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To launch Character, Deetron and fellow Swiss dynamo Ripperton have teamed up under their rarely seen Roots Panorama alias to carve out two dancefloor focused cuts with very different attitudes. 

The 'Mars' EP is the product of what can only be described as an epic jamming session and both producers have created contrasting remixes that are sure to set nightclubs and warehouses alight.

Deetron's 'Panorama Version' is the sun-drenched and synth-laden opener, one that's perfect for setting the tone of an evening or bringing it to a close whereas Ripperton's 'Roots Version' is a far darker and more steely cut which incorporates a jagged arpeggio that's set to stun.

Roots Panorama 'Mars' (Ripperton Roots Version)

Mostly electronic music productions presented in a mixed manner

Skee Mask @ The Lot Radio 05-20-2024

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Alex Jones & Chris Spero, known to Hotflush followers as Dense & Pika, are entering the stage of another quality label – Hypercolour – with a 4-track Lynn EP, released at the end of this month.

UK’s techno duo delivers the familiar all-consuming monster vibe on the EP, which is the only way they seem to operate together. The track we’re proudly premiering today has the notes of 80′s mechanical sound, gently nods to Moderat’s “Bad Kingdom” and takes it further into the land of vintage synths, fog machine reverbs, and melodic industrial sounds.



Exclusive Premiere: Dense & Pika - Tantrum

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'Thick As Mud' by Steve Bug is a chunky and heavy roller with fierce bass undertones and mischievous synth lines to boot. 

It's got a beautifully dubby edge to it and will have you floating across the dancefloor in about 45 seconds.

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Premiere: Steve Bug 'Thick As Mud'

Pariah Presents Voam (With Peder Mannerfelt) - 08 May 2025

My set (with crowd noise) from the Grove Saturday Night 1-3am, after Djrum, before Identified Patient. 

Out to all the sexy witches of the forest, thank you to everytone there + entire crew @sustain-release-nyc :)

<3 Mastered by the best @wordcolour

CCL @ Sustain-Release Year Ten

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

A rare club mix from the ever-evolving artist, with 90 minutes of shadowy, atmospheric pressure.

Music's therapeutic value is often linked to relaxation—gongs, singing bowls and the like. Dense passages of foggy droning and eerie static aren't traditionally considered restorative, but Laurel Halo makes a pretty good case for it.

The Detroit-born, Los Angeles-based musician's abstract, often improvised productions are heavy on sound design and emotional climax. Driven by atmosphere rather than rhythm, they push listeners to grapple with their innermost insecurities, fears and dreams. "I'm lucky my music has helped people through crises," Halo once told Discwoman. It's easy to see why.

Since her 2010 debut King Felix, Halo has built a stunningly diverse catalogue of classically-informed records. A multi-instrumentalist—piano, violin, guitar, keys—her sharpest instrument is arrangement. Inspired by the surrealism of Italo Calvino and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, her releases, from Atlas to Behind The Green Door, unfold with slow-burning narrative and dense emotional weight. Her soundworlds are layered and labyrinthine—an architectonic space where self-reflection happens almost by force.

Even in the club, the sought-after composer excels in immersion. Her sets extend the expressionist palette of her records, trading traditional rhythm for tension, space and surprise. It’s no wonder she takes a genre-agnostic approach to the dance floor—her deep roots in freeform radio began at WCBN-FM in Michigan, followed by Berlin Community Radio, Rinse FM, and now a regular show on NTS.

RA.992 stitches foggy ambient loops, propulsive techno, mutant percussion and heady left turns with care. Tracks from DJ Rush, Octave One and Eddie Fowlkes nod to her Midwestern heritage, balanced out by deeper, psychedelic fare from the likes of Polygonia and Cousin. It's the mark of an artist revealing both deep curiosity and a precise hand as a selector. Rare, indeed.

@laurelhalo

Find the full interview at ra.co/podcast/992

RA.992 Laurel Halo

Hessle Audio with Pearson Sound feat. Richard Akingbehin (Live from Open Ground) - 21 July 2025

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Make way for three more tracks that engulf and pummel with every beat. The 'U Said U' EP is more of the gold standard same from Fitzpatrick and it's time to welcome the premiere of the title-track with open arms and clenched fists.

Premiere: Alan Fitzpatrick 'U Said U'

Punishing percussion, side-winding riffs and a drive that'll take you to your special place in no time at all, wAFF has done it again. Get a load of this. 

Premiere: wAFF 'VibrationZ'

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Shift Work (@shiftworking) are an electronic duo who have previously released on JD Twitch’s Glasgow label Optimo Music. They debut on Houndstooth with ‘Document II’, an EP developed from live jams on outboard analogue gear. ‘Abandoned Hands’ is lean and raw, an angular bassline and indecipherable vox punctuating the relentless 4/4 kick drum and pattering percussion. ‘SBFM’ is fuller-bodied, with the modulating bassline taking centre stage, draped in loose synths and topped with a deadpan vocal refrain.

Shift Work invited remixes from their associates, and the results are impressive, with DVA Damas (@dvadamasdvadamas) dialling down the tempo and stripping back ‘Abandoned Hands’ further still, whilst Factory Floor (@factory-floor) return to remix duty on Houndstooth with a typically subtle yet infectious building take on 'SBFM'.

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Abandoned Hands

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Shift Work - Abandoned Hands

RA.307 DjRUM

Since 2010, Djrum has been concocting a late-night melting pot of dubstep, garage, techno and dub, maintaining a gold label quality control throughout. 2016 sees a three-part series of releases on 2nd Drop Records and, to mark the occasion, Felix has put together a 30 minute Worldwide mix. 

Tracklist: bit.ly/djrum-mix

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Djrum mix on Gilles Peterson Worldwide (GPWW1008)

An iconic UK duo craft a hip-hop mix.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=687

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Breaks, techno, hardcore, bass—Skee Mask tore through genres with ease during RA’s takeover of The Void at Dimensions Festival 2019.

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RA Live - 30.08.19 - Skee Mask, Dimensions Festival, Croatia

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

Shift Work - Abandoned Hands

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