Reclaim Your City

Final mix of January comes courtesy of Chicago-born, Washington DC-based one and only Juana. Championing a sound both highly energetic and firmly contemporary, the American DJ and producer has us working out with every bar. From strapping 4x4 charges to gut-churning brain intruders, onto experimental-leaning glides and further esoteric drifts, Juana’s dance floor hoodoo is as bewitching as it is d...

Psychotherapist by day, mind-hacker by night, here comes Leipzig’s Vincent Neumann with two hours of widely versatile techno and electronics. All in jagged dynamics and hi-NRG propulsion, Neumann’s mix is an ode to old-school raving, back when the DJ’s name was of no importance but the flow of the music itself was all that mattered, or when the true spirit of techno rhymed with riotous communion a...

Next up in our series, we’re excited to welcome Mary Yuzovskaya, a DJ and producer whose surgical sense of the groove and love for minimal sound structures have become trademarks over the years. At the helm of her own record label, Monday Off, Mary puts in the same precision and effort she dishes out through all of her vinyl-only DJ sets. Stripped-back and highly cerebral, her style sits at the ju...

Kicking off 2025 in the best company as Tokyo-born, Amsterdam-based don Wata Igarashi takes over with a masterclass in pulsating futuristic techno and widescreen sonics. Through a flurry of top-of-the-range releases for the likes of Dekmantel, Kompakt, Figure and his own imprint, WIP, the Japanese producer has been cementing his position as a true innovator of techno music. His unparalleled knack...

A much (duly) rated exponent of the Dutch techno sound within and well beyond its borders, Eerste Communie co-founder and resident MARRØN clocks in with a vibrant two-hour trip into his constantly minimal, yet untiringly expansive imaginarium. Through a chiselled selection of cuts both surgical and eerie - combining the haunting nature of deep, texturally lavish dubs with that of clinically arrang...

Breaking in our waves with a special two-hour round of genre-busting floor hoodoo, here comes Luxemburg-via-Germany’s one and only Ogazón. Nimbly walking the tightrope between sensuous house folds and more rugged, up-for-the-jugular techno on a deep, dubby tip, Ogazón treats us to a hi-NRG vinyl workout flush with immersive, cinematic motion and proper low-slung club-oriented extrapolations. The r...

Hailing from Tokyo, Japanese DJ and producer Haruka has made a name for himself through his finely curated selections and seamless mixing technique, making him a regular of acclaimed clubs around the world, including that of our beloved friends from Tbilisi, Bassiani’s. Haruka’s polymathic sound - a blend of off-kilter techno and bouncy, genre-unbound electronics, attests to the man...

Stepping in our podcast series this week, London DJ and Neighbourhood chief operator Tasha graces us with a versatile, shape-shifting helluva mix she holds the secret to. Keeper of a sound amplitude that sees her run the gamut from Latin music-inflected techno to proper industrial, Birmingham-style tempi, through hardcore-friendly outbursts and out-there acid mind trips, Tasha has us bedazzled wit...

Taking the helm of our next podcast iteration, Madrid-based DJ and producer Psyk jumps in with a beast of a two-hour jaunt into frantic techno hyperspace. Having dished out some highly magnetic floor wares for the likes of Tresor, Mote Evolver or Modularz and his own imprint, Non Series, Psyk sure knows how to steer crowds into some sort of super-conscious euphoria. Expert provider of big-room rea...

Hailing from Tokyo, DJ MARIA. has been making waves with her finely engineered mixes and exquisite selections, as much as a few head-turning productions for the likes of Katharsis and Proxima. Close to the original 90s atmospheric techno vibe, her approach shares that taste for spaciousness and sense-awakening uplift, fitting in nicely in the tradition of dub techno whilst opening onto more ambien...

  A true legend and pioneering figure of techno, US sound architect and Geophone label owner Mike Parker breaks in on the RYC waves with a very special set full with his idiosyncratically dark, obsessive, inch-perfectly chiselled 4x4 wares. Before Boiler Room and co. were even a thing, a pioneering platform going by the name of Studio R° used to broadcast techno sets by prominent artists from...

A much talented purveyor of widescreen electronic epics and mind-expanding techno sceneries, Vera Logdanidi has been trading some of the finest dubs out there, including some outstanding pieces of work for Rhythm Büro, Semantica or On Board Music. All in spacious reverbs and atmospheric deconstructionism, her mixes as much as her own productions seek diffuse effect rather than impactful punch, alt...

  Coming up next with a solid two hours of shape-shifting electronics and exploratory techno-scaping, Giegling alum ATEQ pulls out the kaleidoscopic vision and minute sound design on this truly hypnotic ride. Known for his elegantly balanced mixes and hauntingly immersive productions, the Pale Product co-founder treats us to a heavenly mind-trip, brimming with eerily opaque floor narratives,...

Dutch techno pioneer Jeroen Schrijvershof, alias Jeroen Search, needs no introduction. To those who’ve been living under a rock for the past three decades, just google his name and you’ll be drawn into an endless sea of links, vids, bios, event pages, and all kinds of past and present prowesses vouching for the man’s incredible career so we’ll leave it at that. Having graced the grooves of our rec...

Back to Georgia and Tbilisi this week with the one and only Hamatsuki, resident DJ at the infamous Bassiani. Exponent of a versatile DJing style that runs the gamut from rugged techno wares to propulsive acid, via liquid electro, techno, house and everything in between, Hamatsuki treats us to a wild and effusive two hours of radical obliqueness, steering us constantly into murky waters, where life...

Lovers of non-formulaic electronics and immersive experiences, get ready for a mind-expanding treat with Jin Synth at the controls. From extreme, noise-adjacent bursts of sound to serene soundscaping bordering on ASMR therapeutics, the London-based artist knows how to craft ambiences unlike any other. Beatless or percussion-forward, manipulating tension and release as a true groove surgeon, Jin Sy...

You know our love for Georgia’s seemingly infinite pool of talented musicians, and here’s another emerging one many of you may not know of yet, but should definitely keep an eye (and ear) on: Boya. Up with a shape-shifting electronic and techno set, the Tbilisi-based DJ and Morevi Records affiliate flaunts the breadth of his talent through a versatile selection and impeccable mixing maneuvers. The...

Regularly rocking the house at seminal German nights including ://aboutblank, the late Griessmuehle, Paloma and many more, Berlin-based DJ and BINÄR label owner PAREKA drops by our virtual office to serve up a frankly pumping two-hour sample of his own techno multiverse. All in on the chiselled breaks, haunting ostinatos and clinical warehouse destroyers, PAREKA has us walking the tightrope betwix...

A well furnished pool of electronic talents, Georgia keeps on gracing us with thrilling voices and exciting projects. Next up in our podcast series, Tbilisi’s Rodnevs sheds a further bright light on the Georgian scene as he deploys a two-hour maze of a multi-faceted mix. Spanning the widest array of influences and signatures, the young producer entices us down the road of techno eclecticism, blend...

Actively pushing hard-boiled techno wares and heavyweight floor artillery for breakfast, German jockey and producer Markus Suckut punches in with two hours of unrelenting dance floor hoodoo on our next installment. With a rather extensive catalogue of big-room rippers under his belt - including choice outings on Odd Even, Primordial State (a label he co-operates alongside Sven Eickhoff) and his ow...

Trader of hypnotic grooves and raging big-room cavalcades, Berlin's Sanna Mun embodies the spirit of untiring sound exploration. Responsible for a handful head-turning platters on Ø [Phase]'s Modwerks label, Clone's Repetitive Rhythm Research outlet and her own imprint, Katabasis Records, Sanna has been dishing out boundary-pushing slabs one after the other. Sitting at the junction of proper DJ-fr...

Gracing our podcast with a nasty two hours of punishing beats, rhythmic escapism and straight out uplifting rave sirens, Amsterdam's JSPRV35 cuts a path of destruction in our latest RYC podcast number. Trading hi-impact uptempo wares and no-nonsense floor artillery, the emerging DJ and producer has us swinging to rugged 4x4 monster jams and more left-of-centre sonics, astutely shifting gears betwi...

A distinctively talented name to have emerged from the German scene the past half decade, Dennis Strobel alias Peryl is the kind of producer obsessed by textures and sound design, and his modular-centric compositions sure do translate his deep, thorough vision of club music potentialities to captivating effect. From granular tension to sleek, streamlined beds of synth effervescence, onto bursts of...

Fabric resident duo Tapefeed steps in with a two-hour epic jaunt into their shape-shifting, floor-efficient mindset. Having recently launched their own record label, Inveterate, the pair drops by with the heavyweight wares and mind-expanding transitions on this podcast. Lithely moving the cursor from hi-impact material to laser-guided brain hacks, Tapefeed treats us to a deluge of galloping groove...

Active since the late ‘90s, Amsterdam-based DJ and producer Dimi Angélis needs no introduction. Boasting a catalogue of the highest order with releases for countless spearheading techno outlets including MORD, Axis, Warm Up, Construct Re-Form, KEY and his own imprint, ANGLS, Dimi has been laying down slab after slab of uncompromising rave material, naturally bridging the gap between trance-inducin...