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14.7 Servito mixes /

30 years of Fuse means 30 years of road paving. 

In over a quarter century, Fuse has stood the test of time by rooting itself in ageless music and employing pioneering artists - large or small, international or local - to command the decks of Belgium’s longest running dance floor. A celebration of this legacy and the renewed imprint is in order, coming in the form of a 30 track compilation of techno’s best and brightest from around the world. One track for one year, this collection of recordings highlights the status quo of enduring club music, beginning with a nod to the past: a re-release of Jeff Mills iconic ‘Step to Enchantment’ from 1993. This glance to the past quickly shoots us forward into the current state of techno with legendary artists like Planetary Assault Systems, DVS1, Steffi, Rødhåd, Donato Dozzy, DJ Nobu and many others who headlined the club in recent years. Cementing itself as a respected escapist institution, Fuse also calls on its growing local scene to prove why Brussels continues to remain a reference in the scene even outside of its own borders. 

An ode to the past and a hint to the future, Fuse shares this milestone with its original guests from 1994 all the way to its fresh party goers of the past years as a promise to keep its dance floor focused on quality music and timeless moments. 

A1. Jeff Mills - Step To Enchantment
A2. The Advent - Quadrant One One Two
B1. James Ruskin - Alfa Lift
B2. Ben Sims - Light The Fuse (Firecracker Mix)
C1. Planetary Assault Systems - Catch 23
C2. Setaoc Mass - Fire In Sand
D1. Steffi	- Heavy Knock
D2. Rødhad - Fever FM
E1. Rebecca Delle Pianne - Sharp Taint
E2. Phara - Sorry, I Overslept
F1. Adriana Lopez - Broken
F2. Oscar Mulero - RB208
G1. DJ Nobu - SG 108
G2. Donato Dozzy	- Purificazione
H1. DVS1	- Escape
H2. Nihad Tule - Self Supply
I1. Altinbas - Unit 2
I2. GiGi FM - U8
I3. Border One - Resonant Shape
J1. Deniro - Esuf
J2. Kr!z - Step Into Tomorrow
K1. Kerrie - Cyclone101
K2. Downside - Cosmos In Motion
K3. Matrixxman - Boss Loop V69
L1. Yanamaste - Swing
L2. Initial Code - Orange Sofa
M1. Stephanie Sykes - Tic Tac Hoe
M2. JakoJako	- Diazed
N1. Voiski - Look In, Look Out
N2. Arthur Robert - Lightspeed

Mastering by Ahmet Altinbas
Except for Steffi - Heavy Knock, mastered by Nikolaj.
Artwork & layout by Studio Phazed

30YRS Fuse • Compilation

BCCO Podcast 380 is very special one. Today we are honoured to have electronic music pioneer Steve Rachmad aka STERAC with us with a two-hour set that was recorded live for promoter 01366 at the White Hotel in Manchester, UK.

Steve has used a range of aliases over his career reflecting his diverse outputs covering dub, disco and house. But STERAC’s focus has always been on the no-nonsense, darker, and deeper side of techno and this set is no exception to that.

We hope and expect you will love this set just as much as we did.

@steverachmad

BCCO Mix Series 380: Sterac

From London’s inner suburbs comes this next guest, a through and through veteran of UK techno whose touch has left a lasting mark on the world around him. Steve Bicknell’s early days were spent in the intoxicating worlds of dub, reggae, acid, DIY warehouse parties and pirate radio, an auspicious mix of references that would inspire him to make music of his own. After a string of residencies at the UK’s then most influential parties, he launched his own series with creative collaborator Sheree Rashit: LOST. These legendary gatherings brought together names like Plaid, Jeff Mills, Juan Atkins, Robert Leiner, Basic Channel, and a wider array of future techno hegemons. This was swiftly succeeded with the duo’s launch of imprint Cosmic Records, whose triumph went on to spawn another three successors: LOST (early provider of Bicknell’s dancefloor sounds), Clubtracks (for Chicago-leaning fare) and ID(entity) (a channel for the work of well established music-makers who wanted to release under a secret alias). A nine-year pause in productions came to a halt in the mid 2010s with Steve’s most recent label, 6dimensions, an exploration in sound and the whole spectrum of human emotion. Finally, 2017 saw Steve team up with Luke Slater and David Sumner under the LSD sobriquet, a force for the creation of ‘lysergic machine music’, heavily danceable stuff (just ask ADE, Dekmantel, Awakenings). With a story as full and enduring as Steve’s there’s much to pull from, and only experience in the flesh could attest to the depth and scope of his musical evolution, but it’s clear that the voice he has honed has only become louder and more refined. It’s a techno that’s fully embodied, a blistering percussive barrage that invokes something profoundly human and fundamental. Bassiani Podcast 217 is just a taste of what Steve has to offer, a window onto a world of sound he’s meticulously crafted for over three decades: masterfully layered and piercing sounds that shimmer and relentlessly rise in lockstep with a formidable 4/4 beat.

@steve-bicknell

Bassiani invites Steve Bicknell / Podcast #217

Adrian Sandoval has been one of the most prolific producers and DJs since the early days of techno with his moniker Developer. Hailing from Los Angeles, he gained notoriety with his residency on radio station 88.7FM kspc. He later become the import and export manager for the first dedicated techno distribution company on the west coast, « Entity Music Distribution ».

Vault Sessions #202 - Developer

Bergsonist is a multi-disciplinary artist from Morocco based in NYC. Her brilliant work in music and community building can be found through her bandcamp and her important project "pick up the flow". 
This is Bergsonist's live set at Disco Tehran. We hope you share and enjoy!

Bergsonist at Disco Tehran

A true pioneer of the techno scene, Italian DJ and producer Gaetano Parisio needs no introduction but we'll just underline that since his first steps in the then-burgenoning electronic world back in 1992, his influence on the sound hasn't flinched one bit. Responsible for countless seminal releases on the likes of Primate, Zenit, Mosaic, his own structures Conform, ART and Southsoul and a myriad more, Gaetano has been pushing techno in new directions with ultimate drive and devotion to duty. Clocking in with a two-hour trip into his boundary-pushing headspace, the Neapolitan maestro treats us to a wild ride of trampling uptempo funk, sci-fi-indebted flights and further alien-engineered heaters. The forward-looking power of rave in its purest expression.

soundcloud.com/gaetano-parisio

Reclaim Your City 

Reclaim Your City 598 | Gaetano Parisio

A major thank you to everyone for making this year’s Coloring Lessons Juneteenth Block Party so special! From the DJs to the dancers, with everything from dominos to double dutch— what a beautiful way to celebrate! The recordings from this joyous occasion are now available to playback on YouTube and SoundCloud ❤️🖤💚

Coloring Lessons Juneteenth Block Party: Kilopatrah Jones

Coloring Lessons Juneteenth Block Party: Lovie

Coloring Lessons Juneteenth Block Party: Ron Trent

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.Freq with Love Letters and Mike Servito @ The Lot Radio 07-02-2024

I have never shared an NYC Downlow recording before but fuck it...the Torys are out and it might be nice to have something to dance around the kitchen to...biggup my partner in Block9 Steve Gallagher and all Block9 family for making the whole thing possible...Biggup Rush Davis from The House Of Xtravaganza for the impromptu live PA.

GIDEÖN Live at The NYC Downlow 2024

The Bunker Podcast 100 is a collaboration between Derek Plaslaiko and Mike Servito, recorded live at The Bunker Limited at Trans Pecos on July 3, 2015, 11:59pm to 9:00am.  This is part 3 of 3, full file downloadable at: http://thebunkerny.com/podcasts/100-derek-plaslaiko-mike-servito

The Bunker Podcast 100, part 3: Derek Plaslaiko & Mike Servito

Recording of our weekly Dekmantel Radio show at @redlightradio.

First hour: Suzanne Kraft
Second hour: Mike Servito

Dekmantel Radio w/ Mike Servito & Suzanne Kraft (15/04/2016)

Mike Servito at Underground Stage - 05.28.2005

Recording of Mike Servito's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2016.

All info on the 2017 edition to be found here: www.dekmantelselectors.com