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Cycles Podcast // 058 - Lu Campbell

Welcome to Cycles introducing Lu Campbell from Amsterdam. A new face with a fresh sound. Lu Campbell likes to dive in the deep end and mix crunchy electro with a smooth tech sound. It's time to get low in this atmospheric funky mix.

Switch on, tune in, flunk out!

Tracklist:
01: @loukarsh - Seep
02: @okegmusic - Filament (Tackle Remix)
03: @roza-terenzi - My Reality Cheque Bounced (ft. DJ Zozi)
04: @humanspacemachine - Substance
05: @sohrab_dj - Ataraxia
06: Fantastic Man - I Don't Wanna Wait
07: @reptant_the_lizard - Monolith
08: @hassan-abou-alam - Makhaditi
09: Blu:sh - Tighten Up
10: @gigi-fm - Manaf (PST)
11: @reptant_the_lizard - Native Mushrooms
12: @myk1i - Vertigo (@roza-terenzi Remix)
13: Lube - Frogrock
14: Cromby - Schlamm
15: Yarn Init - Blint Step
16: @myk1i - Bleeding Tooth
17: @pillow-queen - Ressurection
18: @aksportsdj - You Want Some
19: @loukarsh - Seep

SOUNDCLOUD: www.soundcloud.com/lucian-bickerton
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/lu__campbell

Cycles // 058 - Lu Campbell (tech-house, breakbeat, deep)

Romeo

Sacrifice

@nate_su @additionbysubtraction

Addition by Subtraction are beyond excited to announce ABS006 due for release later this year.

Pushing Australian artists alongside global ones is something we feel deeply passionate about at Addition by Subtraction. Inviting Nate S.U to kick off the release was therefore an absolute must as the Sydney and now Barcelona local has been making serious waves across the globe. You may recognise Nate from co-running Conspiracy with previous ABS recruit, Elijah Something, or through his signature production for his very own When Dogs Fly - regardless, he has been one to watch for sometime now having released on a variety of world-class labels like Gene on Earth’s Nug-net. It’s safe to say everything has fallen into place for the artist as he continues to turbo charge his name around the globe. A1 and A2 bring a deep yet bouncy groove, a unique feel that piqued the ears of Enzo Siragusa who ripped into ABS006 at Fuse Barcelona as well as Voigtmann at Houghton a couple of weeks ago. Timeless tracks are hard to come by and we feel Nate has truly delivered with Eastern Turbo and Jerry Don’t Do Desserts.

The B side is strongly backed up by Frenchman Occibel. About 10 years ago, he started making music with absolutely no background but it was an “insatiable desire to create my own songs'' that brought about the rise of his incredible talent. Now signed to the esteemed Chevry agency in France, Occibel’s production is highly recognised by his driving electro bombs that light up any and all dance floors in peak moments. B1 and B2 were crafted with this in mind, so for all DJs that have been given the gift of controlling the dance floor, enjoy the reaction of Occibel’s Open Minded and 7 Miles, loaded with cheeky vocals and energising basslines to boast a stunning journey from start to finish.

[PREMIERE] Eastern Turbo - Nate S.U | Addition By Subtraction [2022]

Set recorded at Only Friends 2023 at Club Atelier in Amsterdam.

Only Friends 2023 at Club Atelier - Lu Campbell

Lu Campbell / 30.06.2023

Live recording of DJ Zaza & Lu Campbell's set at De Trut in Amsterdam on  20.08.2023.

DJ Zaza & Lu Campbell at De Trut / 20.08.2023

Recorded at Bar Theo in Amsterdam on 04.04.2024

Lu Campbell at Bar Theo

Liquid Social

Zappin'

30-08-2024 // Lu Campbell // Live recording from the Radio Hinter studio at Der Hintergarten, Amsterdam.

Lu Campbell // Anti Gravity Affair // 30-08-2024

US-born and now based in Amsterdam, Sebassesions fuses classic and modern electro and techno, blending them with his own productions. Inspired by Detroit’s legacy, yet always pushing forward.

Sebasessions | OBERHAUM - 21.02.2025

Welcoming the lovely Refuge Worldwide co-founder and dub-master @richard-akingbehin to the Animix series this week, with a beautiful journey of minimal house infused with his signature dub styles.

Clear in his DJ'ing, but also his work with @refugeworldwide, and his immaculately curated label, @kynant-records, Richard is an all-round classy selector, and a champion of community. Through his various outputs, his deep & considered knowledge and taste shines. 

Richard always impresses me with the diversity of moods he presents via his DJ'ing, hybrid collaborations with legend Tikiman, b2bs with other legends like livwutang, and his label - a diversity that's always strung together with his incredibly distinctive psychedelic, soothing dub formula. 

Thanks for the mix Richard <3

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Animix One Hundred & Seventy Three: Richard Akingbehin

For the newest instalment, i'm really happy to welcome the incredible Brussels-based AliA (@aliamusicc). The local mainstay is a regular on Kiosk radio and runs her own label - @artisjokrecords. Alyah, better known as AliA,  has an exciting & unique approach to dj'ing. She is known for her blend of contemporary club music with jazz, classical and experimental sounds. 

I find AliA's musical outputs incredibly refreshing - the kind of artist who reminds you what a really good DJ can do - they can present genres & sounds to you that you'd otherwise maybe not typically explore, in a new and exciting way. For her Animix, Alyah has gone for an intensely chill blend of ambient & immersive music, with minimal, glitchy, dub techno, jazz, classical sounds and more.

Thank you so much for the mix Alyah <3 

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Animix One Hundred & Seventy Seven: AliA

An incredibly overdue contribution from a prolific Australian born but Berlin based producer/DJ, @rudolf-c. Rudolf C, co-founder of the incredible @salt-mines label, has been releasing groovy, electro-tinged music into the world since 2015 - over 10 years of consistently impressive tunes. 

Ru is also a committed member of the Berlin music community and DJS regularly throughout Europe. A vinyl boss with the skills & taste only one with over a decade of experience one can acquire - we're lucky enough to showcase one of his recent studio mixes on Animix this week. Glitchy-techy-minimal-dubby, and some sexy acid lines for good measure. A perfect fit for the series.

Thanks for the big mix Rudolf! <3

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Animix One Hundred & Seventy Eight: Rudolf C

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 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: a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than any comparable point in the 21st century. A masterclass, 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 an F1 car.

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. Full send.

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

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Born in London, Lu Campbell's sound is naturally rooted in UK-inspired breaks, bleep and house, drum and bass and old-skool electro. Over the years, Lu has branched out to different genres such as minimal, bass music and progressive house while always staying true to his UK roots. The common denominator between these different styles can be summarized in a soundtrack of energetic beats, vocal snippets and nasty basslines.

Lu is part of the @antigravityaffair collective, which hosts interdisciplinary art events in Amsterdam.

For bookings, refer to lucianbickerton@gmail.com.

DJ Zaza & Lu Campbell at De Trut / 20.08.2023

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