#15 Feat. New Releases in Drum & Bass

Bringing together two distinct yet complementary forces in electronic music, Zohar and Nymfo join for their first collaborative release on Dekmantel. Zohars sound is defined by razor-sharp precision and pulsating percussive energy storm-like sonics that disorient and excite in equal measure. With a background shaped by years of commanding dancefloors, she has carved a diverse and eclectic path, where rattling low-end and rhythmic tension form the foundation. Known for her technical refinement and mixing wizardry, Zohar intuitively seeks unexpected connections, always pushing her listeners into new territory. Following several contributions to Dekmantel compilations, this marks her first full-length release on the label. Nymfo has been an essential figure in drum & bass since the late 90s. Starting out in Eindhovens rave and jungle scene, he quickly became known for his fierce DJ sets and later, his productions. His catalogue spans acclaimed labels such as Metalheadz, 1985 Music, Commercial Suicide, Hospital Records, Critical, Dispatch, Shogun Audio, and many more. With two albums and a steady output of singles and EPs, Nymfo has consistently balanced raw dancefloor energy with a deep, refined production ethos. Their paths crossed countless times in the scene, yet it wasnt until Dekmantel invited them for a special Dekmantel Connects performance an ambitious setup with eight CDJs and four mixers that they shared the decks for the first time. The synergy of that moment carried into the studio, where their collaboration took shape. This release now returns them to the Dekmantel family, presenting their joint vision: a dialogue between low-end weight, rhythmic intricacy, and forward-thinking club sonics.

Nymfo, Zohar

#24 Top Releases in Ambient / Experimental

Wata Igarashis first album on Dekmantel is a lightning bolt of immediate, immersive and impactful techno energy that maximises his trademark tunnelling rhythms and psychoactive arpeggios with stunning results. Compared to some of his dreamier releases on labels like Midgar, The Bunker New York and Delsin, here were treated to a more intense, hi-octane dimension to Igarashis sound perfectly demonstrated in the wide-eyed, invigorating rush of Shockwave, Meltzones nagging acid frenzy and Unleasheds delirious, pitch-bent peaks. Precision honed and revelling in the hypnotic abandon of the loop, My Supernova is a techno album through and through, but its also overflowing with the kind of head-melting creativity and nuanced production that Igarashi has made his own. Just lose yourself in the giddy arps of Supernova a joyous whirlpool of synths upon synths upon synths reaching fever pitch without even a hint of brute force.

Wata Igarashi

#48 Feat. Banner in Deep House

New album by Call Super for Dekmantel, honouring the classic mix CD format with 12 exclusive tracks all produced by Call Super using different monikers. Call Super revives the endangered art of the mix CD with a fluid, technicolour hour of elegantly advanced club music featuring a striking assembly of emergent artists. Since their first releases in the early 2010s, Joseph Seaton has been a many-sided artist balancing expressive electronics with organic instrumentation. Their background in jazz has informed ambient and experimental albums, but theyve proven to be just as comfortable tackling all shapes and speeds of impactful club music. This extends to their practice as a DJ, regularly surfing the slipstream of the club and festival circuit with a sensitive, seductive instinct for the movement of a dancefloor. Seaton set out to make ARPO an acronym for A Rhythm Protects One to honour the meaning of mix CDs in a world drowning in online DJ streams. Part of the generation raised on seminal series like the metal-tinned fabric and fabriclive (which Seaton themselves contributed to), they cast back to the lasting impression of landmark sessions like Coldcuts 1995 opus Journeys By DJ: 70 Minutes Of Madness. These were mixes to absorb over and over again, where every deeply considered track and transition became lodged in your psyche. As a DJ, producer and composer with a reputation for distinctive, head-turning musicality, Seaton puzzled out a selection for ARPO that bristles with invention. Every track feels like a moment, loaded with motifs and loops that gently impose their presence across an ever-shifting, intricately woven tapestry of dancefloor psychedelia (not to be confused with any genres with psy in the name). As well as exclusive new material under their Call Super and Ondo Fudd aliases, Seaton uses multiple new monikers to present their creative vision. In terms of slinky 4/4 groove and mid tempo pace, you might locate the likes of Conny Slipp, Scarletina and Clam1 on the wilder fringes of minimal tech house, but their productions teem with textural depth and melodic subtlety that reach past that scenes typically functional tendencies. Curveballs abound, and Seaton relishes in the chance to divert into dramatic workouts like their own Limelight and Mothertime or strip everything down for the striking, swooning poetry of Malgo & KVS The Argosy. Way beyond neatly boxed-off club styles, the individual tracks have their own unique qualities that hold space within the mix as a whole memorable hooks that burrow in deep, sequenced as a complete and immersive whole to carry with you through life. As Seaton puts it themselves: There is a line in the Malgo & KVS track that goes, I must be the place where the storm catches breath. The line captures that feeling of the best of times in a club, where everything slips away in terms of time and you feel like youve reached a place beyond the outside world, a place of your own that is somehow communal with those around you. The mix was meant to be an honest reflection of those moments for me as a DJ. The zones that somehow encapsulate the physical and mental harmony you feel in that place. This is a mix for that zone.

Conny Slipp, Scarletina, Cleo, Call Super, Louis Lupin, Ondo Fudd, Clam1, Malgo and KVS, eye gritt, DJ Flowerdew

#48 Feat. Staff Picks in Deep House

New album by Call Super for Dekmantel, honouring the classic mix CD format with 12 exclusive tracks all produced by Call Super using different monikers. Call Super revives the endangered art of the mix CD with a fluid, technicolour hour of elegantly advanced club music featuring a striking assembly of emergent artists. Since their first releases in the early 2010s, Joseph Seaton has been a many-sided artist balancing expressive electronics with organic instrumentation. Their background in jazz has informed ambient and experimental albums, but theyve proven to be just as comfortable tackling all shapes and speeds of impactful club music. This extends to their practice as a DJ, regularly surfing the slipstream of the club and festival circuit with a sensitive, seductive instinct for the movement of a dancefloor. Seaton set out to make ARPO an acronym for A Rhythm Protects One to honour the meaning of mix CDs in a world drowning in online DJ streams. Part of the generation raised on seminal series like the metal-tinned fabric and fabriclive (which Seaton themselves contributed to), they cast back to the lasting impression of landmark sessions like Coldcuts 1995 opus Journeys By DJ: 70 Minutes Of Madness. These were mixes to absorb over and over again, where every deeply considered track and transition became lodged in your psyche. As a DJ, producer and composer with a reputation for distinctive, head-turning musicality, Seaton puzzled out a selection for ARPO that bristles with invention. Every track feels like a moment, loaded with motifs and loops that gently impose their presence across an ever-shifting, intricately woven tapestry of dancefloor psychedelia (not to be confused with any genres with psy in the name). As well as exclusive new material under their Call Super and Ondo Fudd aliases, Seaton uses multiple new monikers to present their creative vision. In terms of slinky 4/4 groove and mid tempo pace, you might locate the likes of Conny Slipp, Scarletina and Clam1 on the wilder fringes of minimal tech house, but their productions teem with textural depth and melodic subtlety that reach past that scenes typically functional tendencies. Curveballs abound, and Seaton relishes in the chance to divert into dramatic workouts like their own Limelight and Mothertime or strip everything down for the striking, swooning poetry of Malgo & KVS The Argosy. Way beyond neatly boxed-off club styles, the individual tracks have their own unique qualities that hold space within the mix as a whole memorable hooks that burrow in deep, sequenced as a complete and immersive whole to carry with you through life. As Seaton puts it themselves: There is a line in the Malgo & KVS track that goes, I must be the place where the storm catches breath. The line captures that feeling of the best of times in a club, where everything slips away in terms of time and you feel like youve reached a place beyond the outside world, a place of your own that is somehow communal with those around you. The mix was meant to be an honest reflection of those moments for me as a DJ. The zones that somehow encapsulate the physical and mental harmony you feel in that place. This is a mix for that zone.

Conny Slipp, Scarletina, Cleo, Call Super, Louis Lupin, Ondo Fudd, Clam1, Malgo and KVS, eye gritt, DJ Flowerdew

#48 Feat. Banner in Deep House

New album by Call Super for Dekmantel, honouring the classic mix CD format with 12 exclusive tracks all produced by Call Super using different monikers. Call Super revives the endangered art of the mix CD with a fluid, technicolour hour of elegantly advanced club music featuring a striking assembly of emergent artists. Since their first releases in the early 2010s, Joseph Seaton has been a many-sided artist balancing expressive electronics with organic instrumentation. Their background in jazz has informed ambient and experimental albums, but theyve proven to be just as comfortable tackling all shapes and speeds of impactful club music. This extends to their practice as a DJ, regularly surfing the slipstream of the club and festival circuit with a sensitive, seductive instinct for the movement of a dancefloor. Seaton set out to make ARPO an acronym for A Rhythm Protects One to honour the meaning of mix CDs in a world drowning in online DJ streams. Part of the generation raised on seminal series like the metal-tinned fabric and fabriclive (which Seaton themselves contributed to), they cast back to the lasting impression of landmark sessions like Coldcuts 1995 opus Journeys By DJ: 70 Minutes Of Madness. These were mixes to absorb over and over again, where every deeply considered track and transition became lodged in your psyche. As a DJ, producer and composer with a reputation for distinctive, head-turning musicality, Seaton puzzled out a selection for ARPO that bristles with invention. Every track feels like a moment, loaded with motifs and loops that gently impose their presence across an ever-shifting, intricately woven tapestry of dancefloor psychedelia (not to be confused with any genres with psy in the name). As well as exclusive new material under their Call Super and Ondo Fudd aliases, Seaton uses multiple new monikers to present their creative vision. In terms of slinky 4/4 groove and mid tempo pace, you might locate the likes of Conny Slipp, Scarletina and Clam1 on the wilder fringes of minimal tech house, but their productions teem with textural depth and melodic subtlety that reach past that scenes typically functional tendencies. Curveballs abound, and Seaton relishes in the chance to divert into dramatic workouts like their own Limelight and Mothertime or strip everything down for the striking, swooning poetry of Malgo & KVS The Argosy. Way beyond neatly boxed-off club styles, the individual tracks have their own unique qualities that hold space within the mix as a whole memorable hooks that burrow in deep, sequenced as a complete and immersive whole to carry with you through life. As Seaton puts it themselves: There is a line in the Malgo & KVS track that goes, I must be the place where the storm catches breath. The line captures that feeling of the best of times in a club, where everything slips away in terms of time and you feel like youve reached a place beyond the outside world, a place of your own that is somehow communal with those around you. The mix was meant to be an honest reflection of those moments for me as a DJ. The zones that somehow encapsulate the physical and mental harmony you feel in that place. This is a mix for that zone.

Conny Slipp, Scarletina, Cleo, Call Super, Louis Lupin, Ondo Fudd, Clam1, Malgo and KVS, eye gritt, DJ Flowerdew

#55 Top Releases in Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass

Dekmantel welcomes Theo Kottis back for his second release on the label - three high-impact club tracks plus a remix from rising star Spray. Following Lighthouse - named song of the summer by Resident Advisor - Blue Supermoon carries the same melodic punch, rhythmic drive - and its already lighting up some of the worlds most treasured dancefloors. The title track has been circulating for over a year, with early support from Batu, Call Super, Francesco Del Garda and Ben UFO and plays at Houghton, fabric and beyond. Its a swirling, tension-loaded cut where pads and an arpeggiated topline intertwine over a weighty, driving bassline, underpinned by intricately layered percussion - the kind of track that stays with you. What To Do was inspired by a night out at fabrics 25th birthday party, linking back to Kottis recent release on fabric Records. Hyper aims for big-room euphoria, with a towering build-up and hands-in-the-air release. Spray closes the EP with a shimmering, progressive-leaning take on Hyper, adding his signature slow-burn tension and widescreen energy.

Theo Kottis

#62 Top Releases in Electro (Classic / Detroit / Modern)

Making his Dekmantel debut with a flourish of symphonic, transcendental techno, Sepehr takes us into a fictional metaphysical zone he calls the Genesis Domain. Over the past 10 years NYC-based Sepehr Alimaghams versatile club music practice has taken in techno, D&B, electro, EBM and acid on a suite of scene-leading labels. This new EP builds on the pseudo-spirituality he explored on recent LP Fall From Grace with an exploration of an imagined space where your reality can be reinvented at any given moment. On the A side, the title track sets the pace with a throbbing, sparkling-yet-spooky trip that allows a touch of trance into the mix, while Delicate Senses explores snappier broken beat rhythms and edgy atmospherics with a distinctly moody outlook. The mystical electro shades of Twisted Solstice and Planet Lonelys melancholic 4/4 pastures strike a note between contemplative introspection and anthemic main stage energy. Queen Of Demons is the consummate EP closer, leaning on brooding low end and snaking, intricate beats with a healthy dose of shimmering beauty up top. Consistent with his versatile approach since day one, Sepehr proves any blend of tempos and rhythms can be folded into his vivd, evocative sound world the results will always draw you in close until his vision becomes yours.

Sepehr

#68 Feat. Staff Picks in Indie Dance

Due to high demand, Steffi and Virginia now present the instrumental versions of their much praised Patterns Of Vibration album on Dekmantel. Spread over two white label 12s you get eight cuts of pure house energy, their future classic album reimagined, straight to the floor!

Steffi, Virginia

#83 Top Tracks in Bass / Club

2025-10-17 Bass / Club

Olof Dreijer

#95 Top Releases in Electronica

Wata Igarashis first album on Dekmantel is a lightning bolt of immediate, immersive and impactful techno energy that maximises his trademark tunnelling rhythms and psychoactive arpeggios with stunning results. Compared to some of his dreamier releases on labels like Midgar, The Bunker New York and Delsin, here were treated to a more intense, hi-octane dimension to Igarashis sound perfectly demonstrated in the wide-eyed, invigorating rush of Shockwave, Meltzones nagging acid frenzy and Unleasheds delirious, pitch-bent peaks. Precision honed and revelling in the hypnotic abandon of the loop, My Supernova is a techno album through and through, but its also overflowing with the kind of head-melting creativity and nuanced production that Igarashi has made his own. Just lose yourself in the giddy arps of Supernova a joyous whirlpool of synths upon synths upon synths reaching fever pitch without even a hint of brute force.

Wata Igarashi

#96 Feat. Staff Picks in Bass / Club

Identified Patient returns to Dekmantel for a third time with his Reset EP. The future-facing four tracker is another mutant fusion of bass and techno with low-end power with cerebral sound designs. Job Veerman debuted on the Dekmantel UFO Series in 2019, returned in 2020 and has lit up the festival several times with transportative sets that balance power with precision. Like his productions on the Nerve Collect label, he co-runs with Gamma Intel, they are leftfield explorations of genre and tempo that find strange sensuality in often abstract ideas. Once again here, the Dutchman draws on eclectic influences to craft music that sounds like no one else but remains anchored by magnetic rhythms. Opener Light kicks off with a fuzzy synth line that slithers between syncopated drums. Whispered vocals drift through the mix as lurching basslines swell and collapse beneath them. The groove disassembles and reassembles in waves, propelled forward by bursts of glitchy, off-kilter percussion thats unsteady yet seductive. Scales is a slow, menacing descent into rhythmic darkness. It sounds both ancient and futuristic with ghoulish vocalisations and filtered synths flickering like a badly wired circuit. Theres a rave tension lurking throughout, but always in the shadows. Internal Pace drives on but rides fluid, wobbly bass while tightly looped hits build the pressure. Layers of static and subtle distortion add grit to this unrelenting heads-down roller. Finally, Return is a kinetic, razor-edged ride where jungle breaks collide serpentine melodies. Ethereal female coos drift in and out, brushing against spat-out vocal fragments so that tension crackles throughout this hallucinogenic trip. With Reset, Identified Patient reaffirms his status as a singular voice who twists sound into evocative new worlds.

Identified Patient