.

IRA | TM8 #60

Agata (@agata_k)
she / her
📍: Berlin / Germany

https://www.instagram.com/agat.a.music/

TM8 Q: Favourite club and why?
A: "I struggle to find the time for making music and going out as much as I used to, so these days I prefer to save my energy for special nights. However, if I had to choose, I would go for Säule (Berghain) due to its intimate size, carefully curated line-ups and atmosphere at Thursday events, and RSO for the sound system and wide variety of parties."

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Polish DJ and producer Agata shares a luminous mix to ease us into the week. Layered with trance-infused techno, psy and tek, the Berlin-based artist blends dreamy melodies, sturdy drums, rippling basslines and spacious sound design into one sleek package. Since her first EP, "Realign", which she self-released last year, Agata has contributed her enchanting tracks to labels like @deestricted, @nobordersmusic, @mmuussaa and our own label, tm8.club, where she delivered the club-cut track "Drip". Affiliated with Berlin-based @blvsh_collective, which supports *FLINTA artists in the local scene, you can find Agata playing at M01 on 13.04 for the BLVSH x EVOLVE showcase.

Agata | TM8 #61

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

NORA (@noraxd)
she / her
📍: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

https://www.instagram.com/nora______xd/

TM8 Q: If you had to invent a musical genre, what would it be?
A: "It's difficult to think of a new musical genre, but mine would certainly be something very percursive, with broken beats and accelerated! nothing stiff, I really like the swing we have in Brazil"

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DJ and producer NORA showcases the Brazilian sound with excellence. Established across the continent, NORA has played parties like Mamba Negra and ODD in São Paulo and KODE in Rio de Janeiro. She's also the founder of the party ARENA, which supports queer artists and has cultivated a loyal following in the Rio scene. Soon to embark on her second European tour, NORA has already taken her collection of techno, hard dance, breakcore and jungle to Tresor, C12, Club Rotesonne, and Kiosk Radio. NORA's EPs like 'Miss u Raving' and 'JUMP' are perfect examples of her fluidity as a producer, smoothly layering several genres, aptly reflected in her mix for us this week too.

NORA | TM8 #63

ciringe  (@ciringe)
they / them
📍: New York / United States

https://www.instagram.com/ccciringeee/

TM8 Q: What’s your favourite song lyric?
A: "“shawty’s like a melody in my head that I can’t get out got me singin’ like - na na na na everyday it’s like my ipod stuck on replay"

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Brooklyn-based DJ ciringe [pronounced syringe] drops in from New York this week with a witchy mix, evoking the atmosphere of a foggy forest rave via hypnotic melodies, punishing drums and swirly rhythms. Having played across Brooklyn in spaces like Nowadays, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Moodring, Market Hotel, Elsewhere, Trans-Pecos, and The End, they've also taken their sound to Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Boston, and Berlin. Catch ciringe's monthly show "injection" on Hong Kong Community Radio (HKCR), highlighting queer, trans, and BIPOC artists, showcasing a far-flung selection of genres.

tracks by @disgrays @lessdistress @djtrekk @astralbandit @solonyaa_so_n @plasmeed @floidsgravemade @alek-tzul @freeman-713 @clairesaccessories40k @santiagonech @rabiesxyz & more

ciringe  | TM8 #64

BOO (@boobub)
she / her
📍: London / UK

https://www.instagram.com/boo.bub/

TM8 Q: What’s your favourite post-rave snack?
A: "Haribo <3"

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Boo is our next talented guest on the podcast this week. Born and raised in Teesside, the producer, DJ, and founder of the record label and party series Ghetec has spent the last few years developing her distinct and emotive sound, infused with her own chopped vocals, ethereal atmospherics, and the yearning to discover a sense of sentient liberation through self-expression as per her mix for us. Forming a blueprint best described as "emotional body music", Boo has released on imprints like @amf_records, @mamatoldya, and her own label @ghetec-uk, in addition to playing clubs like fabric and Electric Brixton, and festivals Junction 2 and Madruga. Having previously curated a Boiler Room x Ghetec show, been named Next Wave future artist by BBC Radio 1's Jack Saunders, and this summer, won the opportunity to open Radio 1's Dance Weekend in Ibiza, it's safe to say that the future is looking bright for Boo. We're delighted to feature her in our mix series.

Boo  | TM8 #67

Vixen (@vixen_vex)
she / her
📍: Copenhagen / Denmark

https://www.instagram.com/vixen_vex/

TM8 Q: Favourite club and why?
A: "My all time favourite club is hands down Bassiani (Tbilisi, Georgia).It ticks all the boxes - insane space, pristine sound, and a passionate and dedicated community behind it. Bassiani has a point of view, and that’s what makes it special - you can feel that on every level - from the event curation, to the vibe on the dancefloor to the political activism they do outside the club. All the times I’ve played there I have wept actual tears while dancing."

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Bulgarian-born DJ and producer Vixen (she/her) shares an exceptional mix with us this week; it's one hour of music made exclusively by *FLINTA producers, expertly blended by the Copenhagen-based artist. Reflecting the visceral energy that permeates the Danish electronic scene, Vixen is a member of the DIY party collective @fastforwardproductions and a resident of queer sex-positive series @bedsideproductions. She has played in clubs and spaces across Europe and beyond, DJing in Berlin, Paris, London, and Tbilisi, to name a few. As a producer, Vixen released her debut EP "Hard Magick For Soft Souls" in 2021, and next up, she's prepping her second solo record on Schacke's label, @sacredinterface.

tracks by @roza-terenzi @maara @mabelmcvey @djhighfuture @katiaval @honeybbzz @cuntremember @@billiejo1 @anyunbi @desir-e-falessi & more

Vixen | TM8 #65

Less Distress (@lessdistress)
she / her
📍: Berlin / Germany

https://www.instagram.com/lessdistress

TM8 Q: If you had to choose a new DJ alias right now, what would it be & why?
A: "Dj Nevertheless - Since choosing Dj name years ago I’ve changed so much and this alias could capture the change. Nevertheless - “no matter what” - feels very me today. It also rhymes with the current one :)" 

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Berlin-based DJ and producer Less Distress debuts on our mix series, bringing with her an hour of galloping rhythms, psychedelic atmospheres and dreamy melodies with a metallic edge. With a sound that skips across several sonic palettes, the Russian-born artist has released on a wide range of established labels, including @mamatoldya, @positivesource, @akronymcollective, @inorbitrec, @rawppl and @coupprojekt amongst others. As a DJ, Less Distress has played in venues worldwide, from Fuse in Belgium to THEOFFICE in Armenia, and next up, you can find Less Distress in London in November for a party beginning with T and ending with E. We'll leave that for you to figure out…

tracks by @vel_musique @zoemcpherson @ennio @deeeeecent @viktor426 @jardinage_music @lorenzolacchesi & more

Less Distress | TM8 #66

nuir (@nui_r)
she / they
📍: Paris / FR

https://www.instagram.com/nui.r_/

TM8 Q: What would you say to your 80-year-old self?
A: "I hope you are not deaf :') Also I love you no matter what, even if you can't hear a thing <3"

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Paris-based Nuir shares a *FLINTA-only productions mix for us, neatly combining club-driven energy and introspective moods. Beginning with a beautiful, beatless intro, the DJ and producer takes us through murky soundscapes, lithe melodies, swirly polyrhythms and many more textures derived from IDM, electro, trance, UK bass and beyond. Having made their debut as a producer on Mama told ya, Nuir has continued to explore and experiment with their sound, as told through releases on Collective, Maison Close, Matière and Ghetec. Internationally established artists, including Francois X and Anetha, have played Nuir's music, further supporting an artist unafraid to fuse instruments, hardware, software, and their own vocals across their work.

tracks by @kolbrunklara @polygonia @alteregocleo @wasps-world @newa @eternalsh1ning @aadja @urtrax @anastasiakristensen @galyabisengalieva  & more

Nuir | TM8 #68

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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