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Veering away from the live recordings format, our friend Gōdō delivers the next instalment of our mix series with a trance-infused studio mix.
The Italian DJ has an affection for electro and more hypnotic rhythms which are on show in his Rio mix, which finds him in an ethereal and dreamy headspace.
A proper miniature trip, it’s a mix you’ll want to keep coming back to.
Chez has a style that is hard to put your finger on, as Rio 017 well demonstrates. Recorded on the opening night of Bonanza, Chez kicked the terrace into action with a chuggy but cheerful selection of swampy groovers.
Moving seamlessly from heads down tech house to breaks and EBM-ish numbers, Rio 017 is peppered with flecks of acid, swaying basslines and plenty of character.
One to keep the summer flowing xx
The 16th part of our podcast puzzle comes from Que Sakamoto.
The nomadic Japanese DJ and producer and self proclaimed "party ninja" serves up 3 hours of peak-time breaks, trance, tech house and techno, recorded live in March 2025 at the Rio. There is a certain quality that courses through his DJ sets that is hard to pin down; psychedelic? Definitely. Playful? Of course.
It's fair to say that a lot of the music Que plays you won't have heard before and most likely won't hear again. He's always got his own unreleased bombs up his sleeve, plus plenty of Japanese rarities that just hit each time. Dive in to the world of Que Sakamoto.
Taking over after Nicolas Lutz playing a magnificent sunrise set to a packed terrace is no easy task, but Adi made easy work of it on the Sunday morning of Bonanza this year.
Kicking off at 7.30am, Adi never let the energy dip, working through house, electro and techno all underlaid with her trademark acidy sound palette.
Listening back, this captures the sun-kissed energy of that morning perfectly.
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