There’s a directness to how DC Salas operates. Brussels-based, Peruvian by blood, and two decades deep into a career that has never needed much explanation — the music does that work. His sets draw from house, techno, trance, italo and New Beat, not as a genre exercise but as a natural expression of someone who has absorbed all of it and plays from instinct. Fuse and Kiosk Radio are home turf. Robert Johnson, Renate, Rex Club, Nitsa, Horst and Dour are the wider world he moves through with ease.
His production output tells a similar story of quiet prolificacy. Labels like Live at Robert Johnson, Correspondant, Relish, Kill The DJ, Futureboogie and B-Pitch Control make up a discography that has grown steadily since his early releases, built release by release rather than in bursts. Biologic Records, the label he co-founded in 2012, remains a constant — a home base he’s maintained and shaped alongside his own artistic development.
His mix for our podcast series is a timely reminder of the envelope pushing sounds that DC Salas has in his arsenal. From low slung electro grooves, then winding up the pressure through muscular house and acid soaked minimal grooves, the trip is an intense workout. If you ever find yourself in Belgium, specifically Brussels, ensure that you make a bee line for any number of top clubs where DC Salas plies his trade.
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