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Lovers of non-formulaic electronics and immersive experiences, get ready for a mind-expanding treat with Jin Synth at the controls. From extreme, noise-adjacent bursts of sound to serene soundscaping bordering on ASMR therapeutics, the London-based artist knows how to craft ambiences unlike any other. Beatless or percussion-forward, manipulating tension and release as a true groove surgeon, Jin Synth entices us down the path of exquisite minutiae and poetry in motion. Like woven in silken thread, her mixes boast both laser-like precision and the most impressive level of control at every point in time, resulting in a hauntingly cinematic, all around hypnotic display. Enslaving. soundcloud.com/jinsynth

You know our love for Georgia’s seemingly infinite pool of talented musicians, and here’s another emerging one many of you may not know of yet, but should definitely keep an eye (and ear) on: Boya. Up with a shape-shifting electronic and techno set, the Tbilisi-based DJ and Morevi Records affiliate flaunts the breadth of his talent through a versatile selection and impeccable mixing maneuvers. The result is a two-hour jaunt into the more techno-friendly side of his very own multiverse. From springy uptempo rides to detours into more nuanced, dubbed-out sonics, through genre-unbound meanderings and muscular house flexions, the wide scope of Boya’s mix keeps beckoning us towards the unknown with every bar. Expect the unexpected. soundcloud.com/boyachineseforever

Regularly rocking the house at seminal German nights including ://aboutblank, the late Griessmuehle, Paloma and many more, Berlin-based DJ and BINÄR label owner PAREKA drops by our virtual office to serve up a frankly pumping two-hour sample of his own techno multiverse. All in on the chiselled breaks, haunting ostinatos and clinical warehouse destroyers, PAREKA has us walking the tightrope betwixt pure no-prisoner ruggedness, straight brutalist sound architecture and a further experimental spin stretching from dub techno to Birmingham-esque detours. Hold your breath and shut your eyes wide, for the ride promises to drill a serious hole in your head and rewire your brain circuits upside-down. soundcloud.com/pareka

A well furnished pool of electronic talents, Georgia keeps on gracing us with thrilling voices and exciting projects. Next up in our podcast series, Tbilisi’s Rodnevs sheds a further bright light on the Georgian scene as he deploys a two-hour maze of a multi-faceted mix. Spanning the widest array of influences and signatures, the young producer entices us down the road of techno eclecticism, blending polyrhythmic vibrancy with a deadeye sense for supposedly unobvious combinations and permutations. The result is a mix unlike any other, an uncanny place of sound where classic early techno grammar rubs shoulders with hypermodern downtempo drifts and further mesmeric subterranean dubs. Just let it sink in. soundcloud.com/rodnevs

Actively pushing hard-boiled techno wares and heavyweight floor artillery for breakfast, German jockey and producer Markus Suckut punches in with two hours of unrelenting dance floor hoodoo on our next installment. With a rather extensive catalogue of big-room rippers under his belt - including choice outings on Odd Even, Primordial State (a label he co-operates alongside Sven Eickhoff) and his own imprint, SCKT, Suckut pumps out a massively smashing two-hour mix for us, packed with his textbook industrial-leaning punch, a certain taste for laser-guided 4x4 stunts and further off-axis grooves straight out techno's outer space. Hop in for a mind-bending dive into a fractal-like torrent of raving material, honed and polished to deadly effect. soundcloud.com/markussuckut

Trader of hypnotic grooves and raging big-room cavalcades, Berlin's Sanna Mun embodies the spirit of untiring sound exploration. Responsible for a handful head-turning platters on Ø [Phase]'s Modwerks label, Clone's Repetitive Rhythm Research outlet and her own imprint, Katabasis Records, Sanna has been dishing out boundary-pushing slabs one after the other. Sitting at the junction of proper DJ-friendly pragmatism, depth-plumbing escapology and shape-shifting experimentality, her sound tells a tale of unabridged soul-search through music, taking techno on a bumpy ride across the many facets of its known history and sonic alphabet, to better tweak it into an immersively intimate, multi-dimensional fable of brutalist kicks, layered textures and enthralling atmospheres. soundcloud.com/sannamun

Gracing our podcast with a nasty two hours of punishing beats, rhythmic escapism and straight out uplifting rave sirens, Amsterdam's JSPRV35 cuts a path of destruction in our latest RYC podcast number. Trading hi-impact uptempo wares and no-nonsense floor artillery, the emerging DJ and producer has us swinging to rugged 4x4 monster jams and more left-of-centre sonics, astutely shifting gears betwixt proper big-room momentums and further atmospheric uplift. The result is an extended tableau of both inch-perfectly engineered functionality and soulful curation, primed for both peak time traction and pulsating daydreaming. The unadulterated spirit of rave coming in full blast. soundcloud.com/v35jsprv35

A distinctively talented name to have emerged from the German scene the past half decade, Dennis Strobel alias Peryl is the kind of producer obsessed by textures and sound design, and his modular-centric compositions sure do translate his deep, thorough vision of club music potentialities to captivating effect. From granular tension to sleek, streamlined beds of synth effervescence, onto bursts of polished machine assault and inch-perfectly balanced architectonics, Peryl’s live performances serve up a wealth of boundary-pushing ideas and plot-twists, wrong-footing expectations to better submerge his audience into the experience of sound itself, making each performance a truly unique and memorable moment. Brace yourself for a mind-boggling ride across pulsating membranes and spellbinding envelopes. soundcloud.com/peryl_music

Fabric resident duo Tapefeed steps in with a two-hour epic jaunt into their shape-shifting, floor-efficient mindset. Having recently launched their own record label, Inveterate, the pair drops by with the heavyweight wares and mind-expanding transitions on this podcast. Lithely moving the cursor from hi-impact material to laser-guided brain hacks, Tapefeed treats us to a deluge of galloping grooves, frenzied dubs and no-nonsense analogue hoodoo, swiftly shifting gear from Birmingham-style tempi to more straightforward big-room buildups. Dashing across all 909 blazing, their set harnesses the hydraulic power of a tsunami so you better buckle up for the fierce drenching ahead. soundcloud.com/tapefeed

Active since the late ‘90s, Amsterdam-based DJ and producer Dimi Angélis needs no introduction. Boasting a catalogue of the highest order with releases for countless spearheading techno outlets including MORD, Axis, Warm Up, Construct Re-Form, KEY and his own imprint, ANGLS, Dimi has been laying down slab after slab of uncompromising rave material, naturally bridging the gap between trance-inducing big room sonics, sizzling machine funk and left-of-centre divagations into further abstract, noise-adjacent territories. Rugged to the bone, his sound is a call to creative arms, blurring the frontier between full-fledged floor functionality and the deep, intimate expression of the inner turmoils of our age. Enter the room for two hours of seditious, no-bs techno with a true-school, future-facing edge. Slam-dunking the status quo 💯🔥 soundcloud.com/dimi-angelis

Taking over our next instalment, Tokyo's sensation Elli Arakawa punches in the series with two hours of full-immersion atmospheric techno and deep, dubbed-out folds. Running the gamut elegantly from textured tapestries of sound to kaleidoscopic 4x4 wares, through acid-drenched extrapolations and further poetic drifts across spacious sonic wildlands, Arakawa's mix eases us in an ambiguous realm where sheer DJ functionality rubs shoulders with ethereal abstraction and hyperconscious escapology. One for the lovers of breath-holding dives and riveting techno panoramas. soundcloud.com/elli-arakawa

A surefire provider of deep, complex weapons for the dance floor and beyond, French-born, Berlin-based artist Kangding Ray has been minting some of the most strikingly unique techno records in recent memory. His body of work for some of the most reputed record labels out there, including Raster Noton, Stroboscopic Artefacts and his own outlet, ara, cuts an introspective path, halfway modular-leaning escapology and beat-driven abstraction. From his background in architecture, his musical approach retains that fondness for structure and the creation, or re-creation of space, both as an actual object and a mental projection. Immerse yourself into KR's minutely designed headspace with this two-hour deep and intimate audio dive. soundcloud.com/kangding-ray

Cutting-edge techno with a vision, breaksy meanders and dreamy electro blends, that’s what’s on the menu of our next podcast installment as Canada-born, UK-based jockey and producer B.Traits takes over the waves for two hours of genuinely versatile, genre-unbound sonic exploration. Championing a lithe mix of hi-NRG house and next-level techno expression that sends us straight back to her mighty BBC1 days, the In.Toto boss heaves us headlong into an effervescing hodgepodge of multidirectional, where rabid snare onslaughts and high-impact programming intertwine to shape a mind-expanding floor narrative. Generous and inch-perfectly engineered, here comes B.Traits with a proper panoramic view into her ever sharp, shape-shifting musical headspace. soundcloud.com/btraits

Celebrating our 600th podcast in proper massive fashion, we’re no short of psyched to welcome the man, the legend James Ruskin for a much anticipated two-hour round of implacable warehouse-sized dance floor obliteration. Ever since he first stepped into the scene in 1991, the Croydon-born and based groove doctor has been dishing out some of the most impressively rugged and haunting uptempo material with uncompromising poise and style. From Tresor to his own seminal record label, Blueprint, which still leads the way in terms of both grade A curation and time-transcending impact, Ruskin keeps writing the future of techno with unadulterated spirit, as attested by his RYC transmission, fusing the finest of techno’s potential for abstract-leaning sonic exploration and riotous rhythmic firepower. As we inexorably ram in deep into tomorrow’s full-fledged dystopia all guns blazing, be sure to turn this on full blast. soundcloud.com/jamesruskin-blueprint

Stepping up with the hypnotic, heavy-duty wares all set at knocking your senses askew, Belgian producer Peter Van Hoesen lands us a monster of a live set. Responsible for some seriously mind-expanding sorties on the likes of Tresor, Vlek and his self-operated outlets Time To Express & Center 91 over the past 15 years, Van Hoesen has established himself as one of the scene’s driving forces when it comes to integrating these cinematic ambiences into an effervescing mesh of pulsating 4x4 rhythms and a millefeuille of layered envelopes acting like quicksands. Recorded on the occasion of his latest live performance at Tresor Berlin on May 10, this particular live harnesses that deep-diving energy elemental to Van Hoesen’s intricate engineering of hi-velocity dynamics and rippling dub interplays, ushering us headlong into a bright, merciless furnace of sound. Checkmate. soundcloud.com/petervanhoesen

A true pioneer of the techno scene, Italian DJ and producer Gaetano Parisio needs no introduction but we'll just underline that since his first steps in the then-burgenoning electronic world back in 1992, his influence on the sound hasn't flinched one bit. Responsible for countless seminal releases on the likes of Primate, Zenit, Mosaic, his own structures Conform, ART and Southsoul and a myriad more, Gaetano has been pushing techno in new directions with ultimate drive and devotion to duty. Clocking in with a two-hour trip into his boundary-pushing headspace, the Neapolitan maestro treats us to a wild ride of trampling uptempo funk, sci-fi-indebted flights and further alien-engineered heaters. The forward-looking power of rave in its purest expression. soundcloud.com/gaetano-parisio

Taking up the reins for the next round of our podcast adventures, Germany-based Venezuelan artist Isabel Soto graces us with a mix that embodies her gracefully stripped-down, durably hypnotic touch to a tee. Vibrantly surfing the edge betwixt immersive sound exploration and steadfastly dynamic flights, Soto swings the pendulum deftly across a kaleidoscope of rhythmic crossovers and exquisitely balanced sonic hues. The result is a throbbing tableau in motion, meshing Soto’s hauntingly poetic narratives with that laser precision when it comes to shifting gears and ramping up the momentum. Join us on a total trip of a set. soundcloud.com/isabelsoto

A legend of the hardcore sound and true homie of the RYC clique, Miro Pajic alias MSDMNR has been etching his name in the pantheon of the rave sound classics in gold letters for the past 30 years or so, and good news is he’s not quite done fending off IG-borne leeches and wannabes. Under his MSDMNR alias, through which he's repurposed his sound to deliver more complex and moody techno dynamics, Miro conjures up the finest of pulsating hi-tech electronics and haunting soundscapes to whelm us under an avalanche of shape-shifting modulations, future-facing narratives and untiringly massive big-room pound. Bend your mind. soundcloud.com/msdmnr

Merchant of feral-minded, steel-clad floor wares harboured by some of the finest imprints out there including Token and SK_eleven, in addition to his own outlet, Observer Station, Fuse resident Altinbas takes over the RYC broadcast with an explosive two-hour ride fusing pure raging uptempo arson and highly trenchant, indus-oriented machine funk. Blast it out full force and let the trippy winds of primitive drums patterns, 909-fuelled obsession and dubbed-out 4x4 mystique alter your senses durably, for the spirit of rave shines high and bright above us. Total heater of a mix, you’ve been warned. soundcloud.com/altinbas

Author of three massive iterations on SK_eleven since the drop of his debut instalment on the label in 2021, New York DJ and producer Holden Federico aka 90s Techno Redux undoubtedly counts as one of the North-American scene's most exciting talents. Herald of a style both elegantly timeless and straight out propulsive, Holden turns in a textbook example of his adroitly combined sense of selection and mixing. Prepare for two hours of frantic uptempo assault and minutely designed tech-scapes, where no-nonsense big room firepower collides with stripped-down brutalism and an elevated touch of post-industrial sophistication. Going hard. soundcloud.com/holden-federico

Up with a vibrant delivery that ticks all the boxes of the music we love, here, at RYC, please welcome Tauceti, a Lyon-based DJ and producer with plenty of tricks up her sleeve. Exploring the confines of techno and ambient through complex and highly evocative tableaux, Tauceti has been making waves thanks to her impeccably engineered sets, merging elements from askew, acid-drenched machine funk with more straightforward 4x4 buildups, all eyes on setting dance floors ablaze. Her fiercely precise mixing skills, combined with grade A selections and a sixth sense for amping up the tension to thriller-like levels, undeniably make the French artist a talent to keep an eye on. Hear it, feel it. soundcloud.com/1tauceti

Expert pusher of intrusively mental wares and kaleidoscopic audio scenarios, Refracted has been laying the foundation to a truly solid body of work, punctuated with releases for Bitta, Polegroup and his own imprint, Mind Express. From serene, stripped-down ambiences to churning material from the deep, his blends conjure up the best of textural immersion and rhythmic out-thereness, constantly expanding the scope with every bar. Enter a world of sunken minimalism, that won’t fail to evoke Basic Channel and Moritz von Oswald’s seminal dub techno idioms, but complete with its own hypnotic appeal and highly addictive grammar. soundcloud.com/refracted-music

Actively trading big-room narratives for the past fifteen years, London’s Vinicius Honorio boasts a solid 20-ish EPs for some of the best techno labels out there, including choice contributions to Blueprint, Planet Rhythm, Modularz, and his most recent sortie, ‘Endless Love’, freshly out via Len Faki’s Figure imprint. Merchant of paced-up, peak-time tonics bound to wreak havoc from the basement up, Honorio champions a sound Infused in steely industrialism and sci-fi-inflected escapology, built to have the woofers screaming in ecstasy. Rave the stress away. soundcloud.com/viniciushonorio

Hailing from Tbilisi, Georgia, Uväll epitomizes his hometown's fearless approach towards quality club music. Pushing sounds that transcend the mere scope of techno per se, Uväll's blends stretch from no-nonsense gridlocked firepower onto off-piste digressions into brooding atmospherics and further heavy-duty experimentality. The resulting effort is nothing short of wild and entrancing, casting its net far and deep into techno’s wide spectrum of potentialities and tweaking them to eleven. A mind-bending missile of a mix, riding at breakneck speed from brutalist pound to zero-G elevation with untamed snazz and jazz. Harness the storm. soundcloud.com/uvallmusic

Perhaps one of techno’s best kept secrets these days, London born-and-raised groove manipulator Cressida isn’t your typical merchant of quality 4x4 smack. His sound, nurtured on a variety of genres and approaches - from jungle to grime and dubstep (which he keeps on repping through his mixes), flexes a different signature than most, insanely versatile and consistently busting the frontiers between normative frameworks. Hopping on board our podcast series with a massive treat of cross-pollinated techno riddims and no-frills club rippers out the widest scope, Cressida dishes out a fierily potent two-hours of freako disco, locked-and-loaded onto hacking the boring matrix of tepid machine funk that has most subjugated at the minute. Flamethrowin’ the status-quo to ashes. soundcloud.com/cressida

Active since the turn of the millennium, Wisconsin-born / Berlin-based DJ and producer Dustin Zahn has been trading some of the most consistently powerful techno blends over the past twenty years. Incisive and empowering, his sound epitomizes the perfect balance between strenuous, big-room-focussed wares and an acute sensibility for the sharpest sound design. Throughout an endless flow of grade-A heaters for some of the scene's most highly-regarded imprints, including Blueprint, Rekids and his own record label, Enemy, Zahn has been sculpting a body of work both ebulliently intense and future-facing, never quite resting on his laurels but throwing all of his nerve and energy into staying relevant in the age of disposability. Ageless, boundless. soundcloud.com/dustin-zahn

Born in Sweden but operating out of Berlin, Philippa Pacho has been making waves in the scene as of late, notably amassing a stream of incendiary performances at some of the world’s finest (and most demanding) clubs, including Bassiani and Fuse. Herald of a fast-paced, no-surrender type of DJing, all eyes set on bringing crowds to a simmer thru and thru, Philippa muscles her way across various techno sub-genres and rhythms with conviction and poise, alternatively pushing classic Detroit-influenced material, Nordic minimalism and more Continental European-informed expressions, as she harnesses the very best of these through uncompromising selections with a pristine mixing technique. Shockwave incoming. soundcloud.com/philippapacho

Bosnian-born, Sweden-based producer and jockey Sev Dah has been carving a niche truly personal and distinctive into techno’s growingly standardized on and off-stage realm. Boss of his own imprint, Proletarijat, with releases for Mote-Evolver, Random Island or K S R under his belt, Sev has been pushing wares both entrancingly hi-NRG (a nod to the early Schranz heroes) and ruggedly abrasive. The result is an effervescing mishmash of rabid uptempo drives, screwed melodies and fiery rhythmic grids, ready to leave all ravers knocked askew. soundcloud.com/sev-dah

Inbound with a mental two-hour ride down the darker end of the techno spectrum, Berlin’s Roseen makes his debut in the RYC podcast series with a hair-raising smorgasbord of industrial-informed grooves and no-prisoner, 909-fuelled pound. All in on the heavy-duty, warehouse-busting ordnance, Roseen treats us to a cavalcade of true school Detroit-derived tempi and brutalist fractals, leaving no stone unturned in his quest for the beat that haunts and rips. Enter a spooky dystopia in sound, where untamed functionalism rubs shoulders with hypnotic abandon and depth-plumbing adventurism. Full blast. soundcloud.com/roseen-official

March will have given Spain a pretty solid close-up with three artists involved, and here is Pushmann rounding the month off with a cutting-edge finale. Muscling in with that trademark hypnotic approach of his, the Axis, Soma and Symbolism alum propels us headfirst into a maelstrom of hi-velocity programming and acid-drenched chromaticism. Walking the tightrope between no-surrender rhythmic attacks and corrosive melodies straight out a rust-gnawed industrial dystopia, Pushmann’s delivery serves up a perfectly balanced blend of infrared spook, intense gravity acceleration and dissonant fractals of sound wrapped into one fiery trial by combat. soundcloud.com/pushmann

In less than a decade of total devotion to DJing and production, Spanish artist Orbe has dropped more material than some shall ever dream of putting out in a lifetime. Obviously not just quantity, but quality at that, as dispensed through key techno imprints of our age including Axis, Token, Mote-Evolver, Semantica, his own eponymous record label and a host more… Clocking in with a fierce and untamed two-hour sonic safari spanning vast expanses and more claustrophobic spaces, Orbe treats us to a mind-altering whirlwind of echoes and signals, where big-room thrillers rub shoulders with off-piste explorations and brutalist plications. This one hits hard. soundcloud.com/orbeartist

Pulling out the heavy floor artillery on the next round of our podcast series, here comes Spanish talent and Chapter Rcrds boss Anika Kunst. Known for her highly energetic and uncompromising productions, which have graced the likes of Rekids and Symbolism, Anika steps in with a two-hour mind boggler of a vinyl mix, flush with her signature blend of unfaltering uptempo assault, moon-lit ambiences and finessed origamis of sound, all kitted up for ecstatic communion under the strobes. Hop in for an exhilarating ride out in techno’s wild emotional lands, with Kunst vectoring us straight onto the most hectic climax. soundcloud.com/anika-kunst

Active for nearly three decades, Japanese DJ and producer Takaaki Itoh has been carving out a niche truly his own in the realm of deep techno. Pumping out multi-sensory DJ tools for breakfast, Itoh champions a sound highly dynamic yet infused with the kind of minute textural work and layers of modular complexity one can not but marvel at. Punching in with a wild two hours of electro-magnetic hardware funk and entrancingly immersive brainwaves, the Sendai-based wizard elevates us to a whole new world where hi-tech submersion and atmospheric club music reign supreme. A work of art. soundcloud.com/takaaki_itoh

Some will be familiar and some won’t be just yet, but one thing is certain, Chami should be on your radar. A spectacularly dextrous groove manipulator in his own right, the Berlin-based jockey has been harnessing some fierce dance floor moments over at the world’s most well-known club (guess which, it starts with a B) and a dozen more. Running the gamut from archetypal uptempo drives to aqueous beds of acidic textures and highly volatile 909 outbursts, Chami treats us to a mind-bending two-hour assault in sound, which will drain up to the last drop of sweat in your (soon dog-tired) carcass of a body. Absolute masterclass from a DJ in full possession of his art. Don’t miss. soundcloud.com/chamixx

Co-head of SYXT and Glukkon Records, Romania-born artist Ketch steps in the series with two hours of full-fledged big-room-oriented dynamics. Combining the dark and brute side of steely industrial music with that of more deep-minded electronics, halfway dub immersion and further left-field acid eccentricities, Ketch ploughs his own furrow aside from techno's main drag, somewhere at the junction of raw brutalism and tribal-inherited transcendence. Just like his own tracks, the Italy-based producer’s mixes lay down a complex, near-labyrinthine mindset, not quite choosing its side between hands-on floor destruction and eruptive mass communion. Hear hear, it’s the sound of your soul fanning out. soundcloud.com/ketch-music

Emerging DJ and producer Cecilia Tosh has a keen ear for sleek and streamlined sonic combinations. Her sets, just as much as her own compositions, are testaments to her love for well-oiled structures and engineerings. A regular of Tresor, where she’s learned to hone her skills and precision, Tosh delivers brilliant sonic journeys one after the other, and her introductory RYC mix shall just live up to that - much deserved - hype. Swinging the pendulum betwixt luminescent melodies and under-the-radar dub moves, she certainly knows one or two things about steering a crowd into ecstatic abandon. But enough talking, we’ll leave it at that and just let the magic do the rest. soundcloud.com/cecilia_berlin

Continually pushing the boundaries between plain DJ-friendly functionality and abstract-leaning tendencies, Parisian producer Zadig has carved a niche for himself at the forefront of the European techno scene thanks to his quality-driven approach and keenness to explore the uncharted. Boss of the ever future-facing record label Construct Re-Form, whose name says it all about his take on the genre, Zadig keeps on dishing out challenging opuses in sound, naturally inclined to break down and reinvent old mechanisms rather than phrase it like everyone else. His blends, extrapolating relatively classic 4x4 rhythms to seemingly incompatible territories, are both bold statements and question marks altogether. Brace yourself for a two-hour field trip across jagged industrial reliefs and more laid-back, thought-provoking environments. soundcloud.com/zadig-construct_re-form

One of Sweden’s most monitored prospects within the techno realm, Dold has been making waves thanks to a stream of boundary-pushing rippers for the likes of KEY, Float, MindTrip and his Arsenik label this past couple of years. Adding his playful spin to the gridlocked tech continuum, Dold - real name Patrik Eriksson - embarks us on a bumpy, unrelenting ride across jagged IDM scapes and electroid reliefs only he knows the path to. Enter a trip bound to have you headbanging to a never-ending assault of heavily trippin’ four-to-the-floor, arpeggiated zen-like cascades of sound and other nimble junglistic pleasures, perfect to keep everyone guessing what the next bar holds. Keeping it fresh no matter what. soundcloud.com/ddoldd

A rising name in Berlin’s ever crowded pool of talents, Eerste Communie resident Windfuhr has been developing his own idiosyncratic persona at the junction of heavy-traction 4x4 rhythms and deep, hypnotic folds of intricate melodies and exotica-laced electronics. Minimal in essence but maximal in effect, his compositions bridge the gap between stripped-back functionality and dreamy escapology, neatly coordinating the throbbing cavalcade of racy uptempo machine funk with layered, modular-like transmissions as his feverish drum programming leads the charge. No doubt Windfuhr’s name is one you’ll hear a lot more in 2024. soundcloud.com/windfuhr

An habitué of seminal techno labels such as Rotterdamian outlet Mord Records and Spanish imprint PoleGroup, Portuguese producer Lewis Fautzi has been dishing out warehouse rippers one after the other this past decade. Now at the helm of his own structure, Faut Section, Fautzi keeps on serving up that fiery mix of no-nonsense industrial pound and mental techno ostinatos, ready to subjugate any crowd in its drop zone. Clearly not for the faint of heart, his blends combine the wildness of 909-powered trampling with untamed onslaughts of hypnotic synth furls and heavy-duty, aggro percussions gone rogue. Treat yourself to an absolute mind-boggler of a mix with this two-hour jaunt into Fautzi’s delectably murky sonic domain. soundcloud.com/lewisfautzi

A key exponent of Amsterdam’s techno scene, Sandrien definitely counts as one of the finest jockeys around. A gifted selector and just as skilled groove manipulator, she has been a constant in a world full of variables, quietly making it to the top of the game thanks to her impeccably crafted sets, both alone and alongside legends such as Ben Sims, DJ Nobu or Inigo Kennedy. Tirelessly pushing for new approaches to DJing and also production, Sandrien has been carving out a niche of her own, elegantly weaving the classic drive of 90s techno with an all-embracing, future-facing take on electronics, always eager to incorporate new tropes and ways to tell her musical story on the dance floor. Slip into a world full of off-kilter analogue magic and deep-diving tech-y escapism, and let yourself get carried away. soundcloud.com/sandrien 01. nthng - Memories - Transatlantic 02. Franz Jäger - Timewriters - Radiance 03. Kalumet - Chao Praya Blues - Fur:ther Sessions 04. Sandrien - Booom - Unreleased 05. Uväll - Careless - Unknown 06. Mathys Lenne - Meki's Ripped - Float 07. Mathys Lenne - Crack - Hayes 08. Franz Jäger - Minuscule - Float 09. Mayfie - Restless Mind - Trau-ma 10. Metapattern - Diskotek - Malör 11. Hemka - Alone For Xmas - Anaøh 12. Regent - Nocta - Mutual Rytm 13. Lindsey Herbert - Not Alone - Truncate 14. Orbe - Andromeda Part 3 - Token Records 15. Danny Wabbit - XX - Forbidden Sessions 16. Mathys Lenne - Spazio Tempo - Float 17. Rraph - Svipul - Android Muziq 18. Azogiař - Native Night - Olympian 19. Red Rooms - B110BE - Planet Rhythm 20. Red Rooms - Line Of Sight - Planet Rhythm 21. Saurio - Nebula Choir - Hxagrm 22. Heliosphere - Supernova - Trau-ma 23. Dominik Frohlich - Master of Pain - Hakiri 24. Heliosphere - Asteroid - Analog Solutions 25. Regent - Submerged - Warg 26. Rod Modell - Tracer - Tresor Records 27. The Scan - Bones and All - Suara 28. Regent - Multiversa - Mutual Rytm 29. NEEN - Crafte (Jesterr Remix) - O'Clock 30. Michael Ferrell - Room For One More - Selected 31. Synebot - X-Press (Steve Stoll Remix) - black. Records 32. The Sixth Sense, The Scan - Muladhara (The Scan Remix) - Malör 33. ENERTY - External - Children Of Tomorrow 34. Lenn Reich - Stigmata - Synergie 35. Fixon, Pushmann - Physical Rituals - Anaøh 36. Regent - Satin - Malör 37. Ryan James Ford - Eendrachtsplein (RET Mix) - Clone Records

Kicking off the year under the best auspices, here comes a threat of a mix from German producer Vril. Known for his nostalgia-soaked strain of big-room techno and impeccably textured audio trips, the Giegling and Delsin stalwart lays down a proper magnetic hour-and-a-half of floor-focussed dynamics, packing the very type of steel-clad punch and vaporous atmospheres we enjoy so much here at RYC. A perfect start to the new year, Vril’s ever minutely engineered mix of hot-tempered grooves and deep cinematic immersion will have you both zoning out and sweating off all that extra fat put on during the holiday, while setting your sight onto the next revolution with the poise and heartiness to achieve your goals in 2024 and beyond. Happy new year to you, RYC fellows! soundcloud.com/vril_01

Ho ho ho, the mystery-shrouded Rrose - named after Marcel Duchamp’s eponymous persona, punches in right on cue for Xmas with an absolute monster of a two-hour jaunt into their exquisitely twisted headspace. Having served up some of the finest techno slabs of the past decade through the likes of Sandwell District, Stroboscopic Artefacts and now their own dedicated imprint, Eaux, Rrose steps in the series with a bonkers mix of dusty techno hustle-and-bustle, neatly alternating sequences of pumping 4x4 aerobatics, searing, noise-adjacent outbursts and eerie melodies to hypnotic effect. A constant balancing act of raw power and haunting score, Rrose’s RYC mix takes us on a deep and fascinating trip into genre-unbound territories, where only abandon and wildness reign supreme. Happy EOY celebrations, y’all! See you in 2024. soundcloud.com/rrose1921 01. Free Free Palestine! (chant) 02. Habits of Hate - Limelight Roles - Electronic Explorations 03. Ø [Phase] - module overload pt 1 - Cosmic 04. Regis - Cold Water - Downwards 05. Wata Igarashi - Haziest Just Before The Dawn (Svreca Remix1) - Bitta 06. Ma Sha - Are They Back - CEE 07. JK Flesh - Empty Words (Rrose remix) - KR3 (upcoming) 08. Metapattern - Assimilation - Mord 09. RS Tangent - Bovine Overbite - Trilogy Tapes 10. Bookworms - Bluephoria 11. CAIV - Shamanfreude - Tresor 12. Dj Deeon - Off - Dance Mania 13. Nikos - Metaturnal - Flippen Disks 14. Priori & Al Wootton - Leniency - Trule 15. Mad Zach - Tunnel Snare 16. CAIV - Ötzi - Tresor 17. Bias - Rest Energy - Diffuse Reality 18. Conceptual - 200 camels and a hot desert - Conceptual 19. Quelza - My Eyes Are Closed - Newrhythmic 20. Altinbas - Spoken Word - Token 21. WTCHCRFT - Shake It (Nikki Nair’s Shook Mix) 22. Azu Tiwaline - Blowing Flow - IOT 23. Rrose vs Octo Octa - unreleased 24. Rrose vs Speedy J - unreleased 25. Carrier - Fathom - Felt 26. Rrose vs Polygonia - unreleased 27. Rrose vs Polygonia - unreleased 28. Pocopo - Segre - AEDI 29. Tsimtsum - Konvoi 30. A4 - Optical Device - Faut Section 31. Mad Zach - Strangeloop 32. Skee mask - Cylo - Ilian Tape 33. Bas Dobbelaer - HSS-01 - Trule 34. Fergus Sweetland - Gangalang - Illegal Alien 35. Trolley Route - A Transcendence Of The Individual - Semantica 36. Al Wootton - Russell - Trule 37. Ruman - Three Butts Are Enough - Warm Up 38. Notzing - Molniya - Warm Up 39. Maurizio - Eleye - M1 40. Ladan - Knives - Sublunar 41. Potter Natalizia Zen / PNZ - Magari - Ecstatic 42. Tony Conrad - Four Violins (Table of the Elements, 1964) 43. Cheryl E. Leonard - Frozen Over

Undoubtedly one of today’s most gifted visionaries of the electronic scene, Bassiani’s beloved resident HVL has to be one of the best-kept secrets. But for how long? His sound sculptures, spanning everything ranging from kosmische-indebted downtempo to ethereal dub techno to murky, post-industrial ambient conjure up that dusty grain of Rephlex-era masterpieces and nu-age serenity, reeling off their soothing lineage across newly pollinated grounds. One for the ages, infused with that widescreen, cinematic grandiosity, HVL’s RYC mix is everything you could have wished for: the very definition of walking the surface of the moon on your own, floating away from a crater to the other with weightless agility, as the earth reveals its blue silhouette in the distance. A taste of infinity. Yes, we’re talking that kind of beautiful. soundcloud.com/hvl

A leading figure of vanguard electronics for well over the past two decades, Albert van Abbe is the epitome of a tireless, innovation-craving trailblazer, continually seeking to open new windows for the sound he loves. From early hardcore blasts to institutional commissions, evidence says there’s no right or wrong way to explore one’s own continuum, just paths to clear and visions to have. Percolating that motto through two hours of absolutely mind-boggling rushes and U-turns, the Eindhoven-based sound builder treats us to an impeccably laid-down parade of hi-NRG old school shuffle, spiralling modular excavations and future-facing dance floor experiments halfway heavy-traction machine talk and synth-heavy sci-fi-ism. soundcloud.com/albert_van_abbe 01. Koloah - Inception - Koloah 02. Varuna - Jewel Changi (Agonis Remix) - A Walking Contradiction 03. Atomic Moog - Programm - Atomic Moog 04. Adam Craft - Pace - Phorma 05. Private Press - Credit 9 - Arts 06. GiGi FM - Sly Xupete Di Barcelona - Sea~rène 07. Ignez - Verdant - Token Records 08. Uväll - Witchcraft - Unknown 09. Reeko - Energía Magenta - Delsin 10. PWCCA - Surgical Procedure - Mord Records 11. Ignez - Aventurine - Token Records 12. Toru Ikemoto - Don't Play 104 (Uväll Remix) - Aum Recordings 13. Michal Wolski - Elastic (Rrose Remix) - Southern Lights 14. Uväll - The Void - Unknown 15. Kon Janson - Confront Real Space - 30D Records 16. Philippe Petit - One More - Knotweed Records 17. Border One - Inner Sight - SK_eleven 18. Phara - The Final Pattern - Phaaar 19. Troy - The Rite - Klockworks 20. Chlär - Snake Invasion - The Third Room 21. Ryan James Ford - Ekstase - Haven 22. Talismann - Free Salamanca - Talismann 23. Habgud - Jaws Leanin` - Clergy 24. Temudo - Minus 2 - Klockworks 25. James Ruskin - Into A Circle - Jealous God 26. Ferdinger x JakoJako - Second Nature - Life In Patterns 27. Lennart Wiehe - Rauchen - Inertia 28. Alarico - Chromo - Klockworks 29. Voal - Take My Hand - Isotoop 30. Rhyw - Season of Teeth - Avian Records 31. Dasha Rush - Lethal Kiss - 30D Records 32. Credit 00 - Hope (Instrumental) - Pinkman 33. Credit 00 - Hope - Pinkman 34. Lucie Antunes - It's Amazing (Dopplereffekt Hadron Matrix version) - InFiné 35. Ryan James Ford - Ekstase - Haven 36. +plattform - Briks - Somov Records 37. Martinou - Devotion - Nous'klaer Audio 38. Kastil - DoreL - 30D Records 39. Albert van Abbe - The Charge of the Light Brigade - Unknown

Ceaselessly pushing the boundaries between proper enslaving music for the mind and straight out incendiary floor dynamics bound to wreak havoc down the basement, Dutch production unit Artefakt counts as one of the country’s finest exponents of that sleek, hypnotic school of techno. Having carved out their niche as stalwarts of seminal Amsterdam-based imprint Delsin, the pair keep on dishing out their enveloping blends of silken analogue rhythms and elegant 4x4 digressions into a dreamy unknown, which the present RYC mix makes a perfect showcase of. A trance-inducing journey away from real-life hustle and across lushly-textured jungles of sound, where the martial pulse of 909s, squelchy acid tropes and magnetic deep tech elevation coalesce into a volatile mix of escapist endeavour and big-room punch from hell. Bend your mind. soundcloud.com/artefakt-official

Revving up towards wider recognition the past couple of years, South Africa-born / London-based producer Kai van Dongen has been dishing out peak-time bangers one after the other in recent memory, including top-of-the-range floor-destroying weaponry on labels as diverse as Truncate, 1Ø Pills Mate and New York Haunted. All about paced-up rhythmic onslaughts (that’s a euphemism), incisive breaks from hell and jaw-breaking angularity, clearly his blends are not made to be enjoyed with a scone in one hand and a teacup in the other, or else you’ll need some new tableware and shirt pronto. So what’s van Dongen’s style like for real? Fling a brick in the dishwasher and let it froth to death, that's an idea. Or just hop on board his RYC mix and feel the shockwave. Either way you’ll know for sure. soundcloud.com/kai_van_dongen

Hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Teo Pellegrino AKA Translate has been pushing some serious heat as of late, including prime heaters for the likes of Semantica, KEY, Axis, Edit Select, Nachtstrom Schallplatten and his own record label, SRIE. Cutting his lane at the fringe of iron-fisted industrial percussion and intricate dub mind-games, Translate has us diving deep into claustrophobic environments and across mesmerizing layers of FX-soaked dementia. Stormy and highly energetic, his style combines the ruthlessness of uptempo tech assault and eerie, post-apocalyptic audio scenarios. Fierce and uncompromising thru and thru, there goes techno at its most brutally corrosive. soundcloud.com/etalsnart

Having started making waves the past few years, Nijmegen-based rising DJ and producer Laura van Hal has been getting accolades from some of the best in the game including Freddy K and DVS1, and deservedly so. Fresh off her latest release on German label Synergie, Laura drops by the series with two hours of music true to the high-intensity momentums and implacable dynamics she’s been laying down throughout her sets. Hypnotic yet clearly headed for the jugular, her buildups conjure up the rugged pulsations of tribal blends with the heavy-traction precision of Birmingham-style dubs and deeper folds of ambient-oid techno. There you go for a massive, hectic workout, so ready the gym outfit and towels for you’re going to sweat buckets as your mind elevates to higher spheres of consciousness. soundcloud.com/lauravanhal

A true staple of the Dutch scene and beyond for the past fifteen years, Darko Esser alias Tripeo has constantly been at the forefront of what techno can bring to the table in terms of both innovation and raw power. Responsible for memorable platters on the likes of Clone Records, Curle, Cultivated Electronics, Rekids, Bassiani and his own imprint, Wolfskuil, amongst many others, Darko has always been ahead of the curve, not just in being an absolute technical beast or through his extensive knowledge of music - which reaches way out the niche realm of techno/electronics, but in beckoning techno onto uncharted routes just like the Detroit sound paved the way for a bolder, time-transcending approach. It’s with great honour that we welcome him in the series, this time under the Tripeo moniker, for two hours of absolute batshit 4x4 frenzy. A no-miss. soundcloud.com/darko-esser 01. M.R.E. - Groenendaal - Fluid Electronics 02. Timeblind - Interrupt - Communique 03. Hive Mind - Mycelium - GLXY 04. Rod20 - MoPo 1 - Rod20 05. Decoder - Kalpavriksha - Amotik 06. Shinedoe - Expressionisme (Truncate Remix) - Music That Moves 07. Knarz - Kind Der Nacht - Monnom Black 08. Jossy Mitsu - World’s End - Astral Black 09. Shawn Rudiman - Back To Front - Unreleased 10. Peverelist - Pulse V - Livity Sound 11. Lory D - Abruct Interruption - Elektronik Outboarding Cast 12. Reeko - Energia Magenta - Delsin 13. Laura van Hal - Moving Thoughts - Syncopated 14. Maccari - Deep Convolution (Blasha & Allatt Remix) - Mind Medizin 15. Dynamic Forces - Substance - Tar Hallow 16. Rod20 - White On - Rod20 17. Subradeon - Brothers And Sisters - Subradeon 18. Jay Denham - Growth + Development - Cosmic 19. Spectral Emotions - Art Mechanique - Monnom Black 20. Surgeon - Rotunda - Tresor 21. Tripeo - Misfit - Unreleased 22. Paul Damage Bailey - Vortices - Unreleased 23. Verraco - Escándaloo - VOAM 24. Surgeon - Depart - Tresor 25. Tripeo & Hemka - TripKa 9 - Nerudo 26. Fixon - Brutal Metaphor - Illegal Alien 27. 13130 Space Project - Lonely In The Shallows - Glazart 28. The Advent - Sonic Storm - Illegal Alien 29. Hive Mind - Assimilate - GLXY 30. DJ Shufflemaster - Bizarre - Illegal Alien 31. Verraco - Traicion (10mente Mix) - Insurgentes 32. Mark Hand & Neil Iceton - Binary System - Innate