Name: Azim Fathi (exclusive for XodVerMix) by XodVer/VarYox
Duration: 1 h 48 s
Description: Azim Fathi's special mix for VarYox. See also the article; https://varyox.az/turnitup/azim-fathi-paraffin/

Azim Fathi's special mix for VarYox. See also the article; https://varyox.az/turnitup/azim-fathi-paraffin/

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Azim Fathi (exclusive for XodVerMix)

Giraffi Dog / Henry3000 - WAR1203
Release date : 14 january 2022
BUY LINK:  https://warningberlin.bandcamp.com/album/war1203
Label: ㋛ 𝑊𝐴𝑅𝑁𝐼𝑁𝐺 ✌︎︎ (https://soundcloud.com/warningberlin)
https://soundcloud.com/henry3000

We like to present to you our new release with a selection of day one friends. The 12” starts with the euphoric rave anthem “Members of Warning 2021” by Giraffi Dog & Erik Jäähalli. A track title some of you might recognize which will bring peace and harmony to It’s followed by the heartwarming Hip Hop cut “Shout Outs” which is dedicated to da family and our sweet raver posse. The B side hits different as Henry 3000 is a G when it comes to baba Electro bombs while DJ Hummer understands to cool it down in trancy Westcoast Funk manner. A well balanced pack of diverse tunes wrapped once again in beautiful design by Guillaume de Ubeda.

'Kid Wizard Gate' coincidently has a very funny backstory. It's basic idea was written at the former Doom Chakra Studio. The studio was based below the second edition of the famous Record Loft recordstore. The track is a collaboration between DJ Hummer, who's also part of Giraffi Dog and myself, Henry3000 aka Phyzikal Flex. Together, alongside the absolute overlord and mystical boss himself, DJ Deflektorschild aka Donnie Dolphin aka countless other monikers we run the infamous Doom Chakra Tapes label. 

Hummer and I were jamming in the studio. We programmed some 808 beats on the beloved Novation Drumstation and Hummer came up with the low bassline which was played on the Juno 106. To compliment the line I played the bleepy midrangey figure on the Prophet. In the beginning the track was rather sparse and the actual layout wasn't continued for a while. Later on we picked it up and added more and more harmonic elements and it turned out to be what it is today. The arpeggio came from the 106, the pads and leads are mostly from a Korg Poly 61. The Poly 61 bits are responsible for the spacey feel and are really the great icing on the cake.

We came up with the title because a friend (who shall remain nameless here) was extremely convinced that we've ripped the bassline from a Eric & Rakim track. Whilst in retrospective the note intervals may be similar, still the rhythmic pattern is very different. Also the other musical elements we've added are totally on a whole other planet. We've had a heated argument over that topic but the friend didn't change his opinion even a dozen didn't hear the similarity he heard. We even had a rap-style beef going on which was fought by mocking each other's tracks. Therefore the track jokingly received the working title "The Rakim Gate". Kid Wizard was the former name of Rakim so we chose that instead as it's less obvious.

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PREMIERE : Henry3000 & DJ Hummer - Kid Wizard Gate

Virginia Pulse Ostgut Ton

We Slowly Riot

La ketamine

May Diem joins Obewave. You can find in their debut EP electrifying songs about human vices, explicit curtsies towards BDSM culture and aesthetics of Berlin fetish bars. Yes, this is the case when it is worth listening and watching —  these guys are good not only in synthesizers but in latex and whips, too.

https://oberwave.bandcamp.com/album/may-diem-euphorie

PREMIERE: May Diem - Latex [OBERWAVE]

Out now: https://orcd.co/REKIDS241

Radio Slave's 'Venti' is released on Rekids on May 17th and is a twelve-track celebration of Matt Edward's most prominent alias' history. Starting life as a series of singles that began in 2023, 'Venti' sees Edwards explore lower tempos, House, Disco, and the Pop reinterpretations that birthed the moniker back in 2001.

'Like everyone else, my life slowed down during the pandemic, and then I decided to move from Berlin with my family after being in the city for 15 years. This all led to a new perspective, and 'Venti' is a direct result of that - a new perspective on my career, history, future, and the current state of dance music.’ - Radio Slave

From Venti’s opening track onwards, a glistening piece of piano-led house that's become an anthem at Sean Johnston and the late Andrew Weatherall's lauded ALFOS parties, it is clear that Edwards is keen to celebrate the past but through the lens of now. A Radio Slave favourite, 'Wait A Minute', is updated to include a powerful vocal from Nez. Kylie's 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' - a track that kicked Radio Slave into the modern dance music consciousness is reinvented as an Italo-inspired cover featuring Michael Love Michael delivering glorious vocals. 'Wild Life' and 'Wake Up', another two tracks that, as singles, dominated house and disco sets of the great and good in 2023, feel simultaneously fresh while paying homage to the origins of House - message-heavy vocals and all. A cover of Audion's 'Mouth to Mouth' and Edwards' tribute to Terry Hall, the Fun Boy Three reimagining 'The Lunatics' are keen displays of Radio Slave's knack for taking on beloved tracks and making them his own.

The lasers-set-to-stun cut-and-paste nu-disco of Radio Slave’s 'Jaws' is a muscular and timely reminder that the punch of a track lies in its feel rather than tempo, while Edward's command of dub aesthetics and unmatched ability to stretch grooves into a tension-filled journey shines through on 'New Balance' and the epic closer, 'Thirty-Six'. Never one to entirely give into the throes of the 4:4, the cinematic electro of 'Stranger In The Night' and Balearic Cagedbaby collab 'Amnesia' round out 'Venti' as the whole Radio Slave experience - as intense as it is subtle.

One of the most prolific and critically lauded electronic music artists of the past two and half decades, Matt Edwards was born in Catford, London, in the early 1970s. When acid house hit the city, Edwards was deep in the scene, and he's remained there since. Residencies at the groundbreaking Ministry of Sound and an 'unofficial' residency that has seen him become one of Panorama Bar's most booked DJs during his 15-year stint living in Berlin have provided the grounding for an enviable tour diary that continues today.

His Rekids imprint, a label that has platformed some of dance music's biggest names, has been regarded as a high benchmark for two decades with Matt as sole A&R. Collaborations with legendary artists such as DJ Hell and Robert Hood, releases for Running Back, R&S, Innervisions, Figure and more, and a remixography that simply couldn't be repeated in modern music show just how important Radio Slave is.

Radio Slave - Jaws

Herzel - Daydreamer (Palms Trax' Nothing But A Dreamer Mix)

Second chapter of the limited ''Mutant Signal'' serie.
A collection of sci-fi electro, cinematic industrial dance and cyberfunk tunes exploring a future that never happened.

Rubber teeth

Шось про Сяйво

Origins, Now & My Future

Time To

alex p - cold cove

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