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D-Node 289: Kid 606 | Perpetual Dawn

Kid 606 is an interesting and influential figure in electronic music. With a discography that goes back to the ‘90s, he’s long been known for playful, glitchy, noisy music like breakcore or IDM, noisy hip-hop, and some more or less self-invented sounds and styles. He’s also released on some of the more interesting labels such as Mille Plateaux, Important Records, and his own influential Tigerbeat6. Lately in his current home of Los Angeles he’s produced outstanding shows under the na...

D-Node 288: Denise Rabe | ARTS Records

This week we showcase an all-vinyl mix from a fantastic German DJ, Denise Rabe. By the age of 16 Bielefeld, Germany-born Denise Rabe was mixing, scratching, and beat juggling, and her interests led her through house, Drum & Bass, and finally techno. With her adopted base in Berlin she played venues like Tresor and hosted Berlin's "Sweatlodge" radio show, and by 2015 was hosting her own night, Hide and Seek, booking artists like Claudio PRC, Luis Flores, and VSK. This is the year she also ...

D-Node 287: Template | Ruse

Template is the co-founder of LA-based collective Ruse. They are a newer force of underground techno in Los Angeles and beyond, taking up the torch with events and releases to keep things moving forward. The sound is defined by a love for the best of dance music's past and an eye for its future, and they serve it up often in Southern California. This week for D-Node we get 72 minutes passing elegantly through different moods and styles that pull from the strengths of both techno and house. ...

D-Node 286: James Kelley Live at Beta

James Kelley is a DJ, producer, and promoter (Source 20/20) from Dallas, bringing world class talent to the city and taking his own heavy warehouse sound around the continent and abroad. From his DJ sets to his own productions, Kelley keeps things deep, dark, moody, and moving. This 108-minute live recording was taken from his recent appearance at the Beta Nightclub in Denver. Download | Other Recent Podcasts Tracklist Workhorse - Jay Zoney Shuffling Thoughts - Ricardo Ga...

D-Node 285: Pure Ground | Chondritic Sound

For this installment of D-Node we've invited the talented Los Angeles duo Pure Ground, who have been stepping up with amazing live and mix performances in LA's techno and industrial scenes via residencies at Maldoror and Das Bunker. Accordingly this mix is given to us as 23 tracks of harsh explorations. Sometimes we go dreamy and hypnotic. This time it's a little more brutal. Download | Other Recent Podcasts Tracklist - “Tekno Crudo” Bruta Non Calculant “Bagatelleâ...

D-Node 284: Ryogo Yamamori | 951beat

Rising Tokyo-based talent Ryogo Yamamori provides this week's mix. In the early '90s he fell in love with the now-classic magic of Midwest techno and at the end of the decade started diving into solo production work. By 2011 he started the label 951beat and saw his tracks put on by some of techno's top DJs, while releasing on labels and performing around the world including Josh Wink's Ovum imprint. His set for D-Node gets into electrified, psychedelic territory, more hypnotic journey tha...

D-Node 283: 30drop | Barcelona

A relatively new moniker on the techno circuit, Spanish producer 30drop has been releasing on labels like Detroit Underground and his own 30drop Records, which in 2015 also released a new EP by Population One (Terrence Dixon). His latest release is History of Gods on 30drop Records, featuring three originals and a remix by Steve Rachmad. This set for D-Node is an example of his new live set concept, which aims to be dense and hypnotic and show the wilder side to his live show that isn't a...