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D-Node 199: Gonzalo MD | Knotweed

igor — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:20:35 +0000

Argentine DJ/producer Gonzalo MD got his start as a DJ at the age of 16, developing a personal style fusing Detroit, dub, and darker techno. Currently resident DJ at the prominent Buenos Aires club Cocoliche, he’s released his first 12″ on French label Knotweed Records and has two vinyls forthcoming on new Berlin label Ressort Imprint, as well as another slated for Knotweed. His mix for D-Node this week gets various elements of his sound in, with a slower and deeper vibe evolving into a more high energy sound. It’s also filled with a plenty of his own releases and unreleased music.

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Tracklist
Myk Derill – Beyond [Knotweed Records]
Kaelan – Callout (Fundamental Interaction Remix) [CLFT]
Picon – Series #1 [Newrhythmic Records]
Gonzalo MD – Inner Conflict [Sonntag Morgen]
Myles Serge – Roller World (Mike Dehnert Remix) [6ONE6]
Audiolabor S Tek – Falloutparty (Dice Remix)
Strck – Ektan [Vinyl Forthcoming Ressort Imprint]
Gonzalo MD – Northern Light [Vinyl Forthcoming Ressort Imprint]
Aubrey – Dot (Ozka remix) [DOT 2]
Astronomical Telegram – Cataclysmic Variable [Prototype]
Roberto – Spring Times [Be As One]
Gonzalo MD – Dubious environment (Acid retrograde) [Unreleased]
Mike Dehnert – Unknow [Unknow]
Gonzalo MD – ModulDat [Vinyl Forthcoming Ressort Imprint]
Pacou – Sense [Tresor Records]
Myk Derill – Facial Features [Vinyl Forthcoming Knotweed Records]

D-Node 197: Andrei Morant | Scope Recordings

igor — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:51:16 +0000

This week we bring you another mix informed by years of experience, this one by American producer Andrei Morant. Morant’s been DJing since the ’80s and releasing techno since the ’90s on labels like Planet Rhythm, Template and his own Scope Recordings, founded in 2003. Spend an hour immersed in his sound, with a mix filled mostly with originals and his own remixes. Andrei will perform at this year’s Interface / Scene event in Detroit during movement weekend.

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Tracklist
01 – Intro Rekliner – Andrei Morant – Scope
02 – Alptraum – Yan Cook – Silent Steps
03 – Cell (Audio Injection Remix) – Greg Grajek – Dark and Sonorous Recordings
04 – Slip and Slide – Andrei Morant – Scope
05 – Miles – Andrei Morant – 4-Track
06 – Brick Walls – Andrei Morant – Scope
07 – The Traitor – Andrei Morant – Scope
08 – Miles – Andrei Morant – 4-Track
09 – Trusses – Andrei Morant – 4-Track
10 – Bag Source – Andrei Morant – Scope
11 – Awe Yea – Andrei Morant – Scope
12 – Turkish – Andrei Morant – Scope
13 – False Flag – Andrei Morant – Scope
14 – Miner – Andrei Morant – Scope
15 – Root One (Andrei Morant Remix) – Virulent – Ill Bomb
16 – Breath (Andrei Morant Remix) – Israle Toledo – Scope
17 – Omnipotent (Andrei Morant Remix) – Monix – Translucent
18 – BMO Winner – Andrei Morant – Scope

D-Node 186: Mick Finesse | Perc Trax

igor — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:41:04 +0000

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 beats and moving on to include a Pinion remix from new EP for Perc, The Disaster Began During a Systems Test.

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Tracklist
Karenn – Widedyed [Sheworks]
SHXCXCHCXSH – RJRJRFFRJRJ [Avian]
Shadows – Where There Is Only Light [Avian]
TR//ER – UC [Brothers]
Bleaching Agent – 64ml [Mira] (tease)
AnD – 001 [AnD]
Pfirter feat Xiantek – Caos Y Orden Superior [Stroboscopic Artefacts]
British Murder Boys – In Another Country [Liberation Technologies]
Mick Finesse – Meltdown (Pinion Remix) [Perc Trax]
MPIA3 – Your Orders [R&S]
Edit Select – Typhon (Ventress Remix) [Edit Select]
Marcel Dettmann – Iso [Ostgut Ton]
Mike Parker – B1 ( GEO18) [Geophone]
Planetary Assault Systems – Flat Tire [Mote Evolver]
Bleaching Agent – 33ml [Mira]
Ugandan Methods – Imperium [Boomkat Limited]
Kangding Ray – Wars [Stroboscopic Artefacts]

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

igor — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:07:10 +0000

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.

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D-Node 172: Donor | Miniscule NY

igor — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:49:19 +0000

Greg Schappert aka Donor was born in New York and has lived in Barcelona, Madrid, Tokyo and Brooklyn, where he currently resides. The head of Miniscule Records and now one of techno’s more interesting producers, he was originally inspired by the sounds of mid to late ’90s Birmingham, Berlin, Detroit, and New York. Donor currently works with labels such as Stroboscopic Artefacts, Semantica Records, Thema and Prosthetic Pressings.

Donor on SoundCloud

We’re excited to present this hour featuring a variety of compelling and unique material — danceable techno yet also great for headphones. There’s no tracklist on this one, but if you want to try it out for yourself we’ll start you off with the closing track: Cristian Vogel’s “Lucky Connor.”

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D-Node 171: Jason Fernandes | Skyline Type Grooves

igor — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:12:44 +0000

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.

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Tracklist
Jason Fernandes Droid Mix
Jon Gurd – Remember You [Octopus]
Bryan Chapman – Lump [8 Sided Dice]
Yooj – I Took You In [Not Bad]
Dubit – Testati (Jason Fernandes Remix [Hidden Recordings]
Alan Fitzpatrick – The Showgirl [Drumcode]
Victor Calderone, Nicole Moudaber – Vertical Limit [Drumcode]
Jon Gurd – The Heat [Octopus]
Jason Fernandes – Vulnerable [Subfigure]
The Junkies – Funk You [Tronic]
Seph – Mist [Dumb Unit]
Bryan Chapman – Koherent [8 Sided Dice]
Jason Fernandes – Unreleased
Mr Henry Von – Nightwatchman (Jon Gurd’s Primal Rhythm Remix)
The Advent & Jason Fernandes – Rocket Science [Drumcode]
Chris Colburn – Wide Awake (Rebekah’s Half Asleep Remix) [8 Sided Dice]
Woo York – Void (Truncate Remix) [Mutex]

RA Exchange 109: Droid Behavior + Clubbing in LA

Droid — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:40:33 +0000

Los Angeles’ finest techno promoters.

Droid Behavior eats, sleeps and shits techno. It says so on their business cards. The crew is nearing a decade as one of Los Angeles’ preeminent promoters of 4/4, a group of DJs, producers, photographers and writers that have filled the need for regular underground techno parties in the city. Raiz (Vangelis and Vidal Vargas) and Drumcell (Moe Espinosa) founded Droid, but over the years things have grown exponentially. Credit for this is down to the trio’s early embrace of email newsletters and online promotion as well as their multimedia-heavy Interface parties, which have seen the likes of Speedy J, Surgeon and Marcel Dettmann all take to the decks. But their tastes also run wider than the usual techno sphere. In recent years, the crew has booked ghetto tech legend DJ Slugo and UK avant dubstepper Vex’d. In conjunction with our Clubbing in Los Angeles feature, Jonny Coleman sat down with the group to talk about the city and techno’s place within it.

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Droid Behavior also gets heavy mention in this week’s Clubbing in Los Angeles feature on RA

Jonny Coleman tackles the multi-farious scene in one of America’s biggest cities.

Los Angeles has always been a capital of pop culture. Outside of rave, however, it’s never had much of a reputation for its dance music culture. Until recently, that is. The efforts of local promoters have given rise to enormous EDM festivals, the Low End Theory-driven beat scene and thriving techno and house crews—and have led to the city finally becoming internationally recognized. Now, it seems, a place that houses four million people inside the city limits and 18 million in the greater Southland area, is finally representing itself on the world stage.

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

igor — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:24:41 +0000

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 produced by Woo York and live improvised.

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CLR Podcast 178: Raíz (live PA)

Droid — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:35:08 +0000

CLR Podcast 178 Raíz (live PA) July 2012

http://clr.net/news.pl?id=265

It is Monday the 23rd of July 2012 and we have returning guests on the CLR Podcast. The Los Angeles born and bred brothers Vangelis and Vidal Vargas are not only founding members of the Droid Behavior event production group and record label, they also form the acclaimed techno duo Raíz and have shared the stage with many of the biggest players in today´s world of electronic music. Raíz fully harness the capabilities of Traktor, Ableton, and Maschine technology to create a thick blend of Detroit influenced techno and gritty house. They take cues from years of classical training to infuse dynamic musical expression with a delicate balance of mixing board acrobatics and symbiotic intuition. Many years of production experience inform their intense and inspiring Live PA / Digital DJ hybrid approach, which uses each track’s core essentials to form a narrative arch for every unique set. Their productions have been charted, played and supported by some of the most influential techno artists of our time and they have released their music on numerous respected labels world-wide. The present podcast is a live PA set and includes mostly unreleased material, a few edits and their upcoming release on Speedy J´s Electric Deluxe label. Their Droid Behavior events are famous for their quality and integrity all over the planet and they will be touring Europe together with further Droid Behavior artists all October long. If you would like to know more about Raíz or Droid Behavior, please visit the following sites:

http://www.droidbehavior.com
http://www.twitter.com/raiz_droid

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

igor — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:01:37 +0000

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.

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Tracklist
Industrialyzer – Endless Use
Space Djz – Impossible Dreamer (Electrorities Remix)
Sasha Carassi – Inverse Addiction
Tom Laws – Chemicalizer
Futur – E – Anthropolis
Rich Jones – Asshai (Joey Beltram Remix)
Tom Laws – Theravada
Cari Lekebusch – Unite (Joseph Capriati Remix)
Roberto Capuano – Antares
Futur – E – Deep In Abyss
Sasha Carassi – Hanger
Ben Sims – Smoke Machine

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