Fabrizio Mammarella has been a key figure in putting contemporary Italian dance music on the global map. The DJ, producer and label owner, who splits his time between his hometown of Chieti and Berlin, honours Italy's rich musical past whilst keeping both eyes firmly fixed on the future. 

Alongside fellow Italian Franz Scala, he's the mind behind Slow Motion Records and its little sister imprint Wrong Era who, for nearly two decades, have peddled a sound they term 'Italian Dance Wave', which draws on heritage sounds like Italo Disco, Proto and Progressive House in a fresh context.

Through the labels he's helped provide a platform to a new crop of contemporary Italian producers, and unsurprisingly this singular style has captured the attention of artists across the world, who are now dabbling in this Italian-influenced sound. Since it's inception in 2005 it's been a home to Italian-hailing producers like dj rocca, System Olympia and Discodromo, as well as artists from all over including Adrian Marth, Rambal Cochet and Pardon Moi.

Inevitably Fabrizio's own music is indebted to these Italian sounds too. Self-described as 'music for dancefloors made with old synthesizers, drum machines and a computer' — a meeting of the old and the new — as well as releasing these sonics on his own imprint, he's made homes at an impressive string of labels like DFA, Permanent Vacation, Correspondant, Les Disques De La Mort and Future Boogie.

We handed the reigns over to him for today's mix. It's a true reflection of what he's all about: futuristic, synth-driven dance music at its finest.

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Fabrizio Mammarella - The 'Ransom Note' Mix

A psychedelic romp through modular house, techno and microhouse, Jorg Kuning delivers a cracker of a TANK Mix.

Tracklist:
BOSSdaddy - Said Some Things
Ricardo Villalobos - Theogenese
schuttle - Kitchen Sync
TUMULUS- horn of plenty
Seth Goggin - Alma Road
Will Hofbauer - Pond Party
billy2chips - Pomegranate
Wordcolour - Overtones
schuttle - Dungeon Shakti
City Kudu & Pasta Kebab - Ashoka
Will Hofbauer - Korok
Cooly G - Phat Si
billy2chips - Like U
Koreless - Decaltica 31
JK - LAFS cover

TANK Mix: Jorg Kuning

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Alexander Robotnick is a pioneer – one of the great innovators within electronic music who has helped to shape genres and sounds fusing electronic influences with that of 80’s disco to create something all of his own. Best known for his take on Italo and Electro his music remains as relevant in the present as it did in the 80’s with key tracks such as ‘Problèmes D’Amour’ remaining on heavy rotation in clubs across the world.

His own tastes have evolved with time and he is keen to bring forth a new generation of musicians and producers to breathe live into the future of the genre.

This is perhaps best represented by the release of a new compilation on Hot Elephant Music which Alexander has curated showcasing a breadth of electronic music from Indian producers.

As a dj his sets are eclectic as you like – they draw upon his huge breadth of musical experience and a lifetime spent collecting records which has lead him into scoring film soundtracks, playing clubs worldwide and a myriad of other musical adventures and projects.

This mix represents his cosmic best – wild energetic synths and a driving energy make this perfect dancefloor fodder.

Alexander Robotnick: The Wednesday Alternative Mix

Fun filled selections ahead of Campo Sancho 2025 where Dicky Trisco will be joined by Luke Una. 

Read the full interview on site now. 

Dicky Trisco: The Campo Sancho Mix

For this week’s TANK mix, Australian house innovator 1tbsp brings a set full of warm basslines & club-ready energy. He shared the following statement on the mix release: 

“Recorded this mix at 10am on a monday after a weekend of shows in Madrid and London, so wanted to play a little gentler and slowly wake myself up. Snuck in a few friends, Mietze Conte, Soltera, Headaches, Purient ❣️”


Tracklist:
Goldfrapp - Little Bird (animal collective remix)
Ivohé - Huevitos Fritos
Morgan Wright - I’ll be coherent (feat. Purient)
Sounds From The Ground / Taz - Move On
Mietze Conte - IO_Olkaway
Erika De Casier - Miss
Miho Hatori - Tokyo Story
Bianca Scout / Marina Zispin - Desert
The Crying Nudes - patty hearst
I:Cube - Adore
Bassvictim - life so far
System Olympia - Night Rise
Headaches - Loose Panels on the Bridge
Anthony Naples - Refugio
Daniel Avery - Taste
Ben Hauke / Cecil B - This Time, 4am
Free Shelter - Dhak Ye Dil (Aaron Maple edit)
Gerling - Enter Spacecapsule (Radio Disko Remix)
Galcher Lustwerk - see you when I see you
Mount Kimble - Zone 3 (City Limits)
Yaeji / K Wata - Ready or Not
Skee Mask - Plastix A.W.
Soltera - Tengo Miedo
Oli XL - Clumsy
Phil Kieran / Bush Tetras - Snakes Crawl (East Village Mix)
Severed Heads - Lamborghini

TANK Mix: 1tbsp

As a member of W.H. Lung, Tom Sharkett has provided electronics for one of the best bands in the UK, including on their most recent, critically acclaimed LP, ‘Every Inch of Earth Pulsates’. These DIY, indie-oriented experimentations have slowly led Sharkett to unexpected places as a solo artist in club culture, via the portal of Manchester’s legendary venue, The White Hotel, where he was inspired by inspired by cult nights such as Red Lazer and Wet Play, 

Sharkett has since collaborated with artists such as System Olympia and Raf Rundell, as well as appearing on Optimo Music and Okay Nature Records. His subtle, spirited edit of LCD Soundsystem’s ‘Home’, released as a bootleg in early 2025, has recently re-emerged on DFA Records as an official release, just in time to become an unusual wistful summer anthem. 

Sharkett captures this fruitful moment in a contribution to Phantasy’s long-running mix series, which features a smattering of currently unreleased material, while bridging Cabaret Voltaire, Slowdive, Eden Burns and even Chappel Roan. True to the eclectic philosophy of Sharkett’s DJ and production trip so far, PHANTASYMIX 53 is a rare trip.

PHANTASYMIX 53: Tom Sharkett

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)

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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

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