Reclaim Your City

Six-time turntablism champ turned sleek tech groove-provider, Japanese DJ and producer DJ HI-C has had many lives before settling as a merchant of stripped-back, zen-like ambiences and mesmeric club rhythms. Elegant and dynamic, his productions sit halfway deeply organic, atmospheric blends and a further steely, hi-velocity strain of techno. Mind-bending by nature, his mixes open a wide window into a pulsating headspace, rife with ebullient bass drive and obsessive loops, constantly pushing the envelope of danceable material as we know it. Tailored to emphasize the impact of a limited number of components rather than drowning his listener under an avalanche of sonic stimuli, HI-C unleashes a storm of painstakingly textured layers and ripping melodic stabs. Bringing together minimalism with soul is an art, and HI-C is an absolute master at that. 

Hailing from Amsterdam, Bastienne has been making waves with her impeccably laid-down mixes and carefully curated selections. Through chiselled, laser-precise sets that showcase the breadth of her scope and minutely woven floor narratives, Bastienne moves the cursor from straight pumping house jack in Detroit fashion to Birmingham-style techno hybrids, via rowdy electronics and forward-pushing dubs. The result is a propulsive journey across techno music in the broadest sense of the term, with all its sister genres, sub-divisions and offshoots taking center stage by turn as Bastienne ensures the cocktail blends in just nicely. No-nonsense, all-out dance floor-destroyer ahead. 

For the past fifteen years, Rotterdam-based DJ and producer Benny Rodrigues alias ROD has been carving out a lane of his own in the realm of contemporary techno. Piling up one massive release after the other for the likes of Axis, Figure, Soma, Klockworks or his own record label, Rod20, the Dutch artist has been laying the foundation to a catalogue driven by thrill-seeking curiosity and a vibrant desire to bring techno into a whole new dimension, just as the pioneers did. That epic-sized vision and deeply innovative breath infuse both ROD's studio productions and sets, and his RYC podcast vouches for that very ground-breaking, limit-busting take on the medium. Flush with galloping grooves, mind-altering distortions and heavy-duty analogue funk, the present mix is as much an ode to the early scene's unfading visionary impulse as it is a future-ready manifesto for our age. 

For the past fifteen years, Rotterdam-based DJ and producer Benny Rodrigues alias ROD has been carving out a lane of his own in the realm of contemporary techno. Piling up one massive release after the other for the likes of Axis, Figure, Soma, Klockworks or his own record label, Rod20, the Dutch artist has been laying the foundation to a catalogue driven by thrill-seeking curiosity and a vibrant desire to bring techno into a whole new dimension, just as the pioneers did. That epic-sized vision and deeply innovative breath infuse both ROD's studio productions and sets, and his RYC podcast vouches for that very ground-breaking, limit-busting take on the medium. Flush with galloping grooves, mind-altering distortions and heavy-duty analogue funk, the present mix is as much an ode to the early scene's unfading visionary impulse as it is a future-ready manifesto for our age. 

Over two decades of unfaltering devotion to production and DJing, dishing out some of the finest slices of opulently textured techno along the way, Tokyo-based maestro DJ Sodeyama has been honing a sound signature both intricately hypnotic and boundary-pushing. Blending delicate melodic strains of electronics ranging from deep, ambient music to verbed-out, atmospheric techno, often laced with hints of jazz and soulful discoid expressions, his productions and mixes combine the satiny elegance of loungey daydream with that of more rugged, deep-diving dubs a la Basic Channel. From light to shade, and vice-versa, DJ Sodeyama builds pieces of music where the ever-changing lighting and shifting angles swath you in an oddly comforting headspace. A most fascinating trip for the body and soul. 

Lacking no oomph, the mixes of Amsterdam's one and only Mary Lake tick all the boxes of a quality hi-NRG set. Boasting a definite knack for those volatile hotchpotches of big-room-ready jack and a surgical DJing skillset, Mary treats us to a frantic whirlwind of paced-up machine funk and absolutely imparable industrial-inflected maneuvers. Cranking the heat one notch up with every bar, the Dutch DJ certainly knows how to bring dance floors to a simmer and keep crowds under her spell through wave after wave of an uncompromising floor-destroying exposé. No-surrender, adrenaline-stacked ripper of a mix thru and thru, consider yourselves warned for the tumultuous ride ahead. Hectic. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

More than just MORD boss and a direct neighbour, both musically and geographically speaking, Bas Mooy is a longstanding friend to us, as well as a figure we truly look up to. Whether found pushing back the boundaries of the techno sound through his vanguard-minded imprint or teleporting dance floors to the 4th dimension with no turning back, Bas holds on to his quality-driven methods to deliver music and moments that transcend both time and space. Up with three hours of sprawling techno heat that runs the gamut from proper big-room artillery to abstract-leaning bravura, through strapping peak-time nemesis and dystopian raw power, here goes Mooy with the wildest instance of his 360 vision when it comes to blazing new paths and setting future directions for the genre. Weapon of mass instruction. 

Responsible for a handful of head-turning releases via the likes of MORD, Hayes and Float Records this past couple of years, on-the-rise techno producer Mathys Lenne clocks in our series with a mindtrip that'll knock your socks off. Championing a sound both deep-diving, rugged and hi-intensity thru and thru, the Frenchman treats us to a storm of steely firepower and post-apocalyptic brainwaves. His mix of cerebral wares and shape-shifting, industrial-informed machine talk takes us straight back to the heyday of raving, when the sound we all love was not just a merchandise, but meant a whole new perspective on the world as we knew it. 

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 deadly. Spanning harsh industrial, rough-hewn proto-techno and lo-slung machine funk, her RYC mix ticks all the boxes of a grade-A puzzler, eyes constantly set on that next killer loop that'll get the crowd veering off into pure XTC. 

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 and a new horizon of possibilities, not some ultra fast-fashion side issue. The result is a fiery jaunt across some of those balls-out anthems old and new that got people converging from all around the country onto secret places, eager to let the socio-political frustration of their age out, regardless of how the norm thought of them. A manifesto-like set to play out loud and share around. 

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 junction of heavily dubbed-out psychedelia, liquid abstraction and post-industrialism, and this mix doesn't differ. Enter Yuzovskaya's mazy new vinyl exclusive mix with crumbs of bread in your pocket and some red thread, for we're yet to know where the labyrinth ends. But does it even have an end? 

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 for crafting big-room-ready tunes that engineer a complex cocktail of cutting-edge elegance, modular intuitivity and hi-impact punch has logically made him a much sought-after talent in the scene. Not departing from that polymathic approach, his RYC mix, recorded at PURE G x FINAL in Taipei on December 7, treats us to a storm of shape-shifting grooves and brutalist fractals of sound. Beware, high voltage. 

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 arranged dance floor-destroyers, he has us swaying in a state of spooky stasis, zoning out further and further into trance-like abandon as the groove etches deeper. Boasting a signature both paced-up and uncompromisingly stripped down to its atomic nucleus, MARRØN serves up a masterly crafted piece of soul-searching engineering. 

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 result is a mix that swings the pendulum between sheer blazing functionality and an escapist mindset, sparking off the inextinguible will to go out and rave your night away from the daily hassle, and you can trust Ogazón for she certainly knows how to teleport dancers to a whole cozier, comely dimension in the twinkling of an eye. Merry Xmas to all! 

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's widescreen vision and engaging versatility, never settling for the obvious but looking to find new paths of expression with every set. His RYC offering doesn't differ and delves into a wealth of rhythms and tropes, pushing back the boundaries of techno as we know it, or better, redefining it entirely. 

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 with every bar, wrong-footing any expectation in the process. And just like a good DJ does, she weaves a totally unique web of sound for us to get caught in, cohesively braiding the kind of electronic journey you can not but want to return to. Hop in for a much addictive rollercoaster ride across Tasha's vortical headspace. 

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 ready dynamics and paranoid narratives, Psyk flings us into orbit with his impeccably laid-down assembly of industrial-minded rhythms and murky, oomph-loaded grooves hatching out of the dark like alien eggs from a drifting Nostromo. 

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 ambient-oid detours and further leftfield-friendly electronics. Delving in the essence of techno as a tool for emancipation, her mixes traverse a wealth of landscapes and territories, never quite sitting cozy but roaming in search of new forms to embrace, new geometries to integrate. A musical language in constant motion, where expectations wash up against the beauty of revelation. 

 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 secret location in Berlin. This iconic, vinyl-only mix is Parker's Studio R° set from 2013, now fully remastered for your listening pleasure. Building atmospheres unlike any other, brooding and transcending in equal measure, Parker has laid the foundation to an exceptionally rich body of work. Master of the industrial vocab, peeping towards Detroit but with his defining spin on the early days genre, Parker entices us down the path of steely monumentality and laser-precise mind control. Just as typically mazy, his present mix conjures up all traits of quality Parker material: 909-powered propulsion, enslaving acid whorls, Escher-like fractals. Wild, wild ride ahead.

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, altering mindsets through carefully orchestrated movements rather than flexing muscles. An origami-like unfolding of mesmerising sequences, ushering us amidst lush forests of sound and distinctive emotional apexes, Vera's mix is a safe, welcoming haven, here to harbour us from the surrounding crass that threatens to devour the last crumbs of peace and solace in our hearts. 

 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, non-formulaic rhythms and abstract-leaning grooves from outer space. Hold tight for gravity-defying, sonic stunts and deeply cinematic submersion, here comes ATEQ with a serious slice of otherworldly techno escapism.

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 record label with the magnetic ‘Enigma' EP back in 2022, the man is now back with a much anticipated podcast - made up of 100% OG Jeroen material - that shall have a tsunami of modular signals, chiselled 909 onslaughts and Ubik-uitous floor narratives break loose to entrancing effect. Better buckle your belt, for when Jeroen Search steps on the gas, you simply don't want to end up flying through the windshield. So to speak. 

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 swarms and the metamorphic magic happens. Stacking crazy frantic wares one after the other in a Fantasia-like symphony of broken grooves, raging uptempo and hair-raising buildups, here comes one of Tbilisi's key figures with a massive, uncompromising blast-off of a set. Sonic boom inbound. 

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 Synth entices us down the path of exquisite minutiae and poetry in motion. Like woven in silken thread, her mixes boast both laser-like precision and the most impressive level of control at every point in time, resulting in a hauntingly cinematic, all around hypnotic display. Enslaving. 

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 result is a two-hour jaunt into the more techno-friendly side of his very own multiverse. From springy uptempo rides to detours into more nuanced, dubbed-out sonics, through genre-unbound meanderings and muscular house flexions, the wide scope of Boya's mix keeps beckoning us towards the unknown with every bar. Expect the unexpected. 

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 betwixt pure no-prisoner ruggedness, straight brutalist sound architecture and a further experimental spin stretching from dub techno to Birmingham-esque detours. Hold your breath and shut your eyes wide, for the ride promises to drill a serious hole in your head and rewire your brain circuits upside-down. 

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, blending polyrhythmic vibrancy with a deadeye sense for supposedly unobvious combinations and permutations. The result is a mix unlike any other, an uncanny place of sound where classic early techno grammar rubs shoulders with hypermodern downtempo drifts and further mesmeric subterranean dubs. Just let it sink in. 

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 own imprint, SCKT, Suckut pumps out a massively smashing two-hour mix for us, packed with his textbook industrial-leaning punch, a certain taste for laser-guided 4x4 stunts and further off-axis grooves straight out techno's outer space. Hop in for a mind-bending dive into a fractal-like torrent of raving material, honed and polished to deadly effect. 

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-friendly pragmatism, depth-plumbing escapology and shape-shifting experimentality, her sound tells a tale of unabridged soul-search through music, taking techno on a bumpy ride across the many facets of its known history and sonic alphabet, to better tweak it into an immersively intimate, multi-dimensional fable of brutalist kicks, layered textures and enthralling atmospheres.  

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 betwixt proper big-room momentums and further atmospheric uplift. The result is an extended tableau of both inch-perfectly engineered functionality and soulful curation, primed for both peak time traction and pulsating daydreaming. The unadulterated spirit of rave coming in full blast. 

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 polished machine assault and inch-perfectly balanced architectonics, Peryl's live performances serve up a wealth of boundary-pushing ideas and plot-twists, wrong-footing expectations to better submerge his audience into the experience of sound itself, making each performance a truly unique and memorable moment. Brace yourself for a mind-boggling ride across pulsating membranes and spellbinding envelopes. 

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 grooves, frenzied dubs and no-nonsense analogue hoodoo, swiftly shifting gear from Birmingham-style tempi to more straightforward big-room buildups. Dashing across all 909 blazing, their set harnesses the hydraulic power of a tsunami so you better buckle up for the fierce drenching ahead. 

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-inducing big room sonics, sizzling machine funk and left-of-centre divagations into further abstract, noise-adjacent territories. Rugged to the bone, his sound is a call to creative arms, blurring the frontier between full-fledged floor functionality and the deep, intimate expression of the inner turmoils of our age. Enter the room for two hours of seditious, no-bs techno with a true-school, future-facing edge. Slam-dunking the status quo 💯🔥 

Taking over our next instalment, Tokyo's sensation Elli Arakawa punches in the series with two hours of full-immersion atmospheric techno and deep, dubbed-out folds. Running the gamut elegantly from textured tapestries of sound to kaleidoscopic 4x4 wares, through acid-drenched extrapolations and further poetic drifts across spacious sonic wildlands, Arakawa's mix eases us in an ambiguous realm where sheer DJ functionality rubs shoulders with ethereal abstraction and hyperconscious escapology. One for the lovers of breath-holding dives and riveting techno panoramas. 

A surefire provider of deep, complex weapons for the dance floor and beyond, French-born, Berlin-based artist Kangding Ray has been minting some of the most strikingly unique techno records in recent memory. His body of work for some of the most reputed record labels out there, including Raster Noton, Stroboscopic Artefacts and his own outlet, ara, cuts an introspective path, halfway modular-leaning escapology and beat-driven abstraction. From his background in architecture, his musical approach retains that fondness for structure and the creation, or re-creation of space, both as an actual object and a mental projection. Immerse yourself into KR's minutely designed headspace with this two-hour deep and intimate audio dive. 

Cutting-edge techno with a vision, breaksy meanders and dreamy electro blends, that's what's on the menu of our next podcast installment as Canada-born, UK-based jockey and producer B.Traits takes over the waves for two hours of genuinely versatile, genre-unbound sonic exploration. Championing a lithe mix of hi-NRG house and next-level techno expression that sends us straight back to her mighty BBC1 days, the In.Toto boss heaves us headlong into an effervescing hodgepodge of multidirectional, where rabid snare onslaughts and high-impact programming intertwine to shape a mind-expanding floor narrative. Generous and inch-perfectly engineered, here comes B.Traits with a proper panoramic view into her ever sharp, shape-shifting musical headspace. 

Celebrating our 600th podcast in proper massive fashion, we're no short of psyched to welcome the man, the legend James Ruskin for a much anticipated two-hour round of implacable warehouse-sized dance floor obliteration. Ever since he first stepped into the scene in 1991, the Croydon-born and based groove doctor has been dishing out some of the most impressively rugged and haunting uptempo material with uncompromising poise and style. From Tresor to his own seminal record label, Blueprint, which still leads the way in terms of both grade A curation and time-transcending impact, Ruskin keeps writing the future of techno with unadulterated spirit, as attested by his RYC transmission, fusing the finest of techno's potential for abstract-leaning sonic exploration and riotous rhythmic firepower. As we inexorably ram in deep into tomorrow's full-fledged dystopia all guns blazing, be sure to turn this on full blast. 

Stepping up with the hypnotic, heavy-duty wares all set at knocking your senses askew, Belgian producer Peter Van Hoesen lands us a monster of a live set. Responsible for some seriously mind-expanding sorties on the likes of Tresor, Vlek and his self-operated outlets Time To Express & Center 91 over the past 15 years, Van Hoesen has established himself as one of the scene's driving forces when it comes to integrating these cinematic ambiences into an effervescing mesh of pulsating 4x4 rhythms and a millefeuille of layered envelopes acting like quicksands. Recorded on the occasion of his latest live performance at Tresor on May 10, this particular live harnesses that deep-diving energy elemental to Van Hoesen's intricate engineering of hi-velocity dynamics and rippling dub interplays, ushering us headlong into a bright, merciless furnace of sound. Checkmate. 

A true pioneer of the techno scene, Italian DJ and producer Gaetano Parisio needs no introduction but we'll just underline that since his first steps in the then-burgenoning electronic world back in 1992, his influence on the sound hasn't flinched one bit. Responsible for countless seminal releases on the likes of Primate, Zenit, Mosaic, his own structures Conform, ART and Southsoul and a myriad more, Gaetano has been pushing techno in new directions with ultimate drive and devotion to duty. Clocking in with a two-hour trip into his boundary-pushing headspace, the Neapolitan maestro treats us to a wild ride of trampling uptempo funk, sci-fi-indebted flights and further alien-engineered heaters. The forward-looking power of rave in its purest expression. 

Taking up the reins for the next round of our podcast adventures, Germany-based Venezuelan artist Isabel Soto graces us with a mix that embodies her gracefully stripped-down, durably hypnotic touch to a tee. Vibrantly surfing the edge betwixt immersive sound exploration and steadfastly dynamic flights, Soto swings the pendulum deftly across a kaleidoscope of rhythmic crossovers and exquisitely balanced sonic hues. The result is a throbbing tableau in motion, meshing Soto's hauntingly poetic narratives with that laser precision when it comes to shifting gears and ramping up the momentum. Join us on a total trip of a set. 

A legend of the hardcore sound and true homie of the RYC clique, Miro Pajic alias MSDMNR has been etching his name in the pantheon of the rave sound classics in gold letters for the past 30 years or so, and good news is he's not quite done fending off IG-borne leeches and wannabes. Under his MSDMNR alias, through which he's repurposed his sound to deliver more complex and moody techno dynamics, Miro conjures up the finest of pulsating hi-tech electronics and haunting soundscapes to whelm us under an avalanche of shape-shifting modulations, future-facing narratives and untiringly massive big-room pound. Bend your mind. 

Merchant of feral-minded, steel-clad floor wares harboured by some of the finest imprints out there including Token and SK_eleven, in addition to his own outlet, Observer Station, Fuse resident Altinbas takes over the RYC broadcast with an explosive two-hour ride fusing pure raging uptempo arson and highly trenchant, indus-oriented machine funk. Blast it out full force and let the trippy winds of primitive drums patterns, 909-fuelled obsession and dubbed-out 4x4 mystique alter your senses durably, for the spirit of rave shines high and bright above us. Total heater of a mix, you've been warned.

Author of three massive iterations on SK_eleven since the drop of his debut instalment on the label in 2021, New York DJ and producer Holden Federico aka 90s Techno Redux undoubtedly counts as one of the North-American scene's most exciting talents. Herald of a style both elegantly timeless and straight out propulsive, Holden turns in a textbook example of his adroitly combined sense of selection and mixing. Prepare for two hours of frantic uptempo assault and minutely designed tech-scapes, where no-nonsense big room firepower collides with stripped-down brutalism and an elevated touch of post-industrial sophistication. Going hard. 

Up with a vibrant delivery that ticks all the boxes of the music we love, here, at RYC, please welcome Tauceti, a Lyon-based DJ and producer with plenty of tricks up her sleeve. Exploring the confines of techno and ambient through complex and highly evocative tableaux, Tauceti has been making waves thanks to her impeccably engineered sets, merging elements from askew, acid-drenched machine funk with more straightforward 4x4 buildups, all eyes on setting dance floors ablaze. Her fiercely precise mixing skills, combined with grade A selections and a sixth sense for amping up the tension to thriller-like levels, undeniably make the French artist a talent to keep an eye on. Hear it, feel it. 

Expert pusher of intrusively mental wares and kaleidoscopic audio scenarios, Refracted has been laying the foundation to a truly solid body of work, punctuated with releases for Bitta, Polegroup and his own imprint, Mind Express. From serene, stripped-down ambiences to churning material from the deep, his blends conjure up the best of textural immersion and rhythmic out-thereness, constantly expanding the scope with every bar. Enter a world of sunken minimalism, that won't fail to evoke Basic Channel and Moritz von Oswald's seminal dub techno idioms, but complete with its own hypnotic appeal and highly addictive grammar. 

Actively trading big-room narratives for the past fifteen years, London's Vinicius Honorio boasts a solid 20-ish EPs for some of the best techno labels out there, including choice contributions to Blueprint, Planet Rhythm, Modularz, and his most recent sortie, ‘Endless Love', freshly out via Len Faki's Figure imprint. Merchant of paced-up, peak-time tonics bound to wreak havoc from the basement up, Honorio champions a sound Infused in steely industrialism and sci-fi-inflected escapology, built to have the woofers screaming in ecstasy. Rave the stress away.