A true driving force both within and beyond the South-American techno
ecosystem, Zisko graces us with two hours of clinically laid down
big-room punch and genre-unbound, off-kilter rhythms on steroid.
Championing a sound both highly intense and surgically precise, the
Argentinian DJ and producer has us surfing a rogue wave of frenzied
analogue funk, sci-fi-informed industrial pound and proto-electroid
impulsions. Not one for the faint-hearted, Zisko’s mix is galloping
techno at its most eruptively driving and merciless, bound for
heavy-duty, mid-set apexes and hi-impact mosh pits down the basement.
Total smasher beware, this one’s cut from the heaviest alloy.
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Reclaim Your City 641 | Mari Sakurai
Taking over the RYC waves this week, Tokyo’s finest Mari Sakurai
punches in with a helluva 2-hour treat by way of introduction. Working
her way in the gap betwixt post-industrial opacity and heavy-duty
brutalism, Mari has been slowly but surely making a name for herself
with uncompromising sets spanning everything from cool-handed big room
pound to mazy abstraction and other bursts of mind-altering sonics from
way deep. Known for cutting a path of destruction with every of her
mixes, her RYC offering doesn’t depart from such intentions, and we’re
invited to a smorgasbord of claustrophobic hi-tech onslaughts and a
string of purely exhilarating, apex-seeking momentums. Hi-voltage
shockwave due for impact imminently.
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Reclaim Your City 640 | DJ HI-C
Six-time turntablism champ turned sleek tech groove-provider,
Japanese DJ and producer DJ HI-C has had many lives before settling as a
merchant of stripped-back, zen-like ambiences and mesmeric club
rhythms. Elegant and dynamic, his productions sit halfway deeply
organic, atmospheric blends and a further steely, hi-velocity strain of
techno. Mind-bending by nature, his mixes open a wide window into a
pulsating headspace, rife with ebullient bass drive and obsessive loops,
constantly pushing the envelope of danceable material as we know it.
Tailored to emphasize the impact of a limited number of components
rather than drowning his listener under an avalanche of sonic stimuli,
HI-C unleashes a storm of painstakingly textured layers and ripping
melodic stabs. Bringing together minimalism with soul is an art, and
HI-C is an absolute master at that.
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Reclaim Your City 639 | Bastienne
Hailing from Amsterdam, Bastienne has been making waves with her
impeccably laid-down mixes and carefully curated selections. Through
chiselled, laser-precise sets that showcase the breadth of her scope and
minutely woven floor narratives, Bastienne moves the cursor from
straight pumping house jack in Detroit fashion to Birmingham-style
techno hybrids, via rowdy electronics and forward-pushing dubs. The
result is a propulsive journey across techno music in the broadest sense
of the term, with all its sister genres, sub-divisions and offshoots
taking center stage by turn as Bastienne ensures the cocktail blends in
just nicely. No-nonsense, all-out dance floor-destroyer ahead.
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Reclaim Your City 638 | ROD
For the past fifteen years, Rotterdam-based DJ and producer Benny
Rodrigues alias ROD has been carving out a lane of his own in the realm
of contemporary techno. Piling up one massive release after the other
for the likes of Axis, Figure, Soma, Klockworks or his own record label,
Rod20, the Dutch artist has been laying the foundation to a catalogue
driven by thrill-seeking curiosity and a vibrant desire to bring techno
into a whole new dimension, just as the pioneers did. That epic-sized
vision and deeply innovative breath infuse both ROD’s studio productions
and sets, and his RYC podcast vouches for that very ground-breaking,
limit-busting take on the medium. Flush with galloping grooves,
mind-altering distortions and heavy-duty analogue funk, the present mix
is as much an ode to the early scene’s unfading visionary impulse as it
is a future-ready manifesto for our age.
Rotterdam-via-Berlin based outlet reuniting underground purveyors across the globe as they methodically scan and showcase various nerve centers from the techno Internationale.
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