Falling In Love

No Way Back, let me set the scene. It’s 6AM and 66 degrees. The dance floor is packed, it's sweaty inside, and it’s about to storm outside again. Derek Plaslaiko is taking over the decks from BMG, getting ready to take the crowd on a journey through his mind — the mind of a rock & roller that’s itching to take the party to the next level. It’s No Way Back on May 26, 2024, Day 2 of Return to the Source at Tangent, in Detroit. Witness the pure insanity as Derek indulges the crowd with a no holds barred onslaught of pure party jams. This is what we experienced. 

Tracklist:
Twin Hype – Do It to the Crowd	
Mellow Man Ace – Rhyme Fighter	
Dino Lenny – Did This	
Hezziane – Acid Fux	
Paranoid London – PL Off The Groove	
Company B – Fascinated (12'' Version)	
Torrfisk – Daft Acid	
Adryiano – PL303 STYLE	
Hezziane – Vrr-T-Go	
Evil Acid Baron – Neverending Acid	
Steve Poindexter – Born to Freak	
Jerome Hill – Transmissions	
Mike Dunn – Snare Your Ass Off (PEPER IN JE REET edit)	
Paranoid London – Fuse	
Свит Бои – Fu	
Pervocet – Phazy Susan	
Dwarf – Percussion Electrique	
SEDVS – Nightporter	
Remote Intelligence – Data Thief (The Mission)	
Doctor Jeep – Cyber Funk	
Olin, Bowlcut, Alex – Just Visiting (Super Rough Master)	
DJ Dotcom – Donkey Punch	
Jacob Korn & Sneaker – Heteronomous
Lemon 8 – Model 8 (Remix)

IT Podcast

IT.podcast.s13e03: Derek Plaslaiko at No Way Back 2024

A rare club mix from the ever-evolving artist, with 90 minutes of shadowy, atmospheric pressure.

Music's therapeutic value is often linked to relaxation—gongs, singing bowls and the like. Dense passages of foggy droning and eerie static aren't traditionally considered restorative, but Laurel Halo makes a pretty good case for it.

The Detroit-born, Los Angeles-based musician's abstract, often improvised productions are heavy on sound design and emotional climax. Driven by atmosphere rather than rhythm, they push listeners to grapple with their innermost insecurities, fears and dreams. "I'm lucky my music has helped people through crises," Halo once told Discwoman. It's easy to see why.

Since her 2010 debut King Felix, Halo has built a stunningly diverse catalogue of classically-informed records. A multi-instrumentalist—piano, violin, guitar, keys—her sharpest instrument is arrangement. Inspired by the surrealism of Italo Calvino and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, her releases, from Atlas to Behind The Green Door, unfold with slow-burning narrative and dense emotional weight. Her soundworlds are layered and labyrinthine—an architectonic space where self-reflection happens almost by force.

Even in the club, the sought-after composer excels in immersion. Her sets extend the expressionist palette of her records, trading traditional rhythm for tension, space and surprise. It’s no wonder she takes a genre-agnostic approach to the dance floor—her deep roots in freeform radio began at WCBN-FM in Michigan, followed by Berlin Community Radio, Rinse FM, and now a regular show on NTS.

RA.992 stitches foggy ambient loops, propulsive techno, mutant percussion and heady left turns with care. Tracks from DJ Rush, Octave One and Eddie Fowlkes nod to her Midwestern heritage, balanced out by deeper, psychedelic fare from the likes of Polygonia and Cousin. It's the mark of an artist revealing both deep curiosity and a precise hand as a selector. Rare, indeed.

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Find the full interview at ra.co/podcast/992

RA.992 Laurel Halo

RRFM • Radio Drama w/ Vince Watson • 19-06-2025

Ahead of MERGE's PRIDE Weekender, Resident Ne/Re/A plays alongside party regular Phase Fatale.

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MERGE (Phase Fatale b2b Ne/Re/A) @ The Lot Radio 06-26-2025

Recorded at SOUNDIT Plaza in Barcelona on 5 April 2025.

“IF THIS ISNT RA MIX OF THE DAY WE’LL STOP PRESSING PLAY 🤪"

Blasha b2b Allatt b2b Steffi b2b Virginia @ SOUNDIT Plaza (Barcelona)

deep techno bliss 

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the space between spaces with ron like hell and Antenes @ The Lot Radio 07-08-2025

Live recorded on 3 turntables, vinyl only.

B2B with Helena Hauff Live at Trädgården, Stockholm

The Bunker Podcast 235 comes from @erikluebs. This is a live set recorded in Milan on March 28 at the party Acquario.

Erik Luebs is a US-born musician and sound designer based in Japan. Eschewing typical genre tropes, Luebs approaches techno with a playfully disruptive technique, reinterpreting the fundamentals using built-from-scratch patches and labyrinthine sequencing. While the labor-intensive process is inspired by a wide range of luminaries such as Mark Fell and Rrose, the resulting music is firmly tied to the dance floor.

Luebs released an EP on The Bunker back in 2021, and has since released on DJ Nobu’s Bitta label (@djnobu_bitta), and @nousklaeraudio. He also has an upcoming release on the legendary @kompakt imprint.

Erik will be playing an ambisonic surround sound set for a horizontal audience at Going In at Reforestor’s Laboratory in Brooklyn this Friday, and an extended sunrise dancefloor set at The Bunker’s takeover of @nowadaysnyc Nonstop on Sunday morning.

MERGE (Phase Fatale b2b Ne/Re/A) @ The Lot Radio 06-26-2025

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