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Having made a name for himself through a string of choice releases
for the likes of Nous’klaer and Delsin, Dutch producer Konduku has been
turning heads with his ever innovative take on the techno medium.
Pushing for new directions, Konduku’s been laying down intriguing blends
of dubbed-out, Afro-infused grooves and plural strains of
abstract-leaning, breaks-friendly hybrids. The present mix showcases the
breadth of his influences and essential components, extrapolating
techno’s genre-transcending nature through a fine mix of heavily
verbed-out electronics and shape-shifting buildup, never quite going
where you’d expect it, rather seeking the excitement of suspenseful arcs
and unsuspected developments. Bold as it should.
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Reclaim Your City 634 | Robin Kampschoer
Blasting his way into our series this week, Dutch producer Robin
Kampschoer revs up the engines and lifts us off to higher spheres of
consciousness through two hours of chiselled post-industrial sound
engineering. Exploring the confines of techno, somewhere at the junction
of proper raw, steely rhythms and further elevated ambience-scaping,
the RKM boss and STOOR alum swings the pendulum betwixt full-blown
warehouse-ready assault and inward-gazing escapism effortlessly.
Elegantly brutalist, his approach is both one of nuance and impact,
exalting and pensive in equal measure, never flinching in its quest for
the sweet spot between raging horsepower and nostalgia-soaked harmonics.
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Reclaim Your City 633 | Megan Leber
Hailing from our home city of Rotterdam, local player and modular
sound first-lady Megan Leber turns up in RYC's weekly series with two
hybrid hours spanning off-kilter rhythmic experiments and atmospheric
breakaways. Through her vividly textured tapestries and shape-shifting
sonic explorations, the STOOR affiliate weaves moments of grace and
tension with effortless poise, easing us into her idiosyncratically deep
and pulsating headspace via intuitive routes and hypnotic bypaths.
Leave all expectations at the door and let Leber's sizzling pool of raw,
unadulterated sonic material soak up to the last drop of energy
available and turn it into the most volatile fuel for raving. Mesmeric
to the full.
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Reclaim Your City 632 | Sunil Sharpe
For some time now, Irish DJ and producer Sunil Sharpe has been honing
(no pun intended) his skills as a formidable floor destroyer, putting
out a string of memorable burners for the likes of Works The Long
Nights, BPitch, MORD or his own imprint, Earwiggle. Delivering his
implacable two-hour missive through blends of breaks-laden rhythms,
frenzied machine talk and murky, weatherbeaten ambiences, Sunil Sharpe
boggles the mind and knocks senses askew, not letting loose on his
astonished prey - understand the odd raver bracing themselves for the
blast incoming. Unless they’ve already bashed their skull in the
system’s facade and got to taste the visceral high of sound flowing
through their body. You think it’s an image, but the man is a
literalist.
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Reclaim Your City 631 | Arthur Robert Live
Back in the series with a special hour-and-a-half-long live set,
fellow RYC alum Arthur Robert graces us with a mix that best exemplifies
his cosmonautical approach to production, flush with alien-engineered
sounds and sci-fi-indebted atmospheres. Like traversing a dynamic hall
of mirrors and prisms, distorting our cognitive scope to hypnotic
effect, Robert’s mix is a maze of fast swiveling grooves and bubbling,
modular-like reflections. If you like your techno both hi-velocity and
uncompromisingly trippy, Robert’s blends extrapolate the finest of
galloping techno and outer-spacey poetics, birthing the kind of
transporting narrative that’ll sooth your nerves from the daily
heartbreak we’ve come to process as an integral part of our lives.
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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