Mixes on repeat this week
Human Safari
Human Safari is Wayne Mizzi, a Maltese producer who grew up surrounded by the sea, and that openness carries into everything he makes. For all its forward motion, his techno keeps a jazz-schooled warmth, music that, in his own words, has to suit a beautiful sunset.
This is his live debut at Stone Techno, recorded inside Essen's Zollverein coal mine, a UNESCO World Heritage site whose towering industrial scale the music rises to meet. An hour of hardware-driven, hypnotic techno, raw and physical, on one of Germany's most striking festival stages.
Stone Techno Festival 2025 - Human Safari (live)Victor (DE)
Victor grew up inside music, raised among mountains of records long before he ever stepped behind the decks. The Berlin DJ and Magic Power founder plays with rare fluency across tempo and era, folding Chicago house, techno's classics and newer hardcore into one continuous conversation.
This one belongs to the golden hour. Recorded for hereandthere, Victor closes an open-air gathering as the sun goes down, building patiently through house cuts beneath a pink sky, the kind of hour that only comes together when the light, the day, and the crowd align.
hereandthe.re recordings 002Lars Huismann
A drummer since eleven, Lars Huismann moved through jazz, fusion and progressive metal before he found techno in 2011, and that percussive schooling never left him. His is a rhythm-led sound, swift and tribal, drawn from the raw energy of early-2000s techno and rebuilt in his own hands rather than simply revived.
This is his hour as the 194th guest of KHIDI's podcast, the long-running series from the Tbilisi club built under a bridge, and few platforms suit him better: deep, driving, and made for the dark.
KHIDI Podcast 194: Lars HuismannSept
Sept is pure techno, distant from trends and rooted in depth. Warsaw-raised and now based in Berlin, he has grown into one of the defining figures of the Polish scene, a DJ whose sets play like long journeys, drawing darkness and light through one another without ever loosening their underground hold. That same sensibility carries into OPUS, the label and event series where he threads club music into visual art.
This is his set for UNFOLD, the signature party at FOLD in east London, a room as devoted to art as to the floor. Across two hours the music gathers and deepens, raw and unrelenting, met by a crowd that came for the deep end rather than the easy one.
UNFOLD, London (14.09.2025)JKS
For JKS, techno's physicality is the whole point, built on insistent, hypnotic grooves that turn fierce one moment and seductive the next. Born Valentin De Sieter and raised in the Paris scene, now based in Berlin, he plays with a drummer's instinct for rhythm, drawing the syncopations of UK bass and broken techno into a single percussive current.
Here he rings in the new year at essaim, giving himself four unhurried hours to let the set find its shape. It has the ease of a homecoming, DJ and floor settling into one long groove as the small hours arrive.
New Year's Eve @ essaim, ParisThe carousel
Sources
Human Safari (Wayne Mizzi, solo, he/him) — https://ra.co/dj/humansafari + https://ra.co/dj/humansafari/biography + https://mutual-rytm.bandcamp.com/album/culture-shock + https://www.stone-techno.com/, verbatim: - "Real Name: Wayne Mizzi" · "Jazz Infused Techno Artist from Malta with releases on Mutual Rytm, R&S Records & more…" - "His dynamic sound blends jazz improvisation with techno, often incorporating live instrumental elements" · "Fast-paced, hypnotic, and deeply physical…" - "His live debut at Stone Techno Festival this summer quickly captured the attention" (the featured set = his live debut). - Glitch residency: "He's a resident at Glitch Festival." · Mutual Rytm = "Record label from Stuttgart, founded and curated by SHDW since 2022." - Stone Techno = techno festival at the UNESCO Zollverein site, Essen (https://www.stone-techno.com/). - Interview (the slide's p1 sea/sunset thread) — https://www.beatportal.com/articles/1284730-human-safari-on-charting-new-currents-in-electronic-music-with-r-s-records: "Being born and based in Malta, we're surrounded by the sea… we quite literally grow up as children of the sea"; "All my music has to be appropriate for beautiful sunsets" (his Children of the Sea EP, R&S, Mar 2026); "merges jazz sensibilities with the forward drive of techno"; "live instrumental elements that blur the line between performance and experimentation"; "a good track is defined by the feeling it gives you, not the genre." → basis for the slide's "grew up surrounded by sea / jazz-schooled warmth / has to suit a beautiful sunset." - Set (p2) — Shiwei-provided press: "Recorded live at Essen's iconic Zollverein Coal Mine… the towering, industrial backdrop of the UNESCO World Heritage site… an hour of hardware-driven, hypnotic techno that captures the raw energy of one of Germany's most unique festival stages" (Zollverein/UNESCO corroborated by stone-techno.com).
Victor (DE) (project name "Victor"; Berlin; he/him) — https://ra.co/news/81143 + https://www.sweatlodgeagency.com/artist/victor/ + https://www.sweatlodgeagency.com/ra-meets-victor/ + Eerste Communie / hereandthere set descriptions (Shiwei-provided), verbatim: - "The Berlin-born-and-raised DJ… Magic Power label head's expansive taste… nods to the sounds of his home city (think dub techno, minimal, Detroit techno) alongside syncopated breakbeats and more." - "Magic Power label boss Victor is known for his fluid journeys that span myriad genres… from glitchy techno to ambient dub" · plays "his home club Blitz… a packed Panorama Bar… Selectors Stage at Dekmantel." - p2 set (Shiwei-provided, Eerste Communie / hereandthere): "The second live recording from our gatherings comes from Victor, who closed our open-air day gathering last Saturday with Eerste Communie… As the sun slowly dipped behind the horizon, Victor curated a memorable journey, gradually building the energy with a selection of house cuts beneath a pink sunset" → basis for the slide's "golden hour / house cuts beneath a pink sky / everything aligns." - p1 bio (Shiwei-provided): "a Berlin born and raised DJ and the founder of Magic Power Records"; "His sets are all about versatility—he blends genres effortlessly and takes you on a journey through different sounds and eras"; "comfortable playing at any speed… nurtures his sets with both Chicago house and techno classics as well as fresh hardcore sounds"; "immersed in a very musical life from an early age, surrounded by mountains of records." → basis for "grew up inside music / rare fluency across tempo and era / Chicago house, techno's classics, and newer hardcore into a single continuous conversation." DROPPED per Shiwei: the "son of City Slang founder Christof Ellinghaus" detail (sourced, cut from the slide); the Helena Hauff / Fadi Mohem / Skee Mask B2Bs (2025) — sourced, off-slide. - NOT claimed: real name (unpublished); any hard/hypnotic-techno framing (his signature is fluid/dub/deep).
Lars Huismann (Berlin; he/him) — https://ra.co/dj/larshuismann/biography + https://wargrecords.com/artists/lars-huismann/ + https://fourfourmag.com/new-interview-in-conversation-with-lars-huismann/ + https://khidi.ge/, verbatim: - "Born and based in Berlin, Lars Huisman started his techno journey in 2011." · "In 2015, Lars founded his own label, LHR." - "Lars' distinctive style blends swift tribal rhythms, sharp synth patterns, and a clear essence of Detroit techno." · "raw and honest analogue techno" / "murky, hypnotic techno" · "a very dedicated analogue producer." - Labels: Soma, Mutual Rytm, Monnom Black, ARTS. · Toured "Seoul, Sydney, and Medellin." - KHIDI = Tbilisi, Georgia techno club under the bridge ("khidi" = "the bridge"). - p1 drummer thread (Shiwei-provided bio): "a trained drummer from the age of eleven, he moved through jazz, fusion and progressive metal before translating that rhythmic instinct into electronic production. That percussive foundation still defines his work"; "Building on the raw energy of early 2000s techno, Lars' latest works delve deeper into the darker sound"; the "Sounds From The Past" series (Mutual Rytm, 2022–2023) = "early-2000s techno rebuilt through tape recording, hardware filtering and sampling, filtered through his own perspective rather than revival." → basis for "a drummer since eleven / jazz, fusion and progressive metal / rhythm-led, swift and tribal / rebuilt through his own hands rather than simply revived." - p2 set (Shiwei-provided, KHIDI Podcast 194): "194th guest of KHIDI's podcast series is Lars Huismann, a Berlin-based producer and DJ… carving out his own sonic niche within the techno landscape since 2011. Early explorations on his own LHR imprint laid the foundation for a sound deeply rooted in dub techno influences, blending old-school aesthetics of early 2000s styles with modern production techniques." → basis for "the 194th guest of KHIDI's podcast / deep, driving, and made for the dark." - NOTE: DB said Belgium — WRONG; he's Berlin. Kicker blanked (standing rule); sourced consensus is groove/tribal/Detroit, so any label would be Hard Groove (DB's blunt "hard-techno/industrial" overshoots). Off-slide but sourced: LHR founded 2015 (Tresor release party), Soma EPs (Infinite Dimension 2019, Embraced By Shadows 2020), Catharsis (2024), the Mechanized EP (Monnom Black / Dax J's label, 2024, his move into dub + tribal).
Sept (Michel; Warsaw → Berlin; he/him) — https://ra.co/dj/sept + https://www.keyimagazine.com/2025/05/15/sept-announces-new-release-leave-your-body/ + https://novafuture.blog/2019/01/28/music-interview-sept/ + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold(nightclub) + set oEmbed, verbatim: - Identity (Keyi 2025 first-person Q&A): "My real name is Michel, but I am widely known as Sept. I originally come from Warsaw, Poland"; "For the past three years, I have been based in Berlin, where I came up with the idea of creating my record label and event series called OPUS." → basis for "Warsaw-born and Berlin-based / Behind the name is Michel / OPUS." (First name Michel verified; surname "Morales" surfaced only via blocked/search-summary pages → NOT asserted.) - Same-artist confirm (no namesake risk): the septonly SoundCloud bio is byte-identical to the RA bio and RA lists the linked SoundCloud "SeptOnly"; SC profile verified: true, city: Berlin, country: DE, 12,206 followers → DB "Sept" 80af87c8… (RA 57678) is this artist, safe for the setlist. - Sound (RA bio): "Techno is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Sept… always staying true to his Techno roots. In addition, Sept is showing a wide delicate mixture of darkness and light." · industrial/raw (Keyi 2023): "fast, uncompromising, obscure, dynamic, industrial rhythms"; (Keyi 2025) "raw, driving energy that goes beyond fleeting trends." → basis for "pure techno at the core / far from any trend / balancing darkness and light." "hypnotic" NOT used (only a search snippet, no fetched primary). - A key figure in the Polish scene / OPUS (RA bio + Keyi 2025): "Sept is a driving force in shaping the Polish electronic music landscape… In 2024, he took his vision a step further with the launch of OPUS"; OPUS = a multidisciplinary label + event series blending music and visual art. → basis for "a key figure in the Polish techno scene / OPUS, his multidisciplinary label and event series pairing club sound with visual art." - Labels / pedigree (RA bio, off-slide but sourced): "homes on esteemed labels such as CLERGY, Bpitch, Flash Recordings, KYSH, and his own OPUS"; mixes for "Boiler Room, Mixmag, HÖR, Vault Sessions, Slam Radio, and HATE." - The set — UNFOLD @ FOLD (Wikipedia, Fold nightclub): "Fold (stylised as FOLD) is a nightclub and multi-disciplinary arts venue on Stephenson Street in Canning Town, London"; "One of Fold's signature events is UNFOLD, a Sunday daytime party…"; opened 18 Aug 2018 with a 24-hour license. → basis for "UNFOLD, the signature party at FOLD in Canning Town, east London / as much arts space as nightclub / runs around the clock." (Slide drops "daytime" + the "decks moved to the middle of the floor" detail per Shiwei.) Set length = ~2 hours (Shiwei-provided; slide says "across two hours," never "the hour"). The exact 14.09.2025 RA event page 403s to fetch, but the set's own oEmbed title + the UNFOLD/FOLD facts corroborate venue + series.
JKS (Valentin De Sieter; French, Paris→Berlin; he/him) — https://ra.co/dj/jks/biography + https://trifec.one/jks/ + https://www.rinse.fm/shows/jks + https://molekul.bandcamp.com/ + https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/where-to-party-in-paris/articles/320309, verbatim: - "Valentin De Sieter" · "born on the 21st of October 1996 in Châlons-en-Champagne, France" · RA "DJ/Producer based in Berlin" (Rinse FR still says "Basé à Paris" → framed "Paris scene, now Berlin"). - "JKS first emerged as a founding member of Molekül, later forging his own path with the creation of Smile Sessions in 2020" · Molekül = "Techno label based in Paris." - Sound: "percussive, hypnotic, and textured, with driving sexy grooves" / "UK bass, 140, broken techno" (RA); "sonorités acid… percussions puissantes" (Rinse FR); Jawbreakers project = "hard acid and rave techno." · Rinse residency "chaque 4ème jeudi du mois." - p1 (Shiwei-provided, trifec.one/jks bio — page 403s/Cloudflare-JS-walled to fetch, but corroborates the RA descriptors above): "translates a decade of drumming experience into a magnetic exploration of rhythm, weight, and movement… long before ever touching an electronic drum machine"; "percussive, hypnotic, and textured, with driving sexy grooves, evolving layers, and a raw, physical energy that feels both fierce and deeply seductive"; "navigates between chaos and control, drawing from UK bass, 140, broken techno." → basis for "techno's physicality / fierce and seductive / chaos and control / a drummer who spent years on rhythm." Drumming kept as a mid-paragraph grace note (NOT the opener) to avoid twinning Lars Huismann's "a drummer since eleven" p1 in the same carousel. - essaim = a new ~400-cap Paris club (10th arr., opened Oct 2024). Set = ~4 hours (Shiwei-provided; slide says "a four-hour set"). - Kicker blanked (standing rule); would have been Acid Techno ("acid" is the most-repeated sourced descriptor; matches DB acid+hard). - NOT claimed: the exact essaim NYE set page (per DB/user, not independently fetched); Dax J/Regal/etc. as "supporters" (they're his stated influences).
