¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U is an unsung talent - the Japanese dj remains arguably one of the best and most influential in Asia and has amassed a cult following from those in the know.

Next month will see his talents celebrated via the release of a specially curated mixtape for Midnight Shift as he showcases music from friends such as DJ Nobu, Ryo Murakami, Gabber Modus Operandi, Sapphire Slows and more.

When first approached about the release we knew it would be simply criminal not to ask him if he might be up for contributing a tape to our own ever growing series. Many a dj's favourite dj he does so in fine style selecting an assortment of wild off piste electronics which bend minds and challenge every pretence or stereotype you might ever have known of dance music.

Running through techno, ebm, wave and noisy cuts he delivers a set of wild fluid music which shouldn't fit together but somehow does.

This is a masterclass.

¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U: The 'Wednesday Alternative' Mix

Depending on who you ask, Yousuke Yukimatsu is the best DJ in the world. Or at least in Japan. The eccentric Osaka-born, Tokyo-based DJ has built up an arsenal of fans and disciples—most famously Tzusing—who revere his cross-genre approach and knack for out-of-this-world blends. Case in point: he recently released a mostly ambient mixtape that somehow felt more gripping and propulsive than many techno DJ sets. He also used that release, Midnight Is Comin, to highlight Japan's underrepresented experimental electronic music scene, another sign of his wide-ranging and unusual tastes.

To go with his voracious hunger for all kinds of music, Yukimatsu can play alll different kinds of sets, from the meditative to the peak-time, all with the blending ingenuity and expert pacing we've come to expect. Just check his mind-blowing Boiler Room set from 2020. If that performance was nightclub madness and Midnight Is Comin was a slowly unfurling coil of downcast textures and moods, then Yukimatsu's RA Podcast is something in-between. 

Over two captivating hours, Yukimatsu brings in beats only to jettison them, returning several times to artists like Palmistry, Tzusing and Ryo Murakami. He anchors the mix with familiar tracks and voices before letting it drift out to sea again. It's also deeply personal, focusing on tracks from people he played with at his Zone Unknown parties in Osaka and Kobe, as well as his friends who participated in Midnight Is Comin.

Some of these blends need to be heard to believed. But more important is the pacing: the mix moves at such a slow but intuitive speed that it's almost tantric, the work of someone who knows how to keep the party going at a simmer without giving into the temptation to go faster. (He even says that the mix was supposed to be longer.) With hooky tracks from Palmistry and Equiknoxx up against explosions of noise and heavy EQing, Yukimatsu's RA Podcast is like dipping your head above and below water, soaking in and appreciating the beauty of both realms at once.

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RA.849 ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U

Advent Song #2.

Lyrics:
Dreaming on your front lawn,
counting all the friends gone
away; in a strip mall
nothing more than two stories tall
can grow.

There's a sinkhole under the Dave & Buster's, they say.
I hope you're not on shift when it finally gives way.

Meet me by the thrift store.
Bring your chorus pedal.
I've been adding up numbers, but the numbers never add up.
I've been adding up numbers, but the numbers never add up.
I've been listening day after day to the same old stuff.
I've been adding up numbers, but the numbers never add up.

We're probably doomed, but it's too early to tell,
so we're just waiting here in strip mall hell.

We weren't meant 
to live 
this way.
No, we 
were meant 
for love.

It's Friday night and the moon is in the well,
and I'll see you when I see you in strip mall hell.

Strip Mall Hell

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Stomping house with grotty LFO basslines right out of the darkest days of UK garage, and a pitched-down vocal that calls back to Midland's massive "Trace"—this one could do damage.
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RA Premiere: Mr. Sunshine - My Knife

TPF-006 was recorded at The Pickle Factory on 20th April 2019, with 3x Technic Mk5g turntables and an E&S mixer, selected and mixed by the maestro, Donato Dozzy.

Back in November 2018, we pulled off a once in a lifetime lineup: bringing Donato Dozzy to our 200cap venue for Pickle’s 3rd Birthday, inviting him and our resident Jane Fitz to spin until 8am. We thought lightning could never strike twice, until it did: Dozzy returned in April to play a marathon ‘No Boundaries’ set, opening the night at 10pm with a spellbinding 4 hours of dextrous, richly textured downtempo music.

This recording, snipped by Donato to a lean, perfectly paced 90 minutes, shows why he’s regarded as our greatest living techno DJ. His mixing is one thing - seamlessly layering tracks, often spinning three records at once - but its Dozzy’s total control of flow and momentum that sets him apart. Though the BPM doesn’t budge from the low 100s, the build of intensity through the mix is palpable. At Pickle that night, people were losing their shit, pre-12am, to music at a hip hop speed.

It is the work of a true master of his craft. An artist we are lucky to have in our world, and one we’re honoured to have hosted at Pickle twice in the past 12 months. Thank you, Donato.

TPF–006: Donato Dozzy

Relive one of the highlights from RA’s final subterranean tunnel party at Dimensions Festival with this full-throttle hour from Blawan.

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RA Live - 31.08.19 - Blawan, Dimensions Festival, Croatia

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SA.L.AH - Young People (Original Mix) [Awen Tales]
Morttagua - Tesla (Original Mix) [Timeless Moment]
Adana Twins - Jupiter (Kollektiv Turmstrasse Remix) [Watergate Records]
One of Vas - Plastic Skin (Nada Remix) [Underyourskin Signature]
Diass - Mount Athos (Original Mix) [VillaHangar]
Kay-D - Space Donuts (Original Mix) [PHW Elements]
Graumann - Mehdi (Original Mix) [Duenia]
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deGust - Suspended In A Sunbeam (Original Mix) [Prisma Techno]

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