LIVE: A live-only electronics podcast by Beautiful Machines

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En el booth es característico escuchar sonidos profundos, atmosféricos y con texturas, que adentra a un viaje con ecos futuristas e hipnóticos envolviendo la pista en un espacio.

Dj y productor en formación radicado en Boyacá, con trayectoria de 6 años, especializado en la curva del deep y el hypnotic. Ha compartido booth junto a Anthony Linell, Amotik, EXOS, Jonass Kopp, Steve Bicknell, Ricardo Garduno, Xhei, también participando en festivales como lo son: Vtopia, Neutrum Festival, Black Dance Bogotá.

ARTIST Links:
IG: @ernie.frequency
SC: @ernie-emusic

Contact us, if you want to share your music:
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ERNIE - AXTTRAL SERIES 257

LIVE: A live-only electronics podcast by Beautiful Machines

LIVE001 features the live debut of Delta Division, recorded at the BM showcase Giri in Berlin on 11.06.25. 

The new alias of Giordano, co-founder of Fear_of_silence and previously known for immersive releases on Answer Code Request, Voitax, and beyond, makes its live debut with a set that blurs memory and imagination.

Set up used: Allen & Heath ZED-14, Octatrack, Analog Rhythm, Strymon Night Sky, Strymon El Capistan, Ableton Push. 

Delta Division:
@deltadivisionmusic
instagram.com/delta__division/ 

Beautiful Machines:
instagram.com/beautiful.machines_/ 

LIVE001: Delta Division

LIVE: A live-only electronics podcast by Beautiful Machines

LIVE002 features Tomas Crow, recorded at the BM showcase in London on 08.06.25.

Tomas Crow, an Argentinian-born, London-based multi-instrumentalist and Grammy-winning producer, is known for his boundary-blurring solo work and immersive live performances. In this set, he draws on an impressive rig of modular synths, pedals, and his trusty MS-20 to craft an epic sonic journey - perfectly suited to the smoky Hackney basement where it unfolded.

Setup: Korg Ms20, Modular (Plaits, Rings, Doepfer A124, Make Noise QPAS, Abstract Data ADE 32, WMD Fracture), Pedals (Hologram Microcosm, Roland Space Echo, HA Cannyon, HA Organ Machine), Keystep Pro.

Tomas Crow:
@tomas-crow
https://www.instagram.com/crow.tomas/

Beautiful Machines:
instagram.com/beautiful.machines_/

LIVE002: Tomas Crow

LIVE: A live-only electronics podcast by Beautiful Machines

LIVE003 features Won Pound, recorded at BM009 at Zuzu in Boston, 09.30.23

Won Pound is a Portland, Maine–based producer celebrated for his sample-driven, textural soundscapes that blur the lines between beats, IDM and house. 

Setup: SP404sx, hikari monos cv, korg kaosillator 

Won Pound:
@won_pound
www.instagram.com/wonpounds/

Beautiful Machines:
instagram.com/beautiful.machines_/

LIVE003: Won Pound

LIVE: A live-only electronics podcast by Beautiful Machines

LIVE004 features Louf, recorded at the BM showcase in London on 08.06.25.

Louis Fitton aka Louf is a London-based producer and co-founder of Valby Rotary, who builts live sets that seamlessly traverse the realms of club music, electronica, and ambient synth.

Setup: Moog Minitaur, Roland Tr-8, Faderfox PC-12, Novation LaunchControl, Ableton

Louf:
@louisfitton
www.instagram.com/loufmusic/

Beautiful Machines:
instagram.com/beautiful.machines_/

LIVE004: Louf

The next mix in our series comes from Portuguese-born, Rotterdam-based DJ and producer Valody (@val0dy). Over the course of one hour, she delivers one warm dub techno gem after another, starting at 118 BPM and gradually building up to 131 – what a great idea, what a great mix! Thank you, Valody.

UNTAPE032 – Valody

The twenty fourth transmission from RYC comes courtesy of not one, but two artists we greatly admire. Joining forces on a split truly like no other, Japanese maestro Wata Igarashi and Munich’s own multi-faceted genius Polygonia step up with the magnetic ‘Cross Passage’ - a four-track journey at the junction of their respective universes, teleporting us straight to a propulsive, mind-expanding headspace as we’re invited to explore sonic territories still uncharted and harmonics yet unravelled.

The collaborative A-side begins with the dynamic title-track, ‘Cross Passage’, a proactively future-facing number packing the kind of utopian drive that used to define the original techno sound. A highly cinematic narrative boasting Detroit-style vision and epic breath, ‘Cross Passage’ builds bridges between hi-tech elation and organic integration, transcending mere functionality to push back and expand the limits of techno as a deep communication vessel between the individual and the mass. Firing off like a binary script gone astray, ‘Fibre Axis’ takes us on a further bumpy ride across shape-shifting interfaces and blurred-out digital scapes, via abrupt pixel landslides and fractured 3D renderings.

Side-B finds each producer dishing out a slice of his/her own musical idiom. Polygonia strikes first with the pulsating ‘Voltage Blues’ - a mesmeric roller cut from pure eerie synth algebra, boundary-pushing abstraction and surgical but experimental-leaning rhythmic assault. The result is a piece of cutting-edge techno hoodoo, ready to take on clubs with utmost abrasive swagger. Sniping a hail of rainbow-like analogue synth outpour, Wata Igarashi’s solo contribution ’The Tunnel Dreams’ rounds off the journey on a fiercely nonconformist note. Merging a hard-hitting main swing with 8-bit-esque audio pointillism and brooding bass undertones, the Japanese producer cuts a path of antigravitational abandon and relentless rush towards absolving euphoria, which shall leave all in the room levitating somewhere between sheer daze and love-thirsty XTC.

*Clad in the sleekest cover art courtesy of designer Atact, RYCL024 is pressed to red & white marbled vinyl for you, fancy platter collectors and picky audio-visual aesthetes alike.

Written & Produced by Wata Igarashi & Polygonia
Distributed by Clone Distribution Rotterdam
Mastering by Artefacts Mastering Berlin
Artwork & Design by Atact.uk
Cat. no. RYCL024 – All Rights Reserved
℗ & © Reclaim Your City 2025
www.reclaimyourcity.bandcamp.com


Cross Passage

Order

RYCL024 - Wata Igarashi & Polygonia - Fibre Axis

V:SONNTAG !

Eine Leipziger DJ, die mit ihrem hypnotischen, fokussierten Sound längst über die Grenzen ihrer Heimatstadt hinaus bekannt geworden ist. Während sie in Leipzig eng mit der lokalen Szene rund um das inzwischen geschlossene, aber legendäre Institut für Zukunft und die Neue Welle verbunden ist, hat sie auch auf renommierten Bühnen wie ://about:blank, Tresor und Berghain gespielt.

Als Gründerin des Focus: Podcast und Mitglied des Nebula-Kollektivs prägt sie eine ästhetische Handschrift, die zwischen trippiger Tiefe, dunkler Energie und minimal-grooviger Leichtigkeit oszilliert. Ihr Anspruch ist es, Sets mit klarer Dramaturgie zu gestalten, die das Publikum auf eine Reise mitnehmen – mit einem roten Faden, der von den ersten bis zu den letzten Klängen durchgezogen ist.

Besondere Aufmerksamkeit erregte ihr legendäres Closing im Tresor, bei dem sie trotz Nervosität und angeschlagener Gesundheit die Nacht bis in den Mittag hinein prägte. Die Intensität dieser Erfahrung und die enge Verbundenheit zu ihrem Umfeld unterstreichen, wie sehr V:SONNTAG Musik nicht nur als Performance, sondern als kollektives Erlebnis versteht.

Ihre „geheime Waffe“ ist die sorgfältige Vorbereitung: Jedes Set wird von ihr akribisch durchdacht, um den Flow bewusst zu formen und die Energie im Raum Schritt für Schritt zu steigern. Dabei kombiniert sie gerne dunkle, hypnotische Klänge mit melodischen Elementen, die im Verlauf für überraschende Wendungen sorgen.


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V:SONNTAG !

A Leipzig-based DJ, V:SONNTAG has long made a name for herself beyond the borders of her hometown with her hypnotic and focused sound. While deeply connected to the local scene surrounding the now-closed but legendary Institut für Zukunft and Neue Welle, she has also performed at renowned venues such as ://about:blank, Tresor, and Berghain.

As the founder of the Focus: Podcast and a member of the Nebula collective, she shapes an aesthetic signature that oscillates between trippy depth, dark energy, and minimal, groovy lightness. Her ambition is to create sets with a clear dramaturgy that take the audience on a journey – with a red thread running from the very first to the very last sound.

Her legendary Tresor closing gained particular attention, where despite nervousness and feeling unwell, she shaped the night until well into the following day. The intensity of this experience and her close connection to those around her highlight how much V:SONNTAG understands music not only as performance, but as a collective experience.

Her “secret weapon” is meticulous preparation: every set is carefully thought out to deliberately shape the flow and gradually build up the energy in the room. In doing so, she loves to combine dark, hypnotic sounds with melodic elements that create surprising twists along the way.


V:SONNTAG Link´s

https://soundcloud.com/vsonntag
https://www.instagram.com/v__sonntag
https://de.ra.co/dj/vsonntag

quartal. podcast with V:SONNTAG

LIVE: A live-only electronics podcast by Beautiful Machines

LIVE005 features Drum & Lace, recorded at the BM showcase in at Public Records 29.09.24

Drum & Lace, aka Sofia degli Alessandri-Hultquist, is an Italian artist/composer based in London, who creates glitchy and textural electronic music, often inspired by nature. 

Setup : Elektron Digitakt, Elektron Digitone, Roland SP404mkII, Arturia Keystep 37, Boss VE-500, AC Noises Ricorda, JHS Pedals Kodiak, TC Electronics Ditto, Modular Skiff (QuBit Octone, Mutable Plaits, Noise Engineering Melotus Versio + Desmodus Versio, 4MS Listen IO)

Drum & Lace:
@drumandlace
https://www.instagram.com/drumandlace/

Beautiful Machines:
instagram.com/beautiful.machines_/

LIVE005: Drum & Lace

Taking over the decks this week with two hours of unflinching groove engineering, Tresor resident DJ and Unrush boss Mareena pulls out the big guns. All in layered atmospheric finesse, streamlined rhythmic architecture and nimble transitions, Mareena's mix vouches for her impeccable mixing skillset and pristine curation. Blending hi-impact, big room-focussed wares and clever detours into further experimental-leaning territories, the German artist captures a compelling snapshot of her current musical headspace, combining the finest of hi-tech dubs with vanguard electronics and stripped-down floor destroyers bound to wreak havoc all the way from the basement to the rooftop. Seismic drop, beware. 

soundcloud.com/mareenaofficial


Reclaim Your City 662 | Mareena

Spira invites @patejaar

Pate Jaar, a DJ from Tbilisi, founder of DifferentSound. Known for his diverse techno style, he leads DifferentSound Records and the Concrete Tbilisi label. Beyond music releases, DifferentSound also manages artists, runs a creative agency, and organizes events, playing a key role in shaping the local and international techno scene.

This time he explores the slower, deeper side of techno — presenting a one-hour mix for Spira Records that drifts through atmospheres and meditative grooves. Enjoy this ride!

@patejaar
@instagram.com/patejaar

Spira Invites - Pate Jaar

With this mix, I wanted to break down the barriers between predefined styles or music genres. I aimed to make a progression from House to breaks, speeding up to Techno and a Dnb/jungle track to end the selection. The set is 50% my own music and 50% artist I enjoy at the moment. Keeping it elegant/jazzy and sophisticated inside the frame of electronic dance music. Diversity with a common ground, the dancefloor.



Track list 

Aixx - Bloom in the dark (Atonism remix)
Atonism - Jungle Rhodes 
Atonism - Sophistication 
Lou Flores & Moig - Different colors (Jedsa Sounddorom remix)
Atonism - Not my thing
Cobblestone Jazz - Slap the back
Nyctophiliac - Insomnia (Ravey remix)
Atonism - Space travelers
Atonism - Interchange
Leod - Untitled 07
Paolo Fedreghini & Marco Bianchi - Please don't leave
Braga Circuit - Filter Feed (Leod remix)
Atonism - Evil keys
Atonism - At the end of the corridor 
Clotur - Patala 
Vinicius Honorio & Atonism - Divergence 
Mashbeats - Creo (Atonism remix)
Atonism - Guitar Sample
Quelza - A Lonley Moment 
Human Safari - Mouse on keys
Leod - Untitled 09 
Djrum - Let me

This is Techno Jazz w/ Atonism

Recording of Quelza's set at the UFO I stage during Dekmantel Festival 2025.

Quelza at UFO I - Dekmantel Festival 2025

The next episode in our podcast series comes from our friend Kralle (@kralle_dj) from Berlin. He delivers a smooth mix with a laid-back vibe, blending wobbly grooves and percussions with atmospheric trippers and subtle psy elements. A pretty distinctive one – thank you, Vale!

UNTAPE033 – Kralle

LIVE: A live-only electronics podcast by Beautiful Machines

LIVE007 features Dan Gorelick, recorded at the BM showcase at Public Records, Brooklyn on 09.29.24.

Dan Gorelick blends classical cello and live coding to create immersive experiences and improvisational performances. He explores how to make the computer as expressive as the cello, embracing broader definitions of technology. In the set Dan blends analog synthesizers, live-coding (audio and visual), electric cello to create loops that emergent harmony and dissonance. 

Setup: NS Cello, Prophet 6 module, SuperCollider, TidalCycles, Hydra (visuals)

Dan Gorelick
@dqgorelick
www.instagram.com/dqgorelick/

Beautiful Machines:
instagram.com/beautiful.machines_/

LIVE007: Dan Gorelick

018 - CONCIERGE

(interview below)
Based in Manchester UK, Concierge has been richly submerged in musical prowess given then city’s past and present reputation for producing popular figures across a whole spectrum of genres. Holding residencies with Iniquity and Formation (formerly The Bakery) has given concierge a regular export to the region. His music is characterised by the early beginnings of techno through the 90s, raw, layered, loopy and accented with broken beats to bridge between shifts in energy.
 
INTERVIEW
You hold residencies at Iniquity and Formation in Liverpool. How does playing regularly for a consistent crowd shape the way you think about music?
 
Ideas from the studio don’t always translate to a dance floor, having a regular place to export and test in a comfortable environment helps me continuously shape both production and Djing. I never take this for granted, I owe a lot of my development to the Iniquity/Formation team and their crowds!

What artists, inside or outside of techno, have shaped you the most?
 
I’m shaped a lot from the 90s during the ‘House Of God’ era in Birmingham. Party regulars Female, Surgeon and Regis still play a pivotal role in selection and creative choices with production. Outside of techno is more difficult, I wouldn’t say anything outside of techno shapes my sound directly, but If I need to clear my headspace to produce then I’m frequently listening to 2 bands; Beach Fossils and American Football.

What’s next for Concierge – upcoming projects, directions, or experiments you’re excited to explore?
 
I’ve always been a strong advocate for self releasing. It’s flexible, financially rewarding and above all, it lets you tell your story exactly how you intend.
It’s not the most direct route for exposure but I prefer having more granular control over how I display my work in the way i see best fit. I think that’s my next endeavour.

@conciergeuk
Artwork by Janu Krohm

6D. Podcast 018 - Concierge

Tommy Value is a techno artist and founder of Beautiful Machines: an event series, label, and podcast promoting live electronic music

LIVE007: Dan Gorelick

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