Episode 045: Just En

Just En, a Swedish DJ an producer from Göteberg, has a taste for the bleak and mystical like many creatives from the Scandinavian region.

His Sputnik EP was a treat to listen to and was a strong contributing factor to inviting him on for a Bomphcast.

When one thinks "techno", one's mind tends to drift towards the action in Western Europe. However, there are many other regions which are starting to make a big impact on the genre.

Scenes like those in eastern Europe, such as Georgia and Ukraine have made headlines recently. The Nordic scene is one which is starting to make waves.

Scandinavia: a boundary-pushing techno region

Scandinavian techno is very much a scene that has developed in the past few years and has produced boundary-pushing music.

The unique Nordic landscape and lifestyle have a direct influence on the sounds that we hear and love. Sweden has a scene that breaths fresh life into a genre which is focused on sounds of the future.

After listening to some of his mixes and hearing that the aesthetic of his production style was maintained in his mixes, we got excited about presenting his sounds to you.

An emphasis on authenticity

His mix contains only music made by Swedes (except for a Rødhåd) remix and "definitely has a dark and winter vibe, something that is understandable when the daylight hours are so short, and people rarely see the actual sun".

So ahead of you and including some of Just En's own productions, is a truely authentic sound from the far north and the embodiment of a polar opposite state of the climate. Enter into the world of Just En.

Ground Loop, real name Ben Mill, has been ensconced in Melbourne underground music scene for around two decades. The early 90’s saw Ben sneaking into Melbourne’s nightclubs to immerse himself in the rave music of the day. Seeking out more from electronic music, his attention was drawn to techno. The attraction of electronic sounds was enough to grow a keen interest in production, leading Ben to study music at the Victorian University of Technology.

Since the inception of his Ground Loop project, Ben has an impressive catalogue of releases under his belt, with tracks on local label Gynoid Audio and Southern Lights. With his tracks being played by the likes of Ben Sims, Truncate, Inigo Kennedy and Dasha Rush, Ground Loop is putting Melbourne on the map as a hot spot for brooding techno.

A mix from the Melbournian master Craig McWhinney, aka Vohkinne. The producer, live performer, label owner and DJ has recorded this mix at a previous Bunker event held at the Mercat basement in October this year. We hope you enjoy the mix.

A narrative of the dichotomy experienced in the internal world - the ebb and flow between the voices that inform the self.

Svarog hails from Ukraine and brings with him [insert something about his techno sound/dj style]. His latest release, the Hypnotic Eye EP, is a presentation of dark ambiances with inflections of trance styled etherial harmonies and resonant delayed percussive synths. This vibe is in keeping with his love of ancient mythology, from which is name spawned. If the Ents from Lord Of The Rings had to stomp around to one flavour of techno, it would probably be this.

Give greetings to Tred, a Perth dweller who's done the thing most of us want to do: moved to Berlin to spin and make tracks.

His mix for you is a representation of this recent move as he recorded it in Berlin with his new studio partner and used a majority of vinyl bought in the city.

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Fergus Sweetland is a Melbourne based producer and DJ who's invested himself in electronic music since 2007. Since then, Fergus has probed various genres and influences, especially house music.

His exploration into the structure and rhythms of house music taught him valuable lessons in production. Fergus' focus changed from house to techno after experiencing Marcel Dettmann's set at Rainbow Serpent. Consequently, he has since devoted his time to techno, both producing, DJ'ing and performing works of the genre.

Currently, he is involved in managing the Melbourne based podcast 'Bomphcast' and performing as a live techno and production duo, Back Burners. This act, performed with his close friend Tillman Schäuble, explores a darker side of techno with modulars sounds and intricate rhythms which Fergus creates using the Roland TR8.

His DJ set's are a sonic experience which delve into layerings of sounds, hypnotic rhythms and soundscapes while maintaining a forceful and impacting low end beat and groove. Having played at

Strawberry Fields (2015), Stoney Roads events and for collectives such as Bunker and Stranger, Fergus Sweetland is a tributary to techno culture in Melbourne whose momentum is quickly gaining.

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Dave Stuart is a humble man who has fallen into a professional DJ and booking agent life through sheer enjoyment of electronic music. This quote from his RA profile is all the info you need for his Bomphcast: “The music I play is the music I love, pure & simple, I play from the heart…I strive to find the most beautiful deep melodic house & techno for my DJ sets, sometimes driving, sometimes deep & dubby”.

As well as being very well known in the Australian scene, Dave has also played the European MOXXOM festival in Dresden and in multiple Berlin haunts such as Tresor, Golden Gate and Chalet.

His booking agent side sees him curating the regular club night Something Else at the Burdekin in Sydney where many prolific DJ’s have made appearances thanks to him.

Piecey is a young man from Sydney in Australia. He plays both live with software & controllers as well as DJs. His productions are considered and crafted with razor sharp intent; a standard of work that is the result of studying music composition at the Sydney Conservatorium. As of this year, he’s embarked on his Masters of music composition where his focus is on complex structures in electro-acoustic music.

Piecey’s appreciation and understanding of music is considerably broad and, as he relayed to us, he’s taken the opportunity to have fun with that in his mix for us.

You can catch Piecey [2 hour melodic techno] as well as Sweetland [3 hour plunge to the depths techno] at the Stoney Roads Melbourne party at Sub Club this Saturday. There are still some tickets left. Grab one. It will be quality.

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