RA Podcast

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1. RA.888 Hieroglyphic Being

   11 Jun 2023 · 2 h 01 min

   You never know what you're going to get if you see the name Hieroglyphic Being on a record or a flyer, but there's a good chance it'll be some of the best, most jacking house you've ever heard. Jamal Moss embodies the…

2. RA.887 Shinedoe

   4 Jun 2023 · 1 h 18 min

   At the age of 16, Shinedoe was already comfortable in the club. The Dutch artist started dancing at parties as a part-time job while studying before finding her way behind the decks. She landed her first big DJ booking…

3. RA.886 Daria Kolosova

   28 May 2023 · 1 h 11 min

   Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Daria Kolosova was one of the brightest stars of Kyiv's incredible techno scene, when the city was among the best places for the genre anywhere in the world (and remains so, even…

4. RA.885 Cormac

   21 May 2023 · 2 h 24 min

   You might describe Cormac as a late bloomer. Or he might describe himself that way. Though he's been in the dance music game for a long time—a regular at Trash and Nag Nag Nag, and a resident and booker at the old…

5. RA.884 Etapp Kyle

   14 May 2023 · 58 min

   Since emerging (to most the world) on Ben Klock's Klockworks label, Ukrainian producer Etapp Kyle immediately caught attention of Berlin's techno cognoscenti, with a sound that seemed perfectly fit for the Berghain…

6. RA.883 Fever Ray

   7 May 2023 · 1 h 08 min

   Co-mixed with @Aasthma. There are few people who have had as much of an impact on contemporary electronic music as Karin Dreijer, whether with their brother Olof in The Knife or with their solo project, Fever Ray.…

7. RA.882 Otik

   30 Apr 2023 · 1 h 32 min

   Before starting his own label Solar Body, Otik released music on labels like INTERGRADED, Keysound, 3024 and Shall Not Fade, doing his rounds on the imprints that make up a constellation of the UK's most exciting club…

8. RA.881 Elisa Bee

   23 Apr 2023 · 1 h 09 min

   Hard work can pay off. Just ask Elisa Bee. The Sardinian producer and DJ has been working diligently since 2007, exploring and then refining a style of techno that has that rare, hard-to-put-your-finger-on quality: a…

9. RA.880 Bill Kouligas

   16 Apr 2023 · 1 h 32 min

   Bill Kouligas is the mind behind one of modern electronic music's greatest and most innovative labels, PAN. His remarkable ear for music meant that he released some of the earliest records from luminaries like Yves…

10. RA.879 V.I.V.E.K

    9 Apr 2023 · 1 h 09 min

    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…

11. RA.878 Akua

    2 Apr 2023 · 1 h 11 min

    There are DJs, then there are DJs who capture—and live—a moment in dance music's evolution. Born in Los Angeles, but based in New York for the better half of a decade, Akua has established herself as the latter, an…

12. RA.877 Eddie Fowlkes

    26 Mar 2023 · 1 h 00 min

    As he'll happily tell you, Eddie Fowlkes has been DJing for 42 years. That's a long time for anyone, but especially for someone who never really stopped. From his early records on Juan Atkins' Metroplex record label…

13. RA.876 Rebolledo

    19 Mar 2023 · 1 h 13 min

    Mauricio Rebolledo is one of those veteran artists who has stood the test of time. He can play Burning Man, go back-to-back with DJ Tennis and mentor young producers with unwavering finesse, staying true to his…

14. RA.875 ISAbella

    12 Mar 2023 · 1 h 38 min

    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.…

15. RA.874 Parrish Smith

    5 Mar 2023 · 1 h 34 min

    "I am going to take you on a ride where I will challenge you to back down or go with me," Parrish Smith says in the interview below. "If you don't like to do this, and you see a glimpse of me, you will dislike me. But…

16. RA.873 Solid Blake

    26 Feb 2023 · 1 h 12 min

    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…

17. RA.872 Joe Delon

    19 Feb 2023 · 1 h 54 min

    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…

18. RA.871 Kikelomo

    12 Feb 2023 · 1 h 50 min

    "I'm usually the first person to label Valentine's Day a commercial scam," says Kikelomo in the interview below, "however I recently realised that sharing music and connecting with people through sound is one of the…

19. RA.870 Jennifer Cardini

    5 Feb 2023 · 1 h 26 min

    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…

20. RA.869 Avtomat

    29 Jan 2023 · 3 h 39 min

    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…

21. RA.868 Femanyst

    22 Jan 2023 · 2 h 10 min

    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…

22. RA.867 Cardopusher

    15 Jan 2023 · 1 h 02 min

    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…

23. RA.866 Dam Swindle

    8 Jan 2023 · 1 h 30 min

    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…

24. RA.865 Anetha

    1 Jan 2023 · 1 h 42 min

    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…

25. RA.864 Skee Mask

    26 Dec 2022 · 1 h 43 min

    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…

26. RA.863 Earth Trax

    19 Dec 2022 · 2 h 38 min

    You might have first heard of Earth Trax under his original alias, The Phantom. Or maybe his given name, Bartosz Kruczyński, which he uses for gorgeous ambient music. Or Pejzaż, where he cuts up Polish records from his…

27. RA.862 Yazzus

    12 Dec 2022 · 2 h 07 min

    Yazzus is one of the most exciting DJs out of the UK right now. But she doesn't play the usual UK stuff. Instead, her work—her productions and her DJing—is both a historiography and a dialogue of the Black Atlantic…

28. RA.861 Sedef Adasi

    5 Dec 2022 · 1 h 18 min

    Being named a resident at Berghain is likely an unattainable dream for so many DJs, but for Sedef Adasi, it all happened naturally. The Turkish producer grew up in the mid-sized Bavarian city of Augsburg, where a lack…

29. RA.860 Kai Campos (Mount Kimbie)

    28 Nov 2022 · 55 min

    This month, UK duo Mount Kimbie put out a double-album that is essentially two solo records welded together. It's not terribly surprising: each member lives in different countries (the hip-hop inspired Dom Maker in LA,…

30. RA.859 Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy

    21 Nov 2022 · 1 h 59 min

    As part of our celebration of 21 years of club culture, we're featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties and clubs most important to their lives in dance music. The Loft is one…

31. RA.858 DJ Voices

    14 Nov 2022 · 2 h 41 min

    As part of RA2122, our ongoing celebration of 21 years of club culture, we'll be featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties or clubs most important to their lives in dance…

32. RA.857 Marie Davidson

    7 Nov 2022 · 1 h 32 min

    For our RA2122 series, we've been focusing on dyed-in-the-wool DJs paying tribute to the places that were most important to them. But what if you're an electronic music superstar and you didn't necessarily get your…

33. RA.856 Karizma

    31 Oct 2022 · 59 min

    As part of RA2122, our ongoing celebration of 21 years of club culture, we'll be featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties or clubs most important to their lives in dance…

34. RA.855 DJ Nobu

    24 Oct 2022 · 1 h 06 min

    As part of RA2122, our ongoing celebration of 21 years of club culture, we'll be featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties or clubs most important to their lives in dance…

35. RA.854 François K

    17 Oct 2022 · 4 h 12 min

    As part of RA2122, our ongoing celebration of 21 years of club culture, we'll be featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties or clubs most important to their lives in dance…

36. RA.853 Tama Sumo & Lakuti

    10 Oct 2022 · 1 h 34 min

    As part of RA2122, our ongoing celebration of 21 years of club culture, we'll be featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties or clubs most important to their lives in dance…

37. RA.852 Infinity Division

    3 Oct 2022 · 1 h 22 min

    This week's RA Podcast marks something of a debut for Infinity Division, the new solo project from Canadian artist Ash Luk, best known as one half of EBM-techno duo Minimal Violence. (Minimal Violence had itself been a…

38. RA.851 Hamish & Toby

    26 Sep 2022 · 3 h 58 min

    For some dance music fans, Hamish & Toby may be their new favourite DJs thanks to a recent US tour and excellent sets at festivals like Glastonbury, Dimensions, Houghton and Freerotation. 2022 was, after all, a…

39. RA.850 Nene H

    19 Sep 2022 · 1 h 04 min

    Whether you're hearing a track or a DJ set, you can usually tell it's Nene H pretty quickly. In just a few years, Beste Aydin has developed a very specific approach within the realm of techno. She inhabits the genre…

40. RA.849 ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U

    12 Sep 2022 · 2 h 00 min

    Depending on who you ask, Yousuke Yukimatsu is the best DJ in the world. Or at least in Japan. The eccentric Osaka-born, Tokyo-based DJ has built up an arsenal of fans and disciples—most famously Tzusing—who revere his…

41. RA.848 Nikki Nair

    5 Sep 2022 · 2 h 11 min

    If you haven't heard of Nikki Nair at this point, we'd invite you to come out from under that rock you're living in. But jokes aside, the last 12 months have been the Atlanta producer's year. He's toured seemingly…

42. RA.847 Bella Boo

    29 Aug 2022 · 1 h 44 min

    As anyone who's been to a Nordic country in the summer will tell you, there's a certain magic in the temperate air that you only get from a place that is cold and dark for most of the rest of the year. That probably…

43. RA.846 DJ Noir

    22 Aug 2022 · 1 h 01 min

    "You can't take a sound and exclude the people who created it and say, this is our sound," DJ Noir said in our 2020 feature about Juke Bounce Werk, the label she-cofounded. "No, it's either Chicago footwork or it's…

44. RA.845 Nadia Struiwigh

    15 Aug 2022 · 2 h 14 min

    Nadia Struiwigh immediately turned heads with her debut album, Lenticular, on CPU Records. It wasn't her first record, but it was an auspicious release at an auspicious time for a label that was at the centre of a…

45. RA.844 Tribal Brothers

    8 Aug 2022 · 1 h 31 min

    eviewing their 2021 EP on Livity Sound, RA's Henry Ivry said that the duo—along with collaborator DJ Polo—represented a "micro-history of jungle, garage, dubstep and, of course, their bread-and-butter, UK funky." Now,…

46. RA.843 Nosedrip

    1 Aug 2022 · 3 h 00 min

    If we were to pick one word to describe Ziggy Devriendt, AKA Nosedrip, it would probably humble. He runs a one-man empire out of the modest Belgian coastal town of Ostend, and his STROOM label is one of the most…

47. RA.842 Fadi Mohem

    25 Jul 2022 · 1 h 28 min

    Imagine growing up near Berlin, getting into dance music, going to Berghain for the first time and getting your mind blown by techno. Then, ten years later, you become a resident DJ at the fabled club. Not many…

48. RA.841 Kelly Lee Owens

    18 Jul 2022 · 59 min

    Welsh artist Kelly Lee Owens has a special grasp on techno. She can make it sound wild and naturalistic, like wind blowing through a dense forest, or make it feel cold and sleek, like a gleaming slab of chrome. Either…

49. RA.840 The Lady Machine

    11 Jul 2022 · 1 h 00 min

    Camila Milieme has been playing techno long enough to experience a few of its boom-and-bust cycles. Starting off in Brazil in the late '90s with the kind of rippling, tooly techno you'd expect from that era, Milieme…

50. RA.839 Eli Escobar

    4 Jul 2022 · 1 h 52 min

    "Working my ass off, to be honest," is how Eli Escobar starts our interview below. That basically sums up his vibe. The New Yorker might not have the same household name status of other DJs who have been soundtracking…