Pru Fiddy - @prufiddy
The Time Is Now EP - Releases June 30, 2023
1. The Time Is Now  2. The Time Is Now (Malik Hendricks @malikhendricks Remix)  3. The Time Is Now (Dub)

Support: Robert Owens, Paul Woolford, Red Rack'Em, Mr. V, JKriv (Razor & Tape), Severino Panzetta (Horse Meat Disco), Alinka

Pre-order on Bandcamp: https://fortunesignal.bandcamp.com/album/the-time-is-now-ep-incl-malik-hendricks-remix

Multifaceted musical artist Pru Fiddy joins the Fortune Signal roster with a soaring house release. On the Time Is Now EP, musical artist Pru Fiddy showcases her piano prowess with soulful, uplifting chords at the fore. The title track’s keys are augmented by a meandering bassline and lush pads that form the stage for her rich vocals.  The lyrical refrain, reflecting on the importance of letting go of past experiences to make way for growth, harkens back to her old-school house roots. 

The title track gets a remix from Lisbon-via-New York producer Malik Hendricks, who has made waves this year with his ‘Praise’ EP on Off Track Recordings, which was heard in Heléna Star’s Boiler Room London set. Hendricks’ delivers a deep and driving treatment that transforms the original track’s chords and vocals into a pumping moment of dancefloor bliss, drawing out perfectly the nod to early rave that sets the tone of the track.

Written and produced by Pru Fiddy
Mastered by DMA Audio in New York, NY
"The Time Is Now" remix produced by Malik Hendricks
Artwork & design by Jon Fang

The Time Is Now EP

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It is not everyday we are sent a 5 hour mix from someone we have asked to join our Phonica mix series; but when Sheffield & Manchester legend Luke Una sends one… you have to jump straight into it! Having become first recognised in the late 80’s and 90’s as one half of production team “The Unabombers” with Justin Crawford, Luke over the years has shown to be a master in all genres be it Balearic, to Brazilian to E soul, House, Disco and Techno, you name it! With his Worldwide FM show over the years gaining a cult following Luke has gained an even more of a broader crowd from his curation of his E Soul Cultura compilation series via the label Mr.Bongo (Both comps topping our EOY lists in 2022 and 2023). This exact vast taste (that is displayed in these compilations) is very much pummelled into this five hour journey of a mix like a piece of clay and sculpted into a fine piece of art. We had a chat with Luke about this timeless mix and what he has been up to lately: http://offtherecord.net/phonica-mix-series-119luke-una/

Phonica Mix Series 119: Luke Una

I went Full House for my latest mix. 
Tracklist
1. California Roll - Kraak And Smaak
2. Good Vibrations (Vamos Art Edit) - Beach Boys
3. Specialized (Original Mix) -Micheal Gray & Jon Pearn
4. Gimmi Some Muah - Veitengruber
5. Don't Ya (Original Mix) - Tough Art
6. Dark And Long (Christian Smith Tronic Treatment Remix) - Underworld
7. Tokyo (Original Mix) - Dario Nunez & Julian The Angel
8. Protest (Original Mix) - Styline, Phunk Investigation
9. Generator (Original Mix) - Alex Kenji
10. In The Future (Original Mix) - Coqui Selection
11. Get Ready (Original Mix) - Jay Lumen
12. Goodbye Fly (Original Mix) - Joris Voorn
13. Rimramstibar (Original Mix) - Asino
14. I Believe (The Cube Guys Remix) - Happy Clappers
15. Sugar Is Sweeter (Robbie Rivera ReRub) - CJ Bolland/Armand Van Helden
16. Can I Get A Witness (SanFranDisko Mix) - Ann Nesby
17. People's Damage (Again Mix) - Angelo Ferreri
18. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Coqui Selection Remix) - Indeep

DJ FIDGET FULL HOUSE

Set from party at Tir Cyffredin housing co-op, Machynlleth, Wales October 2024

Tir Cyffredin 12/10/24

Set from monthly residency at Stir Stores bar, Stirchley, Birmingham UK 14-2-25

The B-52's - Rock Lobster 
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
ESG - You Make No Sense
Fila Brazillia Vs A Certain Ratio - Wild Party
Defunkt - Defunkt
The Normal - Warm Leatherette
Quando Quango - Atom Rock  (New York Remix)
Liquid Liquid - Cavern
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
Run DMC - My Adidas
A Certain Ratio - Up In Downsville, Pt. 1 and 2
AK/DK + Thick Richard - Nobody shouts (Sir Real's passive remix)
A.R. Kane - A Love From Outer Space
Solomon Burke - None Of Us Are Free

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All vinyl mix of 90s free party house.  All tracks are Strictly4Groovers, DiY Discs and Drop Music.

Nott too Shabby

Deep House / Techno mix

Earth Tones, Earth Boys
Sixth Life. Oneeyedman
Hush, Earth Boys
Spiritual Journey, Mateo & Matos
Into A Diamond,  Fireground
I Gotta Keep On,  Sweely
Tyner,  Daimian Schwartz
Mizuasobi,  Hoshina Anniversary
Descendant,  Basic Soul Unit
The Music Got Me, Boyd Jarvis
Recognise, Dan Curtin
Of The Essence, Titonton
Dress The Part, Maxime Alexander
In The Morning. Wolf + Lamb

 

June Techno

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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Stevie's Groove,   Sound Signals
Je Ka Jo (feat - Vera Mara),  Joe Claussell
Black Space Jazz,   Kareem Ali
Teena's Cry,    David Harness & Tedd Patterson
Better Days,   Glenn Davis
Star Cycles,  Gilbert
Development,   London Sonics
Ander Umour,  Samuele De  Santis
Mafungo,   Joe Claussell
Bossa Rhythm,   Nico  Lahs
The Same Thing,   Art Of Tones
Unstuck,  LWS
Flight Cover,  Hugo Mane
Answer The Dam Phone,   Rahaan
Vortex,  Souldynamic

October Techno, - jazztechnojazztechnojaaaazzz

Music Lover /Crazy Dancer based in Sheffield, UK.

June Techno

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