As a wanderer between club cultures, a style innovator, and an all-too-often-unrecognised production giant, Ryan Lee West has left virtually nothing to be desired over the last two decades. Time and time again, the Londoner has managed to produce great hits of almost Olympic quality, for which he has been celebrated across Europe by the arts pages and freaks of various genres alike. Even picky crate-diggers get tears in their eyes when West drops the next hammer as Rival Consoles. What he touches – and how he does so – is never really predictable, but everything seems to turn into shimmering audio gold thanks to the artist’s intuition and measure. Whether it’s a shimmering electro trip, such as “Kid Velo” (2011), the cinematic sampling artwork of “Overflow” (2021), mystical microhouse on “Persona” (2018), or hypnotic ambient techno in the haze of “Now Is” (2022): It’s not without good reason that this man is regarded as one of the leading minds in the world of electronic music. A producer’s producer, some say. If you don’t believe it, take an evening off in September and come to St. Pauli to see for yourself.