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For the past few years, RA cover star Jlin has been churning out complex percussion compositions that sit at the intersection of IDM, trap, mutant techno and sound art. Her tracks are tactile and structurally complex, stacked drums interlocking with glistening melodies and heaving basslines on groundbreaking albums like Dark Origami. Her rhythms gracefully crosscut over one another like towering blocks in an architecture sketch for a truly cerebral experience.

Growing up in Gary, Indiana, the former steel factory worker wears many hats. She produces mind-bending club music—usually for Mike Paradinas's label Planet Mu—scores modern dance performances and arranges for instrumental ensembles. Her process of collaboration is deeply symbiotic, as shown on her new EP, Perspective The acoustic version of the record, written for and performed with Chicago's Third Coast Percussion, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize this year, an unprecedented honour for a dance music artist.

Jlin's style is sometimes described as avant-garde, but modernist is a better word. She originally started out making footwork and despite moving away from the genre in recent years, footwork's jittery energy still flows through her productions, a testament to her ability to experiment across styles. Being a math whiz only adds to the angular, carefully calculated feel of her production.
 
In celebration of Jlin's career, Mike Paradinas serves up a 40 minute mix that shows off her range and most importantly, her passion for this music.

@mikep @jlinnarlei

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/903

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RA.903 Mike Paradinas (ft. Jlin)

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Formerly known as Al Tourettes, and half of R&S’s ALSO (alongside Appleblim), Alec Storey unveiled his Second Storey project in 2013. ‘One Sound’ is the second single from his debut LP ‘Double Divide’, and intertwines Second Storey’s electro and bass music influences over six restless, bouncy minutes. Brand new ‘Layer Lock’ is equally frenetic, but echoes IDM in its micro-melodies and unconventional structure. 

Two of Storey’s idols take up remix duties. Luke Vibert provides a sampladelic version of ‘One Sound’, adding splashes of colour in the finest cut ’n’ paste style. Meanwhile Cristian Vogel transforms ‘Layer Lock’ into a shape-shifting head-nodder whose rhythmical shifts delight and confound in equal measure.

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Wisdom Teeth with Facta & K-LONE - 01 March 2025

Epic live recording of a 12+ hour set from the Wild Wild Country of Shaniko Oregon. A two night event of wild abandon in the outer realms of society and the physical/mental plains of existence.  Part 1 starts at 10 pm on Day 2 of the festivities when everyone was already primed to go.  I ended the set around 10:30 or 11 am the next morning.

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Another Barker masterclass.

Sam Barker asks more from techno. The artist known simply as Barker is one of electronic music's most consistently conscientious and curious producers, challenging listeners to question the norms we accept about our shared culture—whether it's the music that fills the room, the process behind it, or the purpose of the space itself.

British-born yet based in Berlin since 2007, Barker forged a connection to many of the city's leading institutions, including Ostgut Ton, and over the course of a long and fruitful relationship, he carved out one of the more singular paths on the club and label's roster.

Not one for orthodoxy, Barker challenged four-to-the-floor techno framework in favor of melodic experimentation. By decentering or completely stripping away the typical trappings of kick drums and claps, his productions are both light and immersive, buoyant in low-end presence and shimmering in weightless space.

Six years after Utility, his sophomore album Stochastic Drift arrives this month. Shaped by pandemic-driven reinvention, it burrows deeper into harmonic twists and freeform drift. "At some point I became conscious of the process," he wrote of his latest album. "The only thing you can do is embrace the uncertainty and see every change as a potential positive.”

Consider his RA Podcast another sequel. Like his much-beloved 2019 mix for FACT, it's a collage of live recordings and a fitting expression of the artist's own internal spring. RA.982 radiates wide-eyed optimism: percussion cloaked in foggy, swirling pads and trance-like chords, neatly synched in synthetic glimmers. 

All in all, it's an hour of music crafted for contemplation, collective euphoria, or heads-down epiphany—or for that matter, any moment, really, its emotive depth seemingly endless.

@voltek

Find the tracklist and Q&A at ra.co/podcast/982

RA.982 Barker

Ce mois-ci un extrait du nouveau live d'Only Now en exclusivité et la star montage de la bass music Hassan Abou Alam

POLAAR : Only Now & Hassan Abou Alam - 27 Avril 2025

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2025/truancy-volume-348-reni/ 

Soundcloud: @renildn

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Truancy Volume 348: re:ni

Kiosk and The Lot Radio proudly team up for a three-day broadcast from the Moon Ra stage at Horst Festival, highlighting the vibrant music scenes of New York and Brussels at one of Europe’s renowned festivals.

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Objekt | Kiosk Radio x The Lot Radio at Horst Festival 2025

@ciel_dj's energetic 90-minute set for PUCKER UP!'s Standard Time debut (April 26, 2025) ~ featuring both vinyl & digital selections

Pucker Up! | Ciel @ Standard Time | 04.26.2025

Guest mix by @emily_jeanne (Antwerp) - from min 60 onwards

Track list soon on my Instagram or comment for id's!

Listen to the show:
Thursdays // four-weekly on Sub.FM // 5pm-7pm (CET)(Live)
Fridays // bi-weekly on Radio Helsinki // 22h-24h (CET)(rerun)
Thursdays // bi-weekly on Radio Helsinki // 13h-15h (CET)(rerun)

Send promos & dubs: dubs(at)sunpeople.at
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Emily Jeanne // Sun People - 29/05/25 - SUB FM

Interview:  https://truantsblog.com/2025/truancy-volume-350-facta-k-lone

Soundcloud: @facta @k-lone93

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Truancy Volume 350: Facta & K-LONE

UK record label based at fabric, East London. Run in part by Rob Booth (Electronic Explorations)

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