Local player Mitchel Polderman alias Stranger steps in the RYC mix series with a two-hour pumper of a set epitomizing the very trademark character of his productions: hard-hitting, dynamic, unfaltering. Trading heavyweight floor-busters via his own labels Self Reflektion, Paling Trax and Perspektiv, or through the likes of Monnom Black or Clergy, Stranger has cemented his reputation as a surefire big-room puncher, serving up frantic, utilitarian peak time grooves and hi-impact warehouse ordnance like one goes for a walk in the park. Expertly mixed and proper XTC-inducing, Stranger’s mix vouches for the mad sound quality flowing in the veins of our beloved city. Reclaim.
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Reclaim Your City 652 | Kr!z
Boss of the seminal Belgian techno imprint, Token, and absolute
legend of the game, Kr!z returns to the series with a propulsive monster
of a mix, ready to take you into the zone, halfway some demented inward
dive and trance-inducing dance floor occultism. Boasting the kind of
corrosive punch and textural maestria that’ve come to define his style,
both elegant and tendinous, Kr!z dishes out a mind-altering treat of a
sonic journey, packed to the rafters with spine-tingling climaxes and
chiselled crescendos. As the true master of the craft he is, Kr!z
unfolds his narrative like a sonic origami of sorts, preserving each
twist and turn from easy spoiling and maintaining the kind of tension
throughout that keeps you craving for that next bar like some mystic
revelation. Thrilling as it gets.
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Reclaim Your City 651 | A.Morgan
Co-founder of Manchester’s infamous Rhythm Theory parties, A.Morgan
lands his inaugural mix for RYC, showcasing both the breadth of his
style and clinicality of his mixing skillset. Fresh off the release of
his five-tracker, ‘Hyper Tension’, Morgan onboards the series with two
hours of no-nonsense floor-destroying wares, stripped-down 4x4
aerobatics and epic-sized buildups. Muscular and mind-expanding, brace
yourself for a set at the junction of proper hi-tech grit and heavily
verbed-out grooves, merging the finest of classic 909-fuelled pound with
atmospheric abandon and tape-delayed psychedelia. Blast this one out
loud, all windows opened and woofers set to eleven.
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Reclaim Your City 650 | Marie Montexier
Over the past few years, German DJ Marie Montexier has built and
cemented her reputation as one of the finest groove merchants around,
gracing the stages of the most highly-regarded clubs and festivals out
there including Berghain, Fabric, De School and more. Her eclectic
selections tap into the broadest spectrum of rhythms and influences,
from tribal-informed electronics to straight out surgical indus-minded
payload onto breaksy delicacies, propulsive house NRG and jagged funk
from outer-space. Highly infectious, here goes an all vinyl mix fusing
wild dynamics with deadeye DJing accuracy, oozing unclouded raving joy
and out-and-out confidence. A no-miss delivery from a DJ in full
possession of her art.
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Reclaim Your City 649 | Atomic moog Live
True to their deep, widescreen approach to both production and
live-performing, Parisian outfit Atomic Moog clock in with a helluva
sleek and lushly relief’d mix, recorded on the occasion of their latest
live performance at Outre Bleu on March 29. Through their releases for
the likes of Delsin, Appian, Lowless or Monument, the French duo has
been carving a niche for itself at the fringes of the dubbed-out techno
tradition and abstract-leaning experimentality. This two-hour jaunt into
their reverb and delay-heavy imaginarium has us moving across narrow
corridors and cathedral-large spaces by turn, exploring the concept of
spatialization in dance music under a new, boundary-pushing light.
Through focal-shifting jumps between acid-drenched beds of rippling
analogue sine waves and sizzling machine circuitry, the constant angle
shifts from macro to micro tell a tale of vibrant sound research, not
quite picking a side between the dance floor’s sense of purpose and
genre-unbound, creative unintentionality.
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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