the opening song is for zoe...since she loved it so much when she heard it...

you may find her or her love toxic.. its not for everyone. and its not easy to navigate. but, for me at least.. its worth it <for now>. 
everything can change. and i am ok with change. or im learning to be ok with it.

anyway, as she would say.... no techno. you can leave cuz u wont find any techno here. 
i say...i do what i want. and u will find techno here. along with whatever other generic dance music i play.
...and so...her and i establish trust and boundaries. and thats why i have never really had any issues with her.  this is my experience. dont compare yours to mine. just do better for yourself.


recorded in mid August 2024

swaggar #43 - "When Zoe Said U Got Really Good...Like Even Better Than Before" - bilaliwood

Surprise! Threw together a new mix of horror score cues and dark track selections to soundtrack your Halloween 2024. Tracklist soon to follow.

Moods for Miss Muerte

Public Records with Magda (May 30th, 2025)

I am so grateful for the opportunity to return to Fusion for a proper drop-in this year. A brief visit last year gave me just enough of a taste to know I had to come back and start exploring. Deepest gratitude to Kotoe, Michi, Natalie and the entire Bachstelzen crew for having me, and particularly grateful for the opportunity to paint this vinyl soundscape through the haze on friday afternoon.

Time flew by, and we teased each other with the thought of movement while honoring the pause… this will forever be the edging set for me. I can still hear Kotoe saying “whatever you do… don’t start a dance party!”
 
First you must get confused.... then the fusion can occur. 

The mother of all festivals. Dancefloor memories for a lifetime. Beyond words. Thank you, you know who you are.

Justin Shaffer @ Fusion Festival 2025 | Velvet Soup Friday Afternoon

The first half of RA.996 is Ron Trent's take on luxurious house.

As part of our countdown to RA.1000, a milestone in the 24-year history of RA's weekly mix series, we're switching up the usual format. The next few editions will pair two acts who complement each other's strengths, offering a fresh take on a particular community, scene or style. 

This week, we're zeroing in on Ron Trent and Ash Lauryn, two names who fly the flag high for old-school US house—a foundational pillar of the electronic underground. 

Trent takes the A-side. Hailing from Chicago, the birthplace of house, the pioneer is a master of finding the sweet spot where machine music meets organic instrumentation.  Listen to any DJ set or record in his extensive back catalogue and you'll find a wealth of exquisitely expressive melodies and deep, spiritual frequencies, making him the ideal narrator for any survey on house. (If you've only got a moment, sink into "Morning Factory," nine minutes of perfection.) 

Trent's return to the RA Podcast, 19 years after his debut in 2006, represents his many decades of expertise in fusing funk with gorgeous musicianship under the umbrella of heart-stirring house. Some may call it a masterclass but to us, it's just Trent doing what he does best.

Listened to as a whole, RA.996 is a powerful snapshot of house's elegance, class and most importantly, understated yet innately euphoric joy.

Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/997

RA.996 Ron Trent

Dig Your Heels In (Summer 2025)

Fatik lives, eats, sleeps music in every definition of its meaning.

They opened a record shop in the heart of NYC 8 years ago called Second Hand Records NYC.
They operate 4 record labels (Second Hand Records / Just What The World Needs.. / TRNWRK / Bring It Back) covering House, Disco, Leftfield, Techno, Reissues.
They run a hi-fidelity, private-invite only dance space called Musicland, where they’ve invited a few names you might recognize such as Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy, Tom Of England,  DJ Spinna, Ge-ology, Tone Nimble, Rahaan, Mark Grusane, Lee Collins, Louise Chen, Donna Leake, & Carlos Suffrount…

We’ve heard they're also a solid DJ to throw in for good measure.

https://www.instagram.com/fatik_
https://www.instagram.com/secondhandrecordsnyc
 
www.discogs.com/user/secondhandrecordnyc

SECOND HAND LOVE with FATIK @ The Lot Radio 08-06-2025

RA.1000 launches with Theo Parrish, live at fabric: a vanishingly rare club mix from the king of deep crates and impossible transitions.

There are DJ sets and then there are Theo sets. No matter how many times you've caught him in action, every time still feels like the first. Running hot, levels smoking, isolator working over time. You think you know dance music? Think again.

Parrish's debut on the RA Podcast is a milestone for the series, one we've sought for over 15 years. So it was only right that Theo led off our 1000th celebrations. Recorded live at fabric last December as part of RA's party with the London club for their 25th anniversary, this three-hour segment documents the crescendo of his eight-hour marathon. 

The Detroit legend doesn't release mixes often, and when he does, they're usually studio recordings: think NTS shows, his 100% Detroit edition of DJ-Kicks or classic tapes Body (1997) and Methods of Movement (2000). A capture of the Sound Signature boss on the dancefloor is hard to come by.

Sure, there's galvanising build-ups and crowd-pleasers, but laced throughout a Parrish beatdown are rarities designed to shock the system. In a business dominated by marketing, the vinyl master towers above thanks to a relentless hunger for lustrous melodies, moods and textures of all stripes, which he and he alone can fold into an inspiring and exhilarating joyride.

On RA.1000, blissful reggae precedes new wave disco; '80s R&B morphs into synthy techno; bleepy Chicago jack makes way for a poignant vocal ballad. It's Theo through and through. Once again, he proves that anything and everything is possible with the right records.

@theoparrish @fabric @soundsignaturedetroit @crownruler

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

RA.1000 Theo Parrish

For RA.1000, DJ Sprinkles' first mix in over a decade is a powerful meditation on the genocide in Gaza.

Dance music often relies on simple narratives: release, escape, unity. But those narratives can often feel inadequate, and even at times, hollow. Or, as Terre Thaemlitz might bluntly put it, just "shitty."

For her first mix in around 15 years, Terre Thaemlitz AKA DJ Sprinkles, challenges us to think differently. "I felt this 1000th podcast should reflect the moment in which it was made," she told us in her Q&A.

And what is this moment? Every day since Israel's 2023 assault on Gaza began, an average of 28 children have been killed. That's an entire classroom, every day, for over 600 days (at the time of writing). It's a staggering figure that only captures a fragment of the listless cruelty imposed on the strip.

Faced with such a genocide, what can music really do? How political can it truly be?  For their RA.1000, Thaemlitz gives us an unflinching rebuke to the idea that music should provide escapism. The mix weaves ambient fragments and jazz passages, woven around samples from Israeli media and the voices of outspoken Jewish critics like Gabor Maté and Norman Finkelstein. 

The result is not just a protest, but a document of our time. For Terre Thaemlitz, music is never just music. Her RA.1000 serves as a reminder that in an age of relentless suffering, the most political act is to reject the illusion of escape, and search for something greater.

Read the interview and find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1013. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Terre Thaemlitz / DJ Sprinkles

Touching music... 

Thank you Giegling family for embracing and influencing my wondrous musical expression.

Dragana Giegling Showcase @ Garbicz 25'

This year our Wednesday sunset featured the legendary Rich Medina in a collaboration with the All Power To All People art piece by Hank Willis Thomas presented by Kindered Arts.

https://www.facebook.com/djrichmedina/
https://soundcloud.com/rich-medina

http://www.kindredarts.org

https://burningman.org/culture/history/brc-history/event-archives/2018-event-archive/2018-art-installations/#a2I0V000001ADxlUAG

Rich Medina - Robot Heart - Burning Man 2018

music strictly for your listening purposes. i try to make it more fun sometimes.