DROID BLOG TAG - Podcast

D-Node 246: Joton Live in Valladolid

Joton is Jose Angel Palacios Robles, New Rhythmic label founder and a DJ/producer with a decade of quality, focused techno tracks charted worldwide. Having risen in the Spanish techno scene, his production and performance notoriety have brought him to tour Europe's techno epicenters and further outreaches. The mix for D-Node was recorded earlier this month at Area 51 in Valladolid, northern Spain, and showcases his style of dark techno put together with fast, precision mixing, and a few t...

D-Node 245: Exium | Pole Group

Exium is the 15-year techno project between Spanish producers Valentín Corujo and Héctor Sandoval. Their work in this time has been shared across a wide network of labels including their own Nheoma, as their hard, rugged approach has acquired the tones of minimal, dub, and Detroit influences, which they also explore in solo projects. Aside from their techno performance work in Spain and on worldwide tours, Exium have collaborated with the Fiumfoto collective to produce soundtracks for a...

D-Node 239: Diego | Kanzleramt + Belief System

Swiss DJ/producer Diego Hostettler is our next embedded veteran techno figure from the Belief System camp, though the bulk of his work as Diego, including 7 albums, has been on Heiko Laux's Kanzleramt imprint. Diego's sound has been refined over the years and has incorporated a range of influences and approaches to rhythm, noise, and synthetic melody, but at its core has been a hard, driving focus in the vein of Mills, Hood, or Sims. His mix for D-Node showcases the evolution of that appr...

D-Node 235: Reggy van Oers | Affin

Dutch artist Reggy van Oers presents a deep minimal sound that's dark and ritualistic. After van Oers' 2007 release of "Metza" on Trapez, he went on to produce for a handful of labels but has given the bulk of his creative output to Joachim Spieth's Affin imprint. His trademark has become a dive into trance-inducing darkness, which can be heard on his releases, his many remixes, and his track selection in general. This week's mix traverses those depths. [audio:http://droidbehavior.com/P...

D-Node 233: The Advent | Kombination Research

The Advent is a legendary name in techno's history, and Cisco Ferreira is the man behind the name. A sound engineer for bands in the mid-'80s, toward the end of the decade he got into London's underground scene and worked on the records of Midwestern techno and house pioneers through the UK label Jack Trax. By 1988 he had his first record out as The Project on a very young R&S Records. A few years later and many records past, he was releasing as The Advent with Colin McBean, and perhaps more...

D-node 232: Max_M | M_Rec Ltd

Roman DJ/producer Max_M is the founder of the established label M_Rec LTD. Involved with the Italian scene since the early '90s, he approaches techno after the Detroit and Birmingham pioneers with music that's uncompromising, underground, and inherently political. This past April he collaborated with fellow Italian techno artist Ascion as Asma, producing a 12″ for M_Rec's Grey Series, including a Silent Servant remix. Max_M's atmospheric mix for D-Node features a couple of M_Rec release...

D-Node 231: Ritzi Lee | Belief System

Dutch artist and Underground Liberation founder Ritzi Lee delivers an all-vinyl set of hard techno gems in a style that stands out from the strands explored by most DJs today. The set bangs and really should not be missed, whether you love this music or are hearing it for the first time. Thanks for this one. While it downloads check out his latest release on Belief System, The Next Genesis. Mix tracklist below. [audio:http://droidbehavior.com/Podcast_Sets/Random/dnode231-ritzi.mp3] ...