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Friday, August 07, 2026

MUZORAMA 070826 / POST-RAVE DREAMS



This edition of Muzorama moves through the afterimages of rave culture: machine memory, ambient space, fractured rhythm and melodic electronic music that feels simultaneously archival and futuristic.

The mix begins with Mind Control’s “Life For Ever (Infinite Dream Mix)”, establishing a direct connection to the emotional language of early ambient techno. From there, BAE BAE and Kid Drama bring memory, bass pressure and atmospheric breakbeats into the present, while IJO and Bot1500 explore the sampler-driven zone between jungle, IDM and intricate machine rhythm.

The middle section becomes more unstable and experimental. Anastasia Kristensen’s “Magpie Song” introduces an organic, almost ritualistic atmosphere before Temisan Adoki and the Objekt remix of james K shift the mix toward fragmented techno, deconstructed club music and abstract pop. John Tejada & Sainte Béatrix then restore a sense of melodic space, followed by the deeper dubwise pressure of Sub Basics & Pugilist.

In its final movement, the mix opens toward light. John Beltran’s “Sunrise and the Life We Live” brings warmth and emotional clarity, while Heogen returns the sequence to detailed, introspective IDM. Four Tet adds a final burst of rhythmic invention before D3’s “Unexpected” closes the journey with a direct but open-ended electronic momentum.

Post-Rave Dreams is not a nostalgic reconstruction of rave. It is a mix about what remains afterwards: blurred memories, unfinished futures, warm machines and rhythms that continue to mutate long after the original moment has disappeared.

Tracklist:

Mind Control — Life For Ever (Infinite Dream Mix)

BAE BAE — living in the memory (reese mix)

Kid Drama — Forever Sun

IJO — One Decision

Bot1500 — Abstract Springs

Anastasia Kristensen — Magpie Song

Temisan Adoki — Phase Shift

james K — Play (Objekt Remix)

John Tejada & Sainte Béatrix — Moss and Pink

Sub Basics & Pugilist — Strings

John Beltran — Sunrise and the Life We Live

Heogen — Phase 2

Four Tet — T246 130ish Electribe Plaits

D3 — Unexpected