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D-Node 174: Octave Live at PRIME

French techno producer Octave has grown to prominence over the past few years with heavy tracks on labels like Nachtstrom Schallplatten, Android Muziq, and his own Silent Steps. This week we present an hour and a half of relentless and inventive live techno, collected from the obliterated remains of one of our PRIME events a few months back. The tracklist shows some recent releases like "R2908" EP on Morgan Tomas's Reloading Records or the collaboration "Room 47" EP with Dolby-D on Nachtstro...

D-Node 173: Anthony Parasole | Deconstruct + Corner

This week Droid is pleased to present a set by NYC's Anthony Parasole. A Brooklyn native inspired by grimy New York street music and the legendary Storm Raves, Parasole naturally crossed over to the side of record collecting and DJing. From 2003 to 2007 he was a buyer for the important Brooklyn record store Halcyon, and in 2008 he launched the Deconstruct Music label with Levon Vincent. Parasole is a leader in NYC's contemporary cross-polination of techno and deep house, a sensitivity reflec...

D-Node 172: Donor | Miniscule NY

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 fe...

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 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 167: Jeff Derringer Live at Interface 36 (Detroit) | Oktave

Jeff Derringer is a producer and performer based in Chicago. He is the resident and creative director of the Oktave project, which puts on events in both Chicago and New York. Jeff's first EP came out on New York's Subtrak label in the summer of 2010. He has since released three EPs on renowned UK label Perc Trax, as well as the forthcoming 'Deception' EP on Electric Deluxe, a collaboration with Droid Behavior's Raíz. To date, Jeff's music has been remixed by Claro Intelecto, Edit Selec...