A sonic explorer connecting the dots between spaced-out abstraction
and trippy techno sorties, Shoal has been cruising the scene’s
hyperspace for the past ten years with his eyes set on a new horizon of
musical possibilities, eager to clear the ground for further audacious
expeditions in the uncharted nooks and crannies of atmospheric
electronics. Combining spacious and layered envelopes with finely
textured, FX-soaked membranes of sound and forward-rushing dynamics,
Shoal beckons us on the path of fearless time and space traveling
through sound. Immersive and uncompromising, his present mix takes us on
a bumpy ride across alien-engineered megastructures and subterranean
drifts, in search for the unheard ore concealed at the heart of techno’s
paling mainstream veinstone.
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Reclaim Your City 673 | Rhyw
For the past decade, Rhyw has been trading monster floor twisters,
inherently bold and inch-perfectly engineered to whip up crowds into a
frenzy with its UK bass-y chassis and post-industrial bodywork. Blending
in rugged percussion with hard steel machine funk and hip-swaying
grooves, the Fever AM co-founder keeps on carving out a lane truly his
own in today’s oft tepid techno landscape. Aiming to trigger off yet
unfelt sensations amongst ravers, Rhyw puts together mixes that defy
gravity and genre-bound limitations, sculpting momentums and harnessing
the crowd’s NRG like no one else. Sweeping his wide spectrum of
influences, from two-step rhythms and Garage culture to classic steely
techno punch, through Latin-inflected swing and electroid propulsion,
Rhyw’s RYC mix ushers us down a volcanic vent flush with the wildest
floor pyrotechnics and straight slapping bursts of untamed audio
synthesis. Fiery.
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Reclaim Your City 672 | OCCA
Hailing from Sapporo, Japan, Occa is no typical big room DJ but a
master acrobat in sound, expertly pushing the envelope of electronics as
a transcending means of expression. Shifting gears constantly between
conceptual abstraction and functional architecture, seeking effect in
every move and sniffing out substance in any sine, Occa dwells his own
sonic continuum, hermetic to stiff norms and creatively hampering
conventions. Laser-like and seamless, be ready for a descent into a
cyclonic tempest of FX-splattered loops and verbed-out tactile, nimbly
moving the cursor between ominous dubs, hi-tech floor destroyers and
experimental-leaning detours. A masterclass in sound design, boasting
both impeccable curation and mind-bending construction thru and thru,
it’s Occa taking over with one of this year’s most hair-raising
highlights. HARD.
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Reclaim Your City 671 | Elias.
Diving deeper into reverb-soaked environments and subterranean sonic
strata, Berlin-based producer and ungesund co-founder Elias. graces us
with a mix bound to have all listeners zone out in a flash. A bold
explorer of hyper-textured fractals and submerged post-industrial
atmospheres, Elias. embarks us on a trip down the infra-visible and
infra-audible, into the heart of our world’s pulsating matter and across
FX-coated membranes of sound. Getting ever closer to the organic throb
of it all, we’re ushered through an in-limbo kind of headspace, sitting
at the junction of proper floor entrancement and abstract-leaning
escapology. Prepare for a sense-awakening plunge into a sonic realm
seemingly bleached-out and tenebrous at first, yet incredibly vivid upon
closer inspection. Mesmerising and deep as it gets.
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Reclaim Your City 670 | Blazej Malinowski
Championing a sound both entrancingly serene and deep-diving, Blazej
Malinowski joins us for a two-hour journey across dubbed-out psychedelic
folds and straightforward cinematic crescendos he holds the secret to.
Through a string of hypnotic releases for the likes of Semantica, The
Gods Planet, Kvalia and his own imprint, Inner Tension, the Polish DJ
and producer has been minting a sound signature both impeccably
fuel-efficient and immersive to the full. Seeking the meditative thrill
of sensory entanglement through contrasting dynamic forces and melodic
chiaroscuros, Malinowski treats us to a rivetingly evocative outpour of
shape-shifting techno epics and sunken, reverb-drenched atmospherics
spiraling in and out of focus. Expect a deluge of mazy, claustrophobic
4x4 corridors and further unhindered panoramas of layered, swelling
synthesis. Wild.
Rotterdam-via-Berlin based outlet reuniting underground purveyors across the globe as they methodically scan and showcase various nerve centers from the techno Internationale.