After an inspiring festival season debuting our Truffle101 showcases around Europe we would like to share a 3 hour cut from our 6 hour b2b2b journey in the Sicilian forest at the foothills of Mt. Etna back in August. The first of many explorations as Lazy Susan (2StepBec, Oliver.r, Zeus) 🌋 

Lots of love to our Opera Festival family for inviting and taking care of us on that special weekend ❤️

Milo, Sicily 
23.08.24

Lazy Susan (2StepBec, Oliver.r, Zeus) - Opera Festival 2024 🌋

Beamed in from Marseilles- a wintery warm submission that I couldn't resist. 

Get to know the sound of Gros-Câlin which if my French serves me correctly means big hug.

Enjoiiiii and merci https://soundcloud.com/antoine-cool xox

MMSU 34 - Gros-Câlin

We first met Vouiz and Noyo at the early hours of a cold April morning, wrapped up in hot clothes, expresso (martini) in hand, getting ready to play the first set of the day on the outside stage of Atipik’s Intergalamactik. And what a set! despite the cold weather they warmed up everybody’s mind, body & soul.

These two have been operating as IZ/YO for the last 4 years. Influenced by all the different sub-genres of house, electro and breakbeats their music explores various horizons, creating a unique atmosphere with one idea in mind : the groove ! 

Artwork by Elise Siegwald

« Résidence Pavillonnaire » : Residential district located on the outskirts of larger metro areas. This series of podcast intend to explore music curated on the outskirts of the mainstream spectrum through our guests residential selection, giving a sneak peak in their tastes & influences, might it be for listening and/or for dancing.

Résidence Pavillonnaire - IZ/YO

On the eve of Kingsnight and just before our party, Global North chief DJ Pipe swung by the Operator container for an hour of topnotch chillers. We couldn't withhold this one any longer, right on time for the sunny season. Ice-cold cocktail, palm trees in sight and this mix on full blast all summer long. Dive in!

Submid Radio - DJ Pipe

back in april, our Sunday Roast friends invited @rafon27 for a sunset session that felt like summer was already there. Here you get the recording to feel as if it never left. enjoy amig@s

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You'll already be familiar with https://soundcloud.com/bizarrezeus from https://soundcloud.com/truffle101 and https://soundcloud.com/bizarretrax. 

He's v much a leading light in the slow jam game alongside partner in crime 2stepBec.

Zac has been cooking this up for a while and I'm happy to say it's as sweet as expected.

MMSU 36 - Zeus

Chez has a style that is hard to put your finger on, as Rio 017 well demonstrates. Recorded on the opening night of Bonanza, Chez kicked the terrace into action with a chuggy but cheerful selection of swampy groovers. 

Moving seamlessly from heads down tech house to breaks and EBM-ish numbers, Rio 017 is peppered with flecks of acid, swaying basslines and plenty of character. 

One to keep the summer flowing xx



Rio 017 - Chez de Milo (recorded live at Bonanza 2025)

Today we launch a mix series that has been in our heads for many years. What a better way to do so than with a friend who holds a special place in our hearts : International Mac.

Mac is a rare kind of DJ whose style never stopped to evolve and to explore, while always remaining true to himself. He is a touching, sensitive, generous, quirky soul who always pours his personality, his intelligence and his feelings into the music. Our existences are bound up to his, being at the core of a group of friends who welcomed us both in Berlin at pivotal moments of our lives. Since then, these people and this city have continually inspired us, helping us to find ourselves and thus, contributed to the very essence of tunnel.

The story behind this mix also has a full-circle feeling to it, as it came together in the most natural way, encapsulating a moment in time that holds significance for all of us. It was recorded spontaneously, in one take, last week-end in the infamous shared flat of Krausnickstraße. This happened after a session in which Mac played alone all day, while a few friends were sharing a nice time. His record bag was full of new finds from a recent dig in London as well as old re-discoveries from his own collection. His head and heart were charged with the emotions, the memories and the sonic impressions of his recent experiences, after a tumultuous year full of changes and personal growth. At the end of the day, when everybody left the room, we decided to start recording, feeling that something was about to happen…

Occasionally, Mac wears his signature purple velvet trousers and reveals the weirdo wizard facet of his personality. Here, Purple Mac is taking us on a journey : hypnotic, mysterious, emotional, slightly epic but also sometimes stuck in this stationary state of hypnosis. There is also a sense of madness and absurd that emanates throughout the trip. The atmosphere is sometimes contemplative, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes cheeky, others crazy, all of those moments balanced with a feeling of flow that translates a certain state of maturity…

From the timing in Mac’s personal life, to the moment in our friendships, and to the music selection itself, there is a mystical sense of evidence that runs behind this mix, which is probably what makes it such a special one for us.

Thanks to Mac for sharing a piece of himself in the shape of this hypnotic tunnel. We’re already obsessed by it and we hope you will be too! 

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Recorded in Krausnickstraße, Berlin, 
October 3rd, 2025. 
Art by Dockett Eddy. 
Mastering by Pierre Marty.

into the tunnel with... International Mac

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🎶 Mestizo Tribute to Gilbert Favre el gringo de Sagarnaga

MARIO & Collettivo Undersound

❤️ I’ve always loved Gilbert Favre.  Even if, for a long stretch of my life — the part where I chose to be heterosexual and walk beside Barbara Erskine — I had to be jealous of a ghost.Barbara was Gilbert’s wife. This year, the grandchildren are arriving: the twins and little Jona.I met them when they were smaller than my own granddaughters. Life moves in spirals, and somehow we all keep meeting again inside the same melody.

🎼 Who Gilbert Favre Really Was

🎵 Gilbert Favre (1936–1998) was a Swiss clarinetist trained at the Conservatory of Geneva.But his life changed when he traveled to South America as assistant to ethnographer Jean Christian Spahni.There, in the Bolivian altiplano, he discovered the quena, the Andean flute that would become his voice.

🏛️ In La Paz, he founded La Peña Naira, a cultural cabaret near Plaza San Francisco.It became a sanctuary for diplomats, artists, poets, and musicians searching for a new Bolivian identity.

🎶 Favre co‑founded Los Jairas, one of the most influential groups in the history of Andean music.Their fusion of traditional rhythms with modern arrangements helped launch the neo‑folklore movement, inspiring countless musicians across Bolivia, Chile, Peru, France, and Switzerland.

🌄 He collaborated with legendary artists of the Andean renaissance, shaping a sound that still echoes today in festivals, conservatories, and street corners from La Paz to Paris.

💔 Violeta Parra and the Desert

Gilbert’s life intertwined with that of Violeta Parra, one of Latin America’s greatest artists.Their love was passionate, volcanic, and ultimately tragic.After their final rupture, Violeta wrote “Gracias a la Vida”, one of the most iconic songs in world music.

🌵 The story goes that she left him stranded in the Bolivian desert —no water, no cigarettes, only the wind and the quena.

🌬️ Why Our Lives Mirror Each Other

In some strange way, our paths resemble each other.The only difference is: Gilbert was confident. I was a mess.But music — and life — were our common denominator.

🌬️ We were both sons of Pan.Children of the wind.Nomads of sound.

🌍 Moisdon‑la‑Rivière: The Last Chapter

Today, in France — precisely in Moisdon‑la‑Rivière — Gilbert Favre is still celebrated.Not as a ghost, not as a myth, but as a rebellious musician, a philosopher of the cosmos, a seeker of ancient truths.

🪈 A flutist who carried the Andes in his breath.A mestizo of spirit long before the word became fashionable.

✨ Why This Album Exists

In this strange, attentive, and synchronistic year, we decided to dedicate an entire space to Gilbert.

In this album, we’ve woven together:

    🎸 fretless bass
    🪕 saturated sitar
    🎶 pan flutes
    🥁 zydeco‑inspired percussion
    🌗 modal mestizo harmonies
    🔥 acoustic trance textures

🌌 The Meaning of “Mestizo”

The title — Mestizo — comes from the Spanish word for “mixed blood.”Once used as an insult, here it becomes a badge of honor.

Because maybe the truth is:✨ Only the vagabonds of the stars can truly be mestizos.

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Truffle101 curated by Lazy Susan
(2StepBec, Oliver.r & Zeus)

Contact: truffle101recordings@gmail.com