Welcome back to the Gated pod. This month, Manoli Moriaty delivers a fierce, sometimes brutal mix of techno. A producer and performer with live electronics and adaptive playback systems, Manoli began in Manchester’s early-2000s free-party scene, developing a practice shaped by DJ, turntablist, and controllerist cultures. His work blends niche offshoots of popular genres with avant-garde sonorities and has been presented internationally. He now lives in Liverpool, teaching music performance and creative technology.
He recently researched DJ performance and genre conventions, saying: “When Node invited me on, I was deep in research across genres and instrument types. That shaped the mix: a chance to try new instruments, build coherence, and signal where techno could evolve. I wanted to highlight under-recognised artists, avoiding both arena-friendly anthems and underground snobbery.
The mix leans toward what Dave Clarke called post-techno, moving through four phases over 111 minutes: ambient and dub-leaning textures with abstract rhythms; fragile but darker shades; a harder midpoint driven by half-time patterns; and a rise into peak-time energy. It was recorded in my garden-shed studio last May using an Allen & Heath Xone:96 and four Traktor Kontrol D2s. Automatic sync handled tempo, letting me focus on tonal balance, arrangement, and the occasional intense head-nod.
Thanks to Node for the invite and discussions feeding into my forthcoming Dancecult Journal article, Playing by the Rules? Genre Conventions in Contemporary DJ Performance." More at dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult.
Manoli Moriaty, December 2025 | @manolimoriaty | manolimoriaty.com
Tracklist:
Gated intro: 2 forthcoming tracks from Gated
Vril – Kynant Records
Grad_U – Entropy Records
Alex Schultz – Not on label
Low F Signal – Advanced (Black)
Anthony Linell – Northern Electronics
Vril – Delsin Records
Faint Companion to Alcor – Illegal Alien Records
Xris Vavrzhina – Newrhythmic Records
Boyd Goosman – Aequilon Records
Burden – Planet Rhythm
Quelza – Mord
Ignez – Token
Ignez – Token
DEAS – Dynamic Reflection
Massa – Semantica Records
Michal Wolski – Minicromusic Rec.
Kenny Dahl – Advanced (Black)
Alexskyspirit – Edit Select
Fergus Sweetland – Illegal Alien Records
Aicrag – Gowk
A.Morgan – Newrhythmic Records
Arthur Robert – Planet X Recordings
Nicolas Bougaïeff – Not on label
Sigvard – Materia
Perfo – Mord
Obstructor – Canticle Records
Mike Parker – Geophone
Deano – Illegal Alien Records
DEAS – Dynamic Reflection
Markus Suckut – SCKT
Markee Ledge – Breakbeat Culture
Blovk – Newrhythmic Records
Linn Elisabet – Planet Rhythm
Acaera – Portal Records
Carmelo Ponente – Newrhythmic Records
VSK – 47
Metapattern – Mord
AnD – Electric Deluxe
Uun – Cathedrals
Pfirter – Mord
Terence Fixmer – Planete Rouge
A.Morgan – Not on label
Antony Doria – ANAØH
Space DJz – Recode Musik
DEAS – Baumuzik
Drumcell & Thomas Hoffknecht – CLR
Divide & Joton – Newrhythmic Records
Xris Vavrzhina – Illegal Alien Records
Vinicius Honorio – Soma Records
NØRBAK – Hayes
Pfirter – Paralelo
Joton – Illegal Alien Records
Perc – Perc Trax
Kamikaze Space Programme – Natural Selection
Merzbow & Genesis Breyer P-Orridge – Cold Spring
Mr. Jones – The Public Stand
