Mixes on repeat this week: September 21, 2026
Josh Heywood
Josh Heywood makes the kind of techno that keeps your body firmly on the dancefloor while your mind quietly slips out the back door. The Melbourne producer works through driving rhythms, dark textures and subtle shifts that gradually change the shape of the music around you. His KHIDI podcast settles into a steady pulse, blurring the minutes until the outside world feels like a distant concern.
KHIDI Podcast 206SHDW
Mutual Rytm has become SHDW's love letter to the rhythmic ingenuity of '90s and early-2000s techno, where the drums do the flirting and the groove handles the rest. His GRÜV warehouse recording in Paris puts that philosophy front and center: old-school instincts, plenty of percussive mischief and music made with a proper dancefloor in mind.
GRÜV x Mutual Rytm, ParisHUJUS
HUJUS knows how to make repetition feel liberating. His take on old-school techno pairs rolling grooves with hard-hitting drums, finding that sweet spot where the rhythm takes over and everything else falls away. Awakenings hands the Dutch producer episode 404, and he makes a pretty convincing case for losing yourself in the music.
Awakenings Podcast S404Serge André
Serge André's musical world stretches well beyond the usual boundaries of techno, from the live act Sons of Hidden to his label Mammboh Rhythms and its Andean roots. His BCCO mix draws on the punch of '90s techno and the rolling momentum of contemporary hardgroove. A little of Medellín's musical spirit, carried all the way to Madrid.
BCCO Mix Series 933Ne/Re/A
Ne/Re/A has been woven into Brooklyn's techno fabric for over a decade, and as a MERGE resident, she knows exactly how to make a dark room come alive. Recorded at MERGE's collaboration with Japan's Future Terror, her KHIDI podcast captures a meeting of Brooklyn and Tokyo's undergrounds, where the music speaks a language that needs no translation. Sinister grooves and industrial tension.
KHIDI Podcast 204KUSS
KUSS has a taste for the stranger corners of techno, and this Vault Sessions recording gives him room to explore them. Working live, the French producer strips things back to tribal percussion, shadowy textures and sounds that seem to emerge from somewhere deep inside the machinery. It's raw, mysterious and a little otherworldly, with the music taking shape right in front of you.
Vault Sessions 318