Reclaim Your City

Emerging DJ and producer Cecilia Tosh has a keen ear for sleek and streamlined sonic combinations. Her sets, just as much as her own compositions, are testaments to her love for well-oiled structures and engineerings. A regular of Tresor, where she’s learned to hone her skills and precision, Tosh delivers brilliant sonic journeys one after the other, and her introductory RYC mix shall just live up...

Continually pushing the boundaries between plain DJ-friendly functionality and abstract-leaning tendencies, Parisian producer Zadig has carved a niche for himself at the forefront of the European techno scene thanks to his quality-driven approach and keenness to explore the uncharted. Boss of the ever future-facing record label Construct Re-Form, whose name says it all about his take on the genre,...

One of Sweden’s most monitored prospects within the techno realm, Dold has been making waves thanks to a stream of boundary-pushing rippers for the likes of KEY, Float, MindTrip and his Arsenik label this past couple of years. Adding his playful spin to the gridlocked tech continuum, Dold - real name Patrik Eriksson - embarks us on a bumpy, unrelenting ride across jagged IDM scapes and electroid r...

  A rising name in Berlin’s ever crowded pool of talents, Eerste Communie resident Windfuhr has been developing his own idiosyncratic persona at the junction of heavy-traction 4x4 rhythms and deep, hypnotic folds of intricate melodies and exotica-laced electronics. Minimal in essence but maximal in effect, his compositions bridge the gap between stripped-back functionality and dreamy escapolo...

An habitué of seminal techno labels such as Rotterdamian outlet Mord Records and Spanish imprint PoleGroup, Portuguese producer Lewis Fautzi has been dishing out warehouse rippers one after the other this past decade. Now at the helm of his own structure, Faut Section, Fautzi keeps on serving up that fiery mix of no-nonsense industrial pound and mental techno ostinatos, ready to subjugate any crow...

A key exponent of Amsterdam’s techno scene, Sandrien definitely counts as one of the finest jockeys around. A gifted selector and just as skilled groove manipulator, she has been a constant in a world full of variables, quietly making it to the top of the game thanks to her impeccably crafted sets, both alone and alongside legends such as Ben Sims, DJ Nobu or Inigo Kennedy. Tirelessly pushing for...

Kicking off the year under the best auspices, here comes a threat of a mix from German producer Vril. Known for his nostalgia-soaked strain of big-room techno and impeccably textured audio trips, the Giegling and Delsin stalwart lays down a proper magnetic hour-and-a-half of floor-focussed dynamics, packing the very type of steel-clad punch and vaporous atmospheres we enjoy so much here at RYC. A...

Ho ho ho, the mystery-shrouded Rrose - named after Marcel Duchamp’s eponymous persona, punches in right on cue for Xmas with an absolute monster of a two-hour jaunt into their exquisitely twisted headspace. Having served up some of the finest techno slabs of the past decade through the likes of Sandwell District, Stroboscopic Artefacts and now their own dedicated imprint, Eaux, Rrose steps in the...

Undoubtedly one of today’s most gifted visionaries of the electronic scene, Bassiani’s beloved resident HVL has to be one of the best-kept secrets. But for how long? His sound sculptures, spanning everything ranging from kosmische-indebted downtempo to ethereal dub techno to murky, post-industrial ambient conjure up that dusty grain of Rephlex-era masterpieces and nu-age serenity, reeling off thei...

  A leading figure of vanguard electronics for well over the past two decades, Albert van Abbe is the epitome of a tireless, innovation-craving trailblazer, continually seeking to open new windows for the sound he loves. From early hardcore blasts to institutional commissions, evidence says there’s no right or wrong way to explore one’s own continuum, just paths to clear and visions to have....

Ceaselessly pushing the boundaries between proper enslaving music for the mind and straight out incendiary floor dynamics bound to wreak havoc down the basement, Dutch production unit Artefakt counts as one of the country’s finest exponents of that sleek, hypnotic school of techno. Having carved out their niche as stalwarts of seminal Amsterdam-based imprint Delsin, the pair keep on dishing out th...

Revving up towards wider recognition the past couple of years, South Africa-born / London-based producer Kai van Dongen has been dishing out peak-time bangers one after the other in recent memory, including top-of-the-range floor-destroying weaponry on labels as diverse as Truncate, 1Ø Pills Mate and New York Haunted. All about paced-up rhythmic onslaughts (that’s a euphemism), incisive breaks fro...

Hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Teo Pellegrino AKA Translate has been pushing some serious heat as of late, including prime heaters for the likes of Semantica, KEY, Axis, Edit Select, Nachtstrom Schallplatten and his own record label, SRIE. Cutting his lane at the fringe of iron-fisted industrial percussion and intricate dub mind-games, Translate has us diving deep into claustrophobic enviro...

Having started making waves the past few years, Nijmegen-based rising DJ and producer Laura van Hal has been getting accolades from some of the best in the game including Freddy K and DVS1, and deservedly so. Fresh off her latest release on German label Synergie, Laura drops by the series with two hours of music true to the high-intensity momentums and implacable dynamics she’s been laying down th...

A true staple of the Dutch scene and beyond for the past fifteen years, Darko Esser alias Tripeo has constantly been at the forefront of what techno can bring to the table in terms of both innovation and raw power. Responsible for memorable platters on the likes of Clone Records, Cultivated Electronics, Rekids, Bassiani and his own imprint, Wolfskuil, amongst many others, Darko has always been ahe...

A tireless boundary-pusher, you may know Reka Zalan through working at flagship Berlin record store Hardwax by day or via the infamous ://elements series she's been helming for quite some time at ://aboutblank. Either solo-flying or going B2B as No Life Signal with fellow ://aboutblank resident THNTS, the German DJ champions a sound both intensely trippy and cutting-edge to the core. Working her w...

Another force to be reckoned with in Tbilisi's ever flourishing underground, Georgian producer Bassil steps in the series with two hours of versatile techno grooves, nimbly running the gamut from low-slung, electronica-informed phrases to hi-octane peak time juggernauts all set at wreaking havoc across the rooms. Bathed in a thick gravy of rust-gnawed, post-industrial murk but schooled to the poly...

All the way from down under, here comes Albert Chiovenda, a talented producer whose deep and mesmeric productions have graced the grooves of Granulart Rec., Hayes Collective and Evod Music. Revolving around loopy motif'd soundscapes and ever immersive rhythmic propulsion, Chiovenda's sound has us moving in between proper transporting dubbed-out layers a la Basic Channel and oneiric harmonics rolli...

Weaving some of the most exhilaratingly hypnotic floor narratives in the landscape of contemporary techno, UK's driving force Stephanie Sykes graces us with two utmost hectic hours of music. Cozy on all terrains, the British DJ and producer juggles rhythms and shifts scopes as a chameleon swaps camouflages. By turn rugged and propulsive, her blends elegantly stretch from post-indus rustiness to st...

  Formerly active as one half of Cassegrain and now solely under his own name, Hüseyin Evirgen alias Magna Pia has been trading out some of the finest hypnotising floor material on the market for the past decade. Responsible for some key platters on the likes of Soma, Arcing Seas and Counterchange, the Berlin-based producer eases us in his intricately structured headspace, lithely moving at t...

For this new round, Berlin-based friends and collaborators Angioma and Blanka team up for a very special B2B set spanning the spectrum of their respective, and much compatible, universes. Both sharing the same shelter of their own record label Room Trax, the pair sends us into orbit with two hours of shadowy 4x4 grooves and thick-set dubs primed for peak-time basement rioting. Astutely swinging th...

Affiliate of the ever trustworthy Hayes Collective, as well as the SYXT connection, Stockholm operator Franz Jäger steps in our weekly mix series with two hours of utterly cinematic techno for the heads. Busting the invisible frontier between floor-focussed functionality and inward-gazing meanderings, the Swedish producer has us abseiling down a much fascinating decorum of mazy architectures and s...

Slashing its way across murky industrial scapes and haunting concrete and glass visions at unrelenting pace, the sound of Karachi-born, Toronto-based producer Fahad Ahmad alias Measure Divide summons all the assets of tormented hardware sorcery. Responsible for an array of quality efforts for the likes of Clergy and Nachtstrom Schallplatten over the years, Fahad has consistently laid down non-form...

This week's mix comes courtesy of a young Spanish DJ and producer going by the name of Beatrice. Operating out of Berlin, she's started making waves over the last few years thanks to dextrous mixes running the gamut from deep, mind-altering techno wares to further heavy-duty workout material, becoming a resident at New York's Basement along the way. Constantly blurring the lines between abstract-l...

From breaking through in the early 90s right when things were still done wild, helming the legendary Lost club nights from 1992 onward, onto becoming a pioneering figure of the UK's underground, it's safe to say Steve Bicknell ticks all the boxes of a self-made myth in the scene. Tirelessly pushing the boundaries of techno as we know it, the British don has been carving out his name in gold letter...