Reclaim Your City

A beautiful milestone to celebrate, our 700th number comes from an
artist we've long been looking up to and whose cross-curricular approach
matches that of RYC's scope-widening vista effortlessly. Whether you
find her pushing the boundaries of techno solo, shifting angles and
perspectives with LADA together with Lars Hemmerling, or steering crowds
into ecstasy via her Berghain event series, Hunger to Create, Dasha
Rush is the kind of artist who simply can't rest on her laurels, rather
feeling the urge to explore and question the status quo constantly.
Recorded in the same genre-unbound, free-flowing mindset, her RYC mix
tackles kindred source material with raw, hi-octane NRG and pure,
innovative brains and groove erudition. Expect a rugged avalanche of
warped textures, seething machine funk and layered, cross-dimensional
synthesis. A helluva ride across non-squared, asymmetrical landscapes
for your mind to explore the polytemporal shuffles. Here's to many more.

Protean and boundary-pushing, Mor Elian’s body of work proves frisky and
unpindownable by nature. Tapping into the widest array of influences,
from abstract techno groovers to jacking house reliefs, via
acid-dripping bass and fiery polyrhythms, the Fever AM co-founder enters
the melee with a two-hour sonic cruise sweeping incendiary club
material and more introspective moments, seamlessly rolled into a
gravity-defying floor narrative. Her sense of construction and
maneuvering, deftly shifting gears between full-fledged DJ-friendly use
and more exploratory detours, reveals in all its unapologetically
vibrant and shape-shifting glory in the present mix, vouching for Mor
Elian’s pristine groove control and art of traction. Explosive.

Hailing from Guadalajara, Mexico, Andy Martin summons his ancestor’s
voices through minutely crafted blends of future-facing electronics that
keep on questioning the boundaries between continuity and rupture,
between pragmatic physicality and spiritual escapism. Using his platform
Diaspora Echoes as the launchpad to sustained sonic innovation release
after release, Martin has been shaping up a body of work defined by
precision and eclecticism, tapping into Mexico’s rich cultural
background and history to build his own cutting-edge musical grammar.
Cinematic and deep, his mixes and productions carry that psychoactive,
cross-dimensional essence which makes every listen a trip of its own.

Rising Belgian talent Clara D is our guest this week with a two-hour
sonic trip exploring her wide range of influences, from deep techno
folds to ambient-leaning divagations, through sleek textured dubs and
groovy escapology. Relying on a minimal palette but extrapolating it to
dazzling effect, Clara serves up a thoughtful mosaic of varying BPMs and
further boundary-pushing loiterings, shifting paradigms and tempi with
cloudless, demiurgic vision. Her refined mixing skills and impeccable
taste make for a deep, soul-fulfilling voyage, woven around hypnotic
textures and just as elegantly mesmerizing rhythms.

Describing himself as a 'maximalist trying to fit into a minimalist
world’, Amsterdam-based DJ and producer SAMA clocks in with a wild
two-hour jaunt across altered post-industrial freqs and widescreen sound
design. Pulling out all the stops with his versatile big-room arsenal
and cross-curricular, bass-heavy hoodoo, the ORPHIC resident deploys a
formidable effort unleashing frenzied swells of claustrophobic machine
funk and eerie atmosphere straight out a demented narrative. Expect
rugged hails and fierce winds as SAMA takes over the waves and wreaks
absolute havoc throughout this wild, wild ride.