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HE VALENCIA is an Indiana midwest based dj, producer, cultural theorist and techno historian who has been active in North American techno since 2010, hotly tipped by the likes of DJ Stingray, Jamal Moss & Carlos Souffront. He contributes to the long legacy of black midwest techno by exploring the many permeations and intersections of techno and other electronic dance music. artist statement: "this particular mix is a direct reflection of my position geographically and sonically, being located between the legacies of Chicago and Detroit. i consider myself a student of the game and always want my sets to reflect the energy of being able to navigate between many different styles of techno or house. Part of this mix is an amalgamation of records that i've been playing throughout the past few years touring and learning about who i am as a dj and finally hitting a point of fluidity to express myself sonically. To me, midwest techno legacy has always been about being able to stitch many different styles together in a consistent way and i hope this mix reflects that". Forest Drive West - Circles (2018) [Livity Sound] Uun - Exhumed II.II (2018) [Modern Cathedrals] The Mod Wheel - Spirit Catcher (1996) [Evolution] Pangaea - Proxy (2018) [Hessle Audio] Developer - Leather Corset (2018) [Concerns] Rose & Ulysse - Mother Earth (2017) [Calder City Development Corp] Earth Trax & Newborn Jr - Paradox (2018) [Spectral Sound] Kirill Mamin - Plan Z (2019) [Mistress Recordings] Sutra - Garbage (2017) [Boukan Records] Maas - Juan Is The Teacher (1996) [Soma Quality Recordings] Noah Gibson - Untitled (Convextion remix) (2019) [Krasch Records] Molisans Brothers - 600 Entry (DJ Sneak remix) (2009) [BCBtec] Redshape - Dogz (2014) [Running Back] Black Jazz Consortium - Thin Air (2015) [Soul People Music] Blue Hour - Axis Motive (Answer Code Request Remix) (2015) [Blue Hour] Beroshima - Interplugreaction (Somewhen remix) (2019) [Dystopian] Punctum & Alfredo Mazzilli - Cascade (2018) [Fides] Vince Watson - Tale of two cities (2018) [Everysoul] Sinfol & Octual - Traceless (2016) [Anagram] Roman Poncet - Walfisch (Robert Hood remix) (2014) [Arts Collective]
We are very excited to feature San Francisco DJ and friend Wyatt (@gingiewyatt) for our latest podcast. Strap in because he isn't playing around in this searing acid techno set! Wyatt is a queer-identifying dancefloor maniac and avid lover of acid techno and trance who, alongside Alex Liberman, is half of the new super cute psychedelic dj-duo Adub. Some of his main influences include: Thomas P. Heckmann, SPF DJ, Noncompliant, Carlos Souffront, Volvox, Sugar, Juana, Patrick Russell, LSDXOXO, and all his amazingly talented friends!
Live recording of Justin Mills +2hour warm up for Carlos Souffront at Star & Shadow Cinema 7 June 2019. www.starandshadow.org.uk
A fine 2 hour warm up from North East Techno Guru Justin Mills before headline Carlos Souffront plays. An amazing night with enough low frequencies to make your eye balls shake. Check out full recordings of night HERE >>> https://soundcloud.com/signalsmmx/sets/carlos-souffront-justin-mills-starandshadow
SF/Detroit purveyor of finest lysergic hypnotic grooves - Carlos Souffront at Star & Shadow Cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne - the North of England's best alternative music venue, cinema and arts space - keeper of the Northern underground flame. Support from North East Techno guru Justin Mills. HERE >>> https://soundcloud.com/signalsmmx/sets/carlos-souffront-justin-mills-starandshadow A fine rotation of raw & uncompromising bangers.
Carlos plays B2B with North East Techno Guru Justin Mills for last 45 minutes of a fantastic night where he headlined - RAW bangers and serious low frequency oscillations in the room. Full recordings of night HERE >>> https://soundcloud.com/signalsmmx/sets/carlos-souffront-justin-mills-starandshadow
Full recordings of a blistering rotation of RAW bangers from SF/Detroit purveyor of finest lysergic hypnotic grooves Carlos Souffront at Star & Shadow Cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne - the North of England's best alternative music venue, cinema and arts space - keeper of the Northern underground flame. Support from North East Techno guru Justin Mills. An amazing night with enough low frequencies to make your eye balls shake.
A lifelong musician and composer, NYC-based Auspex deals in dark, metallic sounds and dance floors driven to bedlam. He plays regularly in Brooklyn's underground scene, including Unter, Bound, Lost Soul Enterprises and Aphotic and he has recently launched his own event series entitled Dominion, dedicated to the darker side of techno with an open-minded sensibility. Auspex will also be joining us to play alongside Danny Daze, Eris Drew, Mike Servito, Carlos Souffront, Kim Ann Foxman and more at our annual Pride celebration on Friday, June 29th, 2018 at Elsewhere in Brooklyn (full details and tickets here: http://thebunkerny.com/events/2018-06-29-the-bunker-pride). TRACKLISTING: Sleeparchive, “Winter Ascondite” Sept, "Astral Spirits (Headless Horseman Remix)” Olexii, "Strange Halogen (Anomaly X Remix)” Alignment, “Extinction" Michal Jablonski, “Wrath” Xiantek, “Evolver” Developer, “Torn Apart” BangBass Second Vision, “SV01” GunJack, “Eat Your Heart Out” Deapmash, “Basement Space Party” Setaoc Mass, “True Lies” Norbak, “Macro (Conrad Van Orton Remix)” Scalameriya, “Descend” Cleric, “Silent Kingdom” Lars Huismann, “Spartian Disco” EFTEK, “Old Not Cold” Kmyle, “Virtual Hand” Remco Beekwilder, “Nightlife” Future 9495, “Psykkowarpz” Lars Huismann, “Voices In The Head” Wrong Assessment, “Arctor” Cleric, “Tag X” ABSL, “K” Tym, “Piston” Michal Jablonski, “MG Rex” AQXDM, “Aegis” Sleeparchive, “Sleepless Three”
One of our all time favourites delivers a 4,5-hour long live recording for this week’s Dekmantel Podcast: BMG is the man in charge of the Interdimensional Transmissions label and Ectomorph - two dynamic, long-standing Michigan institutions. Brendan M. Gillen is part of the history of Detroit as much as the acclaimed superstars. Through a network of pseudonyms such as Ectomorph, BMG, Flexitone, Existence And Uniqueness Of Solutions and others he wrote pages and pages of history. Gillen will play this year’s Dekmantel Festival By Night as part of the No Way Back showcase, featuring Bryan Kasenic, Carlos Souffront, Erika, and Derek Plaslaiko. The mix was recorded at a The Bunker Limited night at Trans Pecos.
Interdimensional Transmissions founder BMG's set recorded live at No Way Back at the Market Hotel, Brooklyn, Feb 20, 2016. 2:30-4AM after Carlos Souffront, before Derek Plaslaiko. Nuel - “Om” [Further] Annette - “Dream 17 (Mayday Mix)” [Deconstruction] Cliff Lothar - “Murked Out” [Skudge White] The Maghreban - “Now Easy” [Zoot] In Aeternam Vale - “Non” [Linda] Teleseen - “Distant Drums (The Fantasy Rmx) [forthcoming] Decius - “Bread & Butter” [More About Music] Cheap & Deep - “Time Stops (Ectomorph Rmx)” [Modular Cowboy] Dungeon Acid - “Carnal Knowledge (Instrumental)” [Huhta Home Studio] Compassion Crew - “V.H.S.S.” [Dolly] John Tejada & Tin Man - “Deep Traffic” [Acid Test] Bruno Belluomini - “Agony” [MRT] Unit Moebius - “World Turns Round” [Acid Planet] In Sync - “Storm” [Irdial] Freddy Fresh & Tim Taylor “5 Mouths” [white label] Fishermen - “Serpents (Florian Kupfer Remix)” [Skudge White] Svaag - “Saaade” [Semantica] Jeff Mills - “Mills Machina (Live)” [Axis] Jay Denham - “In Sync” [Fragile] Auntie Flo - “Daabi” [Autonomous Africa] DJ Deeon - “Da Bomb” [Dance Mania]
An interdimensional transmission from 2000.
In collaboration with Fine Time, we invited Carlos Souffront to join fellow Michigan expatriate Laurel Halo in Los Angeles. The results were nothing short of spectacular. Enjoy! Recorded live at Sure Thing & Fine Time: Laurel Halo & Carlos Souffront (Los Angeles). - More from Carlos: @csouffront facebook.com/djcarlossouffront
The first time we'd ever heard of Carlos Souffront was in 2006, when Derek Plaslaiko was encouraging us to book him for our first 3/03 acid party (alongside Mark Verbos). Derek would not shut up about a party in Detroit where Carlos just played Aphex Twin (and his many aliases) vinyl all night long and demolished the place. So it only followed that we should invite him to play an all acid set on 3/03. Carlos of course was phenomenal that night and has been a regular guest at The Bunker ever since. Earlier this year, when Aphex Twin began uploading a seemingly endless stream of unreleased tracks to Soundcloud, it was Derek once again who called us and said: you HAVE to ask Carlos do a mix of this stuff for The Bunker Podcast. Carlos obliged and did this mix for us live in one take (after a surprise practice session on RBMA radio). Enjoy!
Our podcast series now turns to the vast and much mythologised record collection of Detroit native Carlos Souffront. Carlos often doesn’t get the recognition he deserves, except from those in the know, who accept and understand that he is a gourmet selector who reaches for only the finest records. As likely to reach for ambient and post punk as he is indie rock, experimental, house or techno, Carlos is a key part of the Interdimensional Transmissions parties in his home town and reportedly has one of the most bad ass collection of acid records in all the world. The mix he turns in here is a freewheeling yet coherent round through many disparate sounds and scenes and needs to be heard to be believed.
We're honored to release this exclusive mix by Carlos Souffront, an excerpt from a recording at Plunge, September 14, 2013, and an interview of Carlos by The Bunker resident Derek Plaslaiko in preparation for our upcoming collaboration featuring Bunker artists Voices from the Lake.