What about da beats da beats go heaaaaaaaad!!

Live from the Forgotten Cabin t at Lost Village 2022

Tickets: lostvillagefestival.com/tickets

24—27 August, 2023 | Lincolnshire UK

Live from the Village - Yu Su

https://www.nts.live/shows/rare-species/episodes/rare-species-25th-april-2023

Rare Species w/ Jazzy Jangsoon 240423

I love Playing in Berlin and this was no exception.
Felt complete freedom here. There where high vibrations in the room!- I hope this translates
Here's to many more Rhythm Section's In the German Capital in the future.

Shouts to MLE, Jaxx and Rich for setting the tone and keeping the fire burning. And the Dancers for Dancing!

Live at Ohm Berlin May 2023

Bradley Zero live from Ohm Berlin, 6th  May 2023

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

60 min with BKyard Boogie founder Sir Isaac

IG: @isaacziman
SoundCloud: @dj_sir_isaac

Track listing:

Peanut Butter Wolf - Styles, Crews, Flows, Beats
Bahama Soul Club - Ain’t Nobody’s Business ft. Billie Holiday
SAULT - Up All Night
Felix Laband - The Devil Threatens Me
Wall of Fame Records - Harlem World
Preach - Runnin Round
KAYTRANADA ft. Iman Omari - 2 The Music
SZA - Wavy (Trackademicks Remix) ft. James Fauntleroy
Paula Tape - Agua Congas
Kelis - Milkshake (Acapella)
Grace Jones - Feel Up (Danny Tenaglia remix)
Sweatson Klank - Street Dancing
Phenomenal Handclap Band - Jail (Marcel Vogel Remix)
Tyler, the Creator - EARFQUAKE (Channel Tres Remix)
Borrowed Identity - Queens Bridge (Original Mix)
De La Soul - Ain’t Hip To Be Labelled A Hippie
Black Moon - Make Munne (Jesse Perez Retouch)
Channel Tres - Sexy Black Timberlake (SG Lewis Remix)
Jorja Smith - Love (Goodbyes Reprise) - Toddla T Remix
Wajatta - Tonight
Sheefy Mcfly - Dance2nite
Byron the Aquarius - Love Is 4 U
Jitwam - Enchanté (Original Mix)
Kedr Livanskiy - Sky Kisses
CZ Wang & Neo Image - Just Off Wave (feat. Separated at Birth)
Moodymann - Shades of Jae

Da Boogie Tape - Vol. I: Sir Isaac

Founder of @BKyardBoogie & @wearebrothersister
Brooklyn, NY

Da Boogie Tape - Vol. I: Sir Isaac

Sir Isaac

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