phenomenal track - haven't liked one this much since Pub's "Summer"

anyone know what skee mask tune this is? I think skee mask anyway

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.

@skeemask-music

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RA.864 Skee Mask

BARKER mixes are few and far between here on the 'cloud but we are super proud that this genre bender is gracing our 3024 TAPES series, enjoy & spread the word!


3024: Please describe the mix in a single sentence ?

I thought I’d make a mix in the currently popular yet controversial 140-160bpm range, as there’s some amazing music in this space between techno and jungle that doesn’t revolve around straight kicks, and I think it deserves more attention.

3024: What DJ inspires you at the moment / has inspired you throughout the years and why?

Throughout the years.. well apart from this guy Martyn I’d have to say Andi Baumecker. I don’t know many DJs with such a depth of knowledge across so many genres. His passion for music is relentless and continuously inspiring.

Recently I’ve been really into Polygonia. Brilliant producer and DJ from Munich creating ethereal worlds through sound so convincing you can almost step into them. I went to see her open Berghain last September and it was incredible, like being in a rainforest on acid. 

3024: What are you working on / what have you got forthcoming?

There’s a new EP coming this summer which will be announced soon, and a few remixes before that, for Jakojako and Hercules & Love Affair (with Mr Baumecker). Otherwise, I’m having fun developing a new live set involving MIDI controlled lights, which I premiered at Superbooth last week.

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A sunset set at Waking Life, Portugal, in June 2023. I DJed after Vlada and before Anthony Naples, in front of a beautiful lake with the sun setting behind me and an incredibly wholesome, engaged, positive, locked-in crowd in front of me. Kept this one pretty measured in pace, and went for expansive, moody, euphoric, maybe also a little psychedelic in vibe, sorta imagining gazing into the deep starry abyss.

Tracklist:

Marlui Miranda – Tchori Tchori (feat. Uakti)
ISOR29 – Mi Vida
TB Arthur – Acid Artifacts 1B
Powder – Alien
Petra & Co – Just Let Go (Dub)
D'Marc Cantu – 1Lb Of Flesh
Hodge – Lanes
Supereal – Body Medusa (Leftfield Mix)
Delkom – Maskulin Feminin (Es Muy Facil)
Marcel Dettmann – Renewal Theory
D.O.P. – Get Out On This Dancefloor
Lockgroove – Feel The Joy
D.Yaroslav – Real to Real
Brain Pilot – Serotonin Flow
Fraxinus – Pass One
Bassrace – Futurama (Aqua Space Mix)
Unknown Artist – W.L.W.A.S.I.O.H. (K Lost Acid Dub)
Bassrace – Futurama (Aqua Space Mix)
Jasen Loveland – F--K 6-6 (Trip Report Mix)
Griffit Vigo – Yasizwa Les'gubhu (Vigo Music Original mix)
Data Theft – Dr. Rhythm Tec Beat
Zone – Eternal #2
Shunji Moriwaki – Shirushi-O-Chodai
3 Play – Get On Up
Frankie Bones – Mandolay Break
R-Zac – Untitled
Andreas Gehm – I Don't Care
Factory Floor – Relay (Charles Manier Remix)
DHS – # 9 Bad Acid
Peter Van Hoesen – Voodoo Benny's Wishbone
Wishmountain – Tap
Thomas Brinkmann – NRT
Stanislav Tolkachev – No matter what they've told you
Nilotika Cultural Ensemble – Ejokawulida
DJ Zinc – Dirty
Ambien Baby – Aventura ft. Priori
Tricky Disco – Cosmic Tones
Gilles Renneson – Yara
Bamao Yendé – Begoona
Tati Quebra Barraco & DJ Marlboro – Boladona
Groove Connektion 2 – Club Lonely (Serious Danger Mix)
Oliver Ho – Anaesthetic - Veil - Transform
Cari Lekebusch – Output 2 - A1
Reeko & Surgeon – Gangster in Disguise
2 Bad Mice – Waremouse
Paradise 3001 – Temazepan
Lighter Thief – Zippo King Two
Temudo – Ashamed
Tikiman, Stereotyp – Jahman
Nicolò – All Night Heat
Atrice – Levels
DJ Sliink – Emergency
Leo Anibaldi – Acid Pervertion
Ruff Da Menace – Dub Rush
Sansibar – Sunshine In Gomorrah
Minimal Compact – Statik Dancin'(Mad Professor Extended Dub Mix)
Xes Noiz – A1
Donato Dozzy – messy kafka world
Metasplice – Buoyant Slight
TV on the Radio – Staring at the Sun

Photo by Sara Herrlander

DJ set at Waking Life 2023

Live recording of Dj set - opening back up the grove stage 8pm-10pm on the 2nd night. Thank u SR team x

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Cousin @ Sustain Release Year 10

my live set from sustain release year 10 at the grove friday night. this was one of the wyldest vibes ive experienced while playing live and i hope you can feel the feral energy within and enjoy <3

xx

Sepehr (live) @ Sustain Release Year 10

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
@kia-sydney @animalia-label  @cirruslabel

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RA.973 Kia

From a ravey, Blade Runner-esque start, flowing into an old-school ‘90s Love Parade rave clip, this set is unadulterated techno at its finest, kicking into hammering blocks and punchy transitions at an escalating tempo. Picking up speed, it’s one of those relentlessly groovy sessions that keeps you guessing at every turn of the mix and with each choice of track. Sharp thunders shape the vibe: body-shaking techno with top-notch technique. A superb 360-degree selection of vocals (spot the Easter egg mid-set), leading into warehouse echoes, UK garage, dub, and jungle. Multiple moods: euphoric, full-on, piercing, hypnotic. When some say techno is all the same, you name Josey and prove them wrong

Josey Rebelle - Climate of Fear - October '24

An incredibly special recording from Hewan Aman @hewanaman live from pe:rsona festival last year. 

From Hewan:
"The set is all playful, dubby, tecky, with some psy vibes and also a bit of deep and introspective bits. I played on a hot, sweaty afternoon during day 2—just as the sun was starting to cool down and the music heads that made up this special crowd were starting to get in all their feels. LOIF took over after me with his live set, carrying us into the darker hours of the night with his sexy psy vibes. It was such a magical moment, and I’m so glad to have it captured in this recording!"

Beautiful photograph by Romain Guede.

subglow/Live 3: Hewan Aman @ pe:rsona '24

Another Barker masterclass.

Sam Barker asks more from techno. The artist known simply as Barker is one of electronic music's most consistently conscientious and curious producers, challenging listeners to question the norms we accept about our shared culture—whether it's the music that fills the room, the process behind it, or the purpose of the space itself.

British-born yet based in Berlin since 2007, Barker forged a connection to many of the city's leading institutions, including Ostgut Ton, and over the course of a long and fruitful relationship, he carved out one of the more singular paths on the club and label's roster.

Not one for orthodoxy, Barker challenged four-to-the-floor techno framework in favor of melodic experimentation. By decentering or completely stripping away the typical trappings of kick drums and claps, his productions are both light and immersive, buoyant in low-end presence and shimmering in weightless space.

Six years after Utility, his sophomore album Stochastic Drift arrives this month. Shaped by pandemic-driven reinvention, it burrows deeper into harmonic twists and freeform drift. "At some point I became conscious of the process," he wrote of his latest album. "The only thing you can do is embrace the uncertainty and see every change as a potential positive.”

Consider his RA Podcast another sequel. Like his much-beloved 2019 mix for FACT, it's a collage of live recordings and a fitting expression of the artist's own internal spring. RA.982 radiates wide-eyed optimism: percussion cloaked in foggy, swirling pads and trance-like chords, neatly synched in synthetic glimmers. 

All in all, it's an hour of music crafted for contemplation, collective euphoria, or heads-down epiphany—or for that matter, any moment, really, its emotive depth seemingly endless.

@voltek

Find the tracklist and Q&A at ra.co/podcast/982

RA.982 Barker

Bubbling fields glide out the coasts of the psychomimetic cerebellum. Douse in the kismet as evergreens stir in namelessness and unfamiliarity, variegated apparitions mingle in the air and swiveling scimitars branch off of rolling undercurrents as they intensify in glaring wonderment, a folding desert rose laughs in the moonlit beams. Veer with refinement over the barriers, released from the grasp of fear, catapulting your every worry aside. Ely Sylvian creates a world in which the waking of a dream opens up more spectacular revelations than the visits within the limitless subconscious. Sibilating suds sail off your original, faultless and ancient being as an eliminating malice of uncontrollable ferocity and budding of pure, pristine vulnerability lucidly transmit light through a diaphanous hammock of liberation. This EP will keep you on your toes until you are flying freely amongst mysterious portals of neuronal networking, linkage and incomparable qualities that gush sprouting sparks of beautiful integrity.

All Tracks W&P By : Ely Sylvain, Germany.
Mastering By : Sranger Swamp Music, Brazil.
Artwork By : ArtxOhm, South Africa.

Pre-order available now on our bandcamp!

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