The Attic Podcast

Damian Schwartz is an electronic musician, DJ and performer based in Madrid, Spain. He studied jazz, composition and bass, a cornerstone of his work and compositional approach. Damian started as a Dj and producer during the early 2000 as part of the Net28 platform of labels and artists.

French producer and DJ, Sacha Mambo aka MZKBX (real name Sacha Peinetti) goes many places, touching many genres, telling endless stories. Alongside Guillaume des Bois he runs the Macadam Mambo imprint which has a series of releases focused on electric Disco edits, Balearic Music, Chicago House and special electronic music.

∑ (Summe) is a group of Berlin-based artists (including musicians, sound engineers, event/sound technicians, filmmakers, promoters, audiovisual media, DJs etc).

Heap is Florian Stöffelbauer, an electronic music producer, label owner and music selector from Vienna. He's the man behind the Discus Throwers vinyl online-store and Basic Rhythm parties in Vienna.

Born and raised in Rome, Italy - now residing in Berlin - Alessandro Adriani is the chief operator of Mannequin Records, a respected imprint which, for almost a decade now, took very seriously its mission of unearthing obscure synth wave and industrial music from all over the world.

UK based writer, DJ and musician Chris Menist, together with Maft Sai (ZudRangMa Records) hosts the Paradise Bangkok nights for the last 6 years, showcasing vintage Asian sounds as well as music from Africa and the Caribbean. The duo have also taken these nights to Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, and the UK.

Isabella Venis is a German-based graphic designer. As Queen Of Blood (the "dark soul" of Intergalactic FM) she's feeding the IFM database for almost a decade. Besides that, she's also the co-producer of Mick Wills, part of The Kinky Lovers (w/ Mick Wills) and part of Quid Pro Quo (w/ Melvin Oliphant & Mick Wills).

Reggie Satanas is Joris Dirven, a 41 years old frantic record collector based in Amsterdam. He runs a weekly show on Amsterdam based Red Light Radio, called Rege Satanas.

Rotterdam based Paul du Lac is a key figure in the current Dutch underground electronic scene. Paul runs a well established record label called Bio Rhythm.

Finn Johannsen is a German DJ and writer, co-running the label Macro Recordings and working at the Berlin based Hard Wax record store.

Moscoman is the music producer behind underground gems on ESP Institute, Correspondant, I'm a Cliche, Eskimo Rec, and the curator and owner of the up and coming record label Disco Halal.

Eduardo De La Calle is a prolific Spanish DJ and producer who's been making forward-thinking electronic music since the early nineties. He is the man behind the labels Analog Solutions, Suprawax and Edits. At present he is releasing records on intriguing labels worldwide such as Mule Musiq, Semantica Records, Mental Groove, NON Series records, besides others.

I recorded my mix using a selection of records discovered during my time in Europe; dub from Sweden and Holland, experimental groups from Mexico, Italy and Japan, UK post-punk, Portuguese (thanks to Steele and his digging trip there), Spanish, Swiss and Yugoslavian new wave and German Psych. After citing that list I realized how worldly the mix is, on that note most of my inspiration comes from traveling to foreign places, meeting the people and absorbing the cultures. During these travels I always take my recorder with me, I prefer to record the sounds of a place rather then take a photo. I find that sound has the ability to instill more emotion than the image projects. Time upon time I feel limited by my recording devices inability to capture the intensity and spectrum of these environments. Then and there the experience must stay which is beautiful in its own rite. The magic about records is they transcend the moment.

Hisham Mayet is a film maker, photographer, musical researcher and sound adventurer based in Portland Oregon. Together with Alan Bishop (member of the defunct cult band Sun City Girls), Hisham is co-founder and co-owner of the Sublime Frequencies label. Recorded live in Control Club, Bucharest on December 11th, 2016.

Bryce Hackford sees himself as an electronic music producer concerned with sensuality. Born in Long Island, Hackford has lived in New York City for more than a decade, most recently in his own studio in Williamsburg. As well as putting his record collecting habit to use as a DJ, he’s released a handful of cassettes as a solo artist and is attached to various other projects.

Debuting on DJ Hell's Gigolo imprint at the beginning of the '90s with a handful of releases, Mick Wills slowly but firmly started to build a reputation of an indisputable avid record digger and collector. He created an unique system of selecting and playing music, incorporating his own edits and making each session an absorbing listening experience. Recorded live at the Panama Racing Club of Intergalactic FM in December 2015.

Beyond House member and an emitter of deep weird vibrations, mixes all things dark into a wizard's brew for you to drink. You cannot really tell if it's industrial, techno or house. As long as it's god-forsaken, Vitanov will play it.

Plants Army Revolver is a fresh electronic music project based in Italy, which digs deep into the abstract territories of techno, in search of a primordial world in tension between rhythmic textures and sonic changes. Plants Army Revolver consists of two members: Marco Ragni (a resident dj at Serendipity club and co-owner of Mondo Musique record stores) and Birgan Valentin (a Romanian sound engineer and sound designer based in Rome).

Hydrangea is a new French electronic producer, doing techno music deeply inspired by nature and its surroundings. She began producing music in early 2014, influenced mainly by the deep and hypnotic Italian techno. Hydrangea's mixtape for The Attic Podcast is a deep journey through romantic, hypnotic, meditative and mental techno.

Philippe Laurent is a French plastic artist, musician and designer. Whether working with graphic codes or digital codes, plastic arts or music, Laurent’s approach is one of research, specifically having to do with people's perception of signs and symbols. Hot-Bip is a pseudonym that Laurent used throughout the 80s and 90s, and also the title of his 1983 cassette on Fraction Studio, re-released a few years ago on Minimal Wave. He recently released a new EP on Peripheral Minimal and one with Xeno And Oaklander, out on Girouette Records. His 'Mithra AutomAttic mix' features only own tracks, plus a new version of "Mithra" special for this mix.

Karpov not Kasparov is a musical game of chess between vintage synthesizers and drums. There are nor winners neither losers in this game but there are always energetic trippy sounds, subconscious oriental tunes intertwined with danceable electroclash pulses. one half of the project, Valeriu, made an eclectic - partly schizoid - mixtape for The Attic, including influential gems from now and then, post-romantic obsessions and indescribable obscure finds.

Jan Melnick is the founder of the parisian collective La Fête Triste, launched less than two years ago is already a household name in the cities’ underground scene. Jan is influenced by the rough industrial sound of the '80s, the unpredictable obscure new wave, the left-field and experimental side of the music.

Outernational Deejay Gigoglo of the B-Music crew, Hamburg's Golden Pudel club resident and one of the people behind the excellent record store Groove City from Hamburg, Booty Carrell has prepared a heavy mixtape of Outernational goodies, titled Talismania.

Idle Rich is a serious collector (and dj) of psychedelia from across the board. Starting with new wave and crossing the whole board, Lizatron has had a passion for and collected music all her life. Their mixtape for The Attic Podcast comprises dub, library music, some Kenyaon stuff, new beat and acid, electropop, industrial and more.

The creator of Chill Mountain Festival (a deep dance culture festival in the mountains surrounding Osaka), Daichi Furukawa digs deep into soulful world-flavored dance music. His recent full-length album "Vodunizm" was just released on his own Chill Mountain imprint.

Tomaga is a new and exciting London based project consisting of musicians Valentina Magaletti and Tom Relleen, which debuted in 2013 with a release cassette called ‘Sleepy Jazz For Tired Cats’, followed by a very well received album in 2014 - Futura Grotesk - out on the French label Hands in the Dark. Their unusual sound is made up of minimalist compositions which are darkly psychedelic, elusive and deeply imbued with soundscapes.

Katzi Kenneth aka Katzele is one of the founders of 84% Creativity collective from Tel Aviv and head of the new Malka Tuti record label. Katzi is now based in Berlin. Malka Tuti is a new imprint who recently put out the first release called "Bells", a 4 track EP coming from XEN, with a remix contribution from Red Axes.

Sinead O'Connick Jr is one of the people behind Serendip Lab, an annual electronic music festival taking place in Paris and a record label specialized in underground electronics art and music from avant garde to disco, breakcore and synthwave reissues.

Born and raised in Bucharest, Romania, and now residing in Berlin, Borusiade, real name Miruna Boruzescu, started dj-ing in 2002 as one of the only female DJs in the city’s emerging alternative clubbing scene. Influenced by a classical musical education and fascinated by raw electronic sounds, Borusiade combined these elements in the construction of her DJ sets and, starting 2005, also in her music production. As she managed to build a sound of her own, often dark, with poignant bass lines, obsessive themes and by all means melodic, starting 2015, she was signed on Cómeme agency and label.

Aaron Moore, founding member of the English experimental group Volcano The Bear, prepared a selection of Italian prog from the good old days. Aaron Moore has appeared on over 25 albums. Past and present musical projects include Volcano The Bear, Invisible Sports (solo), Müller-Moore-Muisc, Textile Orchestra, Textile Trio, Wizards of Oi, Courtis/Moore, Amolvacy, Dragon Or Emperor, Songs Of Norway, The Blue Prostitutes & Guignol.

Sercan Sezgin is a DJ and record collector from Istanbul. He is the producer of the radio show Lion's Milk, every Monday 22:30 on WNYU 89.1 FM, New York, where he spins anything from afro, oriental, bollywood to early electro, electro cosmic, funk, obscure jazz, library music, pop jerk, world psych and soundtrack. The show is also re-broadcasted on radyobabylon.com in Istanbul, sundays 9PM.

One of the founding fathers of the Amsterdam based Red Light Radio has prepared a one hour mix of mythical movie music.

Dusseldorf based artist Detlef Weinrich, known as Tolouse Low Trax is a member of the German band Kreidler. He also released three artist albums and a few EPs under the alias Tolouse Low Trax.

Martijn van Gessel (Dj M) is boss to new wave/industrial/post-punk Dutch record label Enfant Terrible. Every month Enfant Terrible hosts a small event in Holland with live acts and dj'ed music which is also recorded and narrowcasted on Intergalactic FM every first Monday of the month.

Known for his Growing Bin project, which started in summer 2007 as a music blog and evolved into an online record shop that finally made it into a record label. Basso delivers a two hours session with a wide variety of fusion records, from ambient to lounge, balearic, disco and beyond.

Captivating hybrid of styles, mixing the chilling-menacing mood of the 70s / 80s lo-fi funkadelic horror soundtracks to outer-space synthesised soundscapes in a pure classy vein. This is cryptical-kosmische psychedelica with a nice electro retro touch and avant-minimalist.

Rem Gow is a true music lover, record collector and DJ from the Netherlands. He is one of Red Light Radio’s residents. Every two weeks he co-hosts a show called All Around The Globe

Ian Martin is a Rotterdam based artist and DJ, creating cinematic, intuitive, experimental and forward thinking electronic music.

Born Mikhaylo Vityuk, Vakula is a DJ and musician from Konotop (Ukraine). He has released two albums so far and a handful of EP on various records labels, including his own Leleka. He's a music traveller in the true sense of the word, and his recent album A Voyage To Arcturus is a solid proof to point that.

Yevgeniy (Zhenya) Anfalov is a DJ and record collector, originally from Kiev, Ukraine and now based in Hannover, Germany. Digging for more than 8 years (mostly underground house and disco of all kinds, afro-beat and psychedelic rock, new wave, electronics, forgotten mainstream, library, etc.), he also has played eclectic sets as a guest DJ in St. Petersburg, Moscow, his hometown Kiev and, of course, his second hometown Hannover.

DJ and record collector from Hamburg, Heiko Gogolin is running the Pingipung label for over a decade and also acting as Editor In Chief of the games culture magazine GEE.

The Attic presents an introspective journey through ambient and experimental music, from the fascinating world of label boss from Mystic & Quantum Records, Vagon Brei.

Turkish based Bariș K came up to public attention after 2007, when he self released the trilogy mixtape called Eurasia. A major curator for the traditional Turkish folk, pop, disco, psych, prog rock and other obscure music hybrids, he is also part of the Insanlar collective (translated in "people") which combines electronics with with elements from traditional music, inspired from the Anatolian sound.

John Scheffer aka Intergalactic Gary is one of the emblematic figures of Dutch electronic music scene, with IF and Unit Moebius, one of his loyal employees IF the pirate radio station CBS, the label Viewlexx and then Intergalactic FM.