“I can imagine as an apocalyptic: let it go down. I have no spiritual investment in the world as it is.” — Jacob Taubes

In his “On the Concept of History,” the messianic-communist philosopher Walter Benjamin asks us to imagine an angel who is unable to stop the suffering of the world. The angel cannot do anything at all but be witness to the ruin of the world, because the angel cannot close their wings, which are held open by a strong storm called “progress.” Before this angel is the entirety of history as wreckage and ruin, one single catastrophe piled up before the angel. The proof of this vision of history is given in the remarks by Benjamin that feel as if they could have been written today as we marvel at the stupidity and cruelty that must be protested over and over, “One reason why Fascism has a chance is that in the name of progress its opponents treat it as a historical norm. The current amazement that the things we are experiencing are "still" possible in the twentieth century is _not_ philosophical.” 

For those of us who seek something otherwise than history on the dance floor, the hagiography of raving does not serve us well in this moment. When Pat Parker tells us that “they will come” and asks “where will you be, when they come,” it simply is not true that techno or dancing or this community will save us. For too many “they” have already come and “we” have done very little, almost nothing, precisely as is allowed by the demands to survive in the world. In a very real sense, _we are them_. The hagiography of the dance floor may allow us to imagine that the reason the party sucks has everything to do with them, but the dance floor is us and we share it alike with our favorites and violence workers from Palantir, lovers and unkown abusers, those who are committed to this life despite the financial burden and those who fund their lifestyles with dirty family money, and so many of us are substance users whose favorite chemicals are caught up in exchanges of violence beyond any single person’s control, as well as other angels with dirty faces. 

Crafting a slow burn that ends in ecstatic and intentionally wasteful movement, this mix meditates on the idea that techno is not about release, not about community as a mystical body hiding its relationship to power, not even about freedom in the usual sense we take the term. Perhaps the power of techno's 4/4 beat is the way it captivates, allowing for somatic and sonic access to the deeper experience of world-captivation. To recognize techno and the movements it provokes in the body as a meditation on the inextricable link between submission and resistance may allow us to to reject the hagiography of the dance floor and recognize that in the struggle for pleasure the greater struggle is with the self. That even if and when the external oppressor is subdued, the oppressor within us may still lie in ambush. Techno allows us to give attention to the idea that the meaning of liberation might be the very undoing of the borders between us and them, between good and evil, between servitude and freedom. 

As these thoughts guide the mix, brought tracks by friends into conversation with older and new tracks by some of my favorite contemporary producers. I have also included a number of my own unreleased tracks as well as two off of my recent EP, available on Cathexis Records. Track IDs happily available upon request.

One Single Catastrophe (They Will Come)

BCCO Mix Series 308: Primal State

The debut release from the a.nomia project! Immerse yourself in a mesmerizing soundscape featuring expansive drones and richly saturated echoes that are restrained with rhythmic and profound percussion. Each element unfolds to captivate the listener, pulling them into an intriguing experience of the uncanny. Whether you find yourself in the chillout room or gearing up for an extended dance floor session, this track sets the perfect tone.

CRS003

Alone, Awash in a Pale Red Light [a.nomia]

Perc Spring Mix - recorded in London, February 2025

01) Perc - Korg Delta Intro
02) Cardao - Distortion Bells
03) Electric Deluxe - Glitch 2
04) Lars Huismann - Dominion
05) Yazmin - Need You
06) Kagami - Hyper Wheels
07) Keanu Raves - Just Farming Gems
08) Heatseeker - PLV002
09) Obscure Shape - Reborn Identity
10) Ian McCoy - Consume
11) ProOne79 - XTC Machine
12) Perc - Loose Fit (Live At Awakenings)
13) JSPRV25 - Science
14) Django - Mad Men (HERS Remix)
15) Eubo - Dos Gardenias
16) WYLA - Shoes.Clothes.Money
17) Cri Du Coeur - Disruptor (MarAxe Dark Dub)
18) Mathew Jonson - Decompression (Perc Remix)
19) You Know Seth - CCamp
20) Edetto - Another Tek Track
21) Steel Grooves - Blood Sucker
22) Andy BSK - Back On Plastic
23) Yazmin - Liquid Source
24) Jeff Mills - Late Night (Mills Mix)
25) Steel Grooves - Fire & Brimstone
26) Perc - Static feat. Sissel Wincent (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
27) James Ruskin - Take Control (Surgeon Remix)
28) Moteka - Cross His Mind
29) Lars Huismann - Fornax
30) DJ Funk - Pump It (Fear - E's Posh End Ghetto Remix)
31) Disguised - Blurred Vibrations
32) Serge Andre & Sons Of Hidden - Manifestation
33) GLNY - Rapture (K-65 Remix)
34) David Moleon - Dog Side
35) RTR - 9096 Recover

Photo taken at Compound, Los Angeles, USA by Chris Molina / Auburn Sky

Perc - Spring Mix 2025

Valentines Day Massacre

Blissful Morning Dream Interpretation Melody - Discovery Zone
Transperu - Koudlam
Room With A View - Rone
C'est La Nuit	- David Douglas
Rōdrigo - Escape (Original Mix) - Rōdrigo
Fabio Cazzato - Sinner (Original Mix) - Fabio Cazzato
Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix) - Moderat
1 And 3 - Steffi
The Promise - David Spinelli
European Nation (Vendex Remix)	- Iron (HUN), RTTWLR
Das Getriebe (Arjuna Schiks Remix) - Acud
I Hate Models & Vitalic - Sexy Beast - I Hate Models & Vitalic, Gijensu, Raär, BXTR
Mercy (Boddika's VIP) - Boddika & Joy Orbison
Acuyuye - Olof Dreijer & Diva Cruz
Cover Me (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX) - Depeche Mode
He Is Crazy Enough - Willie Burns
Where's the Revolution (Terence Fixmer Spatial Mix) - Depeche Mode
I Only Smoke When I Drink (Club Edit)	- nimino
Draculo - OTTO VON SCHIRACH
Keepsakes - Let Me See Your Teeth (Orignial Mix) - Keepsakes
Sex and the Machine (Original Mix) - Pleasurekraft
Turborave - The Hacker
Relax (Peter Rauhofer's Doomsday Club Mix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Easy Go (Semantix Remix) - Nuxx Vomica
Slug - Axefield
Endstation - Inhalt Der Nacht & Echoes Of October
Celesta 33 - Stef Mendesidis
Sex Drugs Energie - Yellow Claw
RIKHTER - AMGA - Various Artists
Europaträume [Explicit]	- Brutalismus 3000
Kill Em' - N4 Records
Play With Me [Explicit] - Sara Landry, Shlømo
Adrenalin - KUKO
Sharp Like A Razor - Clouds
Drag Show - Intro	
Yesterday feat. MZ Sunday Luv - Fahrland
Yesterday (feat. Mz Sunday Luv) (Night Version) - Fahrland
Those Cracks in Your Face, Do They Hurt? - Clouds
Igneous - Perc & Randomer
Temple (Ø [Phase] Remix) - Ø [Phase]
The True Measure	- Wrong Assessment
Just (Original Mix)	- Wehbba
Run in circles	- Rhomb
Anastasia Kristensen - Cordyceps Disco (Kichi Kazuko Remix) - Anastasia Kristensen
Prevision - Aggregator (Original Mix) - Prevision
Forja (Timo Veranta Remix) - ODDR, Timo Veranta
Without (Codex Empire Remix) - The Soft Moon
Droplex, Light Breath - Escape (Fab Massimo Remix) - Droplex, Light Breath
Big Bang (Remix) - Hertz
What If I Told You To (Vitalic remix) - Wax Wings, Miha, Lucille Croft, Vitalic
Dustin Holtsberry - Throb (Original Mix) - Various Artists

Basement Party Live Mix, First Stand, volume IV

Sweat (SOPHIE Remix) - SONIKKU
Signal Jam (Greg Beato Remix) - Ron Morelli
Ismael Temudo Remix Version 1 - Dj Jes
Beat Control - Slam
Those Cracks in Your Face, Do They Hurt? - Clouds
Continuation - Fumiya Tanaka
Hymn to Melancholy - Fenrick 
Into The Light	- Oscar Mulero
First Phase (Original Mix) - Truncate
Move That Junk - Dagga
Selector (Original Mix) - Axel Karakasis
Hypnose ( Radio Slave's Nose To The Floor Remix) - Terence Fixmer
Hypnosis (Original Mix) - Drunken Kong
Piety Hill	- Funk Assault
Morodem (Floor Mix) - Ø [Phase]
Mayan Medusa Alt Identity - DEVELOPER
Acid People (Original Mix) - T78, Raito
Labyrinth (Original Mix) - Exium
First Phase (Planetary Assault Systems Remix) - Truncate
Phantom (Hertz Remix) - Juheun
Climax Control - Ryuji Takeuchi
Division - HUJUS
Collision - Lars Huismann
Perihelion (Original Mix) - DJ Dextro
XXL (Original Mix)	- MOTVS, ROBPM
No Hook (J Tijn Remix) - Randomer
Flooring - Perc & Randomer
Temple (Ø [Phase] Remix) - Len Faki
Interweave - Wata Igarashi
The Light is a Train - Vitalic

Basement Party Live Mix, After Midnight, vol V

dear gabe - EUGENE WALNUT

Life Magazine (Prurient Remix) - Cold Cave
Life Magazine (The Arthur Baker's Going Back Remix) - Cold Cave
Remember To Forget Me (featuring Chester Lockhart) - SONIKKU
What If, Then What? feat. Amiture - tINI
Your Last Everything, Part II - Soft Crash
Dive (Fort Romeau’s ‘Tranceadelic' Mix) - Pale Blue
Granular - Pig&Dan & Gregor Tresher
BBC 2 (Chris Liebing Remix) - DJ Emerson & Helmut Dubnitzky
Lovesick feat. Cormac - Terence Fixmer
After Cake - Locked Club
Out Of Control (Sarin Remix) - Bloody Mary & Cardopusher
Pray (Curses Remix) - MOTHERMARY
Lightyears - Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland
Make Me Feel (Original Mix) - Remotion, Fredy, D'Joseph
Imminent Collapse (Original Mix) - Johann Arty
The Spiral Path - ZAHN & Z.I.P.P.O
October (DJ Bruce Lee Remix) - Pol Paraíso
HOT LOVE (BOY HARSHER REMIX) - DEBBY FRIDAY
Sister (Club Mix) - Croatian Amor & Lust For Youth
Girl Scout Cookies - Danny Wabbit
Cordyceps Disco (Nadia Struiwigh Remix) - Anastasia Kristensen
Palats - Vilhelm Hasselgren
Dip 2 This - Dj XNX
Huh - MGMA
kick some - french II
Orgy Of Violence	N4 Records
Lacchesi - When At Prom (Thou Must Dance)	Maison Close
Adrenalin - KUKO
Anger Volcano (Perc Remix) - Cassie Raptor
Hate Thy Neighbor - L.I.E.S. Records
Aquaton - Stef Mendesidis
Friedrichshain Funk (Polygonia Remix) - Polygonia
Consciousness (Randomer Remix) - Clouds
Yearn - J. Tijn
Acuyuye - Olof Dreijer & Diva Cruz
Infuse (Skee Mask Remix) - J. Tijn
Cigarette Glow - Terence Fixmer x Phase Fatale
Sweat (SOPHIE Remix) - SONIKKU
Barbie Girl - MOTHERMARY
Des Taxis Pour Les Galaxies	- Rss Disco
Disturbance (Tommy Four Seven Remix) - Drumcell
Tony - Ansome
Labyrinth (Original Mix) - Exium
Orbital - Rebekah
Unrhythm (Marcel Fengler Remix) - Sawf
80 KG Hate - KOBOSIL
Oblivion - Vaughn Anton
D4 Damager (T78 Remix) - ROBPM
The Anti Mixdown - J Tijn
Track 5 (Robert Hood Remix) - Tommy Four Seven
Suicide Mind - Rebekah
Tombstone - Marcal 
Punk (Mark Broom Remix) - Schmutz
Muscle - R.M.K
Rain (Original Mix) - Hurdslenk

Basement Party Live Mix, First Stand, vol VI

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