Rotation
Everyone here was named in a set description. Nothing inferred, nothing generated — which is why each one can say exactly which sets it connects to.
Collectives
Soulection
Los Angeles, US3 setsJoe Kay's radio show turned into a whole sound — future R&B, half-time drums, everything a little bit warm and blurred.
Cercle
Paris, FR1 setLess a label than a format: one DJ, one impossible location. It changed what people expect a recorded set to feel like.
Keinemusik
Berlin, DE1 set&ME, Rampa, Adam Port and Reznik. Percussion-led, deeply melodic, and the template for what sunrise sets sound like now.
Labels
Afterlife
Italy3 setsTale of Us's label, and the reason melodic techno sounds the way it does now. Ritual, not party — long arcs and a lot of space.
Artists
Adriatique
Zürich, CH2 setsSwiss duo who treat a set like a single long composition. Patient to a fault, in the best way.
Flight Facilities
Sydney, AU2 setsNu-disco that never gets frantic. Perfect at the front half of a night.
Argy
Greece1 setMelodic techno with actual chord movement rather than one riff on repeat.
Ben Sterling
UK1 setStripped-back tracks that are all about the bounce between kick and bass.
Black Coffee
Durban, ZA1 setThe architect. Space and restraint — he will leave a bar almost empty and it still moves.
Chris Stussy
Amsterdam, NL1 setThe cleanest drum programming in modern house. Stussy builds a groove out of almost nothing — a shuffled hat, one bass note — and lets it ride.
Franky Rizardo
Amsterdam, NL1 setDeep, warm house from the Dutch school. Long, patient builds.
Gorgon City
London, UK1 setThe vocal-forward end of UK house — the tracks that actually land with a crowd that does not know the record.
Jungle
London, UK1 setModern soul with a disco engine. Falsetto hooks over live-sounding drums.
Max Dean
UK1 setRolling, low-slung house with a garage swing underneath it.
Prospa
Leeds, UK1 setRave nostalgia rebuilt for a modern system. Big, unsubtle, effective.