DJ Plant Texture

Italian DJ Plant Texture drops ambitious techno odyssey Mondo Nuovo on Mutual
Rytm sub-label, X.

Bari-based underground mainstay Dona Basile, aka DJ Plant Texture, has been crafting forward-thinking techno for a decade, releasing on leading labels from Ilian Tape to Tresor Berlin. Adding to his rich catalogue, his label debut on SHDWs Mutual Rytm sub-label X is a homage to the spirit of space travel. With the label boss already a long-time fan and having dropped tracks from this EP in his sets for a while, the partnership creates an ideal match for an artist and label looking to push the boundaries of the genre. With Basiles distinctive style perfectly fitting with the labels vision, each of the productions provides a tribute to space exploration - fusing analogue hardware and deep rhythmic invention while channelling everything from early sci-fi cinema to the 80s ambient soundtracks. ''Space exploration is the ultimate metaphor for creative freedom. This album is my way of sonically mapping the cosmos, not through melody but through mood, modulation and motion'', notes Basile.

Opener Wormhole is a raw, driving sound with synth pulses and jacked-up drums for peak time chaos, while Echoes evokes ramps it up further with panel-beating percussive loops, earth-shattering bass and twisted stabs. The title track pairs more physical and booming drums with introspective synth craft that encourages deep thought. Flex The Beat is the first of two digital only cuts and offers a chaotic collision of overdrive percussion, manic vocal loops and reversed stabs for utter dance floor carnage, before Let It Go (Jungle Mix) provides a dark exploration of
frenzied jungle breakbeats with drilling bass to close the offering. DJ Plant Texture Mondo Nuovo drops via Mutual Rytm X on 4th July 2025 as a limited 10'' vinyl release.

• 1 Wormhole
• 2 Echoes
• 3 Mondo Nuovo