Interlude

Eyes wide, fixated on the ceiling, she tried to keep herself from drifting off, pinching herself each time she felt her eyes droop. For the past few weeks the same thoughts had been creeping into her dreams, turning them into dark twisted nightmares that felt inescapable. Her solution was to stay awake and avoid the inevitable, but there was only so long she could force her eyes to stay open.

Wake Dream - a new label run by Orpheu The Wizard - enters into the world with an inaugural outing from Amsterdam/Tallinn-based Ruutu Poiss. Following previous releases for labels like Levels, International Major Label and Rets Records, he presents an untitled 3-track EP as a prelude to his first long player which is set for release later this summer. The exclusive tracks only available as a pre-release give us a window into Ruutu's tastes for futuristic machine funk and hypnotic abstract electronics.

PREMIERE: Ruutu Poiss - Untitled A1 [Wake Dream]

Coming in with Mantissa mix number 169 is Reece Walker, a.k.a Carmel. The Aussie native now residing in Leipzig is the brain and brawn behind bubbling label R.A.N.D Muzik Recordings. 

A wonderful blend of deep and dear house, melodies and memories throughout, Reece’s mix he describes as almost in ‘two parts’, a progression from ‘house to Detrotier stuff’.

https://soundcloud.com/reece-walker

Mantissa Mix 169: Carmel (R.A.N.D. Muzik)

Tel-Aviv's finest dj hovering like an ancient dragon and tells a story from the tribes.

Bazaar 34 || Galo

For anyone who's caught a Tony Neptune set, either online or offline, you'll know the Leeds DJ, producer and Dimensions DJ Directory member doesn't do things in half measures. 

As both Tony and his other alias Yuri - a tip of the hat to Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space - he's no stranger to 6-hour long mixes, sometimes immortalised in his lengthy back-to-backs with fellow Leeds DJ Mark 'Turbo' Turner. 

Last month he shared his first productions with the world; a debut EP titled Reflections on a Daring Escape that moves through emotive electro and further serves as a vehicle for Neptune to tell a story for the senses, by combining his own visual paintings with the music. 

In typical fashion for his Shine A Light On mix he delivers a live recording from his three hour set at Gut Level, a party in Sheffield, just before lockdown commenced. A journey through everything from oddball wave to slow industrial, EBM, new wave and electro, the mix picks up the pace continuing to build until its climax...

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Tony Neptune: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

Warm welcome to our new contributor/resident Pépé Del Noche with his monthly show: ‘Music For Boring Monday’. Pepe del Noche has been in the forefront of the electronic music scene since the early 90s. He is running since 2017 a monthly show on Rinse Fm called « l’Acid Rendez-Vous » and hosts party events with the same name. Since 2019 he has been the artistic director of Champs libres Festival, in Ardèche south of France.

Music For Boring Monday w. Pépé Del Noche  [08.09.2020]

Marlene Stark b2b w Neu Verboten 
https://soundcloud.com/neuverboten
for Noods Radio 
https://soundcloud.com/noodsradio

Noods Radio - Marlene Stark w/ Neu Verboten - 14.10.20

https://www.patreon.com/n10as

made live with youtube and some electribe jams and of course the EMX itself, its like an hour long song!

Zen At Ten w/ EMX

@e_talking 's vast knowledge of music and class-A guests enable him to deliver a show covering a wide range of genres, from his trusted techno tracks to 90s breakbeat, bass, jungle, trap, electro, trance, acid and more.

Catch E-Talking every 1st Friday of the month, from 22h to 00h [CET] on rinse.fr

Rinse France Podcast

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E-Talking : Best of 2020 - 1er Janvier 2021

@laxxiste
Aired on @threadsradio - 05/01/2021

Home (Switzerland) x Musée de La Poste (Paris)

Dj F16 Falcon takes us under his wing and flies over sluggish and dub dance archives. Undo Music’s founder starts the new year with a lustful tribute to never ending afters. Then, no slacking with Dj Laxxiste A.! The Geneva’s dj & producer explores club music diversity at the speed of sound.

Tdt #9 - Dj Laxxiste A.

Bizarro Blends 79 // Huge Jackman

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