DROID BLOG TAG - D-node

D-Node 186: Mick Finesse | Perc Trax

Denver-based Mick Finesse, AKA Stephen Penders, has made his way into the international spotlight this past year with brilliant releases on Perc Trax (Tunnel Vision) and Broken20 (Spatial Anxiety). Fitting the Perc Trax sound, his output calls upon the best of industrial techno, IDM, and contemporary cutting edge electronics for a danceable sound that can range from brutal to serene. The mix he's prepared for Droid pulls from the leaders in this sound, starting with some murky, overdriven...

D-Node 178: Shifted Live at Tar & Feathered NYC

Back in June, Tar & Feathered brought UK artist Shifted to perform in New York City. One of techno's more promising stars, Shifted released his focused debut album Crossed Paths to wide acclaim this year on Luke Slater's Mote-Evolver, and Droid thanks Tar & Feathered for choosing us to share this blinding 2-hour peaktime excerpt from the night for your enjoyment. [audio:http://droidbehavior.com/Podcast_Sets/Random/dnode178-shifted.mp3] Download | See Other Podcasts Selec...

D-Node 171: Jason Fernandes | Skyline Type Grooves

The past couple of years UK artist Jason Fernandes has put out an impressive number of releases across several labels such as Drumcode, Phobic, Gynoid, and his debut album Forget Expectation came out on his own Skyline Type Grooves this year. Fernandes continues to gain support for his releases and attention for his skills as a DJ presenting an immediate dance sound. SoundCloud | Twitter | Beatport [audio:http://droidbehavior.com/Podcast_Sets/Random/dnode171-fernandes.mp3] Downl...

D-Node 170: Roberto Live in London | Artform UK

Roberto made his D-Node debut back in June of 2011. His music career has naturally progressed since then with well received EP's on Artform and Affin coupled with appearances at such famed venues around Europe as Fabric and Tresor Berlin. I had the pleasure of running into him during my last European Tour. We spent the afternoon visiting Amsterdam's "finest sights" of all things. Who knew? Recorded live at a top UK venue, this 2-hour set pulls us into deep territory, emerging to the surf...

D-Node 169: Rødhåd | Dystopian Berlin

Berlin-based DJ/producer/promoter Rødhåd is a leader of Berlin's Dystopian collective, a fledgling label, but more importantly one of Berlin's best-regarded contemporary techno parties. Rødhåd takes the "dystopian," melancholic side of techno and of course primes and molds it into his own version of the techno experience. Enjoy a sample. [audio:http://droidbehavior.com/Podcast_Sets/Random/dnode169-rodhad.mp3] Download | See Other Podcasts

D-Node 168: Woo York Live PA | BSF KIEV

Kiev-based duo Woo York makes live techno music. As resident hosts of the BSF radio show, which has hosted both Audio Injection and Raiz, they keep thousands of listeners up to date with the techno movement, which has in turn supported their releases in its highest ranks, in its holiest places of worship. Their latest vinyl offering on Mutex contains remixes from MRSK as well as Droid Behavior's own Truncate. So this week we have a studio live PA of fresh, original music, all tracks produ...

D-Node 166: Sasha Carassi Live at Tresor | Drumcode

Another week, another chance to lose it for an hour. This week we present a set from Neapolitan DJ/producer Sasha Carassi, who's been invading DJ charts through his own labels Globox and Phobiq Recordings but also Drumcode, Sleaze, Harthouse, and other outlets of the European techno vanguard. This set of big-room, dance-primary techno comes straight from the reopened Tresor Berlin, where it was recorded in April. Sample an hour, get out of the house for the rest. [audio:http://droidbe...

D-Node 164: A. Trebor AKA The Plant Worker | FR

Frenchman Damien Lapéna's a man of pseudonyms, Alejandro Trebor being the best known name with recent releases on Hidden Recordings and Trapez. The Plant Worker is his guise for classically-inspired techno, the sound of frustrated cities both glittering and decayed, subterranean machines, and the techno-world vision that inspired the genre's birth. No nonsense. [audio:http://droidbehavior.com/Podcast_Sets/Random/dnode164-trebor.mp3] Download | See Other Podcasts Tracklist Trun...

D-Node 163: Israel Vines | Borrowed Language

Currently based in Los Angeles but a Midwesterner at heart, Borrowed Language label owner Israel Vines discovered techno music as so many growing up in Michigan did: via the sounds of the Belleville Three and Underground Resistance. He started DJing soon thereafter, and was later instrumental in throwing the ‘Real-ism’ event in Lansing, which would feature Jay Denham, Robert Hood, and Dan Bell. Moves between Chicago and Detroit followed, and included a three-year stint at Gramaphone Records,...

D-Node 162: Bill Youngman Live PA | Killekill

Bill Youngman emerged onto the techno scene in the mid '90s with "Electrostep" on NYC label Serotonin. He's since released a steady stream of idiosyncratic tracks reimaging the popular techno blueprint through a more experimental lens, including a series of EPs with Neil Landstrumm. Now he's affiliated with Berlin label Killekill, having recently put out the Shadent 12", an edit of which is in the mix below. For D-Node 162, Bill has delivered a unique live PA wherein you will find him constr...