Unsound Podcasts

Unsound 2022 brought together LCY and Lee Gamble to play a blistering b2b set exploring percussive techno, jungle, and beyond. Fortunately, we hit the record button, resulting in Unsound Podcast 87!
Lee Gamble creates genre-agnostic music, incorporating dub, garage, and jungle, bleeding into grindcore metal and machine-strength techno. LCY was born and bred in Bristol, soaking up the city's rich soundsystem culture, which still plays a crucial part in their music. Each artist is a fan of the other's work, feeding into this set's fantastic energy. Enjoy!

Unsound Podcast 87: LCY b2b Lee Gamble

At 24 years old, Warsaw-based Julek Płoski is a leading light on the Polish experimental scene. With his glamour.label, BFF Music and own musical output, he's shaped a distinctive musical world, including his most recent release "Julek! Julek! Julek!" Now he's prepared an exclusive mix for the Unsound podcast series, combining post-club with epic movie scores from the likes of Hans Zimmer, old school Polish bangers, Youtube fragments and his own productions.
Julek says: "This mix is about the contemporary rush and crazy emotional amplitude."

Tracklist:
Disturbed - Down With The Sickness
julek ploski - For Gucio
Trillosta - Tears (Just For Me)
julek ploski - Fashion!
Grubson - JA
julek ploski - =]
Forfiter Oryginał
Kogarashi - special (GH_MIX)
woopheadclrms - My nap
Jerry Goldsmith - Overture (from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition")
WAŻNA WIADOMOŚĆ
Himera - Rubber Ball ♩ Wooden Horse ♩ Magic Wand ♩ Building Blocks
julek ploski - Love Theme
Kizo - INSOMNIA (prod. BeMelo)
julek ploski - Super!
Hans Zimmer - Supermarine (from "Dunkirk")
julek ploski - Forever Sad (Live)
LOBSTA B - CRAZYFROG OUVERTURE
Philip Glass - MISHIMA⧸Opening (from "Mishima")
julek ploski - ...
Doda - Fake Love
julek ploski - Julek!
rEmPiT g0dDe$$ - HAPUS
julek ploski - For You (feat. Kacha, Antonina Nowacka)
Mark Kermode & Simon Mayo fight back tears reading an email about Toy Story 3 (BBC Five Live)
Swans - Avatar

Unsound Podcast 88: julek ploski

At Unsound 2022, Bored Lord from LA and Ariel Zetina from Chicago - each other's biggest fans - teamed up for their first-ever European b2b set. The two artists masterfully fused together queer club sounds with '90s hardcore breaks, trance, and house, resulting in a hard-hitting combo that kept the audience on their toes throughout. Once again we hit the record button, and the ripping result is Unsound Podcast 89!

📸 @multipolar

Unsound Podcast 89: Bored Lord b2b Ariel Zetina

Hailing from the Unsound home city of Kraków, Martyna Basta is a rising star of the experimental scene. In April she'll release her second album "Slowly Forgetting, Barely Remembering" on Warm Winters.
Her mix for the Unsound podcast series interweaves tracks from her forthcoming album with other music featuring her fascination with metallic tones, enigmatic vocals, and classical instruments that blend into a haunting atmosphere.

Tracklist: 
Infant - Damp Grale
upsammy - Being is A Stone
Maxwell Sterling - Eris
Flora Yin-Wong - Tirta Empul
Martyna Basta - Podszepnik I
Nick Storring - IV
33, Steve Katona - Sexus
Martyna Basta - Back and Forth
Eartheater - MacroEV
Heith - Sangkakala Malaikat
Elena Isolini, Bianca Scout - Departed Leaves
Lutto Lento, Katarzyna Karpowicz - Horned Heart
Martyna Basta - Lullaby (for Iwo)
VISIO - Extasi Exile
A. Ginastera - Harp Concerto op. 25, I. Allegro giusto
Martyna Basta - Presentiment
the fertile crescent - 6G

Unsound Podcast 90: Martyna Basta

Due to an artist cancellation, Italian-Ivorian producer and DJ and Nervous Horizon associate Ehua was added at the very last minute to the Unsound 2022 lineup – but she did not disappoint! Ehua played in the early hours of the morning at an Unsound club night, and now you can relive her set, an emotionally-charged dark slow-fast jam with blissful melodic bursts.

Unsound Podcast 91: Ehua

Our latest podcast comes from Warsaw producer Krenz, who tore up the second room at Unsound 2022. For this mix - based entirely on his own music – he's joined forces with turntablist DJ Zeten.
Krenz combines a deconstructed take on British bass music and US hip-hop with productions that blend rave, dubstep, jungle  and Memphis rap – as can be heard on his recent LP 'BOŻE DAJ MI BREAK'.

Tracklist:
Krenz - Tede - Wyścig Szczurów , Blend
Krenz - INTRO (Dj Zeten Blend)
Krenz - ROLLER O CO CI CHODZI (Dj Zeten Blend) 
Krenz - OSTERODE
Krenz - TANDEM BOX feat. Dj Zeten
Krenz - CORNER STORE FRISTAJL (Dj Zeten Blend) 
Krenz - PHASE 1 feat. FEASTONMYSINS
Krenz - STOPAROBA
Krenz - DÖNER feat. DJ ZAMOCNO
Krenz - KOSI REMIX feat. Kosi (Dj Zeten Chopped and Screwed) 
Krenz - ZNÓW ZMĘCZONY? feat. Borys Laxity
Krenz - BOŻE DAJ MI BREAK feat. scolop333ndra Instrumental feat. Dj Zeten
Krenz - RADEK (Dj Zeten Blend) 
Krenz - ROLLER WIADOMO O CO CHODZI
Krenz - ARIAP (Dj Zeten Blend) 
Krenz - RADZIU
Krenz - UTRZYMAJ ODSTĘP feat. Dj Zeten
Krenz - ZOACZ TEN POSTĘP feat. scolop333ndra
Krenz - KIJEK feat. Hades (Dj Zeten Chopped and Screwed)

Unsound Podcast 92: Krenz

Japanese DJ ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U clearly doesn’t think in genres or tempo, creating a reputation based on eclectic sets that tear down borders and parties.
When asked to record a mix for our podcast series, he listened to our Bandcamp page and fused music from our releases with the likes of Penderecki and Sakamoto.
¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U will perform in October in Kraków at Unsound 2023.

Tracklist:
Chris Watson - Unlocked
Rashad Becker - Dances VIII
Anthony Naples - Crazy Spirit
Second Woman - Instant II
Russell Haswell - Wholly Unware
Concrete Fence - Caulk
Emptyset - Demiurge(Paul Jabanasam Variation)
Emptyset - Function(Roly Porter Variation)
Penderecki - To The Victims Of Hiroshima
Zosia Holubowska and Julia Giertz - Community of Grieving
Slikback - ZETSUBO
Ben Frost, Trevor Tweeten & Richard Mosse - Fire Front near Huimaitá
Ryuichi Sakamoto - uetax 
Ryuichi Sakamoto - aqua
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Light
Aho Ssan, Angel Bat Dawid, Dirar Kalash, Ellen Fullman, Księżyc, Laraaji, Nicolás Jaar, Paweł Szamburski, Resina, Rolando Hernandez and Wukir Suryadi - Weavings (Part 1)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Evolution of Life
Jana Winderen - re_Surge

Unsound Podcast 93: ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U

Unsound Podcast 94 features DJ and producer Toumba, recorded at this year's Ephemera Festival in Warsaw.

Born and raised in Jordan, Toumba fashions melts Middle Eastern elements with dubstep basslines and clattering breaks. Last year he experienced a flurry of interest when Hessle Audio label released his Petals EP. At Unsound Kraków 2023, Toumba will debut his live show.

Unsound Podcast 94: Toumba

Unsound Podcast 95 brings Wrocław's Kitty Sarcasm going back-to-back with Kraków's Semprey, recorded live at this year's Ephemera Festival.

The 2 Polish dj's combine sounds from around the world, moving fluidly accross genres, keeping it eclectic and fun at all times.
The duo will return at Unsound 2023 in Krakow.

Unsound Podcast 95: Kitty Sarcasm b2b Semprey

For our 96th podcast, Brussels-based Moroccan DJ OJOO challenges listeners with her wide-eyed amalgamation of dusty dub and noise-inflected dancehall mutations – a mix that is disorienting, yet also entrancing and danceable. OJOO will perform at Unsound 2023 in Kraków this October, as part of our opening party at 89, beneath Hotel Forum.

OJOO is an artist of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union.

Unsound Podcast 96: OJOO

The latest Unsound Podcast is by Egyptian-Palestinian DJ and producer Oldyungmayn. The mix is “distilled from personal experiences,” he explains. “Its breakbeats defy expectation, delivering a relentless and harsh energy for a saturated auditory experience.” Prepare for a noisy, sometimes dark, sometimes euphoric ride through heavy club music.

Oldyungmayn is part of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union.

Unsound Podcast 97: Oldyungmayn

The first Unsound Podcast recorded live at the 2023 Kraków festival is from Rama, a Berlin-based Egyptian DJ who’s notorious for her technical and ornate patchworks of mutant club music and rap. She also curates the Irsh imprint and event series alongside ZULI, using it to shine a spotlight on artists from the Levant.
Rama’s set closed out one of Unsound’s club nights with drama, inventiveness and adventure, tracking through UK bass music styles, Brazilian funk, dubstep and drill, and gesturing towards the future.

Unsound Podcast 98: Rama

The Unsound Podcast series returns with a thrilling recording from the 2023 festival in Kraków, this time presenting a back-to-back set featuring two titans of the club scene. 
Polish techno experimentalist VTSS and the UK's 160 alchemist Sherelle are both friends of Unsound, appearing in different settings and back-to-backs throughout the years. Join us to relive the moment they converged in the festival's main room, delivering a set that spans a wide spectrum of high-intensity dance music.

Unsound Podcast 99: VTSS b2b Sherelle

You only need to have a quick nose around phil in a maze’s impressive raft of self-released singles to understand the depth of his production skills. Alternately harnessing the raw power of tech-inflected dnb and the impressionistic sophistication of dub, his set at the Unsound Closing Party at 89 was a game of tempo division and multiplication, featuring stuttering drum patterns and sludgy dancehall.

Relive the set via Unsound Podcast 100. Thanks to all the amazing artists who’ve contributed mixes over the years to get us to this point!

Unsound Podcast 100: phil in a maze

Paris-born OKO DJ doesn't care about genre divisions, going from ambient to gabber to metal in the first 15 minutes of her set - which had Room 2 jumping in the early hours on the morning at Unsound 2023.

You can now experience the full ride as Unsound Podcast 101. Enjoy!

We could only ecord the mix in mono, but OKO DJ and us still felt this mix was so special that it's more about the energy than the perfect sound quality here.

Unsound Podcast 101: OKO DJ

Caracas producer DJ Babatr is considered the Godfather of Raptor House, a vibrant movement of club music that started in the Venezuelan capital in the late '90s. On his first-ever European tour, he dropped in on Unsound 2023 to play on the main stage on a club night, setting the room ablaze with his propulsive set. We hit the record button, and this Unsound podcast confirms it: DJ Babatr still sits atop the Raptor House throne!

Unsound Podcast 102: DJ Babatr

Unsound podcast number 103 kicks off the series of recordings from Unsound Kraków 2024 – and this one is a treat. In the early hours of the Unsound club event Venezuelan producer Safety Trance – known for his collaborations with artists such as Arca and Isabella Lovestory – joined forces with American DJ, artist and astrologist and Manuka Honey. The result? A hot and sultry b2b filled with dark reggaeton and gqom interwoven with dembow  and deep bass music. Dive in!

Unsound Podcast 103: Safety Trance b2b Manuka Honey

Unsound Podcast no.104 is a generous dose of various bass genres, courtesy of Warsaw-based DJ and selector @gummisg. Scheduled for closing duties during the Saturday club night of Unsound Kraków 2024, gummi left quite an impression – effortlessly throwing the dancers musical curveballs while juggling rap, dubstep, jungle, footwork, grimy ambient and more. Her skilled, atmospheric set was selected as an Unsound 2024 club highlight by many – take a deep dive into the mix to find out why!

Unsound Podcast 104: gummi

Extremely wild and exhilarating Unsound Podcast no.105 by Brazilian DJ @rhrmusiq is here. On Friday, Room 1 exploded with his signature blend of Brazilian rhythms, electro, and ecstatic techno, transforming dancefloor into pure euphoria.

Unsound Podcast 105: RHR

To round off 2024 in style, we’re revisiting a set from Bristol-based Swedish DJ @k_means, playing the very last set of Unsound 2023. The eclectic selector takes us for a wild ride through the weirder corners of club music – going from off-kilter footwork to dub and bashment dancehall.

Unsound Podcast 106: k means

An amorphous global-minded festival and creative platform dealing with music, sound, words and related visual arts. Founded in Krakow in 2003, Unsound has taken place in 30 cities around the world.