Best known to many through their work as DJ Maicol, Erotechre marks a different outlet for the Glaswegian artist. Following a formative spell in Vietnam, it gradually evolved into something far less fixed, laying the foundations for a radically different approach to live performance.

From its earliest conception, Erotechre has resisted settling into a fixed form. What began as an ambition to realise the project as a band has gradually evolved into a live machine-based performance where improvisation and instinct are not simply creative tools but the conditions from which the music emerges.

At the heart of that evolution is a broad constellation of influences gathered across different places and experiences. Encounters with improvised music, ritual performance, club culture and experimental electronics have all quietly informed Erotechre's musical language.

For the latest CLOTmix, we caught up with the artist behind Erotechre ahead of their show at The Waiting Room in London this Saturday to discuss improvisation, cyber aesthetics, the creative potential of risk and what can happen when performance is allowed to exceed intention.

Tracklist:

Vangelis & Irene Papas - Song of Songs

Gein's Nait - Austral

Elodie Lauten - Revelation

Avel Mismo - don't give up (feat. Cliché Toupee)

Ghédalia Tazartès - Un amour si grand qu'il nie son objet

Einstürzende Neubauten - Armenia

Tolerance - Pulse Static (Tranqillia)

Esplendor Geométrico - Tiempo libre

Geins't Naït & L. Petitgand - Bodische Little Alone

Bruce Gilbert - Angel Food

Monte Cazazza - Climax

Ramuntcho Matta - Oil And Canvas

The Stupid Set - Basset

Die Dominas - Die Wespendomina

Anatolian Weapons - An Afterthought

Günter Schickert - Untitled (Toncollage Zu Dem Film)

Roy Montgomery - Hollyford Valley Day 1

DAF - Ich Und Die Wirklichkeit

The latest mixtape comes from Donna Haringwey, the alias of Portugal-based producer Toni Quiroga, whose work occupies the shifting territory between hardcore, industrial, noise and electronic music.

Emerging from a world of experimentation, musical fluidity and an enduring commitment to following creative instinct over stylistic convention, the project has gradually developed a distinct artistic language that resists easy categorisation.

His latest release, GOD, marks another chapter in a catalogue defined by sonic confrontation, emotional immediacy and an unwavering resistance to the conventions of genre. Described by Quiroga as "a record about love, without spectacle", the album channels deep emotional undercurrents through a relentless collision of distortion, industrial ferocity and hardcore energy. Along the way, echoes of emo, early dubstep and cloud rap emerge, while the softly auto-tuned vocal intimacy recalls bands such as Team Sleep, balancing sonic extremity with moments of introspective vulnerability.

We caught up with Donna Haringwey to discuss the evolution of the project, artistic freedom in an age of algorithms, relocating to Portugal and the influences behind his exclusive CLOT mixtape.

Tracklist:

Tuffie - Eraser

Elusin - .410

Jesu - Homesick

Ssaliva - The longest sleep

PET - When you let go

Eterna - So different

Fine - A/B

Deftones - Kimdracula

SALEM - Never Let

Killogne - Whitearmor is a blessing

Nokia Angel - Fade away

Operant - The Squirt of Christ

Helen Island - Alice dj

The next mixtape instalment comes from Barcelona-based artist Roc Jiménez de Cisneros - one half of EVOL, the long-running project with Stephen Sharp - ahead of a late-night set at the upcoming bank holiday gathering in London, Sunday School VI: Noctifer.

Across decades, EVOL have stripped rave down to its core mechanics - rhythm, repetition, synthesis - only to reassemble them as unstable, recursive forms. Their work treats dance music less as genre than as system: something to be reduced, stressed, and reconfigured.

Extending this logic through solo and parallel projects, Jiménez de Cisneros operates across a dispersed network of releases where structures hold, but never quite settle. Minimal arrangements generate overwhelming density; familiar gestures return warped, slightly out of alignment.

Ahead of his April 5th appearance at Low Profile Studios in Manor House, this mix pushes into the hyper-processed edges of contemporary club music - where kicks mutate into force fields and maximal impact emerges from minimal means.

Tracklist:

Bloodlust - Smash Your Brain (Eclipse Uptempo Kick Edit - EXTENDED MIX)

Das Ist Kein Techno (Tegula x Kienyooo Extended Edit)

Paranoid - Deluzion & Iris Goes (luvvtige Extended Edit)

Spitnoise & N-Vitral presents BOMBSQUAD - HYPER (Snax x Random Edit)

Dimitri K & Act Of Madness - Stop De Boot (Inswennity RE-FIX EXTENDED)

Brutal Theory - BKJN Vs Partyraiser Tool (2022 Extended)

Dr. Peacock & Partyraiser - Trip To Holland (Spectral Edit)

Lil Texas - ACAB

E-Force X Dimitri K - SEVEN (The Freaky Bastard MSHP)

Dimitri K - Bomba (Atomic Kick Edit)

Rebelion, Dimitri K and The Dark Horror - Side FX (JUDAX X CRAZYKILL X REFOX BOOTLEG)

EQUAL2 x Chaotic Brotherz - Polizei

CL - SPICY (Brutal Theory & Brain Hammer Remix)

Cosy Nghtmre & Pinotello - Get Loose

CORPSE, Scarlxrd, Kordhell - MISA MISA! (Zeiqo Edit) (Extended)

Bulletproof & S-Kill - I'm feeling good and want to Party! (Bootleg)

Brutal Theory - Pitbull Terrier

Lil Texas - Double Bassdrum (EQUAL2 Edit)

Slaughthouse - DON'T SLEEP (Sh1nigami x ALBINO edit)

Criminal Tempo - Don Uptempo (Extended Mix)

The Prophet vs Dimitri K - Wanna Play Seven (Conspirator Uptempo Mashup)

R3T3P - Carol of The Bell

Black Stylerz - Pokemon Theme Song (MIR UPTEMPO EDIT)

Cyber Gunz - Harder Kan Toch Niet (ft. Serra)

Chaoticbrotherz & Equal2 - Drop It

Dimitri K - Firestorm

F. Noize - SpongeBomb (GNG Edit)

DRS - Pure Domination (GNG Edit)

6ix9ine - GOOBA (Warface Bootleg)

Lady Dammage - Wap Bootleg

Farruko - Pepas (RefleXx Uptempo Hardcore Remix)

Flee Curley - FKN FLEEING

Brutal Theory - FAKE SH!T (Extended Mix)

Flout Mania - Kiss Like This (Master) (EXTENDED)

Chrono & Lano - Imagine (Snax Birthday Edit)

DJ Mad Dog - Bring the Hardcore (SDA Bootleg)

FleeCurley - POM POM POM

Ex-D - Hard Circus

Unicorn on Ketamine - KETAMINATOR (DOMINATOR TOOL)

Flout Mania - Dominator 2022

Brainkick & Tomsku - Let’s Get Hot (GNG Edit) Extended V3

Code Crime - Bass Demon (UNSYN Edit)

Brutalcore - Call Of The Valkyrie

Cryogenic Ft Major Conspiracy - Ha Ha (GNG Edit) V3

Flout Mania - Extermination MASTER

The next mixtape instalment comes from Vanity Productions, the alias of Danish experimental musician Christian Stadsgaard, whose work navigates the fragile space between melancholic melody, noise and electronic experimentation. 

A central figure in Denmark’s experimental scene, Stadsgaard co-runs the influential Copenhagen imprint Posh Isolation, while projects such as Damien Dubrovnik and The Empire Line have helped shape the Nordic underground over the past decade.

His forthcoming album, The Vanity Project, to be released April 10 via Northern Electronics - run by Varg2™ and Anthony Linell - draws inspiration from Robert Rauschenberg’s Hoarfrost series, with its fragile, suspended collages. Warped tape textures, found sounds, and bursts of noise electronics intertwine with drifting melodic fragments, producing a sound world that is dreamlike yet quietly unsettling. The compositions balance delicate melodic passages with darker tonal undercurrents, moving between intimacy and abrasion while exploring reflection, perspective, and what lies ahead.

The album also reconnects Stadsgaard with Merzbow, following their 2019 collaborative album Coastal Erosion, continuing a dialogue between noise extremity and emotional fragility that runs throughout the Vanity Productions project. This mixtape reflects some of the sound influences behind the artist's new production.

Tracklist:

Vanity Productions & Kasia Golla: Unreleased

Abul Mograd: In True Contemplation

Vanity Productions: Unreleased

Museum Fatigue: New World

Maria W Horn: PANOPTIKON 

Vanity Productions: Unreleased

Merzbow + Nicolas Harvath: 914 for Horvath

Eliane Radigue: Usral

Vanity Productions: Unreleased

Carlos Giffoni & Joachim Nordwall: Physics

Vanity Productions & Kasia Golla: Unreleased

Vanity Productions: Hoarfrost

For the upcoming fourth edition of Sunday School, a ritual gathering of sonic blasphemy and rave-fuelled devotion, London-based musician Jim Janco steps into the pulpit with A Wilderness Mix—a cryptic sermon through weird, experimental and underground sounds.

Janco, the mind behind People Drift—a roving techno night grounded in South East London’s freeform spirit—has carved out a reputation for pushing dance music into stranger dimensions. His background weaves through the raw edges of DIY punk, the pulse of ’90s techno, and the deep throb of sound system culture—a combination that informs every part of this mix.

In this Wilderness Mix for SSIV, Janco charts a path through live instrumentation and synthetic tension. It’s both personal and expansive, bridging old favourites with new discoveries. Janco’s Wilderness Mix fully captures the Sunday School ethos: dark, devotional, and defiantly off-grid, an invitation to sink beneath the flicker of strobe and sacrilege.

Sunday School IV: The Hand of Satan will take place from 19 to 20 April at New River Studios in London. It will feature Beau Wanzer, Container, Nic Krog, Brood x Cycles (Alex Tucker & Nik Void), Ireen Amnes, Severin Black, and many more.

We are presenting our latest auditory journey curated by Taroug for CLOT Magazine's mixtape series. Taroug is the solo project of drummer and electronic music producer Tarek Zarroug, whose unique perspective is shaped by his roots in the suburbs of the Tunisian desert and his upbringing in Germany. Following his 2020 EP "Perpetual" and a series of notable remixes for artists such as Archive, Taroug has continued to evolve and refine his musical aesthetic.

Taroug’s debut album, Darts & Kites, was released on Denovali Records. Drawing inspiration from the infinite possibilities of Penrose tiling, the album explores themes of change and transformation. This fascination is reflected in the album's nine tracks and cover art design, creating a cohesive artistic vision.

The album presents a captivating blend of genres and styles, resulting in a sonic landscape that is both haunting and beautiful while weaving together experimental and abstract soundscapes with oriental influences, collected field recordings, pulsating dark beats, and hypnotic vocals. Contributions from notable artists further enrich the album: Beate Wolff’s cello, Benedikt Koch’s saxophone, Timo Schieber’s piano, and Niklas Genschel’s vocals alongside Abdallah Abozekry’s saz.

The album artwork, a collaboration with architect and designer Marie Brosius, captures the intricate patterns and ornaments that reflect the album’s themes. It emerges as a mosaic of sound, seamlessly blending the unfamiliar with the familiar.

For this mixtape, the artist mentions he has combined tracks from his album Darts & Kites with unreleased material, sketches, hidden gems, and inspirations from the Tunisian experimental and electronic music scene.

Tracklist

1. Dove Molotov Qaas 

2. Azu Tiwaline feat. Cinna Peyghamy Magnetic Service

3. Taroug Morphagene Sketch

4. Mash Echoing

5. Taroug Jewels II 

6. Azu Tiwaline Luz Azul 

7. R.I.G II 

8. DVSN SINE LUV 

9. Taroug Cicada (work in progress)

10. Taroug Miled (work in progress)

Introducing the latest auditory journey curated by Lola de la Mata for CLOT Magazine's mixtape series. Delving into the mysterious realms of sound, the experimental composer presents a meticulously crafted selection of tracks that traverse the boundless landscapes of sonic exploration.

Lola de la Mata, a London-born French/Spanish conceptual sound artist, composer, curator, and musician (violin/voice/theremin), boasts a diverse practice spanning performance art, installation, community projects, and electroacoustic composition.

Her first release, the feminist concept album REMISE EN BOUCHE (Pan y Rosas Discos 2018), was followed by The Embalmer (Nonclassical 2021) and KOH—Klee—uh (SA Recordings 2022), laying the groundwork for her latest album, Oceans on Azimuth, set for release on May 8th.

Currently, Lola’s artistic focus centres around listening and hearing practices, tinnitus and aural diversity, and chronic illness experiences, something she focused on after experiencing a trauma episode herself. Rather than giving up music after developing severe tinnitus and vertigo, as she was told, she decided to listen with a new ear and dive deep into the world of tinnitus to cope with the isolating condition and facilitate the connection between sufferers.

For Oceans on Azimuth, she reached out to A.J. Hudspeth in New York who runs the sensory cell lab where they study the cochlea. There, she found collaborators in biophysicists who offered her the unique experience of recording her tinnitus.

Drawing inspiration from the intricate forms of the cochlea and the inner ear, Lola's compositions emerge as avant-garde sonic tapestries, woven from the rhythmic pulsations of heartbeats and the ethereal whispers of tinnitus, transmuted through an array of innovative instruments. Metal, glass, ceramic, and ice converge to birth otherworldly timbres, while field recordings and traditional string instruments intertwine with inventions like the Claravox theremin and an ear canal-shaped gong.

On the other hand, the artist's influence also extends far beyond the realm of composition. As a multifaceted artist, curator, and musician, her tireless advocacy for inclusivity and representation reverberates through her work. From collaborations with fellow artists (musicians, dancers and queer performance artists, most recently with Eve Stainton to a PhD pursuit in tinnitus research. 

For this mix, she mentions: I treated the mix as a sonic collection of some of the artists I met and who inspired me along my project journey. With the exception of AYA and Tomoko Sauvage, whom I haven’t (yet?) had the chance to meet, some were chance meetings. Stephan Crasneanscki, founder of Soundwalk Collective and Maria Chávez at Rewire last year, for bagpipe player and composer Lise Barkas and I, it was mutual curiosity sitting by the Niki de Saint Phalle fountain outside IRCAM in Paris; while others such as Kepla are supporters of me and my work, and in Mira Calix’s case, whom this record is dedicated to, she adopted me as her mentee for two years before she passed. The other dedication on the record is to Anneka Swann - a friend who will retain part of my soul…with May 8th, the album release date marking one year since I last held her. Just as sombreness infused with respite flows through my body and left ear. The mix is imbued with grief, reflection and recalibration.

Tracklist

1. Left Ear - Lola de la Mata

2. Stereocilia - Lola de la Mata

3. Lo Becat - Lise Barkas & Lisa Käuffert 

4. Mummer Love - Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith 

5. ASLEEP-AWAKE-EKAWA-PEELSA, Spring 2021 - Maria Chávez

6. Sinew (Mira Calix Remix) - House of Bedlam

7. Silence - Keeley Forsyth

8. A Clearing, Spectre in Autumn - Kepla

9. Whorling - Lola de la Mata

10. Icky Dream - Valentina Magaletti & Marlene Ribero 

11. Pearl Reservoir - Lola de la Mata

12. Clepsydra -Tomoko Sauvage 

13. what if i should fall asleep and slipp - AYA

14. Right Ear - Lola de la Mata

The latest mixtape instalment hails from Seoul-based Korean experimental musician Suk Hong, offering a curated selection of tracks that traverse the artist's creative journey for their upcoming project.

Suk Hong's musical style gracefully navigates between neo-classical and electronic influences. Fresh from their recent release on Unseelie, an NYC-based label, Suk Hong returns with a more introspective and expansive piece, My Day is Sold by the Hour, which debuted at the start of March on endonesia, an alternative art platform based between New York and Seoul.

Recorded amidst the misty atmosphere of the Guro district, Korea's bustling digital industrial complex, My Day is Sold by the Hour encapsulates the essence of its surroundings through sonic storytelling. While the area is blanketed in fog, its stories are evident sonically.

String instrumentations echo like distant growls, while a tapestry of field recordings collected over three years weaves a textured narrative within a granular, deconstructed framework. With electroacoustic techniques and contemporary sonic landscapes intertwined, Hong seeks to unveil the inherent extraordinariness of captured moments, carving timbres that contour the running narrative - an unforeseeable series of vignettes.

In discussing what the artist has created for this mixtape, Hong reveals ongoing work on an album delving into the modernity of Korean families, including their own: It follows the approach of My Day is Sold by the Hour, but this time, I need more than one track to present the complete picture. It's a longer project, so I need to cleanse my palette occasionally for a fresh perspective. These are the songs I turn to.

This collection of tracks offers a tantalising glimpse into Suk Hong's creative universe, teasing the imagination with its suggestive and mysterious allure.

Tracklist:

0:00 Sean McCann - Sylvan Smoke

2:25 Nuno Canavarro - Ultramarina

3:53 Autumn Fair - The Town Clock

7:32 Vanessa Rossetto - early girl

11:45 Asha Sheshadri - Whiplash

15:21 JJ+JS - Lilypad (with Izella)

18:54 Derek Baron - he Matrix

22:47 Natasha Barrett - Impossible Moments from Venice 2

25:33 William Eggleston - Improvisation

28:16 Andrew Pekler & Giuseppe Ielasi - Trebizond

30:12 TLF Trio - Suite X

31:52 crys cole - A Piece Of Work

35:30 SUSS & Andrew Tuttle - Rising

40:04 Loris S. Sarid - Yellow Lines

23:20 Tujiko Noriko - Rooftop

46:22 Suk Hong - My Day is Sold by the Hour

Next in our mixtape series, we welcome London-based musician and DJ Aventex (aka Alec Tullio) with a mixtape he has prepared ahead of his performance at our next event, Portals 02..

The Australian artist is a staple fixture of the London experimental and noise-punk scenes. He is involved in several bands (Keno, Skitter, Zek) where he drives the fast-paced rhythmic lines with his relentless and precise drumming.

One of his main current projects, Casing, was born as a solo project during the pandemic, out of existential dread and societal dismay. The project, which has received lots of positive reception and press attention, has since evolved into a full band (with Dom Stevenson, also from Keno, and Liam Cadogan of Eros Catheter) for live performances and recordings.

Patterns of Deterioration, Casing's first EP, was described as a six-song dive into depravity, nihilism, and desperation. It was praised as one of the most exciting newcomer voices in noise-punk. Over a year of live shows, Casing developed into another beast entirely and the finishing touches are being made to a new album showcasing this new fusion of sludge, grind and power electronics they now exist in as a unit.

With his DJ moniker, Aventex began his quest for musical exploration and investigation around the same time as becoming a resident at Threads Radio at the station’s inception. The shows can often focus in-depth on a particular genre or be a trademark, unrestrained concoction of whatever would be interesting pieced together unconventionally. He tells us his DJ sets will follow in the same vein but will have a meticulous selection to suit the specificity of the event. Ranging from all-out driving techno to challenging noise and experimental, EBM, Acid, or ambient, there is not much that isn’t on the cards. In a nutshell, music for the fresh and/or fried brain.

For the mix he has prepared for us, he mentions that he has relished the opportunity to gather some more of the oddball and experimental stuff that’s at some further reaches of digging: playing some genres I wouldn’t normally include in a mix and trying to work them where the outcome is very all over the place, which is my favourite approach. An hour techno mix can be fun and has its place, but absurd gems and challenging genre pairings are where it’s at, in my opinion. Enjoy!"

Tracklist:

Omen - Not Suitable For Work

Vanessa Bedoret - Transition

Trystero - La Lingua Rosso (Original)

Organizatsiya - Die Idee Der Toleranz

Jimmy Smack - Death Is Certain

Dark Star - Trip

Maoupa Mazzocchetti - Why’re You Talking About

Henry Hektik - Hong Kong Wedding Night

De-Bons-en-Pierre - Le Râle du Mâle Alpha

Geier Aus Stahl - Unterland

Further Reductions - Aural Equivalent

Roly - My Century

Further Reductions - Central System

Job Sifre - Zeno Dicho

KΣITO - Magnet

Eric Toornend - Scum Grief

Egg Meat - Georgel

Bancal - Entresol

Bataille - Echo Drift Part 1

Lord Crucifix - Sacrificial Altar

PÖ - Fuck Jungle

Orphx - Eating The Young

Tot Onyx - Propaganda Machine

Pontiac Streator - Angelus Spit (feat. Mister Water Wet)

The next mixtape is by Greek/UK-based artist Viki Steiri, who has recently released her debut album on our beloved Alien Jams. The mix is a recollection of sounds that inspired her for her album production.

'Balm' is a powerful album anchored by ritualistic, monolithic cello layers. Steiri combines eerie soundscapes with electronic dance rhythms, synth-tinged folk songs from Istanbul, and reworked cello and santur improvisations.

The album encapsulates a hauntingly poignant journey through melancholic soundscapes punctuated by electronic rhythms. Recorded intermittently between Athens and London over six years from 2017 to 2023, the collection of tracks serves as a deeply personal documentation of the artist's experiences and emotions. Steiri's compositions for this album navigate themes of rootlessness, loss, and identity changes, reflecting the tumultuous nature of existence. However, amidst all, there is a profound exploration of humanness, delving into the realms of imagination and introspection.

Steiri mentions she had a lot of fun making this mixtape and while preparing it, it made her realize what her inspirations for the album had been: "I hadn’t given it too much thought before. This is music that has informed the album, either directly or indirectly, plus a couple of my own tracks. There’s no particular cohesion, but to me, these are all musicians who have transcended conditioning, and I feel their music is very free and individual."

With this mixtape selection as well as through her music, Steiri uncovers moments of beauty and intensity while offering listeners a transformative and immersive sonic experience.

Tracklist:

0:00-1:34 - Rap Street Palestine – Otsha

1:35-4:22 - Tigran Mansuryan – Extracts from ‘The colour of the pomegranates’ soundtrack

4:13-8:25 - Viki Steiri - Procession

8:22-11:55 - Kesarbai Kerkar - Lalat -Ghatan Lagi Rain

11:55-14:31 – Safiye Ayla – Aksaray’dan geçer iken

14:31-17:43 - Masahiro Ikumi - ‘Virtual Mima’ [Voice version]- (‘Perfect Blue’ soundtrack) 17:41-21:05 - Chrisman - Lupupu

21:06-22:51 - Mica Levi - Death

22:50-29:41 - Viki Steiri - Brink

29:31-32:54 - Ryuichi Sakamoto - Composition 0919

32:55-37:18 - Tzusing - Gait

37:18-43:33 - Ectopia - Sauna

43:27-46:46 - Avel Mismo - Habibi

46:46-49:36 – Senyawa - Tanggalkan Di Dunia (Undo The World)

49:09-53:12 - Iannis Xenakis – Charisma (for clarinet and cello)

53:13-60:34 - Viki Steiri- Balm