Virtual Underground

Presenting Stygian @stygian-techno

Virtual Underground : What things and people inspire you most?

Stygian : I am first inspired by dark, hard and industrial atmospheres that I have mainly found in artists like [KRTM], Plexøs, Perc or AnD who inspire me enormously.

Virtual Underground : Could you describe your music selection and mixing process?

Stygian : I always try to set the tone from the first sound of my mix, I always start with a hard sound that turns around 135/140BPM, which leaves me some room afterwards to increase the pace and intensity of the mix. I don't really have a Tempo limit, only the atmosphere matters to me.

Link to full interview : https://www.facebook.com/virtualundergroundtechno/posts/887696618250421

Presenting @hanzschranz

Virtual Underground : What things and people inspire you most?

HS : I get a lot of inspiration from parties and from dj sets that are online and livestreams on for example facebook by looking at how the dj mixes! There are also some DJ's I get inspiration from such as friends of mine ORBS and for example DYEN, Héctor Oaks and Noneoftheabove!

Virtual Underground : Could you describe your music selection and mixing process?

HS : At the moment I'm still very busy searching for my own style! But what's online now can be described as fast and hard techno with lots of melodies in it, usually 145 to 155 bpm with an occasional peak of 160 bpm. The last week I'm a bit more busy with 134/140 dark industrial!

Link to full interview : https://www.facebook.com/virtualundergroundtechno/posts/883056778714405

by @khalmo

VU : Could you describe your music selection and mixing process?

Khalmo : Music selection is quite a challenge, probably even more than the mixing itself, i always make a plan, sorting out track by styles and speed, then make another selection before i begin playing. I just simply work with phrase mixing, i like to introduce a new track in a very smooth way, blending them into each other, sometimes it sounds very fun keeping up both if it works out that fine. Mixing gives me pleasure and very relaxing for me. Main styles like to spin are techno, hardcore and dnb (breakbeats are definitely great to work with and sometimes very challenging).

Link to full interview : https://www.facebook.com/virtualundergroundtechno/posts/878112059208877

Tracklist :

D-Leria - Revolt

Brian Burger - Bus

Tex-Rec - The Maschine

Blood & Tears - Screwdriver Part 2

Virgil Enzinger & Submerge - Dark Matter

Mike Väth & Robin Hirte - Voodoo

Niereich, Hackler & Kuch - Trans Lunar Injection

Stigmata - Latah

Sutter Cane - Outer Limits

Heckmann - Darkness Falls

Knobs - Like This

Ross Alexander - Exponent 2

Mas Teeveh - Peyote

NHK, Hackler & Kuch - Chromatic World

VX - Sahara

NHK, Hackler & Kuch - Faithful And The Kind (Space DJz Remix V1)

Tachini - Boom

VX - Central V02

Virgil Enzinger & Submerge - Stolen Memory

by @erber-r 25 years old Producer / DJ based in France.

Link to full interview : https://www.facebook.com/virtualundergroundtechno/posts/873267593026657

Presenting D.N.P @dnp-official

Virtual Underground : What things inspire you most?

D.N.P : When I stopped producing for three years, my love for techno music started to develop. I went to techno parties on a regular base, experiencing the performances of great artists like: Paula Temple, Rebekah, SNTS, Perc, etc. I used to listen to all of these artists on spotify back in the day. Now that I started producing techno music, I discovered the greatness of the underground techno scene. There are many underground techno artists, producing high quality industrial techno. This definitely inspires me the most in producing my music.

Link to full interview :https://www.facebook.com/virtualundergroundtechno/posts/868713953482021

Presenting A0B @anullb, a new project based in Berlin, Germany

Link to announcement + Interview : https://www.facebook.com/virtualundergroundtechno/posts/864242303929186

Presenting Orbs @orbs1999, a young techno-duo based in the Netherlands.

Virtual Underground : What things inspires most your work?

Orbs : We like a lot of different styles and are mostly inspired by the significant energy that we get from techno. So that’s what we try to do with Orbs. A variation of dark, melodic and up-tempo vibes, creating a special energy for others. For this podcast we used some darker, minimal techno with punchy kicks, acid and a lot of energy in it as we always strive to. Most of our work so far is a fast, happy and bouncy type of techno. Some artists that inspire us are AIROD, Randomer, AnD, Héctor Oaks among others. We think they also try to keep a variation in their sets/work and are always trying to create something new or different.

Link to full interview soon...

Presenting Niccolò Baldacci aka Feverwax @feverwax

This set was recorded last week at Disagio Club in Florence, Italy.

Virtual Underground How has this FeverWax story started?

Niccolò Baldacci : Born in Florence since I was young I start to be really in love with techno music especially with artist such Dave Clarke and Joey Beltram. Growing up I decided to move to London where I start to improve my music knowledge getting in touch with more Industrial and Acid sounds. I started to dj in 2015 buying my pair of Technics 1200 and I completely falled in love with beatmatching and scratching.

Virtual Underground : Could you tell us about your track selection and mixing process?

Niccolò Baldacci : My selection of music is mainly Acid techno with Industrial influence but I like often to play some records from 90s as well. My dream for the future is to start to produce music but it is gonna take me sometime has I'm a completely disaster using computers.

Virtual Underground : Thanks again for this amazing set and good luck for next steps!

Presenting SYLAD @syladpl

Virtual Underground : What things inspires most your work?

SYLAD : I think that people, travel, places, cities, nature and event new taste of food. I’m also a photographer so lot’s of things inspire me to create my photos and music. I also like to watch how my friends started to djing and where are they now. I like energy, creative and positive people around me. It’s also depends on my mood. I listen to techno music a lot but I like other type of music too. I’m trying to not to limit in music.

Link to full interview : https://www.facebook.com/virtualundergroundtechno/posts/851407318546018

Presenting DNOIZE @d-noize999 Producer & SoundDesigner, based in Italy.

Virtual Underground : From where do you draw your inspiration?

DNoize : Probably from what I have inside and does not know how to go out, it comes out that way but it could come out in ten thousand different ways, I am glad that in the end something that I appreciate my efforts is always there and this I think is another source of inspiration.

Link to full interview on FB : https://www.facebook.com/virtualundergroundtechno/posts/847294242290659