With Eastern Electrics coming this weekend our new podcast comes from the quick rising star Kyle Hall! You will be able to catch the man this Sunday at Eastern Electrics on the secretsundaze ‘Outdoor Switchyard Stage’.

Being born during the second wave of techno from Detroit he studied under some of the greats of his hometown, such as Theo Parrish, Omar-S, Carl Craig, Rick Wilhite and Mike Huckaby. Kyle started producing as everyone does on basic software and found equipment, but not as others he started experimenting at the age of 11! By 2009 Kyle’s name really grew and was banded around internationally by a number of magazines and web pages, due to his ‘Plastik Ambash’ (released on FXHE in 2007), and the radio mix Omar-S created for fabric (which was comprised solely of Kyle’s productions), as well as the distinctive records that started surfacing on his own imprint, Wild Oats, including ‘Worx of Art’, ‘The Perfekt Sin’ and ‘The Dirty Thouz’. Kyle has since landed releases on a number of labels which include Warp Records, Hyperdub, Moods & Grooves, Third Ear, and Objectivity. He has also been hailed by the likes of The New York Times, Spin, Pitchfork, DJ Magazine, Clash and The Fader. His label Wild Oats also continues to grow, "I want the label to represent the shit from Detroit, the feeling that I get when I’m here. A non-corrupted, and not a scene-oriented, feeling of creating music. That feeling of just doing the music that you love without all the frills. Wild Oats is about what works for Kyle Hall, the music that I think is good, filtered through me. It’s my life". This is someone whose talents seem to know no bounds so be sure to catch him at Eastern Electrics this weekend…

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This RA Podcast is a celebration of all things Moodymann, and by extension, Detroit. The long-time DJ and producer Dez Andrés calls Moodymann his "big brother," and here pays tribute to the true expanse of Kenny Dixon Jr's music, from core house cuts to rambling funk jams to remixes of artists like Dua Lipa and Solomun, which really hammers home how important Moodymann is on dance music from across the world and across genres.

Andrés himself is also a legend. Active in Detroit since the '90s, he's a dance music Renaissance man, known for incredible hip-hop beats, disco and house, including massive hits like "New 4 U," one of the last decade's biggest dance music hits and RA's favourite track of 2012. His archive of records and mixes are essential listening for any house music or hip-hop fan, and he represents that distinct blend of influences and genres that defines Detroit—the same thing you can hear in this all-Moodymann mix.

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/893

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RA.893 Andrés (ft. Moodymann)

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A genre-spanning show focusing on rare grooves, classics, new productions and obscurities with a worldwide perspective and a spotlight on soul, synth pop and leftfield house. All curated with love by Javybz - Anya and Julia.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/all-styles-all-smiles/episodes/all-styles-all-smiles-11th-february-2025

All Styles All Smiles w/ Kyle Hall 110225

Andrew Weatherall's first official posthumous mix. The only b2b DJ Harvey ever agreed to. Six hours at Trouw. Full send — this one's special.

Gabriel Szatan, Editor (RA): 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 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 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.⁠

@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

Download the set here: 
https://corenews.me/motor-city-drum-ensemble-essential-mix-2018-12-15/
Tracklist over here:
https://tracklists.thomaslaupstad.com/motor-city-drum-ensemble-essential-mix-2018-12-15-tracklist-playlist/

Core News - http://corenews.me/

Motor City Drum Ensemble - Essential Mix 2018-12-15

A masterclass from Marcellus Pittman, whose three-hour set in RADION’s main room expertly stitched together US house, disco and plenty in-between.

@marcellus-pittman

RA Live - 19.10.19 - Marcellus Pittman, RADION, Amsterdam

Chicago and Detroit House legend Chez Damier joined us for an hour of soulful dancelfoor cuts.

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