DJ Sense – Bassiani Podcast 309 Tracklist
Emerging from Tbilisi’s restless underground, DJ Sense (Otiko Gakharia) is a 90s-born selector both shaped by and shaping the techno landscape in Georgia. Over the span of his relatively short career, he’s built a reputation for hypnotic sounds that unfold slowly and follow their calculated trajectory into the early hours. A resident at TES Club (one of Tbilisi’s foremost spaces for electronic fare), Sense has come into focus as a master of shifting energies and precision loops. He’s also known as curator and party organizer, having launched his infamous event series U.F.O. (Unit for Observation) as platform for the exploration of techno’s outer fringes.
As host of radio show Tears in Club he pushes the limits of standard dancefloor acoustics into the realm of pure listening, exemplifying an approach to sound that’s not just expertly cut, but heavily researched. While maintaining close links to the city that made him, he now brings that sound to the world with performances at venues like Den Anden Side (DK), Hayfilm Cluster (AM), ://about blank (DE) and The White Hotel (UK). Pushing the letter ever forward, Sense brings his recondite beats to the Podcast, an 82-minute build that balances force and restraint, techno that hightails through murky waters, DJ Sense’s unbending vision for techno brought to a narrative point in constant flux.