Point.of.Kontakt

This month’s podcast comes from our guest artist, SKTTRBRAIN. A lot of energy has been built up for Release as it’s been a year since she has put out a mix. While the set is dominant in acid and breakbeats, it feeds off a large variety of electronic genres. In SKTTRBRAIN’s favorite methodology of mixing, Release is ‘progressive’ as the set breaks down the walls of genre into a realm of pure creation and connectivity. Many of the songs weave into and out from one another multiple times, adding to contemporary productions an aura and vibe of classic dj-ing. Most of the tracks are fresh off the grill from the last few years of production, with a few older and/or re-visioned beats woven in. Reflecting on last month’s podcast Freedom by Kontakt, Release reminds us that freedom requires an equal amount of belief and skepticism which merge by way of liberation. Through dance and music, we are granted the power of emancipating ourselves. Release hopes to help you do just that!

Tracklist:

1. Guau - Everybody (2025)
2. Deydad - The Future Is Now (2026)
3. Mizzo - Like That Mommy (2026)
4. Lee Coombs - Make Me (2020)
5. Quivver - Cosmic Egg (2025)
6. Kraymon - Cyning (2022)
7. Koma & Bones - Black Satsuma (2003)
8. Bowser - Calypso (2026)
9. DAVDCASE & Left/Right - Defy (2025)
10. Chris Lake & Green Velvet - Deceiver (VNCE Remix) (2023)
11. Suga7 - Virtual Reality (2026)
12. John Summit & Hayla - Where You Are (Mizzo Remix) (2023)
13. Yo Speed - Bitter Taste (2026)
14. DAVDCASE & Left/Right - Aversion (2024)
15. Guau & Nosk - Electricity (2026)
16. Quivver - Hype 25 (2025)
17. Anturage & S.Samo - Dali Dali (2025)
18. Quivver - Floating On The Surface (2025)
19. Terra Ferma - Floating (Sekret Chadow Remix) (2022)
20. Kraymon - Falling (Stefan Goodchild Remix) (2021)
21. Rennie Pilgrim - Recall (2025)

FREEDOM AT LAST!!!!

Episode #164 celebrates me being taken off of the Radical Left Democrat Terrorist watchlist after 11 long months of not being able to use the financial system and having my passport revoked because I was deemed a danger to the country by the State Department, desipte my sponsorship by the Department of Justice.

Praise be to the generous overlords who control this country, the most free country in the world, the USA! 

LIKE AND COMMENT TO CLAIM PARDON!

This absolute banger of a mix is full of high energy and positive vibe breaks and bass, bordering somem garage too. It has some long awaited tracks I have heard out in Orlando but were unreleased. Mountains of samples and pretty much the full roster of favorite breakbeat artists from the last couple years.

This mix will be the epic soundtrack for my Great American Roadtrip to Burning Man once again. 

Put on your bathing suit because this mix is HOTT!!!

Tracklist:

1. Brothers Of Funk - How We Do (Mizzo Remix) (2023)
2. Bradley Drop - Fuck That (2020)
3. Proper Villains - I Get Down (E.R.N.E.S.T.O Remix) (2018)
4. Keith Mackenzie - Back It Up (2025)
5. OnDaMiKe feat. CodeMan - Strait Out (2024)
6. Rhades - Bounce (2026)
7. Yo Speed - It Gets Worse & Worse (2026)
8. Krafty Kuts - New Ting (2026)
9. Pavane - Kick Back (2025)
10. UFO Project, Leo Wood - Bounce (2026)
11. Pavane, Rhades - Tribal (2026)
12. Yo Speed - Fogo (2026)
13. Krafty Kuts - Lose My Mind (2026)
14. Sekret Chadow - Yango (2023)
15. Pavane, Rhades - All I Need (2025)
16. UFO Project - Out Of Me (2021)
17. Freestylers, Krafty Kuts, Plump Djs, King of the Beats - Nighthawk (2026)
18. Keith MacKenzie - Feel My Luv (2026)
19. K5 - Passion (DJ Richie Rich & Huda Hudia Remix) (2026)
20. JDOUBLE - Energy Machine (2025)
21. Pavane, Rhades - Feelings Right (2025)
22. UFO Project - Hoop (2025)
23. Hankook - There Is A Need (2019)
24. OutCry - Tell Me Why (Dougal Breaks Remix) (2020)

Here is my SURPRISE set at LIB 2025! Yes its almost identical to the podcast I released earlier that month! But a little bit more gangster, and real heavy on the effects. I got to open up the stage one early afternoon, on our MASSIVE Funktion One system featuring the TOWER OF POWER bass stack. Lots of tracks in here were used in samples for breakbeat tracks later on in the 1990s. What a rush! The vibes were great that afternoon - perfect weather - chill crowd - and awesome old skool hip hop jams. 

Hope you enjoy this throw back set! The memories will be with me forever :)

Tracklist:

1. (1987) Eazy-E - Boyz-N-The-Hood
2. (1991) Boyz II Men - Motownphilly (Kontakt Extended Edit) 
3. (1990) Kid 'N Play - Fun House 
4. (1989) Redhead Kingpin And The FBI - Do The Right Thing (Extended)
5. (1988) N.W.A. - If It Ain't Ruff 
6. (1990) Livin' - Schemin' (Club Mix) 
7. (1988) Bobby Brown - My Prerogative 
8. (1987) Keith Sweat - I Want Her 
9. (1995) Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It 
10. (1992) Wreckx-N-Effect - New Jack Swing II (Hard Version)
11. (1992) TLC - Hat 2 Da Back (Extended Remix) 
12. (1990) Tony! Toni! Toné! - Feels Good 
13. (1989) Babyface - It's No Crime (Album Version) 
14. (1990) The Deff Boyz Feat. Tony Mac - Swing (Extended Version) 
15. (1988) Suave - My Girl (Morning Mix) 
16. (1991) La Rue- Serious (Original 12 Inch Club Mix) 
17. (1994) Blackgirl - 90's Girl (Encore Extended Club Mix) 
18. (1989) Heavy D & The Boyz - Somebody For Me (Extended Version) 
19. (1992) A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario (Remix) 
20. (1992) SWV - I'm So Into You (Allstar's Drop Check Dance Mix) 
21. (1994) The Beastie Boys - Sure Shot

This set is luckily a live mix from a great late night party in Joshua Tree! Tons of tracks from the last few events I went to and some from last summer, with a couple oldies to tie it up at the end. 

A few of these songs absolutely CRUSHED the dancefloors. Very surprised to hear one of my favorites played first at Coachella - of course on the stage I was working at. There IS good music there! The closing track from last months was also from Coachella. 

Tracklist:

1. Addison Groove - Big Tuna (2024)
2. Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair - Set The Roof (2023)
3. Joy Orbison - flight fm (2024)
4. James Shinra - Turn It Up (2024)
5. DJ Icey - The Circle (The Version) (2016)
6. Stretch & Vern - Get Up, Go Insane (Plump DJs Remix 2019) (2019)
7. Kassian - Ghost Dub (2025)
8. MPH, Æ - Flex It (2026)
9. K Motionz, Arka - No Comprende (2026)
10. Lado - lit (2024)
11. Altierr - Atomik (2024)
12. Devault - Let Me Clear My Throat (2025)
13. Bessey - No Vaseline (2026)
14. Kevin Knapp, Shaded (LA) - Gorilla (2026)
15. Mutantbreakz - Back Around (2020)
16. Freestylers, MC Spyda - My Sound (GUAU Remix) (2025)
17. Sans - Cyborg (2026)
18. P.Vanillaboy - Nachtschicht (2022)
19. GreenFlamez - I had 2 Go (Freestylers Remix) (2025)
20. Keith Mackenzie - Tryna Be With You (2023)
21. Paul van Dyk - Nothing But You (Cirrus Remix) (2003)
22. Luuk Van Dijk, Spriitzz - Everything (Spriitzz Extended Remix) (2026)
23. The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Nu:Tone Remix) (2003)

Back to the desert with me! I was lucky enough to get to spin this set live at a Friday night party in Joshua tree. 

This months podcast is celebrating a lot of the high energy vibes DJ Dan would bring to dancefloors alongside plenty of desert vibes I have been getting from being back dancing in the Mojave.

Lot's of awesome vocals and deep funy basslines in this mix!

So many amazing older jams bring this one together. 

Tracklist - 

1. Kenny Hawkes & Louise Carver - Play The Game (Joris Voorn Remix) (2010)
2. Filthy Rich - Rendezvous (Nathan Borato Remix) (2014)
3. Gordon John - Wake Up The Funk (2014)
4. Tim Green - Old Sunshine (2010)
5. Sonny Fodera - Got Love (2014)
6. Donald Glaude - Drive Me Crazy (Hot Pink Delorean Remix) (2009)
7. D.I.M. - Is You (Brodinski Remix) (2007)
8. Basement Jaxx - Mermaid Of Salinas (Boris Brejcha Remix) (2014)
9. Mariana Morales - Rip Off My Clothes (2011)
10. Chocolate Puma & Firebeatz - Go Bang! (2011)
11. Junior Jack, Tube & Berger - E Samba 2018 (2018)
12. Bombay Traffic - Soul Brother (Superlover Remix) (2018)
13. Chloé Caillet, Andre Zimmer - Come Back 2 Me (2026)

DJ Dan has been the most influential DJ for me since I started playing house music. His funky style has always brought out the kid in me. When I was growing up for some reason, I was so drawn to disco...

It's so sad we had to say goodbye to him in March, still can't believe he is gone. 

Long before I had ever gone to Burning Man, I knew DJ Dan was a DJ who played there often. I came across a mix he put up in 2008 - a live set from the White Party at Opulent Temple. I had no CLUE what that meant to be honest. But the music he played, was exactly what I dreamed of hearing. 

And so I decided when I heard this mix, that I had to go to this party, at this place, in the middle of the desert, and see DJ Dan play there with my own eyes.

So began what I now call my life. 

I went to Burning Man. I got to meet DJ Dan there too, and we became goofy friends. I have so much respet for this guy. Always happy to see me whenever I popped up at his shows, happy to share some words and goof around. We had some great adventures at Burning Man too. Things I will never forget. 

Becoming friends with him made me feel so welcomed in to the Burning Man culture. I felt like I was cool enough to be a part of it. Immensely thankful for DJ Dan, no amount of paragraphs can express.

That all being said - I chose to put up this mix because it seemingly also can not be found anywhere on the internet. I want people to hear the set that so inspired me. I hope it gets a lot of downloads and spreads out to the internet once again.

DJ Dan - we all miss you so much!!!

Back to some complicated grimy deep techno this month. I really have grown to love this genre over the last few years. This mix probably goes along with seasonal depression lol...

In this set I go way back to the dark trance vibes of the early 2000s and mix it with a lot of newer music in tech-house and techno to round it out. Very happy with how this set peaks - it takes a lot of work to get there, but it is all worth it - and you are let back down to the ground slowly at the end of the set.

I picked this name not because the set is trancey - it is - but because the soundscape is so stacked of moving gears and melodies, percussion, keys, vocals - theres not much space left to breathe.

All this turns together to push you forward through the roughly hour and a hald to get to the end of the set. 

It is definitely a ride through all the gears - and I hope you will enjoy!

Tracklist:

1. KUSS - The Ride (2025)
2. Moog Sane - Spectre (2015)
3. DJ Mes, Rescue - The Number (2019)
4. DEL-30 - Brasil (2017)
5. Josh Gabriel - Summit (2007)
6. Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity Of Huge (Maxime Dangles Remix) (2009)
7. Richie Santana - All About (2011)
8. Jerome Baker - The Penalty (2015)
9. Destination - Definition Of Love (G-Flame and Mr G Remix) (2000)
10. DJ Boris - Get Some (2017)
11. Club Scene Investigators - Direct Dizko (Sander Van Doorn Remix) (2011)
12. Tom Staar, AVIRA - In My Soul (2020)
13. Johnny Vicious - Breathe (Main Mix) (2000)
14. Darren Christian - Uni-Fiktion (Corvin Dalek Basserotica Remix) (2000)
15. Reunion Ensemble - Hedonistic Vibe (2020)
16. Downtown - No Rulles In My House (2017)
17. F.Sonik - Simplon (2017)
18. Boddika & Joy Orbison - Tricky's Team (2014)

It's that time again - my favorite mix of the year. My deep winter trance set. Thanks to lots of new and old friends for inspiring me this winter and bringing me good vibes : )

Tons of big names in this mix, and lots of old goodies I have been waiting to drop for years in this mix. I am in love with how it came out, so extremely listenable!!!

I end this set with a D:Fuse track, who passed away a year ago this month. He was one of the most inspiring artists I have ever known. What a great guy, so much energy, and such an amazing taste in house music. In the mix also is a bit from my favorite hard trance artist Scot Project - who I saw D:Fuse open for at one of the most incredible club nights of my entire life in NYC. WOW I will NEVER forget!!!!

Tracklist - 

1. Joy Orbison, Overmono - Bromley (2019)
2. Christian Cambas, Spektre - Rebel Without A Cause (2012)
3. DJ Chus & Nuno Clam - Between Us (Richie Santana Remix) (2013)
4. Tim Richards, Arjun Vagale - Dark Rooms (2013)
5. Luigi Rocca - Obsession (2018)
6. Dino Psaras - How's That Rock & Roll (Piatto Remix) (2010)
7. Elevven X Ruben De Ronde - Lucky Penny (2019)
8. Yves Deruyter - Feel Free (Elektro Kid Remix) (2007)
9. Elysian - Moonchild (2020)
10. Wrechiski - Fervour (2018)
11. Armin van Buuren, Sam Martin - Wild Wild Son (Extended Club Mix) (2018)
12. Vitalic - Terminateur Benelux (2009)
13. Maor Levi - Nova (2018)
14. Signum - Coming on Strong (Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge Remix) (2018)
15. Veracocha - Carte Blanche (Scot Project Remix) (2008)
16. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Rank 1 - Life Less Ordinary (MEKK Remix) (2007)
17. Armin Van Buuren - Wall Of Sound (Airbase present Parc Remix) (2006)
18. Scot Project - Deeper Underground (2015)
19. Marco V - Unprepared (Marcel Woods Remix) (2011)
20. Ronski Speed feat. Sir Adrian vs Rex Mundi - The Perspective Space (Markus Schulz Mashup) (2019)
21. Aloud - Sex And Sun (Eric Prydz Remix) (2004)
22. Hollen - X Line (2013)
23. Rebuke - The Pipe (2019)
24. D:Fuse - Living the Dream (Matthew Deekay Remix) (2005)

Plenty of juicy house music here from my summer and fall adventures to jam to! I've been listening ot this mix on repeat for so long, I cant remember where it ends and where it begins anymore. 

ENJOY!!!

Tracklist - 

1. Joy Orbison - BRTHDTT (2012)
2. Newman - The Seven Skies (2020)
3. CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola (Made By Pete Extended Remix) (2024)
4. Luna City Express - Mr. Jack (2009)
5. Wyro & Komey - Motives (Fedo Remix) (2023)
6. Kino Todo, Sima Noon - Translator (Azzecca Remix) (2024)
7. DEL-30 - Judgemental (2017)
8. Quivver - You Wanna Know What (2013)
9. Paolo Mojo - Wasted Youth (2011)
10. Milk & Sugar - No No No (D.O.N.S. & DBN Remix) (2008)
11. Teou. - Perigo (2025)
12. Audiojack - JOY (2025)
13. Andrea Giungo - Good Vibes (2019)
14. Asaf Samuel, Darco - Start The Party (2025)
15. Dale Howard - Rogue Keys (2019)
16. Hey Cabrera!, Freudenthal, & saeuer - Do It (Extended Dub) (2025)

VOID - enough said!

Get your house on. 

Tons of tracks from summer and fall 2025 and BEYOND (backwards) !!!

Tracklist:

1. Jesse Rose, Eva - Believe (Claude VonStroke Remix) (2017)
2. Angel Stoxx - Breadholes (Stefano Kosa Remix) (2011)
3. Johnny Mikes, Michael B - Darkness Everyday (Walker & Royce Remix) (2015)
4. Galen - Love Machine (2025)
5. Hardfloor - Acperience 1 (Robert Babicz Spacefunkmix) (2011)
6. Facta - BDB (2025)
7. Samantha Fu - Theme From Discotheque (2008)
8. DEL-30 - Nortee (2023)
9. Mr Jay - This Is Acid (2025)
10. J.K. Rollin - Where's The Party At (2025)
11. That Kid Chris - Come Together (Extended Mix) (2002)
12. Frederick & Kusse - Eight Oh Wait (2019)
13. Eats Everything - The Size (2011)
14. Rafael & Nariman, Eliza Legzdina - Another Dimension (2025)
15. GW Harrison - Hear My Soul (Extended Mix) (2020)
16. DEL-30 - West Coast (2017)
17. Mercer - Your Love (2019)
18. Y.Y - The Rhythm (2024)
19. Guy J - Once In A Blue Moon (2014)