DROID BLOG TAG - France

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 164: A. Trebor AKA The Plant Worker | FR

Frenchman Damien Lapéna's a man of pseudonyms, Alejandro Trebor being the best known name with recent releases on Hidden Recordings and Trapez. The Plant Worker is his guise for classically-inspired techno, the sound of frustrated cities both glittering and decayed, subterranean machines, and the techno-world vision that inspired the genre's birth. No nonsense. [audio:http://droidbehavior.com/Podcast_Sets/Random/dnode164-trebor.mp3] Download | See Other Podcasts Tracklist Tru...

Subversive + Voiski on Construct Re-Form (FR)

Subversive releases his second EP on Construct Re-Form alongside Parisian operative Voiski. Their mission: Deception Plan. Deception Plan is a plan of action executed by two operatives coordinating from two different cities, Los Angeles and Paris. The two locations brings together two different modes of music to form the plan. The operatives take camouflage in the plan, letting the music be at the center. The sound created by the plan is loaded with deep synths and driving drums with m...

D-Node 142: Arnaud Le Texier | Safari FR

This week brings another European DJ/producer with a tendency toward the deeper side of house, Arnaud Le Texier. Arnaud got started in 1990 as a record shop manager and soon 5-year resident of Paris club Queen. After running Atcha Recordings with James Warren for five years he founded Safari Electronique in 2005 and soon moved to London to become a regular at places like Secret Sundaze and Fabric. In 2009 he founded digital offshoot Safari Numerique, focusing on the deeper side of house a...

D-Node 139: Zadig | Construct Re-Form

DJing in France since the early '90s, Zadig has always focused on selection and technique, crossing lines between hypnotic, deep techno and its more acid-tinged, jacking counterparts. He's made music for Plastic, Syncrophone, Panam, and Sino, as well as his own Construct Re-Form, which will soon unveil its 3rd release including a Roman Lindau remix. For Droid he presents this mix of deep techno, hard, jacking grooves, and a couple Droid Recordings. [audio:http://droidbehavior.com/Podc...

DROID EUROPEAN TOUR / FALL 2011

The second Droid European Tour of 2011 comes during the fall season. Individual dates for Drumcell, Audio Injection and Raíz have been announced from the end of September to the end of October with appearances in Brussels, Amsterdam (ADE), Malta, Greece, France, London, Berlin and all over Germany. Full Schedule Below. Sat, 24 Sept 2011 – Drumcell Ruhestörung goes W!LD at TBA Stuttgart, Germany Fri, 30 Sept 2011 – Drumcell Unknown at TBA Plauen, Germany Sat, 01 Oct ...

D-Node 133: Voiski | Dement3d + Silicate

Voiski aka VSK is the silent type, hiding behind enigmatic pseudonyms. Part of the French electronic scene, art director and active member of DEMENT3D crew, he is also a head of silicate records. As a techno-oriented producer he's released tracks on Groom records, Neopren, and WT Records with one of his side projects: Kartei. Voiski recorded this set live in an empty warehouse, helped by two friends. They installed a huge sound system and recorded in one shot, mixing the intensity of h...