NEWS | Steve Rachmad Features in VPRO 3voor12’s Open Ground Report

VPRO 3voor12 travels to Open Ground in Wuppertal, Germany, a small club that’s quickly built a reputation for having some of the best sound in the world, with Steve Rachmad playing under his dub techno alias Parallel 9. He talks through why sound quality matters so much to him as a DJ, how certain records simply don’t work on a bad system, and what it means to play Open Ground given its connection to Mark Ernestus, one of dub techno’s founding figures. The piece also previews Rachmad’s upcoming ADE 2026 schedule, including sets as Parallel 9, Sterac, and an ambient set under his own name.

Read the full piece on VPRO 3voor12.