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Home Archives is the intersection between the two places Alex calls “home”. Bucharest-born and now London-based, Alex Gradinaru (Times Two) aims to showcase some of the formative sounds that have helped shape his teenage years and later journey throughout the UK. Alex crafts his sets with intent, spanning across a broad range of genres, including drum and bass, jungle, dubstep and UK bass music. Live on @black-rhino-radio, every 4th Monday, from 19:00 See all shows & tracklists at bit.ly/3BcIC1B

For this episode of Den Of Sound, Two Phase U produced a 2 hour set only with his own unreleased productions. A true master at his craft! Hernán González, also known as Two Phase U and Cooptrol, has been producing electronic music since 1995. Always based in Montevideo, he has gone through various styles: from industrial and EBM in the 90s, through IDM and dubtechno in the 00s, to his current sound, which combines techno, electro, house, acid, trance, and all of the above. His music has been released in digital, vinyl, and CD through uruguayan and international labels. He performs live with hardware and has toured Southamerican and European countries. He also has made audiovisual performances and installations, works as a mixing and mastering engineer, manages the Tiredebeat label, and teaches music production since 2014. Produced by @who_ann Live on @black-rhino-radio, every 4th Monday, from 14:00 See all shows at bit.ly/3BD8uE5

Working in the background of some of your favorite festivals for over 10 years, Batki is immersed in music and hears plenty to share. In her sets, she loves exploring the intersections between different genres, and what ties them together is often a percussive, bassy, melodic and uplifting sound. You can expect to hear some dub, jazz, dubstep, house, electro, breaks, or anything in between. So far in her journey, she has played at festivals such as Outlook, Dimensions, We Out Here, Hospitality on The Beach, Membrain, as well as in some of London’s busiest venues like Night Tales and NT’s Loft. Produced by @skimir2 Live on @black-rhino-radio, every 4th Wednesday, from 17:00 See all shows & tracklists at bit.ly/3BD8uE5

For this edition of VIBE on Black Rhino Radio, I’ve put together a celebratory mix for International Jazz Day — a journey through the edges of jazz as it lives and breathes today. Fresh releases, forward-thinking artists, from intimate to big combos, electronic textures and soulful experimentation. A shared pulse that connects scenes, cities and states of mind — jazz as a language in motion. Live on @black-rhino-radio, every 4th Wednesday, from 13:00. See all shows & tracklists at bit.ly/3BD8uE5

Islanders is a collective based in Belle-Île. United by a passion for sound systems for over 10 years, they draw inspiration from Roots culture and UK dub, sharing their sound system ethos through their selection of Roots, Rock and Reggae tracks and the latest releases. Produced by @maliman_sound Live on @black-rhino-radio, every 8th Tuesday, from 17:00 EEST See all shows & tracklists at bit.ly/3o0hdMz

Dragos is a London-based DJ, radio host and aspiring writer. Whether you’re tuning into his now 10-year-strong "JAS" residency on Netil Radio every first Sunday of the month or his many guest shows on stations such as NTS, The Lot Radio in New York, Red Light Radio in Amsterdam, and Radio Relativa in Madrid, you can always hear something at least interesting and at best romantic. Recently, Dragos has been focusing on his writing. He runs a Substack called "The Third Place" sharing occasional long-form essays dedicated to kicking over cultural rocks and seeing what may lie underneath. Live on @black-rhino-radio, every 4th Tuesday, from 12:00 See all shows at bit.ly/3BD8uE5

Mi contra fa est diabolus in musica. Live on @black-rhino-radio, every 4th Monday, from 21:00 See all shows & tracklists at bit.ly/3BD8uE5

Omcuom is a musical journey where sound intertwines or, in other words, is looking to breathe in between cultural topics that concern our contemporary life. The show consists of two hours of personal sound selections interplaying with debates over an art theme, occasionally with special guests. The music will have a lyrical tendency and will vary in genres, from electronic to cinema music all the way to retro-electro and crypt-hop. Prepare yourself to taste cultural and artistic topics from some of the most active social actors, architects, musicians and curators of our times, plus some philosophical instances that seem to highlight their working paths, all carefully chosen from great magazines and recent publications. See all shows & tracklists at bit.ly/3BD8uE5