A talent from an impossibly young age, Chicago producer and DJ Ron Trent began his musical career aged 14, the year he produced the febrile, wild Chicago anthem "Altered States". His production output has barely let up since, minting numerous labels and sublabels to release his and other's music, most notably Prescription Records, which helped define the smoky and jazz-indebted sound of deep house in the 1990s.

This In Focus is a two and a half hour dancefloor session, exploring the sounds of one of Chicago house's most enduring talents. Compiled, mixed and edited by Secretsundaze. 

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-ron-trent-4th-september-2020

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Electricano delivers a deeply personal mix built solely from his own songs. Rooted in deep minimal and raw intention, it features an exclusive preview of his forthcoming 'Inner Voices' EP on Storytellers Records.

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Artwork by Catalin Adascalitei © all rights reserved

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Storytellers Podcast 47 ❏ Electricano (Own Productions)

A downtempo mix of remixes, rarities and family favourites.  

Mixed live using the old skills - records, my lovely old Vestax mixer and a few pedals.

Summer 2025, 34 degrees in Ibiza 🏝️

Tracklist :

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence Acapella
Radio Slave, Cagedbaby - Amnesia
Cesar de Melero & Mr Claude - Plastic Dreams
Beastie Boys - Transitions
Anders Ponsaing, Claus Højensgård - Man With The Red Face
Jorja Smith - Rose Rouge
Santino Surfers - Sun Rise Swell (Chris Coco Dub Mix)
Air - La Femme d'Argent
Bob Marley - Is This Love (Montmartre Remix)
The Beatles vs Prince Fatty - A Day In The Life (Sam Redmore Mashup)
Finley Quaye - Your Love Gets Sweeter (The Abbey Road Version)
Rhoda Dakar - Everyday Is Like Sunday
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Bob Marley - Sun Is Shining (Bonus Track)
Horace Andy - Safe From Harm
Otis Redding - Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay (DJ Reg West & Xonda Track remix)
Camille Yarbrough - Take Yo' Praise
Sade - Love Is Stronger Than Pride (Kaytra Edit)
Zaho de Sagazan - La symphonie des éclairs
Prince - Condition of the Heart

Family Mix Vol. 1 - a downtempo mix of remixes, rarities & family favourites - Summer 2025

Andrew Weatherall's first official posthumous mix. The only b2b DJ Harvey ever agreed to. Six hours at Trouw. This one's special.

When mulling which direction to go in for RA's 1000th mix celebrations, many options came to mind. Some shadowy character 2-stepping around the fringe of our collective consciousness? An impossible-level IDM icon?

All tempting. But, ultimately, we are a DJ-forward publication and this is a DJ mix series. It felt truer to the history of the RA Podcast to release deep vault material from a time when the world of niche records felt different, tighter, more discrete.

The fourth-longest mix in the series' history is an unrepeatable masterclass, recorded in 2012 at a superclub that no longer exists. (2012, incidentally, is farther away from 2025 than 2012 was from 2000, and if we have to clock it, so do you.)

It's the coming together of one British icon who passed away in 2020, and another whose time on the road has scaled back considerably as of late. DJ Harvey agreed to exactly one b2b set in his life: this one, with Andrew Weatherall.

The night took place at Trouw, an Amsterdam club already considered legendary before it shuttered its doors in the opening hours of 2015, as part of an RA series anchored around rare combinations playing start-to-finish. Harvey was at the peak of an irresistible career second act, which dovetailed with a disco revival that dominated clubs for years. Weatherall, with infinite brownie points stockpiled from the '90s, remained everyone's favourite debonair psychonaut. 

What follows is a 385-minute marathon of arpeggiated chug and slow-cresting climaxes: a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than any comparable point in the 21st century. 

If you've got time to spare, a fun side game is sussing out who plays what. Disco-dub covers of Echo & the Bunnymen? Smart money's on Weatherall. Exuberant EQ'ing of The Isley Brothers? Gotta be Harvey. As for the low 'n slow, lightly spangled house that was all the rage in the early 2010s (think Maxxi Soundsystem, Disco Bloodbath, Rub & Tug, C.O.M.B.I. and Full Pupp), it's anyone's guess. 127 BPM practically feels like an F1 car.

When we kicked off our RA.1000 campaign, we outlined a few full-send goals: tick off long-awaited dream guests, honour architects who shaped the world around us and deliver recordings you truly can't hear anywhere else.

DJing and the mythmaking around it has undergone a quantum leap since 2012, let alone 2006, 1996 or 1989. For those of us who were kicking around in the former, there's a creeping melancholy that our prime is fast becoming a matter of historical record. The killing moon really did come too soon. 

Where will electronic music, DJ sets or any of this be in 2044? Hard to say. Best not to overthink that one. Instead, we want to say thanks to all contributors on the series so far. Now enjoy luxuriating in the company of two of the greatest to ever do it, together, for the first and last time.⁠ – Gabriel Szatan (Editor, RA)

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Read the interview with DJ Harvey and Andrew Weatherall's family at https://ra.co/podcast/1016. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall

This set is my way of telling an evolving story — one that carries both strength and elegance. Along the way, sounds shift and transform. My music is built from multiple styles, and I believe what truly matters is how these styles connect with each other, creating a unique piece: the flow. Sharing this story is my way of resonating and connecting.

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A deep house mix, recorded live in the Ibiza countryside, summer 2025.  

Includes my own remix of Marshal Jeffersons seminal Mushrooms on Airtight/Hooj Choons, plus tracks by Stefan Braatz, Cinthie, Lee Burridge, T-Sounds on Moom Sound, Deeplomatic, and Clive From Accounts.

Full track listing :

1. Loopyjazz (Original Mix) - Lee Burridge, Lost Desert
2. Ocean Full Of Life (Original Mix) - Basaar, Anonimat
3. Shovels (Original Mix) - T Sounds
4. Feel Good (Original Mix) - Robiin
5. Deep Revolution (Original Mix) - Deeplomatik
6. Tracey in My Room (feat. DÉ SAINT.) (Extended Mix) - Mark Maxwell, DÉ SAINT
7. Diva (Original Mix) - Cinthie
8. What You Want (Stefan Braatz Remix) - Pornbugs, Frink
9. Resilience (Andhim Extended Remix) - Emanuel Satie, Maga, Sean Doron, Tim Engelhardt, Andhim
10. Let's Go - Miroloja, Olivier Romero
11. Joy (Original Mix) - Romsta & 8 MIRACLE
12. Clive by Night - Clive From Accounts
13. Mushrooms (MIDGE 2025 Extended Remix) - Marshall Jefferson & Noosa Heads
14. Sonic Abstract EP (Depths Unknown) - El Bravo

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