Berlin composer and producer Alejandro Mosso returns for a follow-up conversation — on art as biological necessity, the tension between control and surrender in the studio, two decades of sound, and why live electronic music matters more than ever.

Portland-based producer FENRA has released his sophomore EP, CHICAGO, alongside its mesmerizing focus track "CHICAGO PM," via Base Layer Records.

Five years in the making. Five cities. Thirteen record stores. One profound question: what does it mean to keep a scene alive? Damien and Gautier Barras went to Japan to find out — and came back with something none of them expected.

They set up a temporary studio inside Hôtel Costes. Temporary became permanent. Three years on: eight albums, sixteen EPs, MidiMinuit — three days, zero rehearsals, all improvised in a Kreuzberg loft with a B-Steinway and a Studer console. Ricardo Villalobos has already claimed Glacial as the album of his dreams. Kirk Lightsey came at 80 and played with the enthusiasm of a newcomer.

He started with skateboarding. Then at 18 he walked into a record shop and never fully left. French-American producer Anthony Collins — Panorama Bar marathons, DC10 Ibiza, Scissor & Thread, remixes for Villalobos — gives his views on labels, life, and why there is always a bright side. Always.