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Neffa-T is a technical wizard, regularly firing up dance floors with his turbo-charged four-deck mixing. At Waterworks 2024, he delivered a blistering hour of grime, techno and more.

@neffa-t

RA Live: Neffa-T - Waterworks 2024, London

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

Kinetic club energy generated by one of the sharpest talents in drum & bass and beyond.

Much of the best electronic music rests along the axes of versatility and curiosity: being able to a pull a broad array of influences into your orbit and alchemise it into something distinctive and fresh. That's gyrofield to a tee.

Kiana Li began making waves in drum & bass as a teenager, years before setting foot in a club or experiencing the sound on a proper rig. That's a key factor which helps explain how the deeply-considered, Hong Kong-born producer arrived at a style that eludes easy description. Li, one of the foremost trans women working in drum & bass today, marshals complex rhythms like a sluice and has a knack for detailed bass programming that floods the stereo field without ever dominating it.

2024's spellbinding These Heavens was the apotheosis of an already quietly prolific catalogue; we named it the seventh best record of last year, but in truth, it could have actually nudged up a bit higher.

Li's RA Podcast is a blur of rapid motion, featuring stalwarts (Dillinja, Skee Mask, Calibre, upsammy, Marcus Intalex), contemporary limelights (Nestax, Ehua, Aquarian, Maude Vôs), 17 of their own productions and a grip of truly uncommon selections, like Burnt Friedman & João Pais Filipe's "18-140." It's an ambitious mix from one of the most exciting talents at the vanguard of outer-zonal club music right now.

@gyrofieldmusic

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/987

RA.987 gyrofield

Waves of pulsing, layered techno from the revered Mala Junta resident.

If the electronic music industry is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over what makes for true techno, then D.Dan is one of the underground's great modern emissaries.

A figurehead from the new guard of DJs to arise in the '20s, the Berlin-based artist and Mala Junta resident is an ambassador for a sound that is strongly anchored in the classic roots of techno. His productions, like his mixes, are revved-up takes on the hypnotic wormholes that defined dance floors last decade, but with a fresh (and high BPM) millennial twist. 

Originally from Seattle, D.Dan became enamoured with the spectral stylings of psych rock and shoegaze in adolescence. It's not difficult to see how the cosmic tapestry of bands like Cocteau Twins became a blueprint for the entrancing music he's gone on to make as an adult. His releases on Mutant Future and summerpup are latticeworks of loops and layered percussion, custom-tooled for lost hours on the dance floor and drawn-out mixes behind the decks. 

This approach directly extends into his DJ practice, where he pairs song selections from contemporaries that mirror his own reduced, controlled approach to techno. RA.994 is a Grade A display of contemporary four-to-the-floor from flagbearers like Roll Dann and Marcal.

And like D.Dan's standalone records, his RA Podcast finds room for sweetness—the intermittent peal of an open clap, the steady ripening of a chord—while ultimately emphasising the beauty of function and form over flair.

@ddan-sounds

Find the full interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/994

RA.994 D.Dan

Five days, five mixes. RA.999 launches with two of the 2020's most exciting techno producers tearing a portal to the future.

When it comes to purveyors of contemporary hardgroove, it's hard to top 1morning and Regal86. The duo have emerged from a buzzy, and decidedly funk-oriented techno scene on the American West Coast, repping Los Angeles and Monterrey respectively. Bound by a shared love of old-school flair and intuition behind the decks, you'll often find Regal86 ditching headphones altogether in favour of studying waveforms in real time, while 1morning's vinyl-only sets are steered by the movements of the dance floor and the fire in his heart.

So it comes as no surprise that we had to invite them back in session. In the last week before we celebrate the 1000th RA Podcast, we'll drop five back-to-backs over the course of the week. From the NYC Downlow to Berlin's Bar25, what unifies this cohort is a sense that they capture where dance music has been—and crucially, where it's going.

Kicking off the week, we have this exclusive recording from the duo's co-headline show at New York's Bossa Nova Civic Club—the "extra special" final stop of their recent US tour. As the first instalment of RA.999, this one-hour set makes a strong case for what it means to achieve ultimate freedom in the booth.

Regal86 and 1morning might be known for their raw, swung techno explorations, but here, their more sensual leanings carry the most impact. You'll find hardgroove's very own daddy Ben Sims, Paul Mac's 2002 melodic beauty Struggling Event and the lavish stomp of Percy X's As Is. And, of course, it wouldn't be a Regal86 and 1morning linkup without a healthy dose of Mexico City rising star—and the former's frequent sparring partner—1OO1O.

But really, this mix proves just how perceptive the two are. It opens a portal into the beating heart of groove-first techno, masterfully flowing between impulse and restraint, tradition and modernity. And who are we to resist?

@bregal86
@1morning

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1004

RA.999 1morning & Regal86

Part three of RA.999: a celebration of soulful footwork and the timeless influence of DJ Rashad.

As we gear up to celebrate the 1,000th episode, RA.999 lands with five mixes across five days. First up was 1morning and Regal86, then Prosumer and Peach. Today, we turn our eyes to Chicago, with two of footwork staples, DJ Spinn and Manny, taking the reins of the third installment of RA.999 (both make their RA Podcast debut).

Ten years ago, Teklife Records was founded, following the untimely death of DJ Rashad in 2014. His collaborators started the label to honor the Chicago-born producer’s musical genius and continue his legacy of soulful footwork. Its first release would be Afterlife, a compilation of unreleased Rashad material that, in the words of Pitchfork, "captured the spirit of familial connection and experimentation integral to the Teklife crew."

Listening to RA.999, it doesn't take long for any footwork fan to realise that this is an hour-long homage to Rashad's phenomenal discography. The first lyric we hear is "Throw your L's up for Rashad!" on "L's UP FOR RASHAD," and a string of Rashad classics follow, many of which Spinn and Manny collaborated on. It's a that reminder  you of not just how staggeringly talented Rashad was, but how central collaboration was, and still is, to the Teklife project

Although many of these songs are more than a decade old, not one song sounds out of place in 2025. This is an emotional, riveting listen documenting the work of the best to do it in footwork. Back then, Rashad was the future, and he still is.

@deejay-manny-2
@dj-spinn-1
@teklife57
Find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1007


RA.999 DJ Spinn & DJ Manny

Thanks to Erika, BMG and the whole Interdimensional Transmissions crew.
photo by Andrew Charles Edman.

http://interdimensionaltransmissions.com/events/2025-05-24/tresor-313-2025

01 - Surgeon - Granular Intro
02 - Joe McPhee - Party Lights
03 - The Advent - It One Jah (Surgeon Remix)
04 - Nørbak - Sinal
05 - Surgeon - Klonk pt2
06 - The KLF - What Time Is Love (Power Remix)
07 - Scion - Emerge (British Murder Boys Remix remix1)
08 - Surgeon - Soul Fire
09 - Surgeon - Empty Cloud
10 - Peder Mannerfelt - Records & Vibes
11 - Skee Mask - LCC Rotation
12 - Jorge Watts - Up To The Sky (Dc Chi Hi Mix)
13 - Perc - Static feat. Sissel Wincent (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
14 - Surgeon - Fall
15 - Glaskin - Valve
16 - Casper Hastings - Reaper (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
17 - Quelza - Orange Du Ciel
18 - Curve - Falling Free (Aphex Twin remix)
19 - Surgeon - Serpent Void
20 - Surgeon - Forgotten Gods
21 - Nørbak - Grego
22 - Sylvere - Ah Oui Ah Oui
23 - Surgeon - Badger Redux
24 - SNKLS - ESSENCE I
25 - The Exaltics - Corroded (from the future)
26 - Surgeon - Raw Trax 10
27 - Millsart - Step To Enchantment (Stringent)
28 - Dubfire - Dark Matter (L.B. Dub Corp Remix)
29 - Operator - Deliberate
30 - Raoul Delgado - Steelworks B1
31 - Oscar Mulero - 46 (Antaganists Mix by Regis)
32 - Stephen Brown & Fossil Archive - More House
33 - Monomood - Vault (Mike Dehnert remix)
34 - Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space - High Up
35 - Kabay - Lula 22
36 - Temudo - U Were My Second First Choice
37 - Surgeon - Raw Trax 2
38 - Mark Hawkins + D Knox - This Is The Underground (Surgeon remix)
39 - Reeko - Street Tool#4
40 - Robert Hood - Unix
41 - Leod - Untitled 03
42 - Marco Zenker  - 909D
43 - Oneiro - The Warrior (6 B.C. Version)
44 - VIL - Field
45 - Paul Bailey - Saturday Boy (Surgeon remix)
46 - Peder Mannerfelt - Town Crier
47 - Peverelist - Pulse V
48 - Paperclip People - Throw
49 - DJ Bang - Hallelujah (Dc Private Edit)
50 - Stanislav Tolkachev - Very You
51 - Surgeon - Screw The Roses [live]
52 - Finalversion3 - Vulnerables (Peder Mannerfelt Remix)
53 - Mike Dehnert - Tagebedarf EP part 4
54 - RSD - Pretty Bright Light

Tresor 313 at Return to the Source, Tangent, Detroit on 24th May 2025

Josi Devil Live From 'Open Ground' - 12 August 2025

Tim Reaper - ?? [Dub]
Kloke - Bliss Machine (Tim Reaper VIP) [Future Retro London Dub]
Kid Lib - ?? [Dub]
Cash Kru - Death Won't Change (Tweeleaf VIP) [Dub]
Ontology - ?? [Dub]
Ricky Force - ?? [Dub]
Dwarde - ?? [Dub]
Nasty Habits - Here Come The Drumz (Skitty Remix) [Dub]
Soeneido - ?? [Dub]
Kloke & Tim Reaper - ?? [Dub]
Radicall & Tim Reaper - ?? [Dub]
Dope On Plastic - ?? [Dub]
Nectax - ?? [Dub]
Nebula - ?? [Dub]
Mr Sensi & Kid Lib - ?? [Dub]
L Double - Little Rollers (?? Remix) [Dub]
Tim Reaper - Pearshape [Deep Jungle Dub]
Fracture & Tim Reaper - Dancing Toms [Astrophonica/Future Retro London Dub]
DJ Seduction - Sub Dub (Phineus II Remix) [Dub]
RUNDR - ?? [Dub]
Fez The Kid & Kazza - Set & Run [Dub]
?? - ?? [Dub]
Ricky Force - ?? [Dub]
Chalice Crew - ?? [Dub]
BRUK - ?? [Dub]
Suzukie - ?? [Dub]

Tim Reaper On NTS Radio - 27th August 2025

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