XDB ALL NIGHT LONG @ Club krokant / Alkmaar / 16. April 2022

Recording of Jane Fitz's set at Karma Kastle 2022

Jane Fitz at Karma Kastle 3.0

@xdb

www.wakinglife.pt
19 - 24 June 2024

📸 camille blake

XDB at Outro Lado - Waking Life '23

The next podcast is a special one for me!  And here’s why:

- Dj Rino has a natural instinctive talent towards the craftsmanship of deejaying. 
- This 27 year old Brusseleir has a deep essential love for underground (dance) music and club culture. 
- He also has a soft spot for tunes with a psychedelic, stretched-out groove.
- I truly believe in him as an artist and friend.

This summer Dj Rino was booked at the psytrance and rave festival called Space Safari deep down in the south of Belgium to play a 3h after hour dj set at the Zodiak stage on Sunday morning.

I knew it was an important summer gig for him and he had been busy with his selection and set order for months so I traveled with him, set up my tent, went to sleep & woke up at 7am to hit the misty gray morning muddy dance floor and was blown away instantly. He kept the vibes deep and layered, super balanced and controlled, sharp mixing and a big big smile on his face. The morning sun came to say hello during the last hour and we all shined on. 

Thanks to Dj Rino for your amazing performance, your carefully selected music and full dedication that shapes the Belgian scene at this very moment. Shout out to Space Safari and Tweede Asem for the recording of this delicious psychedelic breakfast. Let’s travel among the stars together with Dj Rino.

https://soundcloud.com/rinobxl
https://soundcloud.com/pinguinsociety

The Basic Moves Of ... DJ RINO (live at Space Safari 2023)

The very much in demand Dutch producer and DJ Eversines steps up for our 116th Phonica mix with over an hour of his own productions!

If you are just getting on the Eversines train you have missed quite alot of stops but its not too late to catch up. Having released on a wide range of labels like Slow Life, Nous'Klaer Audio and the label he co run's De Lichting; Eversine's (real name Remco Hazewinkel) has been considered an array of styles spanning techy, euphoric and ambient variations of house. These diverse styles has been showcased into his sets; ambient, deepness alongside pulsating acidy bass into pumping driven moments that have caused a sweat and huge clubs and festivals like the recently close De School and Dekmantel. We are delighted to have Remco added to our long running mix series with over an hour of his own productions from start to finish. We had a brief chat with him about the mix below and what he has coming up in the near future. This is Phonica Mix 116 - Eversines.

Phonica Mix Series 116: Eversines

Vlada (@playvlada) has been playing all over the globe since just 18 years of age. Russia-born but Berlin-based for many years now, her sound is defined by a long, winding mixing style and is built on hypnotic basslines that slowly but surely zone you out. 

That very much comes out in this week's mix which initially locks you into a signature meditative pace but then builds with smart gear shifts and technical mixes. There are acid flashes to liven things up, bright synths spiraling around electrifying techno, broken beats to keep things moving then more stark industrial and metallic textures that place you at the heart of a strobe-lit and floor. It is another masterful mix full of must-find tunes from this ever more essential selector.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 453 - Vlada

Of all the Berlin DJs who make a living spinning strange, I'm-not-sharing-the-tracklist kind of records, Sugar Free, originally hailing from Madrid, might be the most fun. She plays bold, colourful tracks with an air of sci-fi and sleaze, somewhere between Italo, hi-NRG, electro and house. (Her Dimensions Mix last year was one of our favourites of 2023.) She's the kind of DJ who messes with your perception of genres and tempos by how she blends tracks together, and also a DJ with a rare grasp of mixing melodies and moods—just check out the first transition of this RA Podcast for a spine-tingling example.

Sugar Free doesn't speak much publicly, and you won't find a lot about her on the internet. She prefers to let her DJing speak for itself. And her RA Podcast says a lot: proggy basslines, heart-in-mouth descents into reverb-heavy breakdowns, eerie vocals and a general feel of psychedelia and '80s decadence. It's difficult to tell what era these records are from, which is part of the charm. For a bonus point, try and pick out two just-completed Sugar Free originals, some of her first productions ever after her debut track came out on Limousine Dream in 2022.

@freesugarfree

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/927

RA podcast

RA.927 Sugar Free

XDB @ Selectors Club @ Stilbrvch / Göttingen

Warm sounds, deep flow, small steps. Helmed by Belgian Dj Lola Haro.

Small Steps w/ Lola Haro @ Kiosk Radio 02.05.2024

This week's podcast comes from Bogota-born, Berlin/Brussel's-based Adi. Affiliated with the Basic Moves crew, she released an LP for the label in 2020, plus contributed on a VA on For Playful Manners, a sublabel run by her and Walrus. In 2023 she released her most recent EP 'Life at the Cookie Squad' on Munich based label Different Times. DIM311 is a captivating window into her musical world.

DIM311 - Adi

To keep the Bonanza cauldron bubbling, we are thrilled to drop the full 3 hours of XDB's glorious Sunday morning slot from Bonanza back in March. 

Anyone who has heard XDB knows that these after-hours moments are where he shines brightest, and this is on full display for Rio 005, as he weaves his way effortlessly through the deepest of deep house, ambient techno, electro, acid and tech house. The music XDB plays is always hard to put your finger on, but is consistently interwoven with a certain intangible feeling and emotion. For many this was an absolute highlight of the festival, so we couldn't be happier to share this with you as the 5th instalment of our mix series.