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Episode Four of the new mixtape series: The Basic Moves Of…

We welcome Penelope for our fourth podcast. Originally from Paris but now living on the sunny coast just south of Lisbon, Penelope recently made her production debut on Tresydos records. Here she shares with us one hour of her personal soundworld, floating between tech-y disco-flavoured house and party electro in a signature clubby style. Spring is coming and the dancefloor waits in expectation – soon, we hope, we’ll be back together. Enjoy everyone! And thank you Pene for this hour of music <3 


https://soundcloud.com/penelope_sound
https://www.instagram.com/penelope__cz
https://www.facebook.com/penelopesound

The Basic Moves Of ... PENELOPE

Barbara and Basic Moves have been sending emails back and forth the last 7 years since she works at Scape Mastering alongside engineer Stefan Betke. She is a super skilled dj with a backpack full of experience and knowledge of club music and beyond. It felt logical to us to send another kind of email that wasn't an order form or payment confirmation. hahaha.

This mix puts both our feet back on the ground. Barbara fluently mixes minimal house and dub techno with a unique groove that feels so timeless and oh so clubbbbbyyy. Thanks a lot for teaching and showing us your way.

What’s in Barbara’s backpack? She started her career in Munich working for Disko-B in the mid nineties and soon became a resident at the green flokati room of the cult venue Ultraschall. In 1998 she left for Berlin to work as a freelance press and radio promoter. Around 1999 she co-found the label ˜scape, together with Stefan Betke aka Pole, creating an open platform for the productions of Kit Clayton, Jan Jelinek, Deadbeat, Pole amongst many others.

Autumn 2009 Barbara Preisinger founded the 12inch vinyl label SLICES OF LIFE which is focused on organic sounding and diverse club music, with releases by Betke, Mike Huckaby, Baaz, John Tejada and The Mole. The label´s founding year also marked the beginning of the event series DEEP IN THE BOX with regular parties at Berlin´s Club der Visionäre, Wilde Renate, Ipse among other places. In September 2015 Barbara Preisinger moved DEEP IN THE BOX to the Globus floor at Berlin´s legendary TRESOR club, where she has been hosting her parties every 2 months since then.

http://www.slicesoflife.de/

The Basic Moves Of ... BARBARA PREISINGER

PRE ORDER:



A1 &Apos - Vigo 5:20
A2 Salamanda - No Vacation 5:37
B1 Ugne & Maria - Into Orbit  4:36
B2 Manta Ray - Mysterious Ways 5:49

“Vigo” Composed, Performed, Recorded and Mixed by Joeri Bultheel in Berlin/Germany Autumn 2019. Previously released on one single dubplate as a present for Vigo.

“No Vacation” Composed, Performed, Recorded and Mixed by Uman Therma (a.k.a. Sala) and Yetsuby (a.k.a. Manda) in Seoul/South Korea (winter 2020) Previously released digital on Our Lair album on Tonal Unity records.

“Into Orbit” Composed, Performed and Recorded by Ugne Vyliaudaite and Marija Rasa Kudabaitė in Les Ateliers Claus in Brussels/Belgium. Mixed by Chris Funk Ferreira in Brussels/Belgium July 2020.

“Mysterious Ways” Composed, Performed, and Recorded by Raquel Rivera-Lys in Bogota/Colombia winter 2020. Mixed by Sergio Morreira in Berlin/Germany May 2021.

All tracks were mastered and cut by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering Berlin in August 2021. Brought to you by Crevette Distribution. Get in touch: distribution@crevetterecords.be
All Artwork, Typo & Print carefully handled by Dieter Durinck. (www.dieterdurinck.net)

contact@basicmoves.be

A2 Salamanda - No Vacation (snippet)

Who is the cat up in the tree? It’s PierrooOoOooOOooo ! Originally from Ukkel south Brussels, full time Arborist, half time Record lover and Double time Clubber. He has been the middle point of the underground house and techno community in Brussels for some years. Pierro is breathing the party and firing energy all the time on the dance floor and behind the decks. His dedication for digging came a few years ago and he has been DJing ever since and started the collective Combine with his friend Fab.
His first cultural memory was the movie that his dad introduced him to of Louis De Funès called Le Corniaud (France 1965), and no surprise, the music in this mix kind of sounds like it. Check it out yourself. We love it ! Thanks Pierro. Hang in there ! 


more info on Pierro you can find here:

https://soundcloud.com/pierro-boonen
https://www.instagram.com/pierro_bx/

The Basic Moves Of ... PIERRO

The hardest working man in the record business steps up with a one-hour-and-ten-minutes no nonsense mixtape traveling into the endless world of belgian (?) club tracks dating from a moment back in time when he used to listen to this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9VBZn_bCzY&feature=youtu.be) … :D

Are we hearing whispering voices during the rainy rave’ie nights? Pim Thomas aka Alfred Anders is the manager and founder of Crevette Records, Runs several vinyl labels and lives/works in Brussels/Belgium. Boss!

The Basic Moves Of ... ALFRED ANDERS

Kim has been touring discotheques as a clubber since before most of us ever heard a techno beat. She was a regular dancer at Cherry Moon, Fuse, P3P, Food, and Silo to name a few classic Belgian clubs and party concepts. She smoothly and slowly observed how things flow in clubbing land, and after all those years she got behind the decks (decks that her husband G. gave her as a present!) and became an excellent, very precise deejay with a selection full of deep, floaty techno grooves and sometimes organic ambient excursions. Her 10 hour-long “More is More” mix she recorded as a live stream (accompanied with visuals by G.) during the pandemic is already a (local?) classic mix that has often been put on at afters-without-turntables. So while this mix is definitely shorter, it’s even better in its own way! Kim has also been helped us with the Basic Moves online communication and now sends out the newsletter, we secretly call her kim.com. 

Welcome to Kim Kenis' musical world full of rich attitude and sharp flavors.

https://soundcloud.com/kimkenis

The Basic Moves Of ... KIM KENIS

D1 Dream Shuttle (snippet)

Yes yes ! This one took some time, mostly from my side, since the beginning of summer focus has been a bit off-focused. But here we are back on track presenting you a very special summer soaked podcast by Paris-based Tom Joyce.

I met Tom last year in August together with his buddy Juliano at Heidegluehen club in Berlin where he took over the decks after my long warm up set. I got completely sucked into his groove and we later hung out the whole day and night in this special club full of love and peace. A place for real house music. 

Tom also runs the amazing Sounds Benefit label releasing deep electro, breaky house and quirky minimal. 

I’m very pleased to have this classy dj, producer and label owner with us for our most recent podcast.  Open your windows, serve yourself a cold beverage and enjoy the jams in this excellent mixtape. 

Thanks Tom, hope to catch you soon again somewhere on a funky dance floor.

https://soundcloud.com/sounds-benefit-records

The Basic Moves Of ... TOM JOYCE

Samantha ‘theories’ Millows is a Bogota/Colombia-born Artist working in the field of graphic design, video (installations), music, and so much more. She moved to Berlin a couple of years ago where she lives with her partner Valentin Wedde. Both are part of a creative new-skool-multi-dynamic-artist-movement balancing between galleries, raves, happenings, and institutions. 

She is a dedicated music enthusiast and she has been digging and collecting music intensively for the last 10 years of her life. theories really knows what she wants and what she likes, but also what she doesn't like. Still, she stays open-minded with an ongoing possibility of persuasion, always ready for discussion and hungry to learn and explore.

Her universe is definitely rooted in US and UK electro(nica) spiced up by (break)beats of all kinds. This mix reflects her mood and taste, groove and space. 

We connected through fellow electronica colombiana, Adi, 5 years ago in the capital of the country. Since then, Samantha aka theories became involved in the graphic design of “For Playful Manners”, the label Adi and myself run.

A story to be continued. Thanks for your mix Sam.

https://soundcloud.com/samtheories

The Basic Moves Of ... THEORIES

The next podcast is a special one for me!  And here’s why:

- Dj Rino has a natural instinctive talent towards the craftsmanship of deejaying. 
- This 27 year old Brusseleir has a deep essential love for underground (dance) music and club culture. 
- He also has a soft spot for tunes with a psychedelic, stretched-out groove.
- I truly believe in him as an artist and friend.

This summer Dj Rino was booked at the psytrance and rave festival called Space Safari deep down in the south of Belgium to play a 3h after hour dj set at the Zodiak stage on Sunday morning.

I knew it was an important summer gig for him and he had been busy with his selection and set order for months so I traveled with him, set up my tent, went to sleep & woke up at 7am to hit the misty gray morning muddy dance floor and was blown away instantly. He kept the vibes deep and layered, super balanced and controlled, sharp mixing and a big big smile on his face. The morning sun came to say hello during the last hour and we all shined on. 

Thanks to Dj Rino for your amazing performance, your carefully selected music and full dedication that shapes the Belgian scene at this very moment. Shout out to Space Safari and Tweede Asem for the recording of this delicious psychedelic breakfast. Let’s travel among the stars together with Dj Rino.

https://soundcloud.com/rinobxl
https://soundcloud.com/pinguinsociety

The Basic Moves Of ... DJ RINO (live at Space Safari 2023)

The Basic Moves Of ... a.brehme (live at Sundaze 2023)

The next episode in our podcast series comes from a globe-trotting Belgian deejay on the rise. Antwerp-born, Berliner for a few years and recently settled down in our favourite city: Brussels. Lola Haro doesn’t need much of an introduction. She has been playing dance floors all over the world from Mexico to London, Milan to Paris, Tbilisi to Bucharest. Over a year ago her own record label and party concept called Small Steps blossomed, a home to delicate, floaty club music of all kinds. 

But Rome wasn’t built in a day: from a very early age, Lola was brought up in a musical nest, surrounded by Antwerp’s “creme de la creme” of the house music scene and calling the legendary record shop Wally’s Groove World her second home during her childhood. Suffice it to say Lola is influenced by the old-school generation of club music fanatics, party gurus and diamond city fashionistas. Standing next to the dj booth as a teenager checking those spinning records, sliding faders and eq knobs and coming of age as a club music observer that smoothly but surely became a world-known dj. 

While Lola has been flying high the last couple of years, playing big stages and festivals, she’s always kept her feet firmly set in the underground. We’ve been friends for some time and we share conversations about common personal questions like the search for identity in music, mental dj health, and the balance between the dance music business and the underground electronic world.

This mix has been in the making for some time and the result is a magnificent deep trip into her musical universe. I’m very glad to share this with you all. Thanks a lot for your effort and time spent recording this mix Lola, I wish you a bright future ahead. One foot in, one foot out, always taking lots of small but important steps.

https://soundcloud.com/lola-haro

The Basic Moves Of ... LOLA HARO

Flashback to 1999 and a small, east-Belgian city called Tienen where a teenager named Davy Vandegaer is cruising on his skate ramp in the back of his garden. He’s getting some energy out before heading to “The Sphere” later that night, a bar where he can listen to a new, otherworldly music called ‘progressive’ which was his first initiation to techno music.


Hooked on techno, Davy became a regular (after)clubber at Factory, The Groove, Cherry Moon, Extreme and a few years later started his own party concept with his brother Ken and 2 friends Down Under, holding residencies at Club Silo in Leuven from 2008 to 2011 and Fuse, Brussels from 2011 to 2015. 

The sound of Down Under was an eye-opener for me as a young clubber. It was the first time I heard sophisticated, deep, stretched-out minimal house and techno. Davy was the person who invited Nicolas Lutz to Belgium for the first time, and that set changed mine and many others’ musical lives forever. Another WOW moment in little Walrus’ club-life-history related to Davy: I remember going up to the tiny dj booth of Fuse’s motion room, during the early morning hours, while everyone was flying, and asking one of the brothers playing (Ken & Davy) “what’s that spaced out minimal techno tune?” They replied: “Oh it’s a Terrence Dixon release!”

Davy and Ken moved to London and started several warehouse parties, and Davy soon became the resident of the infamous Cartulis parties. He then settled down in Berlin to start his very own deep dedicated techno project called Futurepast. 

Davy proposed a great idea to me a couple of months back to record a mix dedicated to his early clubbing days and inspired by that “dance-café” The Sphere. 

Davy is a great example of an artist who is developing his own path by slowly transforming himself but staying true to his techno roots, and I’m very grateful we all can have a listen to what these roots are. 

ravy davy …

https://soundcloud.com/davyvandegaer
https://soundcloud.com/Futurepastnosenseoftime

The Basic Moves Of ... DAVY

Not so long ago in 2017, the first release on Michiel Claus’ and Ailsa Cavers’ Basic Moves saw the light of day and especially the shine of night. Produced by founding father Walrus, BM01 set the tone for a record label that focuses on releasing hidden archives from the 90s, whilst combining them with modern club music from the here and now. By highlighting the musical heritage of the Belgian electronic music scene, the label illustrates the continuity between past and present, history and shaping identities of 21st-century artists, undeniably building on the strong foundations of their forerunners. 
 
Seven years and nineteen releases later, Basic Moves is rounding off the series with BM20, a final double 12’’ by one of the major figures from the Belgian underground: Circadian Rhythms also known as Dj Deg. After many years of collecting, deejaying and producing music, his musical spectrum ranges from synth, library and wave, to jazz, funk and disco, from house to techno. His journey started in clubs like Bocaccio (1988 - 1993), and La Gaité (1979 –1989), where young Deg came across deejay’s like Olivier Pieters or Eric Beysens who made him choose the path of becoming a devoted disc jockey himself. 
 
BM20 is a sonic witness of Deg’s first musical encounters with his machines, revealing a withdrawn selection of six bedroom patchwork tracks produced between the years of ‘93 & ’99, a time without the internet or user manuals to help you solve the riddles of technology. Though only at the very beginning of his creative process, Deg’s unique personality is nevertheless already clearly identifiable: blending techno with jazz, where the sharp edges of 16-step drum-sequences are smudged and bent in different directions. 
  
In the lower countries, the second half of the 90s was a period of fast & funky, happy Detroit, 140 BPM techno. Whenever Deg was not oscillating between record shops or gigs and had a moment on his own, mostly during morning hours after the club, he would spend his leftover energy in the studio. Either by himself or with his loyal ally Mike DMA, he would benefit from these moments to slow down and give space to a different, introverted sound – processing moods, feelings and thoughts. This record therefore gathers only a few of many (unrecorded) one-shot live sessions which were never intended to be shared – and only existed for the love of music and its power to take you beyond all things known.   
 
Thank you Deg for sharing your music and giving us a glimpse of your universe. Without your productions, your memorable warm-ups and closing sets – many of us would not be where we are now, and Basic Moves might never have been founded. 
As a last note to a closing song, BM20 is about being fully committed to the music and the club, a medium and place of fruitful settings for encounters, creativity and growth. Where dreams and ideas have a chance to exist, being almost ready and thought out to shape future times to come -  and many party nights.

Gurl, December 2023

D1 Birds In Jazz (snippet)

C2 Universal Jungle (snippet)

C1 Das Modern Dance (snippet)

B1 Miracle (snippet)

A2 Systematic Soul (snippet)

All Mutant Disco Radio Show premieres available on :

Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLypdVb_SuSmL_C21MgXo2Q
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31NT4Oq48gcKdmttAFbx23
Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/170732496230
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Twitter : https://twitter.com/LeriAhel
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/mutant-disco

Taken from "Circadian Rhythms - Basic Moves 20 EP (Basic Moves)". Out June 2024. Buy here : https://basicmovesbrussels.bandcamp.com/music

Basic Moves : ‘’ Not so long ago in 2017, the first release on Michiel Claus’ and Ailsa Cavers’ Basic Moves saw the light of day and especially the shine of night. Produced by founding father Walrus, BM01 set the tone for a record label that focuses on releasing hidden archives from the 90s, whilst combining them with modern club music from the here and now. By highlighting the musical heritage of the Belgian electronic music scene, the label illustrates the continuity between past and present, history and shaping identities of 21st-century artists, undeniably building on the strong foundations of their forerunners.
Seven years and nineteen releases later, Basic Moves is rounding off the series with BM20, a final double 12’’ by one of the major figures from the Belgian underground: Circadian Rhythms also known as Dj Deg. After many years of collecting, deejaying and producing music, his musical spectrum ranges from synth, library and wave, to jazz, funk and disco, from house to techno. His journey started in clubs like Bocaccio (1988 - 1993), and La Gaité (1979 –1989), where young Deg came across deejay’s like Olivier Pieters or Eric Beysens who made him choose the path of becoming a devoted disc jockey himself. BM20 is a sonic witness of Deg’s first musical encounters with his machines, revealing a withdrawn selection of six bedroom patchwork tracks produced between the years of ‘95 & ’99, a time without the internet or user manuals to help you solve the riddles of technology. Though only at the very beginning of his creative process, Deg’s unique personality is nevertheless already clearly identifiable: blending techno with jazz, where moody but hopeful synthlines meet wonky basslines.
In the lower countries, the second half of the 90s was a period of fast & funky, happy Detroit, 140 BPM techno. Whenever Deg was not oscillating between record shops or gigs and had a moment on his own, mostly during morning hours after the club, he would spend his leftover energy in the studio. Either by himself or with his loyal ally Mike DMA, he would benefit from these moments to slow down and give space to a different, introverted sound – processing moods, feelings and thoughts. This record therefore gathers only a few of many (unrecorded) one-shot live sessions which were never intended to be shared – and only existed for the love of music and its power to take you beyond all things known.

Artist social media :

https://soundcloud.com/cr_label
https://x.com/cr_label
https://www.instagram.com/cr_label
https://www.facebook.com/labelCR

Label social media :

https://soundcloud.com/basicmoves
https://www.instagram.com/basic_moves_walrus_islas
http://www.basicmoves.be
https://www.facebook.com/basicmovesbrussels

Basic Moves 20

Miracle

PREMIERE : Circadian Rhythms - Miracle (Basic Moves)

In the far north of Colombia, all the way along the Caribbean coast, you can find one of the world's best hostels called El Rio. This magnificent place is co-run by Ben Davies who left the north of the UK a decade ago in search of sun, snakes and waterfalls.

One element that makes El Rio special is that, since its inception, underground clubbing and electronic music have been central to the project. This manifests as endless club nights, riverside sunrises (and mornings), and the groundbreaking Bonanza festival, a happening that brings together the very best of Colombian, South American and global underground electronic dance music acts, all co-curated by Ben and Adi    

Ben Davies also deejays under the name Benny. His UK roots are never far away, which is something you will hear in this brand new Basic Moves mix, recorded live on Sunday evening of this year’s edition of Bonanza. I was on the dancefloor the whole time and when, a couple of months ago, Benny told me the set was recorded, it was a no-brainer to put it out on the Basic Moves platform.

Snakes, waterfalls and a lot of techno, breaks, trance and acidic goodies … just how we like it … give it up for Benny!

The Basic Moves Of ... BENNY (live at Bonanza 2024)

Downtempo mix online !!!
Recorded deep in the Caribbean Jungle.
A memory of a beautiful day & night.
Thanks to The Mudd Show, Bonanza Festival, Benny, Adi & Heads Up Agency. 
Picture by Jamie Jar.

Walrus | The MUDD Show x Bonanza Festival (02/03/2024)

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-circadian-rhythms-systematic-soul 

Walrus' praised vinyl only label @basicmoves prepare to release their final double 12-inch courtesy of local legend and all time Belgian underground hero Christophe De Groot aka Circadian Rhythms spanning squelching acid, muffled 808 kicks, skewered techno, sinewed synth-work and jazz piano.

Circadian Rhythms - Systematic Soul [Basic Moves]

Max Tournay aka https://soundcloud.com/kafim is an established name in the Brussels underground community. He started deejaying techno music as a resident of the infamous Deep In House collective, who later founded C12 club where he was also a resident for several years. 

Max and I used to play regularly together around 2014/2015 as a deep techno dj duo and shared a couple of nice moments behind the booth. Yet, our paths went separate ways. Max’s interest floated away from club music, pulled towards a more wave-y, slowmo, rock-oriented spectrum. He has been a long-time host on Lyl radio, presenting a show called Basses Besognes focussing on psychedelic rock, garage, shoegaze & other guitar sounds. He also co-runs the (party) collective Curly Teeth, a platform for slowed-down forms of left-field club music.

Flash forward to a couple of months ago. Kafim played a long afternoon set at Horst Club’s intimate “Garage” room during the Gayhaze & Cocktail D’amore 2-day take over. On the dance floor, I was completely blown away by the uniqueness of Kafim’s music selection and super-skilled mixing. The energy that day was very special and emotional for me and the question of asking Max to share his mix after that day/night spent together was very logical. Here is the result of an artist rediscovering himself constantly but always counting on the technical skills of his early techno days. 

Another fact: Max came up with the name Basic Moves when Ailsa and I started the project 8 years ago. I’m so happy that our paths have crossed again, and I can give a platform to this live recording.

So cool Kafim provided the tracklist of the whole mix !!!!

Kobermann - Personal Test
Eat Static - Kothluwalawa
RMP - 3’32 »
Senthulà - Termocanal Sin Retorno
Nada D’Aló - Ten-High Straight
Senthulà - Sub Pàramo
Saafi Brothers - Beautiful Satellite	
Nero Zang - Nassau
Eat Static - Lugubrium Dub
Les Animaux Sauvages - Transsauvages
Bernardino Femminielli - L'amour avec moi (Cosmo Vitelli Dub)
Tagliare  - Forza Gravitazionale 
Tankwart - Lurker
Trenton Chase - Narked
Children Of The Bong - The Veil…
Eat Static - Bony Incus (Mucor Mix)
Spiralmaze - Outlines
Twoonky - To Push
Remotif - The Sunken Place
Signal Theory - Parking The Head
Shit & Cheap - Shadowlands
Hybryds - Envy
Maahrt - Noma (A Strange Wedding remix)
Rockers Hi Fi - Highway
Jacques Satre - Port Chastel
Autumns - Raw Product
Axel Larsen - Dans La Peau D’un Simplist
Iro Aka - Tribe Frequency Oscillator
Jhelisa - There’s Nothing Dub
Autarkic & Hectik - Kippur In Kyoto
Free Range - Psychobunny
Atone - Dubcoffee
Cosmo Vitelli - Die Alraune (feat. Sebastian Lee Philipp)
Ezines - Unspeakable In The AM
Green Beats - Aliens In The Jungle
Morphic Resonance - Into Other Worlds (Stoned Mix)
Nick Mackrory - Side Effect
Nicola Cruz - Piglalião
Laika - Black Cat Bone
Leftfield - Inspection (Check One)
Revolutionary Corps Of Teenage Jesus - Protection Rat
Weber - Dr. Clapper
KonsNix - 70A-1
S.M. - Rug Rug Rug
Credit 00 - Slaves Of War
Renegade Soundwave - Renegade Soundwave (The Leftfield remix)
Zillas on Acid - The Corinthian
Headman feat Vongold - Sometimes (New Hook Remix)
Die Orangen - Der Krautback
53X - Solitude
Rayko - Can't Find My Way
Reda Saiarh - Hunters
Khidja - M&M
CEO of Everything - Rozoviy Buhgalter (live)
Jokios Kultūros - Raw Streets
General P.D.C - Amazon Dub (Beesmunt Soundsystem Version)
Curses - Fortify
Wolf Müller - Hochheide Session
SASM - Democracy (Nik Colk Void Remix)
MR TC - Soundtrack For Strangers
MADMADMAD - GWARN
New Hook - Manipulation (Curses Remix)
Credit 00 - New Tech Swing
Bjork - Big Time Sensuality (The Fluke Minimix)

The Basic Moves Of … KAFIM (live at Gay Haze/Cocktail D'amore/Horst Club 2024)

Jill Krecké aka GURL (https://soundcloud.com/j1ll) is a Luxembourg-born, Brussels-based artist & archivist. We met more than a decade ago on the dancefloor of Fuse Club, Brussels. Ever since, we’ve stayed close music/clubbing friends and swum through different moments in our lives, forever positively connected and supportive. 

Properly balanced and in the pipeline for some years (!!!) now, Gurl’s Basic Moves podcast demonstrates her love for detroity electro, wonky breakbeats and dusty techno. Her passion and skills for mixing and digging up this specific sound of dance music have forged her a steady presence in the electronic music scene of Brussels. Since she started performing as a deejay at the age of 22, she’s became part of various projects (Brüxsel Jardin, C12, Planet), not only as an artist but also as a promoter and safe spacer. 

As a number one supporter and participant of our Beautiful Freaks party, it was a logical choice to ask Jill to join the core team. Multitasking 3-dimensional friends forever. Enjoy the energies & roll out the beats. Gurl in the mix!

The Basic Moves Of … GURL

Transmitting from one of Belgium’s most promising electronic dance spaces, the Garage at Horst club. It’s the most intimate room of the club. Ko-designed, ko-invented and ko(be)-built by the deejay behind this live recorded Basic Moves mix: Kuba’97 ! 

Kobe is part of the early generation of Horst alumni. From his early 20ies he has been involved in this world leading and ultra professional hybrid architecture, art, culture and (club) music festival. They are organising a yearly festival in May and a burgeoning club space that operates throughout the rest of the year on the Asiat site just outside of Brussels. Back in 2018 Kobe started together with a crew of music heads and dreamers a nightlife collective called nacht which operated from the socio-cultural spot Stelplaats in Louvain. This being said Kobe is also the head of production at our Beautiful Freaks parties, a fantastic cook, creative DIY handy person, cider maker, pizza master & great human to have around anytime of the day or night. 

Now let’s put some attention to what Kobe loves the most … records! He has been working hard, digging through the fruitful orchard that is dance music (and beyond), to make his own special brew. This live recording is a perfect reflection of what he loves and has discovered over the last couple of years. We hear shreds of deep techno, spaced out minimal, 80s inspired body music workouts, psychedelic oddities, proggy weird b-sides…and more; definitely not the easiest spread to put together. In Kobe’s hands these three and a half hours are a cruizin’ ride, produced in the dj booth he has built and danced-to by the community Brussels has been (re)building over the last decade … with Kuba’97 unquestionably at the heart of it.

https://soundcloud.com/kuba97

The Basic Moves Of … KUBA'97 (live at Garage/Horst Club 2025)

Recorded an hour of listening music for WMBR, a student-run community radio station in Boston/USA connected to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The radio has been going since 1946 and has an impressive cd & vinyl collection. This show was recorded live in the studio after my fantastic tour in the americas back in February 2025. Thanks to Will, Rasaaq & Sojourn crew for making this happen. One love. 

walrus live @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The Basic Moves Of … islas

Attention music lovers ! This is an ultra ultra special mix, since it is the long-awaited islas Basic Moves podcast. Ailsa Cavers aka islas and I started and ran the record label and club nights together for the first four years. As time takes things and things take time (and life rolls on (and off) and on) our paths have brought us back to sharing friendship, culture, and music again :)

islas also Ailsa is a creative centipede roaming the fields of art, design, music, literature and so much more. Originally from Reading (UK) but relocated to Bordeaux (FR) in the early 2000s where she studied at Ecole Des Beaux Arts before landing in what is now her hometown, Brussels (BE). Together with a bunch of like-minded souls she started the electronic music collective Planet, ran a music pop-up called OP-a with her bff Dana Kuehr…overall islas is a busy, gifted artistic bee that never stings.

Sooo to the music: 2 years in the making, this mix is a story of carefully selected, funny and open-minded club music dug up in the garden of electro house, quirky tech house, Detroit techno, and millennium minimal. All with an islas twist and topped with an English, French and Belgian sauce. Praise the lovely, steezy Ailsa alias islas forever !

https://soundcloud.com/islasaliasailsa

The Basic Moves Of ... islas

https://basicmovesbrussels.bandcamp.com/album/sagat-veil-gems-under-the-horizon-03

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Multidisciplinary Brussels-based artist https://soundcloud.com/v_sagat steps up with a new mini album on the Basic Moves side label, Gems Under The Horizon, featuring a remix by Slovenian ambient bird https://soundcloud.com/etape A few years ago, Wiet Lengeler, aka Sagat was invited by Basic Moves to create a live visual show using an analogue video synth setup to accompany a 5-hour dj set by e/tape at Face B in Brussels. From that moment on, the synchronicity between the two artists was clear - and this EP is the result. 
Besides his visual work, Wiet Lengeler is also known for his contemporary techno music, primarily released on Brussels’ cult label Vlek Recordings. For this mini-album, Gems Under The Horizon 003, he presents four grainy ambient and textured electro-acoustic explorations. The tracks unfold organically — like ivy — gradually revealing layers of sound and hidden textures beneath babbling streams of electronics. e/tape’s remix feels like a natural continuation of Sagat’s sonic universe, together forming a mesmerising whole that explores the fringes of ambient music. In addition to the release, a limited run of the release + 30 x 3 riso printed posters from the visual show at Face B, made by Sagat and hand numbered  are made available. Mastering and lacquer cut was done by Frederic Alstadt at Angstrom Mastering. Artwork & inserts are designed by renowned Ghent-based visual artist Dieter Durinck.

Sit back and enjoy the wonderful aural world of Sagat and e/tape.

Sincerely,

The Basic Moves team.

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Gems Under The Horizon 003 - Sagat (GEMS3)

A1. Veil
A2. Veil (something reflecting light - e/tape remix)
B1. Ember
B2. Slow Learner
B3. Squall

All music written, produced and mixed by Sagat under lockdown in 2021.
Remix by e/tape, recorded in Sant Mateu during winter 2023.
Mastering & lacquer cut by Frederic Alstadt at Mont Analogue Masters.
Artwork: Dieter Durinck.
Distributed by Space Cadets.
Released: November 2025
Gems Under The Horizon is a chill-out division of Basic Moves.

VEIL

SAGAT (inc. e/tape remix)  - VEIL (GEMS03)

The Basic Moves Of … OSCAR FAIVRE (live at Hoppetosse/The Joint 2025)

The next episode of our mix series is from Oscar Faivre, recorded at the legendary Hoppetosse boat in Berlin during The Joint party back in May 2025. Oscar opened with a long deejay set, setting the vibe for the night. This French-but-now-Berlin-based record lover masters the craftsmanship of a warm-up set like no other. In a world where dance music becomes faster and instantly flashy, Oscar takes the opposite direction, and during that night he took us on a journey into deep, honest house music of all kinds, not shy to play grooves with colours and richly-arranged tracks. 
Oscar is an architect by day; you can hear this in his carefully curated track selection and overall flow of the recording. Teamed up with his friend Eltous, he runs Tunnel, the record label and event. With only two records out, they have defined a modern deep house sound rooted in authenticity and history. Good things take time, and Oscar is in no rush. Let’s take time together and enjoy the ride.

https://soundcloud.com/oscar-in-stereo-space?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0

The Basic Moves Of ... OSCAR FAIVRE (live at Hoppetosse/The Joint 2025)

I Played a 2h show on the great Hope St. Radio in Melbourne/Naarm on Thursday 11th of December 2025. This show consists of exclusive & unreleased music from artist/record label friends. big up to all of you sending all this fantastic music. sorry for the slightly distorted parts sometimes but the recording got a little messed up. Also big thanks to Moopie & Hope St. Radio for the invite and hospitality. 

1. Walrus - Do What You Want (released as a single dubplate for Nana Claus Jacobs)
2. Dub Harvest - Silent Bloom (self released on Bandcamp)
3. Bernardo Risquez -  Wise Words (walrus & efx edit) (unreleased)
4. Thomas Hayes - Sho (unreleased)
5. Lawrence - Angels (Ambient Version) (forthcoming Dial Rec.)
6. Walrus - Gather Again 08 (analogmix1) (forthcoming Gems Under The Horizon)
7. e/tape - Test 4 (unreleased)
8. Edie Ashley - Underground03 (poem by Jana Joana) (unreleased)
9. Sagat - Slow Learner (forthcoming on Gems Under The Horizon) 
10. Lawrence - Redwood (forthcoming Dial Rec.)
11. Nathan Boost - Untitled 1 (unreleased)
12. Gwenan - Sketches for Rixa (self released on Bandcamp)
13. Ominous Systems - Bourg 2 (unreleased)
14. Innuendo - Everyone Is Also You (forthcoming on Never Ending Sound Recordings)
15. Reformed Society - Untitled 179 (unreleased)
16. Dojo Zone - Space Dub Extract (unreleased)
17. Sòn Du Maquis - Tolosan Dub (Version) (forthcoming Curio Cabinet)
18. Nicolas Duque - Ease In (forthcoming Drum Syrop)
19. Ramzi - Twilight Of The Idols ft. Guerrinha (forthcoming Ono Rec.)
20. Billus - Lobb Life (forthcoming on Vessel)
21. Erika - Constellated (forthcoming Cartulis Music)
22. Tom Joyce - untitled (unreleased)
23. ESQ (aka Shiva) - Esquencies (forthcoming Delirious Rec.)
24. Nikol - Think In Halves (unreleased)

Walrus @ Hope Street Radio Naarm/Melbourne (11/12/2025)

https://basicmovesbrussels.bandcamp.com/album/timur-basha-inc-dana-kuehr-remix-sluhay-dyakuy-bm21
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The long-standing artistic director, resident DJ, and co-founder of Closer Kyiv, Timur Basha steps up after 15 years of producing in the shadows with his first-ever solo EP. The daughter of Timur’s best friends (Karine + Shakolin) gave us these words to accompany the record on its journey into the world: “sensitivity, serenity, loyalty, hope, luck & love…<3” 

ALL TRACKS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED 
TIMUR BASHA BETWEEN 2018 AND 2025 
REMIX A2 DANA KUEHR
MIXDOWN BRUNO PRONSATO
MASTERING SCAPE
RELEASED 2026 BASIC MOVES
LOGO CAMIEL HERMANS
FONT BB BUREAU
DESIGN CRAIG
CONCEPT WALRUS AND ISLAS

Timur Basha (inc. Dana Kuehr Remix) - Sluhay & Dyakuy (BM21)

First in the new series of The Basic Moves Of............

We had to ask ALBEE aka Denis Monty several times to persuade him to share this mix with you, and us (and the wild, worldwide web) but as you can see, it worked out! Denis has roots in the southwest of the country, better known as the “D” of Belgium. Together with his friend Brassac he started a club night called SERATE, dedicated to deep digging, slow passion and pure intimacy.

https://www.facebook.com/Serate-105186784260476/

The Basic Moves Of ... ALBEE

Third episode in the new mixtape series : The Basic Moves Of ...

Adi accompanies the latest release on the label with this long awaited mix. She describes it herself as a portrait in which she represents the entire reflection of everything that is going on in the world at this moment. listen for yourself. Thank you Adi once again.

The Basic Moves Of ... ADI

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