Then we’ve got good news. We’ve teamed up with DJMag to share Paul Kalkbrenner’s epic set at Sónar Lisboa 2024 with you. We recorded the entirety of the Berlin pioneer’s sublime live show in high definition video, and now it’s available to stream in full (all 2 hours of it) on DJMag’s YouTube channel.
From the opening chimes of his fan-favourite remix of Kid Simius’ ‘The Flute Song’ and the pummelling kick-synth combo of ‘Schwer’ to timeless anthem ‘Sky and Sand’, you can relive it all.
Disco and grime, rap and afrobeats, Chicago house and amapiano. Rising Madrid-based DJ Drea connects influences from her formative years with the sounds of the global club underground for the latest edition of our SonarMix series. “My sound takes in a wide variety of styles,” says the Rinse FM resident, alluding to a childhood spent listening to r&b, disco, hip hop and house, as well as her current passion for baile funk, Jersey club and kuduro. All styles and genres that speak to her own African heritage: “I always try to consider the cultural background of these sounds when putting together a set,” she explains.Loose-limbed amapiano and neck-snapping grime give way to Mr Ruthy’s UK garage flip ofTLC’s classic ‘No Scrubs’, Yaeji’s laidback hip house collides with amped-up Brazilian funk, and a wild gqomedit of ‘Hackney Parrot’, courtesy of State OFFF, swerves into moktar’s furious chaabi percussion. And that’s just the first 20 minutes… By the time the mix winds down, as footwork fades in and out of Erykah Badu’s sultry ‘Call Tyrone’, it’s impossible to recall how many genres you’ve heard.What links it all is, as Drea succinctly puts it, “energy” (plus all those “old school edits” dotted throughout). There’ll be plenty more of that at Sónar by Night, although she won’t give much more away. “I prepare all my sets with love but I don't like to set expectations,” she says. One piece of advice: don’t expect your average warm up set.
Tracklist: Scottie Dee - Roller (Extended Mix) MR TAFFA - ROLL DA BASS Tony Quattro - Unknown (SHE Spells Doom Remix) JFL - NO DIET Mr Ruthy - No Scrubs Dusty Dan - Oh My Bleaker - Hype (Funk) [HELIX Remix] Yaeji - Raingurl (Deekapz Edit) MC Bobo - Cuecas de Plantao (DJ Beukeboom Edit) State OFFF - Durban Parrot moktar - Lemon Bruno Furlan - Dance Dance Golden Kong & Gaspar Muniz - Vem Dançar Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (David bootleg) KAM - BONGA! Waxmaster Maurice - Otis Ghetto House DJ Milton - Beat Dat Shit Up - Patrik Cure - Gimme the Cheeba Empurra Empurra rmx novo Mar Vista -POPPA TOOL (SWIPE THE FUNK) X-Coast - Get Down Dusty Dan - Down To The Low (Justin Jay Remix) Ghoulish - Obsession (92' Mix) Ron Mercy - Girls in the Club Erykah Badu - Tyrone
