DROID BLOG TAG - Raiz

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] ...

D-Node 230: Miss Sunshine | Tic Tac Toe

Croatian DJ/producer Miss Sunshine began her DJ career locally in the later 90s, and by the 2000s began playing Europe's biggest festivals, working in music education, and releasing music. In 2009 she toured with Queens of Minimal Techno (QMT) across the Balkan countries and then South America. Her 2010 remix of Re:Axis “Everything that we knew” hit the top 20 of the Beatport chart, followed by releases and remixes on Lazerslut, Monocline, Redukt, Woods n Bass, FVF, Machine Box, Kopfmusi...

Out Now: Raíz | Cored | VRV001

Raíz - Cored Artist: Raíz - Cored Title: Cored Format: Vinyl/Digital Cat. No.: VRV001 Release Date:December 2013 Decks-Records | Beatport | Boomkat | Hardwax | Juno Tracks: A1. Raíz - Cored 1 A2. Raíz - Cored 2 B1. Raíz - Cored 3 B2. Raíz - Cored 4 OVERVIEW: VRV is the new Droid Behavior label headed by Raíz and Subversive. Cored is the label's first release. At the center of anything lies its core. Whether mechanical, organic, gl...

D-Node 228: Jeroen Search | Figure

Jeroen Search began releasing techno two decades ago as DJ Groovehead on X-Trax Records. Since then he's continued to push the genre forward with cutting-edge developments on labels like Traut, Coincidence Records, his own Search, A&S which he runs with Dimi Angeles, and Jeff Mills' prestigious Axis division 6277. These past years he's been increasingly prolific, with numerous 12" releases, a live showcase, and DJ sets. This week's mix calls on an aesthetic that looks toward the future wh...

D-Node 227: Solenoid | Graphene

Paired with Solenoid's Colony release on young label Graphene is a spaced-out characterization of Solenoid as "the narrator/observor of a planet controlled and afflicted" in "a future prophecy world, where the stark realization of armageddon is foretold." This type of imagery informs a specific way of hearing and relating to the sounds out of the release and in subsequent mixes, but it masks the more interesting background of the man behind the project, Dave Ellesmere. Ellesmere began as a d...

D-Node 226: Ray Kajioka | Kanzleramt + 1:53.2

Named after Ray Charles, Ray Kajioka's early affinity for the piano/keyboard led him to realize he could produce his own tracks, and soon after his DJ career began in the mid '90s. Originally focused on Wittenberg's electronic music scene, Kajioka went on to DJ in Dessau and came to be based in the new techno capital of Berlin. Kajioka is best known for his releases Sparks and Thrill on Kanzleramt, as well as “Never Ending” on Cocoon. He now has a residency at Berns in Stockholm. His ...

D-Node 225: Pfirter Live at Kozzmozz

After appearing in so many tracklists from past podcast entries, Argentine techno icon Juan Pablo Pfirter makes his D-Node debut. Pfirter's music occupies the sets of techno's front-runners with releases on CLR, Synewave, Stroboscopic Artefacts, his own MindTrip, and other leading imprints. His sound is large and driven, and this recording from Kozzmozz last month in Ghent generates the image of a crowd being pushed further and further. Jump into that world for an hour and a half. No trackli...