Super good balance between conservative and progressive, with textutes, atmospheres, and the beats, i.e. balance between unity and diversity. Well done. <3  Nice pacing too, but that's just me... right now. ; )

An extended mix from Rrose to celebrate our entry into 2023 and the upcoming release of TULIP SPACE [EAUX1591] available for pre-order now at https://eaux.ro/album/tulip-space and the upcoming full-length album PLEASE TOUCH (full announcement in Spring). The mix contains tracks from both releases.

This is a studio mix, started with an initial live take and then combed over meticulously with automated filters, eq, and fx. This is the same setup I use to play out, minus the automation. There is rarely a point when only one track is playing. I always try to find mixes that feel like a new track emerges from the combination. I imagine the optimal listening environment to be eyes-closed with headphones on, but I also hope you will feel an irresistible urge to move at some points ;)

For the nerds, here is an overview of my automation session: http://rrose.ro/23a

Full track list:

datassette - Umbrella Partita (Live At Cafe OTO)
Carmen Villain - Subtle Bodies (Smalltown Supersound)
Bea Brennan - Drift (Old Technology)
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2029060
Rrose - Squared (EAUX)
Rrose - Pleasure Vessels (EAUX) 
Rrose - Spines (EAUX)
Konduku - Scale (Mantis)
Raymond Scott - The Bass-Line Generator (Basta)
Eleh - Bright & Central As The Sun Itself (Important)
Ø (Mika Vainio) - Monneista Viimeinen (Last of Catfishes) (Sähkö)
Polygonia - Enteroctopus Dofleini (ARA)
Robert Hood - The Workers Of Iniquity (M-Plant)
Israel Vines - Nosedive (Interdimensional Transmissions)
errorsmith - No Ice
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2030010
Acid Jesus - Radium (Klang)
Nicole - A Small Entrance To A Large Spectrum (Basic Energy)
Wata Igarashi - Warp (WIP)
Jonas Kopp - LIM 3-5C (Tremsix)
Israel Vines - Tri Polar (interdimensional Transmissions)
Clay Wilson - Moving Centre (Bunker)
D-Leria - Junglism (Semantica)
Paleman - The Fell (Sublunar)
Paleman - Patience 3 Recurring (loop)
Anthony Rother - Axial Symmetry (PSI49NET)
Polygonia - Vipera Berus (ARA)
The Angel Race - Ghetto Sketches [MATHEMATICS]
Matrixxman - Mother's Return
Paleman - Ravine (Sublunar)
SSTROM - Volatile Substance [VOAM]
Polygonia - Pterois Miles (ARA)
Phase Fatale - Desecrating Vows (Rrose remix) (BITE)
Desroi - If Your Teeth Fall Out You Can Have Mine (desroi)
Agency666 - Not To Be Re-Produced
Kon Janson - Bit Shift (Spatial Cues)
Robert Hood - Untitled 5 (M-Plant)
Teresa Rampazzi - Atmen Noch (Die Schnachtel)
Adriana Lopez - Nudo (Sublunar)
Mathys Lenne - Rupture [HAYES]
Sanna Mun - Janiform (Modwerks)
Fret (Mick Harris) - Rhino Patch [LIES]
Rrose - A Row of Cylinders (Eaux)
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2032040
DJ Slip - 808 to Nice [SubVoice]
Rrose - Rib Cage (Eaux)
Abstract Division - Don’t Fall Asleep (Rrose remix) (Dynamic Reflection)
Universal Indicator - red a3+a4 (Rephlex)
Toru Katsuta - Solar Prominence (Toru)
Kali Malone - Arched in Hysteria (Hallow Ground)
A214 - lala 
KMRU - dont linger they might see you
Jennifer Walshe - Quam Pulchra Es, Motet (Migro)

download link: https://we.tl/t-HQPtG1OEAE

Rrose : 23

We are thrilled to have the legend Ben Sims on episode 100 with a very special 4h mix! Over the past 25 odd years he has released countless bangers and founded the labels Theory, Hardgroove, Machine, Ingoma and Symbolism. He is one of techno’s most exciting talents - a DJ who has stayed true to the genre’s funk. Enjoy!

ITPS100 BEN SIMS

It is not everyday we are sent a 5 hour mix from someone we have asked to join our Phonica mix series; but when Sheffield & Manchester legend Luke Una sends one… you have to jump straight into it! Having become first recognised in the late 80’s and 90’s as one half of production team “The Unabombers” with Justin Crawford, Luke over the years has shown to be a master in all genres be it Balearic, to Brazilian to E soul, House, Disco and Techno, you name it! With his Worldwide FM show over the years gaining a cult following Luke has gained an even more of a broader crowd from his curation of his E Soul Cultura compilation series via the label Mr.Bongo (Both comps topping our EOY lists in 2022 and 2023). This exact vast taste (that is displayed in these compilations) is very much pummelled into this five hour journey of a mix like a piece of clay and sculpted into a fine piece of art. We had a chat with Luke about this timeless mix and what he has been up to lately: http://offtherecord.net/phonica-mix-series-119luke-una/

Phonica Mix Series 119: Luke Una

rrose - rib cage
luigi tozzi - uterus
markus suckut - 4th ritual
michal wolski - flash
claudio prc - focal zone(oscar mulero remix)
alexander kowalski & redbar - when darkness surrenders to the lights(claudio prc remix)
formant value - funzione 1(valentino mora cosmic trans rephase)
claudio prc & andrea cossu - hydrozoa
amandra - brera som som(martinou remix)
big hands - girde maye/astere(notte infinita remix)
feral & luigi tozzi - trip no trip
luigi tozzi - reptilian
steve bicknell -accelerating others(remastered 2024)
koreless - drumhell(extended)
hodge - all is not lost

20022025

Regis and Function's first mix in over 10 years is a unique paean to Silent Servant, heavy on unreleased material.

When it came time for RA to compile our Albums of the 2010s, one record with a tauntingly limited availability of 500 copies was never in doubt: Sandwell District's era-defining 'Feed-Forward'. Encompassing Karl O'Connor (Regis), Peter Sutton (Female), David Sumner (Function) and Juan Mendez (Silent Servant), Sandwell District had the underground in a vice grip for over a decade.

The collective imploded in 2013, with Sumner and O'Connor's relationship appearing beyond repair. And yet, an unlikely second phase is here, featuring imminent comeback LP 'End Beginnings' and their return to the RA Podcast after 16 years. In 2023, the trio of Function, Regis and Silent Servant had been performing and laying down new material before the latter's shock death last January. It's in the shadow of loss that this unique mix was forged.

Founded in 2002 as a spiritual sister to seminal Downwards, Sandwell truly began to hit its straps in the late '00s, as shadow-stalking cuts sliced through clubland orthodoxy like a switchblade. In parallel, the label's artwork—a noir recombination of Burroughs cut-ups, DIY zines and arthouse amour that Silent Servant made his own—helped fortify a movement which placed an aesthetic premium on grit, grain and sadism.

By the early 2010s, this fixation on the dark arts had utterly permeated the mood inside techno's masonic temples. Labels like Blackest Ever Black, Stroboscopic Artefacts, Avian and Modern Love were in their pomp, razorwire legends like Severed Heads and Chris & Cosey benefited from second winds, and it was briefly a jailable offence to not have a press photo in black and white. 'Feed-Forward' was the exceptional coronating statement.

RA.978 features a stack of unheard recordings from each of the trio, as well as close allies Stefanie Parnow and Tropic of Cancer, while also gathering many of Silent Servant's all-time favourite songs, including Psychic TV, Grace Jones and Galaxie 500. It's a strikingly vulnerable listen, one without many parallels on the Podcast. We're glad to run it. – Gabriel Szatan

Read more and find the tracklist here: ra.co/podcast/978
Read our new feature with Sandwell District here: https://ra.co/features/4426

RA.978 Sandwell District

Asymmetric boss Inigo Kennedy returns to his label with a tantalising five track EP 'Olive Branches'.

Title track 'Olive Branches' sets the EP off with a solid beat and crunchy waves of rhythmic sound layered with a pensive melancholy. Up next, 'Mutate To Survive' heads right to the floor with a booming kick and pulsating stabs… smoke, dark, strobe, eyes closed... 'Mercurial Return' is pure Asymmetric magic; time signatures, filters, looping percussion all playing with each other in a hectic but immediate way. 'Recollection' slows the pace with its shifting timbres, steady heart beat and sense of yearning. Finishing the release is 'Trust The Process', persistent beating percussion, uplifting pads and simply full of hope.

Label: Asymmetric
Catalogue Number: ASYD-21
Artist: Inigo Kennedy
Title: Olive Branches
Release Date: 28 March 2025

Tracks:

01 'Olive Branches'
02 'Mutate To Survive'
03 'Mercurial Return'
04 'Recollection'
05 'Trust The Process'

- Links
https://www.facebook.com/inigo.kennedy.music
https://www.instagram.com/inigokennedy/
https://inigokennedy.bandcamp.com/
https://www.soundcloud.com/inigokennedy


Olive Branches

Inigo Kennedy ASYD-21 Olive Branches (Preview Clips)

The complexities of my intrapersonal makeup

late night eats

T\L

Inner Square - Heart Made of Noise
Konstantin Smirnov - Gravity
A&A - Deep Thought
VC-118A - Future Past
Louis Marlo - Scum
Liftkit - The Edge
 -_•)╦̵̵̿╤─ - ╾╤デ╦︻.
Client_03 + Shinra - Decommission Me
Kalani - Surface Tension
Plant 43 - Information Decay
Raxon - Spaceport (Roman Flugel mix)
Habits of the Masses - The Cycle
Kamyar Ring - In This Room
BLUMITSU - H20
Idled - Hands 
Transparent Sound - Nervous Smiles
Cue J - Set me Free
Drum Club Drums are Dangerous/Drugs are Dangerous
FFriend - Slick With It

214_August 2025 mix

Function lays down the Sandwell District style on this week's RA podcast.

RA.177 Sandwell District

Andovian Structures Live Set 1

Techno tracks, produced on Ableton and some all vinyl mixes from back in the day.

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