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Mechanical Breakdown

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Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP is a weekly two-hour program exploring the many different styles of various wave and synth genres, including, New Beat, Italo, Post-Punk, EBM and more.
 

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Next Mechanical Breakdown Guest mix is by tending tropic (amsterdam)

BIO:

Tending Tropic is an Amsterdam-based producer trio and live electronic act united by a shared love for duga duga basslines and dark, hypnotic synth leads. Their sound draws from 80s Italo disco, modern disco, and rave influences—coined by the three friends as "Post Disco Italo Rave": high-energy, dance-driven music built for late nights.

Their debut track “Hondebrok” on David Vunk's Moustache Records gained international support throughout 2024 and 2025, followed by the Terpentine EP (2025) on the same imprint, which expanded their deep driving sound. The trio released a second EP Distorted Reality (2025) this year on Melopee Records which pushes further into atmospheric, dark italo disco rave territory. With a number of releases and exciting collaborations  slated for 2026 and an ever-evolving live show, they are ready to share some duga duga on a dancefloor near you.

Pronouns are he/his, they/theirs (plural)

Upcoming shows & releases - TBC - Some really exciting things coming up that we can't really share right now- and we remain open for bookings :) - hit us up in the DMs

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Upcoming Mechanical Breakdown Mixes:
November - Tending Tropic
December - Kris Baha


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