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)