Fire DJ Mixes, 21 Jan 2025

It's Tuesday. It's cold outside. The Gulf of Mexico has blizzards. The world is ending. Ugh. What a pain in the ass. Something something history of techno. Something something original spiritual successor to the classic Detroit sound. Something something something something techno blossoms when times are toughest. Untz untz untz untz.

CTRL+ALT+DEL: Colin Cook, Jack 2.0, noideahowtoparty

Ophelia- Techno Sludge Fudge

Dark, moody, hypnotic, gothic- like the name says, it's churning and viscous. Pulls you like the undercurrent on a racing river. Powerful. Unrelentingly, suffocatingly hazy.

IDBH (US)- Echoes.001

Minimal, atmospheric. Lots of varied sounds and feelings from the same sources over and over. Somehow some of the least repetitive techno I've ever heard. Mellow music for Saturday mornings when you need a lil extra serotonin.

SPFDJ- Mix Up for Triple J

Loud, cathartic, angry, aggressive, intense, noisy, metallic, satisfying, physical. Barely even music. Funky, somehow?

Milch- 2207

A psychedelic industrial journey from the runoffs at your local factory into the furthest reaches of the cosmos. Miles Davis does Downward Spiral.

Sasha- Fundacion NYC

My all-time favorite Sasha live set. Starts with a really contemplative take on deep, minimal and progressive, before it veers left into gothic rock.

Julian Muller- Hate Podcast 299

Powerful techno with all kinds of other sounds mixed in like industrial and psychedelic. Each song blends seamlessly into the next in a way that sweeps you off your feet and keeps you dancing, keeps the drinks flowing, and pushes the conversation on. Captures the excitement of being in the center of a bumpin party, that fleeting rush that's there for a second before it has to be gone again.

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