I owe Niki Sadeki for weeks of creative fuel, siphoned from her DJ sets which are charged with so much depth and heart. Listening to her first set from Frisky Radio I was obsessed, where had this girl come from?

In the 90s, when I was around 14 years old, I grew up celebrating the dark vibe of the likes of Joy Division, The Sisters of Mercy, Depeche Mode, and The Cure. Those were the heroes of my teenage days. Fast forward to today, and I'm collaborating with a very talented upcoming artist whose music brings back so many of those memories and emotions of adolescence—a reminder of the timeless musical genius of the masters.

Egopusher caught my attention with their fine debut album BLOOD RED, and we were stoked to be on the guest list for their intimate album release concert at Berlin's Michelberger Hotel last year.

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs. And madmotormiquel has climbed them all, one by one. His charisma has made him an icon and a favorite within Berlin's Kater family with regular gigs at the well-known SaSoMo events as well as other big nights at the legendary club, ever since the days of Bar25 and KaterHolzig.

"Madota" is the Farsi word for "us two". Because all good things come in twos. It is the balance of the universe. Hailing from Vancouver’s nightlife, the incredibly gifted DJs bring their Iranian roots and Canadian influence together to create banging sets and podcasts; one after the other.

There’s a special feeling when you get to know someone through their music before meeting them; knowing that certain sounds can recreate moods and redefine feelings within a 60-minute compilation.

When I came across Ida Daugaard's music, I inevitably spent several days listening to it nonstop and voilà, she opened my ear to the beauty of minimal analog sounds, and the art of vinyl.