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Global Vibe Radio 305 Feat. Slam (Soma Records)

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Scottish duo Slam, Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle, are a tour de force on the global techno circuit. Their unique, six deck, back-to-back DJ performances have seen the duo play leading clubs and festivals across the world. They are renowned for both their experience and their powerful, contemporary sound. Listen to Soma Records’ head honchos signature high energy and peak-time mix for this week’s Global Vibe Radio. 

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The last few years have seen some of Slam’s most prolific studio output as they continue to innovate and keep things moving forward, most recently with the Louder Than Chaos project. Louder Than Chaos was a series of five releases on 12″ vinyl and digital. Each volume released monthly via Soma Records.

The project kicked off with Vol. 1 featuring collaborations with 999999999, Hector Oaks and Keith Tucker (AKA Optic Nerve). Vol. 2 features collaborations with UK techno legend Perc, and Vol. 3 features long term Soma affiliate Rebekah. Vol. 4 with Belgium’s finest export Amelie Lens. Vol. 5 concluded Lounder Than Chaos, featuring the enigmatic Mancunian AnD. Each EP features specially commissioned artwork from German based artist PPP Panic, which consolidates into one constructive piece over the five releases.  

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Besides heading Soma Records and spearheading projects, McMillan and Meikle are co-directors and co-curators of Glasgow’s Riverside Festival. The festival showcases the best emerging local talent alongside some of the most established names in international techno. Scotland’s premier electronic music festival returns on the Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend, June 2 to June 4. The party will take place at the iconic Zaha Hadid-designed Riverside Museum on Glasgow’s Clydeside. The program features international heavyweights to some of the most exciting, emerging talents. 

Riverside Festival

Riverside Museum

Tickets for Riverside Festival are on sale here.

Riverside Festival Glasglow Lineup

This summer the legendary Slam Tent in Edinburgh also returns after a six year hiatus as Slam Events and Edinburgh promoters FLY join forces. Across one unmissable three-day May Day Bank Holiday Weekender, April 29 to May 1, legions of music fans will once again be welcomed back to what has become globally renowned as one of the biggest dance tents on the European festival circuit. Slam is thrilled to reveal the full line-up which showcases sets from across the spectrum of electronic music inside the hallowed walls of the original Slam Tent as they recreate the greatest dance floor that Scotland has ever seen. 

Tickets for Slam Tent are on sale here.

Slam Tent Lineup

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Luke Slater

Global Vibe Radio 300 Feat. Luke Slater (Planetary Assault Systems)

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This week’s Global Vibe Radio mix and the milestone 300th episode of our series features Luke Slater, the chameleonic DJ, and producer who has shifted through the variants of techno music for over 25 years. As much as he has released music under his own name, he is no stranger to the concept of aliases; he is best known for his aliases such as Planetary Assault Systems, The 7th Plain, L.B. Dub Corp, Morganistic, and Mote-Evolver.

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GVR Tunnel

Global Vibe Radio 299 Feat. Tunnel

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This week’s featured Global Vibe Radio mix artist is Tunnel, an anonymous DJ and producer that embodies his mysterious motto of, “Through the darkness, towards the light within.”  The mix is a live recording from Tunnel’s performance at Overlook NYE/NYD in Minneapolis.

Since 2013 the Chicago-born Tunnel (Ryan Miller) has released over 80 releases for record labels devoted to gritty, industrial-laden, innovative techno and experimental music – labels such as Gegen Records, House of Reptile, Etichetta Nera, and his own imprint, Webuildmachines.

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Polygonia DJ

Global Vibe Radio 297 Feat. Polygonia

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This week’s Global Vibe Radio mix interludes with Lindsey Wang, the mind behind Polygonia, a versatile musician and artist based in Munich, Germany. Her sound identity is driven by a mystic, deep and organic character which is enriched with acoustic elements, built into the genres of deep techno, downtempo and ambient.

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Global Vibe Radio 296 Feat. Dustin Zahn

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This week’s episode of Global Vibe Radio features techno DJ and producer Dustin Zahn, one of the Midwest’s most respected and liked artists… and that’s saying a lot given the great company he is in. Dustin Zahn is the owner and operator of Enemy Records, founded in 2004. The label focuses on artists and the same dark and hypnotic techno listeners will identify within Dustin’s own productions and sets. After a small hiatus of unreleased music, Dustin is back with new music and this incredibly new mix. 

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Global Vibe Radio Perc

Global Vibe Radio 293 Feat. Perc

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This episode of Global Vibe Radio features Perc who gives us an hour of raging techno. This mix comes in as Perc returns to Perc Trax with an EP that takes the controlled chaos of his DJ sets as inspiration for three tracks that have their sights set firmly on the dance floor.

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Global Vibe Radio 292 Feat. Feral

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Marked by his awakened sensibility to depth, Feral consistently carries a thread of spirituality throughout his work. He has inherently embodied the spirit of deep techno, of which defines Hypnos Records, through his passion for audio engineering, hardware experimentation and fascination for percussive instruments. Feral’s affinity for the shamanic calls of the tribal drum have led him across the world to discover and nurture his defining sound. Finding comfort in the solitude of his studio, Feral’s visions emerge in the crepuscular hours of his native city, Rome. With a heightened sense of spatial awareness, the sounds of Feral unearth the path of his multidimensional world, transporting the listener to a haunting, yet grounding refuge within.

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Global Vibe Radio 282 feat. Charlie Sparks

Global Vibe Radio 282 feat. Charlie Sparks

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Today we welcome Charlie Sparks to the Global Vibe Radio family, a London-based DJ/Producer whose sound is heavily influenced by old school techno, psytrance and the pummeling sound of European techno

Charlie Sparks is all about energy. Known for emitting an intense gripping aura by seemingly blending Acid, Industrial, Rave, and Psytrance-like grooves, as his releases on EXHALE, 999999999‘s NineTimesNine imprint and Possession perfectly encapsulate.

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