This week's Resident Advisor Exchange was recorded in January, live from Southbank Centre in London. Shortly before their Royal Festival Hall performance with The Outlook Orchestra, drum & bass and jungle originators Fabio & Grooverider sat down with Heléna Star to talk about the show. As you can hear from the applause and roars of laughter throughout the recording, the audience was besotted.
The UK dance music scene would look very different without Fabio & Grooverider's contributions over the last few decades. Coming from pirate radio, where they first teamed up in 1987 on Phase One, the duo would go on to carve out the path for drum & bass and jungle, as well as to influence the trajectories of house, techno and breakbeat. Grooverider captures their legacy best when he says: "We are this music."
Launched in 2017, The Outlook Orchestra has collaborated with other pioneering artists like David Rodigan and Mala. The show with Fabio & Grooverider, which they will perform again at Outlook Festival in June, saw 30 years of drum & bass history packed into 31 tracks.
In conversation with Heléna Star, Fabio & Grooverider discussed how the show came together, as well as their staying power in the scene, the legacy of their seminal club night Rage, how drum & bass is still growing and how humour is a vital part of their relationship. Fittingly, they also cracked a lot of jokes.

EX.605 Fabio & Grooverider

Kid Phantastic comes as a meteorite of ideas, blazing across the world from the oceanic lands. An undeniable executive of innovative music blends old and new, he comes with the delicate mission of awakening the inner child that silently sleeps within each of us. There should be a time for dark skies to dunk into brighter colours, a time for techno kicks to turn into housey anthems, and for trancy fabrics to become weaved together in a blissful euphoria. That time could have arrived. Kid Phantastic might have only begun his mission.

Kid Phantastic - RPU x Polychrome ADE 2022

Label: Non Stop Rhythm
Cat #: RYDM81
Buy Here: https://nonstoprhythm.bandcamp.com/album/basic-rhythm-ep

Basic Rhythm EP

Shapes in Mono

The always-cultured Catch Recordings taps into fresh new sounds from label head NADSAT plus Hardacre, Annie Errez and Leoleoleo on the new Northern Lines EP. Between them, these new school UK tastemakers explore a forward-thinking mix of acid, techno, broken beat and minimal to make for another classy EP.
First up is Hardacre, who last appeared on this label as part of a VA release in 2021. His work exists at the intersection of myriad UK-centric sounds from breaks to rave to techno, all with a futuristic twist. He runs his own self-titled label and never compromises on sound. His 'Higher Level of Communication' is a punchy mix of sizzling acid lines and pristine breakbeats. It has raw old-school energy but also artful synth craft layering in real emotion. Then comes Nadsat aka Brett Osbourne, a producer known for his meticulous attention to detail and perfect sonic placement. He brings drama and drive to richly atmospheric and timeless tracks. His 'Crash 101' is an urgent cut that hurries you along on hunched but punchy kicks. Dusty drums are backlit by a meandering synth that brings a sense of mystery to this stripped-back bit of low-key techno excellence.
Leeds's Annie Errez is one of the UK's best-kept secrets - an accomplished DJ, Mint Club mainstay and regal at Europe's most clued-up clubs as well as a producer who draws on those experiences to cook club-ready dynamite for labels like Mosaic and Strobewax. She gets deep and gritty on the intriguing 'According to Daneeka.' It's a dusty, dubbed-out afterparty head twister with freaky synth sounds scattered about the mix over chugging drum funk. Last of all is Manchester-based Leoleoleo who brings a utopian view to ethereal club bangers and pensive but uplifting rollers that have so far had support from the likes of Sasha and Optimo. Here he lays down hefty kicks in broken but funky patterns and drops optimistic synth sequences over the top. As the energy builds, string flurries add an extra

rush of dopamine as you reach for the lasers on a strobe-lit dance floor. Northern Lines is another high-quality dose of heady electronic sound.

EP Release date - June 16th

CR018 Various Artists - Northern Lines (Release June 16th)

In this Record Rack Radio edition, we are super stoked to introduce Jonny Liebeck to you! Hailing from London, he is a classically trained organist and jazz pianist who also happens to be a kickass jungle DJ. Get rdy for an hour of smooth pads and tight breaks. Cheers!

Record Rack Radio 063 - Jonny Liebeck

Buy: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/cambodia-ifm-version

In the eighties, all the boys and many girls had a crush on Kim Wilde. Cosmic Force was no different. By covering her hitsingle Cambodia, the Dutch producer comes clean of his childhood love. His slinky vocoder version has the same coolness that stuck to miss Wild back then, and we think it fits perfectly in a post disco-set by the likes of Intergalactic Gary, Legowelt or Cosmic Force himself.

Master by Marco Spaventi

SoHaSo 046

Cosmic Force - Cambodia (IFM Version)

Suno Soniason @sunosoniason is one brainchild of RJN. Birthed from the practice of partaking in & sharing underground electronic music. 

This mix was completed on 2x technic turntables and a Xone:92 mixer, with the layout split into two halves. 

The first half takes a trip across the many reaches of the 170 zone, inter-splicing jungle jazz with steppy half time & more. After an ambient bridge, the second half gets into a situation between deeper experimental breakbeat & dancefloor ready UKG & bass music.

Alongside Xantrax (@inner_ear_massage), Suno can be found co-curating @eckerecords & playing as one-half of the experimental duo Squallfront.

HTMIX009 - Suno Soniason

3am in Ste-Foy

Strictly bangers traversing speeds and styles from one of Berlin's most adept selectors. https://soundcloud.com/dan-beaven

RA Mix Of The Day

Fruitcast #17 Dan Beaven

Here's DJ Autumn aka https://soundcloud.com/autumn-bpr set at the first edition of @Headroom_dance, Abergavenny recorded live in the Dome. 

Early evening minimal feels next to the pool. Apologies for the dust. Headphone jammerz for your mind. 

Back next year, save the date 31.07.20

Ell x

DJ Autumn @ Headroom 2019

XMAS ACID, a hot new CD compilation involving some of A/NZ’s squelchiest dance producers.

Wait... XMAS ACID? What’s that?

True, let me explain. XMAS ACID asked some of their favourite local Melbourne electronic producers to make an acid inspired dance track, that contains as many XMAS references as they so desire. The result is this 10 track compilation that includes the bizarre, the blissful, the banging and the baffling. Guaranteed to spice up any Xmas function, should you be so bold.

The CD contains exclusive music by DJ Chrysalis, Furious Frank, Leo James, Mousse, Nice Girl, Otologic, Sleep D, Tornado Wallace and Pelvis.

Tracklist: 
1. DJ Chrisco - Century Song
2. DJ Resting Grinch Face - I Hate It
3. DJ Bon-Bon - Dek Tha Hallz
4. Silent Knight - Psylent Night
5. Sexy lil Elf - Xmas Ham Acieed
6. Battery Acid Included - 12 Days On Acid
7. Big Drummer Boi - Bang The Chimney
8. Chadstone - Slay Bells (Fashion Capital Mix)
9. The 303 Wise Men - Little Drummer Boy In Goa
10. Naughty Gurl - A Very Cooked Christmas

CDs available at Skydiver Records (Melbourne, AU) on 20/12/2019, bandcamp link soon. All profits donated to the Indigenous Community Volunteers.

XMAS ACID 001 - CD Sampler

An electronic music record label, owned and ran by Brett Osbourne (Nadsat) and Rob Chadwick. Focusing on diverse underground sounds, and forward-thinking creatives. 

The vision was to build a network of quality artists that produce and engineer forward-thinking electronic music, and have a strong passion for music, arts, and culture. 

A strong emphasis is held at the direction of the artwork to accompany each release, as to capture the sound of the music inside, so that followers are buying something special, musically, and aesthetically.

If you think this is you, please send all demos too:

music@catchrecordings.com

or 

musicofnadsat@gmail.com

Please listen through our releases first to make sure that our genre fits with your music.

More information found on our website or social media:

http://www.catchrecordings.com/

https://www.facebook.com/CatchRecordings/

CR018 Various Artists - Northern Lines (Release June 16th)

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