CCR Headcleaner - Cokesmoker(RADIOEDIT)

we switch up the funk flow on 2035black with a release from our dear friend

Sonar's Ghost 2035black

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 masterclass, recorded in 2012 at a superclub that no longer exists. (2012, incidentally, is farther away from 2025 than 2012 was from 2000, and 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 rare combinations playing start-to-finish. 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 a 385-minute marathon 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. 

If you've got time to spare, a fun side game is sussing out who plays what. Disco-dub covers 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 practically feels like an F1 car.

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

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

From Rezzett E.P. 2 (TTT040).

4 tracks.

Out soon.

TTT SHOP

Rezzett – Zik Zak

Advanced Smoothness

Interview and tracklist: http://www.thefader.com/2016/02/03/ohbliv-fader-mix

FADER Mix: Ohbliv

LR089 Benedek - Coolin' - EP
ltd cassette + digital EP now available:
www.leavingrecords.com

Nicky Benedek was born and bred to funk in the City of Angels. He spent his early creative energy observing and integrating outsider dance and funk scenes in underground music culture into his own breed of production for his first full-length on the influential PPU label. His compositions carry the torch of funk into the wondrous and nebulous territories of house, boogie, hip-hop, jazz-fusion, and experimental new age. With an arsenal of analog synthesizers, drum machines, and electric guitars, he’s making moves in the L.A. underground by welcomed way of Funkmosphere, Dublab, and Leaving Records community with a strong strut.

TAPES + DIGI

Benedek - Coolin'

REN WOODS - GET IT RIGHT (FD EDIT) | © 1982, ELEKTRA
NOLLEN & CROSSLEY - READY OR NOT | © 1982, MOTOWN
HOLLYWOOD - TELL THAT YOU ARE MY GIRL | © 19XX, TROIT TOWN RECORDS
G.C. CAMERON - WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW | © 1989, ARDENT RECORDS
JERMAINE JACKSON - BURNIN' HOT | © 1980, MOTOWN
ALEXANDER O'NEILL - INNOCENT | © 1985, TABU RECORDS 
JOHNNY KEMP - JUST ANOTHER LOVER | © 1986, COLUMBIA
WIZZARD - THESE ARE THE EIGHTIES | © 1982, WIZSONG
EXQUISITE TASTE - IT'S THAT'S HAPPENING | © 1984, STARLITE
CAMEO - BE YOURSELF | © 1982, CHOCOLATE CITY
THE ASSIGNMENT - JAMMIN TO THE BEAT | © 1987, PRETTY BOY RECORDS
THE JONES GIRLS - YOU GONNA MAKE ME LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE | © 1979, PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL RECORDS
BROTHERS JOHNSON - OUT OF CONTROL | © 1984, A&M
STONE CITY BAND - BAD LADY | © 1983, MOTOWN
ENCHANTMENT - HERE IS YOUR CHANCE | © 1983, COLUMBIA
SHANNON PAIGE - SCHOOL ME | © 1983, ?
JELLYBEAN BENITEZ - THE MEXICAN | © 1984, EMI
OLLIE & JERRY - THERE'S NO STOPPING' US | © 1984, POLYDOR
ALEEM FT. LEROY BURGESS - MORE THAN A MILLION | © 1986, ATLANTIC


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