Category: ABC plays XYZ

DJ:
Alexskyspirit

About the concept:
Here is the one hundred and seventh instalment of our series “abc plays xyz”.

The idea behind it is to ask some DJs/mixing artists if they have an artist or label in mind that they love and would like to use for a mix.

So the approach of each mix is clear: the choosen DJ/mixing artist makes a selection of tracks produced by one artist (and her/his monikers. or released on a label (and its sublabels. and creates a nice mix from it.

Find links to all instalments at our overview. Today we present you Alexskyspirit’s mix of stuff released on Illegal Alien Records.

About Alexskyspirit:
Alexskyspirit borned and raised in Patras/Greece,represents the Greek techno scene.

Light aesthetic underground techno sound, gentle minimal elements combined with hypnotic ambient atmospheres,distorted textures and cinematic pads giving the result of Alexskyspirit’s signature sound nowadays.

He gets inspiration from city traffic,night,winter rainfall, architecture and fear.

He has performed w / Charlotte De Witte, Keith Carnal, Dax J, Harvey McKay, Alberto Ruiz, Jewel Kid, Oxia, Spiros Kaloumenos, George Apergis, Robert Dietz and many more. His tracks have been played by Richie Hawtin, Pan Pot, Fabio Florido and many more.

About Illegal Alien Records:
Illegal Alien Records is a Mexican record label of Electronic music focus on Techno, Electronica, Experimental and Ambient. Born in 2007 in Florida, USA, founded by the Mexican Ricardo Garduno. Currently Dig-it, DJ Saint Pierre, Fixeer, Fixon, Mari Mattham and Unkle Fon have joined the project, working alongside with Ricardo in the definition and curating the musical proposal of the label, as well as in its positioning within the worldwide Electronic panorama.

The name ‘Illegal Alien’ was adopted because that was the status granted by the US government to Ricardo Garduno when he lived in the United States. At that time all the immigrants who entered the country illegally were denominated like that. As a result of this, the rights of all illegal immigrants were limited or nulled in many cases. So, awarding this name to the label is a way to remember those immigrants around the world, whose objectives by leaving their countries of origin is to work for a better life and to show that, regardless of the status that other social groups attribute to us, it is possible to reach objectives.

Listen:
“Alexskyspirit plays Illegal Alien Records”

Alexskyspirit About His Choice:
I easily picked illegal Alien Records cause i trully believe that its one of the most open minded techno labels out there. Its also the record label that i have played the most through my sets the last two years.I can find stuff in there from mental hypnotic techno to industrial driving noisy tracks.It would definetely be my choice again & again if it has to do with playing music for an extended dj set. I have never released music there but i think that this one makes my choice even more romantic.

Tracklist:
01. Svarog – Fractal Flow
02. Nothing is Real, OutpostLive – Visionary Lotus
03. Fixon – MD
04. Oxygeno – Convulsive
05. Oxygeno – Senseless
06. Alexander Kowalski & Mario Berger – Day 3 Destruction
07. JLTZ – Drift
08. Oxygeno – Paradox
09. Ensor – Natural Disorder
10. Oxygeno – Suffocation
11. Alexander Kowalski, Mario Berger – The Pit
12. Crime As Service – Cobalt
13. Crime As Service – Stuxnet
14. A4 (ES) – Sugar On Mars
15. Tension (Ger) – Centaurus Mission
16. Mari Mattham – Light Esperiment (d_func. Remix)
17. A4 (ES) – Planet B
18. Isolated Lines – Degraded State (Fixeer Remix)
19. Motionen – In The Spectrum of The Unknown

Recommendations:
Casual Treatment’s “Bleeding Lights EP” on Illegal Alien Records
Piotr Klejment’s “Underground Perception EP” on Illegal Alien Records
Chad Kaska’s “Mission Drift EP” on Illegal Alien Records

Websites:
Alexskyspirit
Illegal Alien Records

DJ:
VERWIRRT

About the concept:
Here is the one hundred and sixth instalment of our series “abc plays xyz”.

The idea behind it is to ask some DJs/mixing artists if they have an artist or label in mind that they love and would like to use for a mix.

So the approach of each mix is clear: the choosen DJ/mixing artist makes a selection of tracks produced by one artist (and her/his monikers. or released on a label (and its sublabels. and creates a nice mix from it.

Find links to all instalments at our overview. Today we present you VERWIRRT’s mix of stuff produced by Don Woezik.

About VERWIRRT:
VERWIRRT is a 21 year old DJ and Producer based in Nuremberg, currently studying Audio Engineering in his 3rd semester.

Due to his early discoverage of music as his love and passion, he started his first musical steps in 2017 with organizing various Underground Events what opened up his way towards playing at different Events on Nurembergs bigger stages. He is mostly present the technoclub Haus 33, after he published a Mix titled „Red Light District“. He became the face of an event-series called „Red Light District“ there.

At the moment he holds residencys at a Berlin based techno & art collective called Heftig, and SeroTon, a Nuremberg based art & sound collective.

His diverse sound mirrors his attitude towards wandering down his lifepath.

Intransigent straight sharp and hard beats, industrial soundscapes with various EBM influences.

For VERWIRRT, Techno is more then just a music genre. Its about getting together and celebrating the and vibrations of sound.

About Don Woezik:
From an early Don Woezik transferred his previously hard-earned drumming skills to electronic devices, where his journey started to elevate as a producer, DJ and promoter. He has played all over Europe and shared booth with names such as Truncate, CJ Bolland, Kangding Ray, Pfirter, Markus Suckut, Anastasia Kristensen, UVB & Patrick Siech to name a few. He has strong releases on labels such as Ismus, Gomboc, Take Hit and Substantiv among others, that are being supported and played by artists such as I Hate Models, Kobosil, Gijensu, Ki/Ki, Dax J, SHDW & Obscure Shape, Rebekah & Nur Jaber.

Listen:
“VERWIRRT plays Don Woezik”

VERWIRRT About His Choice:
It was important for me to create a sound image that, despite the constant artist, does not sound too complex or constant, to create an exciting, energetic and driving atmosphere, that makes fun. I have been following Don Woezik for a long time and in my opinion he is one of the few artists whos tracks from the 1st minute just make you feel crazy! His tracks have their own distinctive sound, but have not stood out too much from others.

Tracklist:
01. Don Woezik – Jungle Balance
02. Don Woezik – Suspension
03. Don Woezik – Prime Receptor
04. Don Woezik – Sector Zero
05. Don Woezik – Urban Decay
06. Don Woezik – Last Hymn
07. Don Woezik – Mjolnir
08. Don Woezik – Pressure Cabin
09. Don Woezik – Of Paralysis
10. Jose Monsalve – Turbulence (Don Woezik Remix)
11. Remy-x – The Body (Man Outta Space & Don Woezik Remix)
12. Don Woezik – Resurrection
13. Don Woezik – Ephemeral Light
14. Don Woezik – Breaking Fourth Wall
15. Don Woezik – Calamity
16. Don Woezik – Incubation Point

Recommendations:
Don Woezik’s “Ephemeral Light EP” on Ismus
Don Woezik – Greed Is Futile EP” on Take Hit Records
compilation “ISMVA002.1” w/ Don Woezik on Ismus
compilation “KR004” w/ Don Woezik on KR Records
compilation “VKVA002 (Part 1)” w/ Don Woezik on Voight-Kampff Records
compilation “Fast Various 001” w/ Don Woezik on TX Records
compilation “Pronomina II” w/ Don Woezik on Substantiv
compilation “Pronomina” w/ Don Woezik on Substantiv

Booking:
RAW for Don Woezik

Websites:
VERWIRRT
Don Woezik

DJ:
Patrick Dre

About the concept:
Here is the one hundred and fifth instalment of our series “abc plays xyz”.

The idea behind it is to ask some DJs/mixing artists if they have an artist or label in mind that they love and would like to use for a mix.

So the approach of each mix is clear: the choosen DJ/mixing artist makes a selection of tracks produced by one artist (and her/his monikers. or released on a label (and its sublabels. and creates a nice mix from it.

Find links to all instalments at our overview. Today we present you Patrick Dre’s mix of stuff released on his Drec.

About Patrick Dre:
Patrick Dre is the owner und founder from Drec records and Subground event series, he is born 1983 in Magdeburg East German and based there til this day.

Since he is 10 years old Patrick is interested in several kinds of electronic music, so it was quite sure that he will start to be a DJ one day. With 16 years he bought his first turntables and for some years he enjoyed to be a DJ in the underground scene of Magdeburg. 2014 Patrick found a small techno underground event series called Subground and he started to manage his own techno events with special DJ guests like Randomer, Clouds, Nonoftheabove, JoeFarr, Georg Bigalke, Rvde and many more.

The top of all was the formation of his own lable called DREC in 2017with ten releases and two signings till now and many more projects are in planning. He never stops.

You can find the sound of Patrick Dre in the currently underground techno scene and on the following online channels.

About Drec:
Drec is a record-label from Magdeburg run by Patrick Dre, releasing music between techno and electronica.

Listen:
“Patrick Dre plays Drec”

Patrick Dre About His Choice:
Patrick is the head of Drec

Tracklist:
01. Georg Bigalke – Morzk
02. Unart8 – The Secrets Are Written Down
03. Tag & Wandrach – Dermonda
04. Dave Tarrida – Cause When They Met … It Was Murder
05. Duellist – Hunting Cerberus
06. Grön Cykel – Oneta
07. Progression (UK) – Noodle Head
08. Georg Bigalke – Untitled Mors (Stanley Hottek Remix)
09. Ike Dusk – Ionize
10. Unart8 – Class ’87
11. Patrick Dre – Acid Power

Recommendation:
all stuff on Drec

Websites:
Patrick Dre
Drec

DJ:
Justine Perry

About the concept:
Here is the one hundred and third instalment of our series “abc plays xyz”.

The idea behind it is to ask some DJs/mixing artists if they have an artist or label in mind that they love and would like to use for a mix.

So the approach of each mix is clear: the choosen DJ/mixing artist makes a selection of tracks produced by one artist (and her/his monikers. or released on a label (and its sublabels. and creates a nice mix from it.

Find links to all instalments at our overview. Today we present you Justine Perry*s mix of stuff produced or remixed by on Ness.

About Justine Perry:
Justine Perry is a Berlin-based Techno DJ. Attracted by the Berlin club scene, her sets are influenced by dark and deep techno, bringing the public to a hypnotic experience.Setting up in Berlin, she starting her collaboration with new artistic projects like Art Bei Ton and helped those events to feature more female artists.

Established herself in Europe, she played in prestigious venues, such as Rex Club in Paris, Khidi in Tbilisi, Griessmühle or Tresor in Berlin, as well as some festivals, like Forte Festival in Portugal and soon Instytut Festival in Poland.Her work has allowed her to perform alongside renowned artists such as Peter Van Hoesen, Luigi Tozzi, Blazej Malinowski, Lotus Eater (Lucy & Rrose), Alan Oldham, Hemka, Raär and more.

About Ness:
Ness is a dj and producer born and raised in Sardinia, acknowledged for his style over a decade of music with a background in sound engineering and many years of research and fine-tuning. He gradually developed a distinct technique with a strong focus on atmosphere combined with hypnotic rhythms. Having performed in some of the most relevant clubs and festivals around the globe, he steadily releases music and collaborates with several renowned techno labels within the scene. With experience as label manager through the years with partnership on Mono Records and The Gods Planet, he later established his spin off project label Ness Reworks in 2018. Ness music and dj set are well accepted and defined as an exploration of wide range of deep hypnotic techno and ambient soundscapes.

Listen & Download:
“Justine Perry play Ness” (download coming soon)

Justine Perry About Her Choice:
I chose Ness because his universe and productions represent exactly what I love in techno music : deep, hypnotic and atmospheric techno with dark sides. Every track has a strong story and an exploration of soundscapes. This is very modern and intellectual and it permit me to escape and to travel in my mind.

Tracklist:
01. Ness – 834 Point
02. Ocherii – Down The Road Through The Park (Ness Version)
03. Ness – Psychotechnologies
04. Ness – Never Allow Anybody to Rule Your Life
05. Ness – System Failure
06. Ness – Unravel
07. Ness – Sidereal Cycle
08 Ness – An Encounter with Myself
09. OutpostLive – Sacri Misteri (Ness Version)
10. Ness – The Mist In Cherni Vrah
11. Ness – Noumenon (Aspect)
12. Ness – Hybrid Discovery
13. Mari Mattham – Foggy Destiny (Ness Vision)
14. Unjin – Fog Machine (Ness Remix)
15. Ness – Hololoop
16. Ness – Thought 1
17. Ness – Pantropy
18. Ness – Uchronia
19. Scam. – Chiral (Ness Remix)
20. Ness – Chronoscope

Recommendation:
Ness

Booking:
Point Collective for Ness

Websites:
Justine Perry
Ness

DJ:
DJ Final Rehab & K_arim

About the concept:
Here is the one hundred and first instalment of our series “abc plays xyz”.

The idea behind it is to ask some DJs/mixing artists if they have an artist or label in mind that they love and would like to use for a mix.

So the approach of each mix is clear: the choosen DJ/mixing artist makes a selection of tracks produced by one artist (and her/his monikers. or released on a label (and its sublabels. and creates a nice mix from it.

Find links to all instalments at our overview. Today we present you stuff released on Hidden Hawaii mixed by DJ Final Rehab & K_arim.

About DJ Final Rehab & K_arim:
Born and raised in Berlin both got influenced by the (huge variability and many variaties) of Berlin music(scene). She playing drums and finding herself in experiencing colourfull grooves and transferring this into her versatile sets full of Breakbeat, Base and Groove. He travelling through different kinds and styles of music finding inspiration somewhere on the dance floor. True to the motto “Hearing and feeling leads to making!”

About Hidden Hawaii:
Hidden Hawaii, founded in 1998 and co-run by Felix Krone and Wan.2 among others, was based in Berlin, Germany.

Listen & Download:
“DJ Final Rehab & K_arim play Hidden Hawaii” (download coming soon)

DJ Final Rehab & K_arim About Their Choice:
Therefor Hidden Hawaii as some kind of subsumption of all whats good in electronic music. (The mothership is landing,) no limit in sound or rhythm by playfully extracting basics and top ends of Drum’n’Base, Dubstep, Techno, Noise, Ambient and Electro. All brought to an other level of sound and distinction. Focussing on high demand for intellectual and emotional experience.

Tracklist:
01. Ena & Flxk1 – C2
02. Elemnt – Octagon #1
03. Forest Drive West – Persistence of Memory Pt.2
04. Das Nichts – Sunrise
06. DB1 – Qube Pt.1
07. DB1 – Ktz1
08. Felix K – Flower of Destruction #2
09. Forest Drive West – Persistence of Memory Pt.1
10. Elemnt – Square #3
11. Felix K – Der Traum
12. Felix K – Flower of Destruction #10
13. Elemnt – Circle of Light #4 (Levl Reinterpretation)
14. 943 – Nautil 2/3 B
15. Flxk1 featuring Wan.2 – Antitheorie A1
16. 943 – Nautil 2/3 A

Websites:
DJ Final Rehab
K_arim @ Soundcloud
Felix Krone, co-founder of Hidden Hawaii