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TASCAM DR-40X

Facta b2b K-lone @ De School - 26/03/2023 Sunday Het Weekend - Het Muzieklokaal

Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO & Joe Delon - 07 April 2025

AVA London Conference British Library 20.03.2025

Few acts have shaped electronic music like Underworld. For over three decades, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have defined the sound and spirit of dance music with pioneering anthems and boundary-pushing live shows. In this special opening keynote Karl Hyde & Rick Smith discuss their ongoing battle with “legacy”, their evolving creative process, and the continued inspiration offered by their seminal anthem, Born Slippy, celebrating 30 years this year – hosted by author and journalist Séamas O’Reilly.

Underworld: Keynote Interview with Karl Hyde & Rick Smith

Body Hammer - 19 April 2025

Ploy B2B Victor - 26 April 2025

First three hours of my set at Solace in Melbourne. I have not included the slightly-more-unhinged final hour, I think you had to be there.

3hrs live at Solace, 23 May '25

Roo with Owain K - 06 June 2025

Baka G at Ring, Horst Arts & Music 2025

Live From Lost Village - Facta & K-Lone

A new studio set from one of the foundational icons of drum & bass.

Few names in drum & bass carry as much history as Peshay. Paul Pesce came up in the crucible of early rave and left fingerprints on labels like Mo' Wax, Good Looking and, most obviously, Metalheadz. By the time drum & bass was surging in the mid-'90s, he was bolted as one of the scene's most distinctive voices. 

Where others were pushing clinical austerity or waves of dark pressure, Pesce's ear drew him to featherlight, jazzy chords instead. The atmospheric drum & bass movement—or intelligent, as it's sometimes known today—cohered in his hands with timeless staples like "The Piano Tune" and "Miles From Home."

To a contemporary generation, he may now be best known for Studio Set, which caught alight as a prime slice of algorithm fodder on YouTube in the late 2010s, racking up millions of plays. Alongside Bailey’s Intelligent Drum & Bass, the mix has taken on a second life as a seminal document of a genre in flux. All of which made its removal from the internet, based around a spurious copyright strike, a hot concern.

Although a little tad reserved than some of the scene's most dominant names, Pesce has remained a loyal custodian and historian of the sound. While Studio Set was down, we offered him a crack at making something fresh, and though it's thankfully back up, the Kafkian nightmare galvanised his commitment to preserve recorded history.

Known as a DJ for his dynamic way with a groove, extended blends have long been Pesce's signature. You’ll hear plenty of those on his RA Podcast, as golden-age rollers and contemporary vocal cuts push in and out for up to four minutes, painting a portrait of the genre’s vitality from someone who helped define its terms. True to form, RA.993 carries the touch of a jazz conductor and the assured cool of a veteran who's been deep in the culture for over 30 years.

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Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/993

Underworld: Keynote Interview with Karl Hyde & Rick Smith

AVA Festival

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