Rotterdam-via-Berlin based outlet reuniting underground purveyors across the globe as they methodically scan and showcase various nerve centers from the techno ...
A true legend and pioneering figure of techno, US sound architect and Geophone label owner Mike Parker breaks in on the RYC waves with a very special set full with his idiosyncratically dark, obsessive, inch-perfectly chiselled 4x4 wares. Before Boiler Room and co. were even a thing, a pioneering platform going by the name of Studio R° used to broadcast techno sets by prominent artists from a secret location in Berlin. This iconic, vinyl-only mix is Parker’s Studio R° set from 2013, now fully remastered for your listening pleasure. Building atmospheres unlike any other, brooding and transcending in equal measure, Parker has laid the foundation to an exceptionally rich body of work. Master of the industrial vocab, peeping towards Detroit but with his defining spin on the early days genre, Parker entices us down the path of steely monumentality and laser-precise mind control. Just as typically mazy, his present mix conjures up all traits of quality Parker material: 909-powered propulsion, enslaving acid whorls, Escher-like fractals. Wild, wild ride ahead.
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Reclaim Your City 617 | Vera Logdanidi
A much talented purveyor of widescreen electronic epics and
mind-expanding techno sceneries, Vera Logdanidi has been trading some of
the finest dubs out there, including some outstanding pieces of work
for Rhythm Büro, Semantica or On Board Music. All in spacious reverbs
and atmospheric deconstructionism, her mixes as much as her own
productions seek diffuse effect rather than impactful punch, altering
mindsets through carefully orchestrated movements rather than flexing
muscles. An origami-like unfolding of mesmerising sequences, ushering us
amidst lush forests of sound and distinctive emotional apexes, Vera’s
mix is a safe, welcoming haven, here to harbour us from the surrounding
crass that threatens to devour the last crumbs of peace and solace in
our hearts.
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Reclaim Your City 616 | ATEQ
Coming up next with a solid two hours of shape-shifting electronics
and exploratory techno-scaping, Giegling alum ATEQ pulls out the
kaleidoscopic vision and minute sound design on this truly hypnotic
ride. Known for his elegantly balanced mixes and hauntingly immersive
productions, the Pale Product co-founder treats us to a heavenly
mind-trip, brimming with eerily opaque floor narratives, non-formulaic
rhythms and abstract-leaning grooves from outer space. Hold tight for
gravity-defying, sonic stunts and deeply cinematic submersion, here
comes ATEQ with a serious slice of otherworldly techno escapism.
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Reclaim Your City 615 | Jeroen Search
Dutch techno pioneer Jeroen Schrijvershof, alias Jeroen Search, needs
no introduction. To those who’ve been living under a rock for the past
three decades, just google his name and you’ll be drawn into an endless
sea of links, vids, bios, event pages, and all kinds of past and present
prowesses vouching for the man’s incredible career so we’ll leave it at
that. Having graced the grooves of our record label with the magnetic
‘Enigma’ EP back in 2022, the man is now back with a much anticipated
podcast - made up of 100% OG Jeroen material - that shall have a tsunami
of modular signals, chiselled 909 onslaughts and Ubik-uitous floor
narratives break loose to entrancing effect. Better buckle your belt,
for when Jeroen Search steps on the gas, you simply don’t want to end up
flying through the windshield. So to speak.
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Reclaim Your City 614 | Hamatsuki
Back to Georgia and Tbilisi this week with the one and only
Hamatsuki, resident DJ at the infamous Bassiani. Exponent of a versatile
DJing style that runs the gamut from rugged techno wares to propulsive
acid, via liquid electro, techno, house and everything in between,
Hamatsuki treats us to a wild and effusive two hours of radical
obliqueness, steering us constantly into murky waters, where life swarms
and the metamorphic magic happens. Stacking crazy frantic wares one
after the other in a Fantasia-like symphony of broken grooves, raging
uptempo and hair-raising buildups, here comes one of Tbilisi’s key
figures with a massive, uncompromising blast-off of a set. Sonic boom
inbound.
Rotterdam-via-Berlin based outlet reuniting underground purveyors across the globe as they methodically scan and showcase various nerve centers from the techno Internationale.
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