A mix of 90’s to modern house and techno with a focus on strong drums, funky rhythms and intriguing soundscapes. Recorded at @operator-radio

Tracklist:

1. Chris Gray	As The Sun Sets	(Track Mode, 1999)
2. Lenni Gait's Melody Band - Embrace (Plastic Soul Vibe) (Intangible Records & Soundworks, 1996)
3. TMVS - Don't Be Shy (Vocal)	(Sub-Urban, 1993)
4. BIZARRE INC - I'm Gonna Get You (Snazzy Trax Redub) (Snazzy Trax, 2018)
5. K. Hand - Come On Now Baby (Astralwerks, 1996)
6. Pancake - See The Stars (Work Records, 1993)
7. Dj Device & Devibes - Bassman's Dub (remastered) (Plastic Traxx, 1995)
8. Mark Flash - Dementia - (Stilove4music - Still Techno, 2020)
9. Stephen Brown - Speak (These Days, 2010)
10. Luca - Indian Summer (Slamdunk, 1998)
11. Fibre Foundation - Free Your Mind (UK mix)	(Big Big Trax, 1995)
12. Johnny Fiasco - Deepstate (83 West Records, 1995)
13. Jeremy Sylvester - Raw 2 Da Floor (Not On Label, 1994)
14. Paul Johnson - The Groove (Peacefrog Records, 1996)
15. DJ Gregory - Head Talking (Deeply Rooted House, 2005)
16. DJ HMC - Cum On (Groove Zone, 1999)
17. MoMa Ready - Life Of Crime	(MoMa Ready, 2024)
18. Off Line - Boggle This (Natural Records, 1996)
19. James Bangura - Black Lazarus (Tunnel Trip Version) (HAUS of ALTR,	2020)
20. MoMa Ready - Wake Up Mr Stevens (HOA, 2023)

Operator Radio - Guestmix Mark Van Den Ouden - 26th October 2024

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 https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Tim Reaper

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

Recording of Antal's closing set at RDC Stage on Sunday evening.

RDC 086 - Antal at Rainbow Disco Club 2025

Recording of Kuniyuki & Xiaolin's opening live set at RDC Stage on Sunday morning.

RDC 090 - Kuniyuki & Xiaolin (live) at Rainbow Disco Club 2025

Recording of Palms Trax's closing set at RDC Stage on Saturday night.

RDC 092 - Palms Trax at Rainbow Disco Club 2025

Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO - 01 September 2025

Recording of HUNEE's set at the Selectors stage during Dekmantel Festival 2025.

HUNEE at Selectors - Dekmantel Festival 2025

Recording of DJ Koolt's set at the Selectors stage during Dekmantel Festival 2025.

Operator Radio - Guestmix Mark Van Den Ouden - 26th October 2024

Mark van den Ouden