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Andrew Weatherall – Resident Advisor podcast #470 2015-06-01

“There’s plenty of mythology surrounding Andrew Weatherall—Boys Own, Shoom, Primal Scream, the beard and so on. But in a career that’s lasted over 30 years, and has presumably included every conceivable high and low, Weatherall has always been about cutting out the bullshit, building a reputation that’s beyond reproach.
The short version of the story is that Weatherall established himself as a DJ, producer and journalist during dance music’s first wave in the UK; went on to produce and remix acts like Primal Scream, Beth Orton and My Bloody Valentine; formed two influential groups—Two Lone Swordsmen, The Sabres Of Paradise—who were signed to Warp; and, through his work as a DJ, producer and label boss, became a sort of father figure for leftfield dance music in the UK. These days, collaboration is still an important part of Weatherall’s artistic makeup. He runs the semi-regular “mid-tempo” party A Love From Outer Space with Sean Johnston, which takes place at various venues in the UK and Europe. His last album, Ruled By Passion, Destroyed By Lust was written with Timothy J. Fairplay as The Asphodells; together they write dubby, synth-heavy dance tracks in the manner of a band. While Daniel Avery has almost become Weatherall’s protégé, the two work from the same studio space in East London and play back-to-back whenever they get the chance.
RA.470 incorporates many of the elements that have made Weatherall so consistently interesting. The tempo is set to a carefully considered chug while rich electronics take flight overhead. The tracks are rooted in house and disco but the spirit of a guitar band never feels far away.”

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Dasha Rush – Resident Advisor podcast #469

“Dasha Rush is a Russian techno artist who sees the genre as a starting place not a destination. She is a respected and well-travelled DJ and live performer, but her work is equally focussed away from the dance floor, and sometimes away from music itself. Her recent album for Raster-Noton, Sleepstep, could be a metaphor for her work: “These 16 pieces are transmissions from that state between sleep and wakefulness,” said Tony Naylor, a reflection of the in-between zones her music often inhabits. Dubby but intense, brutal but tender, foggy yet clear—Sleepstep was a wonderful mass of contradictions. Not being one thing or the other is vitally important to Rush, which goes hand-in-hand with her strong independent streak. The majority of the music she’s released since starting out in 2005 has come through her own Fullpanda label and, as she told us in 2013, she’s resistant to playing the publicity game in the way many in the scene do. That’s meant she’s remained off the radar for some techno fans, but it’s also given her the freedom to explore projects and sounds as she pleases.”

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I-F – Resident Advisor podcast #468

“Raw, independent, unpretentious and fun—it isn’t hard to see why artists from The Hague are followed with such feverish devotion. Legowelt is the city’s production powerhouse, Guy Tavares and his Bunker Records label have the history and famed punk attitude, and I-F is the man who, through Intergalactic FM, has built a global community around his crew’s sound. (To give you an idea of its following, last year the station appealed for donations after it was hit with a €5K tax bill—it took 36 hours to raise the money.) The station bubbles 24 hours a day with the sounds of Italo, electro, minimal wave, disco, ambient and whatever other weirdo genres strike Ferenc van der Sluijs’ fancy. It’s been going since 2008, the follow-up to Cybernetic Broadcasting System, a similarly respected radio platform that was known for unearthing Italo gems. It’s been a good few years since van der Sluijs released anything, but as a producer he has an incredible back catalogue, which includes the 1998 album Fucking Consumer and the extended acidic series Lost Tracks For Lost Minds. Through his labels Viewlexx and Murder Capital, he’s also released a wealth of inspired music from other artists.”

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Bjørn Torske – Resident Advisor podcast #466

The revered Norwegian artist takes us higher.
It’s interesting to consider the ways in which different countries have consumed and interpreted house and techno since it sprang from the US all those years ago. It’s a generalisation, sure, but Norwegian producers are often associated with a particularly distinct take on those styles. Tromsø’s Bjørn Torske is the largely responsible for this fact. He started releasing music in the ’90s, and developed a sound that draws as much from disco, dub and psychedelic rock as it does house and techno. He’s released four albums since 1998—two of which, the excellent Nedi Myra and Trøbbel, were recently reissued by Smalltown Supersound—and has worked with key labels like Tellé, Svek and Sex Tags Mania. This has made him a cult favourite in Norway, and an enormous inspiration to guys like Todd Terje, Prins Thomas and Lindstrøm, artists who would go on to spread variations of the Norwegian style around the world. (“Nedi Myra was one of the first house albums I bought, or at least that’s what I thought it was,” Terje said recently. “Weird futuro-bossa and foggy disco-not-really-disco was more like it.”) Torske himself has been more of a low-key presence over the years, but he’s kept up a steady flow of releases and DJs regularly in and around Norway—”my highest priority definitely is to be a DJ and select music for people,” he says below.
Like Torske’s music, his RA podcast is warm, weird, musical and intriguing at every turn.”

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Aquaplano – Resident Advisor podcast #465

“Whether working separately or together as Aquaplano, Donato Dozzy and Nuel make techno that’s fueled by a sense of cosmic drama. Even their club tracks feel profound—abstract compositions that, in their wordless language of rhythm and sound, seem to dwell on the mysteries of existence. Their Aquaplano project was initially short-lived, yielding a pair of desperately sought-after EPs (eventually reissued on Spectrum Spools) and a string of 12-inches on the label of the same name. This year, though, Aquaplano is back, with an album in the works and DJ and live sets to follow.
In this rich and enigmatic mix, Dozzy and Nuel (not to be confused with Neel of Voices From The Lake) take us deep into their soundworld, but not in the way you might expect. RA.465 travels through decades, continents and cultures, finding, in this strikingly varied cast of artists (from original Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett to 20th century spiritual teacher George Gurdjieff) the same sense of awe that drives their own productions.”

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Nick Hoppner – Resident Advisor podcast #463

“Super-smooth house from the Ostgut Ton mainstay.
Nick Höppner has a lot of obvious credentials—for starters, he’s a Panorama Bar resident and celebrated producer on the club’s label, Ostgut Ton, which he managed for years. But the thing that really makes him extraordinary is harder to define. For lack of a better term, it has to do with sincerity. As a DJ and a producer, Höppner’s sound is defined by an emotional honesty that’s rare in dance music. You can hear it in the soaring, bittersweet melodies of his new album, Folk. And you can sense it on the dance floor when he pulls out something like, say, Underworld’s “Two Months Off”—this is a man expressing himself fully and unabashedly through music. And that’s what you get on RA.463, a mix Höppner says was made to showcase his club DJ style as accurately as possible.”

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Job Jobse – Resident Advisor podcast #462

“A few eyebrows may have been raised when Job Jobse snuck into our top DJs of 2014 list, but for those who have seen him play over the past few years it won’t have come as a surprise. Jobse gradually built his name as a resident DJ at the much-loved—and now defunct—Amsterdam nightclub Trouw. He was a regular at its predecessor, Club 11, and his party Drukpers was the first-ever event at Trouw when it opened in 2009. Five years later, Jobse brought the house down when he span the last-ever set at the club, something he describes below as “the biggest honour I can think of.” In the intervening years he played a significant role in establishing Trouw as one of Europe’s best clubs. His melodically rich mix of house, techno, disco and Italo soundtracked countless parties, and as the club’s booker he helped shape the broad-ranging music policy that defined Trouw. Until recently he was also the label manager at Life And Death, the label that along with Innervisions has popularised a style of dance music that Jobse himself calls trance—or at least a form of it. In our recent Thoughts on 2015 piece, we said this style has become the dominant force in underground club music; with his international bookings stacking up, Jobse looks like he’s now a key name in this movement.
On RA.462 we get to hear why. As he explains below, it took Jobse some time to settle on an approach for the mix, but what resulted was a timeless snapshot of what defines him as a DJ.”
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Anthony Naples – Resident Advisor podcast #455

“Around the time of Mad Disrespect’s release, Naples cemented a couple of key relationships. The EP was the first release on Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin’s Mister Saturday Night, the label offshoot of the popular New York party, and Naples became a key member of the group, later returning to the label for another 12-inch. Mad Disrespect also caught the ear of Kieran Hebden, AKA Four Tet, who asked Naples to remix his track “128 Harps.” The collaboration eventually paved the way for Body Pill, Naples’ debut album, which was released today through Hebden’s Text Records. The album is a compact extension of the ground Naples has covered until now, with an exploration of styles and tempos that brings to mind the best work of Actress.
Naples seems to have produced RA.455 in a similar spirit. The set starts with Led Zeppelin and Terry Riley, builds with the crispy house and techno bangers Naples is known for, and then brings things home with some vintage funk.”
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DJ Taye – Resident Advisor podcast #448

“Teklife, the Chicago crew founded by Rashad, Spinn, Traxman et al as Ghettoteknitianz, has become synonymous with footwork itself. It only takes one listen to the group’s recent Next Life compilation to see the musical and geographical reach they have now. Even as they make waves globally, however, Teklife’s core remains in Chicago, where they’re inspiring a younger generation of artists who are practically growing up on footwork. Dante Sanders, AKA DJ Taye, proudly calls himself Teklife’s “youngest member.” He’s been producing and playing out since he was a preteen, and with a remarkably graceful mixing style and quality tracks under his belt, he’s among the most exciting prospects of Teklife’s new breed.”
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2014 in review – Resident Advisor Exchange podcast RA.EX231

RA looks back on 12 months of dance music.
The poll results are in and 2015 is right around the corner. But it’s become tradition here that before shipping off for the holidays, a handful of RA editors and contributors convene to discuss the last 12 months, using the poll results—top DJs, live sets, mixes and albums—as a jumping-off point for a wider discussion about what moved us this year. As usual, we found plenty to talk about, and could have gone on for a good deal longer than this Critics Roundtable’s already extended runtime. So sit back, relax and get ready to go in-depth on 2014.”
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Steve Bug – Resident Advisor Exchange podcast RA.EX230

“Club trends come and go, but Steve Bug has been a constant in dance music over the last two decades. His Poker Flat label has been a key source of crisp, pared-down tech house since its launch in 1999. It started with a bang: the first EP featured Steve Bug’s “Loverboy,” a slinky house track that would help define the label’s sound and, in time, become one of its hits. That record came during a turning point in Bug’s life—his move from Hamburg to Berlin, the slowing-down of his productions and the beginning of a successful run as the head of three labels. With Poker Flat’s 15th anniversary celebrations winding down, we invited Bug by our Berlin office and found him in an especially talkative mood. He took us through his formative experiences at Hamburg’s Front club, his days as a hairdresser and the changes he’s seen over the years in the dance music business.”

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Dorian Concept – Resident Advisor podcast #444

I just bought the new album from Dorian. Highly recommended!
“Can you tell us about the idea behind the mix?
On one hand I wanted to give an insight into the music that inspired me in and around the process of writing Joined Ends. Or in general, highlight musicians who have been influential to me over the last decade or so. Then on the other hand also showcase a lot of my newer productions. I didn’t want the mix to diverge too far from the vibe of the new record, I wanted for there to somehow be a connection between the two from a dramaturgical and aesthetic point of view. And as mentioned before, to just have fun with recording live keys by throwing subtle solos and accentuating melodies and chords in pre-existing tracks. ”
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Dave Clarke – Resident Advisor podcast #437

“The Baron Of Techno drops electro.
For all of his achievements in clubs, on radio and in the studio, it’s been Clarke’s mix CDs that have arguably done the most to secure his status. In particular his two World Service mixes, released in 2001 and 2005 respectively, are seen as masterpieces of the form. For his RA podcast we asked Clarke for an electro mix as a nod to World Service—the mixes were famously divided into a techno disc and an electro disc. He sent us almost 90 minutes of twitchy, syncopated sounds that bear the hallmarks of his classic explorations of the style.”
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Masters At Work – Resident Advisor Exchange podcast RA.EX217

“It wouldn’t be controversial to call Masters At Work the most influential pairing in the history of house. Soaking up the wealth of dance music coming out of New York in the 1980s, they emerged at the turn of the ’90s with a wildly funky sound that seemed to distill the city’s disparate styles. Their hits are numerous, from their countless dub remixes to the ubiquitous “Nervous Track” under their guise Nuyorican Soul. But their combined effect on today’s musical landscape, whether in New York or well beyond the tri-state area, is palpable. Mid ’90s UK DJs speeding up Masters At Work tunes helped spawn speed garage, for example, which left an indelible mark on that country’s dance music scene. As selectors at some of New York’s key ’90s clubs, proprietors of one of house music’s legendary recording studios and fastidious record collectors, we knew they’d have stories to tell. So on the eve of releasing a mammoth four-disc House Masters compilation for Defected, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez and Louie Vega visited our London headquarters to record this extended interview with Stephen Titmus.”
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Lee Gamble – Resident Advisor podcast #433

“It’s both surprising and gratifying that Gamble’s DJing feels like an extension of his music, something he shows emphatically on RA.433. It’s a disorientating session that eschews linearity, not so much a journey as a stumble through a hall of mirrors—look out for sound effects, locked grooves, edits and dubs along the way.”
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