THE BLACK REAPER

Two-One - FXCK YOU
ISVVC - FACE 2 FACE
PHONKMASTA - MURDER MISTERY
PLAYA SHOCK - DOWN 2 KILL
wastemore - AMMUNITION 
Playah X - Gangsta Izm
DJ SWORDY - Criminal
BISHOP - Call
BISHOP - You Don't Know How Much I Miss You
Oddisy - Nsane On Da Trigga (Feat. J Da Unknown)
wastemore - SHOW YA POCKETS
OCCULT X RAEKOGG - TRACES OF DEATH (THE DAMNED TREES)
DJ Impact911 & Skinny Mane - Throw Yo Sets
SHELLSHOCK X JUDGEMENT G - THE BOSSES OF THIS GAME
PURPP CADDY - STRAIGHT UP
HASHY - DIRTY SOUTH MIXXX
HOSPICEMANE - Get Buck
HOSPICEMANE - Chronic Dope
ILLEGALMANE - 9MM
PLVNKTXN187 - HAVING THANGS
DJ NORTHERN PLAYA - DRIVE-BY

REZURREKT (MASTER MIX 543)

Amsterdam's one and only Deniro returns to the series with a two-hour treat spanning his fast-paced, hi-res techno headspace. Up with the cutting-edge wares and laser-focussed grooves, the TAPE Records co-founder and RYC alum has us drifting across hi-tech machine funk scapes and jagged analogue reliefs, constantly in search for the next mind-expanding thrill. Known for his impeccably chiselled signature cuts blending the finest of future-facing techno with an experimental-leaning approach to production, Deniro turns in a monster transmission, rife with the hypnotic hoodoo and typically entrancing buildups that've made him the surefire agent of techno he is today. A gigantic ride packed with climactic eargasms and unsuspected cliff-hangers. Lock in, zone out.

soundcloud.com/deniro1985


Reclaim Your City 655 | Deniro

DJ SAKEE - L.A.U.R.A. Mix Series 009

L.A's DJ Sakee gives L.A.U.R.A. an all vinyl mix. Hit up laurahq.com for super limited the mixtape

DJ SAKEE - L.A.U.R.A. Mix Series 009

Guest show with a track list dictated over the phone by Ola Herbich straight from HMP Peterborough, where she is in remand awaiting trial as part of the Filton 23, in connection with direct action against an Israeli arms factory in Filton, Bristol.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/la-vida-es-un-mus/episodes/la-vida-es-un-mus-7th-august-2025

La Vida es un Mus w/ Ola Herbich 070825

"Dark dirges to satisfy your darkest urges…” 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/crypt-of-the-wizard/episodes/crypt-of-the-wizard-7th-august-2025

Crypt of the Wizard 070825

Paris-via-Berlin based DJ and producer Arkan onboards the series this week with two hours fully embracing his deep, hypnosis-inducing mindset and definite knack for shaping streamlined floor narratives. Responsible for a handful surgical transmissions on the likes of Figure and SK_Eleven, in addition to running his own imprints Autonome and Drawner, the French artist keeps carving out a niche for himself at the junction of purely pragmatic, gravity-defying grooves and a certain orientation for experimental-leaning submersion, tailored to maintain techno's intrinsic relevancy and boundary-pushing character when so much material feels stuck in the emulative loop and not caring one bit to opt out the lame-ass continuum. One to keep the adrenaline rushing badman-style, and all brains in the room just as duly, unflinchingly stimulated. 

soundcloud.com/arkantechno

Reclaim Your City 656 | Arkan

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 1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Theo Parrish

The mastermind behind Basic Channel, Hard Wax and Rhythm & Sound doesn't do mixes. For RA.1000, he made an exception.

Trace Mark Ernestus's path, and you trace the evolution of electronic sound itself. The timeline of contemporary Berlin is unimaginable without him. At first, that meant Hard Wax, the crucial hub that shaped the early era of the city's techno revolution. Carl Craig once said it plainly: "Mark was ground zero."

From there, Ernestus never stopped. There's the birth of dub techno and the near-flawless catalogue that followed through Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound. There's his immersion in Senegalese mbalax with Ndagga Rhythm Force. Lately, that means Open Ground the Wuppertal bunker that's letting people hear music as never before.

As part three of RA.1000, Ernestus has kindly supplied his first studio DJ mix. As you might expect, it's technically immaculate, but more than that, it feels like a substantial and generous conduit to one of the world's most vital genres.

Amapiano remains underexplored in music media. Publications like our own are still learning to keep pace with the South African sound's global pull, animating millions across the globe. 

You'll hear the range and richness of the genre across the near two-hour mix, from the gothic, percussive stomp of Caltetonic's "Bambela"  to the devotional glow of GemValleyMusiq's "Something Spiritual."

Through all of this, Ernestus has remained understated. He lets the music speak for him, with a quiet honesty that lies in decades of opening doors—creating the conditions for new sounds and scenes to flourish and carry the culture forward.

@opengroundclub @hardwax 
Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1011. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at 1000.ra.co.

RA.1000 Mark Ernestus

Seven and a half exhilarating hours from one of modern club's sharpest.

Tim Reaper's mammoth entry for RA.1000 is all about range. You thought the Future Retro London boss was just a jungle and hardcore head? Think again.

The mix's infinite-scroll tracklist (the longest we've ever published in full!) includes a who's who of top-rate producers, from A Guy Called Gerald and Cari Lekebusch to Batu, Mia Koden and the one and only Shackleton.

Opening with weighty grime and ending on head-spinning drum & bass, the mix journeys through US club, wobbly dubstep, classic techno and, of course, many shades of jungle. Rather than go the easy route, the Londoner approached the assignment with the curiosity, integrity and vulnerability of fellow shapeshifters like dBridge, Calibre and ASC.

"The idea was to represent other styles of electronic music that I've been a bit self-conscious about openly expressing my interest in," he told RA.

RA.1000 isn't just another side of Tim Reaper's artistry: thankfully for us, it feels like only the beginning.

@tim-reaper

Find the interview and tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1012. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at 1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Tim Reaper

One of the enduring powerhouses of our era returns for RA.1000 with a riotous mix.

When Helena Hauff made her first RA Podcast appearance back in 2013, she was on the eve of releasing her debut production on Actress' Werkdiscs imprint. In the 12 years that have elapsed, she's become not just a household name within electronic music, but the kind of rare talent that lives in seclusion from industry tumultt.

(Hauff, enviously, has never even owned a smartphone.)

Her calling card continues to be her penchant for rough and ready EBM, electro and new wave. Her unique ability is creating a singular listening experience from disparate or out-of-favour tracks, with a raw immediacy that functions as a redress to over-choreographed modern DJing.

Her outsider approach is on show once again for RA.1000. Threaded together by strobe-lit DIY electronica, old-school acid house and corrosive machine funk that chews up the ear, the nearly two-hour set raises the bar once again.

In the sci-fi themed first half, Hauff drops two Cybotron tracks, nodding to Juan Atkins' blueprint for electro. You'll also hear "Riot" by Underground Resistance, the definitive mission statement for a world ablaze. This is musical anarchism, executed to the highest degree.

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1017. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at 1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Helena Hauff

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 RA Podcast's 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 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.

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 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 1000.ra.co

RA.1000 DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall

King Tee - Get The Fist
3DMG - city lightz
DOPXSET - Im Glad To See You Skate
Funkdoobiest - Rock On (MOBSTA MANE Remix)
MOBSTA MANE - Straight From 95
Mobb Deep (ft Big Noyd) - Give Up the Goods (Just Step)
Q-Knight - Blk0 Special Force
MC Breed (Feat 2Pac) - Gotta Get Mine
SCHEM∆TIX. - Gangster bullshit
MC Ren - Final Frontier
Mausberg (feat 6 Million) - Mad Like a Pit
Erick Sermon - Hittin Switches 
dj playa swordy ( ftmobsta mane ) - bitch i dont need ya
Eazy E (feat Gangsta Dresta Menajahtwa & BG Knocc Out)
- Gangsta Beat 4Tha Street 
Big Pun and Fat Joe (feat 2Pac) - Twinz (Deep Cover 98)

CASPER (MASTER MIX 398)

OG ANTHEMS 4 HARD TIMEZ
Mike Flips - Crazy Funky
Main Source - Just Hangin Out
kap10 - Lunar [s950 & espi1200 test]
Mobb Deep - Temperatures Rising 
D.I.T.C. ft Big L & Fat Joe - Da Enemy (Showbiz Remix)
O.C. - Time's Up
Big L - Times Iz Hard
Buckshot - Trapped
Dooku - Kick in tha door
Gang Starr - The Militia (Pete Rock Remix)
Showbiz & AG - Full Scale
Crooklyn Dodgers 95 - Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers
Group Home ft Guru - The Legacy
MOBSTA MANE - Friday
Ras Kass - Goldyn Chyld 
Crooklyn Dodgers ft Special Ed, Masta Ace & Buckshot - Crooklyn
Black Moon - Jump Up
Showbiz & AG - Diggin In The Crates (DJ Premier Remix) 
Gangstarr ft Nice & Smooth - DWYCK

THE MILITIA (MASTER MIX 469)

Criminal Mafia - Pimp Shit (Instrumental)
Two-One - The Northeast Sinnah Prod Oddisy
Oddisy - Around Town
Cursed x Akoza - Revelation II
Oddisy - Aint No Hoe Shit (Remake)
Oddisy - Way 2 Real
UNFAIR - SYSTEM
DJ HASHY x UNDERCOVER TERRIBLE - LIKE A METAL FINGERZ (AKAI XR20)
DJ Pinky - Hard Time (Instrumental)
Two-One - INHARMSWAY (666 EDIT)
LIL KAINE - END OF WATCH 
Oddisy - Dabs Till I Get Numb
Children Of The Corn - Think It Ova (Instrumental)
Two-One - Da Killswitch 
Two-One - By Any Means 
DJ Violence - WHY YOU RUN YO MOUTH MIX
DJ Violence - ROBBERY
FAMONE YORK FT DJ NORTHZEPAM - LOVE 4 THE GAME (OG VERSION) 
KEYZAMANE FT DJ DELTARA - TELL EM HOW YOU ACT 
Playah X - Slug 2 Yo Chest
Two-One & S Dawg - Da Depth Thang
RAEKOGG - SAMIGINA
Playa D (Feat Oddisy) - Fuck Whatchu Claim

AWAKENING (MASTER MIX 479)

Smiff N’ Wessun - Timz N Hood Chek
DJ Swordy - A Day Wit The Homiez
Lord Finesse (Feat. Sadat X, Large Professor & Grand Puba) - Actual Facts
lillah - Diggin?
ＦＵＮＫＩ ＦＬＡＶＡ- its about to get funky
lillah - One Two
Playa $in - Gang Party 
Black Moon - How Many MCs??
Playa $in - Everyday Is Business
Bones The Beat Head - Wakefield 2 Tottenville
Blvck Psvlm - Da East Coast Jungle
The Beatnuts - Reign Of The Tec
Billy the Kid - mics left smoking
El Jazzy Chavo - My Favorite Places
Strongbow - Easy
RAW PARANOIA - Schizophrenia
Blvck Psvlm - Uncut Raw
Tha Jigmastas - Beyond Real
SubSkrilla - Check It Out
DJ Swordy - Keep It Flowin
Big L - Fed Up Wit The Bullshit 
Negroove - Comin Down The Block
Playa $in - Woo Huh
The U.M.C’s - Morals
Organized Konfusion - Prisoners Of War
don dose - 85boom
MF Doom - Mighty Healthy/That's Me
Vyda & Eto - Finesse
Poor Righteous Teachers - Rock Dis Funky Joint
Tragedy Khadafi - Game Type

ANTI POSER (MASTER MIX 491)

Two-One - DA CREST
SapphireGawd & Raekogg - The Great Tombstone
Playah X - Return Of Da Mack
Two-One - Aint No Hoe Shit (Prod Oddisy)
Dj Twi$t II X Apoc Krysis - Lay It Down
KSETDEX - Just Be Good 2 Me
Matt Franks  (FEAT HPSHAWTY) - ALL I HAVE MIXX
Playah D - Boomin Up The Streets
Blvck Psvlm - Word Is Bond
Friedrich Silken (FEAT UNITED SKINSTA) - HE WAS PIMPIN MIXX 
Judgement G - AINT SHIT CHANGED
Judgement G x Oddisy - Ridin Thru Crenshaw
DJ SOUTHROBBERY - ON THE BLOCK
HOSPICEMANE - PIMP THA PEN
Syko Rich - Where Da Cheese At (Prod J Da Unknown)
Playah X - Wrong Move (Prod Shellshock)
Oddisy - Tear Diz MF Up
Oddisy Ft ISVVC - Makin It Rich 
Dj Twi$t II X Apoc Krysis - AK-47
Playah X - Slug 2 Yo Chest
Two-One - deadweight (Prod Oddisy)

CASPER (MASTER MIX 398)

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