Interview How Deena Abdelwahed is Culturally Re-Appropriating Club Sounds with Khonnar Live
Perhaps more than any other at Dekmantel Festival 2019, Deena Abdelwahed’s performance at Shelter was remarkable in how collectively mesmerising it was.
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Interview Slikback's Kaleidoscopic Dance Floor Rhythms
Over the past two years, Kenyan-producer Slikback, aka Freddy Njau, has transcended from making tunes at Boutiq Studios in Kampala to sharing his gleefully genre-swerving sounds around the world.
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Podcast RA Exchange with Leroy Burgess
“Allow your work to speak for you and you won’t have to say much.” — Spot on statement by the legendary Leroy Burgess during the Resident Advisor Exchange talk at this year's Dekmantel Festival. If you’re interested in more wisdom from the seminal disco vocalist, this podcast is a must listen.
Dekmantel Podcast Series

Dekmantel Podcast 260 - Oceanic

Dekmantel Podcast 259 - Antenes

Dekmantel Podcast 258 - Kléo

Dekmantel Podcast 257 - DEBONAIR

Dekmantel Podcast 256 - Acid Arab

Dekmantel Podcast 255 - Plaid

Dekmantel Podcast 254 - Barbara Boeing

Dekmantel Podcast 253 - re:ni

Dekmantel Podcast 252 - Cleveland

Dekmantel Podcast 251 - Aquarian

Dekmantel Podcast 250 - Suzanne Ciani

Dekmantel Podcast 249 - Nummer

Dekmantel Podcast 248 - Katerina

Dekmantel Podcast 247 - B.Traits

Dekmantel Podcast 246 - Lauren Hansom

Dekmantel Podcast 245 - Antigone

Dekmantel Podcast 244 - Debora Ipekel

Dekmantel Podcast 243 - Volvox

Dekmantel Podcast 242 - CEM

Dekmantel Podcast 241 - Adam X

Dekmantel Podcast 240 - Heap

Dekmantel Podcast 239 - Galaxian

Dekmantel Podcast 238 - Sandrien

Dekmantel Podcast 237 - Identified Patient

Dekmantel Podcast 236 - Deena Abdelwahed

Dekmantel Podcast 235 - Jex Opolis

Dekmantel Podcast 234 - J-Zbel

Dekmantel Podcast 233 - Mozhgan

Dekmantel Podcast 232 - Territroy

Dekmantel Podcast 231 - Job Jobse

Dekmantel Podcast 230 - Cera Khin

Dekmantel Podcast 229 - Mall Grab

Dekmantel Podcast 228 - Kampire

Dekmantel Podcast 227 - Nu Guinea

Dekmantel Podcast 226 - OKO DJ

Dekmantel Podcast 225 - Auntie Flo

Dekmantel Podcast 224 - Tzusing

Dekmantel Podcast 223 - Mike Parker

Dekmantel Podcast 222 - Patrice Scott

Dekmantel Podcast 221 - DJ Fett Burger

Dekmantel Podcast 220 - VC-118A

Dekmantel Podcast 219 - Neon Chambers

Dekmantel Podcast 218 - Jonny Rock

Dekmantel Podcast 217 - JASSS
Interview Batu: Imaginative Dance Music
Humble, perceptive and driven by curiosity: this interview with Batu reveals what makes this outrageously DJ/producer/label boss tick. Zweikommasieben caught up with him about his approach to and his position in contemporary club music.
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Interview The Many Faces Of Tadd Mullinix
Performing Sunday daytime on the UFO II tent was Tadd Mullinix’s more elaborate alter-ego Charles Manier. Mullinix goes by many names, but most probably know him as James T. Cotton, or Dabrye. We spoke with him at Dekmantel Festival to get sense of his world.
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Interview In Conversation With John Talabot
We caught up with the Hivern Discs head honcho right after his closing set at the Main Stage of Dekmantel Festival 2019 and talked about his label, collaborations, touring regime and more.
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Interview Mulatu Astatke, an Ethio-Jazz legend far from slowing-down
"Ethio Jazz has such a long tradition, but it’s important for me to stretch that it stems from the incredibly diverse musical and cultural landscape that Ethiopia has."
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Selectors Podcast Series

Selectors Podcast 025 - Radical Hi-Fi

Selectors Podcast 024 - Violet

Selectors Podcast 023 - Dea Barandana

Selectors Podcast 022 - Sacha Mambo

Selectors Podcast 021 - Palo Santo & Coco Maria

Selectors Podcsast 020 - Lena Willikens

Selectors Podcast 019 - Strange Boutique

Selectors Podcast 018 - Tom Trago

Selectors Podcast 017 - Raphaël Top-Secret
Feature Reburning the flame
Dekmantel and Is Burning talk about joining forces and their mutual love to drive electronic music forward, while paying respect to the past.
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Records New Releases

To Paradise
Palms Trax

Derretirse
DJ Python

Let's Ride
Roza Terenzi

Signals In Snakes
Identified Patient

Motor City Drum Ensemble
Selectors 001

Scores
Various Artists

Sea Of Sand
Peaking Lights

Skulls & Plants
Territroy

What's A Girl To Do
Fatima Yamaha

Monty Roberts
Lamellen

Parallel B
Betonkust & Palmbomen II

Sirocco
Bruxas

Lena Willikens
Selectors 005

Earth Boy
Jex Opolis

Sex, Suicide & Speed Metal
Parrish Smith
Sound and Vision Dekmantel Festival's Thursday programme brings together three thrilling artists with totally different sound aesthetics
Thursday’s lineup at Dekmantel Festival features pulsing techno from Detroit producer Gerald Donald aka Arpanet, big booming drones from Seattle’s mighty Sunn O))), electronic explorations from shadowy figure John T Gast and the dark dancefloor mutations of Manchester duo Demdike Stare, among many others.
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Interview Rave Revolution: Eris Drew shares the Motherbeat
One of the artists we are excited to have over for the very first time is Eris Drew — spiritual divinity of the American rave scene and lined up for a back-to-back with Octo Octa at Dekmantel Festival 2019. Glamcult caught up with her to discuss the party as ritual space, resisting homogeneity in the scene, the healing capacity of music, and more.

Dekmantel Radio Shows
Dekmantel Radio w/ JASSS & Nurali
November 29, 2019
Dekmantel Radio w/ Mor Elian & her again
November 22, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Uchi & Nala Brown
November 15, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ object blue & Kareem Lotfy
November 8, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ BADSISTA & LazerGazer
November 1, 2019
Dekmantel Radio w/ Kutmah, Arp Frique & Americo Br...
October 25, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Violet, Beta Librae & Dr. Rubin...
October 18, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Millos Kaiser & Butterslut
October 11, 2019
Dekmantel Radio w/ EMMA DJ, December & Rey Colino
October 4, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Les Fils de Jacob & Look Angle
September 27, 2019
Dekmantel Radio w/ Russell E.L. Butler, Silvia Kas...
September 20, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Garçon & Pohon
September 13, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Mozhgan & Pedro Vian
September 6, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ LYZZA & DJ Leoni
August 30, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Vladimir Ivkovic & Suze Ijó
August 16, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Ploy & Monty
August 9, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ SHYBOI & Wrong Sal
July 26, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ The Pilotwings & Gabi
July 19, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Parris & Luke Cohlen
July 12, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Lee Collins & Mafalda
July 5, 2019

Elena Colombi b2b Mark Knekelhuis & Steeldrums For...
June 27, 2019

Bony Fly & Mary Lake
June 21, 2019

Berton & Levi Verspeek
June 14, 2019

Dekmantel Radio w/ Sleep D & The Social Lover

Dekmantel Radio w/ Josey Rebelle & Iggy P
Dekmantel Radio w/ Roza Terenzi & Elena Sizova
Interview The Meticulous Mind of Jeff Mills
Speaking to Jeff Mills is not so much a conversation as it is a chance to tune into his passionate theories and philosophies about space, the future of the human race or the possibilities of techno as an art form. It is this sort of thinking outside the usual lines that resonates with Dekmantel and makes Mills such a cherished and regular guest at the annual Amsterdam festival.
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Feature Living Legends: Pharoah Sanders Quartet & Cybotron create the sounds of the future
While 75% of this year's Dekmantel Festival line-up is comprised of festival newcomers, the Wednesday Concerts is rooted in modern music history, celebrating two pioneers: Pharoah Sanders Quartet & Cybotron.
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Article Leroy Burgess’ 10 favourite slow jams from the ’70s and ’80s
"Leroy Burgess is a figure whose contribution to ’80s disco lore precedes him. As a guest vocalist, he has cut a melody across a number of hits from the ’70s and ’80s, coming up with frequent collaborator Patrick Adams in NYC’s soul and disco scenes."
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Review DJ Python's first EP on our label discussed by Pitchfork
"Lush, heady, and shot through with an undercurrent of wistful contemplation, producer Brian Piñeyro’s “deep reggaetón” sound can’t be called lo-fi anymore."
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Feature Made in Mega-Cities: China's Underground Club Producers Break Through
If music has taught us anything in this century, it’s that the world gets smaller as the internet gets faster. But for a fifth of the world’s population, music portals like YouTube, SoundCloud and Spotify are only been accessible to those who can crack the so-called “Great Firewall of China” and sidestep the country’s harsh censorship. In recent years, a new generation of Chinese DJs, producers and clubbers has begun to break down barriers and make their mark internationally.
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Interview Adam X: "I'm from Brooklyn motherfucker"
It was there in New York City that Adam X was born in 1971. It was there he grew up "besides the train tracks" and went on to become the police’s most wanted graffiti artist in 1989. But most importantly, it was there that he built New York’s first techno scene with older brother Frankie Bones.
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Interview DJ Storm talks to Untitled #909 about her pioneering work as a DJ
"It’s hard to know where to begin when talking about someone as influential as DJ Storm. A powerful force to be reckoned with, the First Lady of drum and bass is a role model to many in the scene and beyond."
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Feature Inside The Ride: The Making of Dekmantel Festival 2019
Every year when it comes time to announce the new edition of Dekmantel Festival, we aim to generate a mix of surprise and elation. Each back-to-back ends up dissected. Repeat appearances demand explanation. Head Programmer Thomas Martojo explains this years festival line-up.
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