Category Archives: techno

luv468

luv468 Kakistrophic

Kakistrophic

what happens when a kakistocracy, essentially a plutocracy of oligarchs, runs a kleptocracy?
i think we’re about find out.
what was it grandma used to say?
“the lunatics have taken over the asylum.”
so keep your eyes open kids,
they’re gonna try and pull some fast ones on us.
we gotta out smart ‘em.
here’s a mixtape of music from 2024 to help us stay alert in 2025,
‘cos we know it’s got to change.
photo : General Misinformation
Tracklist:
  1. ergoHz – Mouse On Mars – Sonig (2024)
  2. Ohh Baby – Axel Boman – Studio Barnhaus (2024)
  3. Acid Funk Sequel – Space Dimension Controller – Aus Music (2024)
  4. A Meeting – Skwirl – Cold Busted (2024)
  5. Lola – Karsten Pflum – Central Processing Unit (2024)
  6. Challenge (To Be Continued II) – Jlin – Planet Mu (2024)
  7. Circles / Lines – Ghost Dubs – Pressure (2024)
  8. The Elders Disagree – Monolake – Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music (2024)
  9. Reverie – not even noticed – Eudemonia (2024)
  10. Metal Goat – JakoJako – Tresor (2024)
  11. Unidentified – Millsart – Axis (2024)
  12. Candor – Hett – Awkwardly Social (2024)
  13. Float – Jonny From Space – Incienso (2024)
  14. Séptimo Sentido – Seph – Lapsus Records (2024)
  15. Cronos – Two Fingers vs. Muadeep – Nomark Records (2024)
  16. Multi Functional Robots – DJ Stingray 313 – Tresor (2024)
  17. Ray – Actress – Smalltown Supersound (2024)
  18. 31 Bloom – Four Tet – Text Records (2024)
  19. Got To Change – Caribou – Merge Records (2024)

luv465

luv465 Fidgety NRG

Fidgety N-R-G

Fidgety N-R-G for our tangled times.
a mix of electro, breaks and techno done the way the sweet daddy do.
rock, rock, the robot rock… don’t stop.
image : “Radio Propaganda” by Boris Artzybasheff
Tracklist:
  1. 1000 Corrections Per Second – Lowfish – Suction (2003)
  2. Sonar Base #10 – Sonar Base – U-Trax / Deeptrax Records (1997/2017)
  3. Without A Sound (Left Brain Mix) – Dark Comedy – Transmat / Buzz / Mint Condition Records (1992/2019)
  4. Blackbox Life Recorder 22 (Parallax Mix) – Aphex Twin – Warp (2023)
  5. 1968 (Two Lone Swordsmen‘s Fragments Re-Assembled Mix) – Psi Performer – K2 O Records (2001)
  6. Raffles – Jodey Kendrick – Rephlex (2010)
  7. Dave – Ed Chamberlain – BaseLogic / Lapsus Records (2006/2021)
  8. Character Maps – Japanese Telecom – Intuit-Solar – Clone Aqualung Series (1999/2021)
  9. Piper (Overmono Remix) – Jonny L – XL Recordings (2017)
  10. Orbitalis – not even noticed – Eudemonia (2024)
  11. Instructograph – Solvent – Ghostly International (2004)
  12. Showbiz Shotguns (instrumental) – Two Lone Swordsmen – Warp (2004)
  13. Drop The Vowel – Millie & Andrea – Modern Love (2014)
  14. sT8818r (Mike Dred Mix) – Humanoid – De:tuned (2021)
  15. Reverse Engineering – DJ Stingray 313 – WéMè Records / Micron Audio (2012/2022)
  16. 909 The Controller – LNS & DJ Sotofett – Tresor (2023)
  17. V-Chip – Munchman – Direct Beat (1999)
  18. Breathe Again – Imogen – Tresor (2024)

luv450

luv450 Luv Language

Luv Language

pulsing electronic music that makes robots rock.
sharing music is a love language.
image : Ginsing Harry
Tracklist:
  1. You Are In A Clearing – James Holden – Border Community (2023)
  2. Metro Esc – Global Goon – Central Processing Unit (2023)
  3. Benbut – Polygonia, Popp – Squama (2023)
  4. Wolves Don’t Chase Hope (They Chase Rabbits) – W.R.F. – Facility 4 (2023)
  5. BBC Beach – Shit And Shine – The State51 Conspiracy (2023)
  6. Houzz 13 – μ-Ziq – Balmat (2023)
  7. Swell | Repeat (Renato Ratier Remix) – youANDme – Rotary Cocktail Recordings (2023)
  8. Modernation – Isolée – Resort Island (2023)
  9. Aquatrance – Eomac – Emika Records (2023)
  10. Wick And Wax – Barker – Smalltown Supersound (2023)
  11. Pulse II – Peverelist – Livity Sound (2023)
  12. King Cobra – Böhm – Eudemonia (2023)
  13. Zin2 Test5 – Aphex Twin – Warp (2023)
  14. Reform – LNS & DJ Sotofett – Tresor (2023)
  15. Arles – Tin Man – Bureau B (2023)
  16. Neon Harmonies – Oscean – Tresor (2023)
  17. Long Ago – Nondi_ – Planet Mu (2023)
  18. Lagrange Point – Kode9 – Hyperdub (2023)
  19. DntSayMuch – No Nation – Banoffee Pies (2023)
  20. Lost In Da Jungle – DJ Manny – Planet Mu (2023)
  21. Ignite – Meemo Comma – Planet Mu (2023)
  22. Duality – Jlin – Planet Mu (2023)

luv435

luv435 Free Moving Delocalized Electrons

Free Moving Delocalized Electrons

a free flowing collection of textural techno that roams the atmosphere in search of your ear holes.
image : Mary Gordon
Tracklist:
  1. Rise – Jeff Mills – Axis (2022)
  2. Mi Gallina (Rocketnumbernine Remix) – Santiago Ospino – Soul Jazz (2012)
  3. Yiox – Ibrahim Alfa Jnr – Mille Plateaux (2022)
  4. Vespula Pensylvanica – Polygonia – ara (2022)
  5. Té ! Merveilleux ! – Jako Maron – Nyege Nyege Tapes (2023)
  6. Actress Meets Shangaan A – Actress – Honest Jon’s Records (2011)
  7. Full Up – Anti-G – Planet Mu (2011)
  8. Jacobites Order – Hieroglyphic Being – Soul Jazz (2015)
  9. Aquatic Cataclysm – Drexciya – Tresor (2001)
  10. Wa Chacha (Tessela Version) – Nozinja – Bleep (2015)
  11. Lingala – DRC Music ft. Bokatola System and Evala Litongo – Warp (2011)
  12. Neusa (Afro Trance) Club Edit – Normal Nada – Warp (2015)
  13. 11 – KMRU – Injazero Records (2021)

luv432

luv432 Headlong Into The Tempest

Headlong Into The Tempest

the past few years have been pretty heavy, and that doesn’t look like it’s gonna change anytime soon, so as i finish my 50th orbit around our closest star i choose to go Headlong Into The Tempest. attempting to weather this storm with my chin up, a stupid grin on my face, dancing all the way. doing the best i can and hopefully helping a few folks endure and embrace the absurdity of the chaos. starting with this mix of new electronic sound from 2022.
image : Col. Wolf Kunzite
Tracklist:
  1. Autres Voix – The Advisory Circle – Ghost Box (2022)
  2. Informal Horizon – Future Sound Of London – fsoldigital.com (2022)
  3. Drivion – Oscean – Tresor (2022)
  4. Alles Paletti – Sascha Funke – Kompakt (2022)
  5. The Offereing – Pépé Bradock – Atavisme (2022)
  6. Steps To Klapa – Caruan – Perlon (2022)
  7. TB-SB – Jorg Kuning – Wisdom Teeth (2022)
  8. Liquid Lights – Pantha du Prince – Modern Recordings (2022)
  9. Afloat – Earth Trax – Aus Music (2022)
  10. Transmania – Dan Piu – Terrestrial Funk (2022)
  11. WOT – Belief – Lex Recordings (2022)
  12. Lacovset – The Fear Ratio ft. Ella Fleur – Tresor (2022)
  13. Incus – Ricardo Villalobos & Samuel Rohrer – Arjunamusic (2022)
  14. Hatsumi – Jeff Mills – Axis (2022)
  15. Chroniko VIP – Torus – Tresor (2022)
  16. Emotinium (Ambient Dub) – Roy Of The Ravers – Emotional Response (2022)

luv424

luv424 Ampulex Dementor

Ampulex Dementor

a swarm of techno buzzin’ around your brainbox while you wig out in the middle of a filthy warehouse space at 10 in the morning. you’re covered with the grime of a whole night of intense partying and are finely attuned to the hive. it’s the beat that connects, and the beat don’t stop. so you don’t stop.
image : Lemmy Paxton
Tracklist:
  1. Fred’s Geisha – Super Groupies – Sockett (1996)
  2. Slot Machine – School Of Thought – Natural Music (1996)
  3. The Dancing Box – James T. Cotton – Spectral Sound (2004)
  4. Break Force – Helena Hauff – Werkdiscs (2013)
  5. Puch – Foam Electric – Mutter (2002)
  6. Atmos Fear ‘12 – Roy Of The Ravers – Winthorpe Electronics (2020)
  7. Das Programm – Fjaak – Monkeytown Records (2016)
  8. Orion – Joey Beltram – Warp (1994)
  9. Earth-Sinking-Into-Water – Surgeon – Dynamic Tension (2018)
  10. Fashion Show – Oliver Huntemann – Confused Recordings (2006)
  11. Sweepstake – I-f – Viewlexx (1995)
  12. Unwanted – Brian Aneurysm – Spectral Sound (2005)
  13. Echo Location – The Suburban Knight – Underground Resistance (1996)
  14. The Floor – Carl Craig presents Paperclip People – Open (1996)
  15. Natural Impasse – Avalon Emerson – Spectral Sound (2016)

luv397

luv397 Well That was Fucked Up

well that was fucked up

“well that was fucked up” sums up 2020 pretty well. things felt uneasy at the end of 2019, like the cracks in the bottom of the basin were getting bigger and bigger, and things were getting heavier and heavier. something was about to give. that’s why i titled the first mixtape of last year Hold On because it felt like 2020 was gonna be a rough ride. as i started putting together 2021’s inaugural mix i intentionally chose only new music from 2020 and unintentionally created a mix that represented the crazy year that was. well that was fucked up is designed to help exorcise our collective ill feelings from 2020 by grooving them out of our system. clearing our minds and souls to help us better tackle the challenges that lay ahead. may it help you power the future.
Tracklist:
  1. excerpt from One Way Mirror – Mark Pritchard – Warp (2020)
  2. Moving 909s (Plaid Remix) – John Tejada – Palette Recordings (2020)
  3. J Is For _ _ _ _ – Mark Pritchard – Warp (2020)
  4. School – Four Tet – Text Records (2020)
  5. Wolf (John Talabot’s Euphoric Remix) – Darkstar – Warp (2020)
  6. O-Ton Reassembled 2 – Luke Slater – Ostgut Ton (2020)
  7. Box – Shed – Tectonic (2020)
  8. Machine Gun – East Man – Planet Mu (2020)
  9. Transit – Commodo – Black Acre (2020)
  10. Detrand – Ricardo Villalobos – Rawax (2020)
  11. Snake Dance – Al Wootton – Livity Sound (2020)
  12. untitled side B track 2 – BEAUTIFULPLACE – BEAUTIFULPLACE (2020)
  13. Canone Infinito – Lorenzo Senni – Warp (2020)
  14. TV Do Dub – Jay Glass Dubs vs Guerilla Toss – DFA (2020)
  15. Sterling Bridge (DJ Dairy & DJ Orient (black midi) Remix) – Battles – Warp (2020)
  16. Idontknow – Jamie xx – Young Turks (2020)
  17. Hillbilly Moonshine – Shit & Shine – Rocket Recordings (2020)
  18. Nervelevers – Squarepusher – Warp (2020)
  19. excerpt from One Way Mirror – Mark Pritchard – Warp (2020)
  20. Brand E – John Frusciante – Timesig (2020)
  21. Oblivion Theme – Ital Tek – Planet Mu (2020)
  22. excerpt from One Way Mirror – Mark Pritchard – Warp (2020)

luv388

luv388 Showing You The Cracks

Showing You The Cracks

techno is a pure dance music designed to take the cacophony of everyday chaos and organize it in just the right manner as to make a dancefloor erupt with timeless uncontrollable grooves. as serious rhythms free flow from the speakers we are witness to the breaking apart of all that we know. the cracks can no longer be hidden.
image : a close up of the surface of the Sun taken from the satellite of luv
Tracklist:
  1. FX Dial – Humanoid – Rephlex (1984/2003)
  2. Radius (Surgeon Remix) – Daniel Avery – Phantasy Sound (2018)
  3. Daddy’s In The Basement Diggin’ Gravy – Tube Jerk – iLL (1999)
  4. Creature – 80xx – Plus 8 Records (2015)
  5. Off – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2016)
  6. Who Diz? – Puente Latino – Pirmevil (1998)
  7. War Of The Worlds (Epic Mix) – Dark Comedy – Transmat / Mint Condition (1992/2019)
  8. O-Ton Reassembled 4 – Luke Slater – Ostgut Ton (2020)
  9. Baradatrax – Barada – Definitive Records (1994)
  10. A Walking Contradiction Part II – Adam Beyer – Plus 8 Records (2005)
  11. The Visit – Cristian Vogel – Solid Recordings / Sub Rosa (1996/2016)
  12. Medium – Syntheme – Planet Mu (2007)
  13. Serpentine – My My – Playhouse (2005)
  14. Acknowledgements (V2) – Cari Lekebusch – H. Productions (1998)
  15. Chase – Robert Hood – Tresor (1994/2018)
  16. Lab Rat 5 – Lab Rat XL – Clone (2003/2017)
  17. Raw Trax 4 – Surgeon – Dynamic Tension Records (2019)
  18. Moment 2 – Transllusion – Clone Aqualung Series (2018)

luv376

luv376 Hold On

Hold On

as per regulations, this first mix of the year is comprised only of cuts released in 2019. some new sounds to help your mind, body and soul prepare for what’s to come in 2020. hold on, it’s gonna be a bumpy one.
photo : a still from Harold Lloyd’s 1923 movie Saftey Last
Tracklist:
  1. Optimism Over Despair – Konx-Om-Pax – Planet Mu (2019)
  2. Ectroscop – Ricardo Villalobos – Deset (2019)
  3. Only Human – KH – Text Records (2019)
  4. Nyusa – DJ Lag & Okzharp – Hyperdub (2019)
  5. Unbeknown To Us – Freaks – Music For Freaks (2019)
  6. If I Gave U My Love – Moodymann – KDJ (2019)
  7. Archangel – Daniel Maunick – Far Out Recordings (2019)
  8. Peeped Booths – Pépé Bradock – Atavisme (2019)
  9. HIAEA – Afrodeutsche – Skam (2019)
  10. TLA – Dark Sky – Monkeytown Records (2019)
  11. excerpt from If I Gave U My Love – Moodymann – KDJ (2019)
  12. Memory Lake – Special Request – Houndstooth (2019)
  13. Time Million (Pépé Bradock’s Bonus Bit) – Feater ft. Vilja Larjosto – Running Back (2019)
  14. Envenom – Lee Gamble – Hyperdub (2019)
  15. Club Dread – Antwood – Planet Mu (2019)
  16. Claustro – Burial – Hyperdub (2019)

luv370

luv370 Unnatural Mystic

Unnatural Mystic

for a brief moment the fabric of time and space folded in on itself creating an inter-dimensional vortex. it was at that instance the Unnatural Mystic appeared above us, hovering motionless in the sky. as it set it’s gaze upon us we slowly drifted upwards, lifted on layers of rhythms and sounds from the future past. entranced by the journey. lost in space.
photo : Lanny Straumm
Tracklist:
  1. The Glass Dome – Ethik – Eat Raw / Kompakt (1993/2019)
  2. Vanttool – The Black Dog – General Production Recordings (1992/1995)
  3. Bodyjazz Bodyfusion (Ether Spiritool) – Aquarhythms – Aquarhythms / Phono (1995/1997)
  4. Gimp – B12 – Warp (1996)
  5. Phantom Heart Brother Part III – The Dark Side Of The Moog – Fax +49-69/450464 / Music On Vinyl (1995/2018)
  6. Prodrome – Ken Ishii – R&S Records (1993)
  7. Running Time – Terence Dixon – Tresor (2000/2016)
  8. Justice Loop – Autocreation – Inter-Modo / Medical Records (1994/2017)
  9. Expedition – Andrea Parker – Quartermass (2001)
  10. Botanical Dimensions – Biosphere – Origio Sound / Apollo / Biophon Records (1994/2016)
  11. JDC – The 7th Plain – A-TON (1995/2018)
  12. Home – Robert Hood – Tresor (1994/2018)
  13. Symmetry – Speedy J – Warp (1994)
  14. Departure – Mind Over Rhythm – Rumble Records (1994)
  15. Face The Day – Readymade / Thomas Fehlmann – Volume / Apollo (1993/1998)