Deeper Access

Our 133rd podcast episode has been put together by @openendmusic, an artist and producer from Canada whose output we've been following for years now. A look at his releases from the past years, which came out on labels like Onset Audio, Blue Night Jungle and PPRZ, among others, shows the wide range of his productions. What ties his musical output together is a deep, percussive, techno-leaning and often minimalistic sound. His latest release on Onset Audio, the Autonomy EP, contains five creative and well-produced autonomic tracks and is a varied trip through exactly that sound - and the selection he's put together for us reflects it just as clearly. Thank you for this beautiful mix, @openendmusic . Keep it up!

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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/openendmusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openend__/

[dpr_xs_podcast_132_malena]

@malena-official has been a crucial part of the dresden music scene for many years now. she's a resident at sektor evolution and part of the label and collective @htxsthstx. both names, like malena herself, stand for an uncompromising but multifaceted techno sound. that malena, across her releases, live sets and dj sets, regularly looks past the edges of the genre (what even is a genre anymore?) is reflected in her contribution to our mix series as well. the constant seems to always remain her unmistakable tendency toward the deeper & darker side.

thank you for your contribution malena!

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soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/malena-official

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malena.fyi/

[tracklist]

Kletis - Naboo

Psyk - Bleeding

RCHTR x Invalid Request - Chemical Residue

Znzl - Your Quantum Lips

Aaron Schwarz - Coral

Aaron Schwarz - Based on Fictions

Leon Blavatsky - Sangre Y Arena

Unkown

Nwhr - Bajo La Superficie

Binary Source - Rapid Fire

Aleja Sanchez - Epona

Leo Cologna - Sinus

Deckard - The Beast Games

Mist Gasp - Distance

Ikari - Five Seconds of Life

Ikari - Cuatro Tiempos

Sub Basics - T441

Voorman - Unbeknownst To Us

USAW - Illogical Behavior

Sigvard - Hollow Thoughts

Blue Hour - Hidden Passage

Oscar Mulero - CV Is Dead

Matraxia - Excelsior

P.U.L.S.A.R - Groove Pinto

Mpak - Purga

Operator - Wanderer

Justyn Nell - Utility

Aizikovic - Suffering for Nothing

The Prescriber - Mala memoria

Flamina - Back to Zero

D. Dan - Sun Over 1-5 South

R/D/V - Delusional Behaviours

You & Another - Forbidden

Jöhrn - Nothing in Mind

The Wire Alliance - DTD2

Mogano + Maze DK - Cybervoid.exe

Pyramidal Decode - Threads

Finalversion3 - Vulnerables

[dpr_xs_podcast_131_hannes_smith]

This mix invites you to a deeper access. A journey through the dark and into your own thoughts. It begins with scattered lights and restless reflections, slowly finding rhythm as the night unfolds. With every track, things settle, focus, breathe. By the end, it’s calm. Clear, light, and quietly at peace.

Recorded by @hannessmith, a DJ, live act and producer shaped by the electronic scenes of Berlin and Reykjavík. His sound moves between deep, melodic and experimental spaces. Never confined to one genre. As a former label owner of Cine Records, he’s been part of the scene for many years. Now based in Görlitz on the German‑Polish border, he studies communication psychology and explores how music influences the experience of the human mind.

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Soundcloud: @hannessmith

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannes.smith/

Bandcamp: https://hannessmith.bandcamp.com/

[dpr_xs_podcast_130_kiyotaki]

The final podcast of this year was mixed by someone whose presence on Soundcloud offers little information beyond the music they publish. It may come as no surprise that we feel quite comfortable with this kind of online appearance, one that places the music rather than the person behind it at the forefront. For that reason, we’ll limit ourselves here to describing what we heard during our research: 水 demonstrates—both in numerous original productions and in mixes—that genre boundaries, even if there is a clear penchant for jungle and drumfunk, seem to play no central role. And so you’ll find a wide variety of drum-driven tracks and mixes alongside some great autonomic and ambient releases, with the connecting element appearing to be a tendency toward the atmospheric.

Thank you for the mix, @Kiyotaki.

[Follow Kiyotaki]

Soundcloud: @kiyotaki

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kiyotakitv

Bandcamp: https://kiyotaki.bandcamp.com

[dpr_xs_podcast_129_rrrobyn]

Before the age of today’s constant, hectic video content production, people used to share their interests and inner worlds through a simpler, more restricted format: the *checks notes* blog. One of those blogs was www.robynthinks.wordpress.com, where @rrrobyn1 reliably supplied bass music enthusiasts with the latest releases, special mixes, niche discoveries, and more. Beyond that, rrrobyn also curated the label Through These Eyes Records. While both the blog and the label may now be formally inactive, rrrobyn certainly isn’t — which is why we’re happy to welcome him back with a second mix for our podcast. Big thanks! Enjoy the journey.

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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rrrobyn1

hearthis.at: https://hearthis.at/r0byn/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djrobyn/

[dpr_xs_podcast_128_behind_the_curtain]

The 128th episode of our podcast series is brought to you by a deeply rooted figure in Dresden’s electronic music scene — someone who has contributed to this scene over many years, in various roles and at various locations. Most of the time, he worked behind the scenes rather than in the spotlight, and his new alias, Behind the Curtain, captures this role quite aptly.

Thank you for this immersive 147-minute ambient odyssey.

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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/behind_the_curtain_btc

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/behind_the_curtain_btc/

[dpr_xs_podcast_127_molekühl]

We are back with a selection by molekühl, a Zurich based and very talented woman. She has been in love with music since she was a young girl. After learning to play the piano and already building her own music compositions in her young years, she graduated her musicology study and is now a professional multi genre artist. Occasionally, you can experience her live performances, where she takes you on a trip through experimental sounds with her synths and keys. If you catch her playing at club night, she leads you on a journey through her favorite vinyl selections, spanning from techno and 90s trance to breaks and bass music. And with the first rays of dawn she creates some slow morning ambient spirit for the dancer's dream preparation. These diverse musical facets are intertwined within her, much like how a molecule is composed of countless tiny particles.

So stay tuned for this mix of molekühl. We don’t want to reveal too much, but she will give you a deep drive into the last summer days of the year. Or in her own words: She will lead you deep down the rabbit hole! Thanks a lot for being part of our series molekühl!

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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mirjmusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_molekuehl/

[dpr_xs_podcast_126_mʊdʌki]

Our 126th episode comes from @mudaki, who we first discovered last year, when she was playing a driving and diverse mix, full of breaks and a serious dubstep part, at a techno party we were attending. This diversity in sound is what we also heard when we listened through her musical output, which ranges from field recordings, ambient and electronic experiments over techno and trance to bass music in all its facets. Besides being a music producer and sound designer, she is also part of the @phononcrew, which is „focused on experimental electronic music, sound art and contemporary electroacoustic music mediated through events, releases, workshops & research“.

The mix mʊdʌki prepared for us is again a driving, breaky and bassy one hour trip, which very much reminded us of the night we first met in a musical way.

[Tracklist]

Guido YZ - Run Dat @yungzedtc

Mani Festo - Higher [FLIGHT001] @mani_festo

Junglemire - RTM [Sequel One Records] @junglemire

Murder He Wrote - Toast (refix) @murder-he-wrote

Sedef Adasi - Power Of X [Standard Deviation] @standard-deviation

FALSE PERSONA - Unknown Variable (Extended Mix) @falsepersonaa

Boxcutter - Brood @Hotflush Recordings

Borai - Sargasso Sea [HILEVRECS005] @borai

Knights - TDW [Nü Kvlture - VOL.2] @nu-kvlture

Aziza & Finguz - One By One (Xtra Brux Hard Knox Dub)[Sounds Like This] @soundslikethisrecords

Etch - Dreamst8 @etchofficial [CORRUPT DATA]

Ecko Bazz - Kyusa Embela [HAKUNA KULALA]

Capiuz - Le Style [tu_music]

Joe Koshin - Learn Ya Lesson [SHUBZINVA003] @joekoshin

Champion Breaks - Private_enemy_v2 @badboypetetechno

Kitsta - Baby Blue [Gimme A Break Records] @kitsta_dj

Hassan Abou Alam - Unkindled [naive] @hassan-abou-alam

Chrissy - We Need Love [dbh-music] @chrissytrax

[Follow mʊdʌki]

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mudaki

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mudaki_sound/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mudaki.san/

Bandcamp: https://mudaki.bandcamp.com/

Website: https://www.works.io/polina-khatsenka

[dpr_xs_podcast_125_aikanã]

Aikanã is one of the few good things the C-19 Pandemic has created. In the first lockdown two well-known artists of the dark and jungle drum and bass scene started a collaboration to work on a new sound. So the project Aikanã was born. They have already released music on labels like @kurnugu and @zod-dnb. But until now the real identities behind Akainã are unknown.

Enjoy the anonymous 1 hour ride into the darkness together with Aikanã!

[Tracklist]

Bereneces - Barracuda (Koshi Remix)

Torn - Hyperborea

RDG feat Homemade Weapons - Heshar

Heart of Darkness - The Hyena (Aikanã Remix)

Aikanã - Akecheta

Roho - Elemental

Presha - RATS (Torn & Roho Remix)

Tommy Four Seven - Feed (Homemade Weapons Remix)

Aikana - 05 PARTS

SPKTRM - Relevance (Homemade Weapons Remix)

Aikanã - Gelada

Aikanã - Biringan (Heart of Darkness Remix)

Yin Yang Audio - Leviathan (Aikanã Remix)

Homemade Weapons & Hoji - Divorce

Aikanã - Apocalypse

Torn, Last Life - Unbridled

Aikana - 07 PARTS WIP

Torn - Borderline

Homemade Weapons - Miramar

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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aikanaofficial

[dpr_xs_podcast_124_hórnbęrg]

September is the time of transformation. Green switches into yellow. Warm tea instead of fresh drinks. Adventure leads into Coziness. In our podcast number 124 Hórnbęrg underlines this wind of change musically. In a fascinating way he draws sound pictures of falling leaves, skin reproduction, sunny clouds, shaky grounds. A vibe of something new.

Born and raised at the Baltic Sea area, Hórnbęrg moved to Berlin where he devoted himself to music. He started a podcast series named Gramofonowa., acted closely together with STAUB, Intergalactic Research Institute For Sound or Art Bei Ton and worked at the JustMusic Store Berlin. As a DJ he is a true record digger and is equally comfortable playing bizarre, left-field sounds and ambient as he is in the field of techno. He developed his ear within the rich cultural context the city of Berlin provides.

Now after 20 years back in Rostock he doesn’t think about leaning back. He is the Co-Host of Kyr, a monthly ambient series of Callshop Radio and is always on the go to spread the big facets of electronic music.

Let’s welcome Hórnbęrg and with him the new reality of autumn.

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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/hornberg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/b3rbl_chn/