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East-London's Riva Starr joins Defected's illustrious list of House Masters as he continues to establish himself as one of the world's top DJs and producers. Growing up surrounded by the rich musical culture of Southern Italy, Starr's influences come from all over; the sounds of Africa, Greece, Spain and the Balkans are ever-present within his revered house releases. Genre-wise his approach is similarly expansive, first falling for breakbeat after years of experimentation in Naples, before exploding onto the UK fidget and deep house scene in the noughties. Years later, the Snatch! owner's epic catalogue is brimming with the very best club music this side of the millennium, unrestricted by genre convention and bursting with eclectic samples and unpredictable references. This compilation features club belters alongside deeper cuts that seamlessly mix addictive vocal samples with hard-hitting house rhythms, as well as expert remixes and collaborations with fellow industry titans. Todd Terry, Mike Dunn, Groove Armada, Jocelyn Brown, Dennis Ferrer, Green Velvet, Harry Romero; the list of legendary artists that feature in Starr's eclectic discography is as endless as it is impressive, and throughout it all the Ibiza hitmaker maintains a signature sound that is distinctly Riva Starr.

Raw Feel

Riva Starr ‘Raw Feel’

Dance and Disorder

Dance And Disorder (From The Wax Mix - Without Acid)

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mi-el – In Dreams

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Skogar – Dark Fantasy
Skogar – City Morgue
Semilanceata – Swunnen
Ildjarn – Succumb...
Schändermond – Er Wird Alles Schänden
Schändermond – Novemberfrost
Taqbir – Tfou 3lik
Civil Defence Programme – Track 2 (Tape 7)
Civil Defence Programme – Track 3 (Tape 7)
Metalvarefabrikken – Eksempler Nummer Tre
Hilozoizmo – Extravagancias
Hilozoizmo – El Árabe Loco
Hilozoizmo – Expanciones
Hilozoizmo – Fantasías
Hilozoizmo – Entonación
SHXCXCHCXSH – SWSWWWSSWSW
SHXCXCHCXSH – Nges
Fleckentarn – Le Temps Ne Guérit Rien
Vaurien – Biture Tiède
Fleckentarn – Une lame de flammes et de rancœur
Excrement – Respectable Living
Yellowcake – When Night Comes
Asmus Tietchens – Medienlandschaft 6
Asmus Tietchens – Fron
Giovanni Bignone – Maschinengewehr
Urfalı Cemil Cankat – Sultan Süleyman'a Kalmayan Dünya
Bill Orcutt – And Lenny Bruce Made Love
Orchestre De La Paillote – La Guinée Moussolou
A LARGE SHEET OF MUSCLE – GO W THE GHOST
A LARGE SHEET OF MUSCLE – SADDLE IAN
John Grzinich – Spruce

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Into the Clouds

hell yeah its summer

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A Phat Phil Cooper Eclectic Mix [Ibiza, August 2025]

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)

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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

Coyote & Secret Soul Society IIb? Party Bodega Secret Garden

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▉ Onto The Cosmos ▉
〶 Tako (Music From Memory)
〶 Marco Folco
〶 Afro Templum Armada (Caveargento / Feel Fly / Lorenzo Valeri)
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Recorded during 〶 Afro Templum - Brāhmana 〶
09/08/2025 @ Punta Eucalipto / Lago Trasimeno

AFROTEMPLUM BRĀHMANA -2025- • TAKO / MARCO FOLCO / AFRO TEMPLUM ARMADA (CAVEARGENTO/FEEL FLY/VALERI)

Coyote - The Standard Solar Sessions

Featured Album - Fruit Distro Collective - JUST.LIFE.

Yuuf - Mesa Mesa [Single September 2025]
Eje Eje - Oyun Çorbasi [Single September 2025]
SONS OF ZÖKU - Hōō [Single September 2025]
Sunbörn Meets Clap! Clap! - Jolloff On The Roll Off [Single September 2025]
Topium feat. Djenmbi & Klod Kiavué - Bo Bay Lanmen (Kay Suzuki Remix) [Excursions In Gwoka Vol​.3]
Kutiman - Haraka [Single September 2025]
Fruit Distro Collective - Infusion [JUST.LIFE.]
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KORB - Obsidian [IV]
Kotoa - Higher Being [Single September 2025]
Prefaces - Marmoura [Acqua Marina]
Alex Albrecht And GRANT - Altered Pollen [Tangible Dreams EP]
Four Tet - Into Dust (Still Falling) (Extended Mix) [Single September 2025]
Bioscope, Steve Rothery, Thorsten Quaeschning - Kaleidoscope [Gentō]
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Fruit Distro Collective & Simon Herody - Nova Pt.1 [JUST.LIFE.]
Darryl Baalki - Nothing Will Break You [Songs That Won't Be Silenced EP]
Shaboom feat. Mark Bell - Woman Cry (Spatial Awareness Dub) [Woman Cry Remixes]
Sapphist Eye - Hanging In A Path (Dub Version) [Mutate+Back]
Lehto - Glades [Koskaan EP]
Secret Soul Society - Orange Surprise [v/a - Buena Onda - Adriatic Beats & Beyond]
Fruit Distro Collective - Nova Pt.2 [JUST.LIFE.]
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Hyperculte - Temps Mort [v/a - 2015-2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years of Sonic Explorations]
Guedra Guedra كدرة كدرة - The Arc Of Three Colours [MUTANT]
RUMTUM - Canyon Groove [Floating Cactus]
Pugilist x Tamen - Fuchsia [Source]
Bodhi - Silian Rail [Corrupta]
Fruit Distro Collective - Being Here [JUST.LIFE.]

Radio Show 15-09-2025

New Track 'Flawless' from The Following EP as premiered by Mixmag:
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Flawless

Jacques Renault - Great edits, I bought both 1&2 on vinyl. keep em coming...
Oskar Hofferman - super nice! So Real is my cut. but all the others are very nice, too!
DJ Rocca - MAGIC EDITS!!! Hammond Groove is pure Class!!
Sean Johnston - Hammond Groove is a killer! Good work!!!
Craig Smith (6th Borough Project) - Best thing I heard in a while...all traxx excellent.
Digby (mixmag) - More weird goodies 5/5

Following the success of the first two Balearic Gabba Edits release, Hell Yeah has commissioned the third EP in the VINYL ONLY series from Enzo Elia. The Italian is a label favourite, with much of his back catalogue coming via Hell Yeah since 2009, and people like Soul Clap, JD Twitch, Red Rack Em and Photonz all confirmed fans of his previous edit work.

The first of this new package is the Mr Marvin – Hammond Groove (Too Many Thomas Edit). It’s a slowly percolating, pad laced Balearic daydream that eventually gets underpinned by a slow and bulbous kick drum as icy neon melodies drift about above. Late on some hi hats add to the rhythm, couching the whole thing in a deep house framework that looks to the stars.

Next, Morenas – Cuando Brilla La Luna (Polyglot Edit) is all watery to start, wooden sounding percussion from xylophones to wind chimes seem to hang in the air above a gentle tumble of tropical bongos. It’s lush and escapist and builds with a restrained minimalism of the sort perfect for opening any set.

On the flip, Sunset Village Inc. – So Real (Ultradubabbestia Edit) is pure warehouse vibes right from the off. Raw as you like hi hats tear apart big thick kicks, grid iron synths straight from a Gerry Read record slam down each bar and a rave making “ooh” vocal insight a full on dancing frenzy that gets all the more intense when a bassline straight from ‘88 billows into the mix.

Now full hitting its stride, there are plenty more gems on the way in this series so stay tuned!




Enzo Elia / Balearic Gabba Soundsystem bookings:

info@hellyeahrec.com 

Mr Marvin - Hammond Groove (Enzo Elia Too Many Thomas Edit)

Discopolis 2.0

Discopolis 2.0 (Eelke Kleijn Extended Remix)

"If you didn't know, Hell Yeah is the Italian label hell-bent on releasing the best modern disco(ish) you can find. Sometimes it's blissed out and Balearic, sometimes it's squelchy and down-right weird and sometimes it's the sort of elongated, tribal stuff that works dancefloors into a salacious frenzy" (Kristan J Caryl - DJ MAG January 2014)


Hell Yeah Recordings, a descendent of leading Italian dance label Mantra Vibes is an Italian-based electronic music label active since 2006. Releasing from Ferrara, Bologna, and Amsterdam and led by Marco Gallerani “peeDoo” (A&R), the label bases its philosophy on a diversity of artists and recording experiences tied together by a common vision of what defines quality progressive recording. 

With a sound as diverse as the artists it represents, Hell Yeah does not limit itself to the constraints of genre but packs a complex palette of sounds ranging from techno to minimal-nu-rave to electro-funk and tech house.  Artists as varied as Radio Slave, Santos, Umek, Oliver Koletzki, Congorock, 3iO, Crimea X and the mighty Balearic Gabba Sound System have helped establish Hell Yeah’s eclectic sound, a distinct take on party music loaded with a sonic Balearic feel good vibe that has made press around the world hail Hell Yeah as a label to watch, always

Hell Yeah aims to build upon its current reputation as a leading Italian Electronic Music play, overseeing the release of a series of progressive productions that straddle genres, defy conventions and blur barriers between listening and dance music. Stemming from Hell Yeah’s initial graphic identity formed by Neverending’s Rocco “the Boghe” Pezzella, new mind-bending web and label artworks from Italian artist Andrea Amaducci and the Berlin-based Ice Cream For Free collective promises complete visual as well as aural stimulation.

info/bookings: 
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Mr Marvin - Hammond Groove (Enzo Elia Too Many Thomas Edit)

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