If you haven't heard of Nikki Nair at this point, we'd invite you to come out from under that rock you're living in. But jokes aside, the last 12 months have been the Atlanta producer's year. He's toured seemingly endlessly, has found his way into a number of local scenes and has put out records for labels like Dirtybird, Lobster Theremin and Scuffed Recordings. If that weren't enough, he's also been putting out an illuminating series of monthly singles on his Bandcamp that show off both his restless muse and his seeming ability to both perfect and put his own stamp on any sub-genre or style he tries.

People usually use some form of the word "bass" to describe Nikki Nair, because of the way his music flits between dubstep, drum & bass, electro and more. One moment he's making staggering hip-hop instrumentals that would have fit right into the old LA beat scene, the next minute he's making pneumatic techno or uptempo stuff that would fit right in one Juke Bounce Werk. 

His voracious appetite for new sounds comes across on his RA Podcast, which is a sprawling two-hours-plus of genre hopping and careful mixing, hopping from mood to mood like a 2-D video game platformer. It starts off perhaps a little slower than you'd expect, but weaves through countless Nikki Nair tracks, older selections from Wolfgang Voigt and Drexciya and mind-melting club tracks from newer producers including DJ ADHD, Despina, Limewax and more. If you want to know what the hippest, most inventive dance music sounds like, bridging continents and oceans, this mix is it.

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RA.848 Nikki Nair - 2022.09.05

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Number 17 in our mix series comes from the elusive Dennis Roswell, as he shows off some of his favourite hip-hop/rap selections.

One for the proper boppers and serious heads only, Dennis is a name that should need no introduction. Some say he was the first man on the moon, but he let Neil take the credit to preserve his fiercely guarded anonymity. All we know is he has a serious ear for raucous hip-hop, and we're hyped to present his first published mix showing off some of the stuff that makes him tick.

Transmissions From Space No.17 | Dennis Roswell

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DJ duo of @joilafrique + @nonnafab
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Transmissions From Space No.17 | Dennis Roswell

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