Landscape from Memory

Nocturne

Quiet Life

This is a live binaural recording of two collaborative pieces  of sonic architecture by Matt Spendlove and Amanda Butterworth, composed for 6.1 and performed at project Difvuse, London, May 2025.
Emergent algorithmic processes generate a 3D aural space of phasing minimalism. These works create temporary communities of pattern-makers, where the multichannel environment becomes a shared space for discovering emergent sonic relationships.

Recording taken with Sennheiser Ambeo Headset.

Pattern Making - Live Binaural Recording at Project Divfuse London

From:
Kessler V & friends - Kosmik Sludge
digital EP/LP, out Monday 11th August 2025
https://misc-works.bandcamp.com/album/kosmik-sludge
https://misc.works
/
vid - https://youtu.be/UgAx8zYOkFk

Datassette - 7 Bass Guitars In 7-4 (Kessler V sludge edit) [MISCWX011]

Andrew Weatherall's first official posthumous mix. The only b2b DJ Harvey ever agreed to. Six hours at Trouw. This one's special.

When mulling which direction to go in for RA's 1000th mix celebrations, many options came to mind. Some shadowy character 2-stepping around the fringe of our collective consciousness? An impossible-level IDM icon?

All tempting. But, ultimately, we are a DJ-forward publication and this is a DJ mix series. It felt truer to the history of the RA Podcast to release deep vault material from a time when the world of niche records felt different, tighter, more discrete.

The fourth-longest mix in the series' history is an unrepeatable marathon set recorded in 2012 at a superclub that no longer exists. 2012, incidentally, is farther away from 2025 than 2012 was from 2000... if we have to clock it, so do you.

It's the coming together of one British icon who passed away in 2020, and another whose time on the road has scaled back considerably as of late. DJ Harvey agreed to exactly one b2b set in his life: this one, with Andrew Weatherall.

The night took place at Trouw, an Amsterdam club already considered legendary before it shuttered its doors in the opening hours of 2015, as part of an RA series anchored around start-to-close combinations. Harvey was at the peak of an irresistible career second act, which dovetailed with a disco revival that dominated clubs for years. Weatherall, with infinite brownie points stockpiled from the '90s, remained everyone's favourite debonair psychonaut. 

What follows is 385 scintillating minutes of arpeggiated chug and slow-cresting climaxes: a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than any comparable point in the 21st century. A masterclass, entirely self-contained in audio form.

If you've got time to spare, a fun side game is sussing out who plays what. A disco-dub cover of Echo & the Bunnymen? Smart money's on Weatherall. Exuberant EQ'ing of The Isley Brothers? Gotta be Harvey. As for the low 'n slow, lightly spangled house that was all the rage in the early 2010s (think Maxxi Soundsystem, Disco Bloodbath, Rub & Tug, C.O.M.B.I. and Full Pupp), it's anyone's guess. 127 BPM feels practically like an F1 car.

When we kicked off our RA.1000 campaign, we outlined a few goals: tick off a handful of long-awaited dream guests, honour architects who shaped the world around us and deliver recordings you truly can't hear anywhere else. Full send.

DJing and the mythmaking around it has undergone a quantum leap since 2012, let alone 2006, 1996 or 1989. For those of us who were kicking around in the former, there's a creeping melancholy that our prime is fast becoming a matter of historical record. The killing moon really did come too soon. 

Where will electronic music, DJ sets or any of this be in 2044? Hard to say. Best not to overthink that one. Instead, we want to say thanks to all contributors on the series so far. Now enjoy luxuriating in the company of two of the greatest to ever do it, together, for the first and last time.⁠ – Gabriel Szatan (Editor, RA)

@andrew-weatherall

Read the interview with DJ Harvey and Andrew Weatherall's family at https://ra.co/podcast/1016. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall

'Earth Bound', repurposes reclaimed steel plates as sonic resonators, transforming industrial remnants into instruments which hold a delicate sonic power. Emerging from long-term work with FTGU Studio, Tom and Juliana have developed this concept for live performances, using a combination of lower family recorders, whistles, vocals and electronics. At the heart of the project is the unpredictable interplay between human touch and the innate voice of the materials. Harmonics ripple across the steel, responding to the shifting tension, inviting listeners into a sound where boundaries between structure and improvisation dissolve

Earth Bound

Raw Techno Mix Sep 2025

25/02/2018

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What people have said about David Keye's music..

'Wonderful, mysterious and enchanting' - Phantom Dog Beneath the Moon (Rusted Rail) UK

'Après le live de INFANT au project 101, after show avec son comparse David Keye improvisation d'une heure au piano au BAR le Gobe Lune PARIS 20 Keith Jarett n'est pas loin... St Omer à la main !!!' - Alexandre Crepin (MusiikExperience Recordings) Paris

'Rich soundscapes, textures and atmospheres that bring out reflective and deep thoughts' - Facel Vega (Italie 13) California

'I like your electronic and experimental, I had on mind the film "The Sky Above Berlin" (Wings of Desire) of Wim Wenders many times' - Windmill (Time is Wild, Be Wild) Bilbao

'I feel a cool wave washing over me! Thanks!' - Susan Gardener (Beachmusic) UK

'Short long made me really want to write and say honestly, I really like your music' - John Guertler Scores, Berlin

'Beautiful and mysterious sound' - Monooka, London

'This is some really wicked music, I closed the lights and totally freaked out' - Jack Dani, Toronto

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