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Faustin at SPIELRAUM - April 17th 2022

Monthly mixes and "Bad behaviour" from the crew behind Berlin's acclaimed Mala Junta parties. Expect throwback trance, souped up '90s basslines and party music of a high tempo flavour.

https://www.nts.live/shows/mala-junta/episodes/mala-junta-20th-march-2023

Mala Junta 200323

BFDM, a.k.a Brothers From Different Mothers, are the snottiest techno label around. Non-stop crunch rollers, all the way from Lyon - tune in for an hour on 2, monthly Mondays. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/BFDM/episodes/bfdm-14th-may-2024

BFDM w/ Less-O 140524

German producer MCR-T brings the fast and heavy to the London studio. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/mcr-t-12th-june-2024

MCR-T 120624

New explorations in sounds from one of the most esteemed selectors in Europe, Lena Willikens.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/homunkuli/episodes/homunkuli-20th-june-2024

Homunkuli w/ Lena Willikens 200624

Monthly mixes and "Bad behaviour" from the crew behind Berlin's acclaimed Mala Junta parties. Expect throwback trance, souped up '90s basslines and party music of a high tempo flavour. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/mala-junta/episodes/mala-junta-8th-july-2024

MALA JUNTA w/ Mohajer 080724

Recording of CEM & Mama Snake's set at Dekmantel Ten

Pre-register for Dekmantel Festival 2025 here: bit.ly/4fyWKXc

CEM & Mama Snake at Dekmantel Ten

il promontorio di Circe, acrylic on cavas, 40x60cm

To celebrate another year on earth, I’m happy to share a mix inspired by memory and deja-vu. A diary of sound painted from fragments of the past, imagined and remembered.

Home is a memory is a texture is an idea. It lingers here, where myth and the familiar blur into one—Circe’s home, too.

other little bits of me, to you

costanza

il promontorio di Circe

@mamasnake & @nenetreat

Mama Snake (they/she) & Nene H (they/she/hey)


Nene H and Mama Snake unleash a surge of raw energy in this live-recorded mix from the legendary Club Raum. Pulsating with immersive rhythms and hypnotic layers, their set dives deep into the heart of techno and trance. Fierce, sensual, and unapologetic, this mix is a testament to their artistry and the electric chemistry that fuels their sound.

MARICAS n.79 - Mama Snake b2b Nene H

artist: @sandrien
recorded on the 3rd of January 2025 (Tribalism)
length: 04h22min37s

[Tribalism] Sandrien (full recording) @ essaim, Paris / 03jan2025

Waves of pulsing, layered techno from the revered Mala Junta resident.

If the electronic music industry is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over what makes for true techno, then D.Dan is one of the underground's great modern emissaries.

A figurehead from the new guard of DJs to arise in the '20s, the Berlin-based artist and Mala Junta resident is an ambassador for a sound that is strongly anchored in the classic roots of techno. His productions, like his mixes, are revved-up takes on the hypnotic wormholes that defined dance floors last decade, but with a fresh (and high BPM) millennial twist. 

Originally from Seattle, D.Dan became enamoured with the spectral stylings of psych rock and shoegaze in adolescence. It's not difficult to see how the cosmic tapestry of bands like Cocteau Twins became a blueprint for the entrancing music he's gone on to make as an adult. His releases on Mutant Future and summerpup are latticeworks of loops and layered percussion, custom-tooled for lost hours on the dance floor and drawn-out mixes behind the decks. 

This approach directly extends into his DJ practice, where he pairs song selections from contemporaries that mirror his own reduced, controlled approach to techno. RA.994 is a Grade A display of contemporary four-to-the-floor from flagbearers like Roll Dann and Marcal.

And like D.Dan's standalone records, his RA Podcast finds room for sweetness—the intermittent peal of an open clap, the steady ripening of a chord—while ultimately emphasising the beauty of function and form over flair.

@ddan-sounds

Find the full interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/994

RA.994 D.Dan

4hr live recording of Soft Crash during PAX-ROMANA: Lupercalia II on Feb 14.

A dive into pure ecstasy. Sweat was dripping from the ceiling, bodies moving as one. Pablo Bozzi and Phase Fatale delivered their signature fusion of Italo body music, trance, and industrial with relentless energy. Lupercalia was celebrated sensually, raw, and without limits. It was hot...

Soft Crash (Pablo Bozzi & Phase Fatale) @PAX-ROMANA | RADION AMSTERDAM 2025.02.14

Recorded at SOUNDIT Plaza in Barcelona on 5 April 2025.

“IF THIS ISNT RA MIX OF THE DAY WE’LL STOP PRESSING PLAY 🤪"

Blasha b2b Allatt b2b Steffi b2b Virginia @ SOUNDIT Plaza (Barcelona)

Tacking the Sand**

*Tacking the Sand* is a high-energy, psychedelic dance album built for endless nights on the floor. Inspired by the image of a sailboat racing so close to the limit that its keel touches the sand, the record captures the adrenaline rush of risk, the euphoria of speed, and the hypnotic power of music that never lets go.

With **driving beats, spiraling synths, and mind-bending layers of sound**, each track pushes higher and harder, like waves that refuse to break. The album is pure momentum: vibrant, trippy, and unstoppable — a soundtrack for those who love to dance at the edge of chaos.

*Tacking the Sand* is not just a record. It’s a ride beyond the limit.

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*Tacking the Sand* es un álbum de dance psicodélico y explosivo, creado para noches infinitas en la pista. Inspirado en la imagen de un velero en regata que vira tan al límite que su quilla toca la arena, el disco transmite la **adrenalina del riesgo, la euforia de la velocidad y la fuerza hipnótica de una música que no suelta nunca**.

Con **beats intensos, sintetizadores en espiral y capas sonoras alucinantes**, cada track sube más alto y más fuerte, como olas que nunca se detienen. El álbum es puro movimiento: vibrante, lisérgico e imparable — una banda sonora para quienes bailan al filo del caos.

*Tacking the Sand* no es solo un disco. Es un viaje más allá del límite.




Dimly Lit Groove

Kózer - Periodic [Nemeton Records]

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