my kind of house very uplifting and danceypants i like♡

Live at Battle Hymn (Brooklyn), Aug 2023

@roi_perez at The Grove on Saturday night

Campout Mix Series: Roi Perez

GOP TUN #2024

Kornél Kovács - Gop Tun Festival 2024

Recorded live in the Burned Room at [sic] in Mexico City on November 23, 2024.
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It was an honor to get to close the Burned Room for the Por Detroit take over at [sic]. I really enjoy playing in smaller side rooms, making eye contact with the crowd and feeling the intimate energy right in front of me, and giving dancers a deeper alternative to whatever might be happening in the main room. I leaned into tracks with more percussive elements throughout the set, moving from peak hour selections into my trademark house sound before giving a soft and spacey landing. Lots of long and drawn out blends and cinematic builds, with a couple fun vocals thrown in for good measure.

Tommy Hart @ [sic] x Por Detroit November 2024

@karimolenash at Hemlock Hole on Thursday afternoon

Campout Mix Series: Karim Olen Ash

@the-carry-nation
 
she/her - He/him

Recorded live at our homebase, Good Room, In Brooklyn, ain't nothing like a late night carry.

MARICAS  n.77 - The Carry Nation

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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

DJ set recorded live at Juicy Bar Stage @ Garbicz Festival 2025
Friday, August 1st

Juicy Bar @ Garbicz Festival 2025 (Full Set)

No Way To Live

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Chicago ---> Berlin
From Chicago, Jacob Meehan has made a name for himself over the last fifteen years as both a musical purveyor & vibe creator. Since moving to Berlin in 2016, he’s left his mark with two projects beloved by the queer community: @radio-buttons & @wholefestival . The last few years he’s delved into music production and leading ambient focused yoga nidra guided meditation sessions.

Past appearances include:
Adonis (London)
Basement (NYC)
Bunker (NYC)
Carry Nation (NYC)
Cocktail d'Amore (Berlin)
Club Toilet (Detroit)
Contact (Tokyo)
Equation Festival (Vietnam)
Honcho Campout (USA)
Honey Soundsystem (SF)
Horse Meat Disco (Berlin)
Listen Festival (Brussels)
Panorama Bar (Berlin)
Savage (Hanoi)
Signal (LA)
Smart Bar (Chicago)
Tresor (Berlin)
Unter (NYC)
Unknwn (Manila)
Wrecked (NYC)
Zero Chill (NYC)

Live at Battle Hymn (Brooklyn), Aug 2023

Jacob Meehan

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