Monument Podcast

MNMT 537 sees us welcome fresh talent from Sheffield, UK — Meridian.r.

Here, he delivers a vinyl-only selection traversing hypnotic techno and its deeper territories, with precision transitions folding track elements seamlessly into one another. Prepare for an enveloping journey.

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Tracklist :

Sindh - Saptura [IDO]
Deepchord - Fog Hotel [Soma Records]
Porter Brook - Untitled [Unreleased]
SnP 500 - Purt [Doo Records]
Zemög - Fisiltilar [Whispering Signals]
Lerosa - Transient Vinyl Edit [Assemble Music]
BNJMN - Reticuli [Bright Sounds]
Achterbahn D’Amour - Dehaveland (VC-118A Remix) [Acid Test]
Atomic Moog - Ecotone [Appian]
OK EG - Dual Path [Appian]
Feph - A Realization [Monday Off]
Fen - Basilica [Unreleased]
Charles LLC - Introduction [Subosc]
Porter Brook - Untitled [Unreleased]
Zemög - A’Te [Forsvarlig Arkiv]
Rhyw - Aqua Velva [Arcing Seas]
Mike Parker - Lustration (Edit Select Remix) [Prologue]
Picture - Keeeeeee [Short Span]
Härdstedt - Shill [Hypnus]

It’s Sunday, and we’re slowly approaching the last night of Monument 2026. Before the closing set, one of the more distinctive voices coming out of Japan’s underground techno scene enters Varden.

OCCA has spent more than twenty years building his sound and community in Sapporo and Tokyo. That sound is now travelling all over the world, and this night it will journey through the forest in Veggli.

«I didn’t plan my set in advance. Instead, I put a large selection of tracks I had in mind into a playlist. Once I arrived at the festival, I gradually shaped the set; enjoying the music, connecting with people, and taking in the nature and weather around me.

I wanted to bring an energy that would feel powerful and danceable under the sunlight, while also incorporating something that would make people reflect on the time they had spent at the festival – as we moved towards the closing.

I was unsure whether to play a track from a live recording featuring Suzanne Ciani performing with the Metropole Orkest, conducted by Simon Dobson. But when I saw how much the audience was yearning for the music, I felt confident enough to play it. I also can’t forget the scene when the low end of Pearson Sound’s “XLB (Allen Mock x Herbalistek Remix)” ran through the crowd like a tidal wave.

When I left the booth, I was filled with joy and gratitude. Passing the baton from Feral, a longtime friend and an artist I deeply respect, to Efdemin, whom I have been a huge fan of since I first started DJing. I had dreamed of playing at Monument for a long time, so finally being able to stand there and play was a very special moment for me.»

– OCCA (@oooccaaa)

Listen to OCCA, Sunday night at Monument festival, out now on our SoundCloud.

Photo: Jacopo Severitano
Text: Alexander Lund

After joining us at Monument Festival last year for a b2b with Beatrice M, Bambi now steps into the podcast series with a solo mix.

“Starting with a meditative intro, the mix slowly moves through epic breaks into minimal, percussive and driving rhythms, getting deeper and more psychedelic along the way before opening into some pretty, trancey and dubby atmospheres.

I had a lot of fun layering vocals and percussion throughout, letting little elements come and go and hopefully creating a sense of movement through the whole journey.

It features many of the tracks I’ve been playing throughout this summer’s tour, including some from my set at FOLD x UTE in late August, while trying to channel the incredible experience I had at Monument last year and weave some of those memories into the mix. Hope you’ll feel that too :)”

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Tracklist :

1. APNI - apni (a desire)
2. Kangding Ray - Kote
3. Emika Elena - Nettaiya
4. Divine Earth - Meditation: align with Nature's Intelligence (feat Sirius B)
5. Onyr - Dream
6. The Alchemical Theory - Evocation
7. Three Oscillators - Hypnagogia (Soop Remix)
8. Alan Backdrop - Eona
9. Emika Elena - Reflection (Multicast Dynamics Remix)
10. Sub Basics & Pugilist - Strings
11. Sub Basics - unreleased
12. Al Wootton - Ashe
13. Studio Natura - Third terms
14. Etapp Kyle - Ritual
15. Derbeki - Sevda
16. Onyr - Casting off
17. monosym - unreleased
18. Claudio PRC - Anlage
19. OK EG - unreleased
20. Robert Istoc - untraceable
21. Vinyl Speed Adjust - Phrase
22. Binaural Beats Project - Techo'
23. Sindh - Miari
24. Dasha Rush - deep night
25. Burden - Underpass
26. Tadeo - Eclipse
27. Ben Klock x Etapp Kyle - A Friend Of A Friend
28. Singular Anomalies - Variabili Nascoste
29. Caustic Window - Italic Eyeball
30. Agonis - Kongruenz
31. Jens Buchert - Solar Plexus
32. Astralasia - Air
33. Kolo - Track One (Original Transmission Mix)
34. Deep Space Organism's - Inner Moment

Foreign Material returns for his third outing in our live series.

Here he delivers a deep and atmospheric session built around his own works and live improvisation, offering a rare insight into his distinctive approach and supreme capabilities as a producer.

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Based in Berlin, Phalcon has been quietly shaping a language that feels very much his own, moving through dub, percussion, broken rhythms and deeper electronic territories.

This mix says a lot about the way he listens to music. Patient, curious and physical, with a strong sense of space and timing. As he describes it: “A ritualistic journey where tribal percussion moves through deep, dub-soaked landscapes.”

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