Recording of my 2021 Essential Mix for BBCR1, originally broadcast in September.

Ben UFO - Essential Mix 25.09.21

With their Wisdom Teeth label, British artists Facta and K-LONE are at the vanguard of a sound that mixes New Age-inspired ambient music with loopy tech house and the staggered swing of Bristol techno. Now split between the West Country hotspot and Brighton, the duo have perfected a balance of carefully considered long-players and wicked club EPs, making Wisdom Teeth one of the most essential labels anywhere in the UK right now.

As DJs, their sound leans more towards the clubbier end of Wisdom Teeth—and don't sleep on K-LONE's lovely other labels, Sweet 'n' Tasty (for garage) and Wych (dubstep-ish)—but they've got a slightly softer, slow-and-steady approach than many of their peers from their spiritual home of Bristol. It's clubby, but it's more hypnotic and loopy than loud and banging. The duo jump through a fair amount of sounds—and you'll still get some bass wobbles—touching on tracks from Genius Of Time, Martinez Brothers, Jan Driver, Polygonia and more, bridging not only genres but local scenes and continents. There's a measured and steady touch to the way they DJ, like musicians who know the instruments like the back of their hand, and as always, it's a pure pleasure to hear them put tracks together like only they can.

@facta @k-lone93 @wisdomteeth-uk

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RA.908 Facta & K-LONE

A Guy Called Gerald @ Carnival Boat Party 2023
This was one of those nights. Hidden and secluded, down a long path with 80 friends on a boat and a thumping soundsystem somewhere deep in London. 
And we are bringing together (almost) the same line up. 

Very, very, limited tickets @ https://ra.co/events/1896720

Pocket Radio invites Heads N Freaks to curate a series of intimate parties alongside the live stream at this special little venue in South London. This first party sees two of the UK dance scene's originators and continuing pioneers in a rare appearance together playing extended sets.

They are joined by Will B (Heads N Freaks, Super Culture, Four Directions) & Ophilion (Pocket Radio)

Expect a journey into the deep and unexpected through house, disco, techno and beyond.

HeadsNFreaks Carnival Boat Party 2023

A wintry collage from one of 2024's breakout stars.

As far as crossover electronic success goes, Barry Can't Swim's 2024 scorecard would take some beating. His singles have racked up hundreds of millions of streams, he bagged a Mercury Prize nomination and has the range to both pack out festivals as a DJ and sell out tours worldwide with a string-accented live show. 

Barely 12 months on from the release of debut album "When Will We Land?", it's fair to say Josh Mannie is one of the most in-demand artists working in dance and electronic music right now, with a follow-up LP nearly done, he says.

For RA.968, he pulls in the complete opposite direction from any of that. Sure, there are nods to Mark Leckey and late-night jazz haunts throughout his catalogue, and the ruminative clouds drifting across his signature golden-hour glow do suggest an artist with a sharp grasp on meteorological melancholy. But a beatless collage featuring Suso Sáiz, Slow Attack Ensemble and Lorenzo Senni? It's a surprise, and a welcome one at that.

Speckled with exclusive airings of brand-new ambient material, Barry Can't Swim's RA Podcast charts a path from This Mortal Coil to Ryuichi Sakamoto, with a detour through some Linkwood and Anthony Naples deep cuts we've not heard for a good while. (He even includes a Stars of the Lid favourite which namechecks Fulham's home ground, an act of mid-table grace for the diehard Everton fan).

RA.968 has the crackle of a frosty night walk set to tape—a holiday gift from one of the most popular acts in the game. 'Tis the season.

@barrycantswim

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RA.968 Barry Can't Swim

Live From Lost Village - Facta & K-Lone

FaltyDL @ The Lot Radio 07-30-2025

Otik - 20 August 2025

Chunky house sluggers, sluggy chunk housers, and a grab bag of blissful jams from deep down inside.

https://www.instagram.com/pleasurejams

Pleasure Jams @ The Lot Radio 08-30-2025

Recording of Palms Trax's closing set at RDC Stage on Saturday night.

RDC 092 - Palms Trax at Rainbow Disco Club 2025

Poté - 270925

CLASH x O2 MONTHLY PRIORITY MIX - DECEMBER 2020 WRAP UP

Adventures in music, fashion, film and more. 

Issue 129 - covered by Romy, JADE, Kai Isaiah-Jamal, Bryan Ferry & Leon Bridges - is out now: https://www.TheClashShop.com

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