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V.I.V.E.K – Resident Advisor podcast #879 2023-04-10

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“Once upon a time, V.I.V.E.K Sharda was unhappy with the sound at UK nightclubs and parties—sound that he felt couldn’t capture the deepest, truest vibrations of the music he wanted to play and hear—so he just made his own sound system. (Naturally, he called it System.) That should give you an idea of how seriously Sharda takes his wubs and his sub-bass, and if you have even a passing interest in UK sound system culture or dub’s crossover with dance music—including, yes, dubstep—then you’ve probably heard of V.I.V.E.K, or at least heard one of his chest-rattling records.
Along with producers like Om Unit and Kryptic Minds—both of whom feature in the mix below—Sharda has never been one for following trends or concerned about scenes. Instead, he’s fully devoted to the pulse of dub and the luxury of bassweight. He’s put out slow but steady stream of ultra-heavy releases on his own labels System Music and VIVEK, and now he’s on a mission to change perceptions of what 140 BPM music can sound like. That’s what you’ll hear on his RA Podcast, a meditative and occasionally tectonically-shifting mix that highlights dubstep, dub and its many offshoots—not just staggered drums and subterranean low-end but smooth swing and soulful melodies, too.”
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ISAbella – Resident Advisor podcast #875 2023-03-13

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“There’s an old-school touch to ISAbella’s sound. Breakbeats, rolling tech house, progressive house and trance pepper both her studio mixes and her debut EP, transporting listeners to a place of peak ’90s indulgence. It’s no wonder, then, that vintage rave sounds are a signature tenet of MARICAS, the club night and label that she helped start in 2018.
Her love for the ’90s is tangible on her RA Podcast, an emotional journey across breakbeat house, trancey techno and funky electro. First-rate throwbacks such as Canyon’s “Move” and “Lightspan Soundwave” by The Shamen exude a carefree euphoria, while heavier cuts like Desert’s “Moods (Club Mix)” intensify the feeling of rapture. Even the contemporary releases, like Bashkka’s excellent “C-quence Of Calamities,” feel rooted in nostalgia.
MARICAS mixes are usually energetic from the get-go, but ISAbella starts out nice and relaxed this time around. The mix’s most striking element is how personal each track feels—a reflection of her intimate relationship with these records. Each one evokes a special poignancy and though these ephemeral selections were largely improvised, ISAbella believes they “show what’s going on lately and what’s going on forever.””
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Solid Blake – Resident Advisor podcast #873 2023-02-27

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“Emma Blake is, musically, something of a nomad. She made her name—Solid Blake—that is, in Copenhagen, where she cofounded the influential Apeiron Crew alongside Mama Snake and Smokey. They were responsible in establishing the city’s “fast techno” sound, which blended sleek techno and trance influences into something colourful and retro-futuristic. But Blake’s side of things was always more rooted in electro, with a party-starting flair that you might be tempted to pin to her Glaswegian upbringing. (Her first release, Mario, came out on the label of the legendary Glasgow taps-aff basement nightclub La Cheetah.) And she’s also spent time in Berlin, so she has those techno bona fides, too. Another EP, released on Modeselektor’s Seilscheibenpfeiler, further fleshed out her electro-techno hybrid sound, also explored in her Historical Repeater project with Danish artist Ctrls. DJing has been her major focus, though—she has an excellent Rinse FM show—and you’ll hear a refined approach on her excellent RA Podcast, which is like a club set in miniature, starting out midtempo and rushing towards a heady climax with tracks like Pariah’s “Squishy Windows.” It’s loaded with creative grooves, toothsome textures and the kind of sleek melodies that helped define her stint in Copenhagen since the beginning.”
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Joe Delon – Resident Advisor podcast #872 2023-02-20

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“Joe Delon loves music. You might think that would (or should) be self-evident in someone who DJs for a living, but the electronic music world would be a better place if everyone cared and thought as much as he did. In addition to being an increasingly in-demand DJ, he runs a stellar label, Welt Discos and moonlights as a music writer, with a beloved Substack newsletter that he usually updates twice a week. A blend of touring DJ travelogue and mix recommendations, it’s a rich source of information and music from an artist with a warm, friendly voice—and perhaps more importantly, impeccable taste.
It’s that taste that has endeared him to many dance music fans around the world over the last few years, developing a dedicated fanbase who greet every new mix with bated breath (including, hopefully, this one). He’s something of a record digger, but not in the clichéd way—he just loves to find records new and old full of melody, springy rhythms and a generally quirky, positive vibe. The music he selects often has an ’80s tinge to it, even when it’s not from the ’80s, but it’s hard to pin down what he plays, both because his sets are so unpredictable, and because it wouldn’t be fair.
His RA Podcast, as he explains below, is meant to sum up his last year of DJing, a carefully put together selection of favourites from 2022 (meaning records he played that year, not that came out last year). As always, it’s a mix of familiar and far-flung records, mixed with Delon’s breezy, unique style. Part of the reason why people have come to love his DJing so much is that it just kind of puts a smile on your face. Listen and you’ll see.”
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Jennifer Cardini – Resident Advisor podcast #870 2023-02-06

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“People usually talk about Berlin, London, New York when discussing electronic music hotspots, and Paris doesn’t always get its due. Case in point? It produced Jennifer Cardini, one of the most distinctive DJs to to ever come out of the city. (She’s lived in Germany for a while, but the point stands.) Her sound lands somewhere between disco, house and EBM, rooted in a groovy, post-modern chug. You’ll hear nu-disco, industrial, techno and electro too, usually built around big hooks. It’s a sound that is not only instantly recognizable, but instantly likable.
As a producer, Cardini also deserves her flowers. She’s been putting out records since the mid-’90s, and with her first label Correspondant, she’s built up a rock-solid catalogue from artists like Fort Romeau, Man Power, Cormac and more. More recently she started the Dischi Autunno imprint, a place for more crossover-friendly music that indulges Cardini’s tastes for all things melodic (and maybe a little goth).
Cardini’s RA Podcast is a beautiful summary of all these ideas and influences. It’s hard and banging, sure, but also lithe and athletic. There are plenty of tracks with the surge of EBM or the stab of industrial. Lots of reverb. Decadent melodies undergirded by tough drum patterns. And it’s paced as expertly as you’d expect from someone who’s been DJing for over 30 years. In the interview below, Cardini says she “loves how the young generation is digesting four decades of club / rave culture,” and you can hear that history living and breathing in Cardini’s DJing, too.”
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Avtomat – Resident Advisor podcast #869 2023-01-30

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“We’re not in the habit of quoting press materials all the time, but in Kajetan Łukomski’s case, it feels appropriate. The first sentence of his bio is “Avtomat is a person with way too many interests.” If you know any artists from Poland’s wide-ranging, always-growing electronic music scene, chances are he’s one of them. He’s a DJ, producer, organizer and activist, once a member of the queer feminist collective Oramics, and is endlessly passionate about supporting, spreading and playing music from the Central European and Eastern European regions.
With roots in metal, goth and electroclash, there’s a certain spikiness to Łukomski’s style, but also a polyglot knowledge and a hunger for new sounds. He’s found a fitting home on Tańce, a Kraków label that blends electronic music with Polish folk traditions (they also released Naphta’s RA-Recommended Ża​ł​o​ś​ć album, which features on this mix). That’s something of the mission of Łukomski’s RA Podcast, but it’s also just the jumping off point. In these almost four hours of expert blending, genre-jumping and incredible pacing, Łukomski touches on almost every style of dance music you could think of, with aplomb and occasionally surprise (like that irresistible Bloc Party edit). If you can, it’s worth digesting all in one sitting, so you can truly appreciate the ground he covers.”
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Femanyst – Resident Advisor podcast #868 2023-01-23

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“Before she was Femanyst, Akua Grant was called The Lady Blacktronika, also known as the First Lady Of Beatdown. Beatdown was a type of of ultra-deep house characterized by creamy chords, soulful melodies and, in Grant’s case, honeyed vocals. She ran an integral label called Sound Black Recordings, home to some of her best tracks. But around 2017, she turned towards what was essentially the polar opposite: industrial-tinged super hard techno, full of distortion and anger.
This is where we find Grant now, as Femanyst, with a mix that shows off heavy-duty techno that still has a heart. She started her own new label, called Dark Carousel, and has released on Paula Temple’s Noise Manifesto. She manages to take some of the hardest techno around and imbue it with her signature melodic style. This is probably one of the toughest RA Podcasts yet, but it’s also full of feeling, dynamism and tension. Get your best listening setup ready and sink in for two hours.”
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Cardopusher – Resident Advisor podcast #867 2023-01-16

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“Name a genre, and you can bet that Luis Garban has tried his hand at it once or twice. Once a staple of the mid-’00s IDM and breakcore scene—think Tigerbeat6—as Cardopusher, Garban found a temporary home in the dubstep scene afterwards, before shooting off in what felt like a million directions. He might be the only artist to release on both Hyperdub and Boysnoize Records. He makes music that can sound like the future or the past, sometimes both at once, and the Venezuelan-born, Spain-based producer’s name is shorthand for musical adventurism and variety.
Last year, things got even wilder with the debut of Safety Trance, a new alias that explores pan-Latin club music, with a focus on collaboration and shorter, structured songs. (Artists he’s worked with include Arca, Iceboy Violet and Virgen Maria.) It’s some of the best and most creative work of his career, riding a larger Latin techno wave producing some of the best music around these days.
If that weren’t enough, returning to Cardopusher, Garban has a career-best EP on the way for EVAR Records, pulling together the various strands of the project into a multi-genre, Gen-Z-friendly raveathon. Loaded with original tracks from both projects, RA Podcast could be billed as Cardopusher vs. Safety Trance, with highlights coming from Atari Teenage Riot, VTSS and Venetian Snares, which should give you an idea for the kind of controlled chaos you’re in for with this one.”
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Dam Swindle – Resident Advisor podcast #866 2023-01-09

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“Roughly ten years ago—if we pretend the peak pandemic year-and-a-half doesn’t count—Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets first came together as Detroit Swindle, before changing their name to Dam Swindle towards the end of 2020. The original name was meant as a tribute to one of their favorite musical legacies, but recognizing that it didn’t come across how they meant it, the duo changed their name to pay homage to their other favourite place: Amsterdam. Dales and Smeets have become core parts of the Amsterdam house scene in their time, especially with their excellent Heist Recordings label, which they started back in 2013 (hey, now *that’s* literally ten years ago). It’s easy to understand why the duo have become so popular. In person and onstage, they’re goofy, funny guys, the kind of people you might describe as the life of the party. And musically, they’re massively appealing, marrying a European tech house strut to deeper and more soulful inspirations, a preoccupation reflected in Heist’s impressive artist roster: Ge-Ology, Demuir, Byron The Aquarius, Matthew Herbert and more. Their RA Podcast comes at a time of reflection and change, looking back on the decade-plus history of both act and label and plotting their new album, which they say will expand their horizons even more. The mix is eclectic but smooth, pulling together tracks from the likes of Omar-S, Lil Silva, Ruf Dug and Genius Of Time (with one of last year’s most underrated tracks). It’s always a treat to hear consummate club DJs in a more relaxed mode, and this one’s no exception.”
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Anetha – Resident Advisor podcast #865 2023-01-02

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“When it comes to the sound of modern-day techno—fast, melodic and polyglot, working in genres like trance and gabber—it’s hard to find an artist more clearly representative than Anetha. The French DJ encompasses all these influences with style, landing on a lithe sound that’s both heavy and nimble, earning her a first residency at Paris party Blocaus (and, currently, Awakenings and Fuse, among others) and appearances on labels like Work Them and Oaks.
What really sets Anetha apart, though, is her commitment to developing and uplifting the artists around her. She launched her own label, Mama Told Ya, in 2019 with a unique and heartwarming concept: each release would highlight an artist, often young or new to the game, and feature one collaboration with Anetha herself. It’s a move that turns the usual label-artist dynamic on its head, making each new record a fully-fledged collaboration, and lending her own gravitas to the artist she features. And a year later she started an agency—or what she calls a “creative engine”—to help those artists in a more holistic way.
Her RA Podcast is a perfect way to start 2023: with energy and verve, and a perfect balance of light and dark. This is techno at its most creative, dark and discombobulated beats cut through with glowing vocal samples from some of the most recognizable songs of the past five years. If you wanted to explain to someone what techno sounds like in 2023, you’d do well to start here.”
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Skee Mask – Resident Advisor podcast #864 2022-12-26

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“Skee Mask is one of dance music’s greatest crossover stories of the past decade, with new albums greeted with the attention usually reserved for an Aphex Twin or a Caribou. (“Loved seeing this on r/indieheads,” said one Reddit user, on the release of the 2021 LP Pool.) It’s not hard to understand why: albums like Compro, he blends well-worn dance music tropes with incredible, detailed soundscapes and spine-tingling melodies. And on his 12-inches, he brings that sensibility to the dance floor, with an approach probably best described as articulate. Even on his most ambient of tracks, everything is in its right place. Along with founders the Zenker Brothers, his music outlines everything that makes Munich outfit Ilian Tape one of the best techno labels going.
On the decks, it’s kind of a different story. It might surprise you if you only know his albums, but Skee Mask is an incredible DJ, balancing his predilection for hip-hop and UK-informed sounds with laser-focused techno. He can adapt to all sorts of situations—there’s an incredible recording of him DJing with four of the best grime and drum & bass MCs in the business—and on his RA Podcast he focuses on the techno side of things, with nearly two hours of pacey techno and creative mixing, with dips into acid, electro, garage and more. It’s a party-starting mix from a genuine star, perfect for getting through the holiday doldrums or pre-gaming your NYE plans. Like Skee Mask’s best records, it’s something to enjoy in any number of settings.”
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Earth Trax – Resident Advisor podcast #863 2022-12-19

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“Melancholy dance floor moments and gorgeous ambient.
You might have first heard of Earth Trax under his original alias, The Phantom. Or maybe his given name, Bartosz Kruczynski, which he uses for gorgeous ambient music. Or Pejzaz, where he cuts up Polish records from his vast collection. Or as part of Ptaki, another sample-based project he did with fellow Warsaw resident Jaromir Kaminski. You get the idea—dude makes a lot of music. And a lot of it is very good. Earth Trax is the project that really made us swoon, with a soft-focus, sunset-hued meld of techno, breakbeat, progressive house and trance.”
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Skream – Resident Advisor Exchange podcast RA.EX633 2022-11-03

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“The dubstep pioneer talks fatherhood, reinvention and Skreamizm.
“Everyone knows I’m a lively character, I like the party.” Oliver ‘Skream’ Jones is attempting to explain his stamina over a near two decade-long career and true to his unpretentious personality, he makes it sound easy. The 36 year-old has been making music since the age of 15 and despite being a busy father, this unfiltered conversation at RA’s London headquarters confirms that his love for the dance is as strong as ever.
Discussing his childhood, Dubstep Forum and finding confidence through music, the dubstep legend reveals how his social skills, born from childhood visits to the pub with his father, gave him his first record store job. “My musical taste is all over the place, my range is broad,” he says. That includes pop, a style that he likes for its collaborative songwriting process.
Skream’s endurance in an industry that’s synonymous with burnout is remarkable but he simply attributes it to pure instinct. “When something feels right, I do it. I don’t see it as change, I see it as a natural feeling.” That’s why he made the decision years ago to focus on house and techno instead of dubstep, a sound that he transformed from dark and slow to ravey. “I play for myself but that’s what my fanbase has grown to love.”
That intuition also applies to his productions. “I’ve got to a point where I know what I want to hear and make it happen. That comes from doing the same thing for a long time.” In the studio, he says he listens to a track repeatedly “and if it ever gets boring” or doesn’t bring “a certain feeling,” then he knows it’s not ready.
To hear about his approach to remixes, his parenting style and what he has in the pipeline, listen to the conversation in full.”

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OSSX – Resident Advisor podcast #838 2022-06-27

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“East Coast club music in all its glory.”
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Juliana Huxtable – Resident Advisor podcast #803 2021-10-25

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“Forward-thinking techno played by a master of the CDJs.
“If I were to just sit there while the track plays for two minutes I would lose my mind,” Juliana Huxtable told Resident Advisor last year. If you were to sum up her DJing style in one sentence, that might be close to it. The American DJ is one of the most dynamic, creative and innovative jockeys going, and her skills on the CDJs equal Total Freedom or Karizma. She’s one of those DJs who likes to use every piece of technology and function that the CDJs offer, as she explains in the interview below.
But it’s not just a matter of using bells and whistles, either. Huxtable organizes and hears things by tone, atmosphere and, of course, key—she can mix together things that should make no sense on paper, she can stop and start in the strangest of places, or drastically change the tempo on a dime. Her approach is all about tactility, from the feeling of the music, and the way it changes and shifts over her sets, to the feel of the CDJs themselves.
Huxtable’s RA Podcast catches her in peak-time form, inspired by a set she played in Berlin and then tried to recreate. It’s techno with a twist, plowing through tracks from Special Request, Ploy, Hodge and even Coyu, with the kind of aggressive but stylish mixing style we’ve come to expect from Huxtable. Oh, and that stretch through SHYBOI and Jasmine Infiniti through to DJ Seinfeld and Tygapaw in the middle? Divine.”
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