BASSIANI

It’s a tale often told: Sweden’s restrictive politics vis-à-vis raves have inadvertently created a fertile world on the fringes where many of the country’s talents have pushed their craft in an act of punkish rebellion. Having spent her teenage years collecting music (a habit inherited from a dad whose love of jazz, blues and folk left a lasting mark), Philippa Pacho discovered this hidden world of illegal gatherings, before trying her hand at spinning records and landing a residency at Stockholm’s storied Under Bron back in 2012. Berlin was soon in her sights, and it’s there she found a more recent base, her career heated up, and her (and Blue Hour’s) positivesource project came to light. From Bassiani to De School to Berghain, Philippa’s still going strong a decade in; and she does more than mix tracks, she crafts stories that drive a vision of music that gets both crowds and feelings off the ground. With her ballooning raft of rave-ready bookings past and present her name is a synonym for tripped-out full-tilt techno, if you’re already a fan you know the score. Zenaari Mix 014 presents another facet of her world, it’s a dreamlike 87 minute studio mix, a trip through ambient cityscapes and appraisal of a slower, stranger side of sound, kaleidoscopic bleeps from one of techno’s leading lights.

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All Outta Angst - A24
Clotur - Lost Apollo Tape
Struktur - Mycelium II
Vera Logdanidi - Water Bubble Floating In Space
Doltz - Mikge
Boudhicca - Labyrinth
Forset On Stasys - Sideral
CHANTSSSS - (swan)
2030 - Intermission
X/319 - Stimmung_02
Pariah - Seed bank
Cut - Off (Chill Out)
Hania Rani - The Boat
nthng - Worldless Mass
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
VC-118A / Mohlao - Endless
Simone Bauer - Luna Sativa
The Persuader - Sjalvilan