The 2024 Review has landed with MDC's @myles-mac blending up some the tastiest treats from the year that was.

Tracklist:

C.K - We Share The Skies // PRS
AV Moves & Alex Ho - Perennials // Public Possession
naemi - Couch Angel w/ Arad Acid & Huerco S. // 3XL
Pleasure Planet - Alien (Alex Kassian's Sphinx Gate Mix) // SELF:TIMER
DJ Relax - Anti Free Flowing Anxiety // Speed Dial
Mosam Howieson - Ether // Semantica
OP BOOMBOX - Mystery Bay // Serenity Now
Alex Kassian - A Reference To E2-E4 By Manuel Göttsching // Test Pressing
Picasso - Sub Rosa [l.o.v.e] // Tackle Audio
Jamma-Dee - On & On // Public Possession
Patrick Holland - S Mobile // Verdicchio Music Publishing
BùLù - Senegalese-Sharpshooter (Original Mix) // Nummer Music
Mayurashka - 12:00 P.M. // Serenity Now
Cousin - ~O.V.O~ // Self Released
Huerta - Cool Frijoles ft. CJ // Leizure
DJ SWISHA - WEIRDO BEHAVIOR // Self Released
Julie Marghilano - All I Need // RAWAX
DJ Pipe - Deeper Strainz // Global North
Shinichi Atobe - Dub 6(six) // DDS
Picture - Sea // Help Recordings
Retza - Solum Silvus // Looking For Life
Fantastic Man - Warm Waters // Axis of People
DOC 'N' P1LL - Fastforward // Serenity Now
Opal Sunn - Elastic - Phase I // Test Pressing
Avalon Emerson - A Dam Will Always Divide (Lew E Asks the Dust Remix) // Another Dove

MDC 2024 Review

‘For home use only’ is an anti-club social, a chance to get to know someone/something. A series of transmissions purely dedicated to exploring the other side.

The train is well and truly back on the rails, so let’s keep the energy rolling and treat those ears to a dose of pure sonic liberation. This brain-bending, neck-snapping, foot-burning mix comes courtesy of local legend Walter Majik, aka Jimmy Pham.

A masterful curation of all things mystical, this is a downtempo odyssey and an electrifying ride for the listener. Spanning every known dimension and beyond, this three-hour voyage elevates you into a higher state of consciousness, weaving together deep cuts from across the ages. Expect the finest in street soul, visionary alt-pop gems, 8-bit psychedelia, couch-core oddities, and so much more. It’s all about the journey—where you’ll end up is anyone’s guess.

This is Cafe-del-MORE!

Tune in, Drop out.

his sounds >>>> https://soundcloud.com/waxflowerbar

FHUO # 96 // Walter Majik

Head of Furthur Electronix and a man with a collection that spans the entirety of the dance music landscape, UK digger extraordinaire Anil treats us to this unique downtempo trip.

https://www.instagram.com/furthurelectronix
https://m.soundcloud.com/furthur_elect0nix

Anil

The People In The Fog is a moniker of DJ Sodeyama. He has been a stalwart of the Tokyo underground for nearly three decades, cutting his teeth in the 90's and retaining a key presence at the forefront of Japan's house music scene.

Over the years he has released a sprawling array of music under a few monikers on the likes of Zenit, Rekids, Quartz and трип. However most recently he has been operating under the guise of The People In The Fog which has afforded him the chance to dig deeper into his sound channeling elements of funk, downtempo and the dubbier undertones of house.

He has released this material on Japanese record label Sound Of Vast and for dj's in the know those records have become a 'buy on sight' scenario.

This mix showcases versatility and class. Tight blends, excellent, deep thoughtful selections.

The People In The Fog: The Altered Currents Ransom Note Mix

Trushmix 241 presents Darcy Mahady the avid record collector and DJ originally from Australia now a resident of Berlin. A now decade long foray into the world of DJing has seen Darcy share music all over the world. Calling Berlin home since 2022, he can equally be found taking care of music in one of the city’s smoked out dive bars, helping host weekly coppi sessions or throwing parties under the lately banner.

For Trush he made a 1 hour and 38 minutes mix of house music with a touch of electro and some elements of Italo in the mix! Deep moods and grooves some UK, NY and Detroit classic rollin' it hard! Mix it mix it flix it flix it!

Music from the top!
Enjoy the mix!


Trushmix 241 - Darcy Mahady

Next up for Viscera 133, we're delighted to welcome our very good pal Rosie Ama to the series!

"London-based DJ, radio host and label owner Rosie Ama operates in the outer fringes of dance music, slinging her sleazy cocktail of low-slung chuggers, leftfield house and synth-driven grooves in basements, bars, fields and clubs across the UK and beyond.

Having cut her teeth as a writer and editor for online music platforms Stamp The Wax and Ransom Note, Rosie went on to form Kiara Scuro in 2016 with her friend Nadia - a DJ and production duo with releases for the likes of fabric originals, Ritmo Fatale and Faux Poly, as well as long-standing radio residencies on Rinse FM and Balamii Radio.

After a decade together, Rosie has now turned her focus to her solo project and the trippy sonics that first ignited her passion for DJing, and continue to guide the output of her record label, Human Endeavour. Home to artists like Anastasia Zems, Justine Forever, Nandele, Medicine 8 and Thomass Jackson. 

As another outlet to share her musical discoveries, Rosie hosts a bi-monthly radio show on Bristol’s Noods Radio called Melodic Odds, which showcases the music she listens to away from the club."

For today’s mix, we’ve got a recording from Rosie’s warm up set for Optimo at Phonox, recorded on the 21st June 2025. A proper journey through the sounds she’s best known for.

Keep it locked and enjoy! 

@rosie-ama-cain

Photo Credit - Nick George

Rosie Ama [Live at Phonox] | 133

2025年7月22日 19:30-21:00 JST 

Manfredas


#electronic #leftfield

R 303 Radioとruralのコラボレーション企画として、rural 2025へ出演するアーティストを中心としたプログラムがフェスティバル前後に配信が決定。
世界を舞台に活躍し、本祭でも個性あふれるパフォーマンスを届けてくれるであろうアーティストたちが、R 303 Radioスタジオから違った側面のセットを披露してくれます。
Ginger Coven、またソロとしても出演するErikaとResomがShowgawin名義での出演をはじめとして、様々なアーティストによる特別な公演をお楽しみください。

As part of a collaboration between R 303 Radio and rural, a programme centred on artists appearing at rural 2025 will be broadcast before and after the festival.
Artists who are active on the world stage and are sure to deliver unique performances at the festival will reveal a different side of themselves from the R 303 Radio studio.
Featuring Ginger Coven, as well as Erika and Resom performing under the name Showgawin, and various other artists, enjoy these special performances.



Room 303 ・三○三号室 
https://instagram.com/room303radio

@ WPÜ HOTEL SHINJUKU 
https://www.instagram.com/wpu_shinjuku

Manfredas ｜2025年7月22日｜#electronic #leftfield

Our tenth installment of the podcast was an unforeseen and unplanned one. Often, the unforeseen, unexpected, and unplanned are unsettling, but in this case, they brought an unbelievable musical journey. We want to welcome Manfredas from our 10th installment. A bespoke selector with a musical knowledge that would fill several musical libraries, he kindly extended his Saigonese soiree and filled our Sunday session with great joy. Expect a mix that meanders, accelerates, and wanes, all over the course of 90 minutes. An unimaginable journey between genres, tempos, musical styles, and directions, showcasing the versatility of Manfredas.

Manfredas - NLDMIX 010

The German minimal DJ returns to the spotlight with two hours of artfully subtle house and techno.

There's an old German proverb that goes "Der stete Tropfen höhlt den Stein." Literally, it means a constant dripping wears away the stone, but the point isn't about force but patience: slow, steady repetition can leave the deepest mark. It's an apt metaphor for the career of Kosta Athanassiadis, better known as XDB.

Active since the early '90s, first as a DJ and then producer by the decade's end, Athanassiadis has built a career less on hype than persistence. His catalogue spans labels like Dial, Metrolux and Echocord, alongside a steady trickle of EPs and remixes that have quietly cemented his reputation as one of minimal house and techno's undersung heroes.

That patience carries into his sound and production ethos. Where many of his peers embraced software upgrades and new workflows, Athanassiadis has long stuck to Cubase, a handful of trusty instruments and 30-year-old speakers he claims to have run "hundreds of thousands of tunes" through. He also still prefers to use inexpensive, straightforward gear—what matters, he insists, is not the tools but the feel. The result is a sound that’s stripped back, direct and enduring.

Lately, Athanassiadis has found himself back in focus. With minimal enjoying fresh attention, his calendar has filled, and with it a run of back-to-back sets—most often alongside PLO Man, a regular sparring partner this year. True to form, though, you won't find that his style has changed much. Over 30 years after his first gig, you can rest assured you'll still find him playing with patience, carving out long arcs rather than sharp peaks.

His RA Mix captures him in a reflective mood. Running just over two hours, RA.1003 is a hushed yet absorbing affair, moving seamlessly from the delicate atmospherics of Valentino Mora and Caldera to the machine funk of Robert Hood, Solid Gold Playaz and Marcellus Pittman. There are left turns folded into XDB's patient narrative arc, too: John Carpenter's brooding scores here, DJ Sprinkles' melancholic work with Will Long on "Acid Trax N (Acid Dog)" there.

It's the sound of a DJ who has been quietly chiseling away for three decades, and who understands the value of persistence as much as restraint.

@xdb

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1021

RA.1003 XDB

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