A wintry collage from one of 2024's breakout stars.

As far as crossover electronic success goes, Barry Can't Swim's 2024 scorecard would take some beating. His singles have racked up hundreds of millions of streams, he bagged a Mercury Prize nomination and has the range to both pack out festivals as a DJ and sell out tours worldwide with a string-accented live show. 

Barely 12 months on from the release of debut album "When Will We Land?", it's fair to say Josh Mannie is one of the most in-demand artists working in dance and electronic music right now, with a follow-up LP nearly done, he says.

For RA.968, he pulls in the complete opposite direction from any of that. Sure, there are nods to Mark Leckey and late-night jazz haunts throughout his catalogue, and the ruminative clouds drifting across his signature golden-hour glow do suggest an artist with a sharp grasp on meteorological melancholy. But a beatless collage featuring Suso Sáiz, Slow Attack Ensemble and Lorenzo Senni? It's a surprise, and a welcome one at that.

Speckled with exclusive airings of brand-new ambient material, Barry Can't Swim's RA Podcast charts a path from This Mortal Coil to Ryuichi Sakamoto, with a detour through some Linkwood and Anthony Naples deep cuts we've not heard for a good while. (He even includes a Stars of the Lid favourite which namechecks Fulham's home ground, an act of mid-table grace for the diehard Everton fan).

RA.968 has the crackle of a frosty night walk set to tape—a holiday gift from one of the most popular acts in the game. 'Tis the season.

@barrycantswim

Read more at ra.co/podcast/968

RA.968 Barry Can't Swim

A slow-burning, sensual, and seductive mix from Elkka for SonarMix 60, inspired by time spent in some of "my favourite queer spaces around the world.” The London-based Welsh DJ and producer goes deep on this one, ahead of her debut this June at Sónar by Night

@elkka

Tracklist:
Anderson - Automat
Elkka - unreleased
DJ STEAW - Tribute To Doug Willis
E-Talking - Mystere de l’Amour
Ramone ‘LL’ Ropiak - Tribal Love (Tribal Dirt Mix)
Dansa Krew - You Are A Dansa
Chizawa Q - Asia 2 (Lost Q Mix)
Danny Snowden - The Sky Is The Limit
Elkka - unreleased
Elkka - surrender2me (Aiden Francis Remix)
Julie Desire - U F_GGOT!
Jonny From Space - Hurricane Party
Elkka - unreleased

SonarMix 060: Elkka

DJ Seinfeld drops by The Lot Radio during his US tour!

https://www.instagram.com/dj_seinfeld
https://www.soundcloud.com/dj-seinfeld



DJ Seinfeld @ The Lot Radio 05-21-2025

EJECA toasts the release of his magnificent 'All I Need' EP on Gudu with a mix heavy on his own productions – including a couple of unreleased remixes 👀

Tracklist:
Shee - Am I Just Living
Moby - Bodyrock (Olav Basoski's Remix)
Cassius - Feeling For You (Les Rhytmes Digitales Mix)
EJECA - Enyayo
EJECA - Indicnation
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (EJECA Remix)
EJECA - Glyder
EJECA - Live Your Life
EJECA - Don’t You Wanna
EJECA - From The Heart
EJECA - Around
Mylo - Otto's Journey (EJECA Remix)
Bucketheads - The Bomb (EJECA Remix)
Strectch N Vern - I’m Alive
EJECA - All I Need

GuduMix 056: EJECA

"We're trying to show more of who we are." The Belgian brothers unpack their decades-long career and first album in more than seven years.

There are some songs that have become pervasive, nearly universally recognisable features of pop culture. And my guess is that even if you don't know the Belgian duo Soulwax (AKA 2Manydjs) by name, you'll know their biggest hits, like early 2000s indie electronic anthems "E Talking" or "NY Excuse."

In this interview with Resident Advisor editor Gabriel Szatan, the brothers David and Stephen Dewaele talk about their decades-long career and writing their first album in more than seven years, All Systems Are Lying, which they road tested for ages before deciding to put it out. They also unpack bigger thematic arcs in their work and lives: the abiding influence of New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies LP; their creative philosophy ("If it sounds too simple, leave it alone);" and the nature of musical trends and revivals, which have fluctuated intensely since they began performing and releasing records. Listen to the episode in full. -Chloe Lula


EX.776 Soulwax

Audio taken from my fourth Sunday Session at All My Friends in Hackney Wick.

Anish Kumar - Sunday Sessions | 4 | 03.08.2025

For RA.1000, we take it back to the source with two never-before-heard tapes from Frankie Knuckles's private collection

There is no house music without Frankie Knuckles, literally or figuratively. The queer icon's luxurious DJ sets at Chicago's Warehouse gave a rising movement its name. From there, countless offshoots splintered and travelled the globe. But what did the genesis and growth of the sound really feel like?

The Godfather of House left behind not only timeless records, but personalised cassettes with hand-drawn liner notes handed out to friends and family. Two of those, dated to 1989 and 1996, have been digitised especially for RA.1000. (Thank you to the Frankie Knuckles Foundation.)

To put that in context: the first tape predates not only many of today's active clubbers, but the entire existence of jungle, drum & bass, UK garage, French touch, Jersey club, Afrobeats, IDM, baile funk, hardcore, footwork, dubstep, dub techno, tech house, breaks, minimal, maximal, gqom, gabber, grime and hyperpop.

In short… that's a very, very long time ago. The world of dance music was much smaller. DJ culture was functionally unrecognisable from the one we see in 2025. 

And yet, to some degree, what you'll hear on RA.1000 hasn't changed at all. It's a capture of not only what made Frankie Knuckles one of the beloved pioneers of first-generation dance music, but what draws people to club culture in the first place.

The mood on these Frankie Knuckles sets outlasts even its creator: a spirit of optimism that floods the world's best dance floors and keeps dance music pulsing on into the future, nearly 40 years later, in spite of it all. We end our 1000th mix celebrations here because it all starts there.

Find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1018. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Frankie Knuckles

Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO - 01 September 2025

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“Mama Too: It's A F** G-Thang” is a powerful chronicle of resistance and truth, stitched from authentic, brave voices broadcast on our mighty Instagram story feed. These voices illuminate the spiraling madness and horror we witness daily: the confirmed genocide in Gaza, enabled by western nations that declare themselves democracies but suppress peace, arresting those who protest the massacre of children under new 'anti-terror' laws—most harshly in the UK.

This song stands in solidarity with those fearless enough to speak, to shine a light, to withstand pressure and misunderstanding. Like Mama, we all know—forced to watch, forced to obey, forced into silence—but the truth demands to be heard. “Mama Too: It's A F** G-Thang” is not just a song; it's a tribute to every witness, every protester, every heartbeat refusing to surrender.

Mama Too: It's A F** G-Thang
is an alternate Garben take on the original drop:
Silencing Voices - Complicit (What Happens In 2025) // Allegro Con Acido
https://soundcloud.com/fictionalive/silencing-voices-complicit-allegro-con-acido

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music is the song 'Mama Too' written, arranged, played, mixed, produced by Garben @garben

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new vocal arrangement, new music arrangement and final mix by Garben

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artwork illustration by peter uertz, düsseldorf / germany

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fusion of it all - 
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time - 4 pm central  european
time zone, tea time, right?
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This album is an electronic experiment, created on the basis of the passion for electronic music for listening to anyone who considers it necessary to lift their spirits and dance, forgetting about problems and affairs, as well as for relaxation and listening while driving a car.

05 Iva

Painting / Photo: Katharina Sophia Ludewig https://www.borderlinecuts.com/

Berlin Hypnotic House XXV - Head Club Mix

Management: 
oli@thisismusicltd.com
james@thisismusicltd.com
xenia@thisismusicltd.com

Bookings: 
ollie.seaman@teamwass.com