live studio take, all hardware, fade-in in post.

ms20, mini-moog, mono/poly, prophet 5, m1r, jp8, 707, tt303, cirklon, mks30, matrix 1000

2024-07-17

Patrick Ryan Driscoll - Reasonable Demands for a Closed Space
M. Geddes Gengras - IV
Chick Lyall, Tøre Brunborg - Perhaps Hand
Armando Velasco - Una vez
EBMA - Mars Blues
Paul Motion Band - Fantasm
Lino Capra Vaccina - Lente Emozioni
JB Dunckel & Jonathan Fitoussi - Karakoum
Sarter Kit - Talk
Saffron Bloom - Time’s Up (It’s Over)
Thomas Gandey,Matom,Matthew Edwards - Experiment One Variation Three
Homeward - Only Child
txted - Sea Pattern
Indica II - Land of Shadow
Dregs - Sofj
Little Annie meets Night Foundation - Inertia (dub)
Teleself - eternal game
Gabe & Jude - Gravity Mountain
Kit Clayton - The Mimic and the Model A1
Tilliander - Mokirian Tekno Trak
Bùlù - Senegalese Sharpshooter
Bergsonist - Zone
Michael Claus - River Queen (dream sweeper)
CRC X VC-118A - Virga
Raven - UNLIMITED EDITION
Shinichi Atobe - SA DUB 1 
Externalism - Externalism 01
Teakup - 3AM Drifter
Igaxx - Orbit
Mezey - Mood Swing
M. Marie - Song 4 Walking Dog
Connor Wrong - Ante Meridium

Do/While with Wonja & The Globule | March 12, 2025

Fresh after the release of the new album DJ Sotofett & The Colours Of Computer Generated Instruments on the Clone West Coast Series — a 15-track journey through the outer edges of electro — comes The Mixtape: a 45-minute DJ set mixed by DJ Sotofett himself.

The album explores a wide sonic palette, fusing 80s Nintendo console aesthetics with the timeless clash of analog and digital synthesis. Expect everything from acid-laced grooves and infectious electronic pop to bold, avant-garde electro cuts.

The mixtape, mixed on two Technics 1210s in classic hip-hop mixtape tradition, features select cuts from the album alongside standout tracks by legends such as Aux 88, Skatebård, Carl Craig, Cosmic Baby, Westbam & Nena, Kraftwerk, DMX Krew, DJ Hell, Pom Pom, The Advent, Victor Duplaix, Dopplereffekt, Gus Gus, Reese Project, Daft Punk, and The Jonzun Crew.

It’s a raw, energetic mix paying homage to the past while pushing the sound forward — just like the album itself.
Plug in, press play, and get taken on a ride through the colourful chaos of electro's past, present, and future.

DJ Sotofett & The Colours Of Computer Generated Instruments – The Mixtape

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DJ Sotofett & the Colours of Computer Generated Instruments - The Mixtape

Contrary to the misinformed UK rap didn’t start with Dizzy Rascal, The Streets & Stormzy

Neither was it always an inferior emulation of its US counterparts. The UK took musical influences from diverse sources inspired by the countries uniquely diverse spectrum of international cultures, embryonic influential moments that transformed into multiple worldwide musical phenomenons, hugely successful genres that could only of been forged in the UK. 

The evolution of rap in the UK is a complex and fascinating story, many of its first commercial releases might of been novelties or pop hit records but a parallel strong & passionate underground scene developed via events, clubs, magazines and nationwide specialist Rap radio shows, Hip Hop in the UK was a transformative colour blind unifying force. 

Although  much of it was ignored outside of the UK, Early British rap from across all regions of the country created many landmark timeless anthems that still sound as fresh and urgent today as they did when first released, equally as relevant as seminal revered releases from the same era across the pond, they deserve more respect and attention. 

I’ve tried to include as many of my favourite tracks from 1980-1996 as possible in this mix. In chronological order, but by no means definitive, I’m fully aware I’ve missed out loads of other great records, (and added some curveballs simply to infuriate purists) so my apologises to those legends & pioneers I didn’t feature. 

Also I’m certainly no turntablist so please don’t expect cutting, scratching or masterfully theatric blends, I’ll leave that to the experts. 

Apologies for playing Ian Dury during tracks from 1981, it was originally released in 1979 so really should have started the mix. 

Enjoy!

NB : Original broadcast as 3 parts on Noods Radio in 2025, this is an extended version of those mixes featuring bonus tracks not in the original Mixes.

UK RAP / 1979-1995 - Classics, Oddities + Novelties - NOODS RADIO

Mix by DJ Pasta (old school Bay Area DJ, now based in New Orleans) broadcast in the VOID May 2025. Enjoy..

DJ Pasta in the VOID - May 2025

Apollonia invites Mark E. Quark - 24 June 2025

Mix of the Week #593 is "Mystery Tripper Mixx" by Sorcerer
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Out now:  Sorcerer "Sunlight Hits" ~ New 10 track album on Dream Chimney
https://dreamchimney.bandcamp.com/album/sunlight-hits
Available on Cassette / CD / Digital via Bandcamp

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New Sorcerer Album

Mix of the Week #593: Sorcerer - Mystery Tripper Mixx

Hey y’all! We’re back! This one has been a long time coming. I’m extremely excited to present to you the latest Idle Cellars mix, made by Melbourne’s Jazz-Funk-Cosmic-Disco masters Mildlife! A bit of a hail-mary pass, it was a dream to ask these guys to give us a mix for the series and I’m so happy they said yes! Kev McDowell, who sings and plays synths, put the mix together on the heels of re-starting their excellent Very Fantastic Radio podcast (which you should go subscribe to immediately) and he’s handed in a stone-cold-killer of a mix, a 90-minute journey through more genres than you can count. Which is well-Balearic in our book! 

I have been a staunch advocate of this band since hearing their defining single “The Magnificent Moon” back in 2017. Their music has been a revelation to me and, after seeing them something like five times I can safely say they are one of the best live acts in the world at the moment. Do not sleep on them, and if you haven’t heard their albums Phase, Automatic or Chorus, get thee to a record shop, stat!

Many thanks to Kev for creating a fantastic mix for us and Mildlife management Benny & Will for making it happen! 

Mike Bee
San Francisco 
July 2025

https://www.mildlife.com.au/
@mildlife


Mildlife - Idle Cellars Mix

RA.1000 launches with Theo Parrish, live at fabric: a vanishingly rare club mix from the king of deep crates and impossible transitions.

There are DJ sets and then there are Theo sets. No matter how many times you've caught him in action, every time still feels like the first. Running hot, levels smoking, isolator working over time. You think you know dance music? Think again.

Parrish's long-awaited debut on the RA Podcast is a milestone for the series, one we've sought for over 15 years. So it was only right that Theo led off our 1000th celebrations, the first of ten mixes this week. Recorded live at fabric last December as part of RA's collaborative party with the London club for their 25th anniversary, this three-hour segment documents the crescendo of his eight-hour marathon. 

The Detroit legend doesn't release mixes often, and when he does, they're usually studio recordings: think NTS shows, his 100% Detroit edition of DJ-Kicks or classic tapes Body (1997) and Methods of Movement (2020). A capture of the Sound Signature boss on the dancefloor is hard to come back. On RA.1000, you'll hear Theo in his element.

Sure, there's galvanising build-ups and crowd-pleasers, but laced throughout a Parrish beatdown are rarities designed to shock the system. In a business dominated by image-driven marketing, the vinyl master towers above thanks to a relentless hunger for lustrous melodies, moods and textures of all stripes, which he and he alone can fold into an inspiring and exhilarating joyride.

On RA.1000, blissful reggae precedes new wave disco; '80s R&B morphs into synthy techno; bleepy Chicago jack makes way for a poignant vocal ballad. Theo, once again, proves that anything and everything is possible with the right records.

@theoparrish @fabric @soundsignaturedetroit @crownruler

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

RA.1000 Theo Parrish

Andrew Weatherall's first official posthumous mix. The only b2b DJ Harvey ever agreed to. Six hours at Trouw. Full send — 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, chronicling a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than potentially any comparable point in the 21st century. A masterclass, and 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 a racecar.

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. We sought to render an accurate picture of DJ culture in 2025 for the longhaul.

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

Show Me Love but make it  ~goth~
https://wassupgina.bandcamp.com/track/showmeluv

showmeluv feat. Gravers Lane

Tracks posted here are live studio takes.  Movements in times I think that are worth sharing. 

All with no post edits, no computers, all hardware and in the moment unless noted.  Equipment used can be found in the track notes.  Any and all feedback is welcome.

2024-07-17

if.then.else