The November Mix - Part 2

Time for another mix! As the weather turns cold around these parts, we need scorching-hot techno tracks to keep us warm and happy, and this session brings just about everything you need to meet the unavoidable cold. But, if you´re in the Southern Hemisphere, then you´ll be experiencing the opposite. Enough talk, here´s the music!

Mark Broom & Discrete Circuit - MBDC 1

This jacking track from the MBDC EP is a nevertheless deep, heady affair full of solid beats and trippy effects,  a result of the collaboration between Mark Broom´s hard-edged techno and Discrete Circuit´s darker style.

Marco Effe - Unusual Signs

Marco Effe displays a thorough knowledge of what makes a techno track tick in Unusual Signs, his collaboration on the Calibrate Repetition EP from Planet Rhythm. A dry and sparse atmosphere is the perfect setting for its thundering percussion and piercing call-and-response stabs.

Dok & Martin - The Evil Laugh

Full of energy and purpose, Dok & Martin´s The Evil Laugh carries a groove that builds and explodes throughout the track, along with a spooky laugh and vocals mixed in.

Thomas Schumacher - The Fuzz

Thomas Schumacher unleashes his inner acid beast in The Fuzz, from his latest release on Noir Music. Full-on energy in a peak time track sure to blow a few minds on the dancefloor.

Layton Giordani - Black Mirror

With a synth riff that harks back to the glory days of rave, Black Mirror, from the Phase II EP,  Layton Giordani´s latest effort on Drumcode, is a moving track that recalls dark, foggy forests lit up by stroboscopic lights.

Yotam Avni - Death In Goa

Israeli producer Yotam Avni is in his best form when creating deep, twisting grooves that take techno to new limits. Death In Goa carries an unstoppable beat while burrowing into your brain with synth melodies and relentless repetition.

The Reason Y - Amalthea

A project started by Berlin producer Frederik Laaser, The Reason Y seeks to create deep, booming techno cuts that also connect to audiences on the dancefloor. Amalthea is a track that envelops and pulls you by keeping a steady beat and adding hypnotic effects to its many layers.

Popof - On The Line

Popof has a stellar touch when crafting wicked techno grooves, and Mind Access, his latest EP on ELEVATE, keeps on bringing the pounding beats, with pulsating track On The Line poised and ready for its attack on the dancefloor.

Marco Bailey - Hasai (Shlomi Aber Remix)

Remixing a Marco Bailey track should be a daunting, but satisfying, task, and Shlomi Aber delivers a killer version of 2017 cut Hasai that should really make him happy, thanks to a unique and updated touch.

Raito - 002

Suara keeps putting out quality techno records from new faces in the scene, bringing booming kicks and smart melodies together for a unique sound. In this case, French producer Raito offers his take on this side of techno with the Ikaruga EP, including the epic track 002.

Vonda7 - On Fire

A versatile music lover from Poland that has trotted Europe playing and learning the ropes of different styles, Vonda7 finally settled in Berlin, from where she unleashes beasts like this track, keeping her impressive production skills at the highest level. 

Matt Sassari - Leroy

Leading with his trademark pounding kicks, Matt Sassari´s Leroy carries a monster groove, aided by effective vocal samples and a menacing synth line that comes from out of nowhere.

Weska - Stellar Tidal Disruption

This intense track is impossible to miss thanks to its massive, rising and falling bassline, sweeping away all those who might happen to be on the dancefloor when it´s dropped.

Peace Division feat. Pleasant Gehman - Blacklight Sleaze (Radio Slave Vocal Remix)

True to his unmistakable style, Radio Slave reworks this Peace Division track by turning its tech-house grooves into a techno stomper, sparse and airy but nevertheless tough as steel.

Doctor Boom - Shapeshifter

The mighty KMS Records brings us a slice of straight-on, banging techno from this Florida producer, DJ, label head and label A&R, carrying several layers of voice and sound that twist and turn giving it a mutating vibe, while keeping a heavy groove.

Bastian Bux - Indanha

Bastian Bux returns to Suara with the Multiple Realities EP, four tracks of his hard-hitting, expansive techno with melodic soul. First off is Indanha, carrying a full-on groove and hypnotic synths.

Eskapist - Voluptuous Runner

Mysterious techno producer Skapist drops the second volume of his Figure series with four different tracks that cover the many moods and shapes of the genre. Voluptuous Runner is a tune that carries momentum and urgency, rolling over everything and everyone in their path.

Alex Rubino - Diva

A simple yet energetic synth melody leads this track of this Italian DJ´s latest EP on Phobiq, Incredible. Leaving enough space for every element to breathe, this cut combines the shimmer of club techno with the grit of the underground.

Joachim Spieth - Luminophor

Deep techno imprint Affin presents Luminophor, the latest EP from label boss Joachim Spieth, who weaves an intricate and dubby track full of echoes, effects and ghostly sounds in the title cut.

Electric Rescue - Knofeb

French techno wünderkind Electric Rescue continues his prolific output with the Limit of Social Norms EP, out on Newrhythmic Records. Nothing about this producer´s music is ordinary or unoriginal, as the 5 tracks all enter into unchartered techno territory guided by his skilled hand. Knofeb is a deep and disturbing, with sounds that feel either alien or underwater blanketed by a thick layer of distortion.

Andre Crom - Ready 2 Jack

Andre Crom´s debut EP on Tronic Music delivers two punishing original tracks and a remix of the title cut by [Wex 10]. Check out the original version for massive kicks and all-out techno mayhem.

Hannes Bieger - Scoria

This highly skilled and sought-after mixing engineer stepped up to dance music production and live performances to fully live out his passion for electronic music, turning his knowledge and experience in the studio as a major asset. His latest on Bedrock, the Stars EP, is a tasteful collection of 3 original tracks and a dub version of the title cut. While keeping with the chilled atmosphere of the EP, Scoria carries a mean bass-line nonetheless, driving the rhythm forward while synths and effects interact and intertwine as the main melody rises and falls.

Vonda7 - Stay Organic (Tiger Stripes Remix)

Tiger Stripe´s remix of Vonda7´s Stay Organic fattens up the beats while keeping close to the original, leaving the main organ riff and vocal samples almost intact for the same intense, funky effect.

Giovanni Carozza - 49

This unstoppable track moves forward like a locomotive at full steam, a massive, speeding lethal machine. A voice keeps repeating 49, which heightens the centrifugal forces created by this punishing cut. Featured in his latest 4-track EP on Off Recordings.

Fabio Neural - Flow Beat

Italian producer Fabio Neural´s new track Flow Beat mixes jumpy techno with vocal samples, creating a peak-time vibe that should result very effective for keeping an audience on their feet. 

Reinier Zonneveld - Move Your Body To The Beat

A brutal kick drum opens this overpowering track, which then proceeds to combine funky vocals with a sprightly acid stab for dancefloor-destroying effects. Reinier Zonneveld drops five ground-shaking tracks on his latest EP on his own Filth On Acid.

Joyhauser - 1989

Belgian duo Joyhauser turn out an impressively powerful debut EP on Terminal M with 4 steaming techno tracks. 1989 stands out for its raw simplicity and stabbing synths, backed by a hectic martial rhythm.

Maceo Plex - Mutant Robotics

Maceo Plex continues his Mutant series with the melodic Mutant Robotics, on Ellum. The producer has created a winning concept that has given us some of the best techno music of the year so far, and this track is no exception.

Pleasurekraft - Primordial

This producer duo continues on their quest for the crunchiest techno with Primordial, their latest release on their Kraftek imprint. The title track unleashes a ten-ton beat amid very unsettling synths, which are then all put together after the break thanks a a sinister voice sample.

Alex Stein - Maelstrom

A dark, powerful track that carries a driving groove and booming kicks, Maelstrom by Alex Stein is truly a force to be beckoned with. Released on the EP by the same name on Senso Sounds.

The October 2018 Mix - Part 2

This mix has multiple personalities, no doubt due to the many different styles selected during this latter half of October. Including deep, melodic, clubby, funky, hard, scary and downright weird techno tunes, this is a session that covers a lot of ground. 

BEC - No Regrets (2000 and One Remix)

BEC is a new face in techno coming from the UK, whose new track No Regrets gets remixed by Amsterdam techno stalwart and 100% Pure Records owner 2000 and One. True to his in-your-face style, this rework packs a mean punch that keeps you on your toes.

Ken Ishii & Drunken Kong - Shift

Visionary techno legend Ken Ishii joins hot new talent Drunken Kong in the studio to produce the Fatal Error EP, on Tronic Music. Two blistering tracks that combine the otherworldly style of Ishii with the raw energy of Drunken Kong, featuring opener Shift´s steamrolling bass and funky beats.

Juliet Fox - Robotic Mode

Robotic Mode is truly reminiscent of a cold, detached world of machines thanks to its tight marching beat, soulless voice samples and simple, hypnotic synth stabs.

Truncate - Dial (Heiko Laux Remix)

Truncate is by now a name associated with underground techno, focusing on the percussive elements of the style while instilling them with uncompromising and unexpected twists and turns that set his sound apart. Remixing his tracks should be a daunting undertaking, one that German producer Heiko Laux tackles with gusto, further enhancing original track Dial with a jacking groove and swinging attitude.

Alex Mine & Binaryh - Pandora

Italy meets Brazil in this collaboration between Alex Mine and Binaryh, resulting in a sprawling, cavernous and chilling track, combining Mine´s penchant for dark beats and melodies with Binaryh´s more theatrical tendencies. Out of the Prometheus EP on Comade Music.

Yan Cook - Time Bend

This Ukraine producer is a non-stop factory of thick, booming tracks, sometimes hard and grinding and others, like Time Bend, driving and mysterious.

Reset Robot - Aposiopesis

Reset Robot returns to We Are The Brave with his Aposiopesis EP, featuring a title track that carries a solid beat among ethereal synths and voice samples.

Forward Strategy Group - The Beast Uncaged

What better place for Forward Strategy Group´s mechanical, industrial techno than the label Mord, home to some of the scariest sounds you´ll find on the harder edge of the style. The Beast Uncaged is raw, twisted and dirty, with cold, dank breath, you can hear the whip scream on its back, and it doesn´t stop until it´s all over.

Tripeo & Cadans - Rave Tune

Tripeo & Cadans´ Rave Tune starts with a dramatic intro that seems to rise from the abyss to become a driving techno tune, including string melodies all throughout. Part of Rekids´ Special Projects series.

Florian Meindl - Free Fall

Versatile as well as prolific, Florian Meindl is a producer that is able to keep the groove no matter the style he tackles, as he shows in Free Fall, the title track off his new EP on Flash Recordings. Techno and breaks shape and transform each other into a deep and intense ride.

Randomer & Cadans - Anchor (Len Faki Hardspace Remix)

Len Faki continues his remix-oriented series on LF RMX 010 with four tough remixes, of which we´ve selected the drifting, sparse version of Randomer and Cadans´ original tune Anchor.

JoeFarr - Dedicate (Emmanuel Remix)

Wonderfully off-kilter, JoeFarr´s Dedicate is a testament to this producer´s unique view and style when crafting techno music, fusing all kinds of different elements to surround the catchy melody that leads the track. ARTS label owner Emmanuel gives the original a run for its money, delivering a solid remix that seems to drift in and out of consciousness.

Spektre - Without Warning

Tough, dark and melodic, Spektre´s Without Warning is techno as its most hypnotic, thanks to a thundering beat, heavenly synths, and enough reverb to drown a cathedral. Released as an EP by Voltage Records featuring two remixes by D-Deck and Thomas Schumacher.

Chymera - Noise Tool

Irish producer Chymera brings us Noise Tool, his latest release on Maeve, featuring a progressive, slow burning title track, which opens with a subtle kick and then builds up to become an all- enveloping monster.

VSK, Symmetrical Behaviour and Conrad Van Orton - Deformation Gradient

Deformation Gradient, the chilling second cut of the Distorting Influence EP from VSK, Symmetrical Behaviour and Conrad Van Orton, is a dark, grinding track that threatens to fall apart, only to come back stronger, with an impending feeling of doom heightened by the spectral sounds in the background.

Christian Smith & John Selway - Royal Movement

The long-standing collaboration between two of techno´s most respected names, Christian Smith and John Selway, continues in full effect and power, as attested by their latest EP on Tronic Music, Count Zero Part II. Royal Movement, the second cut, carries so much weight in its blanketing synths that it creates its own gravity.

The October Mix, Part 1

This first October session focuses on the melodic side of techno, with some hard tracks peppered in for good measure. We´ve selected 15 great tracks over the first half of the month, and I hope this mix does them proper justice. Enjoy!

Tracklist:

1.- Kevin de Vries - Aratak

2.- D-Deck & Alex Mine - New Odyssey

3.- Ron Costa - Touma Perception

4.- Juxta Position - Bad Folder

5.- Maxim Dark - Freedom Action

6.- Lewis. - The Resurrection

7.- Sian - Paper

8.- Metodi Hristov - Sofia

9.- Ilija Djokovic - Helix

10.- uhnknwn - Starlight Unit

11.- ANNA - When I Am Only A Dream

12.- Victor Ruiz & Thomas Schumacher - Wonder

13.- Tom Hades - Cloned

14.- Par Grindvik - Layday (Mark Broom Remix)

15.- Noir - Undone

Juxta Position - Bad Folder

Juxta Position takes us on an expedition to the deepest realms of techno in Bad Folder, part of Figure Jams 005, his split EP with Pablo Mateo on Figure. With a driving, stomping beat, the track layers on bouncing stabs that play off each other, in a sort of call-and-answer fashion.