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We probably don't need to tell you who Deadbeat is. (He even did a previous RA Podcast for us, all the way back in 2007.) But if you need a refresher, he's one of the most important and revered artists in dub techno. The Canadian artist came up in the Montreal scene alongside other trailblazers like Akufen and other Canadians (think Cobblestone Jazz, Mathew Jonson, Wagon Repair, etc). His early records for ~scape are some of the most classic and influential minimal there ever was, but dub is always at the heart of his work, and runs in the veins of BLKRTZ, the prolific label he runs himself.

Sa Pa, on the other hand, sits somewhere in the ambient zone. Originally from Adelaide, he's found a powerful creative sparring partner in Deadbeat. The two released their first album together, The Mountain, earlier this year. It's the 50th release on BLKRTZ and maybe one of the most monumental records in either artist's catalogue, a triple-LP that harks back to the hypnotic, plink-plonk days of yore with the strong cross-genre underpinning that marks Deadbeat's work these days, and plenty of lovely atmospheric wiggles.

The duo's lengthy RA Podcast, taken from two different recordings at their Absurd Dub Lustre party in Berlin, mirrors the LP's sound, weaving through tracks new and old. It's full of warm, dubby vibrations and smooth transitions.

Read more: http://ra.co/podcast/836

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RA.836 Deadbeat & Sa Pa

gudrun gut remix for Lucrecia Dalt - HEM records 

Saltación By Lucrecia Dalt (Remix)

Saturday Night Set Fusion 2023 with my dear @meat

Cinthie + Meat Fusion 23

Owner of 803 Crystal Grooves, DJ, Producer and Record store owner... Cinthie is the 8th artist for the Life and Death Mix Series.

Cinthie x Life And Death Mix Series

round 199 mixed by @https://soundcloud.com/bassdee

Born in West Berlin BassDee got in touch with dance music in the late 80ies, a few years before the Berlin Wall came down. The G.I. Disco influences on the  Kurfürstendamm Diskotheken, the engulfing Hip Hop movement and suddenly the Acid House wave aroused his inspiration to perform as a DJ. So he bought his first records at the PINKY record store, scratched together all his money to buy turntables to win the first merits in the science of mixing. The year 1989 changed his world inconceivably, when Monika Dietl was performing the best Dance Music Show at the West Berlin SFB 2 radio station, DJ Jon Magic Jonzon was spinning eternal house sets at the Berlin UFO Club, and the newly opened Hard Wax record store supplied unknown House Music from Chicago, Detroit and New York.

BassDee´s  first DJ club gig was at a Dubmission Party in 1991. In 1992, he started the Bassterror Project focussed on Breakbeat together with his brother DJ Feed and Alec Empire, while at the same time playing House and Techno at legendary clubs like the Berlin ELEKTRO (Resident), Friseur (Resident) or Tresor, and the Potsdam Waschhaus, where the Hard Wax DJs René and Pete shaped the probably most futuristic techno nights of that time. The enormous power of the breakbeat science hidden in the the big 1994 Jungle boom fueled things even further. In 1994 he started the admired Drum&Bass show "Radio Massive" together with Thaddeus Hermann at the Berlin Kiss FM station. His next major project was the Case Invaders record label initiated with DJ Bleed. Beside his residencies at the Berlin WMF, Elektro, Friseur, Toaster and Icon he dejayed at the same time in Berlins Clubs like 103, E-Werk, Maria, Ostgut, Cookies, Suicide, amongst others. As one of the creators of the famous Berlin "hard:edged" nights, he tremendously shaped Berlin's Drum&Bass scene. 

Since Drum&Bass somehow lost its edge, he found his way back to the enthusiastic embrace of House and Techno and returned with full enthusiasm to the Berlin club scene playing at places such as the Panorama Bar, Ohm, Palomabar, Acud, about:blank, Gretchen, Prince Charles, Horst Krzberg, WMF, M12,...

BassDee recently joined the Hidden Hawaii crew and co-produced the critically acclaimed “Veteranenstraße EP“ together with Felix K.

https://de.ra.co/dj/bassdee

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My whole set from Multisex a few weeks ago. It was also my birthday , i had an amazing time ! I played a lot of vinyl from back in the day....enjoy !

Ian Pooley at Multisex

Complete cute from my all night long at Radio Radio in Amsterdam. Played from open to close, hence i started with a lower volume in the beginning.

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All night long at Radio Radio ( Vinyl only )

For RA.1000, we take it back to the source with two never-before-heard tapes from Frankie Knuckles's private collection

There is no house music without Frankie Knuckles, literally or figuratively. The queer icon's luxurious DJ sets at Chicago's Warehouse gave a rising movement its name. From there, countless offshoots splintered and travelled the globe. But what did the genesis and growth of the sound really feel like?

The Godfather of House left behind not only timeless records, but personalised cassettes with hand-drawn liner notes handed out to friends and family. Two of those, dated to 1989 and 1996, have been digitised especially for RA.1000. (Thank you to the Frankie Knuckles Foundation.)

To put that in context: the first tape predates not only many of today's active clubbers, but the entire existence of jungle, drum & bass, UK garage, French touch, Jersey club, Afrobeats, IDM, baile funk, hardcore, footwork, dubstep, dub techno, tech house, breaks, minimal, maximal, gqom, gabber, grime and hyperpop.

In short… that's a very, very long time ago. The world of dance music was much smaller. DJ culture was functionally unrecognisable from the one we see in 2025. 

And yet, to some degree, what you'll hear on RA.1000 hasn't changed at all. It's a capture of not only what made Frankie Knuckles one of the beloved pioneers of first-generation dance music, but what draws people to club culture in the first place.

The mood on these Frankie Knuckles sets outlasts even its creator: a spirit of optimism that floods the world's best dance floors and keeps dance music pulsing on into the future, nearly 40 years later, in spite of it all. We end our 1000th mix celebrations here because it all starts there.

Find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1018. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Frankie Knuckles

Efdemin  | Signal to Noise

Live recording from our event Singularity, every Monday at Tresor, Berlin 🖤

SUBSTANCE*live 12.5.2025 Singularity @ TRESOR

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EG SPOTLIGHT.021 Aether (Off Week Special)

this is one track of the "Heavy Weights" - Release on Yuki Yaki
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Library #1 - What I Always Wanted to Say

The POOL Berlin The POOL Berlin launches its music project orientated division called POOLtracks in 2018.
The Library is a series of compilations aiming to present music from the members and the worldwide network of The POOL Berlin. 'What I Always Wanted To Say' is the first release of the Library series. A compilation to present music from the POOL core members ANN, Waldboot, Demas, Dr.Nojoke, Sven Laux and Ray Dansky due to be released on April 27th via bandcamp. 

Library 01 - What I Always wanted to say

With all the personal projects and those of THE POOL BERLIN - such as the POOL lab orchestra, the KITCH EN Parties, the POOLcast and now POOLtracks - sometimes the most important thing gets into the background: To take the time to tell each other that you have the feeling that you are doing the right thing here and now with the right people. That all the ups and downs that life has brought to every single one of us, the events that have brought us together and the visions that we share have led to a clear decision to invest power, time and passion in a common future. With the certainty that further turbulences and 
transformations will not distract us from our dreams and visions.

"What I Always Wanted to Say" is an expression of our confidence, a manifestation of our friendship and inspiration for the future. 
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Sven Laux
https://www.facebook.com/svenlaux/
https://soundcloud.com/sven-laux/

Dr.Nojoke
https://www.facebook.com/Dr.Nojoke.fanpage/
https://soundcloud.com/dr-nojoke/

Demas
https://www.facebook.com/minimaldemas/
https://soundcloud.com/demas/

ANN
https://www.facebook.com/ANNsound/
https://annother.bandcamp.com/

Ray Dansk
https://soundcloud.com/ray-dansky/

Waldboot
https://www.facebook.com/waldboot
https://soundcloud.com/waldboot

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The POOL Berlin - POOLcast - POOLtracks
http://thepoolberlin.de 
https://facebook.com/poolcastberlin/
https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/ 
https://pooltracks.bandcamp.com/ 
https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/ 
https://mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/

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ANN - Left Something

The fourth mix of our series comes from German artist and @slices-of-life-records boss @barbara-preisinger. It’s a pleasure for us to host another mix from one of our favourite DJs, and the mix itself is one hour of groove and classy selection. 

Read the Q&A below in the link and get to know more about one of the most respected DJs of the underground.

https://carpetandsnares.com/mixseries-barbara-preisinger

Carpet Music Mix Series

Carpet Music: Mix Series 004 w/ Barbara Preisinger

I love electronic music, jazz and chillout sounds. Welcome to my profile and enjoy my playlists! - Please send me a Soundcloud message if there are any questions!

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