"I was raised on Ray Lynch, Enya, and Lorry Anderson, their music was very little drum work, all pads, sync work, and sweeping orchestral melodies." We sit across from Ryan Lawhon the genius behind Mating Ritual in his Los Angeles Arts District apartment. I watch his cat walk across one of his keyboards and imagine him as a 4 year old in Oakland Hills on the east bay of San Francisco, listening to his mothers records, in a blissful trance, his mind subconsciously logging every tiny detail of his favorite songs.

Gradual are a dynamic Polish duo that create dark and pulsating techno. Like many of their genre's counterparts, like Chris Liebling and Adam X, Gradual's sound draws you in with driving rhythms and deep sub-bass.

Sometimes a DJ set finds its way into my ears that fuels my nights, those nights that I spend reading, writing, curating, and being creative. Lente's latest set is such a piece of music, and we are happy to bring it to you as a free download.

Next in line for our electronic music podcast On A Quest For Legends that we bring you in collabo with our friends at KENTAUR Podcast Sagas is Arkadiusz, a young talent that we've already featured before as Mix of the Month.

When an album comes out in the twilight month of the year that makes us feel like we are knees deep on a surf trip with sun kissed skin and salted hair, we are infinitely grateful. ‘Out of Touch’ by Brothertiger (aka John Jagos) is such an album.

Violence seems to be sitting at my doorstep. Living in Los Angeles, current events bring a heightened sense of awareness. I'm more sensitive to the crowd, going inward amongst the insanity, a conscience pull towards those people that are by definition beautifully 'unaffected.'

Still On A Quest For Legends in our search for the most promising upcoming DJ talents, today it's time to present Jonas Saalbach, hailing from Berlin. German-born Jonas has already built an incredible reputation given his young age of 25.