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Next up in our mix-series is the Tokyo-based DJ and promoter, DJ MARIA., a rising star in the psychedelic realms of techno and trance. With her deep, rolling signature sound, Maria is spellbinding dancefloors all the way from the depths of Japanese forest parties, to dark dancefloors in the likes of Berghain and Bassiani. Maria is a true contributor to the local scene, co-organizing two outdoor festivals, Moment and Transcendance.

In this mix she amplifies a swirling deep trip with intense, evocative sounds and captivating 4/4 rhythms. The mix invites to a jungle-like musical fantasy, focusing on psychedelic techno, drawing a line between acid and trance, with a sensitive energy control.

@djmaria-jp

Ute Mix Series #69 | DJ MARIA.

"This mix is a crystalization of many of the experiences that I had in 2023 experiences DJing, dancing, listening, and living. 
I also kept in mind my upcoming performance at Acquario in January when making the mix. 

2023 is coming to an end and 2024 is just beginning, giving me the feeling that each year like a circle that comes around and around again. However, even though we may find ourselves back where we started, there are always many journeys and experiences in between these points - this idea is also something I have tried to incorporate in this mix. See you again on the next trip around the sun."

INVEINS x Mostra \ Podcast \ Dj MARIA.

Dasha Rush b2b Jakojako at Draaimolen Festival 2024

For our 450th episode milestone we’re thrilled to welcome back Italian maestro Luigi Tozzi to our series.

Here he delivers a trademark atmospheric journey seamlessly blended to close out 2024.

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MNMT 450 : Luigi Tozzi

Unhinged and relentless hardgroove. Listen back to LB AKA LABAT, live at Paradise City 2024 ⚡️

One hundred minutes of high-energy house and techno, recorded at Paradise City’s Orbit Stage on Sunday June 30.

Stages like our Orbit Stage were specifically designed for artists like LB AKA LABAT. Thunderous basslines and slapping kicks hit differently when the crowd surrounds the DJ booth. The Parisian maestro did not disappoint, unleashing a frenzy of hardgroove and techno that echoed in our minds long after the summer.

The full set is available to relisten here on our Soundcloud page.

LB aka LABAT live at Orbit Stage, Paradise City  2024

There’s a rhythm to how the festival unfolds. Thursday opens slowly, almost like a breath in. By Friday night, the pulse is stronger, but not too heavy. Monument festival had settled into its rhythm, and Kia and Polygonia stepped into the wooden dj-booth together.

The forest floor was vibrating, the crowd fully present. Their set matched the moment—playful, warm, and alive. It felt like Friday was always meant to sound like this. Varden became their playground.

This was more than a strong back-to-back. Two years earlier, they met here, both playing solo, both part of the Monument line-up for the first time. This night marked an anniversary of their friendship. From solo artists to close friends, now creating something special together.

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https://soundcloud.com/polygonia
https://www.instagram.com/_polygonia_/


Monument Festival 2024 : Kia b2b Polygonia

@fadimohem is right at the heart of contemporary techno. He brings his own twist on the classic sound - deep, rhythmic and atmospheric. He's a Berghain resident whose first contact with the genre came at the hallowed club, and since then, he has blazed his own trail on the most influential labels in the scene, including his own Mohem imprint. This year, he plays twice at Dekmantel Festival, once as part of WSNWG Live and once on the Radar stage.

Ahead of that, he has put together an exclusive one-hour live set comprised only of unreleased music. It's a masterclass in control that embodies just what you get from Fadi in the club: deep techno planted firmly on the floor but always going somewhere. As dubbed out low ends, glitchy textures and more tripped out melodies come and go, the tension ramps up while both body and mind stay locked.

Dekmantel Mix 491 - Fadi Mohem

When OK EG enters Varden it’s 8:30PM on Sunday. It’s been a slow and steady build during the day, much slower than the day before, people have been given time to rest properly from a late night on Saturday. This is the journey. The ebb and flow of the forest. It’s their job to get the crowd going for the last couple of interval sprints. They are well rested and ready.

OK EG’s expansive sound is deep and diverse. Their compositions display a range that shifts between delicate, textural soundscapes, and spiralling, mesmerizing, mind-trip techno.

They first went to Monument festival in 2024, taking a break from a residency at EMS in Stockholm to spend a weekend in the forest. They brought a field recorder with them and spent time on the riverbank recording the sound of stones and water.

And listen to this level of dedication; while preparing for their live set in 2025, they used those recordings to write a closing track called Monument Stone. This is what they said about it. ”In the moment of performing it at the festival, we felt that everything came together. The crowd, the music and the site connected and it happened just as we’d imagined it.”

During their set day turns to dusk. We transition together, ready for the night - the sound, nature, forest and lights. Hand in hand. 

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Monument Festival 2025 : OK EG (live)

@noname_community 2025❤️
Mastering - Daniel[i]

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