Davide Carbone - better known as D.Carbone, class of '87 - is a techno producer since his early days.
His sound is rooted in the visionary decay of society that evolves into an acidic vision of life in general, accompanied by deep drones and glitch sonorities creating the raw and industrial, yet unique sounds.
During the past years, Davide has released on labels like Planet Rhythm, Inner Surface Music, Dynamic Reflection and his own labels called REPITCH and 3TH.
In 2013, he introduced his new moniker "Honzo" that he calls his alter ego. D.Carbone has a keen interest in Human Psychology - therefore the EP's name "D.Carbone meets Honzo in a Biopolar Disorder" which appeared on 3TH Records. Carbone wants to show the world the bipolarity of expression itself and in oneself by using both of his monikers - for the A/B side.
The A-side appears in typical D.Carbone manner, revealing the will to impress with metallic-acidic trips escorted by dramatic ambients and rich bass lines. The B-side represents Honzo as the experimental side of Carbone's music, focussing mainly on futuristic-breakbeats and industrial tones.
Over the years, Carbone established a strong collaboration with Ascion, who is, together with D.Carbone and Shapednoise, the third head behind REPITCH Recordings. D.Carbine is also one of the masterminds in the creation of 3TH Records. Recently, the works of D.Carbone and Ascion have resulted in various aliases such as Repitch and 3TH, that were named after and released on the homonymous labels.
In the future, there will be a lot more to expect from Carbone and his surrounding artists.
In this mix, D.Carbone leads an audio assault with his powerful arsenal of distortion drenched, post apocalyptic industrial techno, which has seen his stock dramatically rise in both the techno and experimental arenas. This obvious talent has served to fit him in the category of one of the most exciting producers around.
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Tracklisting
1) Cage Suburbia - Marseille [Haunter Records]
2) Honzo - Der Sandmann [Haunter Records]
3) Ascion - Acido Rosso [3TH Records]
4) Talker Feat Kerridge - Meniscus [Downwards]
5) Stave - Hardened Chord (Regis Remix) [REPITCH]
6) Ascion - Carnival [3TH Records]
7) Gaja - To Have [Ophism]
8) Stave - Pit Circle [REPITCH]
9) Ascion - Public Head [3TH Records]
10) Polygon Window - Quoth (Hidden Remix) [Warp Records]
11) Orphx - Burning Flags (Surgeon Remix) [Sonic Groove]
12) D.Carbone - Metempsychosis [REPITCH]
13) Mescalinum United - We Have Arrived (Aphex Twin TTQ Mix) [R&S Records]
14) Jeff Mills - The Visitor [Axis Records]
15) Honzo - Gemello di Té Stesso [Haunter Records]
16) Acid Warrior - Drop Out [Junkfood Records]
17) Honzo - Vert Venin [Haunter Records]
For more information on D.Carbone head over to his Facbeook Fan Page. For the rest of the mixes in our series check out the Podcast page on the Slash Dot Dash Website
A resident of the Blocaus series in Paris, as well as a great collector of vinyl, Anetha is a young artist who has quickly become a prominent figure in the Paris underground scene. Her sets are precise and energetic, traveling flawlessly between hypnotic techno, dub-techno, mental tracks and even acid.
Anetha knows how to take control of a dance floor. A lot of great things are coming soon from her. She is definitely an artist to watch out for. Anetha has supported some of the greatest names in techno from the likes of Chris Liebing, Function, James Ruskin, Oscar Mulero and more, as well as performing at the excellent Weather Festival in her native Paris.
The mix Anetha has provided for our series goes to show just why she's such a rising talent. Driving rhythms evolve with subtle progression interspersed with smatterings of emotion and full on classic rave moments.
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For more information on Anetha please head over to her Facebook Fan Page. For the rest of the mixes in our podcast series check out the Podcast page on the Slash Dot Dash Website
Fluxion (Kostas Soublis) is a Greek producer that has been active for more than 10 years, with 6 full length albums and 12 EP / LP releases on Chain Reaction, Vibrant Music, Resopal and Echocord. His releases have been remixed by Deadbeat, Thomas Fehlmann, Rod Modell, Morphosis and Convextion amongst others. Fluxion's music includes different genres of electronic music, ambient, dub, experimental, techno, with sound design. His music has a characteristic of slowly evolving parts and contemplating elements which form lengthy musical pieces. His sounds are heavily processed to a point where the origin of a sound has little to do with the end result.
Epic in scope with a bit of the clicks & cuts approach synonymous with artists such as Vladislav Delay, much of Fluxion's best Chain Reaction work was compiled on teo Vibrant Forms albums. He went silent for a few years but resurfaced with a somewhat bolder approach on the 2009-2013 releases through Resopal and Echocord. At the end of 2013 Type reissued Fluxion's "Vibrant Forms" with 10 tracls that had been released in 1999 on the legendary Berlin imprint Chain Reaction and 2014 he made his brilliant comeback with releasing a new album (CD + 2LP) called "Broadwalk Tales" on Echocord, featuring the Jamaican vocalist Teddy Selassie.
Naturally, we were delighted to invite Fluxion to join our podcast family, and the mix he has put together perfectly illustrates why he's been one of the top artists in his field for a decade. Oozing lush textures, evolving atmospheres and blissful dub overtones, this mix is one to immerse yourself within it's warming glow.
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For more information on Fluxion head over to his Facebook Fan Page. For the rest of the mixes on our podcast series check out the Podcast Page on the Slash Dot Dash website.
UVB is the pseudonym of the French DJ and producer, Sébastien Michel. He grew up with the passion for music and focused his attention on electronic music in 2011 whine he decided to start producing. In the meantime, he started his DJ project in his home city, Marseille, playing in underground places and delivering his own vision of Techno Music. Late 2012, he worked on several music projects in different styles of electronic music which comforted him in his choice for raw and hard tones.
In 2013, UVB concentrated on his techno project, started to develop his own version of a live which is a DJ set only composed of his own productions, and played it at clubs in Berlin (Urban Spree, Tresor). His first EP was released on the Rotterdam based label MORD Records in June 2014 and has been supported by some of the biggest names of the Techno scene such as Surgeon, Marcel Dettmann, Lucy or even Tommy Four Seven.
UVB's sound combines energetic tones with intricate rhythms, and always focuses on a true rave feeling by it's functionality and it's rawness. This mix, that effortlessly blends techno of varying energy levels whilst maintaining the same tempo, if proof of why he's become one of techno's most hotly tipped rising stars.
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2007 was a strange year for techno. Dancefloors worldwide were hooked by the minimal craze, vinyl sales were in a massive slump, Europe was gripped by widespread recession and Berghain was relatively unknown to those outside of Berlin. With this in mind, if someone told you they were going to start a record label, and press on vinyl, you'd probably have told them that they'd be mad to do so. But Kr!z, driven by a need for an artistic outlet, had other ideas.
Armed with tracks from Inigo Kennedy, Sub Space, Ø Phase and Radial, he pitched his stall and made his statement of a new darker direction that techno could take. Token Records was born and the result was music made for dark basements rather than huge arena's hired by promoter with bottomless production budgets. As the years have rolled by releases from Inigo Kennedy and Ø Phase have continued and spattered amongst them has been EPs from the likes of Oscar Mulero, Go Hiyama, Xhin, Mark Broom and Eschaton as well as the roster additions of Ctrls and Rødhåd, which have been received with critical acclaim from all corners of the techno world and has helped cement the labels position at the forefront of our ever enhancing scene.
As we reach the present day, Token Records present us with 'Aphelion' to serve as a celebration of their achievements to date and as a prelude to what the future looks like for the Belgium imprint. Collecting together label mainstays, techno legends and bright new stars was only going to end in something spectacular, covering the expansive tapestry of sounds that make up what we class as techno. There's no warm up as we're thrown straight into what seems like the Army Ants march to war with Ø Phase's 'Insectoid'. Lucy drops the pace with 'Sana Sana Sana Cura Cura Cura' and his subtle use of modular rhythms before Ctrls ups the ante with the frantic progression of 'X.Y.'
Rødhåd continues the heady vibe with 'Haumea' and it's trippy synth patterns that intertwine with each other in oscillating waves and slowly enslave your subconscious. 'The 808 Track (Parts 1 & 2)', from Luke Slater's Planetary Assault Systems alias, makes tremendous use of the classic 808 sounds that have been a staple of techno since it's inception. The UK techno legend run continues as James Ruskin utilises almost playful, infectiously jacking programming on 'No Trace' and Surgeon showcases his heavily distorted industrial sound on 'Fixed Action Pattern'.
Inigo Kennedy, no less of a UK techno legend himself, mixes heavy kicks and aggressive percussion with emotive lead lines for those late night transcendent moments. Not wanting to go out on a whimper, they've rounded off with one of the most exciting additions to UK techno in the shape of Blawan and Pariah's double act, Karenn, and their 'Pace Yourself' which does anything but. Stabs drenched in reverb overlay gothic bells which perch delicately on top of a relentless 4/4 kick drum to leave you craving more when you reach the final curtain.
If this album is to be a statement of everything that Token Records embodies, then they're definitely going with the attitude of put your strongest foot forward. And what results is a structurally sound fortress of techno that could withstand anything nature, or man, could throw at it. It's solid as the day is long and bound together with quality from every junction. The journey to this point has been a very fruitful one for Token and the future is one that should be observed very closely.
If you're still not sold on whether you should buy this from our words alone, you can stream the full album from the Soundcloud player below. You can buy the Triple Vinyl + CD pack now from Juno as well as all your other esteemed outlets. For more info on Token Records, head over to their Facebook Fan Page
Nothing but his real name. The German artist and producer Van Bonn is a true traveller in music and life. After formulating a language of drones, hip-hop, hardcore-metal, instrumental rock and techno, Van Bonn presents his transcriptions of his journey in 2014 and onwards.
Reimut Van Bonn played drums in a hardcore-metal band besides producing hip-hop before he joined the well known German instrumental rock band 'Long Distance Calling' which went Top 40 in the German charts. Van Bonn contributed his deepness to the band's sound by using, manipulating and dubbing various electronic instruments and audio sources. Moreover Van Bonn recorded loads of 'mostly ambient drone stuff', as he says, for his alter ego Kadrage, to be kept safe under his bed. While living in Berlin, Van Bonn started to create his very own cosmos of sounds to transfer all this into techno.
Van Bonn's participation in the dub techno label, Telrae, which he did not only record for and where he is recognised as a soulmate of a collective of 5 people, already established as a tastemaker in this scene. Still a musician on the rise, he gave his debut on his own label Van Bonn Records with the vinyl EP 'Gradient' in April 2013 which was perceived very well with techno DJs, tastemakers and people who just loved music. But it was his EP about skydiver 'Baumgartner', released in October 2013, that was hailed as a masterpiece and which accounted for a small break through in his career.
Now located in Copenhagen, Van Bonn takes a new perspective on techno to travel and ride the waves of sound without ignorance and abuse, he is a human hellfire after all.
It was through his released on Telrae that was first discovered Van Bonn and we've been fans ever since. Traversing the blurred lines of dub and techno, his music very much fits our tastes, and whether it's through his productions or DJ sets, Van Bonn's creative skills are on show for all to admire. The mix is no exception as it draws you in with it's heavy bass, encapsulating rhythms and immersive atmospheres and holds you there until releasing you in the most delicate of fashions.
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Tracklisting
1) Van Bonn - Valid [Trapez]
2) Tester Peter - Rapture (Ron Costa Remix) [Trapez]
3) Stevie Wilson - Impact (Taster Peter Remix) [Organism]
4) Mark Fanciulli - Chord Chaos [Planet E]
5) Kaiserdisco - Choas [Drumcode]
6) Marcel Dettmann - A Req (T++ Remix) [MDR] / Lucy & Xhin - LX3 [CLR]
7) Ben Sims Feat T. Cooper - Feel It Deep (Sandwell District Remix) [Drumcode]
8) Marcel Dettmann - Push [Ostgut Ton]
9) Van Bonn - Polygraph [Trapez]
10) Randomer - Stupid Things I Do (New School Mix) [Clone Basement Series]
11) Equalized - #111 03 [Equalized]
12) Roberto Clementi - When You [Soma]
13) Peter Van Hoesen - Rapture's Coming [Time To Express]
More information on Van Bonn can be found on his Facebook Fan Page. For the rest of the mixes in our series head over the Podcast Page on the Slash Dot Dash website
TM404 is the brain child of Swedish producer, and analog legend, Andreas Tilliander. The project, released on Kontra Musik, was a homage to his love of vintage Roland hardware. Using nothing else but two 202s, four 303s, two 606s, a 707 and an 808 he expertly crafted an improvised work of experimental genius. Andreas utilised Roland's x0x series in a fashion unlike anyone else to create of vision of dub techno that's enthralling, relaxing and uplifting all at the same time.
TM404 is just one of a long line of projects under Tilliander's belt. During the last 15 years he's released music ranging from classic dub techno to experimental soundscapes and dubstep to peak time dance floor techno. All this can be found under his own name, as well as the aliases Mokira, Lowfour, Rechord, Komp, Kondens (with Stefan Thor), part of the bands Bulgur Brothers and Skitus and finally his newest project, forth coming on Semantica, Svaag, on esteemed labels such as Raster Noton, Prologue, Echocord, Skudge, Kontra Musik and many more.
The TM404 live show has entertained and impressed audiences worldwide at clubs and festivals like Berghain, Mutek, Culture Box and CTM Festival, and has been a regular at Richie Hawtin's Enter parties at Ibizan super club Space. With new music coming in the next few months, as Svaag on Semantica, as Mokira on SELF and new TM404 material, firstly on Skudge and a TM404 remix pack from Svreca on Kontra Musik, winter is shaping up to be a very exciting time for the Swede, as it is for his fans.
We asked him to join our podcast family and he duly obliged with a TM404 DJ mix that encapsulates all this is Andreas Tilliander. Effortlessly gliding from experimental to acid, to elegant dub techno before venturing into the world of hypnotic techno, touching the fringes of DnB then back to stripped out techno, culminating in a swan song of early 80s dub.
You can subscribe to our podcast series in iTunes or you can stream or download the mix from the Soundcloud player below
Tracklisting
1) Peder Mannerfelt - Lines Describing Circles [Digitalis]
2) AFX - Analogue Bubblebath 5 Track 7 [Rephlex]
3) Helena Hauff - Корабль—макет [Panzerkreuz Records]
4) Echologist - Good Bye [Prologue Records]
5) Cio D'Or - Ur [Telrae]
6) Unknown Artist - Knowone 015 [Konwone]
7) Answer Code Request - Ghostas [Ostgut Ton]
8) Rrose - White/Drip [EAUX]
9) Ben Buitendijk - Colourblind [Field Records]
10) Acid Lindgren - Aphex Schulman
11) Donato Dozzy - Gol [Dozzy Records]
12) Skudge - Ontic [Skudge]
13) Sterac - Track 2 [Klockworks]
14) General Ludd - Burning Mack [Autonomous Africa]
15) Daniel Araya - No Hope
16) Psyk - L3 [Mote Evolver]
17) Shelley Parker - Drill
18) Surgeon - Fixed Action Pattern (Dub) [Token]
19) Svaag - Saaade [Semantica]
20) Love Joys - Gimme Back [Wackies]
More information on Andreas Tilliander and all his projects can be found on his Facebook Fan Page. We especially recommend you check out his Youtube Page for many incredible videos including the records of a number of tracks from the TM404 album. For the rest of the podcasts in the series, head over to the Podcast Page on the Slash Dot Dash Website.
