@Perel-music records a mix of wavy nu disco, thumping house and Italo for the On Cue series

The NYC/Berlin-based DJ, producer and vocalist speaks to Katherine Rodgers about regaining her confidence after a debilitating label experience, and her bold and irreverent new album on @kompakt, ‘Jesus Was An Alien’

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/cue-perel

On Cue: Perel

Oct 2, 2024 - Ata DJ set for our RAVE STRIKES BACK night at Kassablanca in Jena. 2 hours of classic and current tracks. Lovely!

Ata from Frankfurt was our guest, who has been loyal to Kassablanca Jena for a very long time. In the mid-90s he was already present several times as a DJ at our (mid)weekly Gay-House-Nights. In 1993 he founded the labels Ongaku Musik, Klang Elektronik and Playhouse. This was later followed by gigs at Dorian Gray and Frankfurt's OMEN, before his own party series Wild Pitch Club was created under his wing in Frankfurt's nightlife. His musical focus crystallised very early on in his sets on HOUSE and to this day he works as ‘Hans Dampf in allen Gassen’ with full enthusiasm and constant commitment for Club Robert Johnson (@live-at-robert-johnson).

https://www.rave-strikes-back.de/?p=12513

Ata - Rave strikes back - Kassablanca Jena 2024

Ata - Rave Strikes Back - Kassablanca Jena 2024

DJ Hell x 8HOURS MIX (55 Anniversary Pimpernel , Munich)

Vibey live DJ set from UFC's Robbie Redway, featuring tracks by Paula Tape, Photay, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, Chirag Pehchan & Mangal Singh, K.O.G. and United Freedom Collective themselves @unitedfreedomcollective

United Freedom Collective In the Mix @Margate Arts Club

There's good, and then there's great. And then there's essential. Steve Bug and his Poker Flat label, which is over fifteen years old now, are perennials in house and techno. Bug, German by birth, attained this canonical status through the sheer will of groove and melody, and his debut MIXED BY makes it look easy.

"We never want to go with the next big thing. We don't want to try to impress people with the newest artists who are super-hyped," Bug told THUMP last year. "We'd rather release music that has a timeless feel to it, rather than whatever is hip right now."

Lucky for Bug, house and techno are probably more hip than they've ever been, and his academic understanding of the history of club culture gushes from the speakers with every kick.

The mix features Poker Flat artists like Tim Engelhardt, Joeski, and Bug himself, before dropping cuts from Seth Troxler, Ten Ven, and Poker Flat alumni Josh Wink. With thirteen tracks in one hour, it shows you don't need to set off fireworks every minute to keep the crowd moving.

"I want to make people happy with the music that I like," says Bug. "I'd rather drown in my own sound than survive by doing something I don't really feel."

01 Tim Engelhardt - Isa - Poker Flat Recordings
02 &lez - Resall - Visile Records
03 Maurice Aymard - Air (Pezzner’s Shallow Mix) - Galaktika Records
04 Steve Bug - Pants On Fire - Poker Flat Recordings
05 Ten Ven - When I Met You - Noir 
06 Atjazz - Fox Tooth - Local Talk
07 Joeski - Come On - Poker Flat Recordings
08 And ID - Live Life - Mobilee
09 Seth Troxler - CZ - Tuskegee 
10 Josh Wink - Denial (Tweak Dub) - Ovum
11 Hyenah - Tale From The Dirt feat Aquarius Heaven - Freerange
12 Oxia - Just More - Saved

MIXED BY Steve Bug

Technically, this set wasn't perfect, but the vibe during this gig was!
Thank you, ost:end, and thank you to the open-minded people of Leipzig who embraced my set and danced their hearts out.
I had the honor of closing out the party — the vibe was wild and beautiful. The music leading up to my set had been happy, uplifting, diverse, playful, and accessible.
That made it even more incredible how open the crowd was, and that we were able to dive deep together into the realms of hypnotic techno. I got to play exactly the sound I’m absolutely passionate about.
At 1:38, I honestly got goosebumps — I love that drop so much.

greatful. <3

ost:end Leipzig / 250712

PREMIERE: Betsu - 99 Doors [HTK003]

2nd and last part of the night at Pickle Factory.

John Talabot @ Pickle Factory (14-5-2017, London)Pt. 2

Tracklist

Pinetop Seven - the fear of being found
Cosmic Metal Mother - rat's poem
Jamie Woon - nightair/Ramdanman refix
Sons of Noel & Adrian - the wreck is not a boat/M's edit
Larry Heard - dew drops
John Roberts - lesser
MasKine - d
Krl - i wanna be with u
Black Rascals - blaze theme track
Frank Rodgers - re-birth
Christopher Rau - soulful
Falk Götz - 5
Lawrence - dwelling on the dunes
Everything02 - tribute
Florence & the Machine - rabbit heart/Leo Zero rmx
Shed - increase that
2 Trax - track it
Ability II - pressure dub
Microworld - ism
Midlake - roscoe/Beyond The Lizard Sleeve re:animation


KANNPOD02 - MAP.ACHE - BOAT OR WRECK

CENTER YOURSELF is a podcast series curated by Robert Johnson. Each episode is created by one of our regulars—some are made for this occasion and some are hand-picked from the club's own archive.

The live recording was originally featured in a Robert Johnson CD flyer series in 2003.